The art of Tarleton Blackwell provides a highly personal
narrative about growing up and living in the rural South.
The animals in Blackwell's work inhabit an intricate world
of fantasy and biting social commentary. Fairy tales,
possums and pigs come together to fashion a new view of the
South. By combining fantasy and reality, Blackwell's message
is a universal one. Fundamental to his ideas is the issue of
equality where animals are metaphors for humans and where
animals are treated with respect and dignity. Blackwell has
crated more than 100 paintings in his famous "Hog" Series.
But he is equally at ease doing portraiture or creating
nostalgic paintings based on old photographs, etc. His art
has been included in more than 170 solo and group exhibits,
including the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has received
numerous awards and is the recipient of a Southern Arts
Federation fellowship. A native of South Carolina, Blackwell
is a graduate of Benedict College and received both a Master
of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of
South Carolina. He has served as an instructor at the
Columbia Museum of Art, in the Governor's School for the
Arts and in local school districts teaching artistically
gifted and talented young people. Blackwell's work is in
many corporate, private and museum collections including The
Mint Museum, Columbia Museum of Art, Coca Cola Corporation,
Bank of America, High Museum of Art, the South Carolina
State Museum, the McKissick Museum and others. He has
achieved a reputation among art critics as "one of the up
and coming artists in the New South"
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Wolf Prince I from Hog Series LXIV 32 x 40 framed, $8,500 graphite/prismacolor/watercolor |
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100 Dollars from Hog Series CVI 20 x 32 framed, $4,000 graphite/prismacolor/watercolor |
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Four Piglets 16 x 20 framed, $2,400 graphite/prismacolor/watercolor |
