George Carey's Studio

Credits

 
GEORGE CAREY'S STUDIO
1203 VALLEY VIEW AVENUE
WHEELING, WV 26003
304/905-0434 or 304/280-4398
george@georgecareyart.com
  
ART EDUCATION/STUDY
1953 - 1954 Drawing/Painting - Noble's Art Studio, Key West, Florida
1954 - 1956 Oil Painting under Gerald Leake, Hemingway House, Key West Florida
1963 - 1965 Cartooning Study Course, Famous Artist Schools, Westport, Connecticut

GALLERIES
1965 - 1966    Susie DePoo Art Gallery, Truman Avenue, Key West, Florida
1985 - 1988    Guild Hall Gallery, Duval Street, Key West, Florida
1990 - 1996    Gingerbread Square Gallery, Duval Street, Key West, Florida
2003 - 2004    Ziegenfuss Gallery of Fine Art, 76 S. Palm Avenue, Sarasota Florida
1999 - 2005    Gallery on Greene, 606 Greene Street, Key West, Florida
2005 - 2005    Wren Gallery, 1202 Duval Street, Key West, Florida
2005 -            Bruce Webber Gallery, 705 Lucerne Avenue, Lake Worth, Florida, (561) 582-1045

ORGANIZATIONS
Key West Maritime Historical Society
Artist Member of The American Society of Marine Artists
Steubenville Art Association

ONE MAN SHOWS
1990 - 1996 Gingerbread Gallery, Key West, Florida
1997 - 1999 George Carey Studio, Key West, Florida (Artist Promoted - Sold Out)
1999 - Present Gallery on Greene, Key West, Florida (Sold Out)

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
Arts for the Parks Competition, Top 100, 1989
Arts for the Parks Competition, Top 100, 1992
Arts for the Parks Competition, Top 100, 1998
Arts for the Parks Competition, Top 100, 2000
Arts for the Parks Competition, Top Mini 50, 2002
16th Annual Mystic Maritime Gallery International Marine Art Exhibition, 1995
"America and the Sea", Mystic Maritime Invitational, Mystic, Connecticut, 1996
22nd Annual Mystic Maritime Gallery International Marine Art Exhibition, 2001

LOCAL SHOWS
Old Island Days Art Festival, Key West, Florida, 1985 - 1990 (Sold Out)
Sears Roebuck & Company, Exhibit Show, Key West, Florida, 1971 -1972

PUBLISHED PRINTS
"Fire Tree", Limited Edition Print, Edition 1000
"Grandma's Gone", Limited Edition Print, Edition 1000
"Tennessee Williams House", Limited Edition Print, Edition 1000
"No Title Bike", Limited Edition Print, Edition 1000
"Little Bananas", Limited Edition Print, Edition 1000
"Cayo Hueso Fleet", Limited Edition Print, Edition 350
"Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy", Limited Edition Print, Edition 375
"Whitehead Street 1954", Limited Edition Print, Edition 350
"Drying the Sails", Limited Edition Print, Edition 300
"Tangle of Color", Giclee` Fine Art Print, Edition 100
"Streets of Fire", Giclee` Fine Art Print, Edition 100

SCULPTURE/PUBLIC DISPLAY
"Conch Shell", 21' x 14', Key West High School, Welded Steel-Painted,
     Weight Approx. 5 Tons, Completed 1985 - 1986.
"Tiger", 16' x 8', Glynn Archer Middle School, Key West, Florida, Welded Steel-Painted,
     Weight Approx. 1.5 Tons, Completed 1986.
"Shark", 18' x 9', Sugarloaf Key School, Sugarloaf Key, Florida, Welded Steel,
     Weight Approx. 2 Tons, Completed 1986.
"Buccaneer", 16' x 16', Horace O'Brian Middle School, Key West, Florida, Welded Steel
     Clearcoat/Treated Finish, Weight Approx. 1.75 Tons, Completed 1987.
"Wrecker", 28' x 5.5', Florida Key Junior College, Key West, Florida, Welded Steel
     Clearcoat/Treated Finish, Weight Approx. 3.1 Tons, Completed 1988.
"Manatee", 16' x 9', First State Bank, Key West, Florida, Welded Steel with Brass over
     Steel Skin, Weight Approx. 2.4 Tons, Completed 2000.

AWARDS
Numerous "Best of Show"
Peoples Choice Award
Award of Excellence
Grumbacher Award

 

Comments and/or suggestions are welcomed and can be directed at george@georgecareyart.com or webmaster@georgecareyart.com

Updated 9/2007