C.W. Mundy

Member since 2022

Charles Warren Mundy, an American Impressionist Artist, was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated with a Fine Art Degree and a Secondary Education Teaching Degree from Ball State University in Indiana in 1969 and then worked on a Masters of Fine Art at Long Beach State (CA).
From an early age, Mundy demonstrated a propensity for drawing and athletics. In 1978, he combined his love for art and sports and worked as a sports illustrator for over a decade. For a time, he lived in Nashville, Indiana and was the official illustrator for Bobby Knight, renowned head basketball coach at Indiana University.

In the early 1990’s, Mundy sought a different approach to painting and took on the challenge of painting in a more impressionistic style, going out of doors and painting “en plein air” and “from life”. Mundy moved away from the restrictions of illustrative art to a looser brush style and freer expression in Impressionism. This painting style led Mundy to a series of European Plein Air painting trips, beginning with a trip to France in 1995, continuing annually to European countries until 2009. There have been many "plein air" trips to the east and west coasts and harbors of the U.S A. in the past 25 years, including Gloucester Massachusetts, Camden Maine, and Point Lobos in California.
Among the honors, Mundy was invited in 2003 to Master Signature Membership in the national organization Oil Painters of America. In 2007, he achieved Master Status in The American Impressionist Society. He also was elected Fellow of The American Society of Marine Artists in 2015.

In 2018, Mundy was honored to be chosen as the inaugural "Artist In Residence" at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis / National Art Museum of Sport for the 2018/2019 year.

In May 2023, Mundy received the “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the Plein Air Convention 2023, in Denver, Colorado “in recognition of a lifetime of dedication to the pursuit of beauty and excellence in painting.”

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