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John Austin Hanna grew up in Beaumont, Texas and always had a passion for art. He’s won

many awards in his long career and his works can be seen in his family gallery,

RS Hanna Gallery in Fredericksburg, Texas.

His paintings have been exhibited at the Salmagundi Club in New York, NY,

the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, TX, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame

and Museum in Waco, TX, the Texas State Capitol in Austin, TX, the Sylvan Gallery in

Charleston, SC, the Randy Higbee Gallery, in Costa Mesa, CA, Trailside Galleries

in Jackson Hole, WY and has been printed by Somerset House Publishers in Houston, TX.

“Things Sure are Changing Again” - 24” x 36” Oil

“Summer at Lang’s Mill” - 12” x 16” Oil

“The Crossing” - 24” x 36” Oil

“Sundown Supper” - 16” x 20” Oil

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Back when John Austin Hanna was an art student at Texas Tech University, his classmate (and still friend) Bill Stokes remembers the artist was a standout among his peers. Stokes acquired one of Hanna’s earliest works before he left school, and he’s now amassed six of the artist’s paintings in his collection.

“Even while we were in college, professors and fellow students knew John had a uniquely creative lens,” Stokes says. “Whatever he conveyed on canvas, even at that early point in his development, it caused second creative thoughts and stimulated budding imaginations.”

Hanna, who worked as an illustrator in New York before coming back to his home state of Texas, evolved to incorporate a fine art, impressionistic aesthetic in his landscape and nature paintings after doing illustrations for advertisements, magazines and children’s books. Stokes says the artist’s work “Just keeps telling stories,” providing viewers with constant new things to discover.

“If art is theatre, then John’s productions are masterpieces,” Stokes says. “He uses brushstrokes and color in art in the same way music is used to create mood in drama.”

As Seen In: Western Art Collector Magazine“John Austin Hanna Show Preview”April 2015 Edition - Page 92

“Cowboy #7” - 12” x 16” Oil “Looking for Shade” - 18” x 24” Oil

“Big Mama” - 16” x 20” Oil

“Cool Hat” - 9” x 12” Oil

“Little Lamb” - 10” x 8” Oil

“Break Time” - 16” x 20” Oil