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Walter Rane's desire to be a painter goes back to his earliest childhood memories. He was born September 8, 1949 in National City, California and educated at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. There he studied figure painting and trained to be an illustrator of books and magazines, a career path he followed for over twenty years in the New York City area.

In the past several years, his work has expanded into more personal subjects, often including scriptural themes. As an artist he seeks to communicate his feelings about life and the world we live in. Within the scriptures he finds profound messages and truths concerning life's experiences which inspire images that express his own deeply held beliefs.

Whether inspired by the early morning light over an urban landscape, fresh cut peonies on the kitchen counter, people performing everyday tasks or scripture narratives that illuminate eternal concepts, expressing his feelings about these varied subjects with paint, remains an overwhelming passion of his life.

Walter and his wife Linda currently reside in Oregon. They have four sons, three daughters-in-law and one grand daughter. They are greatly blessed.





Education

1971-74                  Art Center College of Design,  Los Angeles,  CA       

      Received a BFA  with "Great Distinction".


1984-85                  Lived and worked in Paris, France with his family. 

1974-95                  Worked as a free-lance illustrator in New York and Connecticut.

                              Clients included;  Reader's Digest, Time Life, Random House, National Geographic, 

                              The Pleasant Company, The Rockefeller Group, Grummund Corp,


Group Exhibitions

1982-1984             Husburg Fine Arts,   Scottsdale,  AZ

1988-2003             Sailor's Valentine Gallery,  Nantucket,  MA

1988-1989             Nell Yperufanos Gallery,   New York,  NY

1993                     The Jones Gallery,  La Jolla,  CA

1996                     World Bank Exhibition,  W.B. Headquarters,  Washington, D.C.

1998                     Vanier Gallery,  Scottsdale,  AZ

1999-2001             U.S. Danish Embassy,  Copenhagen,  Denmark

2001-2006             The Stable Fine Arts Gallery,  Salt Lake City,  UT

2005-2011             Southern Virginia University,  Buena Vista,  VA

2007-2011             The Cooley Gallery,  Old Lyme,  CT

2005-2011             Springville Museum of Art,  Springville,  UT

2008-2011             Williams Fine Arts,  Salt Lake City,  UT

2010-2011             Augen Gallery,  Portland,  OR


Solo Exhibitions

1990-1995             Annual one man shows, Sailor's Valentine Gallery,  Nantucket,  MA

1995                     May County Art League,  Cape May, NJ

1998                     Academy of Art College Gallery,  San Francisco,  CA

2003                     The Stable Fine Arts Gallery,  Salt Lake City,  UT

2004-2005             Museum of Church History and Art,  Salt Lake City,  UT

2007                     The Cooley Gallery,  Old Lyme,  CT


Permanent Collections

Museum of Church History and Art,  Salt Lake City,  UT

Springville Museum of Art,  Springville,  UT

Southern Virginia University,  Buena Vista,  VA


Awards and Honors

Museum of Church History and Art International Competition, Awards of Merit,  1988, 1991, 2000, 2003, 

2006, 2009

Springville Museum of Art Spring Salon,  Award of Merit,  2009,  2011

Artist Renewal Center 2009-2010 Salon  Honorable Mention Figurative,  Honorable Mention Still Life

Guest Speaker,  2006 Evans Memorial Lecture Series,  Brigham Young University