JACK GREENFIELD

Jack Greenfield was born in Ohio but has spent the past 50 years living in the South. After graduating from the University of Akron and completing his military service as an officer in the army, he taught US History at Wilson Jr. High in Tampa, Florida. He is now enjoying retirement after a 30-year career with the Internal Revenue Service. Although he had always had an interest in art he did not have any formal training until in his forties, he began night classes at the Memphis Academy of Art and then later association with various student art groups. However, he describes himself as basically self-taught, learning techniques mainly through trial and error. After brief and unsuccessful experimentation in oils and pastels, it was an exposure to works by artists such as Andrew Wyeth that awakened the possibilities of watercolors. That was an epiphany making him realize the potential of the medium to create textures, close detail but with soft out-of-focus backgrounds. Even though living the major part of his life as a "big-city" person, it his views of the beauty of the rural South that have influenced much of his subject matter. In addition, his many trips to New England and Maine in particular have provided the interest for his harbor scenes and seascapes. He considers himself only as an amateur artist with painting as a satisfying but fulfilling hobby. Jack presently lives in Kings Mountain, North Carolina with his wife the former Helen Lancaster.

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