One of my favorite watercolor and graphic design artists, Jill Vance Bukowski out of Hewitt, near Waco, Texas passed away August 21, 2023.
I first met Jill–from Portales, New Mexico–in December of 1983. As the construction supervisor overseeing a new H-E-B Food-Drugs store affectionately named “Challenger 7,” (it was the 7th store in Waco at the time), Jill was one of the retailer team Partners during the final phase before opening the store.
Very talented, with her trademark smile and happy disposition, Jill was fun to be around.
Over the years we remained friends as she moved to San Antonio H-E-B headquarters at the historic U.S. Arsenal complex to work in graphic design in 1985.
We would take our children, (Jill’s: Lacey and Logan, mine: Jennifer and Mark) to the circus or zoo back in the day.
Her husband, Paul, is a hardworking, dependable plumber with his company, Bukowski Brothers Plumbing, in Waco nowadays.
Over time her son, Bo and my youngest boys, Jack and Brady came to know each other at our lake house on Lake Buchanan (good halfway point between Waco and San Antonio) in the early ’90s.
Although I haven’t seen them in over 18-years, through the magic of internet, we kept up as our children have grown into adults with kids of their own.
A couple of years ago, I noticed she has Jillski’s Art in Hewitt and recognized the same familiar talent and style in her watercolor offerings.
See for yourself by clicking here.
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Wow! Beautiful art work. Thanks for sharing, Jack.
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Wow! What a blessing you have been my friend Jack.
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Blessings to you and yours. Over 42,000 have read it so far!
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She is very good. Water color is the most challanging medium to work with. I like the one of Johnny Gimble, an old friend of mine. He and my father, Johnny Strawn started in the music business about the same time. Gimble went with Bob and my dad went to the Light Crust Doughboys. I was also a construction project manager with Turner Construction and EMJ Corp. I built Loew’s stores all over Texas. Love me some H.E.B.
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Were some of those Lowe’s at one time Super S?
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No, all the Lowes that I handeled were ground up stores. Buda and Shertz was most likely the closest ones to you. They are still building, but nothing like their expansion in the 2000s.
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Lowe’s in Bandera is closest to me. Thanks
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Sorry to hear of her passing, Jack.
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What a wonderful talented person. Thank you for sharing!
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