Welcome to Hawthorn Galleries
We offer an ever-changing collection of fine art from both locally and nationally renowned artists. Choose from original paintings, prints, sculpture, glass work, bronzes and a wide selection of one-of-a-kind jewelry creations.
Gallery Hours:
- Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm
- Saturday 1 pm - 5 pm
- Phone: 417-866-6688
Featured Artist
Jim Bilgere
Please contact Hawthorn Galleries for prices and availability. At the age of 6, artist Jim Bilgere knew exactly what he wanted to be when he reached adulthood. “My mom still has something from kindergarten, one of those ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?’ projects where I said I wanted to be a famous artist.” Not a baseball player or astronaut or racecar driver, but an artist. “Now as I get older, I don’t know about the famous part,” he said with a grin, “but I love being an artist. It’s just great.” Bilgere’s grandmother was a huge influence on his artistic career path. “My grandmother was an artist, she had a lot of artist friends in New Orleans, and I always wanted to go down there and be around them.” A majority of his early teen years were spent living in the famous French Quarter of New Orleans, where he eyed professional street artists plying their daily trade to the public. This had a huge impact on him personally and artistically. Following formal studies at the University of North Texas as well as art exhibitions in Dallas, Bilgere began a world tour to learn art from ‘experience’. Bilgere’s travels took him southwest, and while living in Kings Canyon National Park and Grand Canyon National Park he began combining surrealism and cubism with a new postmodern voice. Painting the great American landscape for five years concluded with a trip to Vienna, Austria, in 1995. “Somehow, I infused these influences to create a style that has influence in Monet, Picasso, Dufy, Klee, Kandinsky, Matisse, Stuart Davis, Basquiat, as well as the New York art of the ‘80s. Through all of these, I try to create an art that speaks to the spirit rather than preach to people’s biases.”