Charles Pinkney

CHARLES J PINKNEY

…painter

My formal training, as a painter, began at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Painting and drawing were my major courses of study at Glenville high school, the Cooper school of art and The Karamu House. At Kent State and Cleveland State Universities and Cuyahoga Community College I studied drawing and painting. I have participated in drawing and painting workshops, exhibitions and seminars throughout the United States. I am listed in   “Who’s Who in Black Cleveland”and in “Still We Rise.” ( The story of African-American Artists, 1920 – 1970).

Publisher of,  TheCharles Chestnut Record, with Nathan Oliver.The Cleveland Record, with Cheryl Neil-Reed, The Record…subtitled, (a Photographic recording of some “Sheroes and Heroes”).

In Pittsburgh I was blessed to help break the color barrier by the Scripps- Howard publishing organization; publishers of a network of  news outlets and newspapers.  ie; AP (Associated Press, The Cleveland Press, The Pittsburgh Press, etc.).

In Southern California, I co-founded the San Diego Portrait Societywith Perrietta Hester. I’ve been a member of the Rancho Santa Fe Art Guild and The La Jolla Art Association. I studied drawing and painting at the La Jolla Athenaeum and painted with the Master painter, Don Sebastian Capella

Today, I paint in my studio near Shaker Square, where I live with my bride, Betty K Pinkney

Charles J Pinkney

www.CharlesPinkney.com

Telephone: 216/752-1644

Email: CharlesPinkney@aol.com