CLEMENTE F. GUZMAN III

Texas Book Festival Artist 2021, Texas State Parks Centennial Artist 2023 

Education

Commercial Art Diploma, Mankato Technical Institute, Mankato, Minnesota, 1987

Willmar Senior High School, Willmar, Minnesota, 1985

Edgewood High School, San Antonio, 1982–1984  

Career Highlights

Texas Parks and Wildlife staff artist, 1988–2017. 

Produced six Texas Conservation license plates, White-tailed Deer, Largemouth Bass, Camping, Diamondback Rattlesnake, and Lucifer Hummingbird. 

Painted thirty three Texas game stamps for the State, Muzzleloader Hunting Stamp 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003. Freshwater Trout Stamp 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2002. White-Winged Dove Stamp 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004. Archery Hunting Stamp 1992, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015.

Illustrated posters for the Texas Wildlife Expo, Great Texas Birding Classic, Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center, Texas Game Warden Memorial, Texas State Railroad.

Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio poster winner, 1992, 1995, 2002.

California Upland Game Bird Stamp Art Contest winner, Sacramento, California, 2012.

Earth Day Bay Day Coastal Bend Bay Foundation Poster, Commission, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2014

Texas Book Festival Poster, 2021

Recognizing Clemente Guzman III for his contributions to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Senate Resolution 534, 88th Legislature, Senator Charles Perry, 2023-2024

Board member at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center, San Antonio, Texas since 2022.

Selected Exhibitions

GEAA, An evening honoring State Senator Jose Menendez and Texas Parks and Wildlife Painter Clemente Guzman, San Antonio, Texas 2023

The Art of Texas State Parks, 100 Years Celebration, Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas 2023. 

The Art of Texas State Parks, 100 Years of the State Park System, Bullock Museum, Austin, 2023.

A Book Maker’s Art, Stark Galleries, Texas A&M University, College Station, 2018. Book by same title published by TAMU Press, 2018

Wildlife Art Window Decals at the Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve Learning Center, Corpus Christi, 2016

Texas Wild Bunch Professional Artists Annual Show and Sale, Y.O. Ranch Resort Hotel, Kerrville, 2002–2012

Annual Art Show, Dripping Springs Country Store and Gallery with fellow artists Rob Fleming, Charles Shaw, and Ragan Gennusa, 1990s  

Selected Publications

Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine cover artwork, Turkey Talk, March 2012, Captured on Canvas, December 2013, Rivers of Song, December 2015, In the Rio Grande Valley, December 2017

The Adventures of Kele: Boy of the Rock Shelter: The Far Horizon by Ralph E. Jones, Cover illustration by Clemente Guzman III, 2012

The Whistlers by R. O. Vizcaya, Illustrations by Clemente Guzman III, 2009

Monarch of the Hill Country, Texas State University, San Marcos, commissioned a limited edition print. 2007

Texas Co-op Power cover and article, Scout, the Christmas Dog by Andrew Sansom illustrations by Clemente Guzman III, December 2006 Scout, the Christmas Dog by Andrew Sansom, illustrations by Clemente Guzman III, 2006

Hummingbirds of Texas by Clifford E. Shackelford, Madge M. Lindsay, and Mark Klym with photographs by Sid and Shirley Rucker and illustrations by Clemente Guzman III, 2005.

Birds of the Texas Hill Country by Mark W Lockwood with drawings by Clemente Guzman III,

2001 Puro Conjunto: An Album in Words & Pictures, Edited by Juan Tejeda and Avelardo Valdez, Cover artwork by Clemente Guzman III

Texas Hunting Guide covers 1991-1992 and 1994-1995 Fishing Guide Recreational Fresh and Saltwater covers 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1995-1996

Viva Texas Rivers! Adventures, Misadventures, and Glimpses of Nirvana along Our Storied Waterways. Afterword by Andrew Sansom Edited by Sam L. Pfiester and Steven L. Davis. Cover artwork by Clemente Guzman III, 2021,

Texas Book Festival Artist 2021

The Art of Texas State Parks, A Centennial Celebration 1923-2023, by Andrew Sansom and Linda J. Reaves. Foreword by Carter P. Smith.