Carole Sikes
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | artist turned writer |
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | _____________________________ My artist career started when I was the first woman to earn a Master's Degree in painting and printmaking from the art department at the University of Texas. My papers are in the "Archives of Women of the Southwest", a collection at the DeGolyer Library at (S.M.U.) Southern Methodist University in Dallas. I'm now retired and writing is my creative endeavor: HUDSON BEND AND THE BIRTH OF LAKE TRAVIS, FAIRY TALES ARE REAL, Westminster's WRITERS JOURNAL and their newsletter THE BANNER ________________________________ Over the years, there has been teaching, motherhood, volunteer activities both civic and faith based, travels and my share of wonderful foolishness. My husband Charles and I were primarily plein air painters, meaning we liked to paint the landscape on location. I also painted the figure and still life._____________________________ Our studio is at Lake Travis near Austin. I love the central Texas landscape and enjoyed painting New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, and Maine. |
| Interests | Family, Writing, Painting, Drawing, Aqua Aerobics, Episcopal Church, Travel, Lunch with friends. |
| Favorite movies | I love movies. There are too many to mention. |
| Favorite music | Bach, Vivalde, and all of Cole Porter |
| Favorite books | Death Comes to the Arch Bishop (and all of Willa Cather's), Mystery Stories, Biographies of Artists and anything about Texas. |