Nuclear Family Fallout

Nuclear Family FalloutPaintings by Charlie HukillAbout the ArtistCharlie Hukill is Professor Emeritus of Theatre at McMurry University where he designed and built scenery and designed and executed lighting for stage productions. He holds a BFA in Theatre from Stephen F. Austin State University, an MFA in Design and Playwriting from Trinity University, with an additional sixty hours of post-graduate study in Fine Arts from Texas Tech University. Charlie has been pursuing artistic endeavors as long as he can remember and began painting in oils while a student in junior high in 1966. He studied oil painting for three years at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art under W.C. Austin and would rather paint than just about anything else. He has been a Signature Artist Member of the Center for Contemporary Arts since the Artist League of Texas days. Charlie has had six exhibits in the Jane Breed Gallery of the CCA -- four were solo and two were with friends. He has also had one exhibition in the Upstairs Gallery at the CCA, two exhibitions at the River Oaks Gallery, and one at McMurry University. Recognitions at McMurry include the Outstanding Faculty of the Year (2000), the Graduates' Faculty Award (2001), the Gordon R. and Lola J. Bennett Award (2002), and the E.E. Hall Memorial Scholarship Award (2005). Most recently both he and Betty were awarded Honorary Doctor of Arts Degrees. In addition, he was recognized as the 2017 Stephen F. Austin Distinguished Theatre Alumnus. In 2023, he was included as one of the McMurry 100.He is married to the lovely and talented Betty Hukill and they have immersed themselves whole-heartedly into retirement.