Durand Seay utilizes painting in search for symbols of balance, serenity, spirituality, and how we connect as a people. To feel the story, the abstractions guide the viewer’s impressions. These legacies of layers, studies in organic constructions arrive from a pursuit influenced by his architecture and a fascination with structures found in nature.

His success in architecture is due in part to his ability to perceive space, not strictly as an enhanced volume to contain, but as an experience that is directly affected by the user, psychologically through movement and time. This thoughtful awareness affects the sculpting of space and form, weaving enhanced experiences.

Exhibited in numerous juried exhibitions all over the southeast since 1978, and recently in 2009 “Imaginary Journeys”, Trevisan Arte Internationale invitational exhibition, Ferarra, Italy.

Graduating from Auburn University in Architecture, he also attended University of Georgia to extend his skills in art and his understanding of painting. His work has been exhibited in numerous juried exhibitions all over the southeast since 1978, His history of awards precedes him with the following selected examples:

2008 First Place in Oil and Acrylic category, Hilton Head Art League National Juried Exhibition, Hilton Head, SC.

2008 Purchase Award, SouthWorks Juried Exhibition, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA.

2003 Award of Excellence, Alabama Exhibition, Rosa Parks Museum, Montgomery, AL.

1990, 1989, 1986, 1985, 1984 Best of Show, Montgomery Museum’s Montgomery Art Guild Exhibition, Montgomery, AL.

1987 Best in Pastel Category, Metro Art International Competition, New York, New York.

Durand Seay’s works are found in the collections of:
Montgomery Arts Council
Blount International
Montgomery Art Guld
Alabama Power Company
Alabama Gas Corporation
Southern Progress
Sony Corporation

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