Bio
Jeanne Seagle’s perceptive drawings portray the landscapes surrounding Memphis with a remarkable precision. Delicately rendering the trees and swamps of Dacus Lake along the Mississippi River, Seagle captures the subtle effects of light and atmosphere on the varied textures of the natural world. A longtime Memphis resident and graduate of Memphis College of Art, Seagle’s oeuvre includes public art projects for LeBonheur Children’s Hospital and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as well as illustrations for the Memphis Flyer.
Seagle turns a careful eye to her surroundings. Her works reflect significant time spent observing the landscape. Seagle draws from photographs that she takes during camping trips in nearby Arkansas, depicting the wilderness of the Mid-South. Back in her Cooper-Young studio, Seagle painstakingly translates her photographs and sketches into large-scale, photorealistic drawings. Depicting scenery that is only a twenty-minute drive from downtown Memphis, yet seemingly a world away, these detailed charcoal drawings celebrate the natural forms of our own community.
TOPJeanne Seagle: Education and Honors
BFA, Memphis College of Art
Undergraduate Studies, Mississippi University for Women
RiverArtsFest 2015 Poster Artist, Memphis, TN
Best in Show, Memphis Germantown Art League National Juried Exhibition, 2013
1st place for a painting, Helena, AR Watercolor Competition, 2012
2nd place for an illustration, National Association of Children’s Publications, 2012
2nd place for a painting, Helena, AR Watercolor Competition, 2011
2nd place for an interior illustration, National Association of Children’s Publications, 2011
St. Jude Hospital: Artists Residency, Memphis, TN, 2007
Virginia Center for Creative Arts: Residency, Amhearst County, VA, 2003
3rd place for a painting, Memphis Germantown Art League, 1997
Special mention for a painting: National Juried Competition, Arts in the Park, Memphis, TN, 1990
Preserving Our Natural Resources National Competition, America Artist Magazine, 1990
Jeanne Seagle: Selected Exhibitions
Of This Place, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN 2023
Beside Still Waters [solo], L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN 2020
The Poetry of Horses, Palladio Gallery, Memphis, TN 2020
Kick Out the Lights: A Celebration of Memphis Music, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2019
Artists’ Link Exhibition: Celebrating 30 Years, Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis, TN, 2019
What We Saw, with Jimpsie Ayres, DeltaARTS, West Memphis, AR, 2019
Grand Reopening Celebration, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2019
The Show Must Go On, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2018
Shake, Rattle and Roll, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2018
Cooper Young Art Invitational, Memphis, TN, 2018
Biennial Alumni Exhibition, Memphis College of Art, 2018
The Familiar & The Sublime, with Pam Hassler, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2018
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2017
Elvis Has Left the Building, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2017
New Works, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2017
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2016
One in a Million, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2016
Summer Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2016
Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2016
No: 10, Anniversary Show, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2016
RiverArtsFest Invitational Exhibition, ANF Architects, Memphis, TN, 2015
Among Horses, Buckman Center, Memphis, TN, 2015
It’s Good to be The King, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2015
Summer Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2015
Water and Light: Two Visions, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2015
Collective Local Exhibition, Invitational b y Jimpsie Ayres, AskewNixon Ferguson Architects, Memphis, TN, 2015
Beside Still Waters [solo], L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN 2020
The Poetry of Horses, Palladio Gallery, Memphis, TN 2020
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2014
RiverArtsFest Invitational Exhibition, Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, Memphis, TN, 2014
That’s All Right Mama, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2014
Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, 2014
Art of the South 2014, Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 2014
Summer Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2014
Holiday Group Exhibition, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2013
In Search of Wild Places, L Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2013
Two Person Show, Gallery 56, Memphis, TN, 2013
Group Show, Lisa Kurts Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2012
Two Person Show, Askew/Nixon/Ferguson, Memphis, TN, 2012
Solo Show, Delta Cultural Center, Helena, AR, 2011
Solo Show, Memphis College of Art Alumni Gallery, Memphis, 2001
The Delta Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, 2010
Two Person Show, Levy Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2010
ArtistsLink Juried Show, Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, 2009
Society of American Mosaic Artists Int’l, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, 2007
Solo Show, Fusion Art Gallery, Bentonville, AR, 2007
Solo Show, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN, 2007
Delta Axis, Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2006
Three Person Show, Goldsmith Garden Center, Memphis, TN, 2005
The Best of Tennessee, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, 2001
Horn Island Alumni Invitational, Cooper-Young Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2001
Memphis Germantown Art League 5th Annual National Juried Competition, Goldsmith Garden Center, Memphis, TN, 2000
Celebrating Women Artists of Tennessee YWCA Centennial, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN, 2000
Ten Plus Ten Invitational, Arts in the Park, Memphis, TN, 1998
Self images 8 to 80 Invitational, Arts in the Park, Memphis, 1997
Jeanne Seagle: Public Collections
Conrad Hotel, Nashville, TN
Memphis International Airport, Memphis, TN
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, “Genome Kids” sculpture, Memphis, TN
LeBonheur Children’s Hospital, lobby mosaic sculpture, Memphis, TN
Memphis City Hall, painting, Memphis, TN
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, paintings and murals, Memphis, TN
Bellevue Baptist Church, murals, Memphis, TN
Memphis Area Transit Authority, trolley platform mosaic murals
Methodist University Hospital: paintings, Memphis, TN
Jeanne Seagle: Publications
Michael Donahue, “Beside Still Waters: The Life and Art of Jeanne Seagle,” Memphis Flyer, August 19, 2020
Emily Adams Keplinger, “Jeanne Seagle: Illustrated album covers for STAX,” RSVP Memphis, August 2018
Fredric Koeppel, “Catching up with the Current Exhibitions: Seagle, Phillips among the highlights,” The Commercial Appeal, Mar 20, 2015