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- Akinjobi, Lucille
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- Blagden, Tom
- Blair, Carl
- Brady, Patti
- Brown, Keith
- Cart, Julia
- Carter, Eva
- Châteauvert, Jocelyn
- Corrigan, Lese
- Fantuzzo, Linda
- Folk, Buddy
- Fraser, Mary Edna
- Gillens, Cassandra
- Green, Anthony
- Holloway, Jon
- Hubbard, Ann
- Jasinski, Liisa Salosaari
- Johnson, Erik
- Keats, Kim
- Loney, Kit
- Mardikian, Paul
- Marshall, Nancy
- Matheny, Paul
- McWilliams, John
- Middleton, Sue
- Moody, Marge
- Nicholson, Gordon
- Nodine, Jane
- Novo, Marcelo
- Olah, Karin
- Overend, Matt
- Rhodes, Rick
- Rice, Edward
- Right, Molly B.
- Romaine, Susan
- Ryba, Kristi
- Scotchie, Virginia
- Spong, Laura
- Stanley, Tom
- Tedesco, Christine
- Terrell, Colleen
- Twiggs, Leo
- Vander Meijden, Tjelda
- Walker, Mary
- Wallace, Sue Simons
- Walters, Joe
- Wang, Sam
- Williams, Enid
- Williams, Manning
- Yanko, Paul
Mountain Thunder oil on paper 22 x 30
Artist Biography:
Carl Blair came to South Carolina in 1957 to join the Studio Art faculty at Bob Jones University and has remained in South Carolina since that time. He acquired his B.F.A. from University of Kansas and his M.F.A. from Kansas City Art Institute & School of Design after being enlisted in the U.S. Army from 1953-55. Blair co-founded Hampton III Gallery, Ltd. in 1970, which is one of the oldest and most established commercial galleries in the state of South Carolina. Being an active member of the arts community in South Carolina, he served as Commissioner of the SC Arts Commission from 1987-1996.
Blair’s work has been exhibited in over 100 museums, galleries, and universities. He has had solo exhibitions at institutions such as Greenville County Museum of Art (1999), Gustafson Fine Arts Center, Bob Jones University (1998), Blue Spiral I Gallery, Asheville, NC (1996), Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC (1995) and Louisa McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA (1990), to name a few.
Blair’s work is in numerous national and international collections including the Mint Museum of Art, Charlottte; NC, Carroll Reece Museum, Johnson City, TN; Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Ritz Carlton, San Juan, Puerta Rico; South Carolina State Arts Commission, Columbia, SC; Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC; and McDonald’s International.
In 2005, Blair received the highest award for a South Carolina artist, the Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Lifetime Achievement Award.
Carl Blair
Greenville
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About the Work:
“In art, I act first and think afterwards, gaining spontaneity and freshness, along with unexpected accidents that happen that I can take advantage of in composition and color… Slowly my work has evolved from the dark foreboding landscapes of the early days of my youth into the bright, exuberant, powerful, optimistic images of my “young” golden years.”