I am invited to "Cowgirl Up! at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg, AZ in March 2012. This show will feature the Finest women western artists in the country.
Newest Gallery! My work is now represented in Santa Fe on Canyon Road by Waxlander Gallery & Sculpture Garden. (link)
They had a solo show for me in Oct 2011 entitled "In Living Color", with lots of advertising and great results. I will have another show in 2012.
I am now represented in Jackson Hole, Wyoming by Vertical Peaks Fine Art. They sold almost half my inventory in 2011. (link)
The
last Friday of each month, there is a Gallery night in Granbury. My
works are featured at Your Private Collection Art Gallery (link) in Granbury,
Texas, on the historic square. The gallery represents several major artists including Soon Y. Warren. Come see my latest work. Check it out!
Several of my Equine paintings are hanging at Lone Star Park, the horse track in Grand Prarie, TX.
Past: "Sweet Thing" won a Juror's Choice Award at the National show for Women Artists of the West in 2010.
My watercolor "Tuff Enough" won Best in Show at Mid Cities Fine Artists 2011.
My work hung at the Arlington Museum of Art in 2010 in a show entitled
"West of Arlington", with Charles Gilliam and Gene Dillard. The Arlington Museum of Art invited me to exhibit in "Eclectic Visions: Through Eyes of Texas Artists" . Six of my larger paintings were displayed there.
The watercolor "Bling" was in the Rio Brazos Juried art show , in Granbury 2010 in the Lagdon Art Center.
"Bling" won First Place in Works on Paper at The Mid-Cities Fine Artists show. The watercolor "Sweet Thing" won first place at the Trinity Arts Guild Open Juried Show in June. Four of my works were in "WAOWing the
Golden State", National Juried show of Women Artists of the West, Olaf
Wieghorst Museum, El Cajon, CA, June 4-July.
"Women of Worth", the National League of
American Pen Women show hung in the Atrium Gallery at UNTHCS FW in
June.
My
piece, "Bling" won a Juror's Merit Award at the International Juried
show of the Society of Watercolor Artists, held in the Ft. Worth
Public Library April 6-30. There was a nice article about me in the Star-Telegram. http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/04/02/2085295/texas-native-uses-color-lots-of.html My
watercolor "That Look" won the Windsor Newton Award at the Arlington
Visual Arts Show. The piece hung with other
winners in the Arlington Museum of Art in April and May.
I won a Third place in Oils at the Trinity Arts Guild juried Member's show. (April 5, 2010) I was also awarded Popular Choice for "Country Girl".
March 26 was my debut at Your Private Collection Art Gallery in Granbury.
February
15, I was the Demonstration Artist for the Society of Watercolor
Artists, and showed dry brush technique, and how to maintain bright
colors. I also demonstrated the advantages of using digital reference
material for ease of composition, formatting, etc.
In
January 2010, I exhibited with the group FW15 in the Fort Worth
Community Art Center. The show was titled "Who Paints the Truth?" My piece "Hayride", was chosen to promote the show online and in the Dallas Art News.
I performed an oil painting demo for the Northwest Art Assn, in November, 2009. The finished piece is "Who's Your Nanny?" I was the September demonstration artist at the Weatherford Art Association. I worked on the oil "Bad Ear Day".
The Society of Watercolor Artists show took place in November. My painting, "That Look" won second place.
I was invited to the National show, "Boots 2 Heal" at the Morton Street Gallery in Houston from Oct 23- Nov 14 2009. The show benefited the Children's Cancer center at MDAnderson and featured four of my works.
In 2009 the National League of American Pen Women included me in the show, "Women of Worth" , and I was inducted into the organization.
I also got a piece accepted (and sold) in the Bosque Conservatory Art Classic in Clifton, TX, which was held in September 2009. In July I had three pieces at the Firehouse Gallery in Weatherford, where I won a first place in Sculpture.
May 2009 was really busy. In addition to a reception at Lone Oak Winery and the SWA National show, I had a big solo show. It was held in the enormous back gallery of the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. It was really cool to see so much of my work in a museum setting! I focused on painting for competitions, as well as commissions. I had two pieces accepted into the national show for Women Artists of the West in Saks Gallery in Denver, and sold one. I have started working in watercolor again, while trying to maintain the color and style of my western work, which is fun and challenging. I won a Merit Award at the 2009 SWA National show and earned signature membership with "Movin' On", which also got an honorable mention at TAG. At the 2008 Weatherford Art Association's Open Juried show, I won Best in Show and a nice cash award with the oil "Trail's End".
Commissions The paintings below were created for specific clients. They range in size from 8x16" to 36 x 48". I generally work from photos I shoot, but can also work from your images, even emailed pix! However, I cannot use a photo with a copyright belonging to someone else. I will be happy to plan a photo shoot at your home/ranch to capture images of the people and animals that would make a painting special and personal. Together, we can choose and crop an image that makes a good composition, and decide on a size within your budget. The finished painting could take from a few weeks to a few months to complete, but will be a colorful original work of art that will last many generations. Please contact me regarding custom artwork for yourself or as a gift. 1- 817-994-7663
When the client received "A Quiet Bond", he wrote me, "I must admit, not only is the painting beautiful, you captured our daughter's demeanor as well."
