Michael Shane Neal featured at Lipscomb University Art Department Benefit
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Winner of the 2001 Portrait Society of America's International Portrait Competition, Neal has painted such portraits as Senator Arthur Vandenberg for the United States Capitol, Washington, DC. Vandenberg's portrait is the first commission of its kind in nearly 50 years, and upon receiving the commission at the age of 32, Neal is among the youngest artists ever commissioned by the United States Senate. He also recently painted Jazz legend Dr. Billy Taylor for the National Arts Club, New York City, and Whitney MacMillan, Chairman and CEO of the Cargill Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, the largest privately held company in the world.
Neal's work is included in major educational collections such as Vanderbilt, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Yale, and Tulane Universities. He recently received the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Award from the National Arts Club and the Tara Fredrix Award from the Audubon Artists of America, both for landscape. In 2004, he received The Artist's Magazine Award of Excellence at the Oil Painters of America National Exhibition. He is also the recipient of the Avalon Award for Creative Excellence from David Lipscomb University. Carving out time for teaching each year, Neal is a popular demonstrator and lecturer at venues around the country. His work has been featured in numerous publications such as American Artist, International Artist, Sketchbook, and The Artist's Magazine where he was included in an article, entitled On the Rise, highlighting 20 up and coming artists.
Neal is a member of the National Arts Club, the Allied Artists of America, the Artist Fellowship of New York, the Cumberland Society of Painters, the Oil Painters of America, the Audubon Artists, and the Portrait Society of America.
An active member of the Exchange Club of Nashville and his church, Neal enjoys community outreach projects, golf, plein air landscape painting, antiques, going to auctions, and reading with a particular interest in history. With his family, Neal resides near his studio located minutes from downtown Nashville.
Some of Neal's current commissions include Judge Frank Drowota, Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court; Dr. Tommy Frist, Jr., The Frist Foundation; Spencer Abraham, former Secretary of Energy; Tim Draper, Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Alan Hantman, current Architect of the Capitol, U.S. Capitol Building; The Honorable Stanley Sporkin, U.S. District Court Judge, U.S. Federal Courthouse, Washington, DC; Kent Syverud, Dean of Vanderbilt Law School; Tom Seigenthaler, Seigenthaler Public Relations, Inc.
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