Artist: Faith Copeland
Watercolors, Acrylics

www.faithcopeland.com
Faith,s Atelier

faithcopeland@yahoo.com

Artist Statement:

My work is mainly influenced by the beauty I find in "Nature" mainly from "the Sea" also plants and animals. It is a celebration of life in joyous colors, influenced by Nordic landscape from The Faroe Islands and Iceland with bird life (puffins) other motives are inspired by charming Danish villages and coast lines ,The SEA is a constant motive. I have also made paintings. Influenced by visits to Florida Spain, Italy ,France ,

Artwork

I am working in mainly watercolors, but also in oils and acrylics,  egg tempera, collages  graphics,  and painting on silk, some large wall hangings and wall murals. Generally described as, Expressionist, impressionist ,Colorist at times Naivistic
One Critic Wrote in the Cape Cod Times....."Imaginative, original work, with the Primitive Charm of Rousseau and the sense for color and light as Raul Dufy"

Present Exhibitions
Gallery 101 Fort Lauderdale Florida  2011 :permanent
the Village Studio Gallery Delray Beach Florida : permanent

Recent Exhibitions
David Rose  Museum Gallery Boca Raton 2011
Tinghus Gallery Fredensborg , Denmark2010

other exhibitions

Gallery Embassy ,Copenhagen  
Gallery Astel Copenhagen
Faroe Islands Cultural house  Copenhagen 
Nord Atlantic Brygge Copenhagen
Frederiksund Sparekassen Bank 
Faroe islands  Culture house Copenhagen 
Jons Hus  .the Icelandic Culture house Copenhagen
Humlen  Art Society Hedehusene Denmark
Bonnet House museum Gallery ,Fort Lauderdale Florida
David Rose Museum Gallery, Boca Raton Florida
Crest Theatre, Delray Beach
Cornel l  University  Museum ,Delray Beach Florida
Modern Art Museum Selfoss Iceland
Nordens hus Faroe Islands
Smedjen  Gallery Faroe Islands
Hotel Oceania  Brest France
Gallery Europa Rungsted kyst, Denmark
American Embassy  Denmark
Kirsten Kjaers Museum   Denmark
Shaknow Museum  Fort Lauderdale
Coral Springs Musuem   Florida
Notingham Unviversity  England
Hotel Oceania , Brest France
Italian Cultural Center  Denmark
Icelandic Culture house  Copenhagen
The Armory Museum   West Palm Beach Florida
Astel Gallery    Copenhagen
Mitzis Gallery Copenhagen
Carlsberg Museum Copenhagen
Nordenshus,Faroe Islands
many Art Clubs,(kunstforening)Banks ,Companies,Cafees etc

General exhibitions:

· Herkules Pavillon,  Copenhagen,kongens have

· Sjællands Sparekassen Bank, Frederiksund,Denmark

· Pilegaarden Medborgerhus, Brønshøj Denmark

· Tranhuset., christianshaven

· Shacknow Museum,Fort Lauderdale Florida

· Cornell Museum  ,Delray Beach

· The Armory Museum, West Palm Beach Florida

· The Bonnet House Museum, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

· The Coral Springs Museum, Coral Springs, Florida.April 2005,"Juried Show"

· Carlsberg Museum, Copenhagen

· Vedbaek Cultural Center, Denmark

· "Gallery Europa",Rungstedkyst, Denmark

· Fyglsanghus,Hørsholdm, Denmark

· "Villa Bournonville  Gallery",Fredensborg, Denmark

· "Smedjan Gallery",Faroe Islands,solo

· "Nordens Hus",Faroe Islands,(Olai festival) group

· "Italian Kultur hus,Copenhagen"

· "American Embassy",Copenhagen

· "Gallery Gammelstrand", Copenhagen

· Gallery LB Coprnhagen

· "Gallery Shambala",Copenhagen

· "Haderslev Bio,Gallery",Denamrk

· Hotel Oceania,Brest, France

· Nothingham University,England

· Soho Gallery,West Palm Beach Florida,USA

· The Jeannett Hare GalleryNorthwood University West Palm Beach Forida,April 2004,Received award"The Judges Honorable Mention"

· The Art Serve Gallery,Sunset Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida, 2004,Coral Springs Art guild,group

· The Armory Museum of Art,West Palm Beach Florida ,2003
Received the honor award of"Judges Recognition",Witva group

· Delray open Air Art Show,Veterans Park, Delray Art League,

· "Gators Galore" project ,fundraising for  Boys and Girls Clubs of  Palm Beach County,florida creating the aligator statue placed in Lake Worth, Florida, April 2004

· Lake Worth Art League,

· Delray Beach Florida ,group

· Cafe Le Chat Noir,Copenhagen ,solo

· "Gallery LB",Copenhagen

· Gallery Witva,Pinapple Grove Delray Beach Florida,group

· Lake Worth Art League Gallery,

· Delray City Hall, group

· Jannette Hare Gallery,West Palm Beach Florida

· Helligandshus, Copenhagen  alone and  group

· Slagelse Music Hus",Denmark

· "Birkerød Musikhus "MantziusGård"

· "Slagelse Theatre", Denmark

· "Mostingshus" Frederiksberg ,Copenhagen

· "Brøndsalen,Copenhagen

· "Heligåndshuset",Copenhagen

· Jyllands Post Gallery",Copenhagen

· Miljø Ministery ,Copenhagen

· Ringsted,kuntforeing",Copenhagen

· Hillerod kunstforening",Denmark and others

· Strand Hotel",Dragor,Denmark

· Paradis Cafe,Restaurant",Hornbaek,Copenhagen

· Energy Ministery ,Copenhagen and others

· "Cape Cod Art Association",Mass.USA

· "The Artists Guild",Falmouth Mass.USA

· "Creations Gallery",Osterville MA USA

· "Woods Hole Gallery", Woods Hole MA USA

· "The Barn" Gallery, Haynnis MA USA

Member of :

· "Nordic Akvarel Society",Stockholm, Sweden

·            "Astel Gallery ,Copenhagen

· "Montmartre" group, Copenhagen

· "Caravan", Denmark

· "Women the the Visual Arts", Delray Beach Florida,USA</

· "Artist Guild for the Palm Beaches", West Palm Beach Florida

· "The Falmouth Artist Guild", Cod Mass.USA

· The Palm Beach Watercolor Society

· the Coral Springs Artist Guild, Florida

· The Lake Worth Artist Guild, Florida

· Palm Beach Artists Guild

Grants Received

· "The Paul Becket Art Fund"(Spain)1998

· "The Hasselund Art Fund ,1998,1999,2000,2001",2006 (Denmark)1998,99,00

Prizes Won

o "The Judges Recognition" The Jeannette Hara Gallery show,    Palm Beach Artist Guild Spring Show ,2004

o "The Judges Recognition" The Armory Museum Show,2004,

o "The Cultural Award" from The American Women's Club of Copenhagen

o "Excellence in Watercolors" 1st prize" Artists Guild Falmouth,Mass.Annual Juried Exhibition

o "Peoples Choice Award,Ist Prize"Barnstable County with Silk painting "The Surfer" which was hung in The City Hall Barnstable Massachusetts USA

Education

o B.A.Degree,Modern Language German-French, Vanderbilt University,Nashville,Tennesee USA

o Teaching Degree Modern Language,Miami University USA

o Phil.Cand.Art History Lund University, Sweden

o Ærø Kunsthøhjskole(Art School)Denmark,Art School Denmark

o Samsø Art School, kunsthojskole.Denmark

Biography

Originally from Massachusetts, lived in Tennesee and Florida has lived most ly in Europe:Austria, France,Spain,Sweden and  Denm

 Educated as a language teacher ,art hstorian,speaks 8 languages. Teaching Degree,   Phil. Cand. degree in Art history from Lund´s University Sweden working also doing graphic web design for artists and others, teaching art and language

Many paintings from Faroe Islands and Iceland

.Exhibited in Iceland  in the "Museum of Art "in Selfoss,Faroe Islands in Gallery Smedjan and Nordens hus, Denmark ;the Carlsberg Museum,Kirsten Kjaers Museum Jutland, Gallery Astel Copenhagen, Gallery Gammel Strand Copenhagen, Gallery Europa Rungsted kyst. In USA Florida;Shacknow Museum Plantation Florida, ,Bonnet House  Museum, fort Lauderdale,  The Armory Museum West Palm Beach Florida,Soho Gallery West Palm Beach ,Jeannett Hare Gallery Northwood university, Witva Gallery  Delray Beach Florida,etc

´Known for paintings with the "Playing Puffins", mainly from The Faroe Islands and Iceland.

style is

Impressionistic,narrative,naivistic,coloristic,decorative,narrative, filled with fantasy humor and love of Nature, plants ,animals.coastal towns, "The Sea" is a recurring motive.