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Boynton Beach FL United States
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On the day that the first Tower was hit by the terrorist's plane I had
put on the
television and thought I was watching a movie.Then Katie Couric started
to report on what was taking place.I watched in horror and then the
second plane struck the other tower.As with everyone else, I was deeply
effected by this terrible disaster.This Tragedy is reflected in my
painting, "Ground zero."
Newsweek printed many photographs of Ground Zero, I still have that
magazine.One of the photos was the inspiration for my sculpture,I was
impressed and proud of the First Responders for the near impossible .
effort of digging for survivors.They wil be remembered with gratitude.
I took it a step further, by making the back of the sculpture, which
I call Rebirth, look like wood and the debris became flowers.My
hope for the future.
Though I now live in Florida,my first love is New York,I have wonderful
memories, going to see the Macy Parade as a child,working in Macy's
as a teenager.Visiting the Museums,going to the Theatre.Most of all,
I always got a thrill driving over the bridge from Long Island.The
magnificent skyline whether it be day or night is breathtaking.But
I miss those Twin Towers which were like two sentinels reaching
up to the sky.
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“GROUND ZERO AND REBIRTH”
Ceramic Sculpture
Made 2001
Artist, Bernice Baumel Harwood, born March 6, 1923 in Brooklyn New York, had lived on Long Island and now resides in Boynton Beach Florida.
Bernice was married to Daniel, now deceased,who was very supportive of all
her activities.She has two daughters,three grandchildren and twin great
granddaughters.
She has been an artist most of her life. Attending Girls Commercial High School in Brooklyn N.Y.along with academic studies,she took commercial art. After graduation she attended The McDowell School of Art, NYC and became a Fashion Illustrator.
In 1944 Bernice entered the U.S. Navy as a WAVE, and was in the Hospital Corps. Later, trained as an Acrylic Eye Illustrator at Bethesda Naval Hospital, MD. She was one of eight Illustrators stationed around the Country,and was assigned to San Diego Naval Hospital, CA. She matched the existing eye for the men that lost their eyes in battle. Painting with watercolor on a paper disk,she copied the color of the iris. Working under
a Naval Commander,who was the dentist that took the impression of the eye and
worked up the complete process.The copy of the iris was set into an acrylic form shaped to the muscles behind the eye.making it possible for the existing eye and artificial eye to move together.Thus allowing the men to have an eye that looked quite natural.
Bernice went back to college in 1968,attending Hofstra University, L.I. N.Y. graduating Cum Laude, with High Honors in Fine Arts, and a B.S. in Art Education. Bernice works in many mediums, oil, acrylic, watercolor, sculpture, and printmaking. She has studied with many well known Artists, Jacob Lawrence, David Shapiro, Ruth Leaf, Moses Sawyer, Frank Varga, etc. Was a member of the Graphic Eye Gallery in Port Washington, NY, and President for two years. She has exhibited in Museums, Galleries and Universities,has been a member of The National Association of Women Artists since 1983 and an immediate past president of the Florida Chapter. She is also a member of The Boca Raton Museum of Art, Artists’ Guild, exhibiting regularly in their gallery in Delray Beach FL.
She is in many private, Corporate and Permanent Collections, and has won
several awards. Bernice is in Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who of American Women, Who’s Who In America.and Who's Who in the World
Bernice Baumel Harwood41 Windsor LaneBoynton Beach, Florida 33436561-736-9720berniceharwood@bellsouth.net
BERNICE HARWOOD
As a painter, I turned to multiples within the graphic medium. I found the challenge of the surprise, working with the existing results exhilarating. It is exciting to work with various techniques in etching to achieve the impression and mood I wish to evoke. These works are primarily representational. Then I found the Monoprint, with its spontaneity, use of textures and vibrant color and more abstract forms. I have incorporated some of the feeling of my Monoprint in my etchings.
I am now working with watercolors, and using some of the same feelings and techniques that I used in printmaking.
BIOGRAPHY
Group Exhibitions
Boca Museum Artists Guild Biennual Members Exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Fl
Boca Museum Artists Guild,Delray Beach,Fl
Salmagundi Art Club,NYC NAWA Annual
National Art Club, Gramacy Park, NYC NAWA Annual
Northwood University, West Palm Beach, FL NAWA FL
Cornel Museum, Delray Beach, FL NAWA FL
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL NAWA FL
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, FL NAWA FL
Capital Building, Tallahassee, FL NAWA FL
Armory, West Palm Beach, FL NAWA FL
Gallery 84 57th St. NYC
Corcoran School of Art, Washington, DC NAWA Traveling Graphics Exhibit
Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, LI, NY
Hutchins Gallery, C.W. Post LI, NY
Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY
Atlantic Gallery, NYC
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Monmouth Museum, NJ NAWA
Bergen Community Museum , NJ NAWA
Foxhall Gallery, Washington, DC
Veridian Gallery NYC
Albrecht Museum of Art,St.Joseph MO NAWA Traveling Graphics Exhibit
Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville NC NAWA Traveling Graphics Exhibit
Port Washington Library,Port Washington,N.Y NAWA Traveling Graphics Exhibit
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach N.Y.
Long Beach Library, Long Beach,N.Y.
Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Festival,Roslyn, N.Y.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY
Hofstra University, Calkins Gallery, Hempstead ,NY
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs FL
Chemical Bank, Long Beach, NY
Hewlett Woodmere Library, Hewlett, NY
Long Beach Library, Long Beach,N.Y.
COLLECTIONS
I.B.M., Bethlehem, PA.
American Stock Exchange, NY
Chase Manhattan Bank, NY
Citizens & Southern Mortgage Co, Tampa, FL
Sandoz,
Nabisco
Permanent Collection, Queensbourough Community College NY
Permanent Collection, Coral Springs Museum of Art, FL
Arthur Anderson & Co. Columbus OH, Houston TX, St. Louis MO
Arvin Industries, Farmington Hills MI
Bertholon & Rowland Corp. NY
AFFILIATIONS
Boca Museum Artists Guild
National Association of Women Artists,and NAWA FL Chapter, Pres.2008-10
National Museum of Women in Art, Charter Member, Washington, DC
Graphic Eye Gallery, Pres. 86/87, Port Washington, NY
Board of Advisors, Nassau County Museum of Fine Arts,Roslyn, NY 1987/90
Prints Etcetera, at Art Expo, NY 1985/86
Gallery 84,57th St. NY, 1987
Women in Military Service for America Memorial, Charter Member, Arlington
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
ARTICLES
Palm Beach Post, Residences,FL Jan. 27, 2008
Sun Sentinel, Gold Coast Lifestyle,FL May 22, 2002
Spotlight,NY,NJ CT May 1990
Art Speak NY 1989
New York Times, 1988,86, 84, 83,
Newsday,NY 1987-83
AWARDS
Honorable Mention, Boca Museum Artists Guild, 2010
Honorable Mention, Boca Museum Artists Guild, Oct.2009
3rd Prize, NAWA FL Northern Trust, March, 2008 Delray Beach, FL
3rd Prize, NAWA FL Northwood University, Jan.2007 West Palm Beach, FL
Honorable Mention, NAWA FL Coral Springs Museum Dec.2007
2nd Prize, NAWA FL City Hall, Nov.2005 WPB FL
Sally Carson Award, Norton Gallery of Art, Artists Guild, 1993 FL
Leila Sawyer Memorial Prize, NAWA 1983 NY
Honorable Mention, Boca Museum Artists Guild, 2001
Honorable Mention, Boca Museum Artists Guild. 1997, Coral Springs
2nd Prize Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University 1982 NY
Award of Merit, Long Beach Art Ass'n 1982
ACTIVITIES
Print Demonstration, Cornel Museum, Coral Springs Museum, Northwood
University, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn, NY
Slide Lecture at Dr. Stella Russell‘s Salon, Oyster Bay, NY
Radio Interview by Dr. Russell, at the Nassau Community College Station
Artist in Residence at Syossett High School, NY
EDUCATION
Hofstra University, Hempstead NY B.S in Art Education, Cum Laude with High Honors in Fine Arts
Pratt Graphic Center, NY
Ruth Leaf Graphic Studio, Douglaston, NY
Studio Camnitzer, Valdottavo, Italy
Studied with Jacob Lawrence, Alexander Dobkin, Pearl Fine, Edwin Dickenson,David Finkbeiner,Anthony Toney,Claire Dorst,and Isadore Siegel