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Arthur Haywood
Website and Projects
Website: arthurhaywood.com
Instagram: @arthurhaywood
Twitter: @arthurhaywood
Blogger: arthaywood.blogspot.com
Instagram: @arthurhaywood
Twitter: @arthurhaywood
Blogger: arthaywood.blogspot.com
Selected Artwork
artist Bio
Arthur Haywood’s paintings highlight human potential through a fantastical lens. From defeating evil dragons to limitless pursuits into space, his art is a metaphor for courageous aspirations. His paintings are seen on murals internationally, on the cover and interior of books, his book "The Great Library" and Space and Time Magazine. He exhibits his paintings internationally and completes commissions. Creating fantasy murals and illustrations to inspire others and engage youth in reading is his passion.
He earned a B.F.A in Illustration from The Maryland Institute College of Art, before furthering his study of classical drawing and painting at Cambridge Street Studios in Philadelphia and Grand Central Atelier in New York.
He received the 2020-2021 Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris. He developed murals to inspire a love of learning and cultural appreciation. He worked with students at Lycée Paul Lapie, Ecollectif and André Malraux Elementary school to create murals depicting students of diverse origins reading and the stories that have engaged them.
He is a recipient of the 2022 - 2023 Tulsa Artist Fellowship and 2024 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Community Artist Partnership grant to continue his series of paintings for schools to inspire reading. He is a winner in the 2024 L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest.
He earned a B.F.A in Illustration from The Maryland Institute College of Art, before furthering his study of classical drawing and painting at Cambridge Street Studios in Philadelphia and Grand Central Atelier in New York.
He received the 2020-2021 Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris. He developed murals to inspire a love of learning and cultural appreciation. He worked with students at Lycée Paul Lapie, Ecollectif and André Malraux Elementary school to create murals depicting students of diverse origins reading and the stories that have engaged them.
He is a recipient of the 2022 - 2023 Tulsa Artist Fellowship and 2024 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Community Artist Partnership grant to continue his series of paintings for schools to inspire reading. He is a winner in the 2024 L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest.
affiliation |
IMC: 2019