In July, 2000, I left university teaching, research interests, a clinical neurophysiological practice and dove into art as a full time occupation. The switch was easy since I had been producing art all my life. Pen and pencil works had gained the attention of teachers before I reached secondary school, earning me a Rochester Memorial Art Gallery summer workshop fellowship. However, I could never see art as a viable career and chose instead to pursue my avid interests in biology while maintaining my artistic endeavors as a "sideline." My biological interests eventually led me to research into the neurochemistry of learning, neural system properties, and eventually (a big and complicated leap) to the application of computer based electrophysiological brain data and images in clinical diagnostics. It was fascinating to see that twisted minds could actually be discerned in numbers and brain images. These interests led to a rather peripatetic existence, lecturing researching and consulting across North America. But the "sideline" part of me was always present: there was always time for art whether preparing backdrops for local theater productions, cartoons for newsletters or producing paintings that took ribbons at open shows and are now widely dispersed across the U.S., Canada and in England and Australia.
My favorite subject remains human behavior and situations, an interest that probably derives from travels, work encounters, clinical experiences and frequent bar visitations. Diversions into other areas such as playing with sea scenes and applying color combinations to Mayan glyphs stem from my love of the New England coast and a fascination with the southwest and native American cultures. My artistic approach could be considered representational with an impressionistic leaning. The purpose of any work dictates the style, medium and how "impressionistic" I want to be.
I work in Baden Ontario in a 1911 brick house with a renovated horse and buggy barn that houses my workshop and gallery. This sounds charming but with suburban growth, road widening etc., I am swallowed by 21st century "progress", i.e., aluminum houses, SUV's, skateboarders, Saturday morning lawnmower "symphonies" and noisy streets. Until recently, I did have nine very productive years in an Ellicottville, N.Y. condo where daily skiing, nightly art dabbling and the ritual Manhattans resulted in a several dozen works.
I am a member of several art associations but my closest associations are with the Art Dialogue Gallery of Buffalo (Western NY Art Group) and the Waterloo Community Art Center (Waterloo, Ontario).
My favorite subject remains human behavior and situations, an interest that probably derives from travels, work encounters, clinical experiences and frequent bar visitations. Diversions into other areas such as playing with sea scenes and applying color combinations to Mayan glyphs stem from my love of the New England coast and a fascination with the southwest and native American cultures. My artistic approach could be considered representational with an impressionistic leaning. The purpose of any work dictates the style, medium and how "impressionistic" I want to be.
I work in Baden Ontario in a 1911 brick house with a renovated horse and buggy barn that houses my workshop and gallery. This sounds charming but with suburban growth, road widening etc., I am swallowed by 21st century "progress", i.e., aluminum houses, SUV's, skateboarders, Saturday morning lawnmower "symphonies" and noisy streets. Until recently, I did have nine very productive years in an Ellicottville, N.Y. condo where daily skiing, nightly art dabbling and the ritual Manhattans resulted in a several dozen works.
I am a member of several art associations but my closest associations are with the Art Dialogue Gallery of Buffalo (Western NY Art Group) and the Waterloo Community Art Center (Waterloo, Ontario).
Left Brain Stuff (1962 - 2000)
Research Associate, Dept. Physical Chemistry, AEC Labs at Brookhaven, L. I.
Associate Professor, Dept. Biophysics, Michigan State University
Associate Professor, Psychology and Biology, Fordham University
Professor, Dept. Psychology, U. Waterloo (Canada)
Associate Professor, Dept. Biophysics, Michigan State University
Associate Professor, Psychology and Biology, Fordham University
Professor, Dept. Psychology, U. Waterloo (Canada)
Sideways
Visiting Professor, Dept. Electrical Engineering, Montana State University
Visiting Professor, Talladega State College, Alabama
Visiting Professor, University of California at Davis
Statistical Consultant, New York Medical College
Mednik Sleep & Neurometric Clinic (Waterloo)
Visiting Professor, Talladega State College, Alabama
Visiting Professor, University of California at Davis
Statistical Consultant, New York Medical College
Mednik Sleep & Neurometric Clinic (Waterloo)
December 1, 2000. FREE AT LAST! After 75+ reviewed journal articles and 6 books, all academic books are given away, lecture notes and reprint collections are destroyed/given away, clinical obligations are ended and a somewhat dormant art career is happily resumed.
A Second Life: Right Brain Candy (2000 - present)
2004: Buffalo Regional Artist's show: "Among the more pleasant surprises is Bill Corning's … Reverie In The Waiting Room. Buffalo News.
2004: Featured artist, DeLynn Gallery, Franklinville, N.Y.
2005: solo show 60/70 Diversities, Waterloo, Ont. "…colorful seascapes with an almost fairytale-like feel to them."
2005: Art Round The Pond show, Wellesley, Ont.: "…evocative work…" (Niagara Fisherman). Art Green.
2006: 1st prize Western NY Art Group show (The Pubescent), "…a twisted contemporary version of Vermeer's The Girl with a Pearl Earring", Art Voice Magazine.
2007: 3rd prize, Working The Prairie Line, Art Round The Pond show, Wellesley, Ont. 2009 solo show Second Time Around, Waterloo Ont. "Art That Asks Questions", KW Record.
2009: Mary, Mary From A Saskatchewan Prairie. "…if you look into the dark, deep-set eyes of Mary Rose …and wonder what her story is, you've been snagged" KW Record ETC edition.
2009: Honorable mention, A New Mexico Remainder, Western NY Art Group "Traditional" Art Show.
2011: solo show Faces In My Mind, Waterloo, Ont.
2004: Featured artist, DeLynn Gallery, Franklinville, N.Y.
2005: solo show 60/70 Diversities, Waterloo, Ont. "…colorful seascapes with an almost fairytale-like feel to them."
2005: Art Round The Pond show, Wellesley, Ont.: "…evocative work…" (Niagara Fisherman). Art Green.
2006: 1st prize Western NY Art Group show (The Pubescent), "…a twisted contemporary version of Vermeer's The Girl with a Pearl Earring", Art Voice Magazine.
2007: 3rd prize, Working The Prairie Line, Art Round The Pond show, Wellesley, Ont. 2009 solo show Second Time Around, Waterloo Ont. "Art That Asks Questions", KW Record.
2009: Mary, Mary From A Saskatchewan Prairie. "…if you look into the dark, deep-set eyes of Mary Rose …and wonder what her story is, you've been snagged" KW Record ETC edition.
2009: Honorable mention, A New Mexico Remainder, Western NY Art Group "Traditional" Art Show.
2011: solo show Faces In My Mind, Waterloo, Ont.
... and it isn't finished --- until I am.
