Butch Gantt
Butch Gantt is a 1969
graduate of Wetumpka High School. In the late 50s and early 60s his interest
in art began when he started watching Jon Gnagy and his “learn to draw”
television show. He got the Gnagy workbook and st
arted
testing his drawing
skills. Wetumpka
has been blessed with many amateur artists over the years and Butch was
influenced by his artist friend and neighbor Billy Moore. In high school
Butch was a student of Bobby Carr. Mr. Carr gave him the basics and much
direction. That is the extent of his “training”.
arted
testing his drawing
skills. Wetumpka
has been blessed with many amateur artists over the years and Butch was
influenced by his artist friend and neighbor Billy Moore. In high school
Butch was a student of Bobby Carr. Mr. Carr gave him the basics and much
direction. That is the extent of his “training”.
In 1970 he graduated from the Kentucky
School of Mortuary Science.
Over the years, he experimented a little with oil and watercolor until 1981
when he got involved with other hobbies and spent his spare time on the golf
course. One of his old paintings hangs in his daughter’s home and it was
admired by a close friend. At the bidding of his daughter, he consented to do
a painting for the friend as a wedding gift in November of 2008. He then did a
painting of Little Sam’s Café for Edgar Welden. The spark in art had returned
and since then his interest and spare time has again returned to painting.
In the photo above:
Come Down and Play, First Place, 25th Annual
ECAG Winter Art
Show, February 2010
Contact Information:
Butch Gantt
108 East Salem Drive
Montgomery,Alabama 36109
334-215-9554
gophknut@aol.com
Serene, Honorable Mention and Purchase Award,
25th Little Sam's Cafe
Annual ECAG
Winter Art Show, February 2010
Hound Dog
Tammy's Church