The Presence of Light
Sky and Light in the Texas Landscape November 19 - December 18, 2010 William Reaves Fine Art
The Presence of Light Sky and Light in the Texas Landscape
In The Presence of Light, William Reaves Fine Art goes “back to the basics” of traditional Lone Star painting, mounting an incredible visual survey that focuses on the treatment of 29. Salter, West Texas Morning, 2010 sky and light in the Texas landscape. The exhibition presents an elegant holiday selection of over 40 contemporary and vintage paintings, each emphasizing the quality and strength of Texas light and its majestic interplay with boundless Texas skies as defining elements of the Lone Star landscape. Those familiar with our state’s art history will know that Texas art was built upon a rich landscape painting tradition. Following in the 27. Lewis, Bringin’ It In, 2009
footsteps of earlier masters, such as Jose Arpa, Edward Eisenlohr, Julian Onderdonk and Frank Reaugh, Texas artists have continuously sought to interpret their visions of this vast and rugged landscape by accentuating brilliant light and luminous skies that characterize the region. Indeed, over the years, Texas artists have distinguished themselves through their abilities to utilize these natural assets of light and skies to project the latent energies, changing moods and subtle tones of the Texas countryside. The proof of their efforts is, as they say, “in the pudding”, with landscape subjects maintaining broad, popular appeal among all proud Texans. Little wonder that great renditions have been eagerly embraced and highly treasured by Texas collectors of the past and present day. This exhibition reinforces the pleasing and compelling nature of Texas landscape paintings. It reminds us also of the painterly skills and aesthetic acuity associated with great work of this nature. The show features a collection
of exemplary works executed over a span of about 60 years by some 28 of the state’s most accomplished artists in the genre. Viewers will find vintage works by Texas notables such as Emma Richardson 14. Gabriel, Neighborhood Sky 3, 2010 Cherry, Fred Darge, Don Edelman, Henri Gadbois, Bill Hoey, Earl Staley, Richard Stout and Harry Worthman; alongside stellar examples by our present stable of contemporary Texas regionalists such as Randy Bacon, Margie Crisp, Robert Harrison, William Montgomery and Noe Perez. Through this exhibition, the gallery takes great pleasure in introducing works by several significant Texas artists who may be “new” to our WRFA patrons. To this end, we urge you to give special attention to the dramatic West Texas panoramas of Fort Worth’s Pat Gabriel, the 38. Stevens, 89-052 & 90-026, 2005 fabulous agricultural landscapes of Lubbock artist Laura Lynn Lewis, the exquisite pastels of Round Rock’s Jeri Salter, and the remarkable waterfowl landscapes of Debbie Stevens of Cypress, Texas.
These paintings will be on view throughout the holiday season, and we regard this exhibition as a perfect gift for our Texas collectors – an artful encounter completely consistent with the spirit of the season. Patrons of this show experience a special cacophony of great Texas imagery, all of which can’t help but remind us of the natural blessings surrounding us on a daily basis, and the virtues which we derive from Texas art and artists. Please join us in celebrating this and more in The Presence of Light, and have a wonderful holiday season!
-Bill Reaves, Sarah Beth Wilson and Leslie Thompson
Exhibition Checklist Artist
Title
Date
Medium
Size (in.)
1. Cherry 2. Crisp 3. Darge 4. Darge 5. Worthman 6. Montgomery 7. Montgomery 8. Montgomery 9. Young 10. Bacon 11. Gabriel 12. Gabriel 13. Gabriel 14. Gabriel 15. Gabriel 16. Gabriel 17. Gabriel 18. Edelman 19. Gadbois 20. Gadbois 21. Hoey 22. Gay 23. Harrison 24. Neumann 25. Perez 26. Perez
Southern Morning Morning on Buffalo Creek Remuda at Dawn Storm Clouds Good Morning Empress of Silence, A.P. Sunset with Grackles Bald Man with Turnips The Art of Marriage Taylor County Enlightenment Neighborhood Sky 1 Neighborhood Sky 2 Neighborhood Sky 3 Neighborhood Sky 4 Into Alamogordo Roadside Storm, Mesocyclone Big Bend Morning: Man and Mist Cloud III, 2008 Cloud II, October 11, 2006 Morning Storm - Transpecos The Last Summer Sunrise Springtime The Old Trail Cactus Blossoms South Texas Evening
c.1930 2000 n/d c. 1948 1984 2010 2010 2000 2009 2010 2006 2010 2010 2010 2010 2007 2006 1984 2008 2007 c.1980 2005 n/d n/d 2010 2010
oil/board 24x20 charcoal/paper 22x30 oil/canvas 24x32 oil/board 18x24 oil/canvas 22x28 line etching with aquatint 12x18 oil/canvas 24x36 oil/canvas 24x32 acrylic/board 29x48 oil/canvas 27x80 oil/canvas 16x30 oil/canvas 11x14 oil/canvas 11x14 oil/canvas 11x14 oil/canvas 11x14 oil/canvas 20x52 oil/canvas 23 3/4x46 1/4 acrylic/canvas/board 48x72 oil/canvas 16x20 oil/canvas 22x27 acrylic/board 30 x 36 acrylic/wood 24x24 oil/canvas 24x30 oil/board 18x24 oil/canvas 30x36 oil/canvas 30x40
Exhibition Checklist, cont. Artist
Title
Date
Medium
Size (in.)
27. Lewis 28. Lewis 29. Salter 30. Salter 31. Jamison 32. Jamison 33. Jamison 34. Jamison 35. Jamison 36. Sprohge 37. Staley 38. Stevens 39. Stevens 40. Reily 41. Reily 42. Rogan 43. Schorre 44. McConnell 45. McConnell 46. Trotter 47. Stout 48. Stout 49. Wingren 50. Maxwell 51. Maxwell
Bringin’ It In Gonna Be a Good Year West Texas Morning Windmill Gathering Feedstore Nebula Making Good Neighbors To Airport Lights Wind in the Grass P.K. Evening Big Bend 89-052 & 90-026 Winter Retreat Wave Shadows Red Reaper Sky Signal Untitled Yellow Sun Over Water Sandstorm Night Fishing Anderson Ranch - Big Bend Path Through the Dunes Sailboat & Sunset Twilight
2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2009 2000 2005 2009 n/d n/d 1963 1976 1986 c. 1975 1953 2004 n/d 1961 1959 1957
oil/panel oil/canvas pastel/board pastel/board oil/canvas oil/canvas oil/canvas oil/canvas oil/canvas watercolor oil/canvas oil/watercolor paper oil/panel oil/board casein/paper duco/board acrylic/canvas oil/canvas oil/canvas oil/canvas acrylic/canvas oil/canvas oil/board acrylic/board tempera/board
23x40 30x40 18x24 18x24 20x24 16x20 12x48 12x24 11x14 20x28 39 x 47 18x24 36x48 24x30 16 X 20 30x48 27x23 48x36 48x36 25 x 48 48x60 18 x 24 30x25 24x30 24x69
1. Emma Richardson Cherry Southern Morning, c.1930 oil/board 24x20 in.
2. Margie Crisp Morning on Buffalo Creek, 2000 charcoal/paper 22x30 in.
3. Fred Darge Remuda at Dawn, n/d oil/canvas 24x32 in.
4. Fred Darge Storm Clouds, c. 1948 oil/board 18x24 in.
5. Harry Worthman Good Morning, 1984 oil/canvas 22x28 in.
6. William Montgomery Empress of Silence, A.P., 2010 line etching with aquatint 12x18 in.
7. William Montgomery Sunset with Grackles, 2010 oil on canvas 24x36 in.
8. William Montgomery Bald Man with Turnips, 2000 oil on canvas 24x32 in.
9. William Young The Art of Marriage, 2009 acrylic on board 29x48 in.
10. Randy Bacon
Taylor County, 2010 oil/canvas 27x80 in.
11. Pat Gabriel Enlightenment, 2006 oil/canvas 16x30 in.
12. Pat Gabriel Neighborhood Sky 1, 2010 oil/canvas 11x14 in.
13. Pat Gabriel Neighborhood Sky 2, 2010 oil/canvas 11x14 in.
14. Pat Gabriel Neighborhood Sky 3, 2010 oil/canvas 11x14 in.
15. Pat Gabriel Neighborhood Sky 4, 2010 oil/canvas 11x14 in.
16. Pat Gabriel Into Alamogordo, 2007 oil/canvas 20x52 in.
17. Pat Gabriel Roadside Storm, Mesocyclone, 2006 oil/canvas 23 3/4x46 1/4 in.
18. Don Edelman Big Bend Morning: Man and Mist, 1984 acrylic/canvas/board 48x72 in.
19. Henri Gadbois Cloud III, 2008, 2008 oil/canvas 16x20 in.
20. Henri Gadbois Cloud II, October 11, 2006, 2007 oil/canvas 22x27 in.
21. William Hoey Morning Storm - Transpecos, c.1980 acrylic/board 30 x 36 in.
22. Dixie Friend Gay The Last Summer Sunrise, 2005 acrylic/wood 24x24 in.
23. Robert Harrison Springtime, n/d oil/canvas 24x30 in.
24. Gilbert Neumann The Old Trail, n/d oil/board 18x24 in.
25. Noe Perez Cactus Blossoms, 2010 oil/canvas 30x36 in.
26. Noe Perez South Texas Evening, 2010 oil/canvas 30x40 in.
27. Laura Lewis Bringin’ It In, 2009 oil/panel 23x40 in.
28. Laura Lewis Gonna Be a Good Year, 2010 oil/canvas 30x40 in.
29. Jeri Salter West Texas Morning, 2010 pastel/board 18x24 in.
30. Jeri Salter Windmill Gathering, 2010 pastel/board 18x24 in.
31. Lee Jamison Feedstore, 2010 oil/canvas 20x24 in.
32. Lee Jamison Nebula , 2010 oil/canvas 16x20 in.
33. Lee Jamison Making Good Neighbors, 2010 oil/canvas 12x48 in.
34. Lee Jamison To Airport Lights, 2010 oil/canvas 12x24 in.
35. Lee Jamison Wind in the Grass, 2010 oil/canvas 11x14 in.
36. Erik Sprohge P.K. Evening, 2009 watercolor 20x28 in.
37. Earl Staley Big Bend, 2000 oil/canvas 39 x 47 in.
38. Debbie Stevens 89-052 & 90-026, 2005 oil/watercolor paper 18x24 in.
39. Debbie Stevens Winter Retreat, 2009 oil/panel 36x48 in.
40. Bill Reily Wave, n/d oil/board 24x30 in.
41. Bill Reily Shadows, n/d casein/paper 16x20 in.
42. Robert Rogan Red Reaper, 1963 duco/board 30x48 in.
43. Charles Schorre Sky, 1976 acrylic/canvas 27x23 in.
44. Leila McConnell Untitled, 1986 oil/canvas 48x36 in.
45. Leila McConnell Yellow Sun Over Water, c.1975 oil/canvas 48x36 in.
46. McKie Trotter Sandstorm, 1953 oil/canvas 25x48 in.
47. Richard Stout Night Fishing, 2004 acrylic/canvas 48x60 in.
48. Richard Stout Anderson Ranch, 1992-93 oil/canvas 18x24 in.
49. Dan Wingren Path Through the Dunes, 1961 oil/board 30x35 in.
50. Paul Maxwell Sailboat & Sunset, 1959 acrylic/board 24x30 in.
51. Paul Maxwell Twilight, 1957 tempera/board 24x60 in.
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