Rani Garner is a career artist living in rural Georgia. Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University and has been painting professionally since 1989. Early-morning walks down country roads are a major source of inspiration for her landscapes.  She seeks out exceptional light, the main subject of her art.  She is a frequent visitor to the Gulf Coast and an avid painter of coastal skies and water, prized by collectors who are reminded of their own meaningful moments of communion with light and what it symbolizes to them.  Another artist has said of her work, “It is as if she has taken the best parts of a day and condensed them down into one single, perfect moment.” 

Education

1980-1984    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Arizona State University

            summa cum laude   “Outstanding Graduating Senior in Drawing,” 1984

Awards

Finalist, 8th Annual RayMar Art Contest, September 2014

Award of Excellence, Columbus Artists' Guild Annual Competition, Columbus GA 2011.

Best of Show & First Place, Georgia National Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Perry, GA, 2007

Patron Award, Columbus Artists’ Guild Annual Competition, Columbus, GA, 2009, 2013

First Place, Columbus Artists’ Guild Annual Competition, Columbus, Georgia, 2002

Citation of Merit Award, The New Show, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland   County, NC, 2000          

Best of Show, 19th Ann. Arts Council Juried Competition, Fayetteville, NC, 1996

Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine’s 1996 Annual Art Competition, “landscapes” category

Merit Award, 1997 CCA National Competition, Kinston, North Carolina          

Collections (partial list)

Baptist South Medical Center, Jacksonville, Florida

Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona

Bank of America corporate art collection, Atlanta, Georgia

Wachovia Financial Services, Atlanta, Georgia

Marriott Hotel, Columbus, Georgia

Hayes/Howell Architects, Southern Pines, North Carolina