Artist of the Month

 

Andrea Lanier Featured as Artist of the Month – Legend Bank September 2009
	The Artist of the Month for September 2009 is Andrea Lanier. Her work will be on display at Legend Bank located at 502 North Center St. Bonham, TX 75418. Born and raised in southern Michigan with an interest in photography since childhood. Capturing expressions and the true essence of a persons soul is a true accomplishment. I love photographing children and families. Family portraits mark a place in time that can never be recaptured. Three subjects of particular are her three boys Parker, Oliver and Fisher. Along with her husband James, also an artist, the Lanier family resides in the beautiful Leonard Hills.
Edwina (Wini) Lynn Featured as Artist of the Month – Legend Bank August 2009
	Edwina (Wini) Lynn has been chosen as artist of the month for August 2009. One of her paintings will be on display at Legend Bank, 502 N. Center St. Bonham, TX 75418. I was born August 30, 1925, in Edwardsville, Illinois. I moved to Springfield, Ill in 1941 where I finished high school. In 1948 I met a young man from Texas and in December, 1950 we married. We moved to Texas in 1958 and I am now a Texan with Yankee roots. I have always been interested in art. As a school age child I copied characters from the comic strip, florals from fabric and from greeting cards. Some art was taught in grade school but in high school art was a one year course. Later, following an auto accident, I took lessons from an Ursuline nun who had turned to art after an auto accident. I entered and won first prize in my division at an Illinois State Fair. Marriage, three children and the move to Texas interrupted art lessons until I began classes with Ann Cushing Gantz. After several years with Ann, I decided to earn an art degree. I began part-time at Richland Community College and then went to the University of Texas at Dallas, where I earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts degree, graduating in January, 1986 I missed the interaction with other artist, so I returned to painting with Ann Cushing Gantz a few years after graduating. Students participate in an art show in September and I participate, also. I have priced paintings from $450.00 to $1200.00. I have used metal frames in the past trying to keep down price, and because I believe a frame choice is a personal thing. Recently, I decided to frame some paintings with wood frames in gold or silver finish and added that cost to the price. About ten years ago, I sold a 36x48 painting for $1000.00. Today it would be more.
Patricia Gibson Featured as Artist of the Month – Legend Bank July 2009
	Patricia Gibson has been chosen as the Artist of the Month for July 2009. A piece of her work will be on display at the Legend Bank located at 502 N. Center St. Bonham, TX. 75418. “It’s very encouraging that people are after me to do this … folks seem to like what I do,” says artist Patricia Gibson.  Anyone who has seen her sculptures will know that this is an understatement.  Her realistic wire creations draw admiring, and amazed, responses from visitors to her exhibits. Patricia is a native of Boulder, Colorado, where she lived most of her life.  She relocated to Mead, Oklahoma in 2004.  Her grandmother was a painter.  Patricia first tried her hand at art in 2003 while operating a sewing and pattern-making business.  She also has a deep love for living things and has been an avid gardener since the age of ten. Her entry into bailing-wire sculpting was accidental.  While disposing of some surplus wire, she began to twist and form it into recognizable shapes.  She quickly discovered that she had a talent for this art form.  Many of Ms. Gibson’s creations depict animals, but she finds herself doing more and more human sculptures. (With a smile she refers to her sculptures of people as her “action figures”).  She finds this art form very rewarding.  “I can do anything I want in wire”. Patricia Gibson’s works are frequently displayed at Bonham’s Creative Arts Center.  At the time of this writing, she has a life-size piece for exhibition for Easter, 2009.  People who have not yet seen her sculptures owe it to themselves to do so.
Casey Jones Featured as Artist of the Month – Legend Bank June 2009
	D. G. (Casey) Jones has been chosen Artist of the Month for June 2009. Casey is a photographer and will have a piece of his work on display at Legend Bank, 502 N. Center St., Bonham, TX 75418. Artist Statement I am a retired U.S. Postal Inspector and I received my first photography training through the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.  I received training in the use of a 35mm Single Lens Reflex Camera as well as film developing and printing from negatives. As a Law Enforcement Agency the Inspection Service training was directed at obtaining true and accurate images of crime scenes as well as suspects.  Emphasis was on getting an accurate recording of the scene, not artistic composition.  Today I still find myself composing each image for the factual information more than the artistic rendering. My current interest in digital photography has evolved from my use of a digital scanner and Adobe Photoshop to restore numerous old family photos and other antique photographs.  My interest has coincided with the evolution of digital photography and inkjet printers which have now surpassed film photography.  I currently use a Nikon Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera with a variety of lenses.  I enjoy all types of photography and I am especially interested in nature and macro photography.
Bobbie Dudley Featured as Artist of the Month – Legend Bank May 2009
	Bobbie Dudley has been chosen Artist of the Month for May 2009. Bobbie is a photographer and will have a piece of her work on display at Legend Bank 502 N Center St. Bonham, TX 75418.   Artist Statement   My name is Bobbie Dudley. I have lived in Bonham since 1986 when I moved here from the Dallas area. I started taking pictures in the early 80's after my husband passed away. I went back to work in 1985 and dropped the photography, except for children's activities, until I retired in 2006. I joined the Red River Photography Club in November or December of 2006 and became a artist member of the Creative Arts Center about a year later.
Shannon Johansen Featured as Artist of the Month – Legend Bank April 2009
Shannon Johansen Click here to see Shannon's artist's page	Shannon Johansen has been chosen as Artist of the Month for April 2009. Shannon has a piece of her art on display in the lobby at the Legden Bank at 502 N. Center St. Bonham, TX 75418. Will you please post this to the CACweb page, your newspaper and e-news. If you have any questions please contact Phil Blander at The Creative Arts Center 903 640 2196 or 504 237 8953.     Artist Statement Shannon has been an artist all her life. She loves to draw, paint and create in any media. She specializes in landscape watercolors, sometime adding mixed media. She has had extensive art classes at all levels and hold a certificate in Multimedia Design. Shannon has had two solo shows at the Old Hotel Art Gallery in Othello and three at the Carpenter Museum & Art Gallery. Her watercolor painting " Repose " was selected to display in the Larsen Gallery. She currently lives in Texas and is a lifetime member of the High Country Artist. A selection of her paintings, are on display at the Carpenter House Museum and Gallery. She is also a member of The Bonham Creative Arts Center.   Shannon says the greatest pleasure in painting is best described in the following quotation: "The whole plan laid itself smoothly out before me and I slept no more. That night I worked as busily as if mind and body had nothing to do with one another." ...Louisa May Alcott.
Angela Baggett Featured as Artist of the Month – Legend Bank March 2009
Angela Baggett Click here to see Angie's artist page	Artist's Biography Angela was born in Japan on February 1st. Her father is French American and her mother is Japanese. Angie's love for art started at a very young age, and her childhood was filled with drawings of animals and cartoon characters. At the age of 15, she discovered that she had an enormous talent for portraiture and has been in love with it ever since. Being the 3rd from the oldest in a family of 11 children, each one of them had their own way of making ends meet. So along with her younger sister, she sold her small paintings on pieces of wood at the corner of a busy street in downtown Osaka. At the age of 16, she moved to Tokyo. There she made a living sketching detailed portraits and characatures in Harajuku (a popular spot for artist's and musician's to perform). Angie moved to Dallas, TX in 2001. Pursuing her passion for art through makeup, she worked at salons and did photo shoots as a freelance makeup artist, in addition to freelance commission work for a variety of clients. In 2006, she began taking oil painting lesson's from professional artist Dale Bedford at the Creative Art Center in Bonham, TX. Angie is currently pursuing a career as a portrait artist and muralist. Awards and Honorable Mentions:  Honorable Mention for "Self Portrait" exhibited at an Art Show held at the Creative Arts Center in Bohnam, TX (July 9, 2006); First Place, Founders Award, and People's Choice Award for "Tabby's Cat" exhibited at the Collin County Adult Art Show held at The McKinney Performing Art Center in McKinney, TX (May 1, 2007); Best of Show for "The Stinker" exhibited at the 125 Adult Art Show held at the Plano Art Centre in Plano, TX (April 21, 2007); Two Honorable Mention's for "The Stinker" and "Tabby's Cat" exhibited at an Art Show held at the CAC in Bohnam, TX ( June 29, 2007); Honorable Mention for "The Stinker" exhibited at the 2nd Annual 125-mile Visual Arts Exhibition held at the Visual Arts Society of Texas in Denton, TX.
Roger Reeves Featured as Artist of the Month – Legend Bank November 2008
Roger Reeves Photography: Mart Means	A native Texan, Roger Reeves is an artist from the heart and works in mixed media, oil and acrylics. After attending the University of Texas at Arlington and being in the commercial printing business for the majority of his life, Roger put aside the ink paddle and picked up the art brush. "I've always known that I wanted to paint, it was just letting go of one brush and picking up another. Technically, I like the larger size formats, they seem to vibrate energy and relate what is on my mind." It comes natural to Roger; he paints what he knows. His early style has been tagged pop art and loose. Currently, he is exploring new directions with abstractions and texture. Reeves' paintings are colorfully interjected with objects that invite multiple interpretations. Every stroke of the pallet knife is a bold stroke of the heart. "I love to create a strong visual impact in my work through color and texture. Once I have started a painting, I can work all evening into the late night hours." Roger is a member of the Creative Arts Center in Bonham and the Sherman Art League where he has won various awards. His works have been exhibited on 6th Street in Austin, and he has shown with the Wimberly Galleries in Wimberly, Texas. He has also displayed at the Grayson County College traveling exhibit and at the Kidd Key Building in Sherman, Texas.

Norma Redwine Featured as
Artist of the Month – Legend Bank
October 2008

Norma Lee Redwine

Norma was born in Opalis, Kansas. She is married to M. L. Redwine, with two children and five grandchildren. Norma is a graduate of Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, having earned both  B.S. and M.A. degrees. She taught art in public schools (in all twelve grades) prior to her retirement. Following retirement, Norma taught private art classes for several years. Her continuing art education includes training with Naomi Brotherton, Bud Biggs, Dalhart Windberg, Xiang Zhang, Larry Weston, and others. Norma is proficient in both watercolors and oils, obtaining much of her inspiration from the Southwestern part of the country. She enjoys a variety of subject matter with realistic and colorful treatment, although she has no favorite style or subject matter. Norma’s work has been exhibited in art shows, fairs, galleries, and institutions. She was invited for ten years to exhibit in the Oklahoma State Capitol Building – six months each year.

Chris Cravens Featured as
Artist of the Month – Legend Bank
August 2008

Chris Cravens

Chris Cravens moved to Bonham in 1999, and has a deep appreciation of his heritage as a native Texan.  His artistic interests are in fine art, portraiture, oil painting and creating woodcut prints with a distinctive Texas flavor.  The style of his work is realistic, but recently he has begun to adopt a looser post impressionistic style, utilizing thicker paint, bright pure color, and showing more brush work. Chris’ featured oil painting; “Magnolia Trees and Honeybees”, recently took second place at the Creative Arts Center’s annual Art Show and Contest.  Please stop by Legend Bank during the month of August to see Chris’ beautiful painting.  You can also visit the Creative Arts Center, 200 West 5th Street in Bonham to view more or Chris’ work.