Brief Statement About The Artist

The artist, Connor Everts, was born during the second decade of the twentieth century in the Pacific Northwest.  He spent a large part of his childhood in various port cities of the Pacific coast.

After World War II he attended universities in the United States, Mexico, and England on the G.I. Bill.  Upon completion of his studies he returned to California.  He then supported his art as a longshoreman.  He spent his nights working aboard ships in the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor, and his days painting.  During this period he exhibited extensively.

An industrial accident left him unable to continue longshoring. The only means of employment open to him was teaching at a university.  Over the years he has taught at, among others, U.S.C., the University of Washington, U.C. Riverside, Instituto Popular in Chile, Chouinard Art Institute, and the San Francisco Art Institute.  Everts ended up at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan.  During this time he lectured in Latin America, Japan and Europe.

He left teaching in 1980 and returned to his studio, The Market, in downtown Torrance to become a semi-recluse and part time bon vivant. This life style affords him the time to concentrate on his painting and play a little soccer.