Biography
Since graduating from the University of Montevallo, Ronald Lewis has won over 100 awards for his paintings in oil, watercolor, and acrylics. He is an elected signature member of The American Watercolor Society. He has exhibited with Watercolor USA, Dixieland Watercolor and Drawing Show, Alabama Watercolor Society, Mainstreams, and the Birmingham Art Association. He was one of a hundred artists chosen to exhibit at the Smithsonian Institute with the National Park Academy of the Arts.
He has illustrated two books: "My Country Roads" by Lou Brown, and "Papa's Old Trunk" by Mary Butler.
He has been an Honored Artist at the Birmingham Festival of Arts, and is represented in the permanent collections of the Birmingham Museum of Art; Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Georgia; and the Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama. He is represented in business and private collections such as the Bohorfoush Collection, Sonat, Bank of Japan and other corporate collections throughout the United States and abroad. His works have been published in Revue Moderne in Paris, France; Southern Accents Magazine; Birmingham Magazine; The Artist Magazine; American Artist Magazine; and American Artist Acrylic Highlights Magazine.
He is listed in "Who's Who in American Art," and has also had a number of one-man shows in galleries in the U.S. and Tokyo, Japan.
Visit Lewis online at
www.ronaldlewisart.blogspot.com.