Everett Niewoehner - In Retrospect: From Realism to Surrealism and Beyond

Release Date: 5/20/2003. Expired: 7/18/2003

A collection of paintings by Dickson artist Everett Niewoehner will be on display when the Visual Arts Gallery at The Renaissance Center presents In Retrospect: From Realism to Surrealism and Beyond June 6-July 18.

An Iowa native, Niewoehner has lived in Middle Tennessee since 1978 and retired in 1999 after teaching fors 20 years at Dickson County High School. Although he earned two degrees in history and taught in the Social Studies Department at DCHS, Niewoehner also majored in art, studying at Valparaiso University, Colorado State University, the University of Utah and the University of Guadalajara in Mexico. He also owned an art gallery while living in California.

“Painting, for me, is a process of discovery, a journey where I am constantly learning,” Niewoehner said. “When I start a painting, I have a general idea of what I want to accomplish. But, as the painting develops, I’m not sure in which direction it may take me. It may lead me to new ideas, new colors, new forms or new techniques. The results, at times, are quite different from what I originally had in mind. That is an exciting dimension of painting.”

Works by Niewoehner were selected by jurors to be included in the 2001 and 2002 Renaissance Regional Art Exhibits, which each drew more than 300 entries from artists in 11 states.

Although most of his formal training in art was in the field of clay, Niewoehner said his greatest interest has always been oil painting. His works can be found in numerous private and corporate collections in Europe and in the United States from New York to Hawaii. His pieces are included in the corporate collections of Sprint PCS, Martin Guitar Co., Smith Travel, Pinnacle Financial Services and Bass, Berry and Simms. He is represented by galleries in Nashville and Birmingham.

“I have always had a great love for art,” Niewoehner said. “Probably the first artist that I ever knew about was Norman Rockwell. As a child growing up in rural Iowa during the 1940s, I always looked forward to receiving the new issue of the Saturday Evening Post, especially when a Rockwell painting graced the cover.

“I hope, as an artist, that my paintings bring pleasure to other people, now, and far into the future. If this is so, then I feel I have led a satisfying and productive life, that I have contributed something significant to society.”

An opening reception for In Retrospect: From Realism to Surrealism and Beyond will be 6-9 p.m. June 6 and is free to the public. The Visual Arts Gallery is open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and admission is free.

The Renaissance Center is an arts and technology education and performing arts center at 855 Highway 46 South in Dickson, just 35 miles west of Nashville on Interstate 40 at exit 172.

Visit the Visual Arts Gallery page for more about the gallery.

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