Big Bend Arts Council
Big Bend Arts Council
PO Box 1764, Alpine, TX 79831
PO Box 1764, Alpine, TX 79831
-
GREER CALHOUNAmong my earliest memories is one of me lying on the floor (I was five years old), drawing and coloring in coloring books. My family encouraged me with basic art lessons when I was in grade school. My grandmother taught porcelain painting, and I learned so much from her, such as reflected light, design and color.
Biography
Corpus Christi, Texas has been my home since I was six years old. After graduating I attended Del Mar College, married and raised four children. After high school I joined the local art center and began to enter shows and competitions. At that time I was painting with watercolors and acrylics.
I have won several awards, and my paintings are in homes around the world. Later on I taught myself silk painting with dyes and fell in love with the medium. I painted on silk as paintings to frame and to wear. A clothing designer commissioned me to do some of her fabric.
I have saved all my grandmother's china painting supplies from years ago - white beautiful porcelain, and so now I am having a wonderful time painting on china. It is a challenge - nothing like other mediums and much more difficult.
Since my youngest daughter and her husband have moved to Alpine, I have come to love the Big Bend area. I joined the BBAC to be a part of the community there. My porcelain mugs were exhibited in the 2018 Clay Works show at Gallery on the Square.