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ABOUT ARTIST

 

 

" While producing a work of Fine Art, Irene strives to capture the true personality of her subjects. Her portraits are painterly yet technically precise"


 

Irene has been selected as one of 100 ECU women to be profiled in the 2007 Centennial publication:
A Legacy of Leadership: One Hundred Incredible ECU Women

 

Irene is a member of the Portrait Society of America and The American Portrait Society

Irene Bailey, from Yorktown, Virginia, started her formal art training at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia after studying under Jack Clifton of Hampton, Virginia, during High School. After finishing her Master's degree in painting from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, her personal education continued while living in New York for two years. Irene’s thesis show at the Grey Gallery, East Carolina University, was a great elevator of her notoriety as a fine art oil portrait painter.

Though the artist calls Emerald Isle, North Carolina, her home she and her husband Major Don Wells, USMC have been transferred for a couple of years to New Jersey, very near to the New York area where she continues to paint and exhibit her work throughout the country.

Some of her most noted paintings in public places have been for: East Carolina University, NC; the Minges Pepsi Corporation, NC; the court houses of Tyrell, Montgomery, Onslow and Duplin Counties, NC. (See Resume LINK for details)

Some noted private collections have been for: William Belk, of Belk Department stores, Charlotte, NC; Dean Christman, Gallery Director, Hofstra University, NY; James Castner, president of SHORCOM, Va. Beach, Va.; Peg Hardee, Gayords,Taylors, Edwards, Snyders and many more promenent famileys of Greenville, NC.

UNVEILINGS


2008 Unveilings:

ARTIST RESTORES HISTORICAL PAINTING

An unveiling of a painting restored by IRENE BAILEY was held at the Monmouth

Armed Forces Reserve Center, Red Bank, NJ on 7 May 2008.

 

2007 Unveilings:

Dr. Cynda Johnson, 30" x 40" oil on canvas, hung in the Brody Medical School, ECU, Greenville, NC

 

Mrs. William E. Laupus, 30”x 40” oil on canvas, was hung in The William E. Laupus Library of Sciences, ECU Medical School, Greenville, NC.


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Monmouth Park Charity Ball

Irene Bailey with husband Major Donald Wells next to her portrait of Bon Jovi.


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Mosley Boyette, Sr. and H.F. Seawell, Jr., each 24”x 30”, oil on canvas, were unveiled June 2007 and hung in the Superior Courtroom at the courthouse in Carthage, NC.

 

 


 

Her latest recognized painting: “Island Cat” an original oil painting by Irene Bailey-Wells, was unveiled April 8th at a reception in her honor. Irene donated her painting as a fundraiser for Island Cat Allies of Emerald Isle, a volunteer non profit organization that believes in trap-neuter/vaccinate-return (TNR) FOR Bogue Banks’ feral cat population. They operate a program of Id, education, spay/neuter, and adoption or release to native habitat via Colony Keepers, dedicated volunteers who feed, provide medical care and love to these furry island residents. Many second homeowners adopt these island kitties and bring them to their inland homes.

Tax-deductible donations may be sent to Island Cat Allies, P.O.B. 4068, Emerald Isle, NC 28594……. Published in the Island Review, May 2006.


Island Cat

 

 
 
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