The highly anticipated Lake Country Show will be held in conjunction with this year’s Art Splash on the Square on Graham's beautiful historic downtown square.  Proceeds from Art Splash on the Square benefit organizations in the Graham area that support the arts.  All artists within a 150-mile radius of Graham, Texas, of Professional, Advanced or Intermediate skill levels, working in all medias are invited to show and compete for ribbons & cash prizes. (Artists not in the surrounding area please enter your work in the American Splash Competition).  The show is held in the American Legion Building in downtown Graham, TX.  Please download the Application Form for complete details about the competition.

2008 Jury of selection will and jury of awards will be nationally-known painter Ann Hardy.

Ann Hardy is living life as fully and well as she knows how.  For Ann, the joy of painting is in the process (journey) and not the destination. Growth in life and art is the most exciting thing she can think of. Her philosophy is to keep moving, but not in the direction that fear makes you move. You must be willing to risk and be at home in your own skin. For her it's fun to be slightly?? eccentric. (And she plays that to the hilt) by painting in a 12 by 12 foot tree house and deciding to earn her livelihood as an artist with a history of only 4 years of oil painting (1969 - 1973) and not painting again until starting water-media in 1993.

Ann’s accomplishments include several National honors including many Best of Show awards and is also represented by Wistle Pik Galleries in Fredericksburg, TX and Astoria Fine Art in Jackson, WY.