Texas Tech University

Gaines Clore Wynn, (BS, TTU; MFA, Arizona State) exclaims, “Thanks, this is a great idea!” talking about the School of Art’s Alum Blog.  A 1968 graduate, she remembers fondly “my years at Texas Tech when I was an art major, but was also in WSO and Mortar Board.” (She was known then as Mary Ann Gaines, which she has not gone by that “in centuries!”)

She now lives in the Washington D.C. area.  “After finishing my MFA in painting from Arizona State in 1972, I am still painting in my great studio in the arts district of Mt. Rainier, Maryland, which is two blocks from the D.C. line,” Ms Wynn said. 

A trip to North Africa has inspired her next exhibition of mainly oils and pastels slated for 2009, at the Parish Gallery in Georgetown, Washington DC.  Another inspiring sort of gig occurred last year for Ms Wynn as she explained, “I was asked to be a ’Muse’ for the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Tech and was very honored to help out with that.”  See her art website at http://gainesclorewynn.com and/or visit with her at gainesclorewynn@hotmail.com