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Homeward BoundRodgers Naylor 18RODGERS NAYLOR was born in Washington,DC in 1954 and spent hischildhood on a farm near the PatuxentRiver in Maryland. He pursued paintingand drawing at the Minneapolis Collegeof Art and Design, The Atelier in Minneapolis,and the Art Students’ League ofDenver after attending the Universityof Chicago and Carleton College foracademics. Naylor currently lives andworks in the mountains of Colorado.RODGERS works in an alla primamanner, usually beginning witha warm-tone underpainting andcompleting a painting in one sessionwhen possible. Rodgers takes astrong interest in the effects of light/shadow and warm/cool colors, and isintrigued by the interplay between thelandscape and its human inhabitants.He paints both in the studio and enplein air. Rodgers has recently beenawarded the Best of Painting, Sun ValleyArt Festival, Ketchum, Idaho 2012,First Place, Gilpin County (Colorado)Art Association Juried Show 2010,and Best of Show, Spring Art Show,Evergreen, Colorado 2009. Recentexhibitions include: the Group Show,Great Western Art Gallery, Denver inNovember 2012, Denver Plein Air ArtFestival, where he won an HonorableMention Award in October 2012, andthe Colorado Artfest, Castle Rock,Colorado in September 2011 where hewas a featured artist. He currently hassolo shows at the Thos Moser showroomin Philadelphia as well as SusanCalloway Fine Arts, Washington DC.