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Annette Clark
Design Associates
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Annette Clark has a Masters in Art from the University of Nevada Reno with undergraduate degrees in Art and Psychology she has worked as a Teacher, Graphic Designer, and Art Restoration Technician. Annette also attended Lamar University in Beaumont, followed by the University of Miami in Coral Gables Florida. University of Washington in Seattle
The Artist enrolled in the Masters program in the U of Miami Art Education Department and became a teaching assistant under the direction of Ph.D. Mildred Landis, department head.
Annette later joined the Coral Gables/Dade County school district as an art teacher. During that same period, she was painting and showing art at the “Paul Stevens Artist Unlimited Gallery” in Key West, Florida.
She was offered a work/study scholarship at the UNR so she moved to Reno and entered the Masters program University of Nevada at Reno. After spending 2 years teaching Art at Reno High School, the offer of a more exciting job found ………her working for a major Advertising agency in Reno. Annette loved Nevada and became fascinated with the Gaming industry and logically moved her art toward the Gambling and Racing series. She was painting mostly oils and sculpting in wood, Plexiglas and Bronze and did commissions for several casinos in Reno & Las Vegas.
Annette got a call from her father to come to Alaska and join his Construction Company as a sub contractor on the Trans Alaska Pipeline. 60 degrees below zero weather, was an experience that most people find hard to believe but it added a new dimension to the art she produced in Alaska. With the help of the “Artique Gallery” in Anchorage Annette continued to work and show her Sculptor and paintings throughout Alaska, including involvement in the Art Program and shows at the University of Alaska.
Annette moved to Seattle Washington to study Art Therapy in the psychology dept at the U of Washington. This goal was cut short when she bought a farm just outside Seattle and became actively involved with the Thoroughbred Breeding industry. Annette raced and sold her TB horses at Longacres Race Park, where she also displayed her Racing and Gambling art. Her Bronze Equine Sculptures were very popular with the owners and breeders in the Thoroughbred industry.
Some of the notable collectors of Annette’s Racing Art include:
Jim Plemmons of Lexington, Kentucky;
Joe Layman of Washington Owner of Seattle Slew
Knute Qvale of Oregon;
John Franks of Louisiana
Annette moved to Houston in 1991 and is busy at her
Art studio in Kemah, Texas working on a series of
“Gulf Coast Art”
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