Guthrie Killebrew

~"I strive to pull away the layers of unnecessary detail to reveal the essence of the subject.”

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Biography

Guthrie was born in 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. She attended Hutchison, a private girls’ school, and studied art at the Memphis Academy of Art, which is now the Memphis College of Art. Her studies were put on hold for a few years when she moved to New York City to seek her fortune. No fortune ensued, but she did study sculpture and work in stone for the first time. She returned to Memphis and in 1968 married Jim Killebrew, a young surgical intern. They moved to Nashville, Tennessee and had two sons before setting off to Fort Rucker, Alabama in 1973 to fulfill their army obligation. In 1975, they moved to LaGrange. When her sons were old enough to be embarrassed by their parents, Guthrie returned to school and got a BA with an art major at LaGrange College. She continued to take various art classes there until 1998, when she became one of the founding partners of Artists in Residence. Her work is in private collections throughout the Southeast and was honored with Best in Show at the LaGrange Artists Guild Exhibition in 2000.

Artist Statement

“Being a sculptor first and a painter second, chiaroscuro is apparent in all but my most recent paintings. Working in two dimensions instead of three I use both line and color to create tension on the surface. My recent travel to the Tuscany region of Italy and the Provence region of France has been an inspiration to me. I have fallen in love with the brilliant Provencal light that seems to make the colors of the region even more exciting. In my current paintings I strive to pull away the layers of unnecessary detail to reveal the essence of the subject.”

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EDUCATION

2000    Watercolor workshop under Virginia Wright-Frierson, UGA, Cortona Italy

1993    Watercolor workshop under Keith Rasmussen, LaGrange GA

1992    Watercolor workshop under Nell Johnson

1991    Sculpture class under Tim Taunton   

1983    B.A. (Art Major, Sculpture Concentration) LaGrange College, LaGrange GA

1964    Sculpture class under Sabastian Maneo

1961-1963    Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN

GALLERIES

1998-present     Artists in Residence, LaGrange GA

1993-1998        Gallery on the Square, LaGrange GA

1993                  Sweetwater Gallery, Clarkesville GA

1992                  Artists We Three, Pine Mountain GA

EXHIBITIONS

2001    Higher Groundz, LaGrange GA

            Lake Lanier Designer Show House, Buford GA

            Healing Arts Exhibition, Callaway Cancer Clinic, LaGrange GA

            Spring Invitational, Artists in Residence

            LaGrange Artists Guild Exhibition, CVAM, LaGrange GA

2000    LaGrange Artists Guild Exhibition, CVAM, LaGrange GA

            Best in Show

1998    Opening Exhibition, AIR

1995    State Capital Gallery Exhibition, Atlanta GA (Invitational)

1994    Atlantic Coastline Artists Guild Exhibition, Tifton GA

1993    Affair on the Square, LaGrange GA

            LaGrange Artists Guild Exhibition, CVAM, LaGrange GA

            First Place-3D, Honorable Mention 2D

1992    LaGrange Artists Guild Exhibition, CVAM, LaGrange GA

            Healing Art Exhibition, Callaway Cancer Clinic, LaGrange GA

1983    LaGrange National VIII, LaGrange GA (juried)

            Awarded the Needham Avery Award for 3d work, LaGrange College

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