June Dudley’s paintings have a dynamic, life-giving quality attributable to her fresh and vibrant coloration that has become a trademark of her work.  Her viewers are quickly caught up in the mood she has created with her dynamic lighting, her keen sense of color, and her creative spirit.  Her paintings reflect the romance and beauty of nature, which inspires the soul.  She is endlessly searching to show that tie between her subjects and her heart, the poetry of who she is and how she views her world that allows her viewers to connect personally with her paintings.   

June says, “I am a country girl whose life revolves around art. Painting is all I have ever wanted to do for as long as I can remember even though life’s roads sometimes lead me other places.  I grew up on a ranch which my husband & I run today What a great way to grow up, being the daughter of a cowboy and a homemaker. I loved following my dad around our 4,000 acre ranch learning all the ropes from an expert instructor and helping my dad work cattle, build pens and fences, baling hay, clearing land, hunting, fishing, swimming, riding horses and just enjoying the land.  I also enjoyed my mother’s beautiful flowers.  The outdoors was my world, and it instilled in me a deep love of the land, which I am told comes through in my paintings. I was my dad’s tomboy and loved every minute of it.  Our family’s land has been officially recognized by the state of  Texas for having been in our family for over 100 years, and it is still owned and cared for by my family.  The Texas Land Heritage Program has given us a plaque and certificate showing this accomplishment.  This is another reason I love painting landscapes.  They come from my heart.  God gave me the desire, determination, & talent to do something with my life that I truly enjoy.”

Her paintings are also a family affair.  She often uses figures in her landscapes and those figures are family members or very close family friends.  Blessed with three grown children, their spouses, and eight grandchildren she has wonderful models from which to choose.  You can see them all portrayed in her paintings.

Toh-Atin Gallery & Publishers, Bentley House, & New York Graphic Society publish her art.  Hasbro and Bits & Pieces have used her images as puzzles.  She has painted corporate commissions for Ronald McDonald House in Phoenix and  for P&J Brands of Phoenix, a frozen health food company, and the painting is the label on their frozen health food product.  She is a member of Outdoor Painters Society and was featured in Art of the West’s “Artist’s Preview” in 94.   She is listed in Southwest Art’s Art Source, 2001 TRAVEL GUIDE and Art of the West’s Guidebook of Western Artists, 2002-04.  Her paintings have been on the covers of Rocky Mountain Rider and Longhorn Drover magazines.   She was the first recipient of the $5000 John Steven Jones Award from the Bosque Conservatory of Fine Art, the 2005 Best of the West Ariat Landscape Award at the invitational Best of the West Show in Arizona plus many other awards such as the Grumbacher Award and the Gold Award at the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Show.  She received Honorable Mention in 2005 in North Light Book Club’s juried cover competition.  She taught art in public schools, workshops, and private lessons and judged many juried art shows.  She is a lifetime member and judge for the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo joining in 1986 and serving on the School Art’s Judges’ Steering Committee.

Major shows include the American Art Classic in Houston, the Charleston Art Auction and the Renaissance Show in South Carolina, the Mountain Oyster Show in Arizona, The Peppertree Show in California, and Best of the West in Pinetop, Arizona.

June Dudley is represented at Fredericksburg Art Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas as well as in other fine galleries in Texas, Arizona and South Carolina.