GLENN HARRINGTON
	FOREWORD Surrounded by objects of quiet beauty, a young woman sits at a piano. The room is elegantly appointed but not overdone. Hers will not be a performance for the benefit of an audience. However, this young pianist does have a lone observer. She plays under the watchful eye of a porcelain geisha, an iconic symbol of womanhood representing the pinnacle of grace, gentility and accomplishment. The painting entitled, "Geisha Doll", exemplifies all the attributes that distinguish Glenn Harrington as a remarkable artist. He is a storyteller, but not in the conventional sense of a timeline of events unfolding. Harrington tells a tale of harmony and of a relationship of a person to a place. Expressive and evocative, his paintings weave a mood of calm and an aura of well being. That is not to say that Mr. Harrington's paintings want for drama or even intrigue. In the painting entitled, "Tulle", the silhouette of the woman is both sensual and alluring when revealed through a delicate drape, which cascades in front of her. The golden halo about her loosely bound hair mirrors the dappled swirls of light and shadow at her feet. She exudes a natural and quiet elegance, and as with many of Harrington's figures, she does not belong to a specific time. He often allows the viewer the freedom to interpret the finite realities of the scene before us. Yet, this is an artist who is also quite comfortable with the here and now. In the painting entitled, "Reclining Figure", as well as in the work, "Gold Leaf", he presents us with contemporary young women who clearly belong in today's world. He makes that evident in both in their dress and more subtlety in their body language. One figure lounges propped up on her elbows, the other confronts us with her independent and direct gaze. All of Mr. Harrington's figures, whether modern or of the past, are beautifully lit and impeccably rendered. His compositions are accomplished statements of balance and symmetry. Mr. Harrington attended Pratt Institute in New York, and upon graduation in 1981, he began his career in illustration and painting. He has received numerous awards and commendations from the Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, The Art Director's Club and the Society of Publication Designers, as well as the Portrait Society of America. His original paintings have appeared in museums and galleries nationwide including the Museum of American Illustration in New York, the Norman Rockwell Museum in Massachusetts, the USGA Museum in New Jersey, the Jack Nicklaus Museum in Ohio, Gibbes Art Museum, South Carolina and The Art Institutes in Houston, Dallas and Miami. An exhibition of his paintings traveled to Tokyo and Osaka, Japan. He credits his years in illustration with making him a more open thinker and facile painter. Glenn Harrington shares the idyllic setting of his Bucks County, Pennsylvania home with his wife and two sons.
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