1910 south blvd, suite 130
Charlotte, NC 28203
704.334.7302
jeffrey reed
jeffrey reed received his bfa from the maryland institute college of art, studied at the skowhegan school of art, and received his mfa from the university of pennsylvania. reed lives in philadelphia where he recently retired from teaching at the community college of philadelphia after 40 years where he was the head of the art department for many years. 25 years ago he was granted a fellowship and residency at the ballinglen arts foundation, ballycastle, county mayo, ireland. since then each summer he has returned to paint and teach at ballinglen on the western coast of ireland. reed has mastered the art of handling light and atmosphere within his delicate, lyrical compositions. when he is painting on site he feel a connection with the familiar and a sense of discovery at the same time. he paints in the same locations multiple times allowing him to focus on changes in the light and atmosphere. he is a en plein air painter typically working outside for three to four hours on a painting until he get the essence of a particular scene. then back in the studio, the work is focused on developing the forms and trying to resolve the design of the painting. his scale is small but what he captures is the vastness and beauty of the ever changing landscape.