Thank you for visiting the my web site. Generally, paintings have to
stand on their own merits, but here are a few words about my work.
“I received my primary art training at the Florence Academy of Art,
in Florence Italy. The academy’s teaching methods were modeled
after those of the French Academy of the 19th century to revive lost
classical painting methods and craft, the foundation of which is
ability to see and render nature accurately. At the Florence Academy
of Art, I learned visualization methods used by pre-modern artists
such as John Singer Sargent. One of those methods is called sight-
size, where the painted or drawn image is rendered at the exact size as
the image being rendered is seen. Using this method, when painting
still lifes or landscapes I always work from life. In nature there is
infinite variety and beauty, so while I do not slavishly copy what is in
front of me, I also do not want to ever arbitrarily impose my own will
upon the canvas. I try to paint nature as I see it, an always difficult
and inspiring task.”
”When I paint I concentrate on the pure visual impression of the
thing in front of me. I try to find the beauty of light and atmosphere.
I want my paintings to be truthful renderings of nature but also to
resonate with feeling.”
“My paintings involve hours of careful, intense observation. That is
the chief joy of this kind of painting, that I can put aside the many
distractions of a normal day and focus all of my attention on what I
find beautiful.”
I am currently living and working in the Gulf Coast town of Ocean
Springs, Mississippi.
stand on their own merits, but here are a few words about my work.
“I received my primary art training at the Florence Academy of Art,
in Florence Italy. The academy’s teaching methods were modeled
after those of the French Academy of the 19th century to revive lost
classical painting methods and craft, the foundation of which is
ability to see and render nature accurately. At the Florence Academy
of Art, I learned visualization methods used by pre-modern artists
such as John Singer Sargent. One of those methods is called sight-
size, where the painted or drawn image is rendered at the exact size as
the image being rendered is seen. Using this method, when painting
still lifes or landscapes I always work from life. In nature there is
infinite variety and beauty, so while I do not slavishly copy what is in
front of me, I also do not want to ever arbitrarily impose my own will
upon the canvas. I try to paint nature as I see it, an always difficult
and inspiring task.”
”When I paint I concentrate on the pure visual impression of the
thing in front of me. I try to find the beauty of light and atmosphere.
I want my paintings to be truthful renderings of nature but also to
resonate with feeling.”
“My paintings involve hours of careful, intense observation. That is
the chief joy of this kind of painting, that I can put aside the many
distractions of a normal day and focus all of my attention on what I
find beautiful.”
I am currently living and working in the Gulf Coast town of Ocean
Springs, Mississippi.
Curtis Jaunsen Home
Education :
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia - Bachelor of Art, in
Architecture, 1986
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia - Master’s Degree, in Architecture, 1993
Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy – Two years of study, 2002-2004
Exhibitions :
2005, Shain Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
One-man exhibition
2005, Florence Academy of Art, Corsini Family Stables, Florence Italy
Alumni exhibition
2005, Gold Leaf Designs and Gallery, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Group exhibition
2005, Mary C O’keef Cultural Center, Ocean Springs, Mississippi
One-man exhibition
2006, Florence Academy of Art, Corsini Family Stables, Florence Italy
Alumni exhibition
2006, Shain Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
One-man exhibition
2006, Brigham Gallery, Nantucket, Maine
Group exhibition
2006, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York, NY
Group exhibition
2008, Gold Leaf Designs and Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
One-man exhibition
Galleries :
Carol Robinson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
carolrobinsongallery.com
Gold Leaf Designs and Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
goldleafdesigns.com
Shain Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
shaingallery.com
