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"Bayou Village," Oil on Canvas,
30 x 40," 2022
Fine art paintings and collages
"Touch of Lavender," Oil on Canvas, 16 x 20," 2022
"Fort Davis Rocks," Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16," 2022
"Sunday Salad," Oil on Canvas, 17 x 21," 2022
Winner of Honorable Mention at Sun City Georgetown Annual Show and Competition 2022
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"Young Doug," Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16," 2022
"Nishikigoi," Oil on Canvas, 20 x 16," 2022
"St. George's Ladies House," Oil on Canvas, 19 x 25," 2022
"Mecca 1978" Mixed Media, 23 x 30," 2022
Selected for Austin Community College 2022 Juried Student Exhibition, Gallery 4000,
November 5 to December 8, 2022
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"Diamond Spritzer," Mixed Media, 19 x 15," 2022
"Rex and Christabelle," Pen and Ink on Paper, 14 x 11," 2022.
"Bermuda National Library Pet Chicken," Oil on Canvas, 24 x 18", 2022
"I Can, I Will," Multimedia, 10 x 8," 2022
Shows
Education
I am currently a Studio Art Major at the highly-rated Austin Community College in Austin, Texas. I earned a minor in Art from Texas Woman's University in 1985. I have also taken extensive painting , drawing, alcohol ink, and collage classes at the Sun City Georgetown Visual Arts Studio from 2021 to present. I am a retired librarian earning my MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. I have studied under many accomplished Texas artists and art historians.
Selected Awards
Sun City Georgetown, Texas Visual Arts Club Fall Art Show & Competition, September 18, 2022
* Winner of 2nd Place for "Dapples on Larkspur Lane," Oil on Canvas, 18 x 24," 2022
* Winner of Honorable Mention for "Sunday Salad," Oil on Canvas, 17 x 21," 2022
Texas Library Association (TLA), Black Caucus Round Table, "The Catherine Lee Encouragement
Award," April 2015 for ten years of designing and installing their annual conference booths
Resolution of Commendation as Texas Regional Group of Catalogers and Classifiers Representative
for TLA's Centennial Committee, July 23, 2002
Selected Shows
- Austin Community College (ACC) 2022 Juried Student Exhibition, The Art Galleries (TAG), Gallery 4000, Highland Campus, November 5 to December 8, 2022
- ACC Student Organization of Fine Arts, Art Lab Show, November 3 to November 14, 2022
- Sun City Georgetown Visual Arts Club Fall Art Show & Competition, Activities Center, September 18 to October 18, 2022
- St. David's Hospital in Georgetown, Texas, May to July 2022
- Sun City Visual Arts Club Collage Show & Sale, March 19, 2022
- Texas Woman's University Art Galleries, Denton, Texas, 1981
Selected Art Related Publications
"James Avery Craftsman," "Museums in the Alamo Region," and "San Antonio Public Library Central Branch (includes art gallery)" sidebars for Texas in Focus: Alamo Region by Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, October 2009, Austin, Texas, pp. 39, 104, 107-109.
"Dr. Pepper Museum," "Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum," "Texas Sports Hall of Fame," "George Bush Presidential Library and Museum," "Museums," "Bosque Museum," sidebars for Texas in Focus: Central Texas by Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, May 2009, Austin, Texas, pp. 41, 45, 60, 87, 93-94.