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Sam Caldwell received honors as
Texas State Artist for 2004
and was featured in Texas Magazine as well as other venues, including the Kingwood Observer, CCA's Tide Magazine and Currents.
 
Victory congrats from nationally-renowned sculptor James Surls go to Sam Caldwell, selected by the Texas House of Representatives as Texas State Artist of the Year for 2004. Caldwell was named the Texas Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Artist for 2003.
Hanging with the Guv: The man in the hat behind Caldwell is the Texas State Musician for 2004, Ray Benson of the Grammy-award winning group, Asleep at the Wheel.
Two commemorative prints have been issued by Wildlife Graphics in honor of Caldwell's award:
Dawn Patrol, and Chicken Champ tonight, or Rooster Soup Mañana.
 
Another important honor for Caldwell:
Texas Ducks Unlimited Artist for 2006 - 2007.
A brand new print is coming up, sponsored by DU.
The painting is “Changing of the Guard.”
Prints will be available from Ducks Unlimited.
The Informal Portrait
 
For a tour of a few Caldwell informal portraits, click on Bing Crosby's Pipe
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Just discovered by Texas artist: World's finest Celtic Foods.
Great for riverside meals, or full-course dinners. The new all-American Haggis, with Irish & Scottish stews and high-spirited Whisky cakes. Click on the yellow hat to visit Caledonian Kitchen wares. |
A few paintings now available
Click on the surf fisherman to drop by the Caldwell Art Warehouse
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Recent events and exhibits
Cystic Fibrosis: Cast for the Cure, Rockport, Texas / August 16 - 18
This is the study for "Edge Of The Surf"
Texas Parks & Wildlife Foundation Banquet
Bastrop, Texas / Lost Pines Resort / Oct. 5
The event and Caldwell painting honors Perry R. Bass.
Chronicle Survivor's Art Exhibit, June 18 - July 6
To visit the event, click on Van Hetherly's nose
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Ah, the Surf. Warm, colorful, full of life and action.
Fish Hawks
Surf Runners
Study for Surf Bit Specs
Surf Imagination
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Scotland Images
March 24 to April 8, 2006
Painting, photographing and fishing,
whilst driving on the wrong side of the road.
Edinburgh to the Highlands,
the River Dee to Aberdeen.
Click on the images for a tour of photos and paintings: The Bruce assemblage honoring King Robert The Bruce in 2006. A few art studies. A link to Rebel King, three books about King Robert.
Above is a recent Caldwell painting (actually, 4 studies in one) featuring the River Dee.
Click on the other paintings below for a tour of various areas of Scotland; The King Robert The Bruce Assemblage in 2006, Art of Scotland by Caldwell, more Bruce stuff, and some literary works of interest.
   
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I'm pleased to announce that my studio pard,
James Surls, has been named Texas State
Artist, Sculpture,for 2006.
Two Texas State Artists in the same Splendora, Texas studio.
Sam Caldwell, Texas State Artist, Painting, 2004, and
James Surls, Texas State Artist, Sculpture, 2006.
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Double honors
for Caldwell's "One Helluva Buck"
and his Texas Sporting Journal story:
"Best Outdoor Painting of 2004"
and
"Best Outdoor Fiction"
—Texas Outdoor Writers Association
"One Helluva Buck"
Caldwell enjoys a celebratory glass of Keystone wine
after completion of this transparent oil, a South Texas scene from the
Texas Sporting Journal feature story, "One Helluva Buck."
Caldwell's story and this painting took both top honors
at the recent TOWA annual meeting in Corpus Christi.
A Gclee of One Helluva Buck is available for $350.
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