Chuck Calhoun has been actively developing his own style and sense of design in watercolor, acrylic and mixed media. Graduating from North Carolina State University with a Communications Degree in 1979, Chuck’s business career took a sharp turn toward art in 1995 after painting a series of murals. Since then, he has aggressively sought instruction, attending workshops and classes under locally and nationally known artists. Mr. Calhoun’s decisive turn to full-time artist followed a five week tour in the summer of 2000, in which Chuck studied art and “plein-air painting” while sketching and journaling throughout Italy.

Mr. Calhoun served as president of the Guild of Charlotte Artists and the Charlotte Artists' Society, and as board member of the Charlotte Art League. Chuck is active in regional art groups; the Matthews Artists Guild, Southern Artists Society of Kings Mountain, and Mint Hill Arts in Mint Hill, NC.  He is also a member of the International Society of Acrylic Painters (ISAP).  In 2007 Chuck completed a successful four year series of paintings to support fund raising for the Mecklenburg County Council of the Scouts of America.  The print image of the first painting in that series, received the coveted PICA Award of Excellence, a printing industry award for the Carolinas and Virginia.  His artwork was featured in Watercolor Magazine, Winter 2003 Edition; and Radio 107.9 the Link, annually displays Mr. Calhoun’s “Tavern at the Taste” mural at the Taste of Charlotte Festival.  Most recently, Mr. Calhoun has begun hosting a National Artists' Workshops and is the founder of a National Artists' resource website.

Chuck Calhoun’s emphasis is on design, color and light. His art reflects a love of nature and attention to detail; and, is skillfully expressed via a broad range of representational to abstract work. “My goal is to evoke some reaction or emotion as I share my own experience or vision, move my viewer to laugh, sigh or cry, and get the viewer to pause and consider what they are seeing. For me, my paintings are successful if I have helped my audience bring their own experiences into mind. While remembering a path you have already taken, I will try to show you a course you have never tried.”

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