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Carol Biering Hendrix, a Las Vegas, Nevada resident, was born and raised in Texas where she developed a deep interest in horses and art. After graduating from Texas Tech University with a Bachelor’s degree in Education/Art, she began specializing in commissioned oil portraits of horses, other animals, florals and landscapes. She has been involved in various art activities since that time, and her work has been included in many private collections, galleries and shows throughout the Southwest. Carol has, also, become a distinguished photographer, as well as, utilizing her photographic skills for client advertisement purposes, commissioned photo portraits, as an aid in developing her paintings and as an art form.

Carol’s work has appeared in Western Horseman as a featured artist, the Paint Horse Journal, Texas Agriculture Magazine, The Corner Post and as featured artist in Valley Horse News.

She has exhibited throughout the Southwest with the Lubbock Art Association, Texas Fine Art Association, the Las Vegas Art Museum, Clark County Library District as a featured artist, the Ruidoso Super Sale and the Double T Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Other galleries include Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, Texas, Remington Park Gallery in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and a portrait owned by Wayne Newton. Her work has been juried into many shows including the American Academy of Equine Art.

She is a member of the Equine Art Guild, Canine Art Guild, the International Equine Art Association, Las Vegas Art Museum, Women Artists of the West (WAOW Assoc.), the American Academy of Equine Art (AAEA Assoc.) and the American Academy of Women Artists (Artist Member) and the National Society of Artists.

You can contact Carol at chendrixart@yahoo.com or view more of her artwork at carolbhendrix.blogspot.com.

Awards Received

The Corner Post - Front cover photograph - October 1996,
The Corner Post - Agriculture magazine - featured artist-August 1996
Western Horseman-Featured artist-June 1996
Paint Horse Journal-Featured painting-April 1990
Texas Agriculture-Farm Bureau magazine-1st front cover, photography,
Paint Horse Official Calendar-2 photos-1988 and 1989,
Las Vegas Art Museum 42nd Annual Fall Roundup-Louis B. Rowe Memorial Award-judged-1995,
Las Vegas Art Museum-Floral show, juried-1995, Lubbock Art Association-Membership Show Classic-Best of Show-1990.
Photo-purchase award, Wayne Newton portrait “The Mares of Aramus Arabians”-2002,
Western States Horse Exposition-2002 & 2003-California-juried in,
American Academy of Equine Art (AAEA) 2002, 2003 & 2005 Fall Shows-juried in
Lubbock Downs & Lubbock National Bank-Texas-One woman shows,
Region 20 Texas Fine Arts Association exhibit,
Crosbyton Art Show-1st and purchase award
Clark County Library District-invitation one-woman show-Las Vegas-2001,
Ruidoso Super Select Sale-1984 to 1988-horse and art sale-New Mexico,
Hadley House-Print publisher-Special Markets Division-2 images-1997,
City of Las Vegas Senior Show-Juried, judged, cash award-Best of Show-2003,
Women Artist of the West -3 paintings accepted, juried-2003, 2005,2006,
Equine Art Guild Show-judged, juried-Honorable Mention-2002,
Draft Horse Classic-California-Honorable Mention-juried-2004,
Equine Art Classic-Lexington, KY-juried-2005,
Helldorado Western Art Show-Las Vegas, NV-Best of Show-2005,
“Celebrating Life” Show-City of Las Vegas-juried-2005,
Helldorado Western Art Show-Las Vegas, NV-Best of Show-2006

Organizations

Lubbock Art Association, Texas Fine Arts Association, Sam Houston Race Park Gallery-TX, Remington Park Gallery, Women Artists of the West (associate), American Academy of Women Artists (Artist member), Henderson Art Association, American Academy of Equine Artists (associate), Canine Art Guild-Internet, Lubbock Downs Gallery-TX, Hometown Art Gallery-Internet art gallery, Randall’s Art and Framing-Las Vegas, Las Vegas Art Museum-Las Vegas, NV, International Equine Artists Association, Excalibur Casino Sports Book, Equine Art Guild-Internet, Contemporary Arts Collective (CAC), Double T Gallery-Santa Fe, NM, National Society of Artists.