Glennray Tutor

Glennray Tutor (born 1950 in Kennett, Missouri) ["Kennett Native To Show Artwork", by Deanna Coronado, The Daily Dunklin Democrat, Kennett, MO, February 18, 2007.] is an American painter who is known for his photorealistic paintings. He is part of the photorealism art movement. His paintings are immersed with intense color, nostalgic items, metaphor, and with a complete focus on detail. ["Picks of the Week: Art", Jon W. Sparks, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, October 5, 2003] [Edwin Howard, "Why Glennray Tutor's Paintings Are More Real Than Real." "Memphis Business Journal," Memphis, TN, March 20, 1989.]

Tutor is a graduate of the University of Mississippi where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Art and English in 1974 and his Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting in 1976. [ [http://www.glennraytutor.com/biography.php GlennrayTutor.com Biography] ]

His works have been shown at The Mendenhall Gallery in California, The Cole Pratt Gallery in New Orleans, The Hahn Ross Gallery in Santa Fe, The Alice Bingham Gallery in Memphis, The Frist Center of Visual Arts in Nashville, The Mississippi Museum of Art, The Schmidt-Bingham Gallery in New York, Helander Gallery in New York, The World's Fair in New Orleans, as well as many other well respected art galleries. [ [http://www.glennraytutor.com Glennraytutor.com] ]

During the years of 1999 - 2000 his artwork was featured in a show known as "Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the Twenty-first Century: An Exhibition of American Contemporary Art" which was sponsored by the Mobil Corporation. Tutor's work was displayed alongside other artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Chuck Close, Audrey Flack, Robert Gniewek and Robert Rauschenberg as well as many others. The travelling gallery show started in Washington, DC and then toured South Eastern Asia. [Eric Gibson, "Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the Twenty-First Century: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," Catalog, Introductory essay. Stinehour Press Publishers, Lunenburg, VT. 1999.] [Jim Dees, "Work of Local Artists to Tour Asia." Oxford Town, Oxford, MS, May 15, 1999.]

He is a close friend of fellow photorealist Ralph Goings.

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References

General References

* Louis Dollarhide, "Of Art And Artists:" "Selected Reviews of the Arts in Mississippi 1955-1976." University Press Publishers, Jackson, MS, 1981.
* Edwin Howard, "Why Glennray Tutor's Paintings Are More Real Than Real." "Memphis Business Journal," Memphis, TN, March 20, 1989.
* Lisa Howorth, "The South, A Treasury of Art and Literature." Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1993.
* Deborah Branton, "Art and Soul, The Magazine for Living," "An Artist Before Birth." Vol.1, Issue VI, Ocean Springs, MS, 1998.
* Patti Carr Black, "Art in Mississippi 1720-1980." University Press Publishers, Jackson, MS, 1998.
* Larry Brown, "By The Pond." Glamour Magazine, New York, NY, October 1995.