Anchorage Museum of History and Art
Anchorage, AK
907-343-4326
http://www.ci.anchorage.ak.us/Services/Departments/Culture/Museum/index.html
Anchorage Artist Garry Mealor
A solo exhibition of
large format watercolors by Anchorage artist Garry Mealor opened at the
Anchorage Museum of History and Art December 12, 1999. Mealor is an accomplished
watercolorist whose work has won numerous awards both in Alaska and outside
the State. The show will remain on view through January 2, 2000. (left:
Garry Mealor, Run Red Run, transparent watercolor, 40 x 60 inches)
Mealor's show includes thirty 40" x 60" transparent
watercolors on paper. His subject matter
varies from still
lifes to self-portraits. Mealer's technique is graphic; he appreciates communication
with the viewer. But, the watercolors take a life of their own, going beyond
the artist, as the viewer sees relationships according to where he/she lives,
thinks, and believes. (right: Garry Mealor, Meander, transparent
watercolor, 40 x 60 inches)
Garry Mealor's paintings have been in more
than 100 national and regional juried exhibitions over the last 10 years.
He is a 1992-1993 Jackson Pollock - Lee Krasner Foundation Grant Recipient,
was awarded a Florida Individual Artist Fellowship in 1991, and was a fellow
at the Vermont Studio Center in 1994. Acquired by numerous private, corporate,
and public buyers, his paintings are in the holdings of the Neville Public
Art Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin; the New Orleans World Trade Center;
the Florida Art in State Buildings Program; and the City of Tampa Public
Art Collection. (left: Garry Mealor, Stopping by Hatcher Pass,
transparent watercolor, 40 x 60 inches)
Mealor moved to Anchorage in 1994 from Florida
where he was on the faculty of the Ringling School of Art and Design. His
work "Stall Shadows" won the Watercolor Award in the 1996 All
Alaska Juried Art Exhibition and was purchased by the Anchorage Museum for
its permanent collection. (left: Garry Mealor, Inside Show,
transparent watercolor, 40 x 60 inches)
Solo exhibitions at the Anchorage Museum are made possible
by grants from the Alaska State Council on the Art 
and the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Matching funds are provided by
the Anchorage Museum Association, the Anchorage Museum Foundation, the Alaska
Airlines Silver Anniversary Fund, and the Municipality of Anchorage. (left:
Garry Mealor, Mount McKinley, transparent watercolor, 40 x 60 inches;
right: Garry Mealor, Blue Chip, transparent watercolor, 40 x 60 inches)
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