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- ARNI ANDERSON
- arnic1@yahoo.com
- A native of Huntsville, Alabama, Arni has lived and
worked in Edmond, Oklahoma for the past 28 years. He
works as a full- time art educator and pursues art as
a full-time profession. He also continues to conduct
workshops and demonstrations whenever possible. He
also teaches private lessons. His work is included in
collections in many states and in several foreign
countries. His paintings have received over 450 awards
and honors in major competitions.
Anderson's goals are to write and publish books about
painting, to be among the most successful
watercolorists in the country.
Subject matter varies. Anderson believes that the
subject is irrelevant; the painting is what lasts
forever. Considering himself an impressionistic
realist, he likes to fool the eye with lack of
details.
Arni is married to Nina, and they have three children.
Robin is married to Matt Gayle, and they have two
sons, Easton and Mason. Renee is their second
daughter, and their son, John, is married to Jessica.
Arni taught in the Art department at Harding
University before coming to Oklahoma Christian
University in l976 to be head of the Art department.
After leaving Oklahoma Christian, Arni was an
Artist-in-Residence for the state of Oklahoma for
three years. He taught Art at Will Rogers Elementary
in Putnam City for five years, after which he returned
to the Artist-in-Residence program for another three
years. He has been teaching K-8 Art at 0akdale School
in Edmond for the past seven years. Anderson served as
President of the Southern Watercolor Society from
1983-1985.
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Arni was born in Huntsville, Alabama January 1, 1944.
He graduated from Thornton Fractional North Township High School in Calumet City, Illinois in 1962. He attended Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson,Tennessee, and he earned a Bachelor’s degree and a Master of Education degree from Harding University in
Searcy, Arkansas.
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