Background Image Alternative Text: spread showing magazine opened to Brent Funderburk image with closed The Best of Watercolor magazine on top - Brent Funderburk image on cover
Background Image Alternative Text: spread showing magazine opened to Brent Funderburk image with closed The Best of Watercolor magazine on top - Brent Funderburk image on cover

Painting by retired MSU art professor Funderburk on the cover of international magazine

The W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor was one of just eight artists to have two pieces selected for the magazine.

Brent Funderburk watercolor small black and white structure at top, colorful foreground with pink flower at front and center
Brent Funderburk | "From Who I am to Where I am Going"

June 2022 issue of The Best of Watercolor featuring watercolor piece by Brent FunderburkBrent Funderburk’s watercolor painting “One to One” is featured on the cover of this summer’s “Splash 23: The Best of Watercolor” magazine.

Released in June 2022, the annual international publication produced by Artists Magazine and American Artist showcases 113 finalist artworks from 105 artists.

Funderburk was one of just eight artists to have two pieces selected for the magazine by awards juror and noted artist Mary Whyte.

His painting “From Who I Am to Where I Am Going” was also selected. Both works are from his series “Re-Inflorescence: A Second Flowering,” which he began in 2018.

Funderburk is a retired professor of art and W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor from State University, where he taught for 36 years. He resides with his wife, Deborah, in Starkville.

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