ARTIST STATEMENT

"For years I've been saying how important paint
quality is to my paintings. With this new series of
work the viewer will finally have the opportunity to
see the paintings up close. I normally frame my pieces with mats and under glass, but with this new work I
am starting to accomplish that. I love the still life. I
feel that even though I only use a few props or models the possiblilities are endless.

I get great enjoyment out of setting these things up on my shelf and moving them around until I find the right composition, as if I'm a director setting up a stage. For me light is one of the most important things in my paintings. It's just as important as what is being painted. Paint, light, surface... that is what my paintings are about."
 G Butson, 2004

RESUME

EDUCATION
1986 Pennsylvania School of the Arts, Marietta, Pennsylvania
1981 Warwick High School, Lititz, Pennsylvania

EXHIBITIONS
2011
Gary Butson: Rebirth, Arts Hotel Gallery, Lancaster Arts Hotel, Lancaster, PA
2010
From the Gallery Collection, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Gary Butson:Rebirth, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA
2004 Gary Butson Still Life, Lynden Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA
2002
Artistic Pairing, Classical and Contemporary Still Life Composition, Frances Donnelly Wolf and Gary Butson, Lancaster Galleries West, Elizabethtown, PA
1997
Gallery at Centerville, Wilmington, DE
Solo Exhibition, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
1996
Millersville University, Millersville, PA
Blue Moon Cafe, York, PA
Solo Exhibition, Lancaster Graphics, Lancaster, PA
Recent Works, Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA
1995
Mabey Gallery, Richmond, VA
1994
Four Young Realists, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
One Doctor's Choice, Mulberry Street Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1992
Solo Exhibition, Community Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1991
Lancaster City Art Walk, Lancaster, PA
1990
Art Sunday, The Framery, Lancaster, PA
Recent Works, Central Market Art Company, Lancaster, PA
Solo Exhibition, Jethro's Restaurant, Lancaster, PA
Solo Exhibition, Willow Valley Lakes Manor, Willow Valley, PA
1989
Central Market Art Company, Lancaster, PA

AWARDS
1994
Purchase Award, One Doctor's Choice, Lancaster, PA
1991
Individual Artist's Grant, Lancaster City Arts Council, Lancaster, PA
1984
Best of Show, All School Exhibit, Pennsylvania School of Art, Marietta, PA

PRESS RELEASES  click on entry to read

Maytown Painter Inspired by Old Masters, Harrisburg Magazine 717, March 2011 by Scott Campbell
Gary Butson: Rebirth, Lynden Gallery - October 2010
Blog Entry - Rebirth - October 2010
Gary Butson/Still Life, Lynden Gallery - April 2004