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Larry Hamilton

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Artist Biography

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Larry Hamilton is a Contemporary realist painter working in Wichita Falls, Texas.

 

He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Midwestern State University in 1978 and his All Level Art Certification in Education from Midwestern State University in 1999. Having retired after 30 years in the business world, he taught art for 15 years and retired in 2013. He is currently a full time artist.

Hamilton's work explores the transitioning and advancement of technology as well as the consequences of innovation and its impact on our quality of life. His work depicts inanimate objects that have been displaced through the advancements of time and technology. The objects are worn, outdated, forgotten, obsolete, discontinued; many considered the detritus of yesteryear. As subjects, they have their own built-in narratives and stories that anyone can interpret in their own way. He prefers to paint these objects as portraits to celebrate their past existence and the human ingenuity that they represent. It is his desire that viewers can find their own personal histories and stories through his works.

 

Hamilton’s painting style is a Classical, Indirect approach, favored by Rembrandt and Vermeer. He uses multiple transparent layers of color, known as glazing, to achieve more luminosity and depth in his paintings.

 

Hamilton defines art as a journey of learning and a transition through time. This describes where he is as an artist today, still on an artistic journey, with limitless boundaries and a quest for learning. To quote an anonymous artist, “If you are intellectually curious, art is an incredible profession.”

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

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Teaching Awards and Nominations:

  • 2010 – MSU Fain Fine Arts Alumni of the Year Nominee

  • 2010 – WFISD Teacher of the Year Nominee

  • 2007 – West Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence 

  • 2006 – WFISD Teacher of the Year Nominee

  • 2005 – West Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence Nominee 

  • 2002 – WFISD Teacher of the Year Nominee

 

Workshop Presentations:

  • Color Pencil Workshop, Clay County Art Association

  • Elementary Art Education, Vernon College

 

Workshops Attended:

  •  Michael Workman, Painting Workshop, Wichita Falls, TX 

  • Helper Art Workshops, Helper, Utah: under the direction of Artist and retired Professor, David Dornan 

  • Art Fest 09: under the direction of Artist Beth Galston

  • Collage, A New Approach: under the direction of Artist Jonathan Talbot

 

Exhibitions and Awards:

  • 2025 – Tarleton State University, 27th Annual Rio Brazos Juried Exhibition - Accepted

  • 2023 – GAVA, Gainesville Area Visual Arts – 1st Place Award, Traditional Division

  • 2023 – GAVA, Gainesville Area Visual Arts – Nortex Communications Cash Award 

  • 2023 -  GAVA, Gainesville Area Visual Arts – Artistic Excellence Cash Award

  • 2023 – GAVA, Gainesville Area Visual Arts – Go 5 G Cash Award

  • 2023 – GAG, Graham Art Guild, Lake Country Show – Best In Show

  • 2023 – Tarleton State 25th Annual Rio Brazos Juried Art Exhibition – 2nd Place Award

  • 2021 – GAVA, Gainesville Area Visual Arts – Pen-Tex Energy, Cash Award for Artistic Excellence

  • 2021 - GAVA, Gainesville Area Visual Arts – 1st Place Award, Traditional Division 

  • 2021 – Ellington-White Contemporary Exhibition: Artist Who Teach – 1st Place Award

  • 2020 – KEMP Center For The Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Best of Show

  • 2020 – Kemp Center For The Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Best Still Life Award

  • 2020 - Wichita Falls Art Association Membership Show – 1st Place Award

  • 2020 – Ninth Street Studios Annual Juried Exhibition,” Mementos “, Art That Reminds Us – Best of Show

  • 2020 – Ellington-White Contemporary Exhibition: Artist Who Teach - Accepted 

  • 2019 – Solo Exhibition, Breckenridge Museum of Fine Arts

  • 2019 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Juror’s Award 

  • 2019 – Kemp  Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – The Hub, Best Still Life Award

  • 2019 – Kemp Center for  the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Best Landscape Award

  • 2019 – Accepted Breckenridge National/International Juried Art Show and Competition

  • 2019 -  OPOMAC, Lake Country Show – Best of Show

  • 2019 – Accepted, Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Competition

  • 2019 – Accepted, Conroe Art League 4th Annual National Invitational

  • 2018 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Best of Show 

  • 2018 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Best Landscape Award

  • 2018 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – The Hub, Honorable Mention Award

  • 2018 – Accepted, Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Competition 

  • 2018 – Midwestern State University Alumni Exhibition

  • 2018 – OPOMAC, Lake Country Show – Best of Show 

  • 2018 – OPOMAC, Lake Country Show – 2nd Place Award, Oil Medium

  • 2018 – OPOMAC, Lake Country Show – Honorable Mention

  • 2018 – Breckenridge, National Juried Art Show and Competition – Honorable Mention Award

  • 2018 – Wichita Falls Art Association Juried Show – 3rd Place Award

  • 2017 – Center for Contemporary Arts National Juried Competition – Merit Award

  • 2017 – Wichita Falls Art Association Artists Exhibition – Kemp Center for the Arts

  • 2017 – GAVA, Gainesville Area Visual Arts – The Weekly News Artistic Excellence Award

  • 2017 – GAVA, Gainesville Area Visual Arts – 1st Place Award, Contemporary/Mixed Media 

  • 2017 – OPOMAC , Lake Country Art Show – 1st Place Award, All Media 

  • 2017 – Breckenridge National and International Juried Art Show – Fine Arts Center Award

  • 2017 – Breckenridge National and International Juried Art Show – Juror’s Award

  • 2017 – Arte De Los Brazos – Best of Show

  • 2016 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Best of Show

  • 2016 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Best of Show, Still Life

  • 2016 – Wichita Falls Literature and Art Review Award – Honorable Mention 

  • 2015 – Wichita Falls Literature and Art Review Award – Honorable Mention 

  • 2015 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Honorable Mention

  • 2015 – Solo Exhibit,  “Memories Objectified”, The Kemp Center for the Arts 

  • 2014 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit – Honorable Mention 

  • 2014 – Clay County Art Association – Best of Show (Oil Painting)

  • 2014 – Clay County Art Association – Third Place Award (Acrylics)

  • 2014 – Clay County Art Association – Honorable Mention (Drawing) 

  • 2014 – Wichita Falls Art Association Exhibition at Midwestern State University 

  • 2013 – Kemp Center for the Arts, Mystery Art Exhibit

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