Posted 5 years ago
TreasureTex
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I picked up a couple of beautiful original paintings today at the local thrift store (BINGO!). The bird painting is signed by C.J. Latta who I just found out is a Fredricksburg Texas artist. They were so perfect looking that I had to look closely to make sure they were not prints. The last photo is of an older round painting that got ruined on the way home because they packed them in the same bag without wrapping the pictures! It makes me sick when people mishandle art and now I feel guilty for letting it happen. The round painting is on a thick paper product and it's gouged now.
This is what I found out about the artist "Latta"-
C. J. Latta was born and raised in Fredericksburg, Texas a member of a 5th generation German ranching family.
After earning a Master of Arts Degree, she spent many years working as a professional illustrator and artist, including thirteen years as an award-winning medical illustrator and animator for Dr. Denton Cooley at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston. Her varied background in art has combined the observation and attention to detail of the illustrator with the painterly softness of the fine artist.
Today C. J. lives on the land where her grandfather introduced her to the beauty of nature and wild Texas. In her studio on Landrum Creek, she continues to paint the wildlife and western scenes of the Texas she loves. Her paintings, based on real scenes and situations she observes, frequently tell a story, capture a humorous moment, or record a split second of splendor, making her popular with collectors and a frequent recipient of the “peoples choice” award, among others at shows. She busies herself with a large volume of commission work, and presently shows at Fredericksburg Art Gallery and other fine galleries in Texas. She has been a Federal Duck Stamp finalist and a nominee for Texas State Artist of the Year.
