Gloria's Customized Paintings

A birthday present for my friend who loves owls.   I decorated the youth chalk board at church for the promotion party for the 6th graders going into youth. A birthday present for my dad, who loves to take me fishing. 

 The winning pieces of the 2019 Treasures of the Texas Coast Art contest were displayed at the Texas State Capital building in Austin for a week in May. My family went to visit!  Here are all the other paintings that will be in the calendar as well.

 The Nueces Delta Preserve had its first annual Art on the Trails June 2019. Many artist came and created while families walked around and watched. There was fabric art, found things shadow boxes, leaf pressings and other painters.  My work in progress. I love nature so it was great to combine that with my love of art.

 This is the finished piece. It says, " He finished his mission...but we still have ours." The sermon was about what our mission is, sharing the good news of Jesus with the whole world.  I started with a black canvas but painted part of it white at home. Half way done. It took me both services to finishing the painting.

I entered the Endangered species contest. I drew an ocelot and talked about how important it is to save its habitat. I like that we both live in South Texas. You can see the winning art here. I entered the Art in STEAM contest at the South Texas Museum of Art . While I didn't place with my painting, Lydia got 3rd in photography for her age.   Every year Google has students enter into their Google Doodle contest. This year's theme was my hope for the future. I hope that all people will live in peace and love together. I didn't really put much effort in this one because it was a last minute piece. But next year, we learned to do the art on their entry form instead of trying to take a picture. 

My Art in the News! Both my school, Flour Bluff ISD , and the Corpus Christi news had articles about my art being a finalist for the Treasures of the Texas Coast contest. Also, my principle recognized me in front of the school board. We gave them a framed copy of my art that will be in the calendar and thanked them for supporting art education.

I entered this into a contest called Treasures of the Texas Coast and won in the 40. There were over 3,900 entries. Thank you to Ms. Tyler for the help, as I put a lot of hard work into this winning piece as I stayed after school for several weeks to work on it. The contest is from the Texas General Land office and will be a 2020 calendar that helps people love and take care of the Texas coast. You can see the other winners and a list of prizes here .