Artist Spotlight: Allie Graves

Our artist spotlight this week is Allie Graves.

Allie Graves was born in Caddo Gap, AR. She began experimenting with watercolors at a young age. After she married,  her new husband bought her a set of oils. She has loved oils evre since. Allie works in several mediums which include pen & ink, watercolor and pastels, etc.

 

She has entered several art shows and competitions winning purchase awards, ribbons, including Best of Show.

 

All taught private art classes for 26 years. Currently she is president of Ouachita Artist Guild and member and past president of Three Rivers Art Guild. Her work  is on exhibit at the Ouachita Artists Gallery & Studio in Mount Ida, AR.

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May Program Meeting: Jim Johnston

For our monthly program meeting we were fortunate enough to have a real food artist.

Chef Jim Johnston gave a program on FOOD ART at a meeting of Ouachita Artists on Monday, May 20. Johnston and his wife Diane demonstrated how to use fruits and vegetables into an assortment of decorations for special food occasions. He turned squash and eggplant into birds, melons into carvings and fruits into flowers using only a paring knife. After an extensive career as a chef in this country and in Europe, Johnston chose to retire in Montgomery County. He still works, however, and commutes to his job as Food Director at the Atrium Retirement Center on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs.