PORTRAITS, 1933-1971
![PORTRAIT OF BAMBI ELLIS, 1933](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_67f27232562a4b2bba80dbcaf74277b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_508,h_602,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_67f27232562a4b2bba80dbcaf74277b5~mv2.jpg)
Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 Collection of the El Paso Museum of Art, gift of Bambi Ellis © Catherine Lea Weeks
![SARAH (Portrait of the Artist's Wife), 1939](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_2faed76937b44076998cfcdb4d4f85f2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_452,h_584,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_2faed76937b44076998cfcdb4d4f85f2~mv2.jpg)
Oil on canvas, 33¼ x 26¼ Collection of the El Paso Museum of Art, gift of IBM © Catherine Lea Weeks
![PORTRAIT OF MAJ. GEN. CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT, 1943](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_68c2f273d6594498a83461421067efe3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_544,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_68c2f273d6594498a83461421067efe3~mv2.jpg)
Chinese ink painting, 19 x 14 U.S. Center of Military History, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
![GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK, 1943](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_172d963ec4b848889417d22555179ecf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_517,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_172d963ec4b848889417d22555179ecf~mv2.jpg)
Watercolor, 25½ x 20 Collection of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas © James D. Lea
![MADAME CHIANG, 1943](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_98f57d3b1bbb40a0a9faefcf4c59e621~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_508,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_98f57d3b1bbb40a0a9faefcf4c59e621~mv2.jpg)
Watercolor, 25½ x 20 Collection of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas © James D. Lea
![PORTRAIT OF FRANK DOBIE, 1953](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_7361d82c9fb14e0b89bfbbd39e2300eb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_457,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_7361d82c9fb14e0b89bfbbd39e2300eb~mv2.jpg)
Chinese ink with charcoal and chalk, 17½ x 15
![SARAH IN THE SUMMERTIME, 1947](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_ae1991921807454b80ec2abc61839f0d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_291,h_727,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_ae1991921807454b80ec2abc61839f0d~mv2.jpg)
Oil on canvas, 69 x 28 Collection of Catherine Lea Weeks, Houston © James D. Lea
![SITTING BULL, 1989](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_6e9bd2faf3214a94adcecce8c7e5ab14~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_411,h_725,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_6e9bd2faf3214a94adcecce8c7e5ab14~mv2.jpg)
Oil on canvas, 62 x 27 Collection of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin © Catherine Lea Weeks
![PORTRAIT OF CARL HERTZOG, 1946](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/52ee71_c48003fbe22c43539a6ba6a13a6fa0ba~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_486,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/52ee71_c48003fbe22c43539a6ba6a13a6fa0ba~mv2.jpg)
Brush and Chinese ink, 23 x 17 Collection of the University of Texas at El Paso © James D. Lea