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"Sgraffito" Textural Style
Lights 3 - Porsche
Wineglass Trivet
Boomer
Florentina Rosso
Autobahn C.C.
Lights
Obsession
Dusk
Faith
Hope
Adversity
Perseverance
Adaptation
Spring's Glow
Spring's Hope
Hope Haven
Some Are Lilies
Summer Breeze
Signs of Spring
Lilies All Around
Iris
Kneeling Nude
Crocus
Dawn
Woods
Tulips
Floral Tapestry
Count Your Blessings
 
Classical Style
Three Graces and Aphrodite
Mother's Day
Three Muses
Animal Gothic
Glass Ceiling
If Looks Could Kill
Family Lynx
Family Reflections
Let's Roll - Spirit of 9/11
Strawberry Roan
Bear Market
Bull Market
Drinkers of the Wind
Yeller
Buffy
Hugs and Kisses
 
Sculpture
Glass Ceiling (the sculpture 1)
Glass Ceiling (the sculpture 2)
 
 

Morgan was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida where he started drawing and painting at age eight.  After college graduation, Morgan's business career took him to several locations in the United States where he followed his love of art through painting in his spare time.

Then in 1992, he and his wife Kristy embarked on a dream of owning their own business and pursuing his life-long love of art using themes from nature.  They raised cattle on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks and he continued to paint using many of the animals and much of the natural, local beauty as his subjects.  While there, they founded Double-R-Prints, a graphic arts company that used many of his original images on consumer products and business logos. 

He has shown his artwork continuously over his 50 year career, gaining recognition through art shows and sales.  Themes from nature continue to be the primary subjects of his paintings.  He believes nature cannot be improved upon, only depicted artistically in his own style.

Morgan brings the viewer special textural contrasts and color combinations not found in the subjects he depicts.  Working in his own variation of the "sgraffito" painting method, he scrapes multiple acrylic layers of various hues, producing exceedingly multi-colored images with tactile, as well as visual textures.

He and his wife now live in the Peoria, Illinois area.

Call 309-530-4731 for an appointment to see his other paintings or for pricing information.
If you have any questions for the artist, you may contact him by e-mail at raines@telstar-online.net

 


 

Featuring...

     

"Lights"
Triptych for
Benet Family Collection
 

What's Morgan Up To  ?!?

 
Take a look at his latest paintings...

Lights 3 - Porsche

Wineglass Trivet

Boomer


In the May 2007 edition of TC Style magazine,
there is an article about Morgan's artwork.
 


Read Morgan's Article
 
 

In the Community

November 21 - December 20, 2008
8x8 Invitational Show
and Fine Art Auction
 
Peoria Art Guild
203 Harrison St.,
Peoria, Illinois

All proceeds from this, and other artworks to be auctioned, will go to benefit the Peoria Art Guild. 
  

September 30, 2006
Easter Seals Grape Soiree'

 held at The Interstate Center, Bloomington IL

Faith was the featured artwork at this 
Grape Soiree' Easter Seals art auction fund raiser. 

 

Hot off the Easel...

  Faith

            Faith, n., 1. Unquestioning belief that does not require proof or evidence, 2. Complete trust, confidence or reliance.

            "Everyman" relies on hopes and dreams to face life's adversities.  Hope provides a "light at the end of the tunnel" to sustain our perseverance and guide us to our dreams.  It usually ends with a clear idea of the outcome desired.  But hope doesn't necessarily provide details of how to overcome adversity and achieve our dreams.  "Everyman" depends on faith to sustain him on a course of action that may not be certain to achieve the outcome provided by hope alone.

            Faith is "everyman's" ultimate form of hope.

            Footnote: In this painting, the sunrise/sunset is a recognizable outcome.  But a web of lines and colors obscure the path to achieving these hopes and dreams.  "Everyman" must depend on "faith" to bridge the gaps and keep hope alive.