Exhibits feature professor’s pieces

University of Arkansas at Monticello art professor Tom Richard has artworks exhibited in national juried exhibitions in Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas in 2021.

Richard has 40 drawings from his Color Expansion Series included in the exhibition “Exploring Mindscapes: An Artist’s Reflection” at Fort Smith Regional Art Museum until May 16. the exhibit opened Jan. 15, according to a news release.

His Color Expansion Series consists of small drawings — of celebrities screaming, daffodils, sections of a stonewall, staphylococcus viruses, and the artist laughing — that demonstrate the ability of color to expand or fill a space, even though the color is, in reality, a line.

Thirty paintings from Richard’s Wrestlers on Targets series were accepted into “Slammed! Sensationalism and Culture in the

Squared Circle” at Acadiana Center for the Arts at Lafayette, La., displayed until May 8. and the 36th annual International Exhibition at Meadows Gallery at the University of Texas at Tyler.

Paintings of wrestling toys on targets address topics of personal history, reflection, and repetition that allow the viewer to reflect upon the emotive process of moving from whimsy to dread, according to the release.

Richard’s artwork has been included in more than 100 national juried and invitational exhibitions and more than 50 solo exhibitions at venues including Arkansas Arts Center, Historic Arkansas Museum, the Arts and Science Center for Southeast Arkansas, numerous university museums, galleries, and art centers throughout the United States.

Richard’s artwork can be viewed at https://www.tomrichardart.com/