2013 Camp Fire An Artists' Christmas Catalog

2013 Renaissance of Art November 9 — The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel

2013 AN ARTISTS’ CHRISTMAS 29th Annual Art Auction and Gala Saturday, November 9

EVENING SCHEDULE 6 p.m. | Art viewing, libations, silent auction and raffle 7 p.m.

| Seated dinner, live auction and entertainment

by The David Whiteman Band

10 p.m. | Silent auction closes

Renaissance of Art

We have had the pleasure of attending Camp Fire’s An Artists’ Christmas for three years, and it is an honor to serve as the honorary chairs this year to benefit this amazing organization. It is our privilege to live in and support our community through this longstanding organization and share with others how it provides the opportunity for children and youth to develop their abilities and identify their passion and “spark” within.

We wholeheartedly believe Camp Fire will guide children to become our community’s future leaders.

We feel very honored to be the event chairs for Camp Fire First Texas’ 2013 An Artists’ Christmas. The dedication and passion we have seen demonstrated by the staff at Camp Fire First Texas is inspiring and infectious. We are so proud to be associated with an organization that is dedicated to the betterment of children and their future, and whose commitment impacts children every day.

Words cannot express our sincere gratitude to the event sponsors, donors and especially the artists, who have all contributed to make this a truly special evening — your generosity means so much, not just this evening but throughout the entire year. Our heartfelt appreciation goes to the committee members and volunteers, who have given so much of themselves

and of their time to ensure that this evening is a memorable one.

Thank you for the privilege of serving as this year’s Art Chairs. It has been a joy to be involved with this event since the very beginning, 29 years and running!

As gallery owners since 1974, and Camp Fire supporters for about as long, this is an event that continues to be near and dear to our hearts for many reasons.

and their commitment to supporting youth in our community with their time and talents. We can’t think of any other event where you can purchase wonderful works of art for your personal collection, while also supporting programs to improve the lives of children and youth in our community. It means so much to us and to the larger art community that a contribution from tonight’s proceeds benefits the Emergency Artists Support

League, which provides grants to area artists in need of emergency assistance. It is Camp Fire’s way of giving back to the community that has so generously supported this event since its inception. So remember, as you bid on art tonight, every dollar matters and will go to support the wonderful programs Camp Fire offers to our youth! Have a great night and show your support by purchasing the outstanding artwork on display.

featured tonight, but more importantly, to further the cause of helping Camp Fire “light the fire within” thousands of children, youth and families in our area.

This event would not happen without the immense talent and equally generous hearts of our contributing artists. Your vision and craft inspires us.

We are grateful for the servant leadership of the many volunteers and committee members who have invested deeply with their time, talent and resources to make this night memorable and significant. I would specifically like to recognize: Cheryl and Fred Moore, our Honor Chairs; and Linda and Jake Jacobson, our Event Chairs. Special thanks as well to our returning Art Chairs, Pam and Bill Campbell.

On behalf of the Camp Fire First Texas board of directors, I sincerely hope you enjoy the evening, the art, the gourmet food and the company. Your presence blesses all of us at Camp Fire — and your generous support will bless countless children and families for generations.

We would like to thank those who are here tonight to share in that belief. You make this event possible: To Linda and Jake Jacobson who have poured themselves into this night. It has been a pleasure to work with you.

Cheryl and Fred Moore 2013 Honorary Chairs

To the Art Chairs, Pam and Bill Campbell, and the wonderful artists who have supported this incredible event for 29 years! To the event committee who has tirelessly dedicated themselves to the promise of Camp Fire and believing in the difference we all can make in the lives of children.

We challenge each of you this evening to support Camp Fire programs that are a lasting investment in our future leaders.

To all, we say thank you, and please enjoy this night of fine art, great company and revelry, and know that you have helped to light the fire within!

Linda and Jake Jacobson 2013 Event Chairs

We are proud of all the Fort Worth artists who have made generous donations to An Artists’ Christmas

Pam and Bill Campbell 2013 Art Chairs This time of year is abundant with cooler air, festive moods, holiday buzz and much to see and do. Recognizing the numerous opportunities and events you can support and participate in, I am delighted that you have chosen to allocate a part of this season to celebrate with us.

Welcome to the 29th Annual An Artists’ Christmas art auction and gala. We are touched that you are here.

Brandon L. Chase, Chairman of the Board

We are gathered to celebrate the “spark” of expression and creativity seen in the works of these amazing North Texas artists

Have a beautiful evening.

Executive Committee Board of Directors

Directors

Chairman of the Board Brandon L. Chase

Jerri O. Akers Heidi Coombs Kimberly DeWoody Gary L. Douglas John S. Elliott Dolores Garza Marilyn Gilbert Michele Hahnfeld Terry Haney Dan Hansen Nina Hutton Brant C. Martin Gloria V. Martinez Bill McCoy Tod M. Miller John Molyneaux Chuck Mooney III Cheryl Moore Steven W. Novak Evelyn H. Richardson Jenene Schaffer Chuck Sheridan Linda Springer John Strong Monica M. Thomas-Bonnick Lynda Tiedtke Jared G. Vitemb Kay L. West Lori West Drenda Williams Witt

Vice Chairman, Administration Lauri Curtis Hadobas Vice Chairman, Financial Development Barbara B. Cook Vice Chairman, Planning Judd Pritchard Treasurer Nancy Hooper Secretary George W. Bean, Jr.

Foundation Board Daly R. Bales, Jr. Kenneth Barr Kevin Garman Nina Hutton Melissa Kirtley Barry Richardson Patricia Vaughan

2013 Commitee Pamela Brocato Holly Cocanower Nikki Green Terri Hollander Angela Jacobson Kirby Jacobson Corinne King Stacie McCans Carrie Meyer Carley J. Moore Brian Murnahan

Jackie Osmon Laura Patton Amanda Plotnicki Lisa Powers Kate Schwab Judy Schmeltekopf Liz Spurgeon Rose Unkefer Kelley Walsh Drenda Williams Witt Amy Young

The David Whiteman Band

The David Whiteman Band is one of the most versatile and entertaining dance/party bands in the area. Led by vocalist/guitarist David Whiteman, this 11-piece band cuts no corners entertaining, combining the finest available mix of musicianship, vocals, sound and lighting. Covering the widest range of songs around, featuring Current Top 40, R&B, Hip Hop, Latin and Dance music, and many of your favorite classics.

The band features the finest male and female vocals available, an electric horn section, and a very experienced rhythm section of bass, drums and keyboards that keeps you on the dance floor.

The David Whiteman Band has performed at many local venues in the area since 2001 as well as at countless wedding receptions, conventions, mitzvahs and corporate events.

With every performance, the band gives nothing less than everything they have taking every event to the highest possible level.

Jurors Dr. Margaret C. Conrads, Deputy Director of Art and Research at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art Margaret C. Conrads, Ph.D. has been the Deputy Director of Art and Research for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art since 2012. In her role, Conrads provides leadership and vision for the museum’s curatorial excellence, oversees the museum’s conservation program and library and serves as staff liaison with the Board of Trustees acquisitions committee.

This is the first time she has lent her skills to serve as a juror for An Artists’ Christmas.

Prior to her arrival in Fort Worth, Conrads served as the Samuel Sosland Curator of American Art at the NelsonAtkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.

Recent projects there included the reinstallation for a major expansion of the American collection, which opened in 2009. She was also the editor and a primary author of American Paintings to 1945: The Collections of The NelsonAtkins (2007). Conrads received international recognition for the 2001 exhibition and catalogue Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s (Princeton

University Press, 2001) and was on the curatorial team and an essayist for the 2009 exhibition American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915 presented at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In addition to Homer, she has published on American artists Thomas Hart Benton, George Caleb Bingham, Alexander Calder, and Thomas Cole, among others.

Conrads received her doctorate in Art History from the City University of New York Graduate Center with a concentration in American art to 1945.

Alison Hearst, Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Alison Hearst is Assistant Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Hearst served as the assistant curator of the 2013 exhibition México Inside Out: Themes in Art Since 1990, an international, multigenerational group exhibition that explored themes of daily life in Mexico. In the accompanying catalogue, Hearst conducted an interview with artist Melanie Smith.

She is currently organizing a solo project with the New York–based artist Fred Tomaselli, which will open in January 2014. Tomaselli has exhibited widely around the world, and he is known for his highly detailed paintings that bend reality through visual stimulation and

seduction, illustrating the utopian and transcendental abilities of art.

Hearst’s earlier outside projects include contributions to a variety of publications, such as Art Lies, Art Critical, Glasstire, Pastelegram, and ...might be good. She has curated several exhibitions and helped facilitate special artist projects with Subtext Projects, a curatorial collaborative team she co-founded in 2008.

Hearst completed a bachelor of fine arts degree in art history at the University of North Texas in 2004 and a master’s degree in art history at Texas Christian University in May 2007. Her

thesis, Marcel Broodthaers’s Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles: The nexus of institutional critique, offers an in-depth look at the artist’s satirical, critical, and fictional museum, Musée d’Art Moderne, Département des Aigles (1968–1972), and argues that this project is a forerunner of institutional critique and forms the crucial nexus of this artistic practice. Hearst specifically addresses the museological strategies used in the Musée d’Art Moderne by Broodthaers to mimic and parody museums, creating a deconstructive institutional critique that revealed and criticized art institutions’ methods of display, economics, politics, and hidden foundations.

Dr. Mark Thistlethwaite, Kay and Velma Kimbell Chair of Art History at Texas Christian University Professor Mark Thistlethwaite holds the Kay and Velma Kimbell Chair of Art History. Having earned degrees in art history from the University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A. and M.A.) and University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.), he specializes in the art of the United States. As a teacher, he has received TCU’s Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Honors Program’s “Professor of the Year” award. As a scholar, he has published

books and articles on nineteenthcentury and twentieth-century art, particularly on the subject of history painting. Dr. Thistlethwaite has chaired the City of Fort Worth’s Art Commission and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and on the Board of Trustees of the African American Museum in Dallas, and he is a member of the Visiting Committee of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.

Proud Sponsor of Camp Fire “An Artists’ Christmas”

Congratulations to An Artists' Christmas for another successful year supporting the exemplary work of Camp Fire First Texas and its programs for families and children.

Auction Rules Art Auction Rules • ALL SALES ARE FINAL. • Payment for art must be made on the night of the auction. Checks, cash, MasterCard, Visa, Discover or American Express are accepted.

• Buyer is responsible for collecting art on the night of the auction.

Buyer assumes responsibility for delivery.

• Delivery is available for a $40 per item delivery charge. Delivery will be completed by the first week of December.

• Buyer is responsible for checking the condition of merchandise prior to purchase. No refunds or exchanges will be possible.

• After winning your item(s), please stop by the checkout and a volunteer will assist you in collecting your artwork. All items purchased will be delineated on your invoice at the close of auction.

• Sales tax will not be charged the night of the event.

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Bidding Process

• All items have a MINIMUM BID price. Artwork in the Silent Auction will not be sold unless the minimum bid has been met.

• If the winner is not present at the close of the auction, he/she will be notified the following week to finalize the sale. If we are unable to finalize the sale within one week, the next highest bidder will be contacted.

• Strategic Marketing/Communications • Crisis Communications • Stakeholder Engagement • Special Event Planning • Communications/Presentation Training

Please Note

• Ribbons and labels are property of the artists and are not purchased with the art.

• Camp Fire First Texas assumes no responsibility for commissioned work. The terms of the commission are agreed upon between the artist and buyer, and fulfillment of that agreement shall be the responsibility of the artist and buyer.

• If there are tax obligations involved in accepting a “Special Auction Item,” the buyer assumes responsibility of consulting a tax advisor to determine the tax obligation, if any, of the merchandise received.

Brian L. Murnahan

Committee Member of An Artists’ Christmas

817-689-9913

brian@murnahan.me

Thank you for supporting Camp Fire!

Thank you for joining us this evening and for supporting the youth of our community.

2013 Sponsors Collector

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Educator

Anne T. and Robert M. Bass XTO Energy

Curator

Cheryl and Fred Moore

Museum

Fort Worth Business Press

Gallery

Access Midstream First American Payment Systems Melinda and Jerry Johnston Mary Potishman Lard Trust Dr. and Mrs. Willis H. Murphey, Jr. Mary Lou and Malcolm Street

Director

Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. American Airlines Bank of Texas BSCO Coors Distributing Company of Fort Worth Dean, Jacobson Financial Services, LLC Kimberly and Joseph DeWoody Dr. Gary L. Douglas HGC Development Terri and Rich Hollander Jackson Walker, LLP Linda and Jake Jacobson Lee Financial Littler Mendelson, P.C. Sue and Bill McCans John Molyneaux and Kay West Pier 1 Imports Rogers Wealth Group Mr. and Mrs. Edwin E. Smith Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth TRI DAL LTD. Winn-Dunaway Family Foundation

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AllianceTexas — A Development of Hillwood Garvey Texas Foundation, Inc. Luther King Capital Management

Patron

Brandon and Marie Chase Encana Oil and Gas Marilyn Gilbert Bonnie and Steve Heinen Higginbotham & Associates, Inc. Drenda and John Witt

Ridglea Country Club Judy and Jeff Schmeltekopf Liz and Dennis Sisk Six Flags Over Texas Total Wine — Fort Worth Kelley and Eric Walsh *As of print deadline

Supporters

Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Almond Kim and Ed Crater Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Griffin Hossley Lighting Association Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. O’Farrell Liz and Kyle Spurgeon

In-Kind Donors

AllianceTexas — A Development of Hillwood Bella Italia Brownstone Kitchen + Bar Chipotle Crown Plaza Invitational at Colonial Country Club David Hunt Furs Del Frisco’s Elk Castle Shooting Sports Epic Helicopters Lisa and Bruce Epps Fairytale Princess Parties DFW F&R Distillery Ilfusion Junior League of Fort Worth Martin House Brewery Carrie and Allan Meyer Pamela Brocato Design Munfy Photography Pier 1 Imports Rahr & Sons Brewery Revolver Brewery

Pam Brocato Design

Creative Design Graphics & Illustration Layout & Production Corporate Identity Photography Pam Brocato pambrocato@gmail.com pambrocato.com 817.501.6006

Live Auction Artwork

Bitter Tea JT Grant 32 x 23, Oil on Canvas $3,900.00 www.jtgrantpaintings.blogspot.com

Queen’s Coda

(From the Lyrical Movement Series)

Sue McCans 26 x 26, Acrylic on Canvas $1,200.00 www.suemccansfineart.com

Cardinal with Thistles Billy Hassell 27 x 27, Color Lithograph $1,800.00 www.billyhassell.com

Firmament Kelli Holmes 6 x 8, 30 x 24 total, Mixed Media $2,700.00 psstkel@yahoo.com

High Lonesome Peter Robbins 30 x 45, Photography $1,500.00 www.peterrobbinsart.com

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Winspire provides a team of seasoned travel professionals who will help you redeem your experience. All travel-related details and reservations are handled for every part of your Winspire experience. Operating as a full-service travel agency, Winspire can assist with extra hotel nights and additional guests. This service also provides you with an established network of onsite contacts who can help you book additional experiences, activities and tours. American Airlines miles are a separate item and Winspire may or may not be able to assist you in arranging your airfare. *Each 25,000 mile American Airlines certificate is equivalent to one domestic, coach flight depending on departure city and time and location of travel. Miles must be added to your American Airlines AAdvantage account by October 16, 2014 or they will expire.

Starting Bid: $2,500.00 Courtesy of: American Airlines and Winspire

Access to the secret rooms varies and is based on availability, and includes the impressive Bramante Staircase (Scala del Bramante), which is actually a ramp on the corner of the Pope’s Palace; the Room of Gold (Sala degli Ori), an opulent, rarely seen room that holds a dazzling collection of papal gold jewelry and precious Etruscan jewels; and the Niccoline Chapel (Cappella Niccolina), adorned with gold brought back from Christopher Columbus’ travels, and frescoes by Fra Angelico, a Renaissance painter whose mesmerizing artwork pre-dates Michelangelo’s. In addition to the closed rooms, see many of the Vatican Museums’ classic attractions as your expert guide entertains you with tales of Vatican art and power.

Rome VIP Vatican Exploration

This experience includes: • 5-night stay in a superior double room at Hotel Ponte Sisto, Rome • Daily breakfast for two • Private Sistine Chapel viewing and VIP tour of the Vatican Museums’ secret rooms • Round-trip coach class airfare for two from the 48 contiguous United States to Rome, Italy Hotel Ponte Sisto, Rome Enjoy a 5-night stay in a superior double room (one queen bed or two twin beds) including daily buffet breakfast for two, subject to availability.

Guest rooms overlook either the charming courtyard or the garden of the historic Palazzo Spada. The 4-star Hotel Ponte Sisto is a gorgeously renovated palazzo and just steps from Trastevere and Campo de’ Fiori.

Located in the heart of Rome on a quiet downtown street, you are within walking distance to the Piazza Navona, Campo de’ Fiori, Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Via Giulia and the Trastevere district. A wonderful choice of trattorias awaits just across the Ponte Sisto in Trastevere.

The hotel’s ideal location provides endless opportunities to explore, from the Coliseum to the Fori Imperiali where you can visit the remains of the city’s ancient and glorious past, to romantic strolls along the Tevere or in the squares, surrounded by magnificent palazzos and adorned by splendid fountains.

Sistine Chapel Private Viewing and Small-Group Tour of the Vatican’s Secret Rooms Enjoy a VIP Vatican tour like the presidents and royal families do — with this once-in-a-lifetime private Sistine Chapel viewing and 3-hour tour of the Vatican Museums’ secret rooms. This exclusive gives you unprecedented access to the magnificent rooms that are usually off-limits to the public, allowing you to see a side of the Vatican that most never will.

This 3-hour Vatican tour provides VIP access through a reserved door, allowing you to skip all the lines — even the priority lines. You will be accompanied by a Vatican guard to unlock doors to secret rooms.

End your tour with an after-hours private viewing of the Sistine Chapel, empty except for your group (average 10 people) and guide. Although speaking in the Sistine Chapel is typically forbidden, during this private experience your guide has permission to explain Michelangelo’s stunning ceiling fresco and his wall fresco, The Last Judgment.

American Airlines This package includes round-trip coach class service for two from any American Airlines destination in the 48 contiguous United States to Rome, Italy, subject to availability. A minimum of three nights or a Saturday night stay is required. Flights will not accrue AAdvantage miles.

Miles cannot be utilized to upgrade these coach class certificates to a higher level of service. The following blackout dates apply: 2013: Dec. 20-23, 27-31.

2014: Jan. 1-2; Mar. 21-23; Mar. 28-Apr. 1; May 23-26; Dec. 19-22, 26-31.

Airfare will expire one year from the date of purchase. Airfare taxes and a $25 per person processing fee are the responsibility of the purchaser.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Must be booked a minimum of 60 days in advance. Reservations are subject to availability. Certificates cannot be replaced if lost, stolen or destroyed. All purchases are non-refundable. Packages cannot be resold. Suggested retail value is calculated using tariff air rates and rack room rates. Ground transportation is not included unless where specified.

Winspire Booking and Concierge Service Winspire provides a team of seasoned travel professionals who will help you redeem your experience. All travel-related details and reservations are handled for every part of your Winspire experience. Operating as a full-service travel agency, Winspire can assist with extra hotel nights, airfare upgrades, and additional guests.

This service also provides you with an established network of onsite contacts who can help you book additional experiences, activities and tours.

Starting Bid: $7,500.00 Courtesy of: Winspire

Silent Auction

San Miguel Sunset Betty McBride Alcorn 12.5 x 15.5, Oil on Canvas $800.00 alcorn5824@gmail.com

House Reflections Carol Benson 7 x 6 x 7, Aluminum & Galvanized Wire $250.00 carol-benson@sbcglobal.net

Born to This Land Watt Casey 19.5 x 23.5, Photography $400.00 www.wattcasey.com

Casa Blanca Marianna Alfaro 31 x 37, Watercolor $400.00 mariannaalf@aol.com

Abstract Partners Ed Blackburn 29 x 24, Archival Digital Print $1,800.00 ed.blackburn@unt.edu

Christine’s Hats Sharon Chastain 27 x 37, Oil on Canvas $500.00 www.sharonchastain.com

The River Marti Bailey 36 x 36, Mixed Media $575.00 www.artbymarti.com

Worth a Thousand Words Donna Bales-Works 10 x 13, Photography $200.00 balesworks@sbcglobal.net

Rose Bowl David Blow 32 x 32, Lightjet $500.00 davoblow@aol.com

Salt Lake Sunset 2 Pamela Brocato 11 x 14, Photography on Metal $200.00 pambrocato@gmail.com

Nature’s Gift Bonnie Chilcutt 21 x 25, Oil on Canvas $300.00 bonniechilcutt@yahoo.com

Western Singer Douglas Clark 7 x 5 x 6.5, Bronze on Granite $675.00 www.douglasbclark.com

Visit Pecos Carolyn Cruz 19 x 25.5, Photography $800.00 carobaucruz@sbcglobal.net

Minimal Taper Leg End Table Thomas Diel 21sq x 22h, Steel, Wood and Glass $720.00 www.thomasdiel.com

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John Fraser 18.5 x 18.5, Graphite, Acrylic on Collaged Papers $1,200.00 www.johnfraserstudio.com

From the High Mesa Lisa Cunningham 22 x 18, Acrylic and Oil Pastels $1,200.00 www.lisacunningham.com

Sky Blue Kelly Doran 16 x 16, Oil on Canvas $450.00 kellydoran@comcast.net

Cylinders Kirsten Gallon 12 x 24, Digital Photography $175.00 www.kirstengallon.com

Peggy’s Cove Danny Deen 16 x 20, Photography $150.00 danny77@deenmeats.com

Alice 1 Michel Demanche 21 x 21, Toned Silver Gelatin/Photo $500.00 msdemanche@umes.edu

Japanese Grass Blanche Douglas 15 x 27.5, Ink and Acrylic on Washi Paper $500.00 blanche.d.douglas@gmail.com

Long Time Coming to This Place Ron Favor 24 x 18, Inkjet Print on Aluminum $500.00 raf10233@yahoo.com

The Pasture Jeff Good 24 x 31, Watercolor $1,200.00 www.jefflgoodart.com

Can’t Stay Mad (Charlton Heston) Sarah Green 18 x 18, Print on Rag $500.00 www.sarahgreenart.com

Coming and Going #2 Michaele Ann Harper 15 x 15, Encaustic $325.00 mahatyhg@yahoo.com

Mother Nature’s Passion Darlia Hobbs 24 x 24, Mixed Media $800.00 rahobbs@ymail.com

Dragon Fly Blue Bowl Sue Jackson 6 x 17 x 17, Clay $200.00 snjpottery@gmail.com

Mexico Hummingbird Sally Jan Harris 23 x 19, Photography $135.00 www.sallyjanharris.com

Dripping Roses Susan Hubenthal 20 x 20, Oil on Canvas $300.00 susanhubenthal@gmail.com

Hummer 1 & 2 Jerry Johnston 12 x 12, 12 x 12, Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas $600.00 www.jerryjohnstonart.com

Violet Temper Sheri and Lee Hay 8 x 33, Mixed Media $400.00 www.saxonlynnarts.com

Genoa #27 Thomas Helmick 47 x 37, Oil on Canvas $2,000.00 www.thomashelmick.com

Declaration of Independence Benito Huerta 32 x 32, Lithograph $1,350.00 bhuerta@uta.edu

It Feels Good to Stretch Val Hunnicutt 17 x 14, Photography $450.00 vthspot@aol.com

Approaching Front Avery Kelly 36 x 48, Oil on Canvas $600.00 www.averykellyart.com

Willows in the Wind Michael Lamb 21 x 15, Photography $200.00 thelamber@gmail.com

Kiowa Pamela Lancaster 16 x 20, Oil on Canvas $400.00 www.pamelalancaster.com

Drifting Sunnie LeBlanc 38 x 48, Oil on Canvas $4,800.00 tibbarhome@sbcglobal.net

Homeward Bound Randy Meador 16.5 x 16.5, Oil on Canvas $1,200.00 www.randymeador.com

Fly Pooran Lashini 14 x 17, Watercolor, Acrylic $800.00 www.lashini.com

Portrait of a Quilt Connie Levsen 29.5 x 22, Watercolor $327.00 txclogan@sbcglobal.net

Carved Bird Vase Anthony Merino 14 x 6 x 6, Ceramic $700.00 tdubis65@hotmail.com

Untitled James Lassen 29 x 23, Charcoal on Paper $600.00 www.jameslassen.com

Stairs in the Old Armour Plant Basement Bob Lukeman 14 x 20, Photography $1,000.00 bob@bobalustudios.com

Urban-Suburban Barbara Millican 20 x 24, Acrylic on Canvas $800.00 b.millican@att.net

Venice Landscape 2013 Julie Lazarus 32 x 26, Acrylic and Oil on Paper $2,600.00 www.julielazarusart.com

Haskell Morning/Texas Giant Steve McCans 19.5 x 28.5, Photography $500.00 stevemccans@prodigy.net

Fashion Brent Mohar 36 x 36, Oil and Aluminum Foil on Canvas $200.00 bfm600@yahoo.com

Untitled Brian Moore 33 x 29, Photography $500.00 brian.k.moore@supermedia.com

Sacho Claus Red Celia Munoz 17.5 x 21.5, Cibachrome Photograph $800.00 canelita27@sbcglobal.net

A Raven and Its Treasure Stormie Parker 10 x 8 x 9, Ceramic $600.00 www.windstormpottery.com

WeddingKiss Charla Pavlik 36 x 36, Mixed Media $1,500.00 www.charlamarionpavlik.com

Fractis Cuprum Raymond Rains 13 x 10 x 13, Mixed Media, Copper, Glass and Steel $850.00 www.cliffhousestudio.com

Red Jungle Fowl John Redmond 21 x 25, Oil $150.00 jcredmond@msn.com

Flourish Harmony Padgett 10 x 10, Paper $300.00 www.harmonypadgett.com

The Koi Pond Amanda Plotnicki 25 x 31, Oil $900.00 amandaplotnicki@att.net

White Iris Kim Robbins 40 x 48, Photography $800.00 www.kimrobbinsphotography.com

The Heart of Texas Karen Parker 24 x 30, Photography $250.00 pablublaza@yahoo.com

Black Beauties Down the Road Mary Rabien 14.5 x 17.5, Oil $400.00 www.maryrabien.com

Donald and Friends Amy Schultz 27 x 33, Digital Photography $225.00 www.unplainjanestudio.com

Four Corners New Mexico Mesa Terry H. Shaw 14 x 25, Oil on Canvas $300.00 terryhshaw@gmail.com

Off Woodridge Trail, Fort Worth, Texas 2009 Luther Smith 30 x 35, Archival Inkjet Photograph $1,100.00 www.luthersmith.net

The Trouble with Zeroes Jennifer Stufflebeam 40 x 30, Acrylic on Canvas $600.00 amijobethl@aol.com

Piano Tile Pamela Summers 17 x 22 x 1.5, Ceramic $900.00 www.cliffhousestudio.com

Sleeping Mime Leo Wesson 17 x 21, Archival Inkjet $250.00 www.leowesson.com

Spirit of the Bear Totem Jar Carolyn Bernard Young 9 x 7 x 7, Ceramic $175.00 www.earthtoart.com

Tree Frog Bart Soutendijk 21 x 19 x 2, Wire Wall Art, 12 Gauge Wire $350.00 www.wirewallart.com

Bridge Karl Umlauf 13 x 13, Mixed Media on Board $800.00 www.karlumlauf.com

The Dark Horse Pamela Steege 30 x 24, Photography $600.00 www.pamelasteegephotography.com

Steel Sky Sands Weems 25 x 36, Photography $500.00 swfour@yahoo.com

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2013 Camp Fire Artists Betty McBride Alcorn Marianna Alfaro Marti Bailey Donna Bales-Works Carol Benson Ed Blackburn David Blow Pamela Brocato Watt Casey Sharon Chastain Bonnie Chilcutt Douglas Clark Carolyn Cruz Lisa Cunningham Danny Deen Michel Demanche Thomas Diel Kelly Doran Blanche Douglas

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Michael Lamb Pamela Lancaster Pooran Lashini James Lassen Julie Lazarus Sunnie LeBlanc Connie Levsen Bob Lukeman Steve McCans Sue McCans Randy Meador Anthony Merino Barbara Millican Brent Mohar Brian Moore Celia Munoz Harmony Padgett Karen Parker Stormie Parker

Charla Pavlik Amanda Plotnicki Mary Rabien Raymond Rains John Redmond Kim Robbins Peter Robbins Amy Schultz Terry H. Shaw Luther Smith Bart Soutendijk Pamela Steege Jennifer Stufflebeam Pamela Summers Karl Umlauf Sands Weems Leo Wesson Carolyn Bernard Young