LHAA Judged Show and Competition – April 26, 2025 Kingwood Community Center, 4102 Rustic Woods Drive, Kingwood, TX 77345
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Artwork Check In: 9:00 am – 10:30 am (show entry fee payment due at art work check in, cash and check only) Judging: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm (Judge and Judge support team only) Artists in Action: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm (live art demonstrations) Public Viewing and Reception: 12:30 pm – 3:30 pm Judge Introduction, Best of Show Award Presented, Judge Critique and Walk Through: 2:00 pm Artwork Pick Up/Show Take Down: 3:30 pm
Show Entries Accepted through midnight: Wednesday, April 23, 2025 All artists MUST pre-register on the LSAG database at lsag.wspub.com, no walk ins
ENTRY FEES (PER ENTRY): (No refunds for entries entered but not received) LHAA members: $10.00 LSAG members: $12.00 School Students: $2.00
Late Entries: N/A, no late entries accepted
Please go to LakeHoustonAreaArtists.com for Online Registration Instructions, Divisions and Categories and Show Rules.
Krystal W. Brown is a fine art oil painter who captures the places, people and moments that matter most. She was born and raised in Northern Wyoming by art appreciating parents who collected fine art and always encouraged her artistic pursuits. She began drawing at an early age and had sold her first portrait at age 15. Krystal is an award winning artist that specializes in fine art oil paintings and commissioned portraits. She works in a variety of mediums including pencil, charcoal, pastel, watercolor, and oil. Krystal has a Bachelor’s Degree in fine art from the University of Montana with an emphasis in painting and has been producing fine art for over 30 years. She has studied with Rob Liberace, Dan Gerhartz, Clayton Beck, Jeffry Hein, Susan Lyon and Scott Burdick. She is continually seeking to grow and improve. Krystal’s work has won People’s Choice awards, Portrait Society of America Merit Awards, and multiple Best in Show awards. Ms. Brown’s work has been Bold Brush Finalist, Raymar Finalist, and a Plein Air Salon Finalist. Her work has been published in Plein Air Magazine and American Art Collector. Krystal’s work can be found in collections all over the country. She is based in the Houston area and is an exhibiting member of the Oil Painters of America, and National Oil and Acrylic Painters. She belongs to the Portrait Society of America, American Women Artists, Cecilia Beaux Forum, Outdoor Painters Society and the Woodlands Art League where she facilitates a life group every week.
“My delight in the environment, model or interior landscape being capturing is felt through the nuances of light and color. I’ve cultivated through a passionate pursuit of working from life a technique that portrays form accurately. You recognize it and take in the commonality of the scene and feel it through your own story. It is a sweet circle shared.”
Library Paint Night
Everyone had a great time creating art together at Kingwood Public Library. We look forward to doing this again!
Creative Challenge Due
Your Creative Challenge pieces are due at the February meeting. The theme is “Findings”. After a winner is chosen we will let you know what the next challenge will be.
Library Art Changeout – February 21
We will be changing out the artwork on display on the upstairs wall at Kingwood Public Library on Friday, February 21 at 11:00 a.m. If you have art there, come prepared to bring it home with you and/or replace it with other pieces. If you are a paid member who has helped us with anything in the past (helping hang the art counts), feel free to bring some of your work to share with the public. It should be ready to hang, with picture wire.
Spring 2025 Art Show and Competition
Our Spring Art Show and Competition will be at Kingwood Community Center on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Watch this space for further details as they become available.
We hope that all of you had a great Holiday season, and that you are rested and ready to tackle the New Year! We have a lot of information for you in this newsletter, so be sure to stick with us until the end!
Our January General Meeting Will be on Tuesday, January 21, 20 Meeting Place: Homewood Suites 23320 Hwy 59N Kingwood, TX 77339 6:30 – 8:30 pm Meet & Greet
We have several activities for our first 2025 meeting. There will be light snacks and a Valentine Make & Take station. If you have any favorite art books you would like to share with us, please bring them in. And in case you are already into spring cleaning, feel free to bring any extra art supplies you would like to offer to others. Plus, let us see any art pieces you are currently working on or just finished for Show and Tell!
But we aren’t just interested in your art materials. We want to hear your ideas, your questions, or any special art tips you have picked up since last we met. There will be a special Ask It basket at the meeting. There is also a survey that you can fill out and leave with us in the box. We would be happy to listen to what you have to say, to answer your questions, and to talk about our future plans for the group.
Reminder – Creative Challenge Our current theme is “Findings”. Your entries will be accepted at the February General Meeting.
Upcoming Events
Tuesday, February 4 – Art in the Garden at Mercer Arboretum. Greg Livingston will talk about scratchboard planning and execution. Visitor’s Center, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, February 10 – Studio Time at Kingwood Public Library. We will talk about this at the meeting. Bring your projects to work on, receive feedback/critique, explore others’ media. This is your opportunity to come and make art together at the library, from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m in the 1st floor Meeting Room.
Tuesday, February 18 – General Meeting. Demo Artist Krystal Brown – Oils
Friday, February 21 – Kingwood Library Art Changeout, 11:00 a.m., upstairs
Tuesday, March 18, General Meeting. Demo Artist Linda Hamilton – Paint Pour
Wednesday, March 26, Studio Time at Kingwood Library, Lower Meeting Room, from 6 – 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, April 1, Art in the Garden at Mercer Arboretum. From 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Artist guest TBA
Tuesday, April 15, General Meeting
Saturday, April 26, Spring 2025 Art Show and Competition, Kingwood Community Center
Tuesday, May 20, General Meeting
Membership Fees Due After our January meeting we will be deleting from our mailing list anyone who has not yet paid dues for this season. Your dues help to pay for our meeting place, demo artists, show judges, and, most importantly, our student scholarship. Be sure to check on whether you still need to pay. The good news is that, for this second half of the season, dues will be discounted by half!
We had our Fall 2024 Show and Competition on October 26, 2024. Listed below is the Best of Show recipient and the qualifying ribbon winners.
Congratulations to you all! Also a big thanks to all who came to and participated in the show. Hopefully a good time was had by all and everyone learned and benefited from the critique and walk through with the judge.
We look forward to all of our members participating in the spring judged show and gallery show scheduled on April 26, 2025!
Best Of Show “Sluggish Encounter” Peggy Steup
Professional, Oil/Acrylic First: Her Turn in the Limelight, Peggy Steup Second: Let the Cabaret Begin, Peggy Steup Third: Nice Tattoo!, Peggy Steup First Honorable Mention: French Vineyard, Peggy Steup
Professional, Pastels First: Banana Bench, Joel Salmons Second: Fall Day at Turtle Point on the Guadalupe River, Joel Salmons Third: Water Lilies Lions Park, Joel Salmons
Professional, Mixed Media First: Primary Sweeps, Gregory Livingston Second: Flora, Sheila Stoll Third: Tempo 65, Sheila Stoll First Honorable Mention: Sublime Resonance, Linda Hamilton
Professional, Studio Fine Craft First: Spirit of Abundance, Linda Hamilton Second: Date Night, Sheila Stoll Third: Hip to be Square, Sheila Stoll First Honorable Mention: The Watcher, Linda Hamilton
Semi-Professional, Oil/Acrylic First: Purple Haze, Carol Showalter
Semi-Professional, Mixed Media First: Flower Power, Carol Showalter
Non-Professional, Oil/Acrylic First: Mountain Scene, David Kent Second: Egret, Cathy Soberon Third: Order of the Elk, Selena Kindig First Honorable Mention: Eggplant, Cathy Soberon
Non-Professional, Drawing First: Somebody’s Mother, Jennifer Cooper
Non-Professional, Mixed Media First: Carlo, Gonzales
Non-Professional, Digital Art First: Pink, Rebecca Hall Second: Stripes, Rebecca Hall
Non-Professional, Studio Fine Craft First: Heavenly Places, Linda Ezzell Second: Fire and Ice, Linda Ezzell Third: Still Water, Linda Ezzell
Middle School Student, Oil/Acrylic First: Fields of Blue, Helen Stoll Second: Miss Lavender, Helen Stoll Third: Anonymous Figure, Emma Rodriguez First Honorable Mention: Alien Nights, Emma Rodriguez
Grade School Student, Oil/Acrylic First: One Fine Day, Charlie Haynes Second: A Sunny Day, Elizabeth Haynes Third: Pink Petals, Elizabeth Haynes
Grade School Student, Drawing First: A Magical Pony Ride, Elizabeth Haynes
Grade School Student, Mixed Media First: Space Cowboy, Charlie Haynes
On December 9, 2024, our group held its annual Scholarship Luncheon, now known as the Linda C. Dumas Scholarship. This year’s recipient was Victoria Munguia from Lone Star College. Victoria is a very promising young artist who shared with us a few of her excellent and powerful pieces. A very good time was had by all, and we wish our art scholar a long and successful art career!
Welcome to Lake Houston Area Artists, formerly known as Kingwood Art Society.
The Mission of the Lake Houston Area Artists is to encourage artistic development of local professional and amateur artists and cultivate an appreciation of the visual arts through education, exhibition and community outreach.
Our group offers art related opportunities for artists and art enthusiasts around the Lake Houston area, including Kingwood, Humble, Atascocita, Huffman, Crosby, Porter, New Caney and others.
Lake Houston Area Artists 