The Big Painters Group will be showing their work this month on the bridge and in the west wing gallery. Members are Gordon Bina, Bob Douglass, Betty Lemley, Tina Marentette, Judy Ommen, Barry Scott, Glenn Smith, and Jill Strong. Five years ago some of the group participated in a workshop with well-known painter Jerry Seagle, who inspired them to pursue their interest in painting in large formats, whether on canvas, papers, or board. Since that time the group has met monthly to paint together and Mr. Seagle joins them, as they laughingly say, “to spur them on to fame.” This is the first time the Big Painters have done an exhibit together at the library.

Members of the Texas Society of Sculptors (TSOS) have agreed to exhibit pieces of their work at the library on a rotating basis, changing them out every two or three months. This informal agreement gives three-dimensional artists the same opportunity to display their work at the library as the two-dimensional artists have. The library’s second-floor galleries for two-dimensional art have become so popular with local painters and photographers that the areas are booked into 2011.

Currently on exhibit are Ho Baron’s Acrobats (outside the south entrance), Bob Coffee’s Eeyore is Sad (outside the south entrance), Marla Ripperda’s Hey Diddle Diddle series (in the lobby and children’s room), and Gary Yarrington’s Young Dancer (on the second-floor bridge). Click here to see photos of these sculptures.