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Glenda McCune
Southern Culture
The Batesville Area Arts Council presented Southern Culture, an exhibition by Glenda McCune, from August 19 - October 3. This exhibition was sponsored by First Community Bank.
Artist Statement
I want to thank the Lord for giving me the talents and gifts that I have continued to utilize throughout the years. I have a passion for creating art, that depicts many components, of Southern Culture, that’s been an integral part of my upbringing, such as picking and chopping cotton, fishing, ironing, picking black berries, raking yards, and picking up pecans etc; Many of my paintings are inspired from photographs, that I capture while traveling. I also enjoy working with all mediums, oils, watercolor, acrylics, pastels, colored sand, colored pencils, and charcoal. I find joy in taking my viewers down memory lane and incorporating the principles and elements of art within my paintings.
Biography
Glenda L. McCune was born in Hamburg, Arkansas, on May 19th, 1950, to the parents of Mr. George Winthrop Lewis and Carrie McLamore Lewis. She discovered her artistic talent in the sixth grade while attending Pine Street Elementary School. While Art education was not initially part of the curriculum, during this time, Glenda continued to find various avenues to showcase her artistic ability. She attended A&M at Monticello, but transferred to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, where she received her B.A in Art Education. She later studied at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she earned her M.A. in Education. She continued to spread her passion for Art at Jacksonville High School, where she taught Art Foundations, Painting 1, 2, & 3, Sculpture and Crafts, and Pottery for thirty-seven years. She has one child, a son named Michael G. McCune.
