Exhibit Dates:  Feb. 26, 2014 - Mar. 28, 2014
Artist Reception:  Thursday, March 20, 5-8:30pm

About The Exhibit

Striking, colorful and high in contrast, Battle Born Hues is a Nevada show, showcasing the people animals and places that make our state unique. This show is about the founders, the famous and the unknown, the avian, the reptile and the mammal. You will see the inhabitants of the silver state gracing canvases in styles and colors that are new and bold. This show is a hybrid of styles from traditional to the street. The unexpected results may leave you surprised.

Being Nevada’s sesquicentennial 150th anniversary of joining the Union and becoming part of the United States. And me, being a lifelong resident of the state of Nevada, I felt compelled to explore, research and paint some of the great figures from Nevada’s past and present. I wanted to know what made Nevada special, from it’s rugged terrain, the wild past and it’s beloved creatures.

Nevada is unique in every way, and it was a pleasure to explore what, and will, continue to make it that way.

About The Artist

Arthur Bryce Chisholm is an artist born in the Biggest Little City in the World, Reno, Nevada. Bryce graduated from Earl Wooster High School and then continued his education at Truckee Meadows Community College. He continued his education at the University of Nevada, Reno, under the guidance of Michael Sarich, this is when his art really began to grow.

Exploring many subjects from history, Bryce has always had a fond liking for undervalued beauty. Finding the best parts of a dirty city has led to his love of graffiti and street art. Coming upon a beautiful mural in a dark seedy alley always leaves a good impression on him. The message graffiti can get across is very powerful to Bryce and inspires him to push his art, in ways that portray real human emotions with a raw street feeling. Bryce has painted in nearly every medium there is from oil, acrylic, water color, spray paint and basically anything he can get his hands on. He likes to paint… a lot, and he will do it on just about any surface he can get ahold of. Stencils have been his latest passion. Designing and cutting out a stencil is a long, finger wrenching process that is so rewarding in the end. Using stencils, spray paint, and acrylic to create intricate paintings with vibrant colors is what fills his current body of work.

You can find more info about Bryce on his blog http://www.brycechisholm.blogspot.com/ where he posts his art, graffiti, and info on other art shows from Reno and all of Nevada. Most of his art can be found on Deviant Art, http://abcartattack.deviantart.com/ where he also started a group called Nevada Artist Unite, which showcases art and photographers from around the state.