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Lance Corey |
| Being Irish, Iroquois, and French Canadian: My values, my life-long love of history and learning; my politics, and my willingness to speak truth to power… these inform my art. A child of Merrick, LI; A graduate of Mepham High School; Running track and body surfing, playing baseball, ice hockey, rugby and boxing; Having been a Lifeguard and a broiler-man; artists’ model, bouncer, housecleaner/painter; gas station attendant and real estate agent; chauffer, butler and sewer man; Earning degrees in Communication Arts from Notre Dame ’71, Philosophy and Theology from Truman State ’76, and History and International Relations from Long Island University ’94; Winning Fulbright Scholarships to study in Egypt in ’88 and China in ’93; teaching World History and Geography in NYC…these all play a part. When I am asked in what style I paint, I do not know how to answer except to say "It is my own!" It is my vocabulary, giving form to my life experiences. Primitive, raw, unschooled, self-taught with purpose: To bring ideas up for examination; To touch the common nerve that binds us all; To expose all for all to see... and comprehend. Looking into my art others will see themselves. And they’ll see me. My mother was my muse. I sold my first abstract painting of a New York City skyline for $10 when I was ten. By age 11 I was copying Rouault and Modigliani from photos cut out of magazines like Better Homes & Gardens. Other influences include the Impressionists, the Fauvists, Matisse, Picasso, and the Abstract Expressionists. They opened the door. My paintings can be found in Norway and Spain and a few scattered here and there in the US. Sent 5 paintings to the Infamous American Painters in Paris Exhibition of 1975-76. A Firehouse Gallery Purchase Award put one of my Paris paintings in the VP’s office at Nassau Community College in 1976. Showed on the streets of Greenwich Village and Bridgehampton in 1977. A WLIW-TV auction benefited from the 1978 sale of my piece Song for Ulla. CUNY showed The Prisoner in their 1984 Art Against Apartheid Exhibition. I performed Guerilla Art in 1980, 1989, 2001, and 2002 at the Cultural Services Building of the French Embassy on 5th Avenue in NYC. Future performances are being planned. I started exhibiting again in 2009. |
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Blondes Have More Fun |
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The Lifeguard |
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The Lioness |
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The Parisian Painter
and His Dog |
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The Orange
Discussion |
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What About the Children |
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Drawing the Line |
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The Accusation |
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The Crazy Monkey
Gallery |