V....Vaughan painting the farm - in any weather!
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V....Vaughan
An impressionist oil painter, V.... paints on location all across America. “My favorite subjects are wild places and around the countryside near America's small farms." V's work focuses on special projects that are heartfelt and comprehensive; treating her subjects to documentary style study. She completed 365 daily small works depicting her family's "Last Year on the Farm"' before they moved from the land in 2008. The paintings were featured at various museums and venues, and received great revues. In October of 2011, V.... presented a follow-up exhibit entitled "Passing America" in which she explored America's disappearing family farms. Both shows debuted at the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska. V….Vaughan spent many years as a graphic designer/art director/illustrator, working in advertising and winning Addy Awards. Her clients included Samsung, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and Harcourt Publishing. V....Vaughan Arts grew through RockSports Inc. which still features V’s colorful designs in national catalogs and websites. For over 20 years V.... has been a part-time high school art instructor. She also teaches painting workshops all across America. Her paintings are part of the permanent collection of the Gadsen Museum of Art, the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art and the Great Plains Art Museum as well as in countless private collections. "I paint because it’s the best way I know how to communicate, study and observe God’s creative work, and to think His thoughts after Him.“ |
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Associations
Oil Painters of America
Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters
American Women Artists - Signature Member
American Plains Artists - Signature Member
Plein Air Austin
Awards
American Plains Artists - Artist Retreat Award 2012
First Place - Georgetown, TX Art Hop 2012
FINALIST** 2009 - 2010 Texas State Artist
Best in Media - PAINTING - Rockport Art Festival 2010, 2011
Salon International Merit Award - 2008
Third Place (oils) - Phippen Museum Western Art Show 2008
Southwest Art Magazine Award - Phippen Museum Western Art Show 2007
Oil Painters of America 2007 Shirl Smithson Scholarship Recipient
OPA National and Regional Shows
Society of Master Impressionists Merit Awards in 2007 and 2006
American Women Artists Merit Award 2007
Raymar Finalist - April 2008
The Artist's Magazine - Finalist 2006
Bluebonnet Blues - Texas - Best in Show 2007, 2nd and 3rd places in 2006
American Women Artists Rogue Simpson Award 2005
Arts for the Parks Mini 100 - 2005
Rockport (TX) Art Festival 2005 - Best in Media
Red River Revel 2005 - Best in Media
Collections
The Great Plains Art Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL
Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, NE
NUMEROUS private collections
Solo Exhibitions
Passing America: The Great Plains, UNL, Lincoln, NE Oct. - Dec., 2011
Last Year on the Farm, solo exhibits in 2008:
-Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
-Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, NE
-Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
-Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden,AL
Publications and Media
Art of the West Magazine, Feb., March 2013
Southwest Art Magazine, Feb. March 2013
Mike's Road Trip Video Feature, March 2013
Art of the West Magazine, Sept/Oct 2011
Peaks&Plains Magazine, Sept/Oct 2011
Feature: Texas Country Reporter 2008 RFD-TV
Kim Komando Show, Aug. 7 or 8 2010, : Video Pick of the Day
The Artist's Magazine Dec 2006 / Web May 2008
Southwest Art, April, 2008
Fine Art Connoisseur, Oct. 2008
Wildlife Art Magazine, Feb. 2008
Texas Monthly, May 2008
Austin, Magazine, June, 2008
Associations
Oil Painters of America
Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters
American Women Artists - Signature Member
American Plains Artists - Signature Member
Plein Air Austin
Awards
American Plains Artists - Artist Retreat Award 2012
First Place - Georgetown, TX Art Hop 2012
FINALIST** 2009 - 2010 Texas State Artist
Best in Media - PAINTING - Rockport Art Festival 2010, 2011
Salon International Merit Award - 2008
Third Place (oils) - Phippen Museum Western Art Show 2008
Southwest Art Magazine Award - Phippen Museum Western Art Show 2007
Oil Painters of America 2007 Shirl Smithson Scholarship Recipient
OPA National and Regional Shows
Society of Master Impressionists Merit Awards in 2007 and 2006
American Women Artists Merit Award 2007
Raymar Finalist - April 2008
The Artist's Magazine - Finalist 2006
Bluebonnet Blues - Texas - Best in Show 2007, 2nd and 3rd places in 2006
American Women Artists Rogue Simpson Award 2005
Arts for the Parks Mini 100 - 2005
Rockport (TX) Art Festival 2005 - Best in Media
Red River Revel 2005 - Best in Media
Collections
The Great Plains Art Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden, AL
Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, NE
NUMEROUS private collections
Solo Exhibitions
Passing America: The Great Plains, UNL, Lincoln, NE Oct. - Dec., 2011
Last Year on the Farm, solo exhibits in 2008:
-Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
-Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, David City, NE
-Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX
-Gadsden Museum of Art, Gadsden,AL
Publications and Media
Art of the West Magazine, Feb., March 2013
Southwest Art Magazine, Feb. March 2013
Mike's Road Trip Video Feature, March 2013
Art of the West Magazine, Sept/Oct 2011
Peaks&Plains Magazine, Sept/Oct 2011
Feature: Texas Country Reporter 2008 RFD-TV
Kim Komando Show, Aug. 7 or 8 2010, : Video Pick of the Day
The Artist's Magazine Dec 2006 / Web May 2008
Southwest Art, April, 2008
Fine Art Connoisseur, Oct. 2008
Wildlife Art Magazine, Feb. 2008
Texas Monthly, May 2008
Austin, Magazine, June, 2008