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Chuck Rawle

Discipline(s): Oil

Accolades: Top 100 Arts For The Park, 2001

Bio:
Almost without exception, fine artists insist on working from life whether they are painting still life, landscapes, or figures. For Chuck Rawle, there is no acceptable substitute. When it became apparent that working from life was the best way to paint convincing landscapes, Chuck began painting outdoors at every opportunity while working full time in another occupation. Because of the time constraints of that job, Chuck began looking for ways to increase his painting time. With the support of his wife, they sold their home, bought a recreational vehicle, and began traveling to those locations that offered inspiration and subject matter for his landscape vision. In the last few years, Chuck has painted in most of the western states (including Hawaii), the Canadian Rockies, and Mexico.

Painting outdoors almost every day has been essential to his understanding of the natural world. Nature is indeed the best teacher, and a demanding taskmaster. Combining full time RV living with full time painting has been a perfect lifestyle for a developing landscape painter. With an abiding love of the great outdoors and a passion for painting, Chuck feels he has the best of both worlds in a gratifying and stimulating new career.

When Chuck puts his brush to canvas, he wants the viewer to be transported with him to some of the world's most magnificent scenery. He hopes the viewer will feel the sun on his face, relax with the tranquility of placid waters, revere the majesty of towering mountains, sense the dampness of a muggy afternoon or the clarity of clean mountain air. Such an experience gives us all an emotional connection to the beauty of our world. And that connection is how art enriches our lives. Creating such enrichment gives Chuck immeasurable satisfaction.

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