Alumni Council's Leading Artist

An amateur in his approach to painting but not in the results, Guy P. Wallick '21 recently won second prize for his watercolor "Governor's Lane" in the Fall Festival at Rickey's Studio Inn, an annual showing of the work of the Palo Alto Art Club, which numbers 600 members.

Mr. Wallick, who was elected Vice President of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company last October, with his office in San Francisco, is also a new member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council from the Western States region. He began painting four years ago when an artist friend admired his restoration of flower paintings on some old trays, and gave Wallick his first real lesson. For three years now he has studied with Ralph Ledesma, well-known watercolorist. Wallick has himself come to prefer watercolor as a medium and most enjoys painting outdoor scenes that have dramatic overtones. "Street Scene in Fiddle Town, California," another of his pictures, portrays a ghost town of the Gold Rush days. "The Grand Tetons" was painted at R Lazy S Ranch, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, whose owner is Robert E. McConaughy Jr. '21, and which Wallick visits frequently.

Several of his paintings have been sold. He has had a one-man show at the Children's Library in the Community Center of Palo Alto, as well as pictures included in various exhibits. A director of the Palo Alto Art Club, he also has as a hobby playing with the "Haywire Orchestra," a group of amateur musicians who have been playing together for eighteen years.

Before obtaining his degree at Tuck School, Wallick attended the University of Colorado. He began his business career with the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company in Denver. In his new position, he is vice president in charge of coordination of Plant, Traffic, Commercial and Engineering matters between the areas in California and Nevada.

Guy Wallick '21 with his prize-winning watercolor, "Governor's Lane."