J Rodney Dennis (American Painter)
Arts & Crafts - Stafford, Virginia, United States
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American painter, Jerry Rodney Dennis, was born in Washington, D.C. in 1963. He was exposed to museum quality paintings and sculptures beginning at a very early age at the Smithsonian Institution. There he was given the opportunity to be invited in a special drawing and painting workshop where one of his pieces was retained. Realizing that Rodney possessed unusual talent and skill in drawing and painting as well as a keen sense of observation, Rod began receiving professional art instruction from a local portrait artist by the age of 14. After pursuing his interest in the arts throughout his childhood, he went on to earn an Associates Degree in Visual Communication. During this time, Rod's talents were recognized by Portrait Artist Henry Koener, who spent time with Rod and gave him additional instruction. Rod pursued both Commercial Illustration as well Art Direction and Graphic Design for Fortune 100 companies before he went on to train under Nationally known Portraitist Danni Dawson in 2012. Then he continued his studies at the Bucks County Classical Arts Center an Atelier in Pennsylvania and then to the Academy of Realist Art in Boston - cumulatively for over three years.Among his many artistic influences are the style and narrative found in the work of classical portraitists of centuries past. This includes the work of the Spanish painter Diego Velasquez as well as the Dutch Masters. But one painter who has made a significant impression on Rod was Henry Ossawa Tanner. Although Tanner‘s paintings inspired him long before he even knew who Tanner was, Rod was intrigued, not just with the style of painting and the command of the brush that he possessed, but how he captured an experience that was reflective of a culture of his day.
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