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CLYDE HERON  APA, OPA    (1929 - 1999)

Clyde Heron’s career took him from successful commercial artist to painter. Even during a slight career interruption to serve with the Army during the Korean Conflict, his skills were called upon. He served as an illustrator for the 53rd Field Artillery Battalion. He was an avid student of history and his work was primarily focused on historical subjects: the Indian Wars, Indian Culture, the War Between The States, the Texas Rangers, and Ranching Heritage. His art depicts the influence of these subjects on our American heritage. Heron attended the Art Students League in New York. He studied under watercolorists Mario Cooper, New York, and Bud Biggs, Dallas. He often said that the greatest influence on his career came from three sources: Feleceia (his lady), an artist in her own right; Tom Lovell, Santa Fe, New Mexico, his idol and mentor; and John Duillo, his close friend and counselor, an eminent historical artist from Hicksville, New York. He also lovingly recalled his early encouragement and instruction from his childhood art teacher, Miss Gennie Smith.

MEMBERSHIPS:

Art Related:

Oil Painters of America; Signature Member
Western Art Association
American Plains Artists; Signature Member
Ellen Noel Art Museum; served as Board member for many years
National Cowboy Hall of Fame; Life Member

History Related:

Sons of Confederate Veterans
Permian Historical Society; Life Member
Ector County Historical Commission
Heritage of Odessa Foundation; past Board Member
Friends of Fort Davis National Historic Site;
Advisory Board for many years & Life Member

COLLECTIONS:

Private:

Lloyd Bentsen, U.S. Senator, Texas
Kent Hance, Railroad Commissioner, Texas
George Mahon, U.S. Congressman, Texas *
John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General, Texas *
Paul Weaver, Texas Bank, Austin, Texas
Paul Gibson, Bristol Jeans, Bristol, Tennessee
* now in estate of these deceased patrons

Public:

Confederate Memorial Hall, Washington, DC
Confederate Relic Room & Museum, Columbus, SC
Gadsden Museum of Fine Art, Gadsden, AL
Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, San Angelo, TX
Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, TX
The Military Memorial Museum, Ardmore, OK
The Presidential Museum, Odessa, TX *
*Commissioned portraits of Presidents Gerald Ford, Lyndon Johnson and George Bush

AWARDS:

Plainsmen Award (Patron’s Choice) and Arrowhead Award (Trustees’ Choice) American Plains Artists Annual Show	1987
Best In Show Watercolor Horizons Annual Show	1987
Arrowhead Award (Trustees’ Choice) American Plains Artists Annual Show	1988
Excellence in Community Service Arts Heritage of Odessa Foundation	1989
Golden Spur Award (Artists’ Choice) American Plains Artists Annual Show	1990**
Jefferson Davis Medal (Awarded for preserving southern History through paintings) United Daughters of the Confederacy	1991

And others
**As president, he did not enter competition for awards.

ART WORK IN PUBLICATIONS:

Magazines: America’s Civil War; Blackpowder Annual; Art of the West; Virginian; Wild West; Veterans View; Confederate Veteran; Southwest Art and Art of the West.

Magazine Covers: Confederate Veteran; Civil War Magazine; Veterans View; American Hereford Journal; Texas Hereford Magazine; America’s Civil War; Wild West; Heritage.

Book Covers:

Oklahoma University Press: The Buffalo Soldiers by Leckie; The Most Promising Young Man by Pierce; Battles and Skirmishes of the Great Sioux War by Greene.

University of Nebraska Press: John Bell Hood by McMurry; Victory Rode the Rails by Gallagher; The Seven Days, The Emergence of Lee by Dowdey.

PRIVILEDGED TO HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED BY:

Alton’s Gallery, Odessa, TX
Texas Trails Gallery, San Antonio, TX
E. S. Lawrence Gallery, Taos, NM and Aspen, CO
Buffalo Trail Fine Art Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wy
Farnsworth Military Impressions, Gettysburg, PA
Slavin’s Gallery, Jacksonville, NC
Sims Gallery, Columbia, TN
Cranston Fine Arts, Helensburg, Scotland
V6 Gallery, Marathon, TX
Miller Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
Top of the Line Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX

SHOW AFFILIATIONS:

Oil Painters of America beginning in 1992
American Plains Artists beginning in 1985
Mountain Oyster Club Annual Show beginning 1997
Civil War Society Invitational Show, Washington, DC in 1994
Nita Steward Haley Memorial Library and Museum, Midland, TX in 1999
Two Man Exhibition with sculptor, Jammey Huggins of Seminole, TX
and others

PARTICIPANT IN WAR BETWEEN THE STATES REENACTMENTS: Gettysburg Manassas Sharpsburg Wilderness Spotsylvania Yellow Tavern Chickamauga Franklin

PARTICIPATION IN SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS:

Offices served:

West Texas Brigade Commander
Third Lt. Commander, Texas Division
Second Lt. Commander, Texas Division
Lt. Commander, Army of the Trans Mississippi
(Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, California)

Committee member:

National Headquarters’ Long Range Planning
National Education
National Membership

Awards & Honors:

Texas Division Honor Award, 1990 thru 1997
Texas Division Confederate of the Year, 1992
Distinguished Service Medal, National
Meritorious Service Medal, National
Sponsor Member, Confederate Research Center, Hillsboro, TX
Jefferson Davis Medal
Korean Service Medal
Mjr. K.M. Van Zant Medal
Honorary Chairman, Confederate Ball, Houston, 1994

LIMITED EDITION PRINTS:

for information contact:

Fritzi Heron
P.O. Box 14607
Odessa, TX 79762
432-550-4162
heronartconnection@sbcglobal.net

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FRITZI HERON  APA

Odessa American/Phil Zoeller

As a native West Texan, Fritzi Heron strives to record the humor and sensitivity of residents of the Southwest. Since beginning her art career as an art teacher three decades ago, she has enjoyed expanding her skills and experience while assisting others in discovering their creative powers. Recently due to the encouragement of family, friends and peers, Fritzi has begun to pursue a new facet in her career by opening Heron Art Connection. She hopes to provide assistance to other artists in publicizing their work and to customers by connecting them with artists. She is also focusing on producing her own art work, while presenting workshops, providing demonstrations and doing commissioned pieces.

EDUCATION

BA-History with secondary teaching certification in Art and History, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, 1976
Odessa College, Odessa, Texas, Fall 1972 to Spring 1974

Additional studies

Art, Computer Technology and Pedagogical Studies
University of Texas of the Permian Basin, Odessa, Texas, 1978-1989

Multi-cultural Arts Studies,
College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico,1991

Art seminars and demonstrations,
National Academy of Western Art Seminars, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1987-1993

The Art of the Portrait Conference 2006,
demonstrations and seminars by the Portrait Society of America, Dallas, TX

Workshops in various media with Naomi Brotherton, Marvin Stevenson, Arleta Pech Tom Knapp, Michael McCullough, Bill Lockhart, Kay Smith and Ken Hosmer

EMPLOYMENT

Teacher, Ector County Independent School District, Permian High School,
Odessa, Texas, August 1977 to May 2000

Freelance Artist and Photographer from 1972 to present

Teacher and coordinator, Summer Exploration of Arts for Students,
Ellen Noel Art Museum, Odessa, Texas, Summer 1988

Teacher, Art, Continuing Education, Midland College, Midland, Texas, early 1980s

MEMBERSHIPS

ART RELATED

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

HONORS FOR WORK AS A TEACHER

HONORS AS A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST

32nd Annual Exhibition of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Arvada, CO (accepted)
APA 22nd Annual Juried Exhibit 2006, Great Plains Art Museum, Lincoln, NE
Red River Valley Museum National Juried Fine Art Competition 2006
West Texas Watercolor Society 2006 Spring Show
Odessa Art Association Permian Basin Art Exhibition in 2005 and 2006
Midland Arts Association 2006 National Spring Juried Art Exhibition
Watercolor Horizons Annual Show, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1987
Best in Show, Watercolor Horizons Annual Show, 1993
First Place in Watercolor, Andrews Art Guild Show, 1989
Golden Spur Award (Artist’s Choice), American Plains Artists Annual Show, 1988
Awarded Signature Membership in American Plains Artists, 1988
Arrowhead Award (Trustee’s Choice), American Plains Artists Annual Show, 1987
Andrews Art Guild Annual Show, 1987,2006, 2007
Watercolor West Society Annual Show, 1986

ART WORK EXHIBITED

SERVED AS A JUDGE FOR

COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PUBLICATIONS

FEATURED IN ODESSA AMERICAN

COLLECTIONS

Contact
heronartconnection@sbcglobal.net
432-550-4162
or
P.O. Box 14607, Odessa, TX 79768