The paintings arrive through consideration of the land of my upbringing and the forms and ideas that reform that land. Like the land, it is reformed, reordered, and refined. The paintings are viewed through layers of highly sanded, translucent surfaces that conceal and reveal a struggle with beauty, faith, and significance.
born: 1970, Columbia, Tennessee
education:
Freed-Hardeman University, BA, 1992
Memphis College of Art, MFA, 1996
selected publications
Warren Greene's Deceptively Simple Paintings Reward Patient Attention. Maria Browning. Nashville Scene, November 18, 2009
Painter's Canvas Marries Ancient and Contemporary. Frederic Koeppel. Memphis Commercial Appeal, December 14, 2007
True Colors. Carol Knowles. The Memphis Flyer January 27, 2006
selected
solo or two-person exhibits
Trahern Gallery: Austin Peay State University: Dermabrasions, Clarksville, TN, 2009
Perry Nicole Fine Art: Warren Greene: Paleoscrapes, Memphis, TN, 2007
Union University Gallery: Warren Greene: Reflective Transference, Jackson, TN, 2003
selected
group shows
Perry Nicole Fine Art: Ten Year Anniversary Show, Memphis, TN 2010
Cumberland Gallery: Summer Series, Nashville, TN, 2010
Space 301, Center for the Living Arts: Artists for Color, Mobile Alabama, 2006
Dixon Gallery & Gardens: The Memphis Flower, Flowers & Art 2004: Artistic Movements Biennial, Memphis, TN, 2004