CHARLES FRANK DEAN
Charles Dean was born into a family of artists in Spokane Washington in1934. He started drawing at an early age and completed his first oil on canvas landscape at age fourteen. His formal art and design training includes undergraduate study at the school of Architecture at the University of Idaho and the School of Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle - followed by one year at the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico. In 1960 he was hired by the U.S. Office of International Trade Fairs (OITF) based in Washington D.C. as Assistant Designer for the American Pavilion at the World Fair in Cairo, Egypt. In 1961 he was appointed OITF Design Architect for the American Pavilion at the International Fair in Osaka, Japan and then Design Architect for the American Pavilion at the international fair in Karachi, Pakistan. While in Pakistan, he also assisted in the design of an emergency village for several thousand refugees from the war between Pakistan and India. That experience led to a career change starting in 1964 - when he began work on programs for the design and construction of emergency housing for refugees from war and natural disasters funded by the US Agency for International Development. Highlights of his career include design and construction of housing and essential services following earthquakes in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala and following hurricanes "Fifi" and "Mitch" in Honduras. He was also responsible for design and management of war reconstruction and refugee assistance in Lebanon, Vietnam, Panama and El Salvador - during years of armed conflicts in those countries. During the years of overseas work, he continued sketching and painting during his free time.
He is a member of Oil Painters of America, the American Watercolor Society and the Art of the Rockies Association. His paintings have been displayed and sold in juried art exhibitions and galleries in North Florida and in Colorado. His Mountain West base is in Salida, Colorado and his winter base is Gainesville, Florida. He is represented by Art Matters Gallery in Salida, Colorado and the Fairfax Gallery in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
www.DeanArtStudio.com
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