EXHIBITION RUNS OCTOB
BER 10TH – NOVEMBER 7TH
ALEX BEARD American painter and author Alex Beard is best known for his elaborate wildlife compositions created in his signature style of gestural painting, which he has coined Abstract Naturalism. Raised in a family that fostered philanthropy, creativity and exploration, Alex has traveled extensively around the world. The diverse cultures, colors, and climates of Africa, India, China, the Americas, and Australia have profoundly influenced both his professional and artistic practice. While earning his BA from Tufts University, he studied painting and drawing at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In his early twenties Alex moved to New Orleans to continue his formal training at the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. Fueled by curiosity about the cultures and wildlife he had been exposed to in his early years, Alex has spent much of his life traveling to some of the world’s most remote wildlife outposts - paintbrush in hand. His time in nature enables him to continually hone his style—creating complex compositions in which abstraction and figuration collide, while exploring themes of cultural and environmental interconnectivity. Alex’s work figures prominently in several private and public collections and he has exhibited extensively throughout the United States, including solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and abroad in Hong Kong. An impassioned conservationist and philanthropist, in 2012 Alex established The Watering Hole Foundation, a public charity engaged in saving endangered wildlife and preserving their environments. His documentary, Drawing the Line, fused his artistic talent with his dedication to preservation, chronicling the plight of the endangered Wild African Elephant, as seen through the eyes of a conservationist artist. Alex lives in New Orleans with his wife, two children, two dogs, a cat, and a mess of other critters at The Pink Elephant in the Garden District.
Animalia | 36x
x60 | $13,000
The Totem | 40x16 | $2000
The Zebra Totem | 30x15 | $1750
Gestural Bird I | 30x22 | $3000
Gestural Bird II | 30x22 | $3000
Gestural Bird III | 30x22 | $3000
Gestural Bird IV | 30x22 | $3000
Gesture of The Universe | 36x36 | $3000
Gesture of The Wave | 36x36 | $3000
The American Bitte
en | 11x15 | $800
The Stomper Gestural Bird | 15x11 | $800
2 Penguins, A Puffin +
+ A Gull | 11x15 | $800
The Confused Parakeet | 15x11 | $800
Sandhill Crane I | 45x28 | $3500
Sandhill Crane II | 45x28 | $3500
Charlotte, The Peacoc
ck | 48x60 | $12,000
The Long Strange Tripper | 36x48 | $6500
The Yellow Fin Fishery | 48x48 | $10,000
The Great Grey Owl | 48x60 | $12,000
The Night Prowler | 48x60 | $12,000
The Reflective Octopus | 48x36 | $6500
Pelicans of The Bayou | 48x60 | $14,000
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