About
Country Arts Gallery Gift & Frames
by owner operator Linda Hass
(Click the photos to enlarge)
The history of Country Art Gallery started a long time ago when I was a young
teenager living with my parents in Temple, TX. I always love the arts and
crafts. It was my dream to have a Gift Shop. In 1976 when Danny and I moved
from Houston to this wonderful little
country town of La Grange surrounded by bluebonnets, live oak trees, windmills
and rolling green hills. I fell in love with the landscape. We made our
home about 10 miles out of La Grange. I was willing to move if I could start my
own business. We bought a small building in the
Riverside area of La Grange. We painted it orange and white. I
painted my first mural on its side of the Fayette Country landscape. I opened my first art gallery and
studio. I taught 6 art classes a week and sold my paintings, picture frames and art
supplies.
I taught art lessons at my home
from 1982 till 1989 and sold my painting from local restaurants.
Danny, son Kevin and I opened Home
Run Baseball Card and re-opened Country Arts Gallery on the corner of Travis and Monroe
in 1989 where they sold sports trading cards and restarted my custom framing,
painting and teaching oil painting lessons. We sold antiques and then
gifts till May 2002.
In May 2002 we moved Country Arts Gallery Frames &
Gifts to1634 Hwy 71 West, closed down Home Run Baseball Cards and Danny
retired. Click 2002 and 2003
to see our present location and its contents.
