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CHAUNCEY HOMER PAINTER
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Flowered Archway
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An Apple and a Tin Cup
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Old Doorway
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Black Shawl
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Country Girls
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Gunny Sack
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Daydreams
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Prelude to the Dance
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Gipsy
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Spanish Rose
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Flamenco Dancer with Fan
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Natashia
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Taking a Break
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Spanish Lace
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Pioneer Woman
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Contemplation
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Sanday's Best
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Once Upon a Time
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A Simple Arrangement
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A Tankful Heart
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Faith
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Waiting on a Friend
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Mountain Man
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A Cowboy's Ballad
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Making a Loop
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High Country
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Young Arizona Cowboy
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The Surrogates
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Crow War Bonnet
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Sioux Elder
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Apache Maiden
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Hunting Lesson
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Sonoran Reflections
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Brothers in Arms
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Badger Brave
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Sentry
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Born and raised in Northwestern New Mexico,
Chauncey Homer grew up in a rural environment
where elements of the Old West still prevailed.
Raised in a close-knit family, Chauncey's boyhood
chores included helping with the garden and the
animals. He developed a love for drawing at a
young age and used western comic books, such as
The Rawhide Kid and The Two-Gun Kid, as
references for his sketches. He recalls "I
remember spending hours in painful determination
trying to get the facial features to look just
like they did in my reference." As a teen he
continued drawing, using Conan comics and
Frazetta art as inspiration.
During his years of study in the mid-1990s, he
graduated from the Art Center of Tucson and
studied with Ron Riddick, whom he credits with
being an important influence in his developing
style. For the first six months as Riddick's
student, "all students would produce value
paintings using only five values with burnt umber
and white." The reliance on sound principles
versus technique has been critical in the
development of Chauncey's style thus far. He also
credits Natalie Riddick for her support and the
knowledge she has shared with him.
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The rural Western environment and a passion for
getting the details right lead Chauncey to an
artistic style that, although it is still
evolving, he describes as "mysterious realism."
While clearly influenced by a variety of schools,
what shows through most strongly in his work is
Classical Realism. Yet the quality of softness in
the lighting of his paintings suggests the
influence of Impressionism. Chauncey cites
Sargent, Zorn, Sorolla, Repin, and Bastin-LePage
as among his favorite artists. Perhaps it is
best to conclude with the artist's own words"I
want to depict the subtle beauty in simple,
everyday moments. I'm not interested in dramatic
vistas or postcard-perfect settings. I find my
inspiration in the things most other artists pass
up."
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T H E E N D
August 08,2009
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