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| The following, at the request of the artist, is from his web site: www.gboutwell.com
GENERAL BACKGROUND
Born in East Hartford, Connecticut, in 1943, and traveled as a child with his father around the country, finally settling in Austin in 1957. Moved to Clifton area in 1987. Lives on a ranch in Bosque County, in a 1904 Victorian home known as Highview, which is set on the crest of a hill overlooking the Bosque River Valley. Has two daughters: Valerie 37, and Kimberlee 34; two grandsons: Josh 6 and Brady 3. Hobbies and interests include Historic Preservation, old cars, fossil hunting and observation of wildlife and Longhorn cattle.
Their former home in Austin won a 1983 Austin Heritage Society Award which was presented at the Governors Mansion. George was an appointed member of the Austin Historic Landmark Commission from 1982 to 1985.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Art Training:
Self-taught plus Famous Artist School Fine Art Course
Professional Positions:
Taylor Mfg. Co.- Technical Illustrator- 3 years
Texas Highway Dept. - Art Director of Texas Highways Magazine - 6 years.
Whitley Printing Co. - Art Director - 2 years.
Media Communications Advertising Agency - Art Director - 1 year.
Advertising, Design and Illustration Accounts included Drive Friendly, Governors Office of Traffic Safety- Texas Society of Architects- Texas - Handle with Care - Resort Developments; Lakeway Horseshoe Bay - World of Resorts - Woodcreek - Point Venture. Financial Institutions - City Bank, Lumbermens Investment Corp.
Became full-time fine artist in 1973.
FINE ARTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Juried Exhibits and Shows:
Laguna Gloria Fiesta, Austin, Texas - Brazos River Festival, Waco, Texas - Kaleidoscope, Beaumont, Texas -Septemberfest, Midland, Texas - Kermezaar, El Paso, Texas - Fiesta Del Arte, Odessa, Texas Texas State Arts & Crafts Fair, Kerrville, Texas - Stamford Art Foundation, Stamford, Texas - Texas Art Classic, Ft. Worth, Texas - Western Heritage Show, Littleton, Colorado - Festival in The Village, Lake Buena Vista, Florida - Gold Coast Art Fair, Chicago, Illinois - Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, Missouri - 500 Artfest, Dallas, Texas - American Canadian Classic, Billings, Montana - Cowtown Invitational Art Show and Sale, Ft, Worth, Texas - Coconut Grove Art Festival, Miami, Florida - Westheimer Art Festival, Houston, Texas - Lubbock Art Festival,Lubbock, Texas - Lennox Square Invitational Art Show, Atlanta, Georgia - Buffalo Bill Memorial Art Show, Cody, Wyoming - Lafayette Art Fiesta, Lafayette, Louisiana - Country Osage Art Show, Pawhuska, Oklahoma - American Watercolor Invitational, Tucson, Arizona - Rotary Club Art Annual, Amarillo, Texas - Special Session Invitational, Austin, Texas, Salado Art Fair, Salado, Texas - Jubilee of the Arts - Amarillo, Texas - Where the South Meets the West - Gainesville, Texas, Main Street Festival-Ft. Worth, Texas - Rio Fest-Harlingen, Texas.
One Man Shows:
Stagecoach Gallery, Austin, Texas - Victoria Art Museum, Victoria, Texas - First National Bank, Cleburne, Texas - Interfirst Post Oak Bank, Houston, Texas - Old Chisholm Trail Gallery, San Marcos, Texas - Frames & Expressions Gallery, Round Rock, Texas - Millrace Gallery, Salina, Kansas - Strawberry Bread Gallery, Rangely, Maine - McLaughlins Gallery, Corpus Christi, Texas - Highland Mall Gallery, Austin, Texas - Citizens National Bank, Greenville, Texas - Interfirst Bank, Mount Pleasant, Texas - Studio One Gallery, Longview, Texas - Citizens National Bank, Austin, Texas - Republic Bank, Austin, Texas - Citizens Federal Credit Union, Big Spring, Texas - University City Club, Lubbock, Texas - Highland Lakes National Bank, Kingsland, Texas - First Kleburg National Bank, Kingsville, Texas - Bank of South Texas, Alice, Texas - Southmost Savings, Brownsville, Texas - Warehouse Living Arts Center, Corsicana, Texas - First City Bank, McAllen, Texas - Thomas Johnson Interiors, Bryan, Texas - Riverbend Gallery, College Station, Texas - Shiloh Gallery, College Station, Texas - Texas State Bank, McAllen, Texas - Metro Center, Lubbock, Texas - Bosque County Conservatory of Fine Art - Clifton, Texas -Dr. Pepper Museum - Waco, Texas.-Golden Triangle Mall,Denton, TX-Post Oak Mall, College Station, TX-Mall of Abilene, Abilene, TX - Sunset Mall, San Angelo, TX - Midland Park Mall, Midland, TX - Richland Mall, Waco, TX - Temple Mall, Temple, TX - Midway Mall, Sherman, TX -Parkdale Mall, Beaumont, Texas - Permian Mall, Odessa, TX - Victoria Mall, Victoria, TX - Richardson Square Mall, Richardson, TX - Heartland Mall, Brownwood, TX.
Awards:
Best of Show: Cowtown Invitational, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1983 - South Oklahoma City Art Association Spring Show, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1983 - Champions Village Festival, Houston, Texas - Texas Wild Bunch Annual Jail Break, Grandbury, Texas - Special Session, Austin, Texas, 1984 Waco Invitational, Waco, Texas 1988. Alleyfest, Longview, TX 1999
First Place Watercolor: October Affair, Kermit, Texas - Art Fiesta of Lafayette, Louisiana ( two times) - Top of Texas Art Festival, Pampa, Texas - (two times) - Last Chance Festival, Austin, Texas (three times) - Pecan Street Festival, Austin, Texas - Art Festival, Guymon, Oklahoma - Where The South Meets the West, Gainesville, Texas - Rio Fest - Harlingen, Texas.. Alleyfest, Longview, TX 1998
Second Place Watercolor: Buffalo Bill Memorial Art Show, Cody, Wyoming - Art Fiesta, Lafayette, Louisiana - South Oklahoma City Art Association - Laredo Art Fiesta, Laredo, Texas.
Third Place Watercolor: Western Heritage Show, Littleton, Colorado - Festival in the Village, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
PURCHASE AWARDS: El Reno, Oklahoma - October Affair, Kermit, Texas - Westheimer Art Festival, Houston, Texas - Big Spring Art Festival, Big Spring, Texas - Salado Art Fair, Salado, Texas.
Feature Articles & Publications:
Texas Highways Magazine, 10/79 and 11/89 - Prints Magazine, Fall, 1979 - Art Voices South 10-11/79 - Southwest Art, 4/77 - North Light, 5-6/77 - Southwestern Art, Fall, 1976 - Alcalde Magazine - Austin Magazine - Cover of Science Magazine, 1/82 - Featured in current book, Contemporary Western Artists - Cover, Sunshine Artist U.S.A. - Covers of several West Texas Telephone Directories, 1981-82 - Art Gallery Magazine, December, 1983 - Austin Magazine, December, 1983 - Prints Magazine, March, 1984 - Art Marketing Letter, April, 1984, & March 1987. Two covers, Texas Veterinary Medical Journal, Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine - Feb. 1985, Cover Southwest Veterinarian Magazine, May, 1987, five Covers University of Texas Law School Seminar Brochures - Official Poster - Artist Harvest 1995 Austin, Texas. 5 Covers, Old Cars Weekly Magazine.
COMMISSIONS:
Dr Pepper Co., four paintings - Whitley Printing Co., Landmark Series, ten drawings - Highland Lakes National Bank, ten Central Texas Landmarks - Franklin Savings Association, Austin Texas - Tips & Radke Houses - Texas Ex Students Association: Foundation for Excellence - Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Austin - Central Texas Catholic Diocese - Old Pecan Street Association, Austin, Official Poster, Spring Arts Festival - Texas Historical Foundation, 1 of 3 artists selected to paint an original to be used in fund raiser prints - Austin Chamber of Commerce - Project Greenscape Poster, University of Texas College of Business Administration Foundation, Northwest Reflections Print, University of Texas Ex Students Assn. Painting of Tower, Sports Moments Inc. Painting of Hank Aarons 715th, Home Run, presented to Hank Aaron and hanging in the Baseball Hall of Fame, Gulf Coast Conservation Assn. Brazoria Chapter, A Look Below The Surface fund-raiser print - Old Depot Fundraiser - Hidalgo County Historical Museum - Edinburg, Texas - Drugstore Cowboys Painting - Texas Pharmacy Foundation.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION:
One of 11 finalists for the title of Official Texas State Artist, - Texas State Legislature, 1990. One of 6 finalists for the title of official Texas State Artist in 1991.
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