I paint about the quiet intensity of a person in a room.

And from that stillness comes an outpouring of paint and a bombastic accumulation of gestural flicks and marks. The heavy paint build-up is not so much an investigation of texture per se, but rather, the result of an aesthetic that doesn't allow for erasing, only the layering of changes. These paintings can be likened to unpolished manuscripts that include both the final version and editorial corrections; the revisions and crossed out phrases are part of the finished work. My intention is to arrive at beauty through unlikely means.

My decision to paint figuratively evolved from three instincts: the search for a lucid and comprehensive vehicle for communication, a general skepticism about the coherence of symbols and visual semantics (at least, until the fog of post-modernism blows over), and the simple pleasure of sitting with another person while making images.

August Hoerr lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

Gallery Representation

Bella Vista Art • Asheville, NC, USA
Mauger Modern Art • Bath, UK

Education

BFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Montevallo, 2000

Solo Exhibitions

2007. Featured Artist for August, Bella Vista Art, Asheville, NC
2006. Featured Artist for October, Bella Vista Art, Asheville, NC
2006. Across the Ocean Through New Eyes, Eyedrum, Atlanta GA
2006. improvisation/mystery/surrender, Montford Art Center, Asheville
2005. New Works VII (duo show), Jan Dempsy Art Center, Auburn, AL
2001. Black Mirror Paintings, Perks at Night, Asheville
2000. The Waiting Room, Mono-09-Pod Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2000. Alchemical Series, Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, AL
1998. Recent Work, Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, AL

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007. Figurative Figures, Mauger Modern Art, Bath UK
2007. Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
2007. The Big Sleep, Bobo Gallery, Asheville, NC
2006 - 1999. Monte Sano Art Show, Huntsville, AL
2006. Sidewalk Summer Arts Stroll, Huntsville, AL
2006. War and Peace, Rattling Gourd Gallery, Auburn, AL
2006. 36th MAG Museum Exhibition, Montgomery Art Museum, AL
2004. Field of Streams, Fine Arts Theater, Asheville
2003. Aviate: Move, The Knitting Factory, New York
2002. Work on Paper, Jonathan Ferarra Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2002. Resiliency, Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, AL
2002. G.O.R.A. in Motus, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
2000. BFA Show, University of Montevallo
2000 - 1997. University of Montevallo Juried Student Exhibition

Selected Awards and Honors

2006. Montgomery Art Guild Artist of the Month, January
2005. Second Place, Monte Sano Art Show
2004. Dawn Kuykendall Memorial Award for Artists Under 30
2000. Bluff Park Award for Excellence in the Arts, 2000
2000. Excellence in Painting Award, University of Montevallo
2000. Excellence in Drawing Award, University of Montevallo
1997. Best of Show, University of Montevallo Juried Student Exhibition
1995. Eagle Scout