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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1980 Page 3 Local Local artist likes to paint nature By SUZIE HEMBY , Battalion Reporter The museum-like room is filled -—-with plants, skulls, shells and paint- j$s. Harlan Shoulders’ latest paint- ig is a butterfly landing on a flower pr a white fence. A self-taught artist, Shoulders feed painting in the Navy about fen years ago with a watercolor i, and has now progressed to acry- cs and air brush work. Shoulders said that he uses acry- 7 VI cs because they dry faster, mix ' ,ell, are water soluble, have no odor nd the colors are more vivid. He H he recently started air brush mrk which gives his paintings a fashion, a ieau tiful background. icouthpeo;|#ji ( . uses nature in most of his 2r their oil iaintings, and enjoys learning about ped by in' lature and teaching it to others, t New Diarj"! am an Eagle Scout and I really , to desiaU t0 teac ^ t ^ ie y° un 8 P e °pl e about emarlf tI« P ire -” he said ' 1 als ° Iove to paint , ' Hngs of nature. I am not the type of nv t jj at 1^5 to p a i n t man-made '‘i Bcts, although I’ve done a few rugh, soonfedings and other subjects, but 1 •om wearinMly love to paint birds, butterflies, irned. Somfls, and other objects of nature,” ly a week ie, said- across mi flhoulders said he chose to come to I s tjH caji® 35 A& ^ University because he 1 ■ interested in landscape architec- ! ' ait', and said it was only offered 11 jert Shoulders has since changed oi my on ^j ors to Horticulture and says that nay becor if thinks Texas A&M is the best iderstand ehool for this major, my label |8houlders said he collects arrow- )t get me ieads, books, shells, plants, butterf- v Mine- * es and sometimes skulls of small animals, which are used for his tudy of nature and for reference in lis artwork. Serving six years in the Navy, he ■yelled to many countries around he world, including: the Philip- rfnes, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Guam, apan, Korea, Singapore, Africa, liwan and other countries in South- st Asia. He said his favorite place is Kuai, Hawaii, which is called the “Garden Isle.” He said that he likes Kuai because of the friendly people, fabulous scenery and great scuba di ving. Shoulders said that his moods affect his drawing, and he is “the world’s moodiest person.” He said, “Sometimes I go on for months with out painting, and then it (an idea) will hit me, and I will lock the door, not answer the phone or leave for a cou ple of days until I have started my next project.” After transferring from Hender son County Junior College in 1979, Shoulders is now classified as a junior at Texas A&M, but said, “I still have about two years of school left before I graduate.” He grew up in East Texas and claims Palestine as his hometown. Palestine is a fairly small town, he said, but it is very beautiful. Shoulders said he has won a few art contests. “I’ve got a drawer full of ribbons,” he said. He won those rib bons from the Anderson County Fair, the Honolulu Fair, and Texas A&M. In 1977, he took “Best Show” at the Anderson County fair for his “Red-Tailed Hawk” and in 1979, he placed in everything he entered. He has shown his art in several shows, but admits that he needs a manager to sell his work. All of his work is thoroughly re searched, he said. “Everything that I do is accurate, I don’t want any incor rect data in my work, and I strive for great detail, too. “My paintings are my way of ex pressing my interpretation of things. If I can bring this feeling out of my heart and have it on paper or some thing for somebody to see, then I feel like I’ve accomplished my mission. When a viewer gets a feeling about a painting that I have done, then I know that I’ve come across with my idea,” he said. Staff photo by Pat O’Malley Harlan Shoulders, a horticulture major from Palestine, paints at his desk. Shoulders prefers to paint scenes from nature, such as “birds, butterflies, trees and other objects of nature. 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