Her inspiration and technique come from the masters and traditions of The Boston School, America's oldest continuing school of painting. It is a philosophy based on sound drawing, sensitivity to line and values, and an impressionistic observation of light and color.

Born in Vermont, Lovely was drawn to American Impressionism while sitting in an art history class at the University of Vermont when a professor discussed Winslow Homer. Captivated by his work, she recalls feeling devastated when the professor told her that no one taught how to paint anymore. Fortunately, the professor was wrong.

Since 1980, she has studied with masters of The Boston School, including Robert Cormier and Paul Ingbretson. These two prominent artists were students of the late R.H. Ives Gammell, the distinguished teacher and painter who saved The School from almost certain demise in the wave of expressionism that followed World War II

Lovely's vast body of work represents her unique vision, technical ability and boundless energy. The work produced on her well-known painting holidays to romantic coastal locations has captured the hearts and minds of an ever-growing list of patrons.

Her paintings appear in the books, "Realism in Revolution: The Art of The Boston School" and "Interior Visions." The New York Graphic Society and Kennedy Studios have reproduced many of her paintings as limited edition prints and posters for a national and international audience. In addition, her work has been featured in Cape Cod Life and Yankee magazines.

She is a distinguished member of several art organizations including The Copley Society of Boston, America's oldest art association. After receiving her third award in the Society's juried shows, she was accorded the designation "Copley Master" in the summer of 1988.

Lovely lives with her Westie, Liily,  on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina where she maintains her studio.

Education | Memberships | Exhibitions | Awards | Bibliography | References

Education
Robert Cormier's Studio, Fenway Studios, Boston Massachusetts
Paul Ingbretson's Studio, Fenway Studios, Boston Massachusetts
University of Vermont, BA, Burlington, Vermont
Springfield High School, Springfield, Vermont
The Forman School, Litchfield, Connecticut

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Memberships
Art Guild of the Kennebunks, Kennebunkport, Maine
Concord Art Association, Massachusetts
The Copley Society of Boston 
Hilton Head Art League, South Carolina
Hilton Head Plantation Artists, South Carolina
Rockport Art Association, Massachusetts
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont 
American Artist Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York City
American Allied Artists, National Art Club, New York City

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Exhibitions

2008 The Copley Society, Newbury Street, Boston, Fresh Paint
2007 Massachusetts Horticultural Society "Paint Day
2007 The Copley Society, Newbury Street, Boston, Fresh Paint
2006 Massachusetts Horticultural Society "Paint Day"
2006 The Copley Society, Newbury Street, Boston, Fresh Paint, June 11-16
2005 The Onyx Hotel, Boston MA “Fashion: Style Throughout History”
2005 The River Club, Kennebunkport, ME “Charles Street Hats”
2005 "Venus Visits Vermont"  Solo Exhibition, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT June 11- July 12
2005 The Copley Society, Newbury Street, Boston, Fresh Paint, May 2-8
2005 “Dreams of Fair Women II,” oil painting donated by Mrs. Barrett Scudder of Boca Grande, FL and Manchester Village, VT, to The J. Fust Community Library of Boca Grande, Florida
2005 “Sketches Around Town,” Hilton Head Library, March 7-April 16,
2004 "Four O'Clock Milk,” oil painting, permanent collection, Farnsworth Museum, Rockland Maine
2004 Hilton Head Art League, Studio Tour September
2004 Oliviers Restaurant, Guest Artist
2004 The Copley Society, Newbury Street, Boston, Fresh Paint, May 2-13
2003-2004 Art Academy of Hilton Head, teacher for first two terms
2004 Pearlz Restaurant, Bluffton, SC "The Movie Stars!"  ( http://www.pearlzrestaurant.com/ )
2003 Kennebunkport for the River Club, Kennebunkport, ME, Aug7-11 Kingdom of Peace
2003 Hilton Head Art League, July 7-Aug 4, Gifts from the Sea
2003 Copley Masters Invitational Show, June 26 - July 19, The Copley Society, Newberry St, Boston, MA "Good and Plenty Camelot"
2003 The Copley Society of Art,  Boston, MA.  "Fresh Paint" event, May 11 - 16.
2003 Feature Artist, Okatie Rotary Club Polo, 5/4/03
2002 Bluffton Diner, Bluffton, SC. "Sketchbook on Canvas"
2002 The Copley Society of Art,  Boston, MA.  "Fresh Paint" event,
2002 Alumni Show, The Forman School, Risley Gallery, Litchfield CT, June, 2002
2002 The Kennebunk River Club, Kennebunkport, ME
2002 One Person Show, “Good and Plenty, Candace Lovely.” The Forman School, Risley Gallery, Litchfield CT, 10/15/02-11/22/02
2002 Copley Masters Invitational Show, The Copley Society, Boston, MA
2001 Copley Masters Show at the Harvard Club of Boston 9/13-11/3/01
2001 The Red Piano Art Gallery, "Good and Plenty," One Person Show
2001 Guest Speaker, March 17,2001 "How the history of art shaped the BostonSchool" HH Art League 2001 Guest Speaker, Febuary 2001 "My Sketch"  HH Art League (see Candace's Sketch book)
2000 Copley Masters Invitational Show, The Copley Society, Boston, MA
2000 Collection of Ambassador Phil Lader, US Embassy, London, England
1999 Copley Masters Invitational Show, the Harvard Club, Boston, MA
1999 Resident Artist, The Colony Hotel, Delray Beach, FL
1998 Guest Speaker, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
1998 Guest Speaker, The Savannah Art Association, Savannah, GA
1998 Resident Artist, The Colony Hotel, Kennebunkport, ME
1997 Guest Speaker, Hilton Head Plantation Art Association, HH, SC
1997 St. Lukes Tour of Homes, Hilton Head, SC
1997 Tryon Estates, NC,  "Vanishing Spirits"
1997 Hilton Head Plantation Artists, Guest Speaker
1997 Coastal Discovery Museum, Show,  "Vanishing Spirits," Hilton Head, SC
1996 All Saints Garden Tour, Hilton Head, SC
1995 James R. Bakker Antiques, Inc. One Person Auction
1994 Port Royal Gallery, "Romancing the Shore", One Person Show, Naples, Florida
1993 James R. Bakker Antiques, Inc. One Person Auction
1992 Museum of Fine Arts Council, guest speaker
1992 The Copley Society, "Romance in a Painter¹s Light," One-Person Show, Boston MA
1992 Westwood Library, Westwood, Massachusetts, guest speaker
1992 Tiffany & Company, decorated by Marjorie Stafford
1992 Alexandria, VA  Show House, River Farm, decorated by Marie Johnston
1992 Entertaining People, Washington DC, Katie Couric¹s Bedroom, decorated by Marie Johnston
1991 Painted First Lady Barbara Bush at the White House, Washington, DC
1990-1991 Taught a college student the functions of my studio who received credit from Boston College.
1989 and 1991 National Symphony Show Houses, Washington, DC, decorated by Marie Johnston
1988-1992 Advisory Board to "Art by Kids", The Wang Center, Boston, Massachusetts
1986-1992 PBS Channel 2 Auction ( 1990, 1991 and 1992 Highest Bid for art), Boston, Massachusetts
1984-1992 Boston Junior League Show Houses, rooms decorated by Marie Johnston, Ben Theodore and Lindy Lieberman
1983-1992 The River Club, Kennebunkport
1991 York Historical Society Show Houses, York, ME, decorated by Carol Kaplan
1990 York Historical Society Show Houses, York, ME, decorated by Karen Sugarman1991 Parkman House, (Mayor¹s House), Boston, Massachusetts
1990 The Fitchburg Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
1990 Renjeu Gallery," View Point,"  One-Person  Show, Concord, Massachusetts
1989 The Copley Society, "Blue Light," One-Person  Retrospective Show, Boston MA
1987-1989 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York City
1985-1988 Academic Artists Association, 37th National Exhibition, Springfield, Massachusetts
1985-1988 Salmagundi Club Art Show, New York City
1986 Featured Artist, The Ritz Carlton, Boston
1985 Rockport Art Association, One-Person Show
1984 Hudson Valley Art Association, White Plains New York
1983 Town and Country Club, One-Person Show, Hartford, Connecticut
1982 Springfield, Vermont Art Center, One-Person Show, Springfield, Vermont

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Awards

2005 Grant from Art Council of Beaufort Council for "Sketches Around Town," March 8-April 16 http://www.beaufortarts.com/home.htm
2004 December, Hilton Head Monthly, runner up, ‘Favorite Local “Visual Artist”’
2000-01 Artist in Residence for the Hilton Head Ballet
2000 “The grand dame of Boston art,” The Boston Globe Oct. 11
2000 Quoted as “The grand dame of Boston painters,” James Bakker, Fresh Paint Auction, The Copley Society, Boston, MA
1997 Merit of Excellence, The Savannah Art Association, Savannah, GA
1997 Third Place,  Hilton Head Plantation Art Association, Hilton Head, SC
1995 Inclusion in the 1995-96 International Charter Edition of "Who's Who in Creativity," The World Forum on Creativity, Washington, DC
1994 Voted one of the most prominent alumni of the University of Vermont
1992 Highest Bid, Copley Society of Boston, Wet Paint Auction
1991 Hall of Fame, The Forman School, Litchfield, Connecticut
1991 Second Highest Bid, Copley Society of Boston, Wet Paint Auction
1990 Highest Bid, Copley Society of Boston, Wet Paint Auction
1989 Honorable Mention, Art Guild of the Kennebunks, Maine
1988 Copley Master Award, The Copley Society of Boston
1988 Second Place, Summer Exhibition, The Copley Society of Boston
1988 Third Place, Interiors and Portraits Exhibition, The Copley Society of Boston
1987 Stanley Phillips Popular Award, Rockport Art Association, Massachusetts
1986 Figure Award, Rockport Art Association
1985 Lee M. Loeb National Award, American Artist Professional League, New York City
1984 Yankee Magazine Sagendorph Award, The Copley Society of Boston
1983 Honorable Mention, Concord Art Association
1983 Judges Choice, River Club, Kennebunkport, Maine
1983 Reine Rose Strisik Award, Rockport Art Association
1983 Helene DeCozen National Award, American Artist Professional League, New York City
1982 J. H. Connaway Award, Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, Vermont

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Bibliography

2008 Bliss Magazine Cover, "Good and Plenty Marilyn."
2008 Hilton Head Island Directory
2007  Bluffton Breeze
2006 State of the Studio
2005 WHHI-TV, with MC Strong Quicktime Version or Window Media Player
2005 Southern Vermont Art Center Solo Shows Review Review,http://www.manchesterjournal.com/default.asp?Action=ShowArticle&articleid=71182
2005 Southern Vermont Art Center Solo Shows http://www.manchesterjournal.com/default.asp?Action=ShowArticle&articleid=70977
2005 letter to the editor “Display painting wrong for library” Island Packet News Paper
http://www.islandpacket.com/editorial/letters/story/4702316p-4344714c.html
2005 "Sketches Around Town" feature article Island Packet News Paper 3/18/05 http://www.islandpacket.com/features/story/4699127p-4342691c.html
2005, “Sketches Around Town” interview on WHHI-TV, “Talk of the Town,” with Ed McCullough
2004, WHHI-TV, “Hilton Head Today,” Christmas Sketchbook with Ed McCullough
2004, September, Hilton Head Monthly
2004, WHHI-TV, “Hilton Head Today,” HHAL Studio Tour with Ed McCullough
2004 Pink Magazine, July 2004, cover and centerfold with article
2004 Hilton Head Monthly, September
2003 Okatie Polo Cover
2001"Swan Lake" program cover, March 16-25, 2001, Hilton Head Dance Theater, HH, SC
2000 "The grand dame of Boston art", The Boston Globe Oct. 11
2000 Quoted as "The grand dame of Boston painters," James Bakker, Fresh Paint Auction, The Copley Society, Boston, MA 
The Tourist News, August 6, 1998 cover story
The Hilton Head Monthly, February 1998
Better Homes and Gardens Kids' Rooms, Nurseries  1997
The University of Vermont Quarterly, summer 1994
Island Scene, Hilton Head, South Carolina, March 1994, cover and story
Art and Antiques, March 1994
Art and Antiques, February 1992
Islander Magazine, Hilton Head, South Carolina, June 1991
Southern Accents, May 1991
Traditional Homes, 1991
Island Reporter, Sanibel Island, Florida, 1991
Art and Antiques, February 1991
Art and Antiques, February, March, and June 1990. 
Traditional Homes, 1990
The Forman Letter, 1989, Spring 1991, Summer 1991, Litchfield, Connecticut
Ala Mode, Boston, 1989
Interior Visions, 1988
Art and Antiques, March and June 1988
Art and Antiques, March and September 1987 
Cape Cod Life Magazine, August/September 1987
Island Events, Hilton Head,  South Carolina, May 1984/July 1986
Alumni Magazine, University of Vermont, Winter 1985
Realism in Revolution: The Art of the Boston School, Taylor Publishing, 1985
Yankee Magazine, January/September 1984
Islander Magazine, Hilton Head, June 1984
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References
Website: www.candacelovely.com  email c@candacelovely.com
Copley Society of Boston, 158 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116,  617-536-5049