On Exhibit at the Garde

Charles W. Reyburn was born in New London in 1954. As a youth, he attended art classes at Lyman Allyn and in the mid-1960s rode his banana-seat bike to a summer course at New London High (now Bennie Dover) on perspective drawing, where he learned to draw objects in space. He was also a boy soprano in the choir at St. James Church.

Charles began creating theater sets while attending Pine Point and then continued at Pomfret School, where he also drew political cartoons for the school paper. Following a year as an art teacher at The American International School in Vienna, Austria, Charles attended The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) 1974 -78, graduating with a BFA in Painting.

His first show was in 1977 at the Lyman Allyn Museum when the museum purchased two of his pieces. Since then, Charles has continued to paint en plein air on his French easel and can often be seen around town and at Harkness Park working on his art.

Charles lives in Waterford with his wife Trish and illustrious cat, Coconut.

Stage Talk with Rick Koster
Q&A with Charles Reyburn