VINCENT R. RINEHART
Vince Rinehart has been painting since the 1970's. He has used various mediums and methods over the years, but has mostly used oil on canvas since 1980’s. Early paintings of landscapes, in the impressionistic style, dominated his work. In 2000 his paintings increasingly used abstract as a primary method. Paintings followed lines, such as concert halls and ballet dancers, evolving into flowing lines, impressions, images, colors and shapes. His work now explores a range of human experiences, using an Expressionistic approach. Recent paintings are a series based upon poems written by Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate and former Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts. Rinehart has been selected twice by a juried panel to exhibit in the annual Metro Montage at the Murietta Cobb Museum of Art, Georgia. In 2022 he exhibited, through Ongoing Conversation, at the Roswell Visual Arts Center. He lives in Marietta, Georgia.
As stated by Dana Gioia, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, after seeing
Rinehart's current work, he said: 'Striking — the Text became Subtext". This refers to underpaintings that were transformed into overpainting's of shapes, lines, colors and images for the viewer to interpret and enjoy. His expressive oil paintings look to convey the lines, moody colors, emotional scenes of Poems by Dana Gioia.
Rinehart studied oil painting for several years under Tom Brown, Irvine Art Center, CA, as well as at The Art Place in Marietta, GA , under Kip.
Since 2021, Rinehart has worked in the studios of Karl Kroeppler (Woodstock, GA), where Karl's assistance and teachings have significantly impacted Rinehart's work.
Rinehart graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 1972, with a BA in Business Administration. Afterward he spent several years as an investment advisor with Merrill Lynch. In the late 70s, obtaining a California Real Estate Brokers License, he started his own mortgage banking company, Firstline Mortgage, Inc., which closed billions in home loans over 40 years, selling the business in 2016, to donate full time to painting.
During his working years, Rinehart did a significant amount of charity and civic work, resulting in the Commendation from the City of Long Beach, CA, the Long Beach JC Person of the Year, and a Commendation from the California State Legislature. He is a proud Eagle Boy Scout.
He resides in Marietta, GA, with his wife Barbara, and near children and grandchildren.
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