Biografie von Lee W. MOTHES (1947)
Personal data
Birth : 12/26/1947 - Santa Monica CA California, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Kaukauna WI Wisconsin, United StatesRepresentatives
Art Works Gallery – 129 South Washington Street – Green Bay WI, United States
Artifacts Gallery – 775 Main Street – Cambria CA, United States
The Picture Show Gallery – 231 Main Street – Seal Beach CA, United States
Education
1980 : Western Oregon University (BA in Art) – Monmouth OR, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1990:Full Time Studio Artist and creates an Imaginary World of Architecture, Landscape and Ocean, primarily through Watercolor Painting
02/1969 – 09/1970:Travels to Donh Ha, Vietnam
Lives and works in Kaukauna, WI, USA
Grants
1996
1996 : Best of Show – Oconomowoc WI, United States
Context: Oconomowoc Fine Art Festival (1996)
Awarded by : Oconomowoc Chamber of Commerce – Oconomowoc WI, United States
Awards
1999
1999 : Award of Excellence – Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors – Green Bay WI, United States
Awarded by : Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors – N471 Mapleridge Drive – Appleton WI, United States
1995
1995 : Award of Excellence – Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors – Green Bay WI, United States
Awarded by : Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors – N471 Mapleridge Drive – Appleton WI, United States
Affiliated to an association
1991 : Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors – N471 Mapleridge Drive – Appleton WI, United States
1995 – 1998 : Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors – N471 Mapleridge Drive – Appleton WI, United States
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Acrylic/canvas 
Print-Multiple : 
Drawing-Watercolor : Graphite - Watercolour/paper Subject
abstraction/figurationarchitecture
interior
marine
still life
landscape
Artistic periods
2001 : Larger Works on Canvas Multi-media/Interactive Project - New Island Map, Guidebook and Stories1989-2001 : "Oceans and Dreams" period - a kind of Dreamy Realism using the Ocean Landscape Interiors some Still-Life and Figure
1979-1988 : Exploration Period - Experimented with Several Techniques and Subjects - Landscape, Figure, Eroticism, near Abstract
1970-1976 : Very Detailed Photo-Realistic often Monochromatic, done in Graphite Ink Colored Pencil
Movements and styles
SurrealismPhotorealism
Works
| Planting | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Watercolour Subject : imagination Size : 30 x 22 inch | |
| The road where no one lives | |
| Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Watercolour/paper Subject : landscape Size : 10 x 29 inch | |
| House on the Beach of Memory | |
| Feel the Sun Smell the Wind | |
| Saturday Afternoon | |
| Street Scene with Art Collector | |
| Windbreak & Patio | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2001
Almost an Island
Art Works Gallery – Green Bay WI, United States
03/24/2001 – 05/09/2001
2000
Artist Demonstration Show
Artifacts Gallery – Cambria CA, United States
09/30/2000 – 10/10/2000
1998
Paintings
Aaron Bohrod Gallery – University of Wisconsin – Fox Valley – Menasha WI, United States
02/06/1998 – 02/21/1998
1996
Retrospective
Saint Norbert College – De Pere WI, United States
09/26/1996 – 10/17/1996
1995
Bank One Gallery – Neenah WI, United States
1995
1994
Bank One / CR Davidson Inc – Milwaukee WI, United States
1994
Arts Elements Gallery – Mequon WI, United States
1994
Oceans and Dreams – A New Look at Landscape
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum – Neenah WI, United States
12/09/1994 – 02/05/1995
1993
Bank One Gallery – Neenah WI, United States
1993
1984
Western Oregon University – Monmouth OR, United States
1984
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Group exhibitions
2000
A Moment in Time
Gallery 110 – Plymouth WI, United States
08/18/2000 – 09/24/2000
1997
Art Annual
Neville Public Museum – Green Bay WI, United States
1997
1996
Watercolor Wisconsin ’96
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts – Racine WI, United States
1996
1994
Midwest Watercolor Society
Neville Public Museum – Green Bay WI, United States
1994
1993
Watercolor Wisconsin ’93
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts – Racine WI, United States
1993
1992
Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors Membership Show
AGA Center for Visual Arts – Appleton WI, United States
1992
Watercolor Wisconsin ’92
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts – Racine WI, United States
11/08/1992 – 12/20/1992
1990
Gala Art Opening
Christina Button – Appleton WI, United States
1990
Watercolor Wisconsin ’90
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts – Racine WI, United States
1990
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Periodicals
2000
KUENSTLER Ron – Art and Soul
in: Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton WI, United States
23/07/2000
1999
MOTHES Lee
in: Art in Wisconsin n° 4 vol. 7
United States
1999
1995
Mothes opens his Studio
in: Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton WI, United States
25/11/1995
1994
KING Michael
in: Appleton Post Crescent p. 17
Appleton WI, United States
17/12/1994
1990
PENIKIS Maija – Fantasy Reality for this Artist
in: Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton WI, United States
16/09/1990
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