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Question of Balance acrylic, graphite on wood

Artist Biography:

Paul Matheny received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Winthrop University in 1996. While attending Winthrop he was the Assistant City Art Coordinator at the Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department, responsible for exhibiting local artists in citywide public art spaces including City Hall. At the same time he began an ongoing project documenting the work of southern self-taught, folk, and outsider artists with a focus on South Carolina artists and craftspeople. In 1997 he accepted the position of Associate Curator of Art at the Museum of York County until 2001, when he accepted the position of Curator of Art at the South Carolina State Museum where he continues to work. He has also exhibited his paintings and photographs in galleries in North and South Carolina, and Georgia, and is represented by Hampton III Gallery in Greenville, SC.

Paul Matheny

Columbia

Paul Matheny's work is represented at: Hampton III Gallery

About the Work:

Paul Matheny’s paintings focus on the constant search for truth and honesty in the world around him. His images are drawn from the southern landscape and other significant cultural treasures from our region including religion, roadside icons, hand-painted “sermons,” vegetable and firework stands, kudzu, and barbeque. In 1999, continuing with his ongoing series The Search for Truth Matheny began a series of work referred to as “journal paintings” integrating hi interest in the visual aesthetic of the written word in journals, with his painted images.