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April 10, 2024
Museum honors hometown artist Susie Short
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The Frontier Times Museum is celebrating a special Texas Heroes Hall of Honor this year by inducting nationally known watercolorist, Susie Short, as the lone 2024 inductee into the Hall of Honor. This year’s ceremony will be held on Friday, April 19, in conjunction with the exhibit opening of a retrospective of Susie Short Watercolors spanning 50 years of paintings.
Established in 2009, the Texas Heroes Hall of Honor honors Texans who have exemplified what it means to be a great Texan and to embody the spirit of Texas. Past inductees have included Kinky Friedman, Gary P. Nunn, J. Frank Dobie, Guich Koock, and Leon Coffee.
Susie is a country girl at heart. She grew up in Bandera, Texas and easily refers to Bandera as her hometown. Two of her great-grandfathers were well known pioneers in Bandera - J.W. Short was a rancher and banker at First State Bank and J. Marvin Hunter Sr. was a newspaperman and founder of the Bandera Bulletin and the Frontier Times Museum.
Susie got her education in Bandera public schools. She was active in 4H on judging teams and competed annually in the junior livestock shows. She was the first girl to take vocational-agriculture at Bandera High School. During her high school years, she discovered her love for art and painting. In her junior and senior years of high school, she studied watercolor painting at the Hunter School of Art in San Antonio, with Warren Hunter, son of J. Marvin Hunter and her great-uncle. In her pursuit of a career in art, Susie studied with many top watercolor artists. As her skills and talent grew, she entered and was accepted in local, regional, national, international juried watercolor competitions. Her accomplishments include numerous first and second place awards, a couple of best of show awards, and several honorable mentions.
Following in the footsteps of her Uncle Warren, Susie started sharing her love for watercolor painting with others. Her versatility and energetic dedication to learn and encourage others has made her popular among both art instructors and students. As an enthusiastic teacher, Susie enjoys sharing her passion for watercolor by teaching watercolor classes and workshops throughout the United States. She took advantage of technology, taught online classes, and successfully began making instructional DVDs on painting with watercolor. Her 15 DVD videos are available online along with many free instructional watercolor tutorials.
“I’m thrilled to have Susie as our 2024 Hall of Heroes inductee. When I first arrived at the museum, I found a watercolor of hers of a field of bluebonnets and wildflowers. I made sure I moved the watercolor to hang above my desk so that I could see it every day,” Museum Executive Director Rebecca Norton said. “It’s been an honor to work with Susie on the exhibit. She is a natural curator and her retrospective exhibit of her work will be one of the most important art shows we will have at the museum.”
The event starts at 6:30 p.m., and is free and open to the public. The exhibit will be on view until July 15. The museum is located at 510 13th Street, Bandera, Texas.
For more information on the museum, the event, and the Texas Heroes Hall of Honor, go to www.frontiertimesmuseum.org or call 830-796-3864.
Established in 2009, the Texas Heroes Hall of Honor honors Texans who have exemplified what it means to be a great Texan and to embody the spirit of Texas. Past inductees have included Kinky Friedman, Gary P. Nunn, J. Frank Dobie, Guich Koock, and Leon Coffee.
Susie is a country girl at heart. She grew up in Bandera, Texas and easily refers to Bandera as her hometown. Two of her great-grandfathers were well known pioneers in Bandera - J.W. Short was a rancher and banker at First State Bank and J. Marvin Hunter Sr. was a newspaperman and founder of the Bandera Bulletin and the Frontier Times Museum.
Susie got her education in Bandera public schools. She was active in 4H on judging teams and competed annually in the junior livestock shows. She was the first girl to take vocational-agriculture at Bandera High School. During her high school years, she discovered her love for art and painting. In her junior and senior years of high school, she studied watercolor painting at the Hunter School of Art in San Antonio, with Warren Hunter, son of J. Marvin Hunter and her great-uncle. In her pursuit of a career in art, Susie studied with many top watercolor artists. As her skills and talent grew, she entered and was accepted in local, regional, national, international juried watercolor competitions. Her accomplishments include numerous first and second place awards, a couple of best of show awards, and several honorable mentions.
Following in the footsteps of her Uncle Warren, Susie started sharing her love for watercolor painting with others. Her versatility and energetic dedication to learn and encourage others has made her popular among both art instructors and students. As an enthusiastic teacher, Susie enjoys sharing her passion for watercolor by teaching watercolor classes and workshops throughout the United States. She took advantage of technology, taught online classes, and successfully began making instructional DVDs on painting with watercolor. Her 15 DVD videos are available online along with many free instructional watercolor tutorials.
“I’m thrilled to have Susie as our 2024 Hall of Heroes inductee. When I first arrived at the museum, I found a watercolor of hers of a field of bluebonnets and wildflowers. I made sure I moved the watercolor to hang above my desk so that I could see it every day,” Museum Executive Director Rebecca Norton said. “It’s been an honor to work with Susie on the exhibit. She is a natural curator and her retrospective exhibit of her work will be one of the most important art shows we will have at the museum.”
The event starts at 6:30 p.m., and is free and open to the public. The exhibit will be on view until July 15. The museum is located at 510 13th Street, Bandera, Texas.
For more information on the museum, the event, and the Texas Heroes Hall of Honor, go to www.frontiertimesmuseum.org or call 830-796-3864.