Chuck Bauer
Artist Biography
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January, 1947
Education: Ohio Wesleyan University, B.F.A., Fine Arts, 1969, cum laude, and University of Wisconsin, Madison, M.A., Painting, 1970.
Employment: The Soap Opera 319 State Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703, President, co-Owner, and co-Founder, 1972 to 2016 (retired).
Artist Statement
I am drawn to subjects with a domestic or a natural theme, and use conventional approaches that convey nostalgia and tranquility. Not afraid of color, or experimentation, however, my early training as an abstract painter still fuels a current approach to realistic topics; I seek solid composition, but also playful and perhaps sometimes unexpected results. In painting, I believe, you have to balance your thinking: employing not too much or too little; thus, seeking to keep both the painter, and the viewer, intrigued, excited, entertained.