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oil on linen panel, 6 x 8 inches, 2010
#53
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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About Me
- Charles Pompilius
- Naples, FL, United States
- I am a painter based in Naples, Florida. My work has been shown in exhibitions throughout the United States including New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Scottsdale, and Birmingham, MI. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Central Michigan University and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. In 1984 I attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture on scholarship. I have taught painting at the university level, and I am the recipient of a Pollack-Krasner Award and a Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artist Grant. In 2011 I completed the official portrait of Michigan’s Governor Jennifer Granholm, which now hangs in the capitol rotunda in Lansing. In 2013 I painted Allan Gilmour, President Emeritus, Wayne State University. In 2016 I was commissioned to paint the official portrait of U.S. Congressman Fred Upton, now hanging in the Rayburn Building in Washington, D.C. I am currently developing a series of paintings based on a floral motif.
When I was younger, much younger, we all had or wanted a train set.
ReplyDeleteI remember those wooden tracks! I then got a train that blew smoke.
The neighbor had a real fancy set up in the basement.
A family friend that was a tool & dye tradesman made a scaled version, track and all.
It ran around his front & backyard and stoped for water and coal!
It would give rides to us.
Trains used to whistle at night and hum us to sleep.
I hear one now as I type this comment!(usually
wed. & fri.)
Charles, your painting reminds me of the fun
and enjoyment trains bring. Thanks for this post!