The Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit continues as many talented artists from across the state feature demonstrations over the next two weeks along with the art exhibit. Demonstrations scheduled for Tuesday, February 10th will include R. J. Barnett, Jacquie McMullen and Jeannette Long
Demonstrations will be presented from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. daily on weekdays at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center in Brownwood. Artists will show visitors how to use a variety of different media as well as share interesting techniques.
The Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit will continue with daily hours through February 20th at the Depot. For more info, visit Texas artist, Jacquie McMullen, is an award winning pastel artist who has been painting and drawing for as long as she can remember. While she had painted in oils for years, an artist friend introduced her to pastels about 20 years ago and she fell in love with the medium. She now lives in Dublin,Texas with her husband of 41 years. After spending 40 years in the accounting field and raising her family, Jacquie decided her to fulfill her lifelong dream and become a full time artist. She paints every Monday with a group of artists in Dublin, and is a member of the Artists of Texas. Jacquie is a past president of the Seguin Art League, and has been involved in the Austin Pastel Association, as well as the New Braunfels Art League.
A self taught artist, Jacquie is always trying to improve her work. She has attended workshops with Bill Hosner, Doug Dawson, Kraig Kiedrowski , Bob Rohm, Steve Napper, and E. Gordon West.
Jacquie won “Best of Show” at the “2013 Art & Conservation Show & Sale”, sponsored by the Cibolo Nature Center and the Hill Country Council for the Arts, with her painting “The Ranch Road”. She also won an Award of Excellence in the 2013 LGAA Fall Festival of Art in Granbury Texas, with her painting “Hill Country Cactus”. She has won awards in the Austin Pastel Society Juried Show, and The Huntsville Cooperative of Working Artist Show, for her portraits and figurative work.
Jacquie accepts commissions for both pastel portraits and landscapes.
As a child growing up in the farming community of Lemitar, New Mexico, Jeanette Long was greatly influenced by the simple charm and beauty of country life.
When Jeanette was a teenager she and her family relocated to the Brown County area and presently live in the country north of Brownwood.
Jeanette crafts many things from all types of wood, fabric, clay, dried and silk flowers, etc., but one of her great loves has always been miniatures. You can see in her home spun miniatures that her ideal is family and the quiet country life.
Jeanette’s “Farm Folks” dolls as well as the animals, the tiny vegetables, and all of the miniature props are patterned after the tradition handed down through generations of love for things “hand made”.
