D M Bates

Artwork submitted for bid 
at our September 5, 2010 auction:

"Farm Truck"
14"x18", oil
Gallery Price: $1,700

“Crabapple Creek Bank”
6"x8", Oil
Gallery Price: $750

Website: http://www.dmbates.com/

Education and Personal History:

Born:               September 8, 1940
1959-1960:    Attended college (University of Houston, North Texas State

                        University), taking drawing and design classes

1961-1962:    Studied Illustration at Art Center School, Los Angeles, CA

1962-1966:    U.S. Navy. Trained and worked as photographer

1966-1969:    Commercial photographer and darkroom technician

1969-1997:    Computer programmer/analyst/software engineer

1992-present: Resumed career as artist.  Studied painting with Kevin Macpherson, John Encinias, Scott Christensen, Marlin Linville, Matt Smith and others.

Solo Exhibition:

2010 – “A World of Color”, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX

1996 – Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions and Awards:

2009:  Nómadas Del Arte, Dallas, TX

            Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM

Plein Air Southwest 2009, Dallas, TX

Port Aransas Coastal Paintout, Port Aransas, TX

Richard Schmid Fine Art Auction, Rist Canyon, CO

            Salon International, San Antonio, TX

2008:  Gilcrease Miniatures, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK

            Plein Air Texas 2008, Dallas, TX

Port Aransas Coastal Paintout, Port Aransas, TX

2007:  Albuquerque Miniatures Show, Albuquerque, NM

Plein Air Texas 2007, Dallas, TX

Salon International, San Antonio, TX

2006:  Albuquerque Miniatures Show, Albuquerque, NM

 Plein Air Texas 2006, Dallas, TX

Art Splash on the Square, Graham, TX (Honorable Mention)

OPS Annual Exhibition, Mt Vernon, TX

2005:  Albuquerque Miniatures Show, Albuquerque, NM

Paws for Art, Victorian Gallery, Dallas, TX

OPS Membership Exhibition, Graham, TX (Plein Air Mag Award)

Miniature Masterpieces, Victorian Gallery, Dallas, TX

2004:  Albuquerque Miniatures Show, Albuquerque, NM

Art Splash on the Square, Graham, TX (Award of Merit)

2003:  Albuquerque Miniatures Show, Albuquerque, NM

2002:  Albuquerque Miniatures Show, Albuquerque, NM

Art Splash on the Square, Graham, TX (Honorable Mention)

2001:  Albuquerque Miniatures Show, Albuquerque, NM

Ann Hughes Fine Art Annual Invitational, Dallas, TX

Art Splash on the Square, Graham, TX (Best of Show)

Plein Air Tucson 2001, Tucson, AZ

Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Palm Desert, CA

1998: Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Washington D. C.

Society of Outdoor Painters Annual Exhibition, Breckenridge, TX

1997:  Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Taos, NM. (Award of Merit)

Arts for the Parks Top 200, Jackson, WY             

Professional Associations

            Oil Painters of America (Signature Member)

            Outdoor Painters Society (co-founder and Signature Member)

Publications:

Southwest Art Magazine, April, 2010, “Deep in the Heart of Texas”, article on Six Texas Artists

Southwest Art Magazine, August, 2005, Artists to Watch

Southwest Art Magazine, May 1998; article on award-winning members of the Oil Painters of America.

Gallery Representation:

            NanEtte Richardson Fine Art, San Antonio, TX

Port A Gallery, Port Aransas, TX

Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, TX, Museum Shop

Artist’s Statement:

            Although I am an artist who paints primarily from life, my goal is not to reproduce nature, but to faithfully reproduce the effect that nature has on me.  If I can evoke a similar response in the viewer then I have successfully shared the experience.

Website: http://www.dmbates.com/

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