Charlie Hewitt(1947-)

Charles Hewitt, whose studio is now located in Jersey City and formerly in The Bowery in Lower Manhattan, is well-known as both a painter and printmaker.

“My paintings include my new thoughts and also memories of my life growing up with seven brothers & sisters along the Maine seacoast. I make important memories into simplified shapes called graphics. Like a poet selects just a few words to tell a whole story in a small space, I use my graphics to put a world of experiences into one simple shape”

“In some of my paintings, the wood-grained, printed paper takes the place of the layered background. I borrowed the technique from my own prints where I use a wood-textured background to add light and to give the prints snap. In the paintings, the woodgrain fills the space with a field of glowing color. Then, I paint over this background with the more sharply defined forms.”

Public Collections:

The Whitney Museum of Art, New York City

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, Relief Portfolio

The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

MIT, List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, New York. Elindean Portfolio

The New York Public Library, New York City

The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine

The Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina

Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine

Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine

Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine

The Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Phillips Academy, Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts, Eldindean Portfolio

The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine

Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City

Chemical Bank, New York City

Maryland Bank and Trust, Lexington Park, Maryland

Prudential Insurance, New York City

State University of New York, Binghamton, New York

Dillard Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

Solo Exhibitions:

2007 Whitney Art Works, Portland Maine

2006 Farnsworth Museum, Rockland Maine

2006 Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston Maine

2004 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

2001 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

1998 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

1997 June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, Maine

Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York City

1996 Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1995 Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York City

Arden Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts

1994 Kouros Gallery, New York City

Paula Paulette Fine Arts, Portland, Maine

1993 Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1992 Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine

Dranoff Fine Arts, New York City

Dean Valentgas Gallery, Portland, Maine

1991 Vinalhaven Press Gallery, New York City

1990 M-13 Gallery, New York City

Forum Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Dean Velentgas Gallery, Portland, Maine

Frick Gallery, Belfast, Maine

1988 M-13 Gallery, New York City

1986 Gryphon Gallery, Detroit, Michigan

M-13 Gallery, New York City

1985 M-13 Gallery, New York City

1983 Jay Gallery, New York City

1982 SUNY Gallery, Binghamton, New York

1980 Wolfe Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1977 Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

1977 Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, Virginia

1975 SUNY Gallery, Binghamton, New York

Levitan Gallery, New York City

1974 St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, Maryland

Brata Gallery, New York City