Theodore Arthur Charron (born 1950) American Contemporary
“Just a New England farm boy” is how T.A. Charron of South Attleboro , Massachusetts describes himself. Yet his art education and experiences have established him as one of New England 's leading plein air artists. He studied at the Art Institute of Boston and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and with painters; Norman Baer, Walter Marks, Daniel E. Greene, Robert Bateman, and Robert Douglas Hunter.
Charron has received over 75 national, international, and regional awards and prizes for excellence in both painting and drawing. He is an elected member of many prominent American art societies including the Salmagundi Club in New York , the Copley Society in Boston , and the Rockport Art Association in Rockport , Massachusetts . His artwork is in the permanent collections of the Cape Museum of Fine Arts and the Attleboro Arts Museum . His work is included in the CVS Corporate Collection, the Hall of Black Achievement, MBNA, Texas Instruments, and many other public and private collections worldwide.
He has been commissioned to paint and draw many portraits. His painting of Dr. Martin Luther King and other prominent portraits have been unveiled to thousands of people.
Charron has conducted workshop classes and demos for over 30 years, teaching hundreds of students both on location and in the studio.
T.A. Charron curated “New England Impressions, Painting from Life,” for the Attleboro Arts Museum and was asked by the Harvard Club of Boston to curate the exhibition “New England Painters of Today.” He was on the committee that organized the exhibition and book on painter Lester Stevens. T.A. is now working on the future exhibition and book of painter Harry Vincent which will be held at the Rockport Art Association in the fall of 2006.
Charron is past president of the Attleboro Arts Museum . Presently, he is the Recording Secretary for the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, and he is the Vice President of the Rockport Art Association. He is one of the two founders of the New England Plein Air Painters group.
His paintings have been shown in group shows with many prominent painters: Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth, Richard Schmid, and John Stobart, to name a few.
His painting companions reads like the “Who's Who” of the northeast: Michael Graves, Robert Duffy, T.M. Nicholas, Stapleton Kearns, Eric Tobin, Robert Douglas Hunter, Anthony Walktins, Barbara Lussier, Stefan Alexis Pastuhov, Christopher Magadini, Robert G. Bird, Dianne Panarelli Miller, John Kilroy, John C. Traynor, Michael Karas, Tim Thies, Tom Hughes, Douglas Smith, Charlotte Wharton, Rudolph Colao, Diane Aeschliman, Doug Rugh, Charles Movalli, Dale Ratcliff, Thomas Nicholas, Lois Griffel, and the late Bernard Corey and John Loughlin.
Artist T.A. Charron paints on locations throughout the northeast and in his north light studio in southeastern Massachusetts .
The South Street Gallery opened an exhibit featuring Charron's works on June 10, 2005. View images 'here'.
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