Alfred Currier

Education & Formation

1943

Born — New Jersey; raised in Ohio

Degree

Columbus College of Art & Design — Ohio

Degree

American Academy of Art — Chicago, IL

Fine Arts degree

Training

Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Art — Chicago

Teaching

Figure painting instructor · plein air workshops

USA and Europe — early career

1991

Relocated to Anacortes, Washington

Studio in restored 1891 church building

Publications & Press

Book

"Alfred Currier: Impasto" — University of Washington Press / Marquand Books

Written by Ted Lindberg, former Curator, Vancouver Art Museum

Magazine

Cover artist — American Artist Magazine

2001

"A Painter Looks at Photography" — Lens Work periodical, Jan–Feb 2001

Poster

Hansa Tulips — official 1998 Skagit Tulip Festival poster

International Plein Air

Europe

Greece · France · Italy · Holland

Americas

Argentina · Mexico · Hawaii · Alaska

Santa Fe · Taos · Santa Barbara · Laguna Beach

PNW

San Juan Islands · Glacier National Park · Skagit Valley

Tulip fields and migrant workers as primary subject

Collections

Public

Washington State Art Collection

Private

Private and corporate collections — USA, Europe, Japan

Since 1991

Practice

Technique

Oil impasto — thick loaded brush and palette knife

Red outlining as signature — accents forms against surrounding color

Process

Plein air sketching → studio painting

Often sketches seated on upturned 5-gallon bucket in field

Palette

Color complements for tension, not monochromatic saturation

Pinks · yellows · mauves · cadmium reds · burnt orange · violet

Works at JG

Range

18 works — landscapes, skyscapes, figures, birds

April Bloom · Just Curious · Rest Stop · El Iris · Tracks · Take Off · Sunburst