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Janet Eager Krueger
grew up in San Antonio, Texas where
she and her husband George both went
to school and graduated from Alamo
Heights High School. She has deep
roots in the San Antonio art scene:
her parents, Russ and Betty Eager
were active supporters of the
original Men of Art Guild that
exhibited at the Art Center on
Broadway, collecting works of Cecil
Casebier, Mel Casas, and Alberto
Mijangos. Her mother exhibited her
water colors with the San Antonio
Water Color Society and at the
annual Starving Art Show along the
river. As a girl Janet attended
classes in the old Potting Sheds of
the McNay with teachers Clay
McGaughy, Phil Evett and John Squire
Adams. Janet obtained her BFA in Art
History in 1975 from the University
of Texas at Austin and her MFA in
Painting in 1998 from UTSA.
Her work is rooted in both theme and
palette in South Texas. Her imagery
includes the people and animals of
the Brush Country going about their
business in the droughty forbidding
terrain, the small towns and border
culture.
Her take on the myth
of Texas resonates with love, humor,
and a sense of mission – a
witnessing of a world apart – and an
attempt to reveal the universal
nature of that myth.
Her work is in many
private and corporate collections,
including: the Kronkosky Charitable
Foundation, the AT&T Center, the
University of Texas at San Antonio,
USAA, USAA Life, and Valero Energy
in San Antonio, and the Laredo
National Bank, the Laredo Center for
the Arts and Texas A&M International
University in Laredo. Her work has
been exhibited at the National
Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in
Fort Worth, the Lady Bird Johnson
Wildflower Center in Austin, and
will be exhibited at the King Ranch
in January 2012.
Janet is also a
co-founder and President of the
Board of Directors of the non-profit
organization Hecho en Encinal. This
organization, located in Encinal,
Texas is dedicated to bringing arts
and humanities programming and
projects to rural South Texas.
She and her husband,
rancher, George Krueger have lived
on his family's ranch near Encinal,
Texas since 1979. They have two
grown children who reside in Austin.
She was an Associate
Professor of Art at Texas A&M
International University in Laredo,
Texas from 1998 until her retirement
in May 2008 .
The State Legislature
honored her as Texas State
2-Dimensional Artist for 2008.
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Cascade
Oil on canvas, 60"x72"
Golden Pear
Oil on canvas, 30"x40"
Up on Cerrito Prieto
Oil on canvas 48"x54"
Pond,
Gouache on paper 15"x21"
Tassajillo
Gouache on paper 12"x9"
Corazon
Oil on canvas 60"x84"
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