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Dennis Shook |
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Dennis later began to teach evening watercolor classes at Gaston County Community College in 1997 until the present. He is most at home in the North Carolina mountains from whence much of his artistic expression springs. |
The artists who have had the most impact on his style and passion are Winslow Homer, Andrew Wyeth and contemporary artists, Steven Scott Young, Howard Shropshire, and Robert Bateman. He enjoys gathering reference materials during his travels. |
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Dennis is most comfortable with painting landscapes and wildlife in watercolors, utilizing dry brush technique for the most part, but enjoys painting in pastels for an occasional recess. |
Dennis says that his pastels are much looser than his watercolors which tend to be very representational. Dennis has won numerous awards regionally and his paintings can be found in public and private collections as well as University collections. |
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Dennis has exhibited at the Schiele Museum, the Gaston County Museum, Gaston College, Lincoln and Cleveland County Cultural Centers.
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He was selected as one of only five artists to participate in the 2004 "Interplay" sculpture and painting exhibit at the Gaston County Museum .
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