Sonya Terpening (b. 1953), "Texas Homestead", oil

Sonya Tepening (b. 1953), "Texas Homestead", oil on linen, 30 x 40", frame: 41 x 51"

Sonya has been a participant in the Prix de West western art show for the past 12 years. This national invitational show is held at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. She has been a participant in the Masters of the American West invitational western art show at the Autry Center in Los Angeles, California for the past 8 years. In 2004 her work was exhibited by invitation at the Museum of Western Art in Kerrville, Texas, making her one of the first women to show at the museum. She was subsequently invited to three other major shows there. Two of her paintings are part of the permanent collection of the Pearce Western Art Museum at Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas. One of her paintings is now part of the permanent collection of the Gilcrease Museum, purchased during the Rendezvous Show (April to June 2006) where she was the featured artist in April 2006. In February of 2008, she was awarded the Autry National Center Award for Watercolor at the Masters of the American West Exhibition and sale. For 20 years Sonya worked primarily in watercolor, taking up painting in oil as well about 7 years ago. She now produces her art in both mediums saying, "the subject often tells me which medium to chose." Dimensions: