Calvin Carter

OIL | WATERCOLOR | GOUACHE
 
Born in Hempstead TX., Malcolm Calvin Carter has fond memories of spending time in the field with his father and grandfather as well as drawing and competing for the funniest or best drawing with his father, uncle, and grandfather.  Winning his first national art contest by the age of seventeen, his work was discovered at a local fair by art patron Gib DeLisle, along with gallery owner Butch Kissman.  They helped the teenager into a prominent college art program.
   Calvin pursued his career under Professor Jerry Newman at Lamar University (LU) and received his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art.  For several years he continued figurative painting before returning to his first childhood love of nature and wildlife art.  
  An avid outdoorsman, his artworks have earned numerous Texas Wildlife Stamp prints, Texas Upland Game Bird Stamp, and placings in the Federal Duck Stamp Contests.   His sporting art has recently been featured in several gallery exhibitions and catalogs in Nashville TN, as well as Alabama, and Texas. 
   In 2015, a mutual friend introduced Calvin to two historians who specialize in early to mid 1800’s history and preservation of Native American cultures. Through them, he has discovered a passion for honoring Native Americans and their history by creating art with period-correct tools, clothing, and details.  Calvin was blessed to befriend Minoma Littlehawk and Daniel Long Soldiers, who taught Carter about their ancestral history, and important aspects that they are both passionate about and want to preserve for future generations.   
  Calvin and his family live in Bridge City, Texas.   He enjoys being a High School art teacher, spending time with his wife and six children, researching, outdoor photography, and playing guitar.  His mission is to promote continuing art education, wildlife conservation for future generations, and with extensive research, preserve Native American history through his artwork.
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EXHIBITS
• 2025 - 2020, Bosque Classic national juried art show, Clifton TX.   Sept 2025 selected featured artist for Bosque Classic nat'l ad campaign in Western Art Collector magazine.
• June 2025, Featured on cover: Texas Outdoors Journal magazine.
• 2025 TX Invitational juried show, Pearce Museum, Corsicana TX.
• 2025 - 2024 Oil Painters of America (OPA) juried Western Regional exhibition @  Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ.   2025 selected featured artist OPA/Phippen Museum Grand Opening ads, & published in exhibition catalog.
• Current-2021: Featured gallery artist, exhibition catalogs @ Sportsmans Galleries in Nashville TN & Charleston SC.
• Exhibited in Art Galleries / Museums in: TN, SC, ALA, AZ, & TX.
• Permanent collection, Pearce Museum, Corsicana TX
• Art Renewal Center (ARC) Salon Finalist 
• Numerous TPWD Wildlife Stamps + limited edition print series
• 2014-13 Federal Duck Stamp Contest Awards, 
• American Plains Artists (APA) national juried art show.
• 2014 Texas Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year.
MAGAZINES: Southwest Art Magazine, Art of the West, Texas Outdoors Journal (over 30+ covers), & Western Art Collector.
MEMBER 
Oil Painters of America (OPA), Watercolor Art Society, & International Guild of Realism
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