Painting What You Want to See
Charles Reidwas born in Cambridge, New York and studied art at the University of Vermont at Montpelier and the Art Students League of New York. Over the years his work has won many awards, including the Childe Hassam Purchase Prize at The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1975 and 1976, from the National Academy of Design in 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1978, and from Allied Artists in 1975. In 1980 he was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design. Reid had one-artist shows in 1971 and 1972 at the Roko Gallery and in 1975 and 1978 at the Far Gallery. He has participated in group exhibits with the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1975, 1976), American Watercolor society, National Academy of Design, Allied Artists of America, Westmoreland Country Museum, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Joe DeMers Gallery in Hilton Head Island, S.C. (1978, 1979, and 1980), Butler Institute of American Arts, and Nassau County Museum of Fine Art. In addition to painting, Reid teaches workshops across the country. He has written four other books on painting figures, portraits, and still lifes in oil and watercolor for Watson-Guptill.