Artist Corner

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Paul Harmon is  an internationally exhibited artist who for 11 years, from 1986 to  early 1998, divided his time between permanent studio/residences in  Paris, France and Brentwood, Tennessee.

The Harmon work is  well represented in numerous galleries, museums, major corporate and  private collections in Europe, Asia, and the USA. Collections include  the Tennessee State Museum, the Tampa Museum of Art, the George Bush  Presidential Library and Museum, the Museum of the Principality of  Monaco, and the city of Caen, France.

He was chosen in 1981 to represent the U.S. in the Bienal de Arte, Medellin, Colombia, SA.

In  1994, Harmon had a major exhibition of his work at the invitation of  Caen, France. Curated by Galerie Déprez-Bellorget of Paris, this one-man  exhibition was the official art show of the D-Day 50th anniversary  remembrances.

Paul Harmon is the recipient of many major  international painting awards including the Prix de la Ville de Monaco  and the Prix de la Société E.J.A. at the XXIV Prix International D’Art  Contemporain de Monte-Carlo. The Harmon painting Walking Man, from this  exhibition/competition was chosen by Her Serene Highness, Princess  Caroline of Monaco for her private collection.

In  connection with the Prix de la Ville de Monaco, a canvas was  commissioned by the Principality of Monaco for its permanent collection.

His  work is featured in the Elmore Leonard Showtime movie “Pronto,”  directed by Jim McBride, and starring Peter Falk, Glenne Headly, and  James LeGros.

Paul Harmon lives and works in a 1793 National Register of Historic Places farmhouse and studio in Brentwood, Tennessee.

To see more of Paul’s work visit: www.paulharmon.com

Jessica  Galbraith is a graphic designer based in North Dakota. Her love for  books and magazines has given her a passion for print design. When she  isn’t working on layouts or dreaming up new designs, she can be found  spending time with her two children, working in the garden, and cooking.  She is currently developing a website for her daughter's animal rescue  group and creating a seasonal healthy living magazine. Jessica was  honored to develope the front and back cover for Short Sleeves Insights,  a collection of Manogue's essays written in 2007. You can reach her at leedesign@me.com

Chuck  McHan was well-known for his unique style of work that could be found  around Nashville in the late 20th century. McHan was born in Arkansas in  1942. He played football at the University of Arkansas until he  transferred to the Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida. He  eventually moved to Nashville and established an art studio.  

McHan’s  distinctive body of work achieves an unusual dichotomy between  contemporary and traditional styles. His color selections were bold and  his paintings were characterized by a bright, playful “confetti”  technique. For McHan, subject was of the most importance. He chose  traditional, often nostalgic themes and developed them with a fresh  modern perspective. Throughout his career, McHan vibrantly captured the  Southern cultural scene.  

His paintings depicting sporting  events, music clubs & concerts, and significant Tennessee landmarks  are among the most treasured of his memorable body of work. He  celebrated the city of Nashville with familiar scenes of leisurely days  at Centennial Park, a symphony at Carnton Mansion, a friendly gathering  in Belle Meade, the Historic Franklin Monument, and the buzz of  excitement at Iroquois Steeplechase.  

I went to Chuck’s  studio after seeing his work at a school auction. That’s when Joanie and  I fell in love with Chuck’s painting, Hair Set. Chuck passed before  Living Behind The Beauty Shop made its debut. His rendition of his  grandmother’s beauty shop was the perfect way to express the beauty shop  in all of us.  

I’m  a big Anna Jaap fan. When Bed Bosh And Beyond became a reality the only  fitting cover had to be Anna’s “In The Presence of a Pear.” The work  represents the fearful feeling we have about death. The fear of judgment  compliments of our maker. Anna shows the folly in that fearful feeling.

Anna  Jaap received her BFA Magna Cum Laude from Lipscomb University in 1987  with an emphasis in classical painting, photography, and French. For  twenty-five years, she has maintained a continuously working  studio—creating mixed media pieces informed by the historical decorative  arts, literature, and a deep love of nature.

Jaap’s work  hangs in museums and galleries across the United States as well as  galleries across the world. Her most recent series, The Love Letters,  celebrates beauty and connection in large-scale organic color fields  inspired by the gesture of written language.
Anna Jaap lives and works in Nashville, not far from Leiper’s Fork.

Website: www.annajaap.com

Selected Collections and Commissions:

• Agricultural Bank of China, New York, NY
• Avon, New York, NY
• Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN
• BentleyForbes, Chicago, IL
• Butler Snow, Nashville, TN
• Bruce McGraw Graphics, New York, NY
• Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV
• First Bank, Nashville, TN
• Gary Lee Partners, Chicago, IL
• Governor Phil Bredesen and Andrea Conte, Nashville, TN
• Henredon, Chicago, IL
• Ingram Book Company, Nashville, TN
• INSBANK, Nashville, TN
• Music City Center, Nashville, TN
• The National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD
• NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
• Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, CA
• Primus, Nashville, TN
• Ralph Lauren Home, Chicago, IL
• Rogers Joseph O’Donnell, PC. Washington, D.C.
• Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN
• Tiffany, New York, NY
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Award winning artist Jorge Yances  was born in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, and educated in the United  States. He was labeled a creative prodigy by art aficionados at a very  early age. During his teenage years he fine-tuned his creative  expression using a variety of techniques and finishes. Yances studied  under several well-known Nashville artists during the early years of his  career. During that time he expanded his artistic repertoire to include  wood carving and Plexiglas etchings. In 1974, Yances was given the  medal of bronze by the Grumbacher Company, and around the same time he  became the artist in residence at the Cruciana & Rosler Gallery in  Orlando, Florida. Since then, Yances work has been on display and in  demand throughout the United States and South America.

Yances  has the unique ability to blend physical reality with what some people  call fantasy, and the result is a vision of worlds that runs parallel to  this one. These worlds meet in different settings in his meticulous  work. The marriage of mind over matter gives the viewer the opportunity  to sense and feel more than one reality as they intermingle and come to  life on the canvas. That ability has earned Yances a premier position in  the Magical Realism Movement. Jorge has the uncanny ability to immerse  objective thought into his unique subjective world. In that world the  walls of one reality blend into the framework of other universes.

Jorge likes to describe his work this way:

“My  paintings are like poems. Each work invites the viewer to make up his  or her own story and allows them to see beyond the obvious into a world  of endless possibilities.”

The front cover work, Path through Life, was completed in 2002. The original is 30 x 40; oil on canvas. The work is part of Yances private collection.

Award  winning artist Bernadette Resha is the epitome of extraordinary. She  began her art career at a very early age thanks to her artistic maternal  grandmother, and the diligence of her mother. Her painting career has  been a metamorphosis of creativity. Bernadette started filling the house  with childhood sketches at the age six. As she matured her work evolved  into a potpourri of beauty. Her incredible pieces capture the soul of  each of her subjects. Her paintings have been the talk of professional  critics for over ten years. Even the Pepsi Company recognized her by  work by adding one to a Pepsi can.

Art galleries in New  York and throughout the Southeast display her originals at various  yearly exhibits. She continues to surprise the art world with her  intuitive talents and movie star personality. She has appeared on a  number of Television shows, fund raising events, and she has acted in  several movies. She loves playing the violin and her physical fitness  achievements especially in the Special Olympics showed the world her  multidimensional talents. Her positive outlook and love of life make her  a role model in the world of disabilities; Nashville native, Bernadette was born with Down syndrome.

Her personal life is filled  with the same high level of achievement that her work expresses.  Bernadette masterfully demonstrates the fact that DS doesn’t have to be  debilitating. A brief marriage and her ability to live on her own with  her beloved cats shows the world that the word disability is not in her  vocabulary.

Bernadette agreed to paint Pygmy Blue for the  back cover of this book. The work puts a physical face on the  non-physical aspects of this work.

Bernadette is currently working on her new collection with fellow Nashville artist and mentor Pam Francis. This new collection reveals yet another side of her incredible talent. For more information about Bernadette or to purchase  one of her works visit: www.bernadetteresha.com.