Vol. 1
Landscapes of Texas and New Mexico
Cliff Cavin
All artwork photography courtesy of J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art. Prices are for current artwork, and can change at any time.
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Texas Trails Galleries - San Antonio, Texas: Exhibitions – October, 1983 May, 1992 October, 1985 May, 1993 April, 1986 May, 1994 May, 1990 June, 1995 June, 1991
San Antonio Art League: Exhibition – 1988
Odyssey Gallery, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibitions – 1984 and 1989
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibition – October, 2006
Art, Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas: Solo Exhibition – December, 2003
American Plains Artists, Lubbock Texas: Museum Exhibition – August, 1995
Nuevo Santander Gallery, McAllen, Texas: Solo Exhibition – November, 2004
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico: Museum Exhibition – June 1995
KLRN TV Annual Art Auction, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibition – September, 1994 September, 1995
Harlingen Public Library, Harlingen, Texas: Museum Exhibition – May, 2002
Alamo Kiwanis Club Western Art Show: Exhibition – February of 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 David Robinson Foundation, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibition – 1997
Make A Wish Foundation, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibition – March, 2002
Oil Painters of America, San Antonio, Texas: National Exhibition – May, 1995 International Museum of Contemporary Masters of Fine Art Salon International: Competition/Exhibition – May, 2002 March, 2006
National Western Art Foundation Night of Artists: Museum Exhibition – February, 2005 March, 2006 March, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Russell Museum Invitational Sale and Benefit Museum Exhibitions -March 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Briscoe Western Art Museum Night of Artists: Museum Exhibition – 2013, 2014, 2015 Collections and Commissions: --Reggiano's Restaurant, San Antonio, Texas --Valero Oil, San Antonio, Texas --Harlingen Public Library, Harlingen, Texas --CTRC, San Antonio, Texas --Scott & White Hospital, Tyler, Texas --M. D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, Texas --Jefferson State Bank, San Antonio, Texas --Cibolo Creek Ranch, Shafter, Texas
Although equally talented in oils and watercolors, Cavin’s primary focus is on oil painting, particularly the landscape. The immediacy and directness of his work emphasize the strength and grandeur of nature while his use of color defines the gentleness and beauty he finds in the natural world.
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These qualities, coupled with his keen observation, create a clarity and sensitivity in his work that truly express the emotional qualities of his environment. Cliff Cavin is a landscape purist, dedicated to the capturing of light.
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Cliff Cavin was born in San Antonio, Texas and has been painting for over thirty years. He has studied under such notable artists as Warren Hunter, George Hughey, William Reese and Wilson Hurley. His paintings have won numerous awards and are collected both nationally and internationally in private and corporate collections. He has exhibited here and abroad and has participated in several cultural art exchanges, auctions and benefits for charitable organizations.
Red Carpet entrance, The Briscoe Western Art Museum
Solo Exhibition, JR Mooney Galleries, Boerne
The Briscoe Western Art Museum Night of the Artist exhibition
“Morning Light”, a small 12” x 24” oil painting is a dynamic horizontal of Ghost Ranch, N.M. Buttery filters cloud the foreground; our eyes squint from the sun’s haze. The mountains in “Morning Light” create a strata of earth-tone plateaus, mimicking the parallel ...that break up the composition of the piece.
NHome Texas Magazine Briscoe Western Art Museum exhibition review
NHome Texas Magazine, March/ April 2013 . Night of the Artist exhibition review
Company / Company MD Russell Stephenson and Cliff Cavin artist article
“Mooney Makes Sense� Monthly column spotlights
Magazine
Cliff Cavin was featured in the first article covering the J.R. Mooney Galleries , Boerne Gallery location . November 2009., Explore Magazine Written by Jeanne Goodrich.
Examples of Gallery Advertisement using Cliff Cavin’s artwork
Examples of Art Auctions & After-Market Stability
CANYON 12” x 24” Oil
LATE EVENING GULCH 12” x 24” Oil
TEXAS WILDFLOWERS 22” x 30” Oil
In “Golden Shadows”, Cavin portrays a cerulean skyline; full of crepuscular light, enraptured with billows of atmospheric haze, lingering on the dying days of summer sentimentality. The autumn blossoming of the Chamisa, with its golden bloom accents this stellar impressionistic landscape painting of Nambe, New Mexico; backdropped by the Sangre de Christo Mountains. Winding stretches of desert sand obscured by dense patches of typical New Mexico vegetation invite the viewer into a foreground bathed in aureate shrubbery. The silhouetted mountain range transforms into a strip of neutral value and tone, easing the transition between the earthly divisions. Derived from over three decades of careful study, Cliff knows that an object in the distance will shift toward blue because it does not reflect as much light. He revs down his color palette by taking cues from the masters like Leonardo da Vinci who noticed that as a landscape recedes from the viewer its colors and tones alter (aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective).
GOLDEN SHADOWS 36” x 48” Oil
Well played Cliff, well played indeed! A textbook landing of hue-rrific proportions for such majestic geographical icons. By: Gabriel Diego Delgado
LATE SEPTEMBER 30” x 40” Oil
MORNING LIGHT 12” x 24” Oil
MAGIC LIGHT 14” x 18” Oil
BIG SKY 18” x 18” Oil
FALL ON THE GUADALUPE 30” x 40” Oil
SPRING BLOSSOMS 48” x 60” Oil
Cliff Cavin visually nourishes the viewer of the Perdenales Valley with two views of autumn: that time of year when nature offers the abundance of color that invigorates optimism. The seasonal view is fleeting as seen in the contrast of the two paintings. The leaves and water lessen in quantity, but the time of day offers beauty that only the setting sun can embrace. The oranges, yellows, and purples of the skyline repeat the colors of autumn found in the vegetation and beckon us to another cycle of daylight and beauty in the Texas Hill Country. In Perdenales Sky the harmony of evening is in deep saturated tones as nightfall arrives. The meandering river leads diagonally to the burst of fall color, to the gorge, the plateau and finally the sky. The rough terrain is punctuated by native growth that seeks moisture in the rain faceted rugged elevations leading upward to the clear sky.
PERDENALES SKY Private Collection
PERDENALES AUTUMN Private Collection
In Perdenales Autumn the smooth reflecting water is enclosed by rough textured boulders and a stand of trees in seasonal color. As the trees curve one is invited beyond that which is seen. A singular tree stands guard as if to announce welcome to the change of season. The two paintings by Cliff Cavin document in artistic form the passing of time and the changes that only a natural life force can produce. We are privileged to share his view, the bold and jubilant strokes of paint, and the optimism in which Cliff invites us. The two paintings honor change and time and embrace the desire to acknowledge it as Cliff Cavin shares his impression of the Perdenales Valley. By: Betty Houston
GHOST RANCH GLOW 16” x 16” Oil
INDIAN SUNSET 11” x 14” Oil
TEXAS YELLOWS 12” x 24” Oil
RED ROCK COUNTRY 18” x 36” Oil
RED OAK GLOW 12” x 24” Oil
NEW MEXICO GULCH 30” x 40” Oil
ONE ASPEN 16” x 16” Oil