PUBLICATIONS
- NORTH LIGHT PUBLICATIONS – 2000 – “ART FROM THE PARKS”
- LEANIN’ TREE: "Galaxy" Greeting Card
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION
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- ARTISTS OF THE NORTHWEST
- ART RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL
NEWS & REVIEWS
- 'EDGE OF THE GLADES' ACCEPTED INTO THE TOP 100 OF THE NATIONAL PAINT THE PARKS COMPETITION IN 2008.
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION: CHOSEN ONE OF THE FEATURED ARTISTS FOR 2009 WITH "REST STOP." THIS WILL BE PRINTED AS A LIMITED EDITION.
- OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA, P.O. Box 2488 Crystal Lake , Il . 60039-2488, E-Mail: mail@oilpaintersofamerica.com www.oilpaintersofamerica.com
PRESS RELEASE
Hulan Fleming of Monroe, Wa., has been accepted for the third time in the OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils. His painting entitled: “SNOW HIDING” was chosen to be a part of the 16th Annual OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA SHOW. ALSO, in 2007 Hulan is accepted into the OIL PAINTERS OF AMERICA WESTERN REGIONAL SHOW . This year it will be at the Waterhouse Gallery ,1114 State St. Ste 9, Santa Barbara, Ca. 93101 phone: 805-965-1886. Hulan's two accepted entries are: FOOTHILLS SUNSET, YUMA, AZ. 11X14, AND LAKE CAHUILLA WASH, 8X10.
Founded in 1991, Oil Painters of America’s mission is to advance the cause of traditional representational fine Art. Dedicated to preserving and promoting excellence in representational art, OPA’s primary focus is to draw attention to the lasting value of fine drawing, color, composition and the appreciation of light. For more information, visit the OPA website visit www.oilpaintersofamerica.com.
- In 2007 Hulan had 2 paintings accepted into TOP 100 of the PAINT AMERICA ART SHOW.
- HULAN'S LATEST AQUISITION IS A SILVER AWARD FROM THE BLACKFOOT VALLEY AUCTION FOR HIS "MARCH IN MONTANA" painting.
Review from The Seattle Times Entertainment & The Arts Section, July 23, 2003
Snohomish County Entertainment, Times Snohomish County Bureau
An Art-World Star
by Diane Wright
MONROE - A funny thing happened to painter Hulan Fleming on his way to American realism.
Astronomy.
A look at Fleming's work is mostly a stroll through landscapes: Native American idylls in teepees, lake scenes with maidens in canoes, seascapes with breaking waves, cowboy pack trips, desert sand dunes, African lions and tumbleweeds.
But his hobby, astronomy, has begun to creep into his art.
The Monroe-area oil painter has created vivid images of asteroids, comets, supernovas and galaxies. Some of his paintings fuse realism with astronomy: Cowboys on the range tucking into bed around a campfire are doused with a starry explosion of a meteor shower. And Fleming has chronicled the scientific revels of a "star party" -- an amateur astronomical viewing -- at places such as Table Mountain, near Ellensburg.
A member of the Seattle Astronomical Society, Fleming is so committed to astronomy that he and wife Jean hope to buy four acres where an astronomical community called Arizona Sky Village is in development near Tucson. The location, unpolluted by light, has some of the darkest skies in the United States and is attracting astronomers to build there.
Fleming's aptitude for art was apparent by the time he was 15, when his parents paid for a correspondence program, for which he regularly aced the "draw me" exercises. Born in 1933 in Iowa, Fleming moved continually as his father, a Free Methodist pastor, took different postings.
"Two years is about all we stayed at one time in one place," Fleming recalled.
Drafted into the army at the age of 19, he ended up in France for two years as a company painter, painting signs and barracks. He was stationed in Captieux, and that's where he made his first real oil painting.
In the land of Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet and Renoir, he copied a pinup photo of titian-haired 1950's star Rhonda Fleming. He placed her in a forest setting -- and made her nude.
"I took this painting, and I put it out on the log outside of our barracks to dry in the sun," he said.
The most flattering first response to Hulan Fleming's art was theft: It was stolen off the log.
He has made his living as a painter since 1968, raising a family of three children on his earnings. He's had two shows at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, and he's also been among the top 100 artists five times in the National Arts for the Parks competition in Jackson Hole, Wyo. At the National Western Art Show and Auction in Ellensburg, Fleming was the 2002 poster artist, and that city's Clymer Museum of Art featured him in a group show last year.
Fleming is a longtime supporter of the Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center in Puyallup and has shown at the center's annual Celebration of Western Art Show.
"He's an excellent artist with a wonderful command of color," said Joella Oldfield, the center's executive director.
"I think people are always drawn to his bold color. He is one of the more sought-after and respected artists in the Western art world."
Though Fleming has joined the Monroe-based Sky Valley Artists' Guild, he has no gallery representation in the state now.
He exhibits mostly at invitational art shows, though his work is currently on display in galleries in Colorado and Wyoming.
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