PROFESSOR JAMES A. PADGETT WILL HAVE A

RETROSPECTIVE ART EXHIBITION AT THE

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MUSEUM

219 N. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR STREET , DAYTON, OHIO

FEBRUARY 1 – 28, 2010

ARTIST RECEPTION: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2010 1 – 4 P.M.

Professor James A. Padgett will have a retrospective art exhibition at the Paul Laurence Dunbar Museum February 1-28, 2010.

TRIGEMINAL BACKGROUND

The focal point of Trigeminal painting is the construction and creation of facial images which may be compared to the anatomy of a nerve which has a root; the nerve chain, and the nervous response as follows, the Root : Artist, the Nerve chain: Color, Line, texture, Expressions, Environment, the Response: is the Viewer. This approach to creating my works of art utilizes a variety of mixed media surface techniques, such as using dyed colored cloth, sculptural surface shapes, along with complexed compositional arrangements and designs. Those elements of creativity and symbolism present in Trigeminal painting render it an expressionistic style rather than any other style of artistic expression or creativity.

The faces or images are painted to convey the presence of all or any combination of the three areas of the basic facial features (eyes, nose, and mouth) without attempting to render a portrait.

As a result, I search to convey my impressions of how some individuals or groups of people, through a dual process, verbally communicate selected messages while, at the same time, withholding true emotions which are sometimes conveyed through expressions and gestures or are intuitively perceived from the environment created by the individual.

The root of a Trigeminal painting originates from me, the artist, creator. the nerve chain, its many parts are stimulated as I create on a blank canvas those essential components. The response that results from the viewer is the perception, understanding of the message.

JAMES A. PAGETT

James Arthur Padgett, artist, is currently Professor of Art History at Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio and has taught there since 1973. He received his BFA, MFA degrees from Howard University, Washington D.C. and studied at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington D.C., and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine and there he studied under the famous African-American artist Jacob Lawrence.

Prof. Padgett has works of art in The American Embassy, Seoul, Korea, The American University Print Collection, University of Florida, Anacostia Museum Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. and His Excellency H. Kamuzu Banda, Life President Republic of Malawi, Africa. In 1977 Prof. Padgett was appointed Chairman of the 4 th International Conference on Art in commemoration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee in London, England. Prof. Padgett has traveled extensively to such places as Spain, France, Italy, and Africa compiling research information used in both his artwork and Art History courses.