Biography



Education:
BFA from Colorado State University in 1984

Continuing Education:
  • Loveland Academy of Fine Art - Off and on since 1990, variety of instructors.
  • American Academy of Equine Art - 1998 Sam Savitt Class in Lexington, Kentucky at Kentucky Horse Park

Juried Exhibitions and Group Shows:
Since 1978 I have been entering competitions and showing in Colorado and Wisconsin on a regular basis, usually one to three per year.

Solo Shows:
  • Open Studio, Loveland, Colorado, 1999
  • CSU Art Lounge, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1992
  • Poudre Valley Art Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1991
  • Lloyds Art Center Gallery, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1991

Commissions:
From 1983 to 1999 I have accepted and completed over 25 commissioned paintings from Nevada to Vermont. The subject matter ranging from horse portraits, landscape, mules, dogs, people with their horses, an airport, people with their airplanes and some goldfish.

Art Auctions/Donations - most recent and repeated:
  • Alternatives to Violence, Loveland, Colorado, October 1999
  • Larimer County Humane Society, Fort Collins, Colorado, October 1999
  • Disabled Drivers and Riders Association, Jackson, Michigan, May 1999
  • Channel 6 Art Auction, Denver, Colorado 1996 to 1999
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society Holiday Art Auction 1993, 1997 and 1998

Co-Op Galleries and Shops:
I was a member of Trimble Court Artisans in Fort Collins, Colorado from 1983 thru 1989 and the Poudre Valley Art League and Gallery also in Fort Collins from 1980 thru 1992. My craft work (beaded earrings, necklaces, belts; watercolor note cards, hand painted tee shirts) and small paintings have been in several different shops in and around Colorado for several years. I stopped doing bead work, note cards and painted tee shirts on a regular basis in 1992

Related Employment:
  • Sculpture Assistant to Thelma Weresh from 1993 to present.
  • Revue Magazine, Loveland, Colorado. Production Manager, Ad Designer, from its inception in the summer of 1990 thru the winter issue of 1991.

Travel:
I attempt to attend any major art show or exhibition that comes to the Colorado Front Range. Whenever I do make it out of Colorado I am always on the look out for art museums, shows and galleries.




email: mkg@mkgreene.com