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	Helen Bailey
WAOW (Women Artists of the West) Associate Member
CPSA (Colored Pencil Society of America)
www.helenbaileyart.com
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I have always been passionate about two things in my life, one is drawing and the other is horses. I won a scholarship in my senior year in high school to attend Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. That gave me a good foundation in the field of art but not in the realism I wanted to depict. Marriage and family consumed most of my time when my children were young but I dabbled in art once in a while. In 2004 I was finally able to buy my first horse, a Quarter Horse mare named Nifty who has been the subject of my drawings as well as my faithful trail-riding companion. When I found a talented teacher of colored pencil, it opened a whole new world of art to me. I studied with Linda Lucas Hardy for 5-1/2 years. Finding the surface that I love, suede matboard, also made a difference. These tools are what I work with now and my main focus is horses. I have entered local competitions around the Metroplex for the last three years and have won prizes in McKinney, Irving, Grand Prairie, the State Fair of Texas, Keller and Richardson, TX art shows. Imaging on the Square in McKinney, TX is one of the galleries that shows my originals and prints. Blue House Gallery Too, in Allen TX is another gallery with which I am affiliated. I am a member of CPSA (Colored Pencil Society of America) and an Associate Member of WAOW (Women Artists of the West). I was recently accepted into AAEA (American Academy of Equine Artists) and am currently in their Fall Show at the Kentucky Horse Park. This is in connection with the FEI World Equestrian Games which are being held in the United States for the first time.
	Awards 2010:
40th National Juried Exhibition WAOWing the Golden State June, Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation Award (The Swimming Lesson) Richardson Civic Art Society 44th Regional Juried Art Exhibition May, Third Place, Graphics Division (Watching The Rain) Irving Art Association Juried Members Show, May, President's Award (Looking Out For Me) and a Merit Award (Hello World) 46th Annual Art Show of McKinney, April, 2010, First Place, Graphics (Chesapeake) Second Place, Graphics (Peruvian Stallion)
	Awards 2009
Blue Ribbon State Fair of Texas Animal Category (Chesapeake) Grand Prairie Art Exhibit First Place, Pastel (Nifty's Look)