Janet Eager Krueger

Janet Eager Krueger

Janet Eager Krueger grew up in San Antonio, Texas, where she and her husband George both went to school and graduated from Alamo Heights High School.   She has deep roots in the San Antonio art scene: her parents, Russ and Betty Eager, were active supporters of the original Men of Art Guild that exhibited at the Art Center on Broadway, collecting works of Cecil Casebier, Mel Casas, and Alberto Mijangos.  Her mother exhibited her water colors with the San Antonio Water Color Society and at the annual Starving Art Show along the river.  As a girl Janet attended classes in the Old Potting Sheds of the McNay with teachers Clay McGaughy, Phil Evett and John Squire Adams.  Janet obtained her BFA in Art History in 1975 from the University of Texas at Austin, and her MFA in Painting in 1998 from UTSA.

Her work is rooted in both theme and palette in South Texas.  Her imagery includes the people and animals of the Brush Country going about their business in the droughty forbidding terrain, the small towns and border culture.  

Her take on the myth of Texas resonates with love, humor, and a sense of mission - a witnessing of a world apart - and an attempt to reveal the universal nature of that myth.

Her work is in many private and corporate collections, including the Kronkosky Charitable Foundation, the Laredo National Bank, the AT&T Center, Texas A&M International University, the University of Texas at San Antonio, USAA, USAA Life, and Valero Energy.

Janet is also a co-founder and President of the Board of Directors of the non-profit organization Hecho en Encinal.  This organiazation, located in Encinal, Texas, is dedicated to bringing arts and humanities programming and projects to rural South Texas.

She and her husband, rancher George Krueger, also an Alamo Heights alum, have lived on his family's ranch near Encinal, Texas since 1979.  They have two grown children who reside in Austin and San Francisco.

She was an Associate Professor of Art at Texas A&M International University in Laredo Texas from 1998 until her retirement in May 2008.

The State Legislature honored her as Texas State 2 -Dimensional Artist for 2008.

Janet's drawings may be seen here - please note! these drawings are of the naked form.