1. Guy Franke Cobb was born on October 27,1963 and is an American artist born in St Louis, Missouri, United States.
11 Facts About Guy Cobb
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In 1983 Cobb left the University of Mississippi to join his older brother, Ty Cobb, as a co-founder of an acrobatic basketball show called the Bud Light Daredevils.
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Guy Cobb's first painting titled, Down in the Valley of Rural Violence was an examination of the 1987 James Schnick massacre at Elkland, Missouri.
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In 1993 Guy Cobb moved to Memphis and began painting again.
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Guy Cobb's work was first exhibited in the lobby of the Memphis Commercial Appeal's newspaper office.
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Guy Cobb donated paintings to raise funds for WKNO Public Television and the Memphis Orpheum Theater and other works to hospitals and mental institutions.
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Guy Cobb has donated more than 60 paintings to not-for-profit organizations and museums throughout the region.
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In 2003 Guy Cobb was invited to Nashville to view his paintings on permanent display at the Tennessee State Capitol building and the Tennessee State Museum.
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In 2004 Guy Cobb began experimenting with "visual color blending" in his paintings and he created a series of paintings for the sight impaired and the blind.
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Guy Cobb incorporated thick textures onto the surface of his paintings by squeezing the paints onto the canvas.
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At his 2006 exhibit at Christian Brothers University, Guy Cobb was introduced to Naseeb Shaheen, a Palestinian-American Professor at the University of Memphis.