TODD ABBOTT WINTERS
Education: University of Texas at Austin, B.A. Fine Art, 1983
Major: Studio Arts
Professional History:
After graduating and becoming a full-time professional artist at the age of 24, Winters’ work fast gained national and international recognition through selective juried art exhibitions. Winters has been accepted into nearly 300 juried shows, held nearly 50 one-man shows, and won countless awards of merit. His work has been purchased by collectors of every U.S. State and is found in over 25 other countries.

From 1989-1999, Winters owned and operated his own gallery in Taos, New Mexico. In 1999, the Winters family embarked upon a 13-month travel odyssey dubbed Trip 2000. They visited 48 states and Canada, traveling well over 25,000 miles in a motor home. A painting trip equal to none, every day Winters painted scenes campground to campground. The trip was completed in August 2000, and to this day Winters returns to his travels in his studio as his theme remains, “Painting America.”

In 2002, Winters and his family moved to the scenic Texas Hill Country to the town of Kerrville. Here, he continues to paint a wide variety of expressive subjects at his open studio/gallery located in a historic artist colony of Ingram.

Winters has produced more than two dozen fine art reproductions and has assisted other artists in the process of self publishing. Painting full time since 1985, he has produced and sold over 4,500 paintings of a wide variety of subjects. Strong in concept, Winters work is visually inspiring, painting in both watercolor and acrylic, with each often handled in a different manner. Half of his work is realism, the other half is more conceptual, exaggerated, and surreal. Winters trademark is the magnificent color and simplified composition in his paintings, emphasizing rich color and contrast.
E-mail: winters@taosnet.com