William Rainey
SHAMPOO RINSE REPEAT Solo Exhibition 2016
118 Southwest Blvd Kansas City, MO 64108 816.527.0823 BlueGalleryOnline.com
SHAMPOO, RINSE, REPEAT The title of this show came to me as I was reworking some old paintings in the studio. It reinforced to me that it is all about the act of painting. All old paintings are just the beginning of new paintings. It is the continuation of time and the event that occurred when I performed that act of putting paint on canvas that moment that hour that day. Quite a few of the works in the show are ones I continued to paint. Until I stopped. I guess this means I am an “action painter”. I stand to paint, spray, scrape, rub, dribble and dance around… to put whatever my subconscious feels like doing. I like big paintings for that reason. It is body in motion. Rather than a single moment in time captured by photography and realism, you are getting me up there or on there. That makes me a “gestural painter” too. I am a “colorist” as well. Color moves me and comes as close as I can to painting emotions on a canvas. There are a few primitive symbols and identifiable things in there. They are often deep metaphorical symbols of humanity. They can mean many things. There isn’t any central figure in my paintings. The positive and negative space, the middle and the edges of the canvas, all are important to the overall expression. Some might argue that make me an “abstract expressionist”. My art is viewer dependent. In other words, the viewer must look, think, feel and react. Many people say to me “ I see different things in your paintings every time I look at them.” I like to hear that. I don’t care what you think about my work as long as you think about it. William Rainey’s acrylic on canvas paintings grasp the imagination and transforms it to every day life, emotions, and beliefs. The paintings move into the subconscious much like improvisational jazz; melding reality and fiction with a fascinating journey of color, movement, and shapes. Describing art is about the left side of the brain. Making it represent something, philosophizing about it is all in the left side. Abstract art like mine is a right brain activity. Sensing, responding, feeling and even having a relationship. So, I invite you to get in your right mind while you experience my art. Rainey received he first art award 50 years ago and since has attended Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO and the Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Masters Program. Represented exclusively by Blue Gallery since 2000, William Rainey’s paintings can be found in private and corporate collections worldwide. Select corporate collectors include; Shook, Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Data Systems International, Kansas City, MO, Restaurant Management Company, Wichita, KS, Missouri Bank, Kansas City, MO, and Lanard Toys Ltd., Hong Kong.
William Rainey SHAMPOO RINSE REPEAT Opening Reception + Artist’s Talk Thursday, September 1, 2016 6 – 8 pm Artist’s talk begins at 7 pm First Friday, September 2, 6 – 9 pm artist will be in attendance both nights exhibition runs through October 3, 2016
SHAMPOO RINSE REPEAT acrylic on canvas 60” x 52” fr. $6100
False Idols acrylic on canvas 66” x 60” fr. $7800
Valentine’s Day acrylic on canvas 54” x 62” fr. $6500
Boobs Facing acrylic on canvas 62” x 67” fr. $8200
Orange Blossom Special acrylic on canvas 60” x 52” fr. $6100
A Fool’s Errand acrylic on canvas 54” x 44” fr. $4600
Last Man Standing acrylic on canvas 52” x 44” fr. $4400
Let the Good Times Roll acrylic on canvas 50” x 42” fr. $4000
What’s Black, White, and Red All Over? acrylic on canvas 46” x 46” fr. $4000
RU1? acrylic on canvas 44” x 42” fr. $4000
X Marks the Spot acrylic on canvas 44” x 42” fr. $3500
Pink Optimism acrylic on canvas 38” x 42” fr. $3000
Way Back in 1839 acrylic on canvas 34” x 38” fr. $2400
Biscuits and Gravy acrylic on canvas 38” x 32” fr. $2300
Double Crossed acrylic on canvas 38” x 32” fr. $2300
Dogs vs Cats acrylic on canvas 38” x 32” fr. $2300
Summer Fun acrylic on canvas 24” x 52” fr. $2300
Family Reunion acrylic on canvas 32” x 32” fr. $1900
Easter Monday acrylic on canvas 48” x 24” fr. $1800
Three Red Things acrylic on canvas 20” x 42” fr. $1500
No Winner No Dinner acrylic on canvas 26” x 32” fr. $1500
Green Stocking acrylic on canvas 26” x 30” fr. $1400
Birthday Party acrylic on canvas 30” x 24” fr. $1300
Stuck in Traffic acrylic on canvas 26” x 24” fr. $1100
A Double Dog Dare acrylic on canvas 26” x 24” fr. $1100
Dude! acrylic on canvas 26” x 20” fr. $900
In and Out acrylic on canvas 20” x 26” fr. $900
Status Quo acrylic on canvas 24” x 28” fr. $800
Welcome to the Jungle acrylic on canvas 28” x 14” fr. $600
“William Rainey’s canvases are like maps of human experience or thought process, where all of the input and reactions are mixed and meshed, then organized and synthesized into bite-size chunks. It is wonderful to see an artist who shows such strength in abstraction and takes such original joy in the act of painting” – Dustin Johnson, REVIEW Magazine, Dec. 2005 Born Joplin, Missouri - October 21, 1943 Education Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1992 Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts, Masters Program, Santa Fe, NM, Selected to study with Nathan Olivera, 1992 Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, 1990 Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, 1965-67 Jasper County Junior College, Joplin, MO, 1963-64 University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 1962 Business Experience 1989 - present: Full-time artist 1969-1988: Owner and operator of mens and womens clothing stores. Select Exhibitions September 2014, William Rainey, DANGER: Don’t Try This at Home!!!, Solo Exhibition, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO October 2012, William Rainey, Featured Artist, Ariodante Gallery, New Orleans, LA October 2011, William Rainey, All the Colors in My Paintbox, Solo Exhibition, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO September 2010, Homecoming: William Rainey Retrospective, Spiva Center For The Arts, Joplin, MO November 2009, William Rainey, Magic Show, Solo Exhibition, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO August 2007, William Rainey, Solo Exhibition, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO August 2005, William Rainey, Carnival, Solo Exhibition, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO October 2002, William Rainey, Mary Kline-Misol, Wonderland, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO December 2000, William Rainey, Paintings From The Land of Oz, Solo Exhibition, Blue Gallery, Kansas City, MO Juried Shows MOAK 4 State Regional Exhibition; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO - November 2002. Juror: Marcia Manhart, Executive Director; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK Watercolor U.S.A. 1997 National Competitive Exhibition; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO - June 1997. Juror: Thomas R. Toperzer, Director; Fred Jones, Jr., Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery 7th Biennial 7-State Juried Exhibition, Tucson, AZ – Feb. 1997. Jurors: Debra Hopkins, Curator of Photography, Scottsdale Center for the Arts; Jeffrey Moore, Director, Bluestar Art Space, San Antonio, TX Tubac Center of the Arts Winter Juried Exhibit, Tubac, AZ–Jan. 1997. Juror: Lee Karpiscak, Asst. Director, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ 11th Annual Juried Competition: The Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX–Nov. 1996. Juror: Frances Culpitt, Assoc. Professor Art History, University of Texas 46th Spiva Annual Juried Competitive; George Spiva Center For The Arts, Joplin, MO–March 1996. Juror: David Turner, Director Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Cheekwood National Contemporary Painting Competition, Nashville, TN, Nov.–Dec. 1995. Jurors: Inge-Lise Eckmann, Deputy Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – Robert Ryman, Artist, New York 13th Annual River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City, MO – June 1995. Juror: Marti Mayo – Director, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX 12th Annual Art in the Woods Juried Exhibition, Overland Park, KS – May 1995. Juror: Christopher Brown, Artist and Educator, San Francisco, CA 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition; Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA – April 1995. Juror: Sheila Stewart-Leach, Director of the Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL 45th Spiva Annual Juried Competitive: George Spiva Center for the Arts – March 1995. Juror: Warren Rosser, Chair; Department of Painting-Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute 44th Spiva Annual Juried Competitive; Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO – March 1994. Juror: Warren Rosser, Chair; Department of Painting-Printmaking, Kansas City Art Institute River Market Regional Exhibition; Kansas City, MO – June 1993. Juror: Susan Sterling, Curator Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Women in the Arts 14th Salina Art Center Annual Juried Body of Work Show; Salina, KS – 1993. Juror: Inge-Lise Eckmann, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art MOAK 4 State Regional Exhibition; Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO – Dec. 1992. Juror: Thomas R. Toperzer, Director; Fred Jones, Jr., Museum
of Art, University of Oklahoma Re: Members ‘92 Kansas City Artist Coalition; Kansas City, MO – Oct. 1992. Juror: Dr. Novelene Ross, Chief Curator, The Wichita Art Museum Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI – July 1992. Juror: Carole D. Barnes, Artist New American Talent National Competition; Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX – May 1992. Juror: Madeleine Grynsztejnm Curator, San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art Aesthetics ‘92 Juried National Exhibition; McPherson, KS – April 1992. Juror: Linda Faw-Light, Artist 42nd Spiva Annual Juried Competitive; Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO – March 1992. Juror: Martha Gerlarden, Director, Ford Gallery, Eastern Michigan University Re: Members ‘92 Kansas City Artist Coalition; Kansas City, Mo – March 1992. Juror: Ree Schonlav, Director, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, NB The Delta Art Exhibition; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR – Oct. 1991. Juror: George Adams, Frumkin/ Adams Gallery, New York City River Market Regional Exhibition; Kansas City Mo – June 1991. Juror: Neal Benezra, Curator Twentieth Century Painting, The Art Institute of Chicago 41st Spiva Annual Juried Competition; Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO – March 1991. Juror: Deborah Jordy, Associate Curator Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum Springfield Art Museum Biennial Exhibition; Springfield, MO – Dec. 1990. Juror: Harry Krug, Chair Art Department, Pittsburg State University 40th Spiva Annual Juried Competitive; Spiva Art Center, Joplin, MO – March 1990. Juror: Gary Coulter, Artist Spiva Art Center May Competitive, Joplin, MO – May 1967 1st Annual Missouri State Student College & University Art Competition 1967 Awards and Honors Watercolor U.S.A. Honor Society Purchase for the Museum :Collections, June, 1997 Watercolor U.S.A. Awarded 3rd Cash Award, June, 1997 11th Annual Juried Competition, The Fine Arts Center, Lubbock, TX. Awarded Juror Choice Award, Nov.–Dec. 1996 MOAK 4 State Regional Exhibition, Springfield Art Museum. Awarded 1st Cash Prize – Dec. 1992 New American Talent National Competition, Austin, TX. Awarded inclusion into traveling show – May 1992 Aesthetics ‘92 Juried National Exhibition, McPherson, KS. Awarded 2nd prize – April 1992 42nd Spiva Annual Juried Competitive, Joplin, MO. Awarded 3rd prize – April 1992 Spiva Art Center May Competitive Awarded 3rd prize and purchase award – May 1967 1st Annual Missouri State College & University Art Competition. Awarded 2nd prize. – May 1967 Member, Delta Phi Delta Honorary Art Fraternity – 1966/67 Select Corporate Collectors Foland, Wickens, Eisfelder, Roper and Hofer, PC – Kansas City, MO Lanard Toys Ltd. – Hong Kong Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP – Kansas City, MO Data Systems International – Kansas City, MO Restaurant Management Company – Wichita, KS Missouri Bank – Kansas City, MO
118 Southwest Blvd
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