Arnold Desmarais

b1952

“My challenge is to create paintings which are parables of coastal vistas that allow the viewer to seamlessly pass through the technical skill and further travel to private and personal places of their heart and mind that evoke comforting memories of gentler times.”

As a young man, Arnold painted and illustrated while simultaneously earning his degrees from Bryant University, which created a platform from which to launch a global career in the art of design and fashion.
Arnold’s career afforded him the opportunity to combine his love of art with his business skills to not only work with such prestigious clients as Anne Klein, Bill Blass, Erte, Donna Karen, Liz Claiborne, and more but also the opportunity to travel the museums of the world to experience first-hand the work of the great masters. His prestigious client list includes The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre of Paris as well as iconic brands as Faberge; and Disney.

Many of Arnold’s works have been exhibited in museums and national shows which include the American Society of Marine Painters national museum tours, The Mystic Seaport Museum, the Providence Art Club, The Heritage Plantation Museum and the Cahoon Museum of Art in which he has a painting in their permanent collection.

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Dawn to Light ... 22" x 26"	Azure Journey 25" x 30 1/2" SOLD	Moods of Light 25" x 31" SOLD
Emerald Reflections 22 x 26 SOLD	Journey Beneath ... 16 x 19	Summer Surf 16 x 18 SOLD
Friends of the Deep 14 x 17 SOLD		Swimming in Blues 22 x 26 SOLD
Lunar Passage 22 x 26 SOLD	Cloud Symphony 31 x 43 SOLD	Evening Dreams 24 x 30 SOLD
Solitary Journey 22 x 26 SOLD	Cat Boat at Sunset 36 1/2" x 46" SOLD	Siesta Mooring 23 x 27 SOLD
Quiet Unrest 16 x 19 SOLD	Purest Moment 32 1/2" x 44" SOLD	Afternoon Light 18 x 22 SOLD
Surrendering Light 22" x 26" SOLD	Summer Glow 18 x 22 SOLD	Evenimg Revealed 25" x 30 1/2" SOLD
Island Rendezvous 33 x 43 SOLD	Siesta Winds 44 x 56 SOLD	Evening Sail 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 SOLD
Rendezvous at Sunset 25 x 31 SOLD	Azure Poetry 24x 30 SOLD	Indulgence 28 x 32 SOLD
The New Comer SOLD	Perfect Harmony SOLD	Summer Mooring SOLD

Résumé

AWARDS, HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

2016 1st Place, Daytona Art League
2016 Award of Merit, Daytona Art League, Daytona Florida
2003 Stanley M. Barnes Award, Stanley and Vivian Reed Marine Art Show, Stamford Artist Association, Stamford, Connecticut
1999 Honorable Mention Oil/Acrylic, All New England Exhibitions, Cape Cod Artist Association
2002 Second Place Oil, Heritage Week Founders Exhibition, Cape Cod Artist Assoc.
2000 Second Place Oil, Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Artist Association
2002 Awarded Two Person Museum Show, Heritage Plantation, Sandwich, Massachusetts
1996-2002 Member Cape Cod Artist Association
1996   Popular Vote Award, Founder’s Exhibition, Cape Cod Artist Association

Exhibitions and Lectures

1996 Old Selectmen’s Building, One Man Show, West Barnstable, MA
1996 Founder’s Exhibit, Cape Cod Artist Association, Barnstable, MA
1996 All New England Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association, Barnstable, MA
1996 Leo Diehl Exhibition Juried Show, Chatham Art Center, Chatham, MA
1997 All New England Exhibition, Cape Cod Art Association
1997 Open Work Shop
1997 Leo Diehl Exhibition Juried Show, Chatham Art Center, Chatham, MA
1998 Open Work Shop
1998 Open Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
1998 Spring Open Juried Exhibition, Cape Cod Artist Assoc., Barnstable, MA
1998 Leo Diehl Exhibition Juried Show, Chatham Art Center, Chatham, MA
1998 Heritage Week, Founder’s Exhibition, Cape Cod Artist Assoc., Barnstable, MA
1999 25th Annual Winter Juried Show, Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA
1999 Two Man Show, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans MA
2000 One Man Show, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans MA
2001 Group Show, Admiralty Gallery, Vero Beach FL
2001 One Man Show, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans MA
2001 Group Show, Gardner Colby Gallery, Edgartown, MA
2001 Christmas Show, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans MA
2002 Group Show, Admiralty Gallery, Vero Beach FL
2003 Group Marine Show, Admiralty Gallery, Vero Beach FL
2003 Two Man Show, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans MA
2003 Twenty-Fourth Annual Mystic International Marine Show, Mystic Seaport Maritime Gallery, Mystic CT
2003 The New England Exhibition, Cape Cod Artist Assoc., Barnstable, MA
2004 The Twilight and Starlight Exhibition, The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA
2006 World of Words Exhibition, The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit MA
2006 Gallery Lecture, The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit MA
2007 When We Were Young Exhibition, Cotuit Center for the Arts, and Sponsored by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
2007 Of Children and Childhood Exhibition, The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit MA
2007 Both Sides Out Exhibition, The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit MA
2007 Self Portrait Cape Cod, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Exhibition Sponsored by The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
2008 A Feast for the Eyes, Cahoon Museum of Art, Cotuit, MA
2008 American Society of Marine Artists, 30th Anniversary Exhibition 14th National Exhibition,
            Chase Center on the River Front, Wilmington, DE
            Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD
            Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
            Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2016 Members Exhibit, Daytona Art League
2016 Museum of Arts and Science Daytona FL, Lecture, “The Art of Realism in Oil”
2017 Members Exhibit, Daytona Art League
2017 Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum, Daytona Beach Florida, Lecture,
          “Realism through the Eyes of an Oil Painter”

Teaching

1998-2005            Teacher in Oil/Acrylic/Watercolor at the Cape Cod Artist Association
1998-2005            Teacher in Oil/ Acrylic/Watercolor Dennis Museum of Art
1998-2006            Sponsored Teaching excursions Plein Air Painting, France