Glenn D. Harren

"I am an artist that responds in color and shapes to the world around me. I seek the extraordinary aspects of everyday life, whether in the color of a landscape or the simple dignity of the human form. "
-Glenn Harren

Glenn Harren is a Holicong artist who has been described as a cross between John Singer Sargent and Alice Neel. A more figurative than impressionistic painter, he uses colors bold greens, blues and purples to create a story-like quality in landscapes and portraits. Harren paints with oil on linen, mostly using pre-made stretchers, but he makes his own frames. His subjects are the fields, farms and every day life of Bucks County- a woman at the laundromat or a man cooking eggs. He was influenced by the painter William A. Smith, who encouraged him to seek knowledge about art. This led to Harren studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which he completed in 1981.

Education and Training
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977-1981
Cape Cod School of the Arts, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1977

Teachers and Influences
Arthur de Costa (Teacher)
Henry Hencshe (Painter), Provincetown, Massachusetts
William A. Smith (Painter), Pineville, Pennsylvania

Connection to Bucks County
Glenn Harren moved to Bucks County in 1955 and to Doylestown in 1963.

Colleagues and Affiliations
Clay Johnson of Philadelphia

Major Solo Exhibitions
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania, 1984
Widener University Art Museum, Chester, Pennsylvania, 1986, 1996
Yaffa, New York, New York, 1989
Stover Mill Gallery, Erwinna, Pennsylvania, 1991
Windy Bush Art Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1995
Palmyra Art Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey, 1996
Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1999
Glenn Harren: Paintings, Prints, Etc., Medical Healing Arts Center, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 2003

Major Group Exhibitions
Bucks County Community College Exhibit, Newtown, Pennsylvania, 1982
Woodmere Annual Art Exhibit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1996
Cheltenham Art Center Annual Exhibit, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, 1982, 1994, 1995, 1999
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship Exhibit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2002
Philadelphia Sketch Club Exhibit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1985
Coryell Gallery Exhibit, Lambertville, New Jersey, 1991
Annual Exhibit, Baum School of Art, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1992
Bucks Biennial Exhibit, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1992, 1994
Lehigh Art Alliance, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1994, 1995
Windy Bush Art Gallery, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1996, 1997
Riverrrun Gallery, Lambertville, New Jersey, 1997
Artsbridge at Prallsville, Stockton, New Jersey, 1997
Ellarslie Open, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003
Annual Art Exhibition, Phillips' Mill, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1998, 1999
Artspace, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1999
Morpeth Gallery, Hopewell, New Jersey, 2000, 2001, 2003
Up the River Now, The Gallery at Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, 2002

Major Collections
Rhone Poulec Rorer
Smithkline Beecham
Wheat First Butcher Singer

Teaching and Professional Appointments
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1980
Doylestown Art Center, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1980s and early 1990s
Baum School of Art, Allentown, Pennsylvania, late 1980s-1992
Solebury School, Solebury, Pennsylvania, 1993-1996

Major Awards
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1982
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1983, 1996
Tinicum Arts Show, Erwinna, Pennsylvania, 1989, 1990
Community Arts Center, Wallingford, Pennsylvania, 1991
The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1994
Monmouth County Arts Council, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey, 1997
Annual Art Exhibition at Phillips' Mill, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 1998, 1999
Artsbridge at Prallsville, Stockton, New Jersey, 1999
Ellarslie Open, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, New Jersey, 2000, 2003

Affiliations and Memberships
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship