Longtime Texas Route 66 enthusiast Bob “Crocodile” Lile is holding a grand opening of his new Lile Art Gallery in Amarillo on Aug. 7. The event is being held in conjunction with the First Friday Art Walk.
Lile Art Gallery is at 3701 Plains Blvd. (map here) in the Sunset Shopping Mall, the first mall in Amarillo when it was built in more than 60 years ago. It’s now known as the Sunset Center.
Lile explained in an e-mail:
A fellow artist and friend (Ann Crouch) had a dream and purchased (the mall) several years ago; personally I never thought it would be a success, but with time and effort it has grown into about 46 galleries and is the premier place to teach and learn as well as show and sell art in the tri-state area. […]
I do landscapes, still life and abstract art as well as a figure study now and then. Featured artists in my gallery will be Mack Stewart, Doug Quarles, Sharon Quarles and Route 66 photographer Thomas Nichols. I am also looking for another artist or two, and am trying to get in touch with my old and dear friend and internationally known sculptor Lincoln Fox.
Lile said hours would vary, but he can be called at 806-664-3089 for appointments or drop-by openings if he’s not on the road helping with the Route 66 Pulse newspaper.
Hi.
I am looking to find Mack Stewart’s and Jim Griffin’s email addys.
Can you supply the same or pass mine to them?
Thanks,
Robert
Where are you?
Kent Cooper
kcooper@convergentcc.com