Biographical Information
Born:
Pittsfield Massachusetts – August, 1943. When I was a year old, we
moved back to Glens Falls, from Lennox Massachusetts. We lived on Oak
Street until I was 8 years old then we moved to a new house that my dad
built, on Martindale Avenue in Hudson Falls (grade school was Saint Mary’s
K-6).
High School:
Hudson Falls High School (grades 7 - 12) graduated 1961
College:
State University of New York at New Paltz graduated 1965 – post-graduate work from SUNY Plattsburgh.
Married:
Charlotte Serradimigni, 1966. We have 3
children—Jennifer (1967) Benjamin (1969) and Schuyler (1980). We have 4
grand children—Forrest, age 16 and his brother Emmett age 15 (sons of our
daughter Jen and her late husband Randy) and their cousins Carter, age
5 and Sawyer 2 year old. (sons of our son Benjamin and his wife Jennifer)
In 1990 we
moved into a new home that I built, with the help of my wife, at 12 Morgan
Drive (right behind the house that my dad built) where we presently live.
Work:
I began teaching Art at Queensbury Elementary School (grades 1,2,3) in
January 1966—I did that for 1.5 years. Then I started teaching grades
4,5,6—I did that for one year. For the next 7 years I taught at the 7-8th
grade level. Then I started teaching in the High School, where I remained
until my retirement in 2001, June (after 35.5 years); retiring as the Chairman of the High School Art Department.
After retiring, I used my new free time to catch up
on some things that I let slide over the years. After a fashion, however, I got reacquainted with the production of art and started painting again. It feels good. I have found my voice. This is how I will end my days. This is my future.
© Paul Chapman
2011
One piece selected for inclusion into the Texas National - Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
One man showing of The Finch Series - 8 pieces - February 2011 at SUNY, Adirondack.
3 Pieces selected in a competition held by International Art Search group. 565 artists from 11 countries participated in this competition. The work will be shown on line from January 15 until December 15, 2011. internationalartsearch.com is the website.
2010
1 piece shown in the Winter Solstice - Members’ show in Saratoga - SCAC.
6 pieces shown in the Winter Members’ Show at Cooperstown Art Center.
3 pieces shown in the Winter Members’ Show in The Chaffee, Rutland VT.
One man show - 14 Pieces shown at 6 Pine St. in Glens Falls. The work shown, in part, was the culmination of a yearlong exploration of the interior of Finch Paper - as set forth in a NYSCA grant administered by LARAC.
15 Pieces shown in the group show “American Discourse” - from June 25 to July 30, 2010, at The Lapham Gallery (L.A.R.A.C.), Glens Falls, NY.
One piece has been accepted into The Annual Juried Art Show at Pleiades Art Gallery - 530 West 25th St., New York, NY
Two pieces were juried into the Cooperstown National Art Show, Cooperstown, NY - One piece won The Thomas Goodyear Memorial Prize - for humorous work.
Two pieces are being shown in the Summer Members’ Show in Rutland VT
One piece was juried into the regional art show at The Woodstock School of Art
A piece was shown in the Annual NCAC Juried Art Show at Crandall library, Glens Falls, NY
2009
Received an Individual Artist’s Grant for $2,500 from The Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council. The grant is for 5-6 paintings using interior lighting inside of the Finch Paper mill, in Glens Falls NY. The resultant paintings, showing both the workers and the large machinery will be shown near the end of the year (October, 2010) at The Ridge St. Coffee Shop, in Glens Falls, NY.
One painting selected (10 were selected from over 2,000 entries) to be published in the national magazine “”the Artist’s magazine”. A $100 honorarium was also part of the contest entitled “Stellar at Sixty”. The issue is March 2010, vol. 27, number 2.
One painting (“Silence”) selected to be included in the 2010 calendar - (January) by Keyser Energy of Vermont
One piece juried into The Banks of the Hudson Show at The Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, NY. This piece also won the $200 Lasher Funeral Home Award.
One piece shown at The Barrett Art Center Hudson River Show
One piece juried into The Hudson River Tribute Show at Riverfront Gallery, Schuylerville, NY
One piece juried into the Cooperstown Art Association - 74th National Juried Art Exhibition (July - August) - Cooperstown, NY
Two pieces shown in the Member’s Show - Chaffee Art Center - Rutland, VT. (June - July)
Three pieces juried into the Still Life Show at the Wood theater in Glens Falls, NY (June - July)
One piece juried into the Cooperstown - Regional Juried Art Exhibition - Cooperstown, NY (May - June)
One piece shown in the Member’s Show at Lapham Gallery (L.A.R.A.C.), Glens Falls, NY
2008
Two pieces juried into “The 8th Annual Art Inter/National... Here and Abroad” show in BoxHeart Gallery - Pittsburgh, PA
One piece juried into the Annual NCAC Juried Art Show, winning the First Place Prize of $200.00 - Crandall Library, Glens Falls, NY
One piece juried into the National Juried Show - “Conflict” in Gallery 125 - Trenton, NJ.
Three pieces juried into the Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition: New Directions ‘08 - Barrett Art Center - Poughkeepsie, NY.
Two pieces shown in the Member’s Show - The Chaffee Art Center - Rutland, VT - August/September
One man show - Ridge St. Coffee Shop, Glens Falls, NY - July/August
Invited to hang five pieces at the Charles R. Wood Theater in Glens Falls, NY - June/July
One piece juried into the annual - Saratoga Inside-Out exhibition - Saratoga Springs, NY.
Two pieces Juried into the 72nd EXHIBITION BY ARTISTS OF THE MOHAWK-HUDSON REGION - One piece won a prize ($100 Arleen’s Gift Certificate Award) - held at The Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY. - (June - July)
One piece juried into the Cooperstown - Regional Juried Art Exhibition - Winning a prize for this entry (Golden Artist Colors Award $100) - Cooperstown, NY.
One piece included in the spring member show at The Lapham Gallery (LARAC) - Glens Falls, NY
Two pieces included in the Spring Member Show at Chaffee Art Center, Rutland VT
2007
Two pieces included in the Fall Member Show, Chaffee Art Center, Rutland VT
Included in “Juxtaposition” (5 man show) May/June - Riverfront Gallery, Schuylerville, NY
Third place award in the NCAC Juried Art Show - Crandall Library, Glens Falls, NY
Two paintings included in the LARAC Show-”Teachers are the Heart of Art” - Lapham Gallery - Glens Falls, NY
One painting selected for a Landscape Show at Tom Myott Gallery - Glens Falls, NY
2006
Six paintings and drawings included in The Figure Show at Tom Myott Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
Featured Artist - October at 6 Pine Street Gallery - Glens Falls, NY
Two paintings selected for the fall Member Show Chaffee Art Center, Rutland VT
Showed as a Featured Artist in the Lapham Gallery for LARAC Summer Show
Executed and showed at The Chaffee Art Center a “Palette of Vermont” (decorated palette) - Rutland, VT
Showed as a Featured Artist at The Chaffee Art Center (4 man show), Rutland VT
One painting included in The Annual NCAC Juried Art Show at The Crandall Library, Glens Falls, NY
2005
Two paintings selected for the fall member show Chaffee Art Center, Rutland VT
Two pieces juried into the LARAC Adirondack State of Mind Show, Glens Falls, NY
Represented in member shows at both – LARAC (Glens Falls) and SCAC (Saratoga)
Represented at 6 Pine Street Gallery, Glens Falls, NY
One Man Show – The Glens Falls Post Office, Glens Falls, NY
One Man Show - The Glen at Highland Meadows, Queensbury NY
2004
(July/August) 2 Man Show –"Relative Art"- with Bill McCarthy at Aimie’s Lobby Gallery – Glens Falls NY
Older Information:
2001: Retired from teaching 35.5 years at Queensbury Union Free School District
1979 - 2003: The Quiet Years - I was deeply involved with school - built/remodeled houses - did craft shows with my wife.
My work is in several private collections as well as The Glens Falls Hospital Collection
1978: Exhibited with the Guild of Adirondack Artists at the Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, NY
1975: Exhibited With the Guild of Adirondack Artists at The Hyde Museum, Glens Falls, NY
1975 - 1979: Charter member of the Guild of Adirondack Artists (no present affiliation)
1973: Participated in an art show at Child’s Hospital in Albany, NY
1973: Chosen from the outdoor show for inclusion in the Canfield Casino Art Show, Saratoga, NY
1973: Honorable Mention LARAC Armory Winter Show
1971: Completed a commissioned Portrait Bust of the founder of Norwich University, VT. Commissioned by J.Walter Jucket, President of Sandy Hill Corporation and Alumnus of Norwich U. – ultimately, two brass castings were made of the original plaster, one is in the library of Norwich University, the other belongs to the Department of the Army - Washington DC