Craven Allen Gallery

ARTIST STATEMENT: HARRIET BELLOWS

The groundwork for my art has developed around a sense of structure, line, balance, and color. My involvement with layers of paint, ideas of volume, space and the interaction of these elements has established a platform. Within this context one of my greatest considerations deals with the honesty of simplicity and the demands associated with it.

The portraits are of no specific individual except when noted.  These portraits center around moments and moods or an expression.  Very often the face portrays a facial feature most prominent within that expression.

Although I haven’t made any clay pieces for seven years I have always felt that my clay has been as much about volume and form as the images that I paint on canvas.

ABOUT HARRIET BELLOWS

Private Drawing Study with C.K. Nelson who was a former student of the painter Hans Hofmann.

MFA: NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, 1971

BFA: NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, 1968

Exhibitions:

2012    – The FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

    – NCMA, Art of The Auction, a juried event, preview March 30, 2012

- 311 West Martin Street Galleries, Raleigh, NC,

January-February

2011    – Durham Art Guild Juried Members Exhibition, December

                   - Durham Art Guild’s 2011 Annual Members’ Show, Durham, NC

                   – New Work Previewed at The Craven Gallery, Durham, NC

                   – Craven Allen Gallery, Group Exhibition, Durham, NC

Work Experience:

1971 – 1984 – Established studio In Alfred, NY

1974 – Instructor, Summer Session, NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University

1983 – Corporate Pilot, Flight Instructor

Airline Pilot: 1989 – 2010, B727, Pilot, Certified Flight Engineer

Airline Line Pilots Association (ALPA) Member, 28 years

Full Time Visual Artist: 2010

Awarded Studio at The Golden Belt Artists Studios, Durham, NC. April 1, 2011

Collections:

Smithsonian American Art Museum/Luce Foundation and The Renwick Gallery: Permanent Collection

The Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian, The Craft Multiples Show, 1972 (Permanent Collection)

The Mint Museum, The Permanent Collection, Allan Chasanoff Ceramic Collection, Charlotte, NC

Artist’s Website: www.harrietbellows.com