Charles Woodard grew up with art, both parents having been graduates of the Boston Museum School. It was by accompanying his father (and first mentor) on landscape painting jaunts that he became attached to the painting process as a way of seeing and experiencing landscape. This, along with regular hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, drew him toward natural history, an appreciation that was reflected in his drawings, watercolors, woodcuts and calligraphy during his college years. But although Charles continued painting, professionally he became a naturalist and teacher of ecology at the college level. In 1994 he began reviving his artistic attention, studying figurative drawing and painting with artist Bill Brauer. In 2000 he decided to honor his artistic aptitude, and turned to painting full-time. He currently works in oil, pastel, and charcoal, and applies them to landscape and figurative subjects.

Education

1994-2005 Bill Brauer, Montpelier, VT Figure drawing & painting

2002 Lois Wooley, Woodstock, NY Portraiture

2002 David Curtis, Rockland, ME Plein air painting

2001 Burt Silverman, Silverman Studios, East Fishkill, NY Figure drawing and painting.

2001 David Curtis, Brownsville, VT Plein air painting.

1960-1970 Leroy R. Woodard, father and first mentor in art

1991 MA; 1968 BA, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT.

Awards

2003: Finalist, 20th Annual Art Competition, Artists’ Mag., for landscape “Goldenrod and Lace,” 2002, oil, 16" x 20".

2004: Purchase Award, National Arts Club, 32nd Annual Exhibition, Pastel Society of America, for landscape “The Pleasure of Grass,” 2004, pastel, 13" x 17."

Shows

2004: Featured Artistsí Exhibition, The Chaffee Art Center, Rutland, VT

2003: Solo Exhibit, Painting the Quiet, Penny Cluse CafÈ, Burlington, VT

2003: Art in the Round Barn Exhibition, Waitsfield, VT

2002: ARA at the T.W. Wood, Montpelier, VT

2002: 12th Annual Round Barn Exhibition, Waitsfield, VT

2001: Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT - Art Resources Association show

2000 /01: Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT - resident artist shows

1999: Solo Exhibit: CafÈ Delila, Montpelier, VT

1998: Solo Exhibit: Sterling College, Craftbury Common, VT