Larry Wheeler
Back(American, b. 1942)
Having drawn and painted from childhood, Larry Wheeler began his formal art studies with portrait painter Jack Brock, in Atlanta in 1961. Wheeler received a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1966. After several years of work as a painting conservator at the Corcoran Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., he returned to Baltimore to study and in 1972 received an MFA from the Institute's Hoffberger School of Painting. He has taught painting, drawing, and anatomy at the Maryland Institute and in community colleges in Baltimore.Since 1979, a major focus of his work has been the integration of the human figure into the natural landscape, most often with horses as the link unifying the image. Atmosphere, design, and relationships between people and their horses are some of the important elements in his paintings, captured in scenes from Palm Beach polo to Irish hunts; from Maryland timber races to racing at Saratoga.
Wheeler's commissioned work continues to be in demand. His portraits hang in the State House in Annapolis, Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., the Federal Building in Baltimore, and in many private collections across the country.
 Going to Post Watercolor 32" x 25" |
 Issac Murphy Up Oil on Paper (laid down on board) 24" x 18" |
 Kentucky River Oil on Board 15" x 15" |
 Horses in the Shade Oil/Canvas 18" x 24" |
 Oklahoma Barn Area, Exercise Rider and Groom Oil/Canvas 16.5" x 20" |
 Orange and Yellow Blocks, Little Everglades Oil/Canvas 20" x 24" |
 September Morning Oil/Board 12" x 24" |
 At the Blessing Oil on Board 12" x 24" |
 Voss Farm Oil on Board 12" x 24" |
 Turned Out Near the Tennessee Valley Hunt Oil/Board 12" x 24" |
 Crossing the Creek Oil on Canvas 24" x 36" |
 Keeneland, Training Track N/A 36" x 48" |
 Goat Man Oil on Board 12" x 9" |
 #3 Leaving the Paddock Oil on Board 11" x 14" |
 Lolly Gaggin' Oil on Board 18" x 24" |
 Bloe and Gold Oil on Canvas 20" x 24" |
 Flamingos Oil/Canvas 24" x 26" |
 Turned Out Oil on Board 12" x 16" |
 Watching the Starters Oil on Board 8" x 12" |
 Stables at Keeneland Oil on Board 8" x 12" |
 Pigtails Jumping Rope Oil on Board 24" x 28" |
 Snow at Green Spring Oil on Board 20" x 24" |
 Quiet Pond Oil on Canvas 18" x 24" |
 Brown Jack and White Roses Oil/Canvas 22" x 28" Sold |
 Morning Steam, Saratoga Oil/Board 11" x 14" Sold |
 Iroquois Start Oil/Canvas 16" x 24" Sold |
 Oklahoma Morning Oil on Board 12" x 24" Sold |
 No Wake Oil/Board 6" x 9" Sold |
 Washing Down, Oklahoma Oil/Canvas 12" x 16" Sold |
 Oak Buckets Oil/Canvas 20" x 24" Sold |
 Gate to the Gallops Oil/Canvas 16" x 24" Sold |
 Keeneland Oil/Canvas 14" x 18" Sold |