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Betty (Elizabeth Jean) Billups

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Betty (Elizabeth Jean) Billups (Born 1948) is active/lives in Idaho, California.  Betty Billups is known for Figure, portrait, animal, Native American, still life, landscapes, illustrations.

"Capturing an inner feeling, a moment in time so quickly passing...  A moment that is beyond words, almost beyond thought.  In art, as music, there are rhythms, movements, flow and ebb…"

In the summer of 1977, Elizabeth Jean Billups (AKA Betty or Betty Jean) had her first one artist museum show at the Montana Historical Society in Helena, Montana.

This exhibit was the direct results of doing research for a U.S. Army commission that she received,  to create a painting of Sacajawea. And this commission came about because the Army had seen a painting Billups had in the U.S. Air Force Art Collection  (that was created when she was Vice President of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles). The painting was called  "The Nightengale" (U.S.A.F. C-9  Medical Plane).

The exhibit at the museum was titled "Inner Feelings" and was the sole reason Betty  returned to a fine art career.

The trip into Idaho and Montana at that   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 4492 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Betty (Elizabeth Jean) Billups

   Publications  Book References:  11
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Betty (Elizabeth Jean) Billups
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Artist Nocturnes April 2004 McGarry, Susan Hallsten Yes
California Art Club Newsletter Membership News October 2002 Editors, CAC Newsletter No
Wildlife Art Collecting on a Shoestring September 2002 Brown, Joan Yes
Southwest Art Coast to Coast February 2002 Editor, Southwest Art No
11 Book References for Betty (Elizabeth Jean) Billups
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Billups, Elizabeth J. Ten Artist Projects En Plein Air 0 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2004 Editor, International Artist How Did You Paint That? 100 Ways to Paint Seascapes, Rivers and Lakes 128 Yes
2003 Stern, Jean; Roy C. Rose and Molly Siple Enchanted Isle: A History of Plein-Air Painting in Santa Catalina Island 256 Yes
1999 Linscott, Caroline; Julie Christiansen-Dull Art of the American West 144 Yes
1998 Kovinick, Phil; Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West 405 No
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1990 Catalina Art Association The Plein Air Painters of America Exhibit and Sale
(Exhibition catalog)		 64 Yes
1987 Ostrander, Tammy (Editor) Artist Invitational '87 C M Russell Museum
(Exhibition catalog)		 56 Yes
1982 Samuels, Peggy and Harold Contemporary Western Artists 608 Yes
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