George Hallmark at Pitzer's Fine Arts

George Hallmark
Born and raised in north-central Texas, George Hallmark was an architectural designer and commercial artist before turning to easel painting. Voted the official Texas State Artist in 1988, his work can be found in many prestigious private and corporate collections, including those of Texas Instruments, the Medical Heritage Collection, the Texas Capital, MBNA, and the Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Hallmark’s work has been featured in Art of the West, Western Art Collector, Southwest Art, and U.S. Art magazines. George is an annual participant in the Prix de West Exhibition and Sale at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, and the Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles. George also participates in the Eiteljorg Museum’s Quest for the West show in Indianapolis, and the American Masters Show at the Salmagundi Club in New York. Hallmark has been invited to participate in the new West Select Show at the Phoenix Art Museum .

Hallmark has come full circle to his roots, architecture. His love of subject is obvious in the delineation of stucco walls, tile roofs, and long shadows in his unique painterly style. He is currently completing new work from recent trips to Mexico, France, Spain, and Italy.

NOTABLE AWARDS AND ACHIEVMENTS:

2011 Silver Medal Winner for Oil Painting - "The West Select" show, Phoenix Art Museum
2011 Permanent collection - Eiteljorg Museum
2011 Retrospective at Eiteljorg Museum
2011 Featured artist in Miniatures and More Show - Nat’l Wildlife Museum
2010 Featured in the book "Texas Traditions" Contemporary Artists of the Lone Star State
2010 "Artist of Distinction" award - Eiteljorg Museum
2010 Western Art and Architecture Publishers Award - Autry Museum
2009 Commissioned by Booth Western Art Museum - Major Work
2009 Featured artist in Miniatures and More Show - Nat’l Wildlife Museum
2008 Selected member of the Salmagundi Club - New York, N.Y.
2008 “Sombras de Dios” selected Top 10 - Art of The West Magazine
2001 “Viernes” selected by US Art Magazine - Top 50 paintings
1988 Selected by Texas State Legislature as Official Texas State Artist