About the Artist
Judy Wilder Dalton
My interest in art goes back to high school days, where I first developed a love of drawling. After I married and moved to Longview, Texas, I began to take painting classes and my hunger for learning continued to grow. My art training developed through many classes, workshops and teachers. Beginning in 1975, I began entering competitions and winning awards and recognition on a national and international level. In the late 80’s I was invited to participate in an art apprenticeship with William a Herring from El Paso, Texas. Under his tutelage I learned to take ownership of my talent and to become comfortable with expressing my own vision of art. Then again in the early 90’s I was privileged to study under Dallas portrait artist, Kay Polk in her atelier program. Kay encouraged me to place an ad in Southern Accents magazine for my pet portraits and I soon I was receiving many requests for commission pet portraits. I always continue to study, train, and explore mediums. Through the years in art, I have developed so many wonderful relationships with artists and collectors. I hope my art reflects how I see life, with great appreciation.
Landscapes have always been a strong interest to me and my present work reveals that love. I would define my style as somewhere between expressionism, characterized by open emotional use of color, line and texture to impressionism, striving to convey the essence of a subject without being literal in interpretation.
I believe there is a strong human response to color and that it reflects and affects our moods. My painting begins with a broad wash of color and rhythms. I establish a strong design structure and color harmony. Each layer reveals more forms and shapes. The use of lines and textures add intrigue and interest to the surface. My intention is to keep the elements universal and invite the viewer to experience it on an emotional level as well as visually. The elements of form, line, color and texture are my focus. I love the delicacy, vigor and beauty in them apart from the subject.
Selected Exhibits and Honors
2022
Bold Brush competition
Fav 15% in November 2022 on Bold Brush Competition
FAV 15% 3 works selected in October 2022 on Bold Brush Competition
FAV 15% in September 2022 on Bold Brush Competition
Fav 15% in August 2022 Bold Brush Competition
Fav 15% in June 2022 Bold Brush Competition
FAV 15% in May 2022 Bold Brush Painting Competition
FAV 15% in April 2022 Bold Brush Painting Competition
FAV 15% in February 2022 Bold Brush Painting Competition
FAV 15% in January 2022 Bold Brush Competition
Group or Solo Exhibitions 2022
517 Gallery
Exhibit October through December
Denison Arts Council
517 Main
Denison, Texas 75020
Rockwall Art League
22nd Annual Art Show and Sale
September 23-September 25, 2022
and will also be featured in a digital online gallery.
An Awards Presentation will be held Sunday, September 25, 2022 from 2:00-4:00pm,
Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club Conference Center at 2600 Champions Dr, Rockwall, TX 75087
Light Exhibition
Zig Zag Galleries, Denison, Texas
July 12, 2022 to August 25, 2022
Reception 4pm to 6 pm August 13, 2022
Sherman Art League Membership Show
Zig Zag Galleries, Denison, Texas
May 25th till June 22nd
2018
Bold Brush Competition
FAV15% in the March 2018 BoldBrush Painting Competition
FAV15% in the February 2018 BoldBrush Painting Competition
Group or Solo Exhibitions
Entwinement A Group Exhibition
April 21st to June 2nd
Winnsboro Center for the Arts Winnsboro, Texas
An Evening of Art Group Exhibition
Mount Pleasant Library
Mount Pleasant, Texas
2017
Group or Solo Exhibitions
Genny Woods Fine Art Show and Sale
Benefiting the Bullard Mission House
Bullard First United Methodist Church
Family Life Center
November 4
Bullard, Texas
Women in the Arts
Group Show
Winnsboro Art Center
September 27 through October 21
Winnsboro, Texas
Abstraction to Impressionism
Solo Exhibit
Franklin County Arts Alliance
Cultural Arts Center
July 14 through August 18
Mount Vernon, Texas
Evening of Art @ The Library
Invitational Show
March 11, 2017
Mount Pleasant Library
Mount Pleasant, Texas, 75455
Juried Shows and Awards
Artists of Texas, Spring Exhibit
"H2O"
Grand Prize Award
March 15 to April 29, 2017
Kucera Gallery, Art Center of Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX 78401
2016
Juried Shows and Awards
Artists of Texas, Fall 2016 Exhibit
"Open Spaces"
Breckenridge Fine Arts Center
Breckenridge, Texas
Juror Mike Beeman, PSA, IAPS-MC
Artists of Texas, 2016 Spring Exhibition,
April 1 thru May 28
Texas 2016, Juror, Timothy C Tyler
Juror Merit Award "My Texas"
DaVinci Gallery, Tomball, Texas
Group or Solo Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition : Abstraction in Landscape
Feb 8 to Feb 25
Northeast Texas Community College
Whatley Center for the Performing Arts
Mount Pleasant, Tx
2015
Juried Shows and Awards
Artists of Texas, 7th Annual Fall Art Show, A Show of heART, November 2, 2015 to December 20, 2015
1st Place Award, Juror of Awards, Natalie Macellaio
Uptown Downtown Art Gallery, 301 N. Jacinto ST., Rockwall, Texas
2015
Artist of Texas, Rural Texas Photography, Top 100 online exhibit
Group or Solo Exhibitions
2013/2014
Featured Artist Exhibit December 1, 2013 through March 28, 2014
Studio C Gallery, 100 N Shoreline, Corpus Christi, Texas
2012
Group or Solo Exhibitions
One Woman Show, Art Outlet, 27510 I-45 North, Oak Ridge North, Texas
2010
Group or Solo Exhibitions
Uncommon Image, Exhibition, Gallery Main Street, 110 West Erwin, Tyler, Texas
Breckenridge Fine Art Center, Emotions in Realism and Expressionism, Judy Wilder Dalton and Maureen Killaby, . Breckenridge, Texas
Juried Shows and Awards
2010
Best of Show Melting Pot :Crossing Cultural Divides, Exhibition Downtown Art Coalition, Gallery Main Street, 110 West Erwin, Tyler Texas
Four Seasons Exhibition, Gallery Main Street, Downtown Tyler Art Coalition,110 W. Erwin, Tyler, Texas
2009
Group or Solo Exhibitions
One Woman Exhibition Titled Abstract Expressionism in Water-media, Whatley Center, Northeast Texas Community College, Mt Pleasant, Texas
2008
45th Annual Membership Exhibition, Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas Texas
2007
Group or Solo Exhibition
Best of Pastel Artist of America
2006
Juried Shows and Awards
43rd Annual Membership Exhibition, Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas, Texas Juror: Catherine Anderson
Wyoming Watercolor Society 21st Annual National Exhibition, Sheridan, Wyoming Juror: William Herring
Mount Pleasant Art Society, Mount Pleasant,Texas Juror: Namoi Brotherton Award: Guaranty Bank Award
Watercolor Art Society Houston, Houston, Texas Juror: Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS DF NWS Award: Honorable Mention
2005
42nd Annual Membership Exhibition, Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas, TX Juror: Don Getz,
AWS San Diego Watercolor Society 25th Annual International Exhibition, San Diego, CA Juror: Betsy Dillard Stroud, AWS DF NWS Award: Silver Brush Ltd. Merchandise Award
Mount Pleasant Art Society, Mount Pleasant, Texas Juror: Cecy Turner, Award: Honorable Mention
Mineola League of the Arts, Mineola, Texas Juror: Bruce Peil
1995
Kathleen's Art Cafe Show, Dallas, Texas, special invitation
PSSW National Open Exhibition, Irving, Texas Juror : Everett Raymond Kinstler, Award: Merit Award Special Award: Kathleen's Art Cafe Show
1994
BCCFA Ninth Annual Art Competition, Bosque County Conservatory of Fine Arts, Clifton, Texas Jurors: Joyce Jones, Bruce Greene, Garland Weeks
1993
Renaissance in Pastel, The Connecticut Pastel Society 1st Annual National Open Exhibition, Wallingford, Connecticut Juror of Selection: Barbara Goodspeed, Lucille Stillman, Dan Gheno, Juror of Awards: Herman Marguiles, Master Pastelist
Art Show at the Dog Show, National Juried Fine Arts Competition Dedicated to Canine Art, Wichita, Kansas Juror: Ms Susan Hallsten McGarry, Editor in Chief of Southwest Art Magazine
East Texas Fine Arts Association Citation Show, Longview Art Museum, Longview, Texas
Richardson Civic Art Society 27th Annual Regional Painting Show, Richardson, Texas Juror: Earline Barnes Award: First Place in Pastel, Second Place in Oil and Acrylic
1992
Art Wyoming '92 National Juried Show, Casper, Wyoming Juror: Stephen Quiller
1991
28th Annual Membership Exhibiton, Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas, Texas Juror: Marbury Hill Brown Merit Award
Knickerbocker 41st National Exhibition, Salmagundi Club NewYork, New York Jurors of Selection: Dean Mitchell AWS, NWS, NSPCA, William F Reese PSA, NAWA, Glenna Goodacre NSS, NAWA
Pastel Society of the Southwest, 11th annual Membership Exhibition, Dallas, Texas Juror: Sally Strand, PSA Award: Southwest Gallery Award
1984
Henderson Art League, Henderson, Texas Award: Second Place
Gregg Art Guild, Longview, Texas Juror: Jim Scot
1982
East Texas Fine Arts Association, Tyler, Texas Juror: Dr. William Be Stephens Award: First Place
1976
Gregg Art Guild, Longview, Texas Juror: Louis Secord Award: Second Place
1975
Gregg Art Guild, Longview, Texas Juror: Reese Kennedy Award:Second Place
