Artist: Richard Wilson | Location: Greenville, NC
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Artist: Richard Wilson | Location: Greenville, NC
Greenville, NC
Wilson has produced an impressive 25 year career as a productive professional artist, freelance & corporate graphic designer, & teacher at Pitt Community College. He has works in many public and private collections, but is most proud of his official portrait of George Henry White, the last former slave to serve in Congress, & the fact that Wilson is the first African American artist to have a portrait publicly displayed in a NC courthouse. He was selected by Blue Moon Brewing Company as one the 20 Up and Coming Artist in the US, to design a limited edition label for their 20th Anniv. Artist Series bottles. Wilson's works were purchased for the movie Barbershop-The Next Cut. He has received many national and international awards including the prestigious National Arts Club Award,1st Prize in the 20th Annual Pastel 100 Competition & will be featured in the April 2019 issue of the Pastel JournaI. The International Tennis Hall of Fame acquired Wilson's work, In His Shadow - Arthur Ashe.