Councill Fine Art Studio

Selected Permanent PUBLIC MURALS- Exterior and Interior

  • 2020 Ceiling and Wall Murals – Historic Hotel Roanoke restoration of 1938 Mural, Downtown Roanoke,VA.
  • 2019 Historical Mural for Appalachian Theater of the High Country, Boone, NC
  • 2019 Educational Murals- Cabarrus Health Alliance, Concord, NC
  • 2017 Bronze Sculpture- “Elliott Daingerfield en plein air”, Blowing Rock, NC Main Street
  • 2016 City of Roanoke- Public Mural, Tazewell Bridge at Interstate 81
  • 2015 Healthy Corner Store Mural- National Initiative,- Concord ,NC
  • 2014 Cabarrus  Health Alliance Building- Public Murals, Kannapolis,NC
  • 2013 Shurtape Technologies, LLC Corporate Offices Mural, Hickory, NC
  • 2012 Rumple Presbyterian Church-“ Heaven’s Light” Narthex Ceiling Mural, Blowing Rock, NC
  • 2011 Appalachian State University, College of Education “ Transmission”, Ceiling Mural, Boone, NC
  • 2011 Oakwood Elementary School- Visiting Muralist Program- Hickory, NC
  • 2010 The Academy at Ocean Reef, Educational Wall Mural -, Ocean Reef, Key Largo Fl.
  • 2009 Grandfather Home and School for Children, Campbell Cottage, Banner Elk, NC.
  • 2008 North Carolina Research Campus, Largest Painted Dome in the Southeast, Kannapolis, NC
  • 2008 Presbyterian College, “The Spiral of Life” Ceiling Mural, Belk Atrium – Clinton, SC
  • 2007 Belk Library, “The Quest for Knowledge” Ceiling Mural, Appalachian State University- Boone, NC
  • 2006 St. Mary’s Hospital, New Women’s Center, (4) Ceiling Domes – Athens, GA
  • 2005 Penn-Florida Building, Exterior Wall, Valley National Bank- Architectural Trompe lʼoeil – Boca Raton, FL

 

Selected Corporate and Private Collections- 1974-2012 Murals, Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Architectural Design

DuPont, AT&T, CSX Transportation, Credit Suisse, Gate Petroleum, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Shurtape Technologies, Jones New York, Sidney Kimmel, Advertising Club Foundation of N.Y, City of Jacksonville, Fl., Synovus Bank, Valley National Bank, Irwin and Carol Belk, Mandarin Historical Museum Permanent Collection, Castle Cooke,inc, David H. Murdock Foundation, Appalachian State University Permanent Collection, Presbyterian College Permanent Collection, John Smoltz, Brett Butler, Daryl Simmons, Roberta Von Schlossberg, James E. and Edith Bostic, Sen. Bob Dole, Scott H. Adams, Bonnie and Jamie Schaefer, Llywd Ecclestone, Bailey’s Creek Development, Connie Stevens, the late Greta Garbo.

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions- 1980-2012 Murals, Mixed Media, Prints

  • 2016  The Turchin Center for the Arts, Dedication of  “the Chinese Wedding” Mural Painting, Boone, NC
  • 2016  The Mandarin Museum- Historic Series of Paintings and Prints, Jacksonville , Florida
  • 2012  Hickory Museum of Art, “A Mural in the Making” Retrospective and Interactive Exhibition
  • 2011  Appalachian State University, Dedication-“ The Language of Symbols-Transmission ”, Boone,NC
  • 2010  Murals of Hope”, Press Preview and Unveiling, Grandfather Home and School for Children, NC
  • 2008  “The Spiral of Life”, Dedication Ceremony sponsored by Presbyterian College Foundation, SC
  • 2007 “ The Quest for Knowledge”, Dedication Ceremony sponsored by ASU Foundation – Boone, NC
  • 2005  Architectural Trompe lʼoeil, Mural Dedication sponsored by Valley National Bank – Boca Raton, FL
  • 2004  Historic Landmark Mural, Dedication sponsored by The Boca Raton Historical Society, FL
  • 2000  “Egyptian Nights”, Ceiling Dome “Unveiling” sponsored by The Street of Dreams – Atlanta, GA
  • 1999  “Trompe l’oeil ” Exhibit- Spruill Art Center, Atlanta, GA.

 

1995-1980

  • “Eye to the Future”, mixed media installation, King Plow Art Center, Atlanta – GA
  • “Here and Now”, mixed media constructions, RVS Gallery, Southhampton – NY
  • “Curators Selection”, mixed media constructions and prints, Circle Gallery, New York – NY
  • “ Art as Advertising”, National Arts Club, sponsored by the Smithsonian and The Advertising Club of New York
  • “Passions”, mixed media constructions and prints, Jack Gallery, New York – NY
  • “Abstract Narratives”, Green Street Exhibition Space, N.Y.C
  • “ Encased, Encaustic and Evocative”, Ashawagh Hall, East, Hampton, N.Y
  • “Elements and Energies”, Ingbar Gallery, New York, N.Y

 

Selected Publicity and Media

  • 2016 Charlotte Observer- “Healthy Corner Store Mural”
  • 2011 New York Times Sunday Magazine, AARP
  • 2008-9 “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, NBC, FOX, CBS, PBS, (North and South Carolina affiliates),
  • The NCRC Dedication, Kannapolis, NC -10/20/08, “Our State Magazine”
  • Charlotte Observer, “ The Lettuce is 11 feet High “, Front page
  • Salisbury Post, Independent Tribune, Mountain Times, Watauga Democrat, High Country Mag.
  • 2007 “North Carolina Now”, (PBS) UNC-TV, feature Brenda Councill ASU Wall Murals
  • High Country Magazine-“Quest for Knowledge” Mural
  • Sandlapper Magazine, Presbyterian Ceiling Mural
  • East Hampton Star, NY
  • Garden and Gun Magazine
  • Georgia Architect Magazine, Institutional Interiors.

 

2006-1977

  • NBC Today Show, Mike Douglas Show, Dinah Shore Show, PBS, ARTV, ADWEEK, N Y Times.