Featured Artist Cathy McAnally Lubke
Cathy McAnally Lubke, a native of Burkett, Texas has been painting most of her life. For more than 125 years her family has been active in the farming and ranching industry, giving her first hand knowledge of the landscape and the rural environment. She lives with her family and keeps a studio in San Angelo, Texas. Cathy has a degree from Angelo State University; where she studied art, English, history, and education. She has been a professional artist for many years and shares her love of painting by teaching workshops.
Artist Statement
I enjoy painting landscapes in watercolor, acrylics and oils using the time consuming age-old methods of glazing to achieve special atmospheric affects. In order to conserve the natural resources of the earth, we must learn to respect and appreciate it’s wonder.
EXHIBITIONS
87th Annual Exhibition, National Watercolor Society, Brea, California, 2007
Hill Country Arts Foundation Membership Show, Ingram, Texas 2007
Signature Member Exhibition, Southwestern Watercolor Society, Irving, Texas, 2005
Western Heritage Invitational Art Show Duncan, Oklahoma 2004
Solo Exhibition, Houshang’s Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2003
1st Annual National Juried Miniature Show, Silver Maple Gallery, Waco Texas 2003
10th Annual International Miniature Show, Casper, Wyoming, 2003
Artist to Watch, 2002 Exhibition, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 2003
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts Solo Show 2002
Oil Painters of America 9th Annual Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils California, 2000
Western Federations of Watercolor Societies 24th Annual Exhibition 1999
Watercolor Society of Alabama 57th Annual Exhibition 1998
Southern Watercolor Society 21st annual Exhibition 1997
West Texas Watercolor Society Exhibition 1997
Breckenridge Fine Arts Center, Breckenridge , Texas 1997
New Visions’ Culture and Agriculture Exhibition, Marshfield, Wisconsin, 1997
West Texas Watercolor Society Annual Exhibition,1996
12th Annual Bosque Conservatory of Art Exhibition, Clifton, Texas, 1996
Western Federation of Watercolor Societies 22nd Annual Exhibition, Arizona, 1996
New Visions Culture and Agriculture Exhibition, Marshfield, Wisconsin, 1996
33rd Annual Southwester Watercolor Society Show, Dallas, Texas 1995
Madison Avenue Art Gallery National Watercolor Show, Germantown, Tennessee, 1995
Bosque County 10th Annual Juried Exhibition, Clifton, Texas 1995
Southwestern Watercolor Society Show, Dallas, Texas 1995
West Texas Art Exhibition, Abilene, Texas 1993
Adirondack’s National Juried Exhibition of American Watercolors, Old Forge, New York 1992
San Antonio Watercolor Group Show, San Antonio, Texas 1992
29th Annual Southwestern Watercolor Society Show, Dallas, Texas, 1992
16th Annual Houston International Watercolor Show, Houston, Texas 1992
Aqueous ‘91 Kentucky Watercolor Society, Lexington, Kentucky 1991
Texas and Neighbors Fine Art Show, Irving, Texas 1991
46th Colorado Annual Watercolor Show, Colorado Springs, Colorado 1990
Abilene Art Show, Abilene, Texas 1990
West Texas Watercolor Society Show, Lubbock, Texas 1990
Southwestern Watercolor Society Show, Dallas, Texas 1990
Women Artists of the West, Visalia, California, 1990
Texas and Neighbors Art Exhibition, Irving, Texas 1990
Houston 14th Annual Watercolor Society Show, Houston, Texas 1990
Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, Texas 1990
San Antonio Watercolor Group Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas 1989
West Texas Watercolor Society Show, Lubbock, Texas 1989
Watercolor West Annual Exhibition XXI, Redlands, California 1989
Tri- State Art Show Beaumont, Texas 1989
Abilene Art Club, Abilene, Texas 1988
West Texas Watercolor Society Show, Lubbock, Texas 1988
Southwestern Watercolor Society Show Dallas, Texas 1988
Texas Watercolor Society 29th Annual Watercolor Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas 1988
West Texas Watercolor Society Show 1987 Memorial Award
Southwestern Watercolor Society Show , Dallas, Texas 1986
MEMBERSHIPS
Purple Sage Member, Texas Watercolor Society, San Antonio, Texas
Signature Member Southwestern Watercolor Society Dallas, Texas
National Watercolor Society
American Watercolor Society
Oil Painters of America
PUBLICATIONS
“Artists to Watch” Southwest Art Magazine, May 2002
Inside Santa Fe, 2002
Santa Fe Guest Life, 2001, 2002
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Angel Fire ArtSpace Gallery, Online, Angel Fire, New Mexico
Houshang’s Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico (Since 1998)
Raul Ruiz Gallery, San Angelo, Texas
