About Judy Hampton

Web Site: www.judyhamptonsstudio.com

Email: judy@judyhamptonsstudio.com

I paint simply for the joy of it. It is a gift from God that enriches my life. I am a mostly self-taught artist with the aid of many wonderful books and a few videos, and inspirations from some great artists. My favorite subject is people, especially children. I enjoy doing portraits that capture the character or personality, an emotion or a mood of the moment. I work almost entirely from my own photographs and watercolor is my primary medium; but I also work in pastels, pen and ink, graphite or colored pencils, according to what I think will best capture my subject. I love the detail and have to be careful not to get carried away with it. The combination or reality and a bit of fantasy fascinates me and I want to draw the viewer into the painting. I like to paint characters that look like they just stepped out of history.

I have just completed co-writing and illustrating an activity and history book for the Magoffin Home Texas State Museum in El Paso which will be released some time in the coming year. I am doing a series of "Six Guns and Shady Ladies" portraits of an excellent El Paso western, historical reenactment group.

I am a member of the El Paso Art Association presently serving as Director of Membership and a member of the Rio Bravo Watercolorist. I have works hanging in private collections throughout the country and started showing when I joined the El Paso Art Association a little over two years ago.

Recent Shows:

2011- Fresh Start - El Paso Art Association Board of Directors Exhibit, Crossland Gallery, El Paso, TX
2011-Rio Bravo Watercolorist Show-International Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
2010-Arts International, El Paso, TX
2010-West N Southwest, Sunland Art Gallery, El Paso, TX
2010-Because I Want To, Crossland Gallery, El Paso, TX
2010-Figuratively Speaking II, Crossland Gallery, El Paso, TX
2010-America the Beautiful, Crossland Gallery, El Paso, TX
2010 - El Paso Art Association Board of Directors Art Exhibit,
El Paso, TX
2009 - Western Impressions, El Paso, Texas
2009 -Figuratively Speaking-Sunland Art Gallery, El Paso, Texas
2009 - Main Street Gallery, San Elizario, Texas
2009 - America the Beautiful - Honorable Mention -
Crossland Gallery, El Paso
2009 - Los Paisanos Gallery - Chamizal National Memorial,
El Paso, Texas
2008 - Arts International, El Paso, Texas
2008 - Western Impressions, El Paso, Texas
2008 - America the Beautiful - Honorable Mention - Crossland Gallery, El Paso, Texas

Currently exhibiting work at:

Sunland Art Gallery
Sunland Park Mall Upper Level
750 Sunland Park Drive
El Paso, TX 79912
915-584-3117
www.sunlandartgallery.com

Artwork