Glenn recognized his interest for art at the age of 13, however, he didn't realize his love for painting the landscape until his early 20's. His path became clear when he first saw examples of work by the Early California and Western landscape painters of the early 1900’s. “Their work emphasized the importance of seeing the color of light combined with interesting compositions and seemingly effortless designs, while carefully observing the simple and basic characteristics of a specific location. It still feels like I’m at a magic show when I see work by those artists.”
Basically a self-taught artist, Glenn has a passion and joy for discovering answers to the complexities found in the works of the past masters, in particular, the works of Maynard Dixon and Edgar Payne. “These artists painted things the way they were meant to be painted-- with a solid sense of form and broad stokes of clean, defining color.” Glenn strives for quality in his work and uses the past masters as a standard to check his own work against. “The early painters incorporated good use of the principles of art to create high quality, aesthetic works that remain unrivaled even today---and they made it look easy.” Glenn believes that their paintings also revealed a spiritual element to the landscape, which he feels should be the goal of the landscape painter. “The landscape is the tangible connection between man and God. It is a very humbling task---trying to paint the unseen qualities of a landscape as well as what is seen.”
Glenn gained recognition in the art world at a relatively young age. At just 31, he has appeared in several national magazines including Southwest Art, Art of the West, and American Artist. Glenn has won a number of awards, including the first ever “Emerging Artist Award” presented by Art and Antiques magazine. He is also the recipient of the Grand Prize and Artists Choice awards at the inaugural Tucson/Sonoran Desert Museum Invitational.
Glenn paints outside, on-location throughout the Southwest, dividing his time between deserts, mountains, and coastal subjects. “To me, the West is home. There are so many places to paint, it would take a thousand lifetimes to paint them all.” Glenn feels that time in the field and in the studio are equally important. In his studio, Glenn develops larger compositions worked from field studies and other references. In 2006, Glenn relocated from his native state of California to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Select Awards
-2007- Kelman -Ortiz award. Torrey Pines painting invitational
-2003 Grand Prize and Artist Choice award. Arizona- Sonora desert Museum painting invitational
-2002 Honorable Mention San Luis Obispo painting festival
-Best Miniature painting award. San Juan Capistrano painting festival
-Inaugural Emerging artist award, Art and antiques magazine Carmel art Festival 2001
-2001 Honorable Mention award. San Juan Capistrano painting festival
Select Publications
-Art of the West magazine, article Jan-Feb 2008
-Western Art Collector Magazine, feature article November 07
-Southwest Art magazine, feature article, November 2004
-American Artist Magazine , feature article, June 2003
-Southwest Art magazine, "News Makers" May 2003
-Southwest Art magazine, inaugural "21 under 31"
2000
Select Shows
-Maynard Dixon Country (invited artist)
2004, '05, '06, '07.
-Coors Western Art Show (invited artist)
2007 and 2008
-2007 Torrey Pines Painting competition (invited artist)
-One man shows-Medicine Man Gallery 2005, 2004, 2003
2004
-Artists of the Grand Canyon Medicine Man
Gallery
-Artist Focus, Legacy Gallery 2003
-Laguna painting Invitational Invited artist 2002, 2003
-LPAPA signature member show
-California Art Club Gold medal show (exhibitor) 2001, 2002, 2003
