Carole Joy Orr

Background

Carole was born on June 10 in 1933, in Alexandria, Indiana, United States. The daughter of Carl Victor Coonse and Marian Martha (Long) Coonse.

Education

Carole studied at the Famous Artist School in Westport, Connecticut, United States in 1956.

Also, she studied at the Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.

Career

Assistant art director La Gallerie du Mall, Houston, 1975—1978. Freelance fine artist Lantern Lane Gallery, 1968—1981, assistant manager, design consultant, 1979—1981. Artist Showroom, since 1982. Participating artist Assistance Guild, Houston, 1968, Beaux Arts, Houston, 1968-1970, Houston Gamma Phi Gallery, 1971-1972, Houston Delta Gamma Foundation, 1978-1981, Glassell School of Art Houston, 1983. Art instructor children's art Houston Park and Recreational Programs, 1964-1968.

Achievements

• Recipient Professional Best Annual Competition Art Instruction Schools, Minneapolis, 1965. Named Best-Selling Artist of Year, 2001, Paintings DIRECT, New York City, 2001, 03, Art on 5th, Austin, 2005, Diamond Domani Galleria, Houston, 2005, T. Symington & Company Interiors, Texas, 2006.
  
  One-woman shows include Nobler Gallery, Houston, 1967, Art Gallery, Pasadena, Texas, 1968, Gallery La Rue, Austin, Texas, 1971, Gallery 12, Houston, 1972, Main St., Houston, 1974, La Galerie de Mall, Houston, 1976-1978, Triumvirate Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1980, Houshang's Gallery, Dallas, 1980-1982, Battle Horn Galleries Limited, Santa Fe, 1984, New Trends Incorporated, Santa Fe, 1985-1988, Horizons Galleries, Houston, 1990-1993, Houston Community College, 1992, Heinen Theatre, 1992, Windsor Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1994. Exhibited in group shows at Motorola Invitational, Houston, 1964, Assistance Guild Houston, 1968, American General Building, Houston, 1968, Beaux Arts, Houston, 1968-1970, Gamma Phi Gallery, Houston, 1971-1972, Lantern Lane Gallery, Houston, 1971-1972, Delta Gamma Foundation, Houston, 1978-1981, Glassell School Art, Houston, 1983, New Trends Gallery Incorporated, Santa Fe, 1985-1988, Pasadena (Texas) Art Invitational, 1988, DoubleTree Hotel, Houston, 1990, Horizons Gallery, Houston, 1990-1993, Windsors Gallery, Dania, Florida, 1993, 2003, Magnolias Art Gallery, Town and Country Center, Houston, 2003-2006, Bakery of the Poets, since 2005. 2006.Art Haven Gallery Fort Lauderdale, 2009-2010. - https://www.saatchiart.com/musejoy 2016 - 2019
  
  

Works

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• "Red Solitude" 30" x 24"

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    2006

• "Reflection Of The Hills" 48" x 36"

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    2008

• "The Journey" 49" x 60"

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    2000

• Fine Art

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    2019

Membership

Art instructor adults Church of the Advent, Houston, 1968-1970. Adult education instructor arts Church School Conference, Department Christian Education, Trinity Church, Diocese of Texas, Houston, 1969.

Interests

• Self-study in psychology, music, dance.

Connections

Carole Orr married Thomas LeRoy Orr November 10, 1950, in Indianapolis Indiana, They had a daughter Karen Sue Orr - They were divorced December 1951. Carole Orr married Larry D. Ribble May 1952 while on leave - 2nd Marine Division they had a daughter Terri Dianne Ribble and Larry D Ribble deceased in the Korean war July 1953. Carole remarried Thomas Leroy Orr in California May 1955 and they had a son David Thomas Orr - They were divorced October 1979 - Carole married Lev Calhoun Hamblet Junior on February 5 in 1982 and divorced on October in 1998.

Father:

Carl Victor Coonse

Mother:

Marian Martha (Long) Coonse

Spouse:

Larry D. Ribble

Spouse:

Thomas LeRoy Orr

Spouse:

Lev C. Hamblet Junior

child:

Karen Sue Orr

child:

Terri Dianne Ribble

child:

David Thomas Orr

References

• MAROUIS Who's Who
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