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Celebrating the Winners of Art Hop 2025

Outstanding Artists, Incredible Work

A Curated Showcase from this Area’s Largest Annual Exhibit

Now in its 18th Year

Best in Show

Painting of a pond scene with a mallard duck and a female duck standing on pebbles at the water's edge, surrounded by green plants and turtles swimming in the water.

The Social Event
Jamie Bevans
2025

Winners by Art Category

2-D Representational

1st Place

Abstract painting of a city scene with buildings, smoke, and workers, with a mountain in the background.

Airplane Crash
Kil Cha Gulickson

2nd Place

3rd Place

Landscape painting of a hillside with a winding path, bushes, and a house at the top, during sunset.

Trail to the Potters Cabin, Utopia, Texas
Gary Nowlin

A painting of an owl perched inside a hollow tree, surrounded by colorful flowers, mushrooms, and a warm, glowing background.

Woodland Wonderland
David Baldwin

2-D Abstract

1st Place

Abstract artwork made of overlapping colored rectangular and striped patterns.

Fifth Time Is The Charm
Lisa Loudermilk

3-D Representational

1st Place

Decorative bowl with a blue and white mosaic pattern and textured rim on a reflective surface

Crackle Bowl
Sara Goodman

3-D Abstract

1st Place

A colorful, abstract textile artwork made of various woven and stitched fabric patches with dangling threads on a dark surface.

Imaginary Oscillations
Anca Thomas

Photography

1st Place

Out on a Limb
Karen Limbaugh

Digital Art

1st Place

Reflection of modern glass building with curved architecture and vertical structural elements.

Dreamwalk
Patty Robertson

2nd Place

A colorful abstract geometric circular artwork with various shapes and lines in shades of blue, red, green, pink, purple, grey, black, yellow, and beige.

Green Flash at Sunset
Robert Garcia

2nd Place

Three colorful sculptures with human faces on top and barred window-like openings on their bodies, surrounded by smaller colorful hands and objects on a black surface.

A Complicated Conversation
Shari Wilson

A kingfisher bird perched on a tree branch with a blurred natural background.

2nd Place

Two people standing on a calm beach during sunset or sunrise, with their reflections visible on the water.

Infinity View
Rita Johnston

2nd Place

Colorful interior of a church with a statue of a girl holding a basket in the foreground, high vaulted ceilings, stained glass windows, flags, and intricate artwork on the ceiling.

St. Louis Cathedral Cherubim
Ken Johnston

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3rd Place

Abstract quilt with geometric patterns in black, white, red, blue, purple, orange, yellow, and pink colors.

Lines
Sheri Lipman McCauley

3rd Place

Black ceramic vase with a line drawing of a woman's face and long flowing hair in beige color.

Face Vase
Sheri Wilson

3rd Place

Silhouette of a single tree on a flat landscape with distant mountains under a twilight sky with gradient colors from pink to deep blue.

Listen to the Silence
Lesley Bradstreet

3rd Place

A small white church with a red roof and steeple on a grassy hill against a cloudy sky and distant mountain.

Highland Church
Zane Hancock

Two young women laughing and talking at a table in a coffee shop, with a laptop and cups on the table.

Become A Supporter

Hill Country Arts Focus is a Georgetown-based 501(c)(3) arts non-profit.

We partner with other organizations to bring art exhibits and other events throughout Central Texas. We’re artist-created and managed by our all-volunteer Board.

We rely on our volunteer supporters for everything that we do.

From joining with other groups to organize exhibits and classes to working with our amazing team of volunteers, it’s all made possible by your help and generosity.

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For Our Community. By Our Community.

Hill Country Arts Focus was created in 2007 as the Georgetown Art Works. Under any name, our passion is unchange: to educate, enrich, and inspire all members of our diverse community.

It’s our unwavering visions, propelled by our art-loving volunteers, that allow us to deliver on this promise.

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Hill Country Arts Focus Makes It All Happen

Look for our HCAF logo to see and experience great art in Central Texas.

Art Hop: A month-long showing of the best work of 100 Texas artists, held in October of every year.

Life Long Learning: After a hiatus in 2025, we expect in 2026 to launch a new program of one-of-a-kind workshops and master classes taught by amazing artists from around Texas and across the nation.

Collaborative Art Programs: High impact programs for Hill Country residents in and around
Georgetown, Texas and beyond, including those from under-served groups. Check out our web site for the latest info.

Several paintbrushes with colorful paint on bristles, resting on a messy, paint-stained surface.

Lifelong Learning by Hill Country Arts Focus

With unique workshops and masterclasses by some of the best artists in Texas and across the nation, we plan in 2026 to offer distinctive programs that explore new areas of creative art perfect for aspiring and accomplished artists of all skill levels,

Art Education

What People Are Saying

“These folks bring amazing art to Central Texas.”

Whenever you see the HCAF logo, you’ll know it’s definitely work checking out.

“They offer art education that not only changes what you do, but how you look at and feel about what you see. Don’t miss it. ”