Austin-based artist Micah Alexander will show work in downtown Shreveport at the Barnwell Center from Ap 8. There's a reception Friday, Ap 8, from 7 to 9 pm, at the Barnwell.
Alexander's web site is filled with high-quality commercial work. As in the self-portrait, the work is at the Wow level of clean and cool. He works in oils, in digital mode and mixed media.
Alexander is a Caddo Magnet High School '97 who in '03 got a BS in illustration from the Ringling School of Art and Design. He said, "This is my very first display of my work as a single exhibit. A major portion of my work to be shown are portraits (oil-paintings) with several 'still-life' pieces. A very important piece that will be shown is a memorial tribute to Michael Alan Simpson, Jr., who was originally from Shreveport. He was involved in a tragic car accident in Austin last April and his mom commissioned me to do a series in his honor. Michael was well known through the cycling circles in Shreveport."
Micah's parents are artists; father Don is a muralist - see the rose on the Holiday Inn Downtown - and mother Shirlene teaches top students at Caddo Magnet HS and is additionally the painter-producer of the Sportran art buses.
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