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Charlotte, NC 28269
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Paul Robert Keysar


Education 2004, 2001
1993 - 1995
The Art League School at the Torpedo Factory
Alexandria, VA

1995 - 2000

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Four-Year Certificate of Fine Arts in Painting

1997 - 1998

Private Study with Carolyn Egeli
Nationally known portrait and landscape artist


Professional
Experience
2003 - Present General Partner, Keysar Studios
Sales of Original Artwork, Design Services

2008 - Present
1999 - 2002

Teaching and mentoring art students



Awards 2008 Distant City Lights awarded 3rd Place
Judge: Carla Hanzal, Curator of Contemporary Art,
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
Lake Norman Art League, 2008 Spring Exhibit, Cornelius, NC

2007

Green awarded 3rd Place
Mooresville Artist Guild, December Viewer's Choice Show, Mooresville, NC

2007

Cast Shadows awarded 1st Place
Judge: Elizabeth Bradford
Lake Norman Art League Fall Exhibit 2007, Cornelius, NC

2007

Harvest etching, 3rd Place
Countryside Landscape watercolor, Honorable Mention
Judge: Larry Elder, Elder Art Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Mooresville Artist Guild Artoberfest 2007, Mooresville, NC

2007

Finalists: Harvesting and The Three Trees
Entry of Merit: Stored Hay Bales
All three works will be published in the exhibit catalog.
The Richeson 75: Landscape & Exteriors International Competition, Kimberly, WI

2007

Clouds Over the Lake awarded Best in Show
by Jurors Jon Hair and Elizabeth Ross.
Also, selected for publication as a postcard
to benefit the Lake Norman Art League.
Lake Norman Art League, 2007 Spring Show, Davidson, NC

1995 - 2000

Awarded the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Scholarship

1995

Most Talented Artist
McDonough High School, La Plata, MD


Affiliations 2007 - Present Lake Norman Art League

2007 - Present

Mooresville Artist Guild

2005 - 2007

Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association


Collections   Various private collections throughout
AZ, CA, DE, GA, LA, MD, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, TN, and VA

Systems and Computer Technology, Philadelphia, PA

Centennial Street Salon, La Plata, MD


Exhibitions 2008 Featured Artist in Group Show, "Art of the Landscape"
Merrill-Jennings Galleries, Davidson, NC

2008

Lake Norman Art League, 2008 Spring Exhibit
Cornelius Town Hall, Cornelius, NC

2007

Viewer's Choice, December Members' Show
Mooresville Artist Guild, Mooresville, NC

2007

"Small Wonders" National, Juried Exhibit
Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

2007

Lake Norman Art League, Fall Exhibit 2007
Cornelius Arts Center, Cornelius, NC

2007

Mooresville Artist Guild, Artoberfest 2007, Mooresville, NC

2007

Lake Norman Art League, 2007 Spring Show
and traveling postcard exhibit, Davidson, NC

2006

Deck the Walls, Community Exhibition
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD

2006

Solo Exhibition, Recent Works
Annmarie Garden Gallery, Solomons, MD

2006

Adkins Arboretum, 2006 Art Competition: Discovering the Native Landscapes of the Mid-Atlantic, Ridgely, MD

2005

Patuxent Art League, 15th Annual Open Juried Art Exhibition
Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD
Juror: David Daniels

2005

Brush with Art, 14th International Juried Art Exhibition
Riverview Gallery, Havre de Grace, MD
Juror: Stephen Bennett Phillips, Curator of The Phillips Collection in Washington DC

2005

Annual Juried Student Show
Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
Juror: Steve Bradley, Associate Professor of Visual Arts at UMBC

2001

Fall Art at the Mill, Millwood, VA

2001

The Red Barn Exhibit, Waterford, VA

1999 - 2000

Annual Student Exhibitions
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts


Galleries 2007 - Present Merrill-Jennings Galleries, Davidson, NC

2006 - 2007

Benfield Gallery, Severna Park, MD

2002

Ollie Miller's Gallery, Lothian, MD

2001

The Rose Gallery, Leesburg, VA

2000

Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA


Bibliography   My painting, English Pointer, is featured in the article "Good Dog" in the January/February 2008 issue of Garden & Gun Magazine.

My work—including the paintings Goose Creek, Virginia; Nellysford, Virginia; and Harvesting—was reviewed for the featured artist of the week article for September 5, 2007, on the art website emptyeasel.com. (Read the article...)

Landscape painting, Winter's Walk, Paris, VA, published on the cover of the January 2007 issue of the Journal of Financial Service Professionals.

Still life painting, Gala Apples, featured in the Fall 1999 edition of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine