Calvin Carter

February 2025 Featured Artist
OPENS FIRST FRIDAY FEB 7th

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 also 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, he has created numerous Texas Wildlife Stamp prints, Texas Upland Game Bird Stamp, and earned placings in the Federal Duck Stamp Contest.   His sporting art has recently been featured in several exhibitions and catalogs in Nashville TN, as well as exhibits in Alabama, and Texas. 
   In 2015, a mutual friend introduced Calvin to two historians that specialize in the 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 the 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, preserving history through his artwork.
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Art Renewal Center (ARC) Salon Finalist 
Numerous TPWD Wildlife Stamps + limited edition print series
2013-14 Federal Duck Stamp Contest Awards,
American Plains Artists (APA) national juried art show
Bosque Classic national juried art show, Clifton TX.
2014 Texas Ducks Unlimited Artist of the Year
Permanent collection, Pearce Museum, Corsicana TX
2021-current: Featured artist Sportsmans Galleries in Nashville TN, & Charleston SC. Also art galleries in Alabama & Texas.
2024 Oil Painters of America (OPA) juried Western Regional Show, Phippen Museum, Prescott AZ. (Oct 2024 - Jan 5, 2025)
2025 TX Invitational juried show, Pearce Museum, Corsicana TX.
Magazines: Southwest Art Magazine, Art of the West, & Texas Outdoors Journal (over 30+ covers)
Member:  
Oil Painters of America (OPA), Watercolor Art Society, & International Guild of Realism