Description
Abandoned by Gary David Fournier
Medium: oil
18 x 24 inches
Artist Statement: With permission, this piece was inspired from a photo from a friend, James Clavet, Pacific Northwest. it is a depiction of loss of architectural beauty and practical use of a once functional building. Formerly, a church, then schoolhouse it has obviously survived for many generations. Personally I hate seeing these buildings just left to waste.
Bio:
Gary’s artistic journey began in High School where he excelled in oils, watercolor and the potter’s wheel. College art was
interrupted by Vietnam and 4 years of Naval service, including 2 years of duty in Vietnam. After Vietnam, he married,
started a family, went to college, and began a very demanding 40+ year career in the environmental engineering
industry working for several global engineering companies. Gary’s art provides an opportunity to express himself. After many years in all levels of management in the business
world, being able to express himself offers a relief from the confines of organizational structure and peer pressure.
Landscape, winter scenes, animals, boats, lakes & rivers, seascapes, still life and architecture are his typical subjects.
Gary prefers impressionism and his own style. Gary studied art while attending Empire State College, SUNY at
Plattsburgh NY where his focus was art history, drawing and watercolor.
EDUCATION
B.S., Water Pollution Control Technology, SUNY Empire State College, Plattsburgh, New York
A.S., Environmental science, SUNY Empire State College, Plattsburgh, New York
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) Foundations of Leadership, Executive Management Program
Water Leadership Institute, Water Environment Federation (Graduate and post graduate mentor).
ART AFFILIATIONS
Artsbridge, Lambertville, NJ-President/Treasurer
Arts Council of Princeton, NJ
Hopewell Valley Arts Council, Pennington, NJ
West Windsor Arts Council
New Hope Arts, Inc., New Hope, PA
Art-Venture, Flemington, NJ
EXHIBITS
Terhune Orchards Winery, solo show 2017
Cranbury Arts Council, Solo Show 2018
Cranbury Arts Council Show, Fall 2018
Artsbridge Member Exhibit 2018 & 2019, 2021&2022
Juried in-Princeton Arts Council “Communiversity” April
2019
Juried in-Long Beach Island Arts Festival, July 2019
Garden State Watercolor Society member exhibit,
Middletown, NJ June 2019
Lower Bucks County Community College, Artist in
Residence exhibition, April 2019
New Hope Arts, Inc. member exhibit August 2019, 2022
Mercer County NJ, Senior Art Exhibition, 3rd Place OilProfessional June-July 2019
Exhibit B Gallery-juried Winter Show
Arts Council of Princeton-Member Exhibit 2019 & 2021
“Artist of the Month” Jan. 2022
West Windsor Arts Council “Off the Wall” Exhibit 2019
West Windsor Arts Council juried virtual exhibit 2020
Straube Center, Feb. 2020 & 2022
Rutgers Nursery & Gardens, 2 Day Plein Air, 2020
Hopewell Valley Arts Council, “This Too Shall Pass”,
Member Exhibit 2020
Art-Venture, “Off the Record” member Exhibit
Red Bluff Art Gallery, CA, virtual exhibit 2021
Los Laguna Gallery, CA 2021
Montgomery Township, NJ, “Return To Art” 2021 &
2022
Homefront-ArtJam, Princeton, NJ 2021
Powell Lane, Collingwood, NJ juried Exhibit 2022
The Dime Art “Spring Equinox” Exhibit, 2022
Mercer County Sr. Art Exhibit, 1st Place Oil Professional
West Windsor Arts Council, NJ GR8 Exhibit & Member
Exhibit, 2022 & “Off the Wall” Exhibit 2022
Princeton YWCA Breast Cancer Fund Raiser 2022
Fox Chase Breast Cancer Exhibit fundraiser 2022 Gfournier.faso.com
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