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Thursday • October 3, 1996
Peeping Tom, a rock cover band, is playing at The Tap.
Metropolis, a rock cover band from Abilene, is playing at
the Chelsea Street Pub & Grill.
Another Cinderella
The Anna Meagan illustrator steps into a personal
fairytale by fulfilling her dreams as an artist.
The Fireants, a classic rock and rhythm & blues band
from Brenham, is playing at Fitzwilly’s.
Sneaky Pete, a sing-along and novelty tunes artist, is
playing at the Cow Hop.
Marcus Roberts, a jazz pianist, in his nationwide tour,
“Portraits in Blue,” is performing in Rudder Auditorium at
8 p.m.
MSC Film' Society is showing / Shot Andy Warhol in the
Rudder Theatre Complex at 9:30 p.m.
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Freudian Slip, A&M’s improv troupe, is performing at
the Dixie Theatre.
Crystal Sea, a jazz band, is playing at Sweet Eugene’s
House of Java.
Metropolis, a rock cover band from Abilene, is playing at
the Chelsea Street Pub & Grill.
The Don Overby Band, a classic rock act, is playing at
Fitzwilly’s.
MSC Film Society is showing Eraser in the Rudder The
atre Complex at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, Oct.5
Big Otis, a motown soul artist, is playing at 3rd Floor
Cantina.
Freudian Slip, A&M’s improv troupe, is performing at the
[Dixie Theatre.
Mike Cancellare, an acoustic act, is playing at Sweet Eu
gene’s House of Java
Metropolis, a rock cover band from Abilene, is playing at
the Chelsea Street Pub & Grill.
The Logan Brothers, a cover band, is playing at The Tap.
Throw Away People, a rock band, is playing at the Brazos
Brewing Company.
The Voodudes, a rock band, is playing at Fitzwilly’s.
MSC Film Society is showing Eraser in the Rudder The
atre Complex at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
By April Towery
The Battalion
T ammie Bissett always knew her
heart belonged in Aggieland.
Bissett has been a professional
artist for 15 years, and for the past two-
and-a-half years, she has been creating
Aggie artwork for Texas A&M.
“My parents saw a talent — that I
had the ability to draw,” Bissett said. “I
started taking lessons when I was
eight. My dad is Class of ’71 and was
here at A&M. It’s neat that it all started
here. Now I feel like I’m reliving my
parents’ life.”
Bissett’s studio, Bissett Designs, is in
the upstairs area of her home, which is
also her husband’s study area. The Bis
sett home is adorned with paintings
that share one underlying theme —
Texas A&M.
“I don’t make prints of everything I
do, but I take photos for my portfolio,”
Bissett said. “Because the studio is in
my home, people come in and see the
ones that are most important to me on
my walls.”
Bissett was commissioned by the
A&M College of Veterinary Medicine to
paint a poster of the Southwest Con
ference mascots.
She also drew the Rockwell-esque
“Anticipation,” a painting of a cadet in
front of a full-length mirror that ap
peared in the December issue of The
Texas Aggie magazine, and “Saturday
Night Aggies,” an illustration present
ed to A&M Head Football Coach R.C.
Slocum last Saturday after the Col
orado game.
“My sister’s
picture was on
the cover of the
football pro
gram in 1979,so
I have always
wanted to draw
something for
the football
program,” Bis
sett said.
“Saturday
Night Aggies”
depicts Slocum
and former A&M football standouts
Bucky Richardson, Ray Childress and
Rodney Thomas talking to Bissett’s
three children, Whitney, 9, Ryan, 7,
and Landon, 6.
“My dad is Class of
’71... It's neat that
it all started here.
Now I feel like Pm
reliving my par
ent’s life. ”
Tammie Bissett
Owner of Bissett Designs
“I’d never done a
painting with my chil
dren in it,” Bissett said.
“I wanted to do some
thing with the Athletic
Department with past,
present and future rep
resented.”
Aside from commis
sioned artwork, Bissett
makes Christmas orna
ments for the Brazos
Valley Rehabilitation
Center and creates
western art.
The artist recently
took on a new project
when she illustrated
the Aggie Cinderella
book, Anna Meagan,
by Cindy Boettcher.
She said she plans to
work with Boettcher on
her second book
Whoop, Whoop.
Bissett said illustrat
ing the children’s book
was something she had
dreamed of long before
Boettcher called her.
“I’d always thought
about doing a book be
cause my husband is a
wonderful writer, and I
had talked to him about
putting together a chil
dren’s book,” she said.
She said finding in
spiration to paint is not
a problem once she
gets “on a roll.”
“It usually takes any
where from a week to
two weeks to finish a
piece,” she said.
“Sometimes it’s just magic, then I
work nonstop around the clock. I like
my paintings to have feeling and tell a
story. I’ve accomplished what I want to
do if I can make someone smile.”
Bissett takes her artwork seriously.
She researches and sets up photo
shoots before she begins a painting.
“It’s one thing to be able to draw,
and another to use your imagination
to create,” Bissett said. “It takes time.”
She also said she wants to help oth
ers develop their artistic skills.
“A gracious person is not afraid or
insecure to discuss their talent and
Tammie Bissett sits next to her piece.
Tim Moog, The Battalion
'Saturday Night Aggies."
help others,” she said. “A gracious busi
nessman can give advice to an entre
preneur in the same way a gracious
artist can help out those who are inter
ested in art. I’ve had watercolor artists
older than me ask if I can teach them
my watercolor technique. I’ve never
taken a watercolor class in my life. If I
did, I’d probably mess up my talent.”
Bissett said she wants the public to
know the extent of her gratitude.
“There’s not a better university to
do artwork for,” she said. “A lot of Ag
gies have bought my work, and I ap
preciate them for their support and
encouragement.”
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