Biography in Art - Mike Devaney
The Art & Drawings of Mike Devaney
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1957 - Born oldest of 5 children to Thomas and Ann (Caldwell) Devaney,
Buffalo NY
1965 - Won 2 Blue Ribbons at Erie County Fair & Exposition, Hamburg NY,
for watercolor and pencil entries (age 7); art teacher & mentor Winifred
Caldwell (grandmother)
1966 - Exhibit St. John the Evangelist School; Won 8 ribbons on 9 entries at
Erie County Fair; Quaker Arts Festival (age 8)
1967 - Art Festival at Leisureland; Erie County Fair; Interest expressed by The
Childrens Art Gallery, New York City, for future exhibit (age 9 & 10)
1968 - Erie County Fair won 2 Blue and 1 red Ribbons (age 10)
1969 - One man show, Buffalo NY; Erie County fair (age 11)
1970 - Erie County Fair exhibit and personal demonstration (age 12)
1971 - Winifred Caldwell dies
1971 to 1982 - Sporadic drawings
1983 to 1985 - Produced @ 6 Oil Paintings and various sketched in pencil
and pen and ink, Bellevue OH; took 3 lessons with local artist which
produced Barn and Tractor owned by son, Justin Devaney
1986 to 1994 - Sporadic drawing; Portrait of Christa (charcoal @1994)
1995 to 1996 - Ste Genevieve (MO) Art Guild; produced watercolors Niagara
Falls, Ruths Old House, Southern Hotel Garden, Old Brick etc; began Plein
Air painting in watercolor; Christmas Walk Art Show
1996 to 2006 - Sporadic drawing & painting
2006 - Ste Genevieve Art Guild; monthly hangings at Tin Roof Coffee and
Wine Bar; produced watercolors Street Scene; Whimsical Street Scene
(sold); 2 variations of Floral after Van Gogh (one gifted), Southern Hotel; Oils -
Dollys Porch (gifted), Wine Garden; House on a Hill ; Bluff View; One-day
Plein Air Oil workshop with Billy O'Donnell (House on a Hill); Plein Air Event,
produced 3 oils above & won 2nd place in Watercolor / Pastel category with
Southern Hotel; Autumn Daze Art Exhibit; 2nd choice for Colors of Ste
Genevieve contest with watercolor Street Scene; Christmas Walk Art Show
2007 - Vice President Ste Genevieve Art Guild; May 2007 Creative Minds for
Mental Health Art Show & Sale; Oils - Lovebird Jobe (16 x 20), Zell Scene (16
x 20 plein air and studio), Main Street Inn (11 x 14 plein air and studio),
Fences (11 x 14 plein air), View from Maryann's (11 x 14 plein air and studio),
Trees with Red (11 x 14 plein air and studio), Cemetery with no Stones (5 x 7
plein air), Cemetery Monument (5 x 7 plein air), The Old Cathedral - St Louis
(18 x 24 studio), Betty Gerhety's House (20 x 24 plein air and studio), Tree in
City Park (11 x 14), Bloomsdale Roadside Park (11 x 14); sketches; one day
Plein Air Oil Workshop with Thom Buttner; Chairman for Promenade des Art
exhibit; Plein Air Event, and Christmas Walk Art Show; reproducing art for
cards and framed prints; attending live Figure Drawing Workshops with Craig
Thomas in Cape Girardeau MO; hanging at Genevieve Java.
2008 - Vice President Ste Genevieve Art Guild; February 2008 St Peter's Art &
Community Center Exhibition with Art Guild; April 2008 attended Spring Plein
Air Workshop with Jim Wilson, Opened Studio de Michel as a working art
studio and small gallery on Main Street in Ste Genevieve, MO; May 2008
Creative Minds for Mental Health Art Show and Sale; Oils - View from Perry
County (9 x 12 plein air), View from Jane's Farm (9 x 12 from photo), Tree on
KK (16 x 24 from photo), Flowers in a Vase after Renoir (20 x 28 from poster);
Chairman Promenade des Arts Committee; October 2008 Business Arts
Center in Farmington MO; October 2008 Article in the Insider 573 Magazine;
November 2008 Garden Gallery Exhibit of the Ste Genevieve Art Guild;
December 2008 Christmas Art Show of the Ste Genevieve Art Guild
Buffalo NY
1965 - Won 2 Blue Ribbons at Erie County Fair & Exposition, Hamburg NY,
for watercolor and pencil entries (age 7); art teacher & mentor Winifred
Caldwell (grandmother)
1966 - Exhibit St. John the Evangelist School; Won 8 ribbons on 9 entries at
Erie County Fair; Quaker Arts Festival (age 8)
1967 - Art Festival at Leisureland; Erie County Fair; Interest expressed by The
Childrens Art Gallery, New York City, for future exhibit (age 9 & 10)
1968 - Erie County Fair won 2 Blue and 1 red Ribbons (age 10)
1969 - One man show, Buffalo NY; Erie County fair (age 11)
1970 - Erie County Fair exhibit and personal demonstration (age 12)
1971 - Winifred Caldwell dies
1971 to 1982 - Sporadic drawings
1983 to 1985 - Produced @ 6 Oil Paintings and various sketched in pencil
and pen and ink, Bellevue OH; took 3 lessons with local artist which
produced Barn and Tractor owned by son, Justin Devaney
1986 to 1994 - Sporadic drawing; Portrait of Christa (charcoal @1994)
1995 to 1996 - Ste Genevieve (MO) Art Guild; produced watercolors Niagara
Falls, Ruths Old House, Southern Hotel Garden, Old Brick etc; began Plein
Air painting in watercolor; Christmas Walk Art Show
1996 to 2006 - Sporadic drawing & painting
2006 - Ste Genevieve Art Guild; monthly hangings at Tin Roof Coffee and
Wine Bar; produced watercolors Street Scene; Whimsical Street Scene
(sold); 2 variations of Floral after Van Gogh (one gifted), Southern Hotel; Oils -
Dollys Porch (gifted), Wine Garden; House on a Hill ; Bluff View; One-day
Plein Air Oil workshop with Billy O'Donnell (House on a Hill); Plein Air Event,
produced 3 oils above & won 2nd place in Watercolor / Pastel category with
Southern Hotel; Autumn Daze Art Exhibit; 2nd choice for Colors of Ste
Genevieve contest with watercolor Street Scene; Christmas Walk Art Show
2007 - Vice President Ste Genevieve Art Guild; May 2007 Creative Minds for
Mental Health Art Show & Sale; Oils - Lovebird Jobe (16 x 20), Zell Scene (16
x 20 plein air and studio), Main Street Inn (11 x 14 plein air and studio),
Fences (11 x 14 plein air), View from Maryann's (11 x 14 plein air and studio),
Trees with Red (11 x 14 plein air and studio), Cemetery with no Stones (5 x 7
plein air), Cemetery Monument (5 x 7 plein air), The Old Cathedral - St Louis
(18 x 24 studio), Betty Gerhety's House (20 x 24 plein air and studio), Tree in
City Park (11 x 14), Bloomsdale Roadside Park (11 x 14); sketches; one day
Plein Air Oil Workshop with Thom Buttner; Chairman for Promenade des Art
exhibit; Plein Air Event, and Christmas Walk Art Show; reproducing art for
cards and framed prints; attending live Figure Drawing Workshops with Craig
Thomas in Cape Girardeau MO; hanging at Genevieve Java.
2008 - Vice President Ste Genevieve Art Guild; February 2008 St Peter's Art &
Community Center Exhibition with Art Guild; April 2008 attended Spring Plein
Air Workshop with Jim Wilson, Opened Studio de Michel as a working art
studio and small gallery on Main Street in Ste Genevieve, MO; May 2008
Creative Minds for Mental Health Art Show and Sale; Oils - View from Perry
County (9 x 12 plein air), View from Jane's Farm (9 x 12 from photo), Tree on
KK (16 x 24 from photo), Flowers in a Vase after Renoir (20 x 28 from poster);
Chairman Promenade des Arts Committee; October 2008 Business Arts
Center in Farmington MO; October 2008 Article in the Insider 573 Magazine;
November 2008 Garden Gallery Exhibit of the Ste Genevieve Art Guild;
December 2008 Christmas Art Show of the Ste Genevieve Art Guild
| TRAVELS 1957 - 1974 Canada: Ontario; Crystal Beach, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Buckhorn Lake 1975 Wildwood NJ 1977-1978 Hitchhike trip to Dallas TX through OH, IN, IL, MO, AR Bus Trip: OK, TX, NM, AZ, CA. Lived one month in Los Angeles and San Francisco; Hitchhike trip from San Francisco through Salt Lake City to Chicago to Buffalo 1978-1981 Military: US Army, Ft. McClellan, Anniston AL; Ft. McPherson, Atlanta Ga. 1982-1984 Montgomery AL Ft. Walton Beach FL West Bend, WI Memphis TN Dallas TX 1984-1987 Bellevue OH Wildwood NJ Pt. Clinton OH Racine WI 1988-1997 Flat River MO Farmington MO Rocky Ridge MO Park Hills MO 1997-2001 Ottawa IL Branson MO Tyler TX 2002-2005 Tunica MS Memphis TN Dallas TX Branson MO Virginia Beach VA 2005-2006 Farmington MO 2006-2008 Ste Genevieve MO |
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