The Creative Arts Center in Bonham is proud to announce Jack Champion has been selected as Artist of the Month for March! The entire East Gallery Exhibit has been dedicated to displaying Jack’s work, and we hope that you stop by the Creative Arts Center located at 200 West 5th Street in Bonham to experience it. Due to incoming inclement weather, our exhibit opening celebration has been rescheduled for Friday March 18th at 6:00pm in conjunction with our monthly Open Mic Night & Potluck where you can also enjoy the poetic talents of Jack Champion!
“I have always liked to draw pictures as far back as 5 years old,” Jack states, however it’s been “within the last 5 months that my beautiful wife of 30 years, Donna, and I have rekindled our passion for Art. We like working with Pastel Chalk, Pastel Pencils, and Acrylic Paints”.
Jack was born, raised, and graduated High School in Caddo, OK where he was the Artist for “The Cat’s Paw” school paper. He attended Oklahoma State Tech in Okmulgee, OK and majored in Commercial Art.
Jack entered the US Marine Corp Boot Camp in 1969, went to Vietnam from 1971-1972 on the U.S.S. Coral Sea Aircraft Carrier. He later served with the Air Force Reserves, Oklahoma Army Air National Guard, and Army National Guard in Texas before retiring from the Army National Guard in Dec. 2004 as an E-7, S.F.C.
Jack spent the next years working in technical publications and as a Graphic Artist for companies like Texas Instruments while volunteering as artist for the Lemon Lines site paper and attending various community college courses and life-drawing classes. Eventually Jack retired from the City of McKinney Water Department in 2012, and moved to Bailey in 2013.