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Alan Shuptrine

Alan Shuptrine (Born 1963) is active/lives in Tennessee.  Alan Shuptrine is known for Landscape, still life, figure and seascape painting, frame gilding.

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ALAN SHUPTRINE  (American, 1963- )
 
A painter known for his watercolor technical ability, Southern and Appalachian Mountains, and sensitive subject matter, nationally acclaimed artist, Alan Shuptrine has extended his reputation from a renowned framemaker and water gilder to a nationally acclaimed watercolorist. Launching his new coffee table book, "I Come From a Place" depicting over 80 of his paintings, with best selling author and National Geographic Person of the Year.
Shuptrine's watercolors are married into his handcrafted water gilded frames can be found throughout the Southeast in museums such as the Tennessee State Museum (Nashville), The Morris Museum of Art (Augusta, GA), The Huntsville Museum of Art (AL), New Orleans Museum of Art, Georgia Governors Mansion in Atlanta, The Swan House in Atlanta, Booth Museum of Western Art (GA), Greenville County Museum of Art (SC), Birmingham Museum of Art (AL), Montgomery Museum of Art (AL, the Hunter Museum o   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7262 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Alan Shuptrine  Born:  1963 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Known for:  Landscape, still life, figure and seascape painting, frame gilding

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ALAN SHUPTRINE  (American, 1963- )
 
A painter known for his watercolor technical ability, Southern and Appalachian Mountains, and sensitive subject matter, nationally acclaimed artist, Alan Shuptrine has extended his reputation from a renowned framemaker and water gilder to a nationally acclaimed watercolorist. Launching his new coffee table book, "I Come From a Place" depicting over 80 of his paintings, with best selling author and National Geographic Person of the Year.
Shuptrine's watercolors are married into his handcrafted water gilded frames can be found throughout the Southeast in museums such as the Tennessee State Museum (Nashville), The Morris Museum of Art (Augusta, GA), The Huntsville Museum of Art (AL), New Orleans Museum of Art, Georgia Governors Mansion in Atlanta, The Swan House in Atlanta, Booth Museum of Western Art (GA), Greenville County Museum of Art (SC), Birmingham Museum of Art (AL), Montgomery Museum of Art (AL, the Hunter Museum of American Art (TN), the Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston), the the Smithsonian affiliated Cleveland Museum Center(TN).

Born the son of recognized painter, Hubert Shuptrine (1936-2006), Alan has continued the legacy of realism that both Andrew Wyeth and his father Hubert established.

A resident of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Shuptrine's pursuit of the arts includes schooling at The Baylor School (Chattanooga, TN); The University of the South (Sewanee, TN); The University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN) and continued art education in Europe and California.

His style is Realism with highly detailed and dramatic lighting in his landscapes and figurative paintings. Shuptrine’s medium is primarily watercolor which he applies and controls in various techniques, from wet-in-wet to drybrush. He prefers to handcraft, carve, and gold leaf his own frames for his paintings.

Recognized by publications such as Okra Magazine (2019) American Artist Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Art and Antiques Magazine, and Watercolor Artist Magazine, Shuptrine garnered additional recognition when he was asked to participate in the exhibit, “In the Tradition of Wyeth: Contemporary Watercolor Masters” at The Vero Beach Museum of Art in 2010. The exhibition opened with Alan’s paintings displayed alongside the works by Andrew Wyeth, his father and Stephen Scott Young.

Following the Vero Beach exhibition, the Huntsville Museum of Art and The Tennessee State Museum selected Shuptrine’s watercolors for their permanent collections. After participating in numerous juried exhibitions and receiving awards from national and international watercolor societies, Shuptrine launched his first solo 4- museum exhibition from May, 2017-2019. The exhibition opened at the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville and celebrates the Celtic roots and continues to be a "Love Letter" to the Appalachian Mountains. Serving as a monument to the descendants of early English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh who settled the Eastern Seaboard, this art collection and soon-to-be coffee table book and documentary film, will collectively preserve mountain heritage and traditions for future generations.

Alan Shuptrine: Appalachian Watercolors of The Serpentine Chain opened at The Tennessee State Museum in Nashville; following this exhibit, it travels to The Morris Museum of Art in Augusta, Georgia; then to the Huntsville Museum of Art in Alabama; before returning home to The Museum Center at 5ive Points in Cleveland, Tennessee (a Smithsonian affiliate).

Museum Acknowledgements:
Monthaven Museum and Cultural Arts Center, Tennessee
Alan Shuptrine: Appalachian Watercolors of The Serpentine Chain, Tennessee State Museum (Nashville, TN) in May, 2017, Morris Museum of Art (Augusta, GA), January-April, 2018; Huntsville Museum of Art (AL), May- August, 2018; Museum Center a 5ive Points (Cleveland, TN), September 2018-January, 2019.
In the Tradition of Wyeth: Contemporary Watercolor Masters, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Vero Beach FL, 2011-2012
Permanent Collection, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
Permanent Collection, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
Permanent Collection, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA
Permanent Collection, Huntsville Museum of Fine Art (2019)

Awards & Recognitions:
My Artist Portfolio Landscape 2012 International Juried Competition, Honorable Mention, 2012
American Artist Magazine All Media Competition, Watercolor Honorable Mention, 2012
35th Annual Southern Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition Finalist, Winner of the Colart Americas (Winsor and Newton) Award, 2012
Tennessee Watercolor Society Biennial Juried Exhibition Finalist, Winner of the Beauty of Water Media Award, and achieved Signature Membership, 2012
Salmagundi Art Club Annual Juried Exhibition, Certificate of Merit, 2011, NYC
Tennessee Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Outstanding Technical Award, 2010
Cover Finalist for American Artist Watercolor Magazine, Summer 2008 Issue
Artist Colony Annual International Online Exhibition, 2nd Place Overall, 2008

Exhibitions and Collections:
The Serpentine Chain Collection Preview, Tennessee Association of Museums, Nashville, TN, 2016
Tennessee Watercolor Society Juried Exhibition, Nashville, TN, 2016
Water Gilding: A Lost Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, 2016
The Serpentine Chain Collection Preview, The Poinsett Club, Greenville, SC, 2016
The Serpentine Chain Collection Preview, The Biltmore Forest Country Club, Asheville, NC, 2015
The Bascom Guest Instructor Exhibition, Highlands, NC, 2014
Hudson Valley Art Association Juried Exhibition, New York, 2013
National Watercolor Society Members Only Juried Exhibition Finalist, 2012
National Watercolor Society, Finalist in Members Juried Exhibition, San Pedro, California, 2011
The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts, Members Exhibition, Highlands, NC, 2010
Tennessee Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Chattanooga, TN, 2010
Salmagundi Art Club Floral Exhibition, NY, 2010
Huntsville Museum of Art Annual Gala, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, 2009
The Southern Watercolor Society Juried Annual Exhibition Finalist, 2009
Spectrum, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, 2009
Salmagundi Art Club Annual Juried Painting/Sculpture Exhibition, Non-Members, NYC, 2008
Tennessee Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Knoxville, TN, 2008
Tennessee Art League Central Art Exhibition National, Nashville, TN, 2008
Southern Watercolor Society Annual Juried Exhibition, Quincy, FL, 2008
Greenville County Museum of Art Antiques & Exhibitions, Greenville, SC, 2006

Workshops and Demonstrations:
Vero Beach Museum of Art, FL Greenville County Museum of Art, SC
Hunter Museum of American Art, TN Birmingham Museum of Art, AL
The Bascom: Center for Visual Arts, Highlands, NC
New Orleans Museum of Art, LA
Huntsville Museum of Art, AL
Booth Western Art Museum, GA
Morris Museum of Art, GA


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