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Gary Akers

Gary Akers (Born 1951) is active/lives in Kentucky, Maine.  Gary Akers is known for Figure, still life, landscapes.

Gary Akers , born 1951 in Pikesville, Kentucky.  After completing a Master's degree at Morehead State University in 1974, and spending the next year on a Greenshields Foundation Grant furthering his egg tempera work and studies, Akers became a full time artist in 1976.

Since then, his work has been exhibited widely in numerous museums and institutions including the Speed Art Museum, the Frye Museum of Art, the Ogunquit Art Museum, the Asheville Art Museum, the National Academy of Design, the Artists of America exhibition at the Colorado History Museum, and the Great American Artists exhibition at the Cincinnati Museum Center.

In addition to his egg tempera paintings, Akers is a highly accomplished watercolorist, and has received major awards from the American Watercolor Society (where he is an elected Signature Member), the Southern Watercolor Society, and the Kentucky Watercolor Society.

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11 Book References for Gary Akers
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2001 Editor, Cincinnati Bell Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale
(Exhibition catalog)
79 Yes
2000 Editor, Cincinnati Bell Great American Artists Exhibition and Sale
(Exhibition catalog)
78 Yes
1998 Bacon, Todd, Message for Denver Rotary Club Artists of America
(Exhibition catalog)
108 Yes
1997 Denver Rotary Club Artists of America Seventeenth Annual
(Exhibition catalog)
92 Yes
1997 Marquis Who's Who Who's Who in American Art, 1997-1998 1515 No
1993 Wolf, Rachel, ed. Splash 2: Watercolor Breakthroughs 134 Yes
1992 Lehrman, Lewis Barrett Being An Artist 138 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
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