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RICK McCLURE


EXHIBITIONS:
"Endless Summer" Nicole Kennedy Gallery ~ 6/2006
"Progressions From Study to Studio" ~ Fountainside Fine Art ~ 5/2006
"The Landscape Through the Eye of the Artist" ~ Governor's Gallery Oklahoma State Capitol ~ 5/2006
"Rick McClure New Works" ~ Shadid Fine Art ~ 3/2006
NAPPAP National Exhibition "The Natural World Observed" ~ National Arts Club, NYC 9/2005
American Impressionist Society 6th National Exhibition ~ Taos, NM ~ 5/2005
Rick McClure & Gay Faulkenberry ~ A Two Person Show ~ Edmond, OK ~ 2/2005
A Coastal Journey ~ Solo Exhibition ~ Fountainside Gallery ~ Wilmington, NC ~ 3/2005
People and Places ~ Solo Exhibition ~ FountainSide Gallery ~ Wilmington, NC ~ 5/2004
American Impressionist Society 5th National Exhibition ~ Charlotte Finn Gallery ~ Vero Beach, FL ~ 11/2003
ViewPoint 2003 ~ The Cincinnati Art Club ~ 11/2003
OPA ~ 12th National Exhibition ~ Nichols Gallery ~ Taos, NM ~ 5/2003
Around the World in Twenty Paintings ~ Solo Exhibition ~ FountainSide Gallery ~ Wilmington, NC ~ 5/2003
American Impressionist Society 4th National Exhibition ~ Morro Bay. CA ~ 10/2002
ViewPoint 2002 ~ The Cincinnati Art Club ~ 11/2002
14th Annual Invitational Miniature Exhibition ~ Howard/Mandville Gallery ~ Kirkland, WA ~ 11/2002
From City to Country ~ Solo Exhibition ~ FountainSide Gallery ~ Wilmington, NC ~ 5/2002
OPA ~ 11th National Exhibition ~ Hilligoss Galleries ~ Chicago, Ill ~ 4/2002
OPA ~ 10th National Exhibition ~ Zantman Galleries ~ Palm desert, CA ~ 4/2001
OPA ~ Midwest Regional Exhibition ~ Dunton Galleries ~ Arlington Heights, Ill ~ 9/2000
ViewPoint 2001 ~ The Cincinnati Art Club ~ 11/2001
American Impressionist Society 3rd National Exhibition ~ William Lester Gallery ~ 10/2001
36th Inland Exhibition San Bernardino County Museum ~ San Bernardino, CA ~ 7/2000
Associated Artists of Southport National Exhibition ~ Southport, NC ~ 6/2000
71st Grand National Exhibition ~ Salmagundi Club ~ New York, NY ~ 11/1999
Batavia International Juried Exhibition ~ Batavia, NY ~ 10/1999
Breckenridge Art Center National Juried Exhibition ~ Breckenridge, TX ~ 9/1999
Best of the Southwest Juried Exhibition ~ Amarillo, TX ~ 5/1989

AWARDS:
Best of Show - Grand Prize ~ ViewPoint 2003 ~ Cincinnati Art Club
H/M ~ American Impressionist Society 5th National Exhibition ~ Charolett Finn Gallery
Frame and Save Award ~ ViewPoint 2002 ~ Cincinnati Art Club
2nd Prize ~ American Impressionist Society 3rd National Exhibition ~ William Lester Gallery
Leila Gardin Sawyer Memorial Award ~ Salmagundi Club
First Place ~ Lawton Junior Service league Juried Exhibition
Purchase Award ~ Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts
Grumbacher Award ~ Art Educator of the Year 1986
Who's Who Among Americas' Teachers 1999, 2002, 2004

EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Fine Arts ~ Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Post Graduate Studies in Painting ~ North Texas State University
Post Graduate Studies in Sculpture ~ University of Central Oklahoma
Advanced Placement Art History ~ Texas Christian University
Plein Air Painting Master Class Studies ~ Charles Sovek
Plein Air Painting Master Class Studies ~ Eric Michaels

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
University of Oklahoma School of Film and Photography
Southwestern Oklahoma State University Board of Regents
Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Cordell National Bank and Trust Corporation
Putnam City Independent School District

REPRESENTATION:
Fountain Side Fine Art Gallery ~ Wilmington, NC
Tanglewood Fine Art ~ Flagstaff, AZ
Shadid Fine Art ~ Edmond, OK
Marquette Gallery ~ Cincinnati, OH

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
Oil Painters of America
American Impressionist Society
National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters