JIM STOKER (b. 1935)Born in Nash; resides in San Antonio Painted: Enchanted Rock SNA and Guadalupe River SP EducationPost graduate study, Pennsylvania State University, summer of 1963, 1964, and 1965 (taught a class)MA Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, 1962. Studied with Elmer Schooley.BFA Art, University of Texas at Austin, 1957High School, Atlanta, Texas, 1953 (graduate) Personal and Career HighlightsSince 1957, married to Eloise Yantis Stoker, professor of art at Incarnate Word University in San Antonio. Eloise is, in my opinion, the greatest artist I have ever seen. Her helping me in my work was very important. We have two children, Mark and Teresa.Professor, Trinity University, San Antonio, 1966–1996Grants: National Endowment for the Humanities, $8,000 (1978); Lewis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, $5,000 (1968) Selected ExhibitionsImages of Vanishing Nature, Rice University and Transco Gallery, Houston; traveled to Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada, 1990–1991The Art of Nature, Texas Museum of Natural History, Austin, 1990State of the Art ’93, New England Fine Arts Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993Texas Realism, Texas Fine Arts Association; traveled: Navarro College (Corsicana), Abilene Christian University (Abilene), Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches), St. Edwards University (Austin), 1986Mount San Jacinto Juried Open, Mount San Jacinto College, California, 1986Roswell Art Museum, Roswell, New Mexico, 1982Jim Stoker: Retrospective 1953-1973, San Antonio Art League’s Artist of the Year Exhibition, San Antonio Art League, Koehler Cultural Center, San Antonio, 1973 (catalog) Abstract Realism, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, 1972The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1967Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City, 1962Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, 1961, 1959Southwestern Prints and Drawings Exhibition, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 1961, 1958Exhibition of Southwestern Art, Texas Art Museum, Beaumont, 1959 Selected Public CollectionsBlanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at AustinDallas Museum of Art, DallasThe Grace Museum, AbileneMcNay Art Museum, San AntonioPennsylvania State UniversityRoswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New MexicoSan Antonio Museum of Art