William C. Houston
1005 W. Old A.J. Highway New Market, TN 37820 Studio: 865.475.3286 WilliamCHouston@hotmail.com Homepage Portfolio Brief Biography Professional Activities/ Exhibitions/ Awards
	Education: Bachelor's Degree, Carson-Newman College, 1973 Master's Degree, University of South Carolina, 1974 Awards: Kappa Pi Excellence Award Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award Outstanding Graduate in Art at Carson-Newman College in 1973 Watercolor USA Award of Merit (two years) and Patron Purchase Award Dogwood Arts Festival, Best in Show (three years) and Patron Purchase Award Tennessee Watercolor Society Rechenbach Award Watercolor USA Honor Society with Patron Purchase Award Numerous other regional and national awards Professional Activities and Exhibitions: William C. Houston: Landscapes/A Retrospective 1977-2006 Bowie Arts Center, Erskine College, Due West, SC Three Watercolor USA Exhibitions Watercolor USA Honor Society Tennessee State Museum, "Tennessee Landscape and Genre Painting 1801-1985" (One of only six living artists whose work was exhibited) Watercolor USA 1985 Patron Purchase, "Tennessee Landscape #117" by the Dunnegan Gallery of Art. Bolivar, Missouri. Permanent Collection Watercolor, "Tennessee Landscape #206" included in the Tennessee State Museum's permanent collection, 1999. Works included in the following collections: University of Tennessee First American Bank Tennessee Valley Authority IBM Kemper Financial Services Hollister Medical Group Arthur Anderson Liberty Records Dunnegan Gallery of American Art Roy Acuff United Telecom American Automobile Manufacturers Association Equicor Club International Knoxville Children's Hospital Pilot Oil Company Aztex Oil Company Northern Telecom Commerce Bank of Springfield, MO. J.C. Bradford & Co. Harlan Printing Opryland Hotel Magnolia Studio Numerous other corporate and private collections Articles & Publications “Homegrown artist” by Steve Marion, Standard Banner, Community 2001