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ALLEN GARNS


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Backlit Blue
oil on canvas on panel
8 x 10
$850

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Blue Bungalow
oil on canvas on panel
6 x 8
$750

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Bungalow Off Broadway
oil on panel
8 x 10
$850

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Canal
oil on canvas on panel
6 x 8
$750

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Country Road 
oil on panel  8 x 10 
$850

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Curve on 7th Street
  oil on canvas  32 x 46  $5,000

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Early Morning Rail 
oil on panel  8 x 10 
$850

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Gordon's II
oil on canvas  18 x 24 
$2,200

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Groceries
oil on canvas on panel
6 x 8
$750

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Hazy Morning 
oil on panel  9 x 12 
$950

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Late Afternoon
(San Francisco)

oil on panel  10 x 8
$850
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Looking Back
pastel  12 x 8.75 
$850

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Lunch Truck
oil on panel on canvas
6 x 8
$750

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Mining Town
oil on panel  8 x 10

$850

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Morning Porch Light
  oil on panel  9 x 12 
$950

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Morning Hotel
oil on canvas on panel
9 x 12
$950

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New Windsor Hotel 
oil on canvas  28 x 38  $3,500

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Old Home 
oil on panel  8 x 10 
$850

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Open Gate
oil on panel 8 x 10
$850

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Orpheum Lofts, Midday
  oil on canvas  18 x 24  $2,200

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Phillipe's
oil on canvas on panel
9 x 12
$950

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San Carlos 
oil on panel  6 x 6  $700

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Sunday Stroll  oil on panel  11 x 14 
$1,200

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Yellow Bungalow
oil on canvas on panel
8 x 10
$850

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Yellow Corner
oil on canvas on panel
10 x 8
$850

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City Shadows
original charcoal drawing  18 x 30 
 $1,400

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Curve 
original charcoal drawing  22 x 32 
 $1,500

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Flight
original charcoal drawing  24 x 18  
$1,300

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Resurrection
  original charcoal drawing 
18 x 14
   $1,200

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Voyage
original charcoal drawing  24 x 18 
  $1,300

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ALLEN GARNS - Biography

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A lot of Artists can point to the moment in their childhood when the muse first came to call; a single source of inspiration that would spark their creativity. For some it was a memorable visit to the local gallery. For others it was a word of encouragement from a grade school art teacher. For me, it was a veg-o-matic. Like any TV-watching ten-tear-old, I knew the commercial by heart: “It slices, It dices. . .” And I knew it would invariably be followed by another familiar ad, for Earl Shibe, the car painter: “Any car, any color , 19.95.” But on one particular evening in the Los Angeles suburb of Westchester, Earl took the night off. As the veg-o-matic spot ended, I heard a knew voice inviting me to own “100 of the World’s Most Beautiful Paintings,” from Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Gainsborough’s Blue Boy. All of them in luxurious color, and all in one spectacular book and priced even less than an Earl Shibe paint job. I’m not sure why, but I had to have one! And that Christmas, Santa Claus brought it. I remember turning through the pages carefully, trying to decide which painting was my favorite. The one that seemed most intriguing to me was Edward Hopper’s “7:00 A.M.” At the time, I couldn’t say what made it special. But in later years, I came to realize it was the paintings quality of light.

Over the years in my studies at Art Center College of Design, and in museums of the world, I have drawn great inspiration from artists such as Bellini, Titian, Carravaggio, Velasquez, Chardin, Corot, Pissarro and countless others. They have all informed me of the physical and emotional qualities of light. In each painting I am involved with, I try to invest my paintings with a specific sense of light to establish form, describe space, and evoke emotion. I feel as did Walt Whitman:”To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle.” Struggling to express and translate these miracles into paintings is one of the great continuing adventures of my life. And to think it all started with a late night T.V. commercial. I still have the book, but I never did get a veg-o-matic!

After a 25-year career creating art for corporations and publishers across the country, Allen is re-entering the world of galleries. During these years he has continued to paint his own work, which largely consists of urban imagery and still-lifes. But what Allen’s paintings are really about is light. The way light encounters a surface never ceases to amaze him. He agrees with Walt Whitman who said “To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle. Every cubic square inch of space is a miracle” Perceiving those miracles in ordinary objects and places and translating them to canvas is one of the great adventures of Allen Garns’ life.

Professional Experience:
1980-present: Freelance Illustrator working for clients including:
United Airlines
American Express
Knopf Books,
Random House
Newsweek
Sports Illustrated
Atlantic Monthly


Allen has received awards from the Society of Illustrators of New York, American Illustration, Communication Arts and Graphics.


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