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Jeffrey Scott Bailey, artist/pAINTER
Jeffrey Bailey was born in the USA in 1956 and lives in France since 1983

with his wife and two children

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Having accumulated a wide diversity of professional experience in the fields of illustration and the mural decorative arts, these activities have a strong influence on the graphic form of my personal creations. My inspiration comes from many sources: books, dreams, places and people I have encountered, and a few of ‘my favourite things’ in life.

Having done a lot of architectural perspective drawing, I enjoy creating imaginary architectural environments that are often animated by fantastic of allegorical beings: human, or animal/human hybrids.

Anthropomorphized animal forms , popular themes in nearly all forms of 'primitive' art, take on a clearly European style in many of my paintings. As an artist, I don’t strive to seduce the public at any expense: I attempt to reveal beauty where it’s not
so obvious to most people.

In terms of technique, a well-constructed drawing is always the foundation of my paintings. Bosch, Goya, Delvaux, and Balthus are a few of the artists who have inspired me. I stretch my own canvases, often preparing the ground in the technique of the old masters, and although I paint mostly in oils, I also paint in acrylics, gouache, and watercolor.

EDUCATION :
Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University (New York) 1976-79

COMMISSIONS :
Illustrations for various publishing companies including Simon and Schuster in New York from 1980 – 83
Collaboration with the painter/decorator Harry Gremillion in trompe-l'oeil and other styles of mural painting in England, Switzerland and France from 1983- 86 (example of a project : see page 148 of Architectural Digest, May,1983)
Collaboration with the painter/decorator Laurent Beuffe from 1994-95
Three watercolors of interiors of the Hôtel Lambert for the Baron Alexis de Rédé, 1984
Six watercolors of interiors for Hubert de Givenchy in 1990 (see Connaissance des Arts, pages 58-61 N° 480 February 1992)
Mural decors painted for decorators : Alberto Pinto, et Jacques Garcia, Paris 1989- 2006
Two oil paintings commissioned by Pierre-Yves Rochon, architect, for the Grand Hôtel, Place de l'Opéra, Paris, 1990
Mural decors painted for Catherine Feff, Issy les Moulineaux, 1992
Project perspectives (painted in gouache or watercolor) for John Stefanidis, Londres, 1983, David Hicks, Paris, 1985, Jacques Garcia, Paris, 1994- 2006
Watercolor of the Galerie d'Apollon du Musée du Louvre, commissioned by Daniel Alcouffe, curator of the dept. Of Art Objects, Louvre, 1993
Mural painting projects for the guitarist Alexandre Lagoya, Soissy-sous-Momorency, 1996

PERSONAL EXHIBITS :
Ateliers d'Art of Saint Maur, 2002
Galerie d'Arnaud, Verneuil-sur Avre (Normandie), 2003

GROUP EXHIBITS :
« A History of 2000 Years of Decorative Painting », Hôtel de Sens, Paris 1990
Salon Saint Maurice, 2000
Salon d'Automne, 2001, 2004, 2005
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris, 2002
Salon National des Beaux Arts, Paris, 2002
Biennale de Conches, (Normandie), 2003
Salon d'Etampes, 2003
« l'Art au Carré », Saint-Maur, 1994- 2005
Salon de Ballancourt, 2005
Salon de Gometz-le-Châtel, 2005, 2006
Salon Violet, Paris, 2005
La Galerie du Château, Pau, France,2006-2007

AUCTIONS :
Works of Jeffrey Bailey have been sold at l'Hôtel Drouot, and Sotheby's, since 1985

TEACHING :
Classes in drawing and painting taught at Maisons de la Jeunesse et la Culture, 1990-95
Professor of mural painting techniques at « Cépiade » School, Boulogne-Billancourt, 1995-96
Professor of perspective drawing at the « Paris American Academy », 2005-2006

PRESS :
Reproductions of six watercolors of interiors painted for Hubert de Givenchy in Connaissance des Arts magazine, pages 58-61 February 1992
Reproductions of watercolors of interiors painted for Hubert de Givenchy in the Christie’s catalogues of the Givenchy collection, sold in Monoco, December 4, 1993
A mural décor painted for Harry W Bailey in New York, published in Architectural Digest, page 148, May 1983
Reproduction of a watercolor of an interior, page 115, Atmosphères magazine, July 1997
Reproductions of project perspective and painted decors done for the decorator Jacques Garcia, in his book “Jaques Garcia, ou l’éloge du décor”, Flammarion editions
Mr Bailey appeared of the television show “Les Animaux de la 8” on the channel “Direct 8” to talk about his series of paintings of monkeys, April 28, 2007.

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