paul dean:
living an illusion

Aug 1 - 31, 2023

FIRST WEDNESDAY OPENING: Aug 2, FROM 6 - 9PM

ARTICULATE ARTIST TALK: SUNDAY, Aug 6, AT 4PM.

NORMAL GALLERY HOURS: TUE - SUN, 12PM - 6PM

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Paul Dean was born in upstate New York, lived life as a teenager and a young adult in Raleigh, North Carolina, and has now settled himself in Baton Rouge. A Professor at Louisiana State University’s Art Department for nearly three decades, he recently retired to pursue his art.

His work has been exhibited at the Slidell Cultural Center, the LSU Union Art Gallery, The Southwest Missouri State University Student Exhibition Center, the University of Florida, and the Margaret Harwell Art Museum in Poplar Bluff Missouri.

I took my first art class in 1976 as a senior at Sanderson High School in Raleigh, North Carolina. My teacher was Mabel Bullock. She was from Durham and she greatly admired Giacometti. It was my favorite class and she loved everything I did.
After school I hung out with my best friend Ted. He would sometimes mimic his English teacher, Miss Sutton, who had reprimanded a student saying “Young man, you are living an illusion.” - Dean

This exhibition is presented alongside the latest works from Rob Lamb Carpenter, Amy James, & Heather Ryan Kelley. All works from these artists are on view, free of charge, during regular gallery hours (12 - 6 p.m., Tue - Sun) from Aug 1 - 31, 2023.