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William C. (Sonny) Buie, Preacher, Painter & Wood Carver, was born in Natchez, Mississippi on
June 5, 1929. He married Norma Jean Wyatt on September 7, 1950. They have 5 children, Debbie Ferguson, Becky
Zerbe, Billie Marcum, William Buie III., and Mandy Frazier. He is a Baptist Preacher who started preaching when he was
14 years old and was ordained in 1949. His art reflects the moves he made during his ministry. Starting in Natchez where
he was born, his paintings were mainly of the countryside around his home town. Next came a period of paintings based
on the area around New Orleans when he was attending the Seminary. He moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1955 and
entered his Southwest and Indian period. In 1964 he moved to Austin, Texas and concentrated on the Texas Landscape
and flowers. In 1974 he moved to Gallup, New Mexico to become a missionary to the Indians and produced many paintings
of Indian culture and birds. In 1982 he moved his family to Rosepine, Louisana and his paintings shifted to the green
and grays of Cajun country. In 1988, he moved to Waco, Texas and resumed painting Texas landscapes and flowers, especially
Blue Bonnets. He retired from preaching in 1996, but has missed only a few sundays not preaching somewhere.
In 2003 he moved to Mexia, Texas and became pastor of Petty's Chapel Baptist Church in Corsicana, Texas. He has continued
to paint until a terrible accident in 2005 injured him and Jean and took the lives of Becky & Bill Zerbe. His painting
is limited for the time being, until he has recovered.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITS
* 2001 B & J Art Center, Mexia, Texas * 1998 Native American Paintings,
1956 - 95, Moise Mem. Lbrary, Santa Rosa, New Mexico
* 1980 "Birds I View" Exhibition of Twenty-Four Bird Paintings, Gallup Public Library,
Gallup, New Mexico *1976
"The Knife With Paint and Wood", Gallup Public Library, Gallup, New Mexico
* 1970, Sculpture, Bank of Austin, Austin, Texas
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Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi 1948-52 Studied with William Boswell and Sam Gore
* New Orleans Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana 1953-55 * University
of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 1958-63 Studied under Les Hass and Joe Morello
* University of Texas, Austin, Texas 1970-72 Studied with Michael Frary (painting): Charles Umlauf (sculpture)
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ART PROJECTS
* 1974, Editiorial Cartoonist, Baptist New Mexican
* 1972 , Caricature in Wood for President Nixon
* 1971, Art Advisor,
Marine Corps Combat Art Exhibit, Austin * 1971-72
President of Texas Guild of Artists-Craftsmen, Salado, Texas
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GROUP EXHIBITS
* 2002 Art Show, Belton, Texas * 2002 Art Show, Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas * 2002 Central
Texas Art Show, Mexia, Texas * 2000 Pearl River Show, Jackson, Mississippi * 1980
New Mexico Arts Council, Red Rock State Park, New Mexico (2nd place) *1972 Annual Spring Art Exhibit,
French Legation, Austin, Texas *1969 National Showing, "Impressions along the great river road", Old Capitol Baton
Rouge, La. * 1969 Exhibition Lousiana Art Commission and River Parkway Commission * 1969
Art Exhibition at Armstrong Library, Natchez, Mississippi *1961 New Mexico Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Albuquerque,
New Mexico * 1952 Advanced and Profissional Art Exhibition, Pilot Club, Natchez Art Association, (1st
place) * 1948 Art Exhibition Fine Arts Galleries, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA. (gold key)
* National Scholastic Art Awards Competition, Jackson, MS. (five awards)
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