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C.S. TALLEY: BIOGRAPHY, EVENTS, and AWARDS
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Artist's Biography C. S. (Steve) Talley developed an art interest not long after graduating with a degree in astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin in 1978. Ten years later, his career path finally allowed him to take private painting lessons from Sandra Harris, a Western portrait artist living near Talley’s home in Colorado. During that time, he also took a workshop with Bob Wygant. A career change subsequently caused a hiatus in Talley’s art training. He moved back to his home state of Texas and a few years later began painting with Guy Morrow in Corpus Christi. As art became more and more a priority, he sought workshops with other artists and has worked with William Hook, Ron Rencher, Foster Caddell, Tim Lawson, John Budicin, and Matt Smith C.S. Talley now lives and paints in Fredericksburg, Texas. His works are in private collections in the United States, Canada, and Germany. He is represented by Fredericksburg Art Gallery and is a member of the Oil Painters of America. He serves as the current president of the Die Kunstler von Fredericksburg (The Artists of Fredericksburg), an art group located in the Hill Country of Texas. |
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Portrait of CS Talley 
Demonstration by Susan Carlin - an outstanding artist from San Antonio |
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Artist's Statement The Western American landscape has commanded my attention ever since my first trip "out west" from my home on the South Texas coast. The coastal plains gave me the appreciation for being able to see across great expanses and the Rocky Mountains showed me the infinite diverse forms of the land beyond the flat plains. Within the landscape is the human element. I think of these elements as subservient to the greater landscape in which they must exist. Barns, adobe homes, and plowed fields are all evidence of our human attempt to either cooperate with or control the raw landscape. It is this dominating landscape that I attempt to convey with each painting. With every painting I start, I intend for it to convey to the viewer the emotions that I experience when viewing the scene. Perhaps the viewer will have a different emotion but my hope is that it will be a strong and positive one. My growth as an artist owes its debt to these attempts to instill emotion into a painting and from this viewpoint artistic growth is a journey with no end. |
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Upcoming Shows
2008 Contemporary Masters Invitational Show - Fredericksburg Art Gallery - Nov.
7-29, 2008: Reception Nov 8
2008 Art Lover's Show - Fredericksburg Art Gallery - February, 2008
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