Pat Peery has been a member of the CTAA since the group's inception in 2007, and has previously served as Program Chairman. Her initial involvement in the art group's organization was instrumental in the growth of the CTAA and its role in the community.
Pat works primarily in oils and pencil and/or graphite, specializing in both animal and children's portraits. She recently tried her hand at scratch board, with excellent results. Her work always shows the details and spirit of the subject's personality, and her rendition of a stalking lion is typical of her high degree of realism.
February 2013 "Artist of the Month" Jennifer Hammer
Jennifer joined the CTAA in late 2012, and has been an integral part of the group ever since. She is a charter member of Creede, Colorado's Hearth Artist Guild (or HAGS). Her winning watercolor piece is titled "The Colors of Fall".
Jennifer primarily works in pastels, and her art has been featured in the Creede Olive Oil Store & Gallery. She also is a photographer, and her photographs have been accepted into the 2011 and 2012 Creede's Mountain Shoot-out Competition.
Debbie works in both stained glass and fused glass, and also teaches glass art at her studio in Chico, TX as well as the Kemp Center for the Arts in Wichita Falls, TX. She has been a member of the CTAA since 2010. Her winning piece is called "The Blue Wave", and how it was created was by serendipity. The wave is made from blue aventureen glass that has flecks of metal that look like glitter. The glass was placed on a new kiln shelf that ended up being defective, as it allowed air to be trapped under the glass, creating large air pockets and bubbles to form (oops!). Then, while the glass stood against the wall of her studio, her friend's dog hits it with his tail, breaking off a third of the glass (oops!). She place the glass in a metal art stand and added a round piece of blown glass that was also an oops! that she had saved, since it looked like something from under the sea. Then she cut and polished the glass at the top to make it look like a wave. Debbie can be reached via email at tofireflies@aol.com
January 2013 "Artist of the Month"
March 2013 "Artist of the Month"