Blake Morgan’s paintings are created from observation over weeks, months, and, often into the following year. The time spent immersed in place is an important element in his work. The movement of the sun, clouds, and the changing landscape offer opportunities to choose moments, tinker with space, and connect the underlying abstraction with observation.

Blake has exhibited his work in the United States and Italy. He received a BA in painting and drawing from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma and an MFA in painting and drawing from the University of South Carolina. He is a recipient of the William and Dorothy Yeck Award from Miami University. Blake is currently a Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. The Jean McLaughlin Outdoor Education & Research Center, a natural habitat and classroom for USAO, is where many of the works in the exhibition were created.

JohnHenry Tecklenburg is a visual artist from Charleston, SC. His paintings are a response to the history and tradition of painting, in terms of its materials, techniques, and iconography. Subjects range from landscape, still-life, and figurative work. These works are long studies into the nature of perception and space of two-dimensional and three-dimensional forms.

He received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and MFA from the University of South Carolina. In addition, he has studied painting independently at the Rhode Island School of Design, the International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture in Umbria, Italy, the Chautauqua School of Art in Chautauqua, New York, and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, Greece.