REBUS WORKS

I draw to help me see and remember. I paint to expand that experience. I gain satisfaction from making something with my hands. Drawing and painting are spontaneous reactions to visual stimuli. Expressing my interpretation of the essence of an object or scene is my starting point; then building on that visual gesture becomes my composition.

After graduating from NC State’s College of Design, Abie won the Paris Prize in Architecture, a national award which enabled him to travel in Europe and study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. He taught in the College of Design, co-founded the architectural firm Envirotek, and, for thirty-two years, helped plan the NC State University’s Main and Centennial campuses. He retired as University Architect Emeritus in 1998.  He was named a fellow in the American Institute of Architects for his work in campus planning. His architectural drawings were donated to the D.H. Hill Library’s Special Collections at NC State. In 2014 Abie was awarded the NCAIA F. Carter Williams Gold Medal, highest award given annually to a NC Architect, and in 2023 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the College of Design.  

His drawings have been widely published, and are in private and corporate collections, and have been exhibited at NC State, Duke, Columbia, and Miami Universities, and at the Raleigh Municipal Building, Village District Library, Penland School of Craft, Green Hill Center, Meymandi Hall, NC Natural History Museum, Home and Planet Gallery (Bethlehem, PA), Rebus Works Gallery, and a one-man show at the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum.