Lucy McTier
Born the only child to a career Naval couple, Lucy grew up mostly in the South, but
spent much time alone drawing or running with her brindle Great Dane (in what was
once cow pastures in Waycross, Georgia). When she was not drawing, she was
found climbing her favorite magnolia tree to pelt passersby with seed cones and
dreaming of the future. Her art led her to the University of Georgia in 1975 where she
began working on her graphic design degree and a new relationship with her soon to
be husband, David McTier. They married as juniors in college and after completing
college, Lucy and David moved to his hometown of Wrens, Georgia with a quarter
horse in tow and began their life together on the McTier farm. Three years after
marrying, Lucy and David had their first son, Jace David.
A portraitist since 1979, Lucy has the unique distinction of having both her sons to
not only love art, but to be blessed with the talent to paint as beautifully as she does.
This would not be possible without the unconditional support of her husband, who is
also their best fan. Her oldest son, born in 1980, is her colleague and her
competition. Ty Kimmell, born five years later, is pursuing his love of baseball and
has a promising career in the college and pro fields, and plans to continue painting.
Among the highlights of Lucy McTier's career in art was her opportunity to paint
President Ronald Reagan and present him with his portrait in the Oval Office of the
White House along with her then five-year-old son, Jace, and her husband, David, in
1985. Lucy has work hanging in over 350 public and private collections, and in
several gallery locations. Her work is primarily in oil on linen, but she offers prints of
her work as well. Her wildlife print series features baby loggerhead turtles and other
wildlife in limited edition Cibachrome or digital reproductions.
Lucy also paints children's illustrations, writes prose and poetry, and paints abstracts
as well as realism. She has led several crews of youth to paint Christian murals on
public and private walls in less than six days each, using her original paintings as a
model. On the average, McTier paints eight to fifteen paintings a year, and is
currently painting large landscape/figurative works, religious and commissioned
portraits.
The Island Packet Ronald Reagan news article June 14th 2004
2000 Charity Benefit Print for the South Eastern Fire Fighters
Jace David McTier
Jace David McTier has perfected a fresh, realistic style with a flair for portraits of
people and animals. Naturally, at the age of sixteen, he began to take in commissions
for oil portraits. Jace has painted many children and adults as well as wildlife and
sporting portraits. His rendering of wildlife is impeccable, and his interest continues in
that realm. Jace unveiled his first lithograph, "The Whippers-In," a print of a hunt
scene, complete with twenty hounds and four horses and riders, to benefit Easter
Seals. As an adult leader and artist for murals in Memphis, Tennessee and
Charleston, West Virginia, Jace and his family, with local and regional youth from the
"World Changers" organization completed the complicated murals in five days each.
More recently, Jace has painted a large landscape for the John Deere Corporation
featuring two tractors in a field at sundown for their newest product line promotion.
From this, 5000 limited edition prints were published, signed, and numbered.
From the age of eleven months, Jace McTier has held a paint brush in his hands, or
has drawn under his mother's easel while she painted in her studio; and even at the
age of five was her truest critic. His keen eye makes him an excellent artist, and his
interests, aside from his portrait career, have carried him into the vast worlds of
sporting and wildlife art. Jace’s interest in the history of his grandfather’s tour of duty
in WWII gave him impetus to paint from the photographs his grandfather took and
collected overseas in Italy and Africa. He is now building on this collection of art for a
future print series.
Augusta Chronicle article Sept. 25 1998
Ty Kimmell McTier
Ty's first oil painting was a beautiful landscape of a mountain under a stormy sky at
the ripe old age of six, but he has since painted many aircraft paintings in scenes
from photographs of his grandfather's (who served during W.W.II in the Air Force).
His keen interest in history has led him into many avenues with his art. His brushwork
is loose and free, and his landscapes are moving. His experience also includes pencil
portraits.
Ty has been hand-carving bows and arrows for hunting; each bow is hand-cut from
fallen trees with a hatchet, carved from staves with a homemade draw knife, file, and
sand paper. Some of his bows have as much as a ninety-pound draw weight, and are
often replicas of either European or Native American designs from local hickory
woods. Ty is now in the process of following his dream to play professional baseball
and is building his own log cabin on the family farm. He will also accept portrait and
landscape commissions.
ARTICLE IN THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE ABOUT TY AUGUST 4, 2004
TY MCTIER'S ARTICLE IN THE NEWS AND FARMER MARCH 31, 2005
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/living/13945810.htm
Born the only child to a career Naval couple, Lucy grew up mostly in the South, but
spent much time alone drawing or running with her brindle Great Dane (in what was
once cow pastures in Waycross, Georgia). When she was not drawing, she was
found climbing her favorite magnolia tree to pelt passersby with seed cones and
dreaming of the future. Her art led her to the University of Georgia in 1975 where she
began working on her graphic design degree and a new relationship with her soon to
be husband, David McTier. They married as juniors in college and after completing
college, Lucy and David moved to his hometown of Wrens, Georgia with a quarter
horse in tow and began their life together on the McTier farm. Three years after
marrying, Lucy and David had their first son, Jace David.
A portraitist since 1979, Lucy has the unique distinction of having both her sons to
not only love art, but to be blessed with the talent to paint as beautifully as she does.
This would not be possible without the unconditional support of her husband, who is
also their best fan. Her oldest son, born in 1980, is her colleague and her
competition. Ty Kimmell, born five years later, is pursuing his love of baseball and
has a promising career in the college and pro fields, and plans to continue painting.
Among the highlights of Lucy McTier's career in art was her opportunity to paint
President Ronald Reagan and present him with his portrait in the Oval Office of the
White House along with her then five-year-old son, Jace, and her husband, David, in
1985. Lucy has work hanging in over 350 public and private collections, and in
several gallery locations. Her work is primarily in oil on linen, but she offers prints of
her work as well. Her wildlife print series features baby loggerhead turtles and other
wildlife in limited edition Cibachrome or digital reproductions.
Lucy also paints children's illustrations, writes prose and poetry, and paints abstracts
as well as realism. She has led several crews of youth to paint Christian murals on
public and private walls in less than six days each, using her original paintings as a
model. On the average, McTier paints eight to fifteen paintings a year, and is
currently painting large landscape/figurative works, religious and commissioned
portraits.
The Island Packet Ronald Reagan news article June 14th 2004
2000 Charity Benefit Print for the South Eastern Fire Fighters
Jace David McTier
Jace David McTier has perfected a fresh, realistic style with a flair for portraits of
people and animals. Naturally, at the age of sixteen, he began to take in commissions
for oil portraits. Jace has painted many children and adults as well as wildlife and
sporting portraits. His rendering of wildlife is impeccable, and his interest continues in
that realm. Jace unveiled his first lithograph, "The Whippers-In," a print of a hunt
scene, complete with twenty hounds and four horses and riders, to benefit Easter
Seals. As an adult leader and artist for murals in Memphis, Tennessee and
Charleston, West Virginia, Jace and his family, with local and regional youth from the
"World Changers" organization completed the complicated murals in five days each.
More recently, Jace has painted a large landscape for the John Deere Corporation
featuring two tractors in a field at sundown for their newest product line promotion.
From this, 5000 limited edition prints were published, signed, and numbered.
From the age of eleven months, Jace McTier has held a paint brush in his hands, or
has drawn under his mother's easel while she painted in her studio; and even at the
age of five was her truest critic. His keen eye makes him an excellent artist, and his
interests, aside from his portrait career, have carried him into the vast worlds of
sporting and wildlife art. Jace’s interest in the history of his grandfather’s tour of duty
in WWII gave him impetus to paint from the photographs his grandfather took and
collected overseas in Italy and Africa. He is now building on this collection of art for a
future print series.
Augusta Chronicle article Sept. 25 1998
Ty Kimmell McTier
Ty's first oil painting was a beautiful landscape of a mountain under a stormy sky at
the ripe old age of six, but he has since painted many aircraft paintings in scenes
from photographs of his grandfather's (who served during W.W.II in the Air Force).
His keen interest in history has led him into many avenues with his art. His brushwork
is loose and free, and his landscapes are moving. His experience also includes pencil
portraits.
Ty has been hand-carving bows and arrows for hunting; each bow is hand-cut from
fallen trees with a hatchet, carved from staves with a homemade draw knife, file, and
sand paper. Some of his bows have as much as a ninety-pound draw weight, and are
often replicas of either European or Native American designs from local hickory
woods. Ty is now in the process of following his dream to play professional baseball
and is building his own log cabin on the family farm. He will also accept portrait and
landscape commissions.
ARTICLE IN THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE ABOUT TY AUGUST 4, 2004
TY MCTIER'S ARTICLE IN THE NEWS AND FARMER MARCH 31, 2005
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/living/13945810.htm
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