Artist Statement
My subject matter is nature, everyday objects and people. I deeply desire to inspire others to notice and love the things around them, and I use gouache, acrylic and oil paint to showcase beauty in the everyday things I love.
Instead of focusing on one subject or one color palette, I allow myself to explore, grow and surprise myself. It doesn’t make for the most complete or cohesive body of work, but I’m not dependent on commercial success. For me, art is a place of rest, and that’s what keeps me coming back to the studio.
ARTIST
b, 1987
I’m Callie, and I’m a self taught artist from Southeast Texas. I’m the Marketing Director at Visit Port Arthur, and I paint out of my home studio in Groves, Texas. My work ranges from colorful quick washes in my sketchbook to realistic oil paintings on canvas.
Connect with me: cmsummer87@yahoo.com
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Day Job
Callie Summerlin has been the Marketing Director at Visit Port Arthur since December of 2011. She has Texas Destination Marketer from the Texas Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus and Certified Tourism Executive from the Texas Travel Alliance. As the Marketing Director, she is in charge of the strategic direction, management and oversight of the website and marketing efforts for the destination including: Advertising, Brand Strategy and Management, Brand Public Relations, Digital Communications and Engagement, Marketing Campaigns, Research, Sports Sales and Marketing and Management of Agency Partners.
email: callie@portarthurtexas.com
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Education
Callie graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lamar University in 2009 with a bachelors degree in English Literature and Spanish. She was an Honors Program graduate (now Reaud Honors College), Ronald E. McNair Scholar and studied abroad on full scholarship in Salamanca, Spain in 2008.
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Community
Callie is a past president of the Rotary Club of Port Arthur (2018-2019) and topped off her presidential year on a Rotary Global Grant International Project in Antigua, Guatemala. She has been a Rotarian since 2012.
Callie is a member and board member of the Groves Community Seventh-day Adventist Church. She recently transitioned from her role as Sabbath School Superintendent to Personal Ministries and Community Service Director and Director of Stewardship. She was in Cuba on a Quiet Hour Ministries Mission Trip in March of 2020 when Covid-19 first arose in the US.
She is a new board member with the Symphony of Southeast Texas.
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