Occupation: Painter, Writer Media: Oil, Watercolor, Pastel. Born Memphis, Tennessee, July 9, 1938.
Education Univ Tennessee, Chattanooga, BS (art), 65. Art Students League, New York, 71-73.
Teaching Positions Fac member, Nat Portrait Seminar, 78-93; portrait forum, Carnegie Hall, 92; seminars, The Art of the Portrait, 99-2006; six portrait painting workshops a year.
Commissioned Works Comn by Richard Nixon, Princess Grace, Prince Rainier, Norman Vincent Peale, Leon Uris & Jack Nicklaus.
Public Works Duke Univ, Durham, NC; Emory Univ, Atlanta, Georgia; Harvard Univ Med Center, Boston, Massachusetts; White House, Washington, DC; Royal Palace, Monaco; and others.
Exhibitions Hunter Mus America Art, 89 & 96.
Bibliography Wendon Blake (author), Learning from the Pros, Watson-Guptill Publ, 84; M Stephen Doherty (author) Portrait painting today, America Artist, 4/99, People and places, America Artist, 6/2000; Gordon Wetmore (author) Four color bands-any face, Pastel Artist Int, 2/2000, The Art of the portrait, Int Artist, 2000-06.
Publications Illusr & author, Ireland: Portrayed by Gordon Wetmore, 80, Thomas Nelson Co; Gordon Wetmore's Prayers for Boys and Girls, Ideals Public, 87; illustrator, Promised Land, Rev editor, 98; author, Vanishing Kingdoms - The Irish Chiefs and their Families, Lilliput Press, Dublin, Ireland, 2004; The Portrait Process (films), Oil, Watercolor & Pastel and How They Relate, The Full Figure in Oil, Hands, Feet & Finishing Touches.
Memberships Nat Portrait Inst; Portrait Soc America (chairman, 98-2006); The Artist's Fellowship of New York; Oil Painters of America; Opera Boston (overseers board).
Dealers Portraits Inc 7 W 51st St New York New York 10019; Portraits South 105 S Bloodworth St Raleigh NC 27601; Portrait Brokers of America 36-B Church St Birmingham AL 35213; The Portrait Source 300 C North Main St Hendersonville NC 28792; Portrait International 125 Summer St Boston MA 02110; Beverly McNeil Gallery 36062 Emerald Coast Parkway Destin FL 32541.
Address Chattanooga Bank Bldg Penthouse West 737 Market St Chattanooga TN 37402
