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Artist Statement:
DUDLEY'S FINE ART STUDIO
Workshops/Classes
Ruston, LA 71270
Workshop and Class
Information email:
beverlyadudley@att.net
Subject: Workshop and Class
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She was a self taught artist
until her family moved to
Washington State she studied
under Ron Lukas at the Artist
Workshop in Seattle. Mr. Lukas
was the protégé of the late
Russian Impressionist Sergei
Bongart. Bongart studied in
Kiev, Russia with a pupil of
Repin (a Russian Master)
Dudley feels extremely
fortunate to have studied with
Lukas. He left Seattle in
April, 1995 for a position
with the Dream Team of
Hollywood:
Spielberg, Kastenberg, and
Geffen.
Although portraits are her
passion, Beverly Dudley is
known through out many states
as the Magnolia Belle from the
south, because of her
paintings of magnolias and of
course her southern charm.
Before moving back to the
south, Beverly lived and
worked in the art oriented
city of Bellevue, Washington.
She taught individualized
drawing and oil painting
techniques at the Ilona
Rittler School of Fine Arts,
located on Main Street.
In 1961 her father framed her
first pastel drawing. The
desire to create and paint has
been with her all her life.
“When I’m painting” she says
“the...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Fine Arts Show
June 20-24
DUDLEY'S OIL PAINTINGS and
much more.
Sponsored by the North Central
Louisiana Arts Council
NCLAC 24th Annual Peach
Festival Art Exhibit
Opening Reception Sunday, June
19 2 pm - 4 pm
downtown Ruston at the Civic
Center (401 N. Trenton)
THE EXHIBIT will run ...
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Artist Reviews:
Agora Gallery - 415 West
Broadway, New York, NY.
Director Angela Di Bello says
of Dudley's art
"I am pleased to inform you
that your work qualifies for
Angora Gallery representation.
Your paintings reveal a
hightened sense of emotional
appeal, structure and
harmonious energy."...
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Collections:
Her paintings are
included in collections of
major corporations such as:
NACO West in Bellevue,
Washington;
Pine Lake Medical Center
Issaquah, Washington;
Pediatric Associates
Bellevue, Washington;
Hancock Bank Ocean
Springs,Mississippi;
Delta Blues Museum
Clarksdale, Mississippi;
Beverly did a drawing of
Billy Gibbons, a member of the
ZZ Top
Band...
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Commissions:
Mrs. Pat Fordice,
Mississippi's First Lady,
Jackson, MS, USA
Mrs. Edwin Edwards,Louisiana's
First Lady, Baton Rouge, LA,
USA
Patti Wemmer, Bellvue, WA, USA
Dr. Cathy Wilkinson, Pediatric
Associates, Bellevue, WA
Stacy Neal, Bellevue, WA, USA
Brother Paul Beeman, Bellevue,
WA, USA
Gussie McCracken, Natchez, MS,
USA
Delta ...
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Galleries for Beverly Dudley:
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Piney Hills Gallery
NCLAC sponsors a gallery in the downstairs lobby of the Dixie Center for the Arts (212 N. Vienna Street, Ruston, LA), which features fine arts and crafts of many genres. The gallery changes out its collections regularly; it is a great place to scope out the talent in the local arts scene. Every piece on display is for sale to the general public. Gallery is open Wednesday-Friday from 10am-1pm.
North Central Louisiana Arts Council
NCLAC Academy
Dudley has an oil portrait of Louis Armstrong on permanent display at the "Delta Blues Museum" in Clarksdale Mississippi. They have one gallery made up of artwork only. It has been in this gallery for over a year.
Tony Czech, Museum Director
Delta Blues Museum
Clarksdale, Mississippi
http://www.deltabluesmuseum.org
phone: 662-627-6820
Now and Then African American Museum in Baton Rouge, LA has a double portrait in oil of Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker.
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