New Artist At Watson's Wildlife Art Gallery
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Come and visit the Gallery and his latest works at
http://www.watsonswildlife.com/bell.htm
Raymond Bell was born in Knoxville, Tenn. Here he experienced the
beauty of nature and a love for wildlife from spending much time in the
Great Smoky Mountains as a young man. His early works reflected the
landscapes of this area. He then worked in acrylics and oils.
Raymond is a self-taught artist whose primary artistic interest is
the expression of his perceptions of the varied forms and colors of wildlife
in their natural habitats. He is one of the few wildlife artists in the
country painting exclusively in pastel today. Raymond has worked in his
preferred medium of pastel for the past 20 years and has won more than 100
awards in his 30-year career. He is a Member of the Pastel Society of
America, a national association of pastelists whose work meets the standards
of excellence set the Society's panel of jurors.
In Knoxville, Raymond received a B.S. in industrial engineering
from the University of Tennessee before earning a Masters of Divinity degree
from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. He served fourteen years a
pastor of a Presbyterian church in Fairfax County, Va.
Raymond was commissioned by the Virginia Recreation & Park Society
to do the original of the first in a series of limited edition prints of the
state parks in Virginia. He has exhibited in some of the finest wildlife
art shows on the east coast, as will as the National Wildlife Art Collectors
Showcase in Minneapolis, Minn., and friends of the National Zoo Wildlife Art
Festival. He has had three previous one-person shows at the National
Wildlife Federation Gallery. His prints are offered in galleries across the
U.S. and in Europe.
Raymond currently has 36 prints in publication, mostly depicting
wildlife. He spends much time in field studies in the refuges and regularly
donates prints to organizations who further the preservation of wildlife and
the natural environment.
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