KLAUS PORSCH
I was born in Berlin Germany.
I always enjoyed sketching and painting in watercolor since my early
school years.
In 1952 I took Art, Fashion and Graphic classes in Berlin Germany.
Kunstschule am Adenauerplatz.
In 1957 my wife Gerda and I came to Tampa and made it our home.
Art related activities
As a retired businessman I rediscovered painting.
Jan. 2001. Fully retired I am devoting all of my time to study
drawing and painting. Books, workshops, and videos of great artists
and live drawing classes have made me the artist I am now.
Mar. 2004. I took Ybor-City's HCC classes painting in oil and
acrylic.
Awards
Jan. 2006. Honorable Mention
At the Tampa Realistic Artists, Inc. oil & acrylic Open Competition,
with the “Garden Gate in Spring” an 18x24” oil painting.
Nov. 2006. Third Place
At Tampa Realistic Artists, Inc. oil & acrylic Open Competition.
With “In the Shade on the Gulf” an 18x24” oil painting.
Feb. 03. 2007. Third Place
At the North Tampa Arts Leagues and the Frame by Frame Galleries
“Art of Love” Show. A Open Juried Competition. Awarded by
Judge/Juror Elisabeth Condon, Assistant Professor of Drawing at
the University of South Florida,
with the “Cottage on the Gulf” a 12x12” Gallery wrap oil painting.
Oct. 7. 2007 Honorable Mention
At the Tampa Realistic Artists, Inc. oil & acrylic Open Competition,
with “Close to Nature” an 18x24” oil painting.
March 30.2008 Best of Show
At the Second Annual South Shore Plein Air Festival at the Resort
and Club at Little Harbor, Ruskin Florida. Awarded by Professor
Katherine Moyse
of the Hillsborough Community College.
with “Little Bridge” a 18x24” oil painting.
July 13. 2008 Honorable Mention
At the North Tampa Art League’s First Annual Open Summer Art Show,
with the “Docked for the Weekend” 12x16” oil painting.
September, 11. 2009 Award of Merit
At the Visual Arts Alliance Fine Arts Show at the Carrollwood
Cultural
Center in Tampa. Awarded by Judge/ Juror Lynn Whitelaw, Director of
the
Leepa Ratner Museum. For "Beach View" a 18x24" oil Painting.
February.23.2010 BEST of SHOW
At the North Tampa Art League competition "Expression of Love"
Awarded by peoples choice for the 30 x 36" oil painting
"Symphony of the Leaves"
May.10.2010 AWARD of MERIT
Chalk Walk 2010 Plein Air competition in
Hyde Park Tampa, Florida
With the 18x24" oil painting "1908 House"
Exhibitions
Oct. 2004. The Avant Gard of the Tampa Museum of Art selected
me to display my paintings for the year 2005.
Dec.16. 2004. “Sip, Savor & Shop” Holiday event of the Avant
Garde at the Tampa Museum of Art.
Feb. 20. 2005. Juried Art Show at the Alexandria Art Gallery.
Land O’ Lakes, Florida.
Dec. 03. 2005. Alexandria Gallery Artist Co – Op Grand
Opening. Land O’ Lakes, Florida.
Jan. 2006. Winter Exhibition, Alexandria Gallery Artist Co –
Op. Land O’ Lakes, Florida.
July. 16. 2006
Pasco Arts Council’s 2006 Art Annual, a judged open
exhibition in Holiday, Florida
Nov. 11. & 12. 2006 Temple Terrace Community Arts Festival. A
juried outdoor Fine Art Show.
March 10. & 11. 2007 Anna Maria Island Spring Fest. A juried
outdoor fine art & craft Festival.
April 28. & 29. 2007 Long Leaf Arts on the Village Green. A
juried outdoor Arts Festival.
November 17. & 18. 2007 Second Annual New Tampa Arts Festival
at Tampa Palms
March 7. & 8. 2008 Anna
Maria Island Florida Spring Fest. A juried outdoor fine art & craft
Festival.
April 26. & 27. 2008 Suncoast Arts Fest. New Port Richey FL.
A Juried outdoor fine Art & Craft Show.
August 6. to September 29. 2008
TECO Art Exhibition at the TECO Plaza In Tampa
Florida.
November 1. & 2. 2008
Dunedin Art Harvest. A juried outdoor fine art &
craft show
in Dunedin Florida.
November 15. & 16. 2008
New Tampa Arts Festival. A juried outdoor fine art &
craft
Show in Tampa Florida.
December, 14.2008 Anna Maria Island Fall Festival
Anna Maria Island, Florida.
August, 22. 2009 Saint Leo Abbey Art Exhibition
Saint Leo, Florida
January, 23. 24.2010 Suncoast Arts Fest
At Wire Grass, New Port Richey, Florida.
March, 6. 7. 2010 Gasparilla Festival of the Arts
In Tampa, Florida
March 27. 2010 Art in the Park
At the Carrollwood Cultural Center
Tampa, Florida.
April, 18.2010 Main Sail Art Festival.
At the Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg, Florida.
April
30 - May 28. 2010
Earth Vision Art Exhibit, at MOSI,
Tampa, Florida.
May 7. 8. & 9. 2010 Hyde Park Village Chalk Walk
2010 & Plein Air Competition. Tampa Florida.
June 3. to August 3. 2010 One men exhibition at
Brooker Creek Preserve Education Center.Tarpon Springs, Florida.
Affiliations
Tampa Realistic Artists. Inc., The North Tampa Arts League,
, Friends of the Carrollwood Cultural Center, Inc. Tampa.
The Suncoast Bird Sanctuary, Indian Shores, Florida. |
