Rodney D Butler

Bio

Rodney D. Butler is a native Houstonian. While attending James Madison High School he excelled at art, wood shop and drafting. After graduating from high school, he went on to Tuskegee University, where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree. While working for a local architecture firm after graduation, he realized the industry was headed in a 3D direction, so he decided to pursue an Associate degree in Computer Animation at the Art Institute of Houston. While at the Art Institute, Rodney realized that he was an artist at heart. A few years after graduating from the Art Institute, Rodney decided to take a welding class. Where he taught him the basic techniques of Welding and Brazing. Taking this class reignited the artist in him. He started collecting equipment and scrap metal and created a style of art he calls "Green Metal Art". This style takes scrap metal and various machine parts that are normally considered junk and recycles them into art. A few years after the creation of "Green Metal Art", Rodney attended a couple of painting classes. He realized he liked painting with acrylics and oils. Whether its traditional or Air Brushing, he could put on canvas, paper, wood, etc., his experiences lived, skills learned from architecture school, and art school. Rodney's work has been featured in various local festivals, galleries and museums such as First Saturday Art Festival, Houston Fine Art Festival, The Bayou City Art Festival, Houston Museum of African American Culture Bert Long Jr. Gallery, The Kemp Center for the Arts - Wichita Falls TX, JoMar Visions, Texas Southern University Museum, The Black Cowboy Museum, Harambee Art Gallery, 45 & Art, Gallery Baroness, Aurora Studios and Gallery, Hardy & Nance Studios, DuVin Pintor Art Gallery, BR Vino, 310 Gallery, Rockstar Gallery and countless underground art shows.

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