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This is a chronology of my art career beginning with the first time time I entered a painting in a public exhibition.
1998 Honorable mention ribbon first group show Twentieth Century Club Saint Jo, Texas
2000 One man show, Nocona Public Library, Nocona, Texas (first one man art show ever hosted by this entity in its 30+ year history which paved the way for numerous other area artists to show their work at same location)
2000 Accepted to approved roster of "Artists in Education" by Texas Commission on the Arts
2000 Accepted part-time position teaching art at Saint Jo Elementary School, Saint Jo, Texas
2000 2nd place ribbon, oils - group show North Central Texas College, Gainesville, Texas
2001 Painted "A Texas State of Mind" 48x72 triptych which established the style and direction of my work for the foreseeable future
2001 2nd place ribbon, oils - group show North Central Texas College, Gainesville, Texas
2001 1st place ribbon, colored pencil - Madill Art Club, Madill, Oklahoma
Honorable mention ribbon, oils - Madill Art Club, Madill, Oklahoma
2001 Art in the Park group show, Leonard Park, Gainesville, Texas
2001 Salado Art Fair, Salado, Texas (juried)
2001 Accepted part-time teaching position Nocona Middle School, Nocona, Texas
2001 Grapefest, Grapevine, Texas (juried)
2001 Co-founder of Texas Trails Art Gallery (artist cooperative) Nocona, Texas
2002 Participated in Art for the Parks art competition sponsored by National Park Academy of the Arts - "Heavenly Sunlight" 18x24 oil
2002 Salado Art Fair, Salado, Texas (juried)
2002 Selected as "Trail of Painted Ponies" artist by HorsePower NM's Rod Barker for one of a kind maquette exhibited at various upscale fund raising venues in Texas (one of only a few Texas artists to be selected)
2002 Feature story in Nocona News and Wichita Falls Times Record News on "Painted Ponies"
2003 Accepted part-time teaching position at Little Country School, Nocona, Texas
2004 Established website www.ATexasStateOfMind.com to aid in promotion of work
2004 Group show guest artist, Artplace Gallery, Denison, Texas
2004 Originals and works in print accepted by Powell Fine Art, Gainesville, Texas, Artiste Gaylord Texan, Grapevine, Texas, and Artiste The Shops at Willow Bend, Plano, Texas, and Santa Fe Outlet, Wichita Falls, Texas
2004 Feature story in Oct. 14 Wichita Falls Times Record News, "Lone Star State of Mind" by free lance writer Jo Gray (now of Kingman AZ)
2004 Featured artist "The Treasure Seeker" North Texas area travel/shopping publication
2004 Painted mural for Montague County Historical Society Old Jail Museum
2005 Presented President George W. Bush signed and numbered print of "Loyalty" through the office of U. S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, Clarendon, Texas
2005 Original work licensed for exclusive use by Texas Highways Magazine, "The Stars at Night . . ." and from "Texas Wild Thangs" series gift boxed note cards purchased for resale in TxDOT Travel and Information Centers, Texas Highways Magazine, and on line at www.texashighways.com Press release picked up by over 700 media outlets
2005 One man show Kemp Center for the Arts "What's Up Downstairs Gallery," Wichita Falls, Texas
2005 3rd place, oils - group show North Central Texas College
3rd place, colored pencils/pastels - group show NCTC
2005 Powell Fine Art's Featured Artist at Gainesville Business Expo
2005 Graham Art Splash on the Square, Graham, Texas (juried)
2005 Exhibit/slide talk Stephenville Rotary Club
Exhibit at Flowerland/Gala Affairs, Stephenville, Texas
2005 Originals and works in print accepted by Robison's Gallery, Wichita Falls, Texas
2005 Works in print accepted by Kiowa Gallery, Alpine, Texas
2005 Salado Art Fair, Salado, Texas (juried) August 6, 7
2005 Works in print accepted by Sweetwater Frame and Gallery, Sweetwater, Texas, and The Frame Shop in Bowie
2005 Texas Country Reporter Festival, Waxahachie, Texas (juried)
2005 Art Affair on Kemp Square, Wichita Falls, Texas (juried)
2005 Slide talk Nocona Rotary Club
2005 Framed print of "A Texas State of Mind" presented to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison and "Loyalty" presented to Sen. John Cornyn by Larry's friends and colleagues Stacy
Dyer and Chris Bost in Washington D. C. representing Saint Jo Elementary School upon the occasion of receiving the National Blue Ribbon School Award.
2005 Texas Highways renewed contract to sell my notecards and licensed my roadrunner image for T shirt reproduction. Shirt will be titled Texas Wild Thangs
2006 Art in the Heart of Breckenridge group show (juried)
2006 Arts Alive Home and Garden Show, Wichita Falls
2006 North Central Texas College group art show
2006 Exhibit and "paint demo" at Rieger's Gallery, Decatur, Texas
2006 Exhibit at Art Splash on the Square, Graham, Texas (Named "artist of the year" for next year which includes a commission to do the official painting that represents the 2007 show
2006 Fourth of July Celebration in Granbury
2006 Salado Art Fair in Salado
2006 Red, White and Art Festival in Sherman
2006 Art Affair on Kemp Square in Wichita Falls - official poster artist
2006 Texas Highways renewed contract
2006 Chicken and Bread Days in Bowie
2006 Crazy Water Festival in Mineral Wells
2006 (October) Huffines Art Trails Festival in Richardson
2007 (Feb.) Special "Artist of the Year" exhibit at Old Post Office Museum and Art Center, Graham
2007 (March) One Man Show, Powell Fine Art, Gainesville
2007 (March)Special exhibit and talk about my art, NCTC, Gainesville
2007 (May) "Artist of the Year" Art Splash on the Square, Graham
2007 (August and September) One Artist Show at Booth Western Art Museum Borderlands Gallery in Cartersville, Georgia
2007 Sherman Arts Festival - Sherman, Texas
2007 Article in Wichita Falls Times Record News "Colors of Texas" written by Lana Sweeten-Shultz
2007 Article in Texoma Living! magazine "Postcards from Texas" written by Edward Southerland
2007 Art Affair on Kemp Square - Wichita Falls, Texas
2007 (October and November) Three Artist Show at Breckenridge Fine Arts Center in Breckenridge, Texas "A Load of Texas and Then Some"
2007 Presented program to Wise County Artist Association
2007 Huffhines art Trails Festival in Richardson
2007 Downtown Christmas Festival in Nocona
2007 Two images licensed by City of North Richland Hills for reproduction on vinyl graphics to wrap traffic signal boxes
2008 Presented program to Gainesville Area Visual Artists
2008 Presented "A Day with a Real Texas Artist" program to Lisdsay ISD
2008 Presented "A Day with a Real Texas Artist" program to Wells Elementary, Plano
2008 Arts Alive! Home and Garden Show, Wichita Falls
2008 Solo exhibit, Bowie Public Library
2008 Selected to paint two life-size fiberglass horses for the Mane Event charity art project
2008 Art Attack group show - Gainesville (April)
2008 Selected to paint two life-size fiberglass horses for Mane Event Leadership Wichita Falls
2008 Artwork entitled "Whaddaya Thank About That, Myrtle?" selected as signature piece for 2009 Arts Alive Home and Garden show
UPCOMING
2008 Art Splash on the Square - Graham (May)
2008 Jim Bowie Days group show by invitation (June)
2008 Sherman Arts Festival - Sherman (Sept.)
2008 Art Affair on Kemp Square - Wichita Falls (Sept.)
2008 Huffhines Art Trails - Richardson (Oct.)
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