Visual Art Society Bryan-College Station

December Meeting: Annual Holiday Social 2023
2023-12-11 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Let’s enjoy this festive season together at our annual end-of-year celebration on Monday, December 11, 6-7pm – doors open at 5:30pm! VAS-BCS will provide the refreshments and food. Families are welcome! Members can take part in our white elephant gift exchange, which is totally optional but loads of fun!
If you’d like to participate, bring a small gift (in size and cost) to contribute to the pool. Those of us who are artists typically bring a small something that we have created. Some have even brought note cards, artist supplies or custom calendars as gifts.

VAS "Art Together" & Photo Shoot, Wednesday, 12-13-23
2023-12-13 13:00 - 16:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 12/13/23, 1-4pm for another “Art Together.”
All members are welcome! If you are not a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your supplies, your camera, your computer, whatever you use to do art and let’s have fun making art together. We’ll chat, share feedback on your current project and others as well.
Do you want images of your art? Bring them! We are starting a money-raising venture for members only. Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt is taking high-resolution photos of your paintings, just like she does for her own. For each painting, you will receive a ~24 MB image for making prints and uploading to websites like Fine Art America and a ~500-1000 kB image, suitable for social media or online submission to a show (or 2 sizes of your choosing). The pricing (plus sales tax) is $10 for 1 painting, $16 for 2 paintings, $21 for 3 paintings, $24 for 4 paintings and $5 each for 5 paintings and up. You would pay on the day by card, check or cash. Private access to the online images would be emailed to you. Let Wendy know if you need images but you are unable to come at this time at president@visualartsociety.org.

VAS Board Meeting 1-4-24
2024-01-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday January 4, 2024 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member in good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

Resolutions Art Show Entry Deadline Extended: Jan 4, 2024
2024-01-04 23:58 - 23:59 | Virtual
CALL FOR ENTRY – DEADLINE EXTENDED JANUARY 4, 2024
The Visual Art Society of B-CS invites submissions to “Resolutions”. This winter exhibition will be on display in the gallery at The Arts Council of Brazos Valley January 10 or 11-February 9, 2024, and is open to all artists. (Note: The Arts Council will be painting the gallery, and is not sure when the paint will be dry enough to hang the artwork.) We accept works from emerging, mid-career, and/or professional artists. For this exhibition, we encourage artists to explore the theme of new beginnings by thinking about the challenges, rewards and images of starting over, as well as the power of art to help us visualize our hopes and dreams for the future. This prompt is very open and subject to many different interpretations.
Acceptable mediums include Acrylic, Charcoal, Collage, Color Pencil, Computer Art, Digital Art, Digital Photography, Drawings, Fiber Arts, Glass Art, Graphite, Gouache, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Pastel, Pen and Ink, Printmaking, Sculpture, Studio Fine Crafts, Traditional Photography, or Watercolor and others.
All submissions must be family-friendly. Entries cannot have been exhibited in a previous Visual Art Society or Brazos Valley Art League show.
All artists are welcome to submit, but if you are a member, you will have a reduced entry fee. Our student members will get 50% off the entry fee using the coupon code: 3EMMEYFN when they pay.
More information: https://www.visualartsociety.org/2024-winter-show-resolutions/

January 2024 Meeting: Setting Up A Teaching Art Studio
2024-01-08 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Many artists are venturing into setting up their own teaching studio, in addition to creating art, to augment their income. Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt will be telling her story of starting Brazos Watercolor Retreats in 2019 with Monika Pate and Robyn Glass, making it through covid and where BWR is today. Included will be all the nitty-gritty about starting a small, home-based business: figuring out location, name, websites, email, finances, insurance, outfitting the place with lighting and furniture, art supplies, refreshments and advertising. She will also share a typical lesson. So if you are interested in learning more, please come!
About the presenter, Dr. Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt:
Bryan-College Station has been my home since I arrived from Watertown, NY in 1975 to earn my Ph.D. in Oceanography. It was here I graduated, met and married my love (48 years+). I taught First Year Chemistry at Texas A&M University for 30 years & ran the Chemistry Open House for 13 years. Teaching was my passion; I earned many awards including the prestigious Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence. I still tutor students in first year chemistry. I started watercolor as a complete novice in 2013 just before retiring, taking local classes with Hailey Herrera, Chris Wilson, Robyn Glass and Monica Pate. In 2019, Monica, Robyn and I started “Brazos Watercolor Retreats” in my art studio, but they moved on to other endeavors and now I continue to have monthly classes and give private lessons. I have been on the board of the Visual Art Society of Bryan-College Station for several years: 2016–2023 as treasurer, and president/technology chair for 2023-2024. I also manage our Aggieland Art Trail project. My watercolors have won many local awards, including VAS Best in Show in 2021.
Visit Our Artists Webpage to see more of her work! Note: All VAS members can get their own page – just fill out the FORM!
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm for our January meeting. There will be light refreshments. Come by, chat and catch up!

Reception: VAS Winter Show 2024 "Resolutions - New Beginnings"
2024-01-17 16:30 - 18:00 | Arts Center of Brazos Valley, 4180 HWY 6 South, College Station, TX, United States
Join us for the opening reception for our winter exhibition, “Resolutions – New Beginnings” at The Arts Council of Brazos Valley,
Everyone is invited to attend. Come see the wide range of incredible art from local artists! Great refreshments! Free and open to the public! The show runs from January 12 -February 8, 2024.

VAS "Art Together" & Photo Shoot, Wednesday, 1-24-24
2024-01-24 13:00 - 16:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 1/24/24, 1-4pm for another “Art Together.”
All members are welcome! If you are not a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your supplies, your camera, your computer, whatever you use to do art and let’s have fun making art together. We’ll chat, share feedback on your current project and others as well.
Do you want images of your art? Bring them! We are starting a money-raising venture for members only. Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt is taking high-resolution photos of your paintings, just like she does for her own. For each painting, you will receive a ~24 MB image for making prints and uploading to websites like Fine Art America and a ~500-1000 kB image, suitable for social media or online submission to a show (or 2 sizes of your choosing). The pricing (plus sales tax) is $10 for 1 painting, $16 for 2 paintings, $21 for 3 paintings, $24 for 4 paintings and $5 each for 5 paintings and up. You would pay on the day by card, check or cash. Private access to the online images would be emailed to you. Let Wendy know if you need images but you are unable to come at this time at president@visualartsociety.org.

First Saturday Arts Market at Degallery
2024-02-03 11:00 - 15:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Display and sell your art at Degallery’s First Saturday Arts Market! Members can participate for free – a $30 savings. To register, go HERE. Participants are asked to be on-site from 9:30-10am and Dary Dega, the owner, will direct where you will put up your tent. The market will happen rain or shine. Toilets are available to artists inside the gallery. You will get full instructions emailed to you beforehand.
As members, we strongly encourage you to collect sales tax and promote VAS. It is easy and free to apply online for your sales tax permit – go to comptroller.texas.gov/permit.

Last Day for Art Show "Resolutions"
2024-02-08 09:00 - 17:00 | Arts Center of Brazos Valley, 4180 HWY 6 South, College Station, TX, United States
The last day to visit our amazing art show “Resolutions – New Beginnings” is Thursday, Feb 8 at the Arts Council of Brazos Valley, 4180 Hwy 6, College Station, TX 77845. It is a great show. Come by and you might find art that speaks to you. We have 22 members showcasing 69 of their more recent art – including oil, acrylic, watercolor, abstract, mixed media, lithographs, photography, glass and fiber art. Come see the wide range of incredible art from our members and maybe walk away with art!
For this exhibition, we encouraged artists to explore the theme of new beginnings by thinking about the challenges, rewards and images of starting over, as well as the power of art to help us visualize our hopes and dreams for the future.

VAS Board Meeting 2-8-24
2024-02-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday February 8 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

February 2024 Meeting: Playing with Fire, Color, and Wax
2024-02-12 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
What is Encaustics? How do I paint with wax? Let’s take a look at the basics of this versatile medium. It’s fascinating, sometimes frustrating, yet a lot of fun. Below are examples of Jaimie’s take on this ancient technique practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th Century B.C. See more HERE in her online exhibit, Big Skies and Water Dreams.

Winter Trees

Morning in Tuscany

Warm Italian Light

Take a look at this YouTube video of the beauty of encaustics in action by artist Alicia Tormey.
About the presenter, Jaimie Ladysh:

Jaimie is a lens based interdisciplinary artist. Her work is rooted in place in a spiritual way within the natural world. Currently exploring digital with edited and some composited images, she prints the images on special archival papers, then further manipulates with hand-coloring, painting, and sometimes encaustics. The results are often described as ethereal. Whether representational or abstract, she seeks the little mysteries found when light models on forms and color.
Jaimie has a long use photography of traditional film and silver gelatin, Cyanotype, Van Dyke, Photograms, photo manipulations, infrared, and other alternative processes. As a fine art major, she began exploring hand tinting, coloring, and painting of photographs with oils, pencils, and water based media while at the university. She used 35 mm, 2 1/4 x 21/4, and toy cameras.
Her work is archival; made with materials for longevity. She has been in many galleries, press, and venues. Pieces are in private, public, and corporate collections. All pieces are in limited editions of 10 or 15 in one or more sizes.
Jaimie was born in Ohio, and has lived in a variety of places in many states and countries. She earned a BFA from University of Montana with a certificate to teach. She has been an art educator in Houston for 30 years.
Visit Our Artists Webpage to see more of her work! Note: All VAS members can get their own page – just fill out the FORM!
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm for our February meeting. There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, chat and catch up!

VAS "Art Together" & Photo Shoot, Wednesday, 2-21-24
2024-02-21 13:00 - 16:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 2/21/24, 1-4pm for another “Art Together.”
All members are welcome! If you are not a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your supplies, your camera, your computer, whatever you use to do art and let’s have fun making art together. We’ll chat, share feedback on your current project and others as well.
Do you want images of your art? Bring them! We are starting a money-raising venture for members only. Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt is taking high-resolution photos of your paintings, just like she does for her own. For each painting, you will receive a ~24 MB image for making prints and uploading to websites like Fine Art America and a ~500-1000 kB image, suitable for social media or online submission to a show (or 2 sizes of your choosing). The pricing (plus sales tax) is $10 for 1 painting, $16 for 2 paintings, $21 for 3 paintings, $24 for 4 paintings and $5 each for 5 paintings and up. You would pay on the day by card, check or cash. Private access to the online images would be emailed to you. Let Wendy know if you need images but you are unable to come at this time at president@visualartsociety.org.

VAS Board Meeting 3-7-24
2024-03-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday March 7 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

March 2024 VAS Meeting with June Dudley
2024-03-11 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
USING DESIGN, COLOR & MOOD IN YOUR PAINTINGS
with June Dudley
We are welcoming renowned local artist, June Dudley, to share her expertise and her story with us at our March 11 meeting, 6-7 pm at Degallery. She will also be talking about her upcoming VAS workshop, “Using Color & Design in the Landscape” May 1-3, 2024, 9am-4pm. Click on the link for more info and to register for the workshop. Visit her website: www.junedudley.com

About the Artist:
As her dad’s cowhand, June grew up on her family’s quintessential Texas ranch that has been in her family for over a hundred years and has been recognized by the state as a “Texas Century Ranch”. She grew up riding horses and working cattle with her dad loving every minute of it. She & her husband raised their family on that same land which has nurtured her passion for her art giving her the subjects she loves and paints. Her paintings depict her sensitive sense of color plus the strong feelings she has for her subjects. Her desire is to capture the subjects she paints with the passion she feels for them while creating a mood that the viewers share. She loves painting Western landscapes and figurative pieces.
Honored with many awards and a Jones Award recipient, Dudley is published exclusively by Leanin’ Tree and Somerset Fine Art. Major shows she has participated in include Small Works, Great Wonders, Hold Your Horses, Trappings of Texas, Traveling the West, Windows to the West, American Plains Artists, Museum of Western Art, Bosque Art Classic, the Russell, Cheyenne’s Governor’s Invitational, Mountain Oyster Show, one person shows At Greenhouse Gallery & Texas A&M, & others. Her art is in corporate collections of BNSF (Burlington, Northwestern, Santa Fe Railways), the Jones Gallery at Bosque Arts Center, Coca Cola, and Longhorn Steakhouse, & many private collections. She has done commissioned paintings for U.S. Equestrian Federation, Australian Shepherd Club of America, and Ronald McDonald House in Phoenix among others. She is a lifetime committee member for Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. She is represented by Marta Stafford Fine Art Gallery in Marble Falls, Texas.
Her many awards include the Jones Award, Gold Award (judged by Oreland Joe), Best of Show, & Popular Choice from the Bosque Art Classic; Best of Show, Gold Award in Acrylics, & Purchase Award at the San Dimas Festival of Arts judged by Alfredo Rodriquez, Award of Excellence (APA Show) plus many others.
June has also judged many shows serving on the School Art steering committee for Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo for thirty years as well as judging many Texas art shows. Major shows judged are National Society of Artists and the 2021 WOAW, Women Artists of the West.
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm for our March meeting. There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, chat and catch up!

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 3-20-24
2024-03-20 12:00 - 13:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 3/20/24, 12-1pm for our new “Lunch Together.”
All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your lunch. Coffee, tea and some snacks are complimentary, thanks to Degallery. We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else.
We are trying something new, since our “Art Togethers” were not well attended due to scheduling conflicts. If something doesn’t work for our members, try, try again!
If members want images of their art, contact Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at webmaster@visualartsociety.org The pricing (plus sales tax) is $10 for 1 painting, $16 for 2 paintings, $21 for 3 paintings, $24 for 4 paintings and $5 each for 5 paintings and up. You would pay on the day by card, check or cash. All funds go to support VAS. Private access to the online images would be emailed to you. The photos would be taken at her art studio.
Note: The photo was created by gemini.google.com. I tried to include people having a brown bag luncheon in an art gallery, but when the photos were enlarged, I saw a hand with 12 fingers, ghastly faces, so I quit. The free AI image generators have some growing to do!

VAS Board Meeting 4-4-24
2024-04-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday April 4 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

April 8, 2024 VAS Meeting: Paint Out Bryan & Art/Craft Rummage Sale
2024-04-08 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Learn about Paint Out Bryan 4/12-13
with Mindy Austin
Mindy Austin, our publicity chair, is in charge of our plein air event: Paint Out Bryan 2024 in conjunction with the Downtown Bryan Street and Art Fair and Destination Bryan. She will be sharing details in a short presentation about this celebration of plein air. Learn more and apply to join us on this WEBSITE. Registration is free and there are cash prizes! Deadline to sign up is extended to April 10.
Art & Craft Rummage Sale
Have art & craft supplies, including art books that you no longer need? Donate them to VAS for an art rummage sale. Attendees can pick out what they want for a donation to VAS.

Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm for our April meeting. There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, bring your rummage sale items, chat and catch up!

Paint Out Bryan 2024
2024-04-12 - 2024-04-13 | Downtown, Bryan, TX 77803, Bryan, TX, 77803, United States
Paint Out Bryan 2024 hosted by VAS, in conjunction with the Downtown Bryan Street and Art Fair and Destination Bryan, is an event open to all artists who wish to paint or draw the scenes of historic downtown Bryan in the lively atmosphere of the Art Fair! Click HERE for a map (downloadable pdf) of downtown Bryan, TX, with a listing of shops, food and drink plus arts, culture & entertainment!
Read more and sign up to participate in this FREE event! Deadline to register has been extended to April 10. Experienced and novice plein air artists are all welcome!
Paint Out Bryan 2024 is a different event from Degart 2024. You need to sign up separately.

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 4-17-24
2024-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 4/17/24, 12-1pm for our new “Lunch Together.”
All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your lunch. Coffee, tea and some snacks are complimentary, thanks to Degallery. We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else.
Our first “Lunch Together” went great last month – there were 6 of us! Lots of good conversation!
If members want images of their art, contact Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at webmaster@visualartsociety.org The pricing (plus sales tax) is $10 for 1 painting, $16 for 2 paintings, $21 for 3 paintings, $24 for 4 paintings and $5 each for 5 paintings and up. You would pay on the day by card, check or cash. All funds go to support VAS. Private access to the online images would be emailed to you. The photos would be taken at her art studio.
Note: The above photo was created by gemini.google.com. I tried to include people having a brown bag luncheon in an art gallery, but when the photos were enlarged, I saw a hand with 12 fingers, ghastly faces, so I quit. The free AI image generators have some growing to do!

"Art in Bloom" Entry Deadline: April 20, 2024
2024-04-20 23:58 - 23:59 | Virtual
CALL FOR ENTRY DEADLINE – April 20, 2024 (extended)
The Visual Art Society of B-CS invites submissions to our 2024 annual spring judged show, “Art in Bloom – A Feast for the Senses,” celebrates the relationship between art and nature in all its forms. How have you been inspired by the natural world to create works of art that reflect the beauty of nature? The show runs April 26 – June 28, 2024, and is open to all artists. We accept works from emerging, mid-career, and/or professional artists.
Acceptable mediums include Acrylic, Charcoal, Collage, Color Pencil, Computer Art, Digital Art, Digital Photography, Drawings, Fiber Arts, Glass Art, Graphite, Gouache, Illustration, Mixed Media, New Media, Oil, Pastel, Pen and Ink, Printmaking, Sculpture, Studio Fine Crafts, Traditional Photography, or Watercolor and others.
All submissions must be family-friendly. Entries cannot have been exhibited in a previous Visual Art Society or Brazos Valley Art League show.
All artists are welcome to submit, but if you are a member, you will have a reduced entry fee.
More information: https://www.visualartsociety.org/2024-judged-show-art-in-bloom/

High School Scholarship Deadline - April 26, 2024
2024-04-26 16:59 - 17:00 | TX
Our Visual Art Society scholarship application deadline is 5 pm, Friday April 26, 2024. We have two $500 scholarships for high school seniors graduating (by August 2024) from a high school located in Bryan/College Station and who plan a course of study and a career in the visual arts. You can find the application HERE.

Workshop: Using Color & Design in the Landscape
2024-05-01 09:00 - 2024-05-03 16:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
We are so pleased to bring nationally known local artist, June Dudley, back for a 3-day workshop in acrylics, which she calls Using Color & Design in the Landscape. Oil painters are also welcome. You can see her beautiful work on her website: www.junedudley.com The painting above, Canyon Colors, is just one.
Cost: $350.00 ($325.00 for VAS members).
It is easy to become a member, just go HERE! We would love to have you!
Learn More!

VAS Board Meeting 5-9-24
2024-05-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday May 9 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

May 13, 2024 VAS Meeting: What's on Your Easel?
2024-05-13 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
What’s On Your Easel?
Our May meeting will be focused on you! Let’s share a piece or 2 we are working on or have just finished! Bring your artwork to the meeting (no frames required). Tell us what you are doing; don’t be shy. Maybe it’s a photograph, a sketch or drawing, a painting (finished or not), a sculpture – let’s share and give/get some positive feedback!
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm for our May meeting. There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, chat and catch up!

VAS "Lunch Together", Wednesday, 5-15-24
2024-05-15 12:00 - 13:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Come join us at Degallery, Wednesday 5/15/24, 12-1pm for our May “Lunch Together.”
All members and future members are most welcome! If you want to be a member, you can join VAS HERE. We would love to have you!
Bring your lunch. Coffee, tea and some snacks are complimentary, thanks to Degallery. We’ll chat, share feedback on our current projects and everything else.
If members want images of their art, contact Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at webmaster@visualartsociety.org The pricing (plus sales tax) is $10 for 1 painting, $16 for 2 paintings, $21 for 3 paintings, $24 for 4 paintings and $5 each for 5 paintings and up. You would pay on the day by card, check or cash. All funds go to support VAS. Private access to the online images would be emailed to you. The photos would be taken at her art studio.
Note: The above photo was created by gemini.google.com. I tried to include people having a brown bag luncheon in an art gallery, but when the photos were enlarged, I saw a hand with 12 fingers, ghastly faces, so I quit. The free AI image generators have some growing to do!

VAS Board Meeting 6-6-24
2024-06-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Virtual
The VAS Board will meet at 7pm, Thursday June 6 on Zoom. Our board meetings are open to members, so if you would like to attend and if you are a member good standing, please email Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt at president@visualartsociety.org at least the day before for meeting id information.

June 10, 2024 VAS Meeting: Conversation with Tim "Pops" Vanya
2024-06-10 18:00 - 19:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Conversation with
Tim “Pops” Vanya
Our June meeting is a conversation with VAS member, T.W. “Pops” Vanya. Links and contact info are in our Our Artists section.

Biography: T.W. ‘Pops‘ Vanya was born in Durban, South Africa and spent 1972-8 at the University of Houston in the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
He has been painting since 2000 but that’s just recently. His career has not always followed the way of the artist; a Houston Police Officer, as delivery boat crew in the yachting industry, a cabinet maker, an iron worker, a life guard and a few other pursuits along the way lead interestingly enough, to the world of western art. He and his wife Kathy now make their home in the rural community of Somerville in central Texas. Their home is 117 years old and they live close to the cattle, horses, ranches and cowboys he loves to portray.
He makes the statement that “God granted me the ability to put onto paper and canvas that which I can see. The fact that my avocation and vocation are the same is God’s grace provision; therefore, let the work begin.”
“Pops” has had 3 principle one man expositions:
2019 Arts Council of the Brazos Valley Gallery, “Cowboys and Pretty Women” (New Works) – College Station, Texas
2016 ARTS Gallery, “A Life Spent Coloring” – 30 Year Retrospective of the Works of T.W. Vanya – Fayetteville, Texas
2014 The Gallery at Round Top, “The Pretty Ladies Show” – Round Top, Texas

Today we are fortunate to hear him discuss his process: what to paint, reference material and painting/drawing/art principles:

Concept…. what the hell are you watint to say?!?
Design/Layout
Color/Value/Chroma… what do they mean?
Value/Contrast – the unwanted stepchild of the art world
Craftsmanship – mastering your media
Framing for success or failure

He will be bringing several works that illustrate & reenforce these principles. There will be a couple of handouts as well.
We will also be inducting our newly elected Board of Directors for 2024-2025.
Doors open at DEGALLERY at 5:30pm. You can visit our latest show, “Art in Bloom.” There will be light refreshments. Come by a bit early, chat and catch up!

VAS "Coffee Together" at Polite Coffee Roasters
2024-06-18 10:00 - 11:00 | Kyle House/Polite Coffee, 800 S Bryan Ave, Bryan, TX, 77803, United States
Join us on Tuesday, June 18 10am at Polite Coffee Roasters in the Kyle House, a stop on the Aggieland Art Trail for coffee (or your favorite beverage and good conversation with like-minded artists and art lovers! See works by members, Jaimie Ladysh and Lupita Drumgoole, which you can see and buy HERE.

VAS "Coffee Together" at Polite Coffee Roasters
2024-07-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Kyle House/Polite Coffee, 800 S Bryan Ave, Bryan, TX, 77803, United States
Join us on Tuesday, July 23 10am at Polite Coffee Roasters in the Kyle House, a stop on the Aggieland Art Trail for coffee (or your favorite beverage and good conversation with like-minded artists and art lovers!

Closing Reception "Art in Bloom" July 26, 2024
2024-07-26 18:00 - 20:00 | DEGALLERY, 930 N Rosemary Dr., Bryan, TX, 77802, United States
Closing Reception and People’s Choice Award Party – July 26, 2024
The Visual Art Society of B-CS invites everyone to come by Degallery on Friday, July 26, 2024, 6-8pm to celebrate the closing of a successful VAS art show, “Art in Bloom.” There will be refreshments, wine and lots of fun.
We will be tallying up the votes for the People’s Choice Awards: $150 to the #1 most popular artist, $100 to #2 and $50 to #3. Everyone who visited the show since April has been able to vote once for their top 3 favorites during the show. All the artists will receive the complete tally of the voting results.
Our scholarship winners, Norah Robinson, Melanie Sweet and Margaret Whitten have been invited to attend, so hopefully we can meet them.
