Dan Tatum:  

Art Bio Dan Tatum Huntsville, AL Dan’s earliest art lessons were at the age of 8 in Florence, Alabama from Mrs. Corrine Tuthill who was head of the Art Department of what is now the University of North Alabama. In the sixth grade, at Kilby Training School, he was the artist for the school student paper, “The Kilby Pig” (it was full of news). While earning his engineering degree at Auburn University he was a co-op student and worked at NASA in Huntsville, Alabama. Over the last twenty years Dan created over 100 watercolor and ink caricatures as departing gifts for employees in the offices where he worked as an engineer and manager at Redstone Arsenal. He also was a facilitator for Army Leadership classes until retiring in 2004. As a certified trainer in leadership and Myer-Briggs he has taught management and other classes for universities and corporations. In his 20’s and 30’s Dan said that he dabbled some with acrylics and oil and sold several pieces but did not seriously begin art lessons again until 1984 when he took a basic drawing class at UAH, Continuing Education. Since that time, Dan has studied under Chuck Long (watercolor), Don Howard (caricatures), Cindy Procius (caricatures), Cynthia Parsons (workshop), Heike Covell (watercolor), Marcia Leonard (pastel), Matting and Framing (Josh Logan), Kathryn Vaughn (watercolor), and Helga Flower (watercolor). Dan has served three terms as President of the Huntsville Art League where some of his art is on exhibit. He was pr...Expand for more