Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism
on view
February 17–22, 2015
hosted by the
Turner House in Dallas
TIES THAT BIND:
CONTEMPORARY TEXAS REGIONALISM WILLIAM REAVES FINE ART
On View: February 17-22, 2015 Tuesday-Saturday, February 17-21, 10am-6pm; and Sunday, February 22, 12-6pm.
Turner House Salon Series Lecture: Thursday, February 19, 7:30pm “Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism” by Sarah Foltz, MA, Gallery Director, William Reaves Fine Art
Opening Reception: Friday, February 20, 6-9 pm
Cover images: Mary Baxter, Cattle and Haystack Mountains, 2014, acrylic on polyfiber, 36x36 inches; Keith Davis, Green Chaps, 2014, oil on canvas, 24x18 inches; Jeri Salter, Back Country Road I, 2014, pastel on panel, 16x16 inches.
Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism From February 17-22, 2015, Oak Cliff’s Turner House again plays host to Houston-based William Reaves Fine Art with a highly-anticipated exhibition entitled Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism. Celebrating the virtues of contemporary works rooted in traditional Lone Star style, the exhibition features the gallery’s distinguished group of Contemporary Texas Regionalists, bringing this talented and accomplished ensemble of working artists to Dallas and the historic Turner House venue. With 15 artists from all over the state, the gallery’s stable of Contemporary Texas Regionalists is loaded with talent. This rapidly ascending group of professional painters is currently the subject of a major exhibition, Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalists, on view at the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts in Spring, Texas, from January 23-May 16, 2015. In recent years, the group exhibited at the San Angelo Museum of Art and Midland’s Haley Memorial Library. Later this year, in June 2015, the Contemporary Texas Regionalists will be traveling to Victoria for an additional exhibition of recent works at the Nave Museum. The Contemporary Texas Regionalists include: Randy Bacon (Albany), Mary Baxter (Marfa), David Caton (Utopia), Margie Crisp (Elgin), Keith Davis (Austin), Charles Ford (Houston), Pat Gabriel (Fort Worth), Billy Hassell (Fort Worth), Lee Jamison (Huntsville), Rob Kendrick (Austin), Laura Lewis (Mason), William Montgomery (Elgin), Noe Perez (Corpus Christi), Jeri Salter (Round Rock), and Debbie Stevens (Cypress). Consistent with the gallery’s historical focus, William Reaves Fine Art identifies this select group of Contemporary Texas Regionalists as artists who paint either a style or subject matter directly inspired by earlier Texas masters who were at work in the early decades of the 20th century. Evoking the seminal qualities of this classic period in the state’s art history in their art, the CTR artists are 15 of the state’s most prominent artists. Hailing from parts all across Texas, their works reflect the state’s geographic diversity. While each captures some of the particular combination of beauty, richness, and determined independence that is uniquely Texan, their subject matters range from historical Texas events to panoramic landscapes; from photorealistic urban scenes to native Texas wildlife. Dallas area viewers who understand and appreciate classic Texas paintings are
in for a visual treat. The artists in this show are among the rising stars on the Texas art scene. They are producing exceptional paintings that are wonderfully diverse in style and subject, yet maintain a definite Texas flair. They are capturing the attention of art critics, collectors and curators throughout the state. As examples of the group’s accomplishments, Reaves and Foltz highlighted painter/print-maker, Margie Crisp, who was the featured artist at last year’s Texas Book Festival in Austin (and whose book on the Colorado River was a major award winner in Texas literary circles); and wildlife artist Debbie Stevens, whose paintings of Texas cranes and shorebirds were selected for this past year’s National Birds in Art Traveling Exhibition. They cited Southwest Art’s recent article on Albany artist, Randy Bacon, and two upcoming articles on Pat Gabriel 2015 solo exhibition and Jeri Salter’s pastels. Also, they referenced photographer Robb Kendrick’s credits with National Geographic Magazine. Reaves lauded Mason artist Laura Lewis for her recent selection as the artist to develop the major mural which will be central to Chevron’s new Midland campus; and he pointed out self-taught Austin artist, Keith Davis, whose unique, whimsical Texas paintings and sculpture was featured in a 2014 episode of Texas Country Reporter. Since the group exhibited last year in Dallas, the gallery is excited to announce the addition of three prominent new members to the CTR group, including Billy Hassell of Dallas-Fort Worth, David Caton, and Charles Ford. As a part of the Turner House’s Salon Series, Sarah Foltz, the Gallery Director and recent SMU Art History MA alum, will offer an exhibition overview at 7:30pm on Thursday, February 19. This engaging discussion will focus on common themes and bonds between Early Texas Regionalist artists and the Contemporary Texas Regionalist group, tracing the progressive evolution of Texas art from the latter half of the 20th century through the present, and showing how these present-day artists are still employing local subject matter to evoke universal chords. Tickets are available by contacting Turner House. In addition, William Reaves Fine Art hosts a public reception on Friday, February 20 from 6-9 pm with many of the artists present. This is followed by a guided exhibition tour and gallery talk with the gallery owner and several of the artists on Saturday, February 21 at 1:30pm.
Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism | Exhibition Checklist Image
Artist
Title
Date
Medium
Dimensions
1
Bacon, Randy
Between Lamesa & Seminole #11
2015
oil on canvas
24x48 inches
2
Bacon, Randy
Double Mountain
2014
oil on canvas
12x36 inches
3
Bacon, Randy
Looking South from Fort Griffin
2008
oil on canvas
39x36 inches
4
Bacon, Randy
Tuscola Canyon
2015
oil on canvas
20x62 inches
5
Baxter, Mary
Abandoned Loading Dock
2014
acrylic on polyfiber
36x32 inches
6
Baxter, Mary
Cattle and Haystack Mountains
2014
acrylic on polyfiber
36x36 inches
7
Baxter, Mary
Salsipuedes and New Electricity Plant
2014
acrylic on polyfiber
36x36 inches
8
Caton, David
Fresno Creek, Big Bend
2014
oil on canvas
20x24 inches
9
Caton, David
Frio at Garner State Park
2014
oil on canvas
15x30 inches
10
Caton, David
To the North from the Mouth of Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend
2014
oil on canvas
20x20 inches
11
Crisp, Margie
Rain Crows
2013
egg tempera on panel
12x16 inches
12
Crisp, Margie
Dawn
2014
13
Crisp, Margie
Wingbeats
2014
14
Davis, Keith
Campfire Concert
2014
oil on canvas
28x22 inches
15
Davis, Keith
Deco Roadrunner
2015
acrylic on wood
13x16x8 inches
16
Davis, Keith
Dr. Pepper Time
2015
acrylic on wood
12x20x11 inches
17
Davis, Keith
Goat Skull on Barbed Wire Fence with Cactus
2014
oil on canvas
24x20 inches
18
Davis, Keith
Goat Skull with Cactus and Horny Toad
2014
acrylic on wood
16x18x13 inches
19
Davis, Keith
Green Chaps
2014
oil on canvas
24x18 inches
20
Ford, Charles
A-1 B&B Western Wear
2014
acrylic on panel
22x34 inches
21
Ford, Charles
Blue Bell Barn
2014
acrylic on panel
18x30.5 inches
22
Gabriel, Pat
Cinnabar threads II (Terlingua)
2014
oil on archival panel
7.5x10.5 inches
hand-colored linocut collage on gilded paper hand-colored linocut collage on gilded paper
27.5x34 inches 8.5x26 inches
Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism | Exhibition Checklist Image
Artist
Title
Date
Medium
Dimensions
23
Gabriel, Pat
Cinnabar threads III (Terlingua)
2014
oil on archival panel
7.5x12.5 inches
24
Gabriel, Pat
Study for Purple Mountain
2006
oil on canvas on board
12x24 inches
25
Hassell, Billy
Bordered Patch and Zebra Butterflies
2014
watercolor on paper
16x16 inches
26
Hassell, Billy
Cardinal with Thistles
2007
color lithograph
22x22 inches
27
Hassell, Billy
Full Flower Moon
2014
color lithograph
22x22 inches
28
Jamison, Lee
The Old Drug Store
2014
oil on canvas
18x24 inches
29
Kendrick, Robb
Joe Leathers, 6666 Ranch Dixon Creek, Texas
2004
tintype
7x5 inches
30
Kendrick, Robb
Tom Bowerman, XI Ranch, Texas
2003
tintype
7x5 inches
31
Lewis, Laura
Racking em' Back
2014
oil on canvas
24x18 inches
32
Lewis, Laura
Amaized
2014
oil on canvas
30x40 inches
33
Lewis, Laura
Boogie Woogie Blues - Cotton Harvest
2014
oil on canvas
32x48 inches
34
Montgomery, William
Empress of Silence, Ed. 25
2010
line etching with aquatint
12x18 inches
35
Montgomery, William
Midnight Buffalo
2014
watercolor
14x18 inches
36
Perez, Noe
Cactus in Bloom
2015
oil on canvas
20x30 inches
37
Perez, Noe
Country Lane
2014
oil on canvas
16x20 inches
38
Perez, Noe
Fall in the Hills
2015
oil on canvas
14x24 inches
39
Perez, Noe
Road in the Hills
2014
oil on canvas
14x28 inches
40
Salter, Jeri
Back Country Road I
2014
pastel on panel
16x16 inches
41
Salter, Jeri
Blue Mountain Serenade, West Texas
2014
pastel on panel
12x16 inches
42
Salter, Jeri
Rusted Tanks, West Texas
2014
pastel on panel
12x12 inches
43
Stevens, Debbie
Enchantment
2014
oil on canvas
24x48 inches
44
Stevens, Debbie
Glorious Ritual
2014
oil on canvas
16x20 inches
45
Stevens, Debbie
Sandy Mini 1
2014
oil on panel
9x12 inches
1. Randy Bacon, Between Lamesa & Seminole #11, 2015, oil on canvas, 24x48 inches.
2. Randy Bacon, Double Mountain, 2014, oil on canvas, 12x36 inches.
RANDY BACON
3. Randy Bacon, Looking South from Fort Griffin, 2008, oil on canvas, 39x36 inches.
4. Randy Bacon, Tuscola Canyon, 2015, oil on canvas, 20x62 inches.
RANDY BACON
BACON, RANDY (b. 1957) Randy Bacon was born in Abilene Texas. He pursued his interest in art studying studio art at the University of Texas and earning his bachelor’s in fine arts and journalism from Southern Methodist University. In 2003 Bacon earned a summer fellowship in painting at the Vermont Studio Center, an opportunity to greatly improve his skill and develop his personal style. Bacon continued to grow as an artist earning his master’s of fine arts degree in painting from Texas Christian University in 2007. Though maintaining a presidency of Stuart Bacon Advertising and Public Relations, a full service agency he co-founded with Jim Stuart in Fort Worth, from 1987 to 2002, Bacon chose painting as his true vocation and returned to painting full time. Randy Bacon has always been attracted to the quality of light, the precise colors and the big skies of his native state. In communicating a sense of place, Bacon often draws upon the people and venues of his life to bring about work where past, present and future become blended, where memory and reality connect. Before returning full time to painting, Bacon was president of Stuart Bacon Advertising and Public Relations in Fort Worth, from 1987 to 2002, a full–service agency he co–founded with Jim Stuart. Bacon earned an MFA from TCU where he was awarded a full scholarship, and he was given a fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center. He is represented by William Reaves Fine Art in Houston, Carter Bowden in Fort Worth, and Jody Klotz Fine Art in Abilene. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1957, Born in Abilene, Texas • 1976-77, University of Texas at Austin, Studio Art • 1980, Southern Methodist University, B.F.A., Studio Art and Journalism • 2003, Vermont Studio Center, summer fellowship, painting • 2007, Texas Christian University, M.F.A., painting • Currently resides in Albany, Texas
RANDY BACON
Selected Exhibitions • 2007, The Artist’s Eye, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas • 2007, Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, Houston, Texas • 2007, The Texas Five, Museum of East Texas Culture, Palestine, Texas • 2007-2012, Annual Invitational, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas • 2008-2012, Preservation is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas • 2009, A Cell of One’s Own, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas • 2009, Trinity Perspectives, Views of An Urban River, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas • 2010, Art of the Red River War: A Clash of Cultures on the Southern Plains, Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas • 2010, Drawing on the Past: Selections from the Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas • 2011-2012, Familiar Territory: The Art of Randy Bacon, The National Ranching Heritage Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas • 2013, Holidays at the Haley, Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas Selected Public Collections • The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas • Mansefeldt Corporation, Abilene, Texas • Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico • Waterford Capital, Dallas, Texas • The Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art • Moncrief Oil, Fort Worth, Texas • Baldwin Anthony Securities Inc., Dallas, Texas • Woodbine Development Corporation, Dallas, Texas
5. Mary Baxter, Abandoned Loading Dock, 2014, acrylic on polyfiber, 36x32 inches.
6. Mary Baxter, Cattle and Haystack Mountains, 2014, acrylic on polyfiber, 36x36 inches.
MARY BAXTER
7. Mary Baxter, Salsipuedes and New Electicity Plant, 2014, acrylic on polyfiber, 36x36 inches.
MARY BAXTER
BAXTER, MARY (b. 1963) Mary Baxter was born in Lubbock, Texas. Baxter always had a keen interest in art, particularly since family camping trips to the Chihuahuan Desert. She chose to pursue her passion attending the University of Texas at San Antonio to study painting and advanced printmaking. Fully self financing her studies, Baxter worked across the country on the high goal polo circuit. In 1955 Baxter moved to a ranch to help raise stocker yearlings and train horses. It was there that she began to see the beauty of the rugged desert and interpret it in her paintings. After several years, she was able to free herself of ranch duties to paint full time. Baxter moved again in 2002 to Marathon, Texas and opened the Baxter Studio and Gallery in the old Shoemake Hardware Building. There, she continued to produce and sell her works for ten years. Currently, she resides and works in Marfa, Texas, using a vintage Silver Streak trailer to live in more remote locations where she creates some of her smaller plein air paintings. She frequently gathers ideas and sketches for larger pieces which she finishes later in her studio. This combination of techniques has helped Baxter to truly convey the beauty of the Texas landscape.
Selected Exhibitions • 2003, Solo exhibition, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa. Texas • 2004, Group of five, Baxter Gallery, Marathon, Texas • 2005, Two person show, Highland Gallery, Marfa, Texas • 2005-08, Trappings of Texas, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, Texas • 2005-09, Annual Animal Art Show, Invitational, Big Bend Venue • 2008, Hunting Art Prize, Juried Show, Houston, Texas • 2008, Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Invitational, Austin, Texas • 2009, Solo exhibition, Eugene Binder Exhibition Space, Marfa, Texas • 2010, Solo exhibition, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas • 2010, Solo exhibition, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, Texas • 2011, Group of four, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas • 2013, Holidays at the Haley, Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas • 2014, Painting in the Texas Tradition, The Turner House, Dallas, Texas
Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1963, Born in Lubbock, Texas • 1988, B.S., University of Texas at San Antonio • 1995, Moves to the Big Bend Region of Texas • 2002-12, Baxter Studio and Gallery in Marathon, Texas • 2005, Best in Show, Trappings of Texas exhibition, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, Texas • 2006-07, McDonald Observatory Residency, Fort Davis, Texas • 2011, Madrono Ranch Residency, Medina, Texas • Currently resides in Marfa, Texas
MARY BAXTER
8. David Caton, Fresno Creek, Big Bend, 2014, oil on canvas, 20x24 inches.
9. David Caton, Frio at Garner State Park, 2014, oil on canvas, 15x30 inches.
DAVID CATON
10. David Caton, To the North from the Mouth of Santa Elena Canyon, Big Bend, 2014, oil on canvas, 20x20 inches.
DAVID CATON
CATON, DAVID (b. 1955) David Caton is a painter based in Texas; his work spans three decades of exploring landscape and still life, architectural and mythological painting. David began the study of painting during high school years in Houston, Texas, and later earned his BFA from the University of Houston before completing his MFA graduate studies at Yale University. Throughout these early years, he began to exhibit regularly and was also invited to be in group shows. He has since had numerous solo exhibitions, and his paintings are featured in corporate and private collections all over the country. He has received two National Endowments for the Arts and many other prestigious awards. He has also contributed photography to the digital oratorio Corpo, Carne e Espírito, which premiered at FIT Festival Belo Horizonte, Brasil. David has a close affinity for the terrain of the west, especially that of Big Bend, Utah and Arizona. He travels to these areas regularly gathering plein air painting material for future paintings. He usually executes studies in oil or pastel before completing the larger canvases. His refined technique and love for depicting the grandeur and drama that exist in nature have generated works that are both monumental and compelling. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1955, Born in Pasadena, California • 1974, Houston Post Scholastic Award, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston • 1979, European Travel Grant, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston • 1979, BFA, University of Houston, Houston, Texas • 1982, MFA, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut • 1981, Teaching Assistant to Gretna Campbell • 1982, Teaching Assistant to Samia Halaby • 1985, 1987, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant • Currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas
DAVID CATON
Selected Exhibitions • 1975, Truair, Hornbuckle, Sellers, and Caton, One Allen Center Houston • 1977, Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston • 1979, Houston Invitational Painting, Max Hutchinson Gallery, Houston • 1982, Yale Art and Architecture Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut • 1983, Diverse Works Group Show, Houston • 1984, 85, 86, 87, 88, Wilhelm Gallery, Houston/Scottsdale • 1987, 88, Bienville Gallery, New Orleans • 1988, Houston ‘88, Cullen Center, Houston • 1990, One Man Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston • 1993, Fur, Fins, Feathers and More; A Multi-Media Menagerie, Galveston Art Center, Galveston • 1996, Intimate, Houston Area Small Works Exhibition, Davis Gallery/ Pennzoil Place Gallery, Houston • 2000, Living and Working in Texas, Park Central VII, VIII and IX, Dallas • 2001, A Sense of Place, Curated by Sally Sprout, Williams Tower, Houston • 2001, David Caton & Libby Johnson, Harris Gallery, Houston • 2004, David Caton and Bill Zaner, Harris Gallery, Houston • 2009, American Landscape Painting, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas Selected Public Collections • Chevron, Houston • Methodist Hospital, Houston • Northwestern University Hospital, Chicago • St. Luke’s Hospital, The Woodlands • Texas A&M University, College Station • USAA, San Antonio
11. Margie Crisp, Rain Crows, 2013, egg tempera on panel, 12x16 inches.
12. Margie Crisp, Dawn, 2014, hand-colored linocut collage on gilded paper, 27.5x34 inches.
13. Margie Crisp, Wingbeats, 2014, hand-colored linocut collage on gilded paper, 8.5x26 inches.
MARGIE CRISP
CRISP, MARGIE (b. 1960)
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Originally from New Orleans, Margie Crisp resides in Elgin, Texas, just east of Austin, with her husband and fellow artist William Montgomery.
Selected Exhibitions • 1989, Intimate Images: Small Works on Paper, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas • 1995, Third Biennial Gulf of Mexico Symposium Juried Art Show, Honorable Mention, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas • 1996, Southwest ’96, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico • 1997, Contemporary Views: Images of Land and Nature, Diane Grammer, Margie Crisp, Stacey Erickson, and Gordon Fowler, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, Texas • 1997, New Lines, Women Printmakers of Austin, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas • 1998, National Works on Paper, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas • 2002, People, Places and Things, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas • 2005, The Print Show, Maryland Federation of Art City Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland • 2007, Betty MacDonald, Foust, and Margie Crisp, Migration, A Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia • 2008, Art, Science and the World Around Us, Art Center Waco, Waco, Texas • 2011, Perspective Influences Perception, Artwork from the Airport’s Collection, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona • 2012, River of Contrasts: The Texas Colorado, Solo Exhibit, by Margie Crisp, The Art Center of Waco; Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin; Johnson City, Texas • 2014, 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas Summer Cut, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
An award-winning author, Crisp divides her time between writing and creating art. Currently her primary mediums are egg tempera paintings on panel (often embellished with 24k gold leaf) and printmaking including linocuts and lithographs. She finds working in the traditional medium of egg tempera a meditative process and enjoys working with the dry pigments, mixing in egg yolk to produce the quick-drying and durable paint. While birds are one of the primary subjects in her art, she does not consider herself a bird artist. She explains that birds are prevalent, abundant and familiar. They inhabit the same spaces as people do and are bold enough to confront them. She feels that the moment of communion between species draws her to repeatedly draw, paint and print birds. Crisp describes her own work as grounded in reality: the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1960, Born in New Orleans, Louisiana • 1984, Earns Associate of Applied Science in Commercial Art and Advertising Design, with High Honors, Southwestern Technical College, Sylva, North Carolina • 1991, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, B.F.A with High Honors • 2009, Writer in Residence, Thinking Like a Mountain Foundation, Ft. Davis, Texas • 2011, Artist in Residence, Mardroño Ranch, Medina, Texas • 2012, Publishes River of Contrasts: The Texas Colorado, Texas A&M University Press • 2012 Ron Tyler Award for Best Illustrated Book on Texas History and Culture, presented by Texas State Historical Association • 2012 Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Non-Fiction, Texas
MARGIE CRISP
Selected Public Collections • The Austin Museum of Art, Austin Texas • Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas • Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas • The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas • Phoenix Arts Commission, Print Collection, Phoenix, Arizona
14. Keith Davis, Campfire Concert, 2014, oil on canvas, 28x22 inches.
15. Keith Davis, Deco Roadrunner, 2015, acrylic on wood, 13x16x8 inches.
KEITH DAVIS
16. Keith Davis, Dr. Pepper Time, 2015, acrylic on wood, 12x20x11 inches.
KEITH DAVIS
17. Keith Davis, Goat Skull on Barbed Wire Fence with Cactus, 2014, oil on canvas, 24x20 inches.
18. Keith Davis, Goat Skull with Cactus and Horny Toad, 2014, acrylic on wood, 16x18x13 inches.
KEITH DAVIS
19. Keith Davis, Green Chaps, 2014, oil on canvas, 24x18 inches.
KEITH DAVIS
DAVIS, KEITH (b. 1955) Keith Davis was born in Levelland, Texas. A self-taught artist, he began his love for producing art after a serious illness at the young age of 9. Walking down the corridors of the hospital, Davis was fascinated by the hanging oil portraits of doctors, amazed to see how a photorealistic image can be produced through paint. The young artist began to paint on his own, continuing through high school. Over time, Davis has developed his own style, finding inspiration in fellow artists like David Bates and Jon Flaming, old masters Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, and Texas regionalist masters Otis Dozier and Jerry Bywaters. Davis collects his subject matter from his daily life, often mixing in a little pop culture and a quite a bit of imagination; his creative process begins with photos found on the Internet, with a focus on folk art imagery. With regards to inspiration derived from his surroundings, Davis is continually inspired by his native western Texas landscape and its spacious flatlands, stating that he loves how “free” it appears. Davis also takes inspiration from the equally beautiful hill country, drawn to its parallel appearance and uniqueness from his flatland home environment. The artist’s oeuvre includes polychromed-wood sculptures which depict the various creatures that inhabit the Texas environment. For Davis, making art is a rewarding career and he continues to produce portraits and sculptures in his Austin studio.
Selected Exhibitions • 2008, Cowboy Love and a bouquet of flowers, San Ángel Folk Art Gallery, San Antonio, Texas • 2008-2014, Annual exhibition, The Texas Aesthetic, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas • 2013, A Tribute to Texas Rivers, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas • 2013, Celebrating the Regionalist Legacy in Texas Art, William Reaves Fine Art, in conjunction with the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Marathon, Texas • 2013, CASETA (Center for the Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art) Symposium and Early Texas Art Fair, The Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas • 2013, Hill Country Love Affair, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas • 2013, Holidays at the Haley, Haley Memorial Library, Midland, Texas • 2014, Hunting Art Prize exhibition, Houston, Texas • 2014, Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, the Turner House, Dallas, Texas
Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1955, Born in Levelland, Texas • Attends South Plains Junior College, Levelland, Texas • Artist in Residence, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas • 2014, Finalist, Hunting Art Prize • Resides and works as an artist in Austin, Texas
KEITH DAVIS
20. Charles Ford, A-1 B&B Western Wear, 2014, acrylic on panel, 22x34 inches.
21. Charles Ford, Blue Bell Barn, 2014, acrylic on panel, 18x30.5 inches.
CHARLES FORD
FORD, CHARLES (b. 1941) Charles Ford was born in Dallas, Texas. Although a prominent artist today, his education was in mechanical engineering, as he earned a bachelor’s of science from Lamar University. As a photorealist painter, he strives to convey the feeling of his environment through his vivid pieces. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1941, Born in Dallas, Texas • 1964, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas • Included in publication, Who’s Who in American Art – 1986, Jaques Cattell Press, 1986 • Included in publication, Davenport’s Art Reference: The Gold Edition, Ray Davenport, 2005 • Included in publication, The Artist’s Bluebook: 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005, AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, edited by Lonnie Pierson, 2005 • Currently resides in Houston, Texas Selected Exhibitions • 1979, Dimension Houston, Art League of Houston, Juried Exhibit, Houston, Texas • 1979, Jewish Community Center of Houston, Juried Exhibit, Houston, Texas • 1981, New Artists at Madison Square Garden, Juried Exhibit, New York, New York • 1982, Kaber Gallery, one-man show, New York, New York • 1982, New York, New York, Somerstown Studio and Gallery, Sommers, New York • 1982, The New Realists, Cote Galleries, Rockville Center, Huntington, New York • 1983, Metropolitan Gallery, Huntington, New York
• 1983, Beth-El Art Show, Juried Exhibit, Prizewinner, West Hartford, Connecticut • 1984, The Uptown Gallery, one-man show, New York, New York • 1984, Painting New York, Museum of the City of New York, New York, New York • 1985, Las Vegas Museum of Contemporary Art, two-man show, Las Vegas, Nevada • 1985, Foxhall Gallery, one-man show, Washington, D.C. • 1986, Urban Visions, two-man show, The Uptown Gallery, New York, New York • 1986, Art Expo, one-man show, New York, New York • 1987, Gallery Henoch, New York, New York • 1988, Foxhall Gallery, Washington, D.C. • 1989, Works on Paper, Queensborough Community Art Museum, New York, New York • 1990, New Art from New York, Juried Exhibit, traveled to Texas and California • 1994, Recent Acquisitions, Museum of the City of New York, New York, New York • 1999, The Uptown Gallery, one-man show, New York, New York • 2001, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas • 2002, Williams Tower, one-man show, curated by Sally Sprout, Houston, Texas • 2003, Harris Gallery, two-man show, Houston, Texas • 2004, city_works: Recent Paintings, The Uptown Gallery, one-man show, New York, New York
Selected Public Collections • Columbia Pictures, Private and Corporate Collections, California • Trump Castle Hotel, Atlantic City, New York • Gruntal Corporation, New York • Zabar’s, New York
CHARLES FORD
22. Pat Gabriel, Cinnabar threads II (Terlingua), 2014, oil on archival panel, 7.5x10.5 inches.
23. Pat Gabriel, Cinnabar threads III (Terlingua), 2014, oil on archival panel, 7.5x12.5 inches.
24. Pat Gabriel, Study for Purple Mountain, 2006, oil on canvas on board, 12x24 inches.
PAT GABRIEL
GABRIEL, PAT (b. 1960) Pat Gabriel was born in Chicago but soon relocated to Fort Worth. He began drawing and sculpting as a child but became much more serious about producing art during his teenage years. At age fourteen, he met Yan Macs, a Latvian-born painter and re-established his inspirational compass. Afterwards, he began working with acrylic paints and producing highly detailed paintings. After he graduated, Gabriel immediately began working as a commercial artist and started moving his way up in the advertising field. Although the commitments of his daily life limit his time, the direction and quality of Gabriel’s work matured over time and he later began working with oils and studying mainly European artists. Gabriel states that he is greatly inspired by clouds and what they do to light; he often paints the transformation of light and color frequently seen in the Texas landscape. In addition, he draws inspiration from plant life and keeps an elaborate garden. Working slowly, Gabriel spends quite a bit of time considering what to paint and comments that many of his paintings are symbolic or perhaps allegorical. Highlighting the collision of nature and man-made elements, he creates figurative painting through landscape imagery. In most cases, Gabriel begins his works with small idea sketches, working on many ideas at once. He photographs his subjects of interest and then edits the images to create a final painting reference. He mentions that his greatest aspiration is to make the viewer experience the same feelings he had while he was painting. Bringing the awe he experienced when he noticed the shifts of light in the morning sky to his pieces, Gabriel states that he conveys ideas that are personal to him but are universal to his audiences. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1960, Born in Chicago, Illinois • 1966, Moves to Fort Worth, Texas • 1990-present, Executive Director of Creative Services at GCG Marketing
• 2009, The Gail and Bill Landreth Award in memory of Gene Owens, Preservation is the Art of the City®, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas • 2011, Lucy Brants and Harry Brants Award in memory of Cynthia Brants, Preservation is the Art of the City®, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas • 2011, Hunting Art Prize Poster, Painting Fragile Spring selected for poster image Selected Exhibitions • 2007, The 9x12 Works on Paper Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas • 2008, Fort Worth Community Arts Center 2008 Biennial, Fort Worth, Texas • 2008, Advisory Panel Selects, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas • 2009, Texas Artists Coalition Juried Membership Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas • 2009-2011, Preservation is the Art of the City®, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas • 2010-2011, Hunting Art Prize, Gulf States Toyota Friedkin Corporate Campus, Houston, Texas • 2011, CONTEM?ORARIES: A Survey of 21st Century American Artists, Central Library, Fort Worth, Texas • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas Selected Public Collections • GCG Marketing, Fort Worth, Texas • The Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art
PAT GABRIEL
26. Billy Hassell, Cardinal with Thistles, 2007, color lithograph, 22x22 inches.
25. Billy Hassell, Bordered Patch and Zebra Butterflies, 2014, watercolor, 16x16 inches.
BILLY HASSELL
27. Billy Hassell, Full Flower Moon, 2014, color lithograph, 22x22 inches.
HASSELL, BILLY (b. 1954) Fort Worth-based fine artist Billy Hassell, who was recently referred to as “Mother Nature’s Stylist” by The New York Times, has been showing his artwork since the 1980s in galleries across the country. His bold colors and patterns inspired by nature have captured the imagination of collectors throughout the nation. Few artists use color as effectively as Billy, and his graphically illustrative style contributes to his work’s emotional punch. Elite museums in Texas such as the Dallas Museum of Art, the Modern in Fort Worth, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Menil Collection in Houston, among others, have acquired Billy’s oil paintings for their permanent collections. His work hangs in a US Embassy, the University of Texas, the offices of HBO, and the George W. Bush Presidential Center. National art magazines such as Art News, Southwest Art, The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have featured Billy’s paintings, as well as many regional publications such as the Dallas Morning News, the Houston Chronicle, the Fort Worth Star Telegram, D magazine, and 360 West, to name a few. His artwork has also been displayed on several television shows. Because of his dedication to conservation, Billy has donated art throughout his career to conservation organizations. The Nature Conservancy, Ocean Conservation and Audubon have used his artwork to raise money for environmental causes and celebrate the beauty of nature. A unique passion of Billy’s is printmaking - in particular, lithographs. Billy has collaborated with a number of master printers to produce a sizeable number of color lithographs. This increasingly rare and labor-intensive form of printmaking has been and continues to be sought after by collectors internationally. Billy’s talents are not limited to the canvas. He has produced and designed large-scale stained-glass murals, one of which is a large floor medallion for the DFW airport, another, a 50 foot mural at a fire station in Fort Worth. He has also worked on various public art projects as well.
of Massachusetts in Amherst. Upon completion of his graduate degree, Notre Dame invited him to as a professor to teach etching and watercolor. He has also taught a variety of art classes - painting, drawing, printmaking, and studio practices - at universities including Davidson College in North Carolina. Billy is regularly invited to people’s ranches and other landscapes across the country (and on occasion, out of the country) to capture the unique beauty of private places for their owners. Most recently, he completed a mural at a ranch in the Texas Hill Country that was featured in the Wall Street Journal. Today, Billy’s work continues to show the natural world charged with life, energy and movement. On canvases that loom larger than life, both in size and vibrancy of subject, his distinctive use of color and stylized natural elements and animals reveal why he has become such a highly respected painter. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1956, Born in Dallas, Texas • 1978, BFA, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana • 1982, MFA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts • 1985, Anne Giles Kimbrough Award, Dallas Museum of Art • 2002, Best of Show, 42nd Annual Invitational Exhibition, Longview Museum of Art
Selected Public Collections • Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas • Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas • The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas • University of Texas, Austin, Texas • Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas
Academia has been an ongoing interest throughout Billy’s life as well. He earned his BFA from Notre Dame, followed by his MFA from the University
BILLY HASSELL
28. Lee Jamison, The Old Drug Store, 2014, oil on canvas, 18x24 inches.
LEE JAMISON
JAMISON, LEE (b. 1957) Lee Jamison was born in 1957 and almost immediately developed an interest for art. Stating he has drawn since he could hold something to make a mark with, he began painting around the age of eight. Constantly involved in art classes throughout school, he chose to major in art at Lon Morris College, a small Methodist junior college in Jacksonville, Texas and completed his degree at Centenary College in Shreveport. Jamison feels that drawing is simply a form of expression, similar to writing and he simply expresses things he knows. He enjoys working in series which are often rich with historical influence. Commenting that he has no set process for creating a work, he describes his paintings as ideas vaguely bubbling up from below. Historical works will always begin with a recorded of event but he states the potential connection of historical occurrences to the modern day drive him to create pieces compelling to the viewer. Essentially, it is Jamison’s own historical exploration. Jamison has been a full-time professional artist since 1982. He is known for three major specialties: landscapes in oils (particularly of East and Central Texas), large murals, and historical paintings. His landscapes have been the mainstay of a career spanning a quarter of a century and his mural projects have included major works for the historic Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas and the University of Texas at Austin. His historical works have focused on his knowledge of Texas history and include numerous works on the Texas revolution.
Selected Exhibitions • Numerous Gallery Exhibitions, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas Selected Public Collections • Scott E. Johnson Memorial Mural, Huntsville, Texas • Driskill Hotel Ballroom renovation, Austin, Texas • University of Texas- Texas Memorial Stadium, East Grandstand expansion, Austin, Texas • Lon Morris College Millennium Mural, Jacksonville, Texas • Mayborn Museum Complex, (numerous murals and dioramas, significant work on installation of the museum, and work on development of the Emergence of Man Gallery) Baylor University, Waco, Texas • Bastrop County History Mural, Bastrop, Texas • Elgin Community Mural, Elgin, Texas • Mayborn Museum Complex Mammoth Mural, Baylor University, Waco, Texas • Kellogg-Pritchett House Dining Room, Huntsville, Texas • Walker County Storm Shelter Mural, Huntsville, Texas • Waco Mammoth Site Murals, Waco Mammoth Site, Waco, Texas • Maldune Wedding mural, Bastrop County Historical Association Museum, Bastrop, Texas
Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1977, A.A. Art Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, Texas • 1979, B.A. Art Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana • 1994-present, Works as a muralist • 2011, The Sam Houston Project, produced nine credited works for combination documentary film and website on the life of Sam Houston
LEE JAMISON
29. Robb Kendrick, Joe Leathers, 6666 Ranch Dixon Creek, Texas, 2004, tintype, 7x5 inches.
ROBB KENDRICK
30. Robb Kendrick, Tom Bowerman, XI Ranch, Texas, 2003, tintype, 7x5 inches.
KENDRICK, ROBB (b. 1963) Robb Kendrick was born in Spur, Texas and has been interested in photography from a young age. He grew into a self taught photographer and chose photography as his major in college. Kendrick states that he is inspired by people and the environments that shape their lives. He also comments that his work is greatly influenced by the Texas characteristics of independence and pride, as well as the rough environment and challenging weather. Kendrick believes that connecting with people and sharing stories and meals together and capturing them in their environments is what drives his art. For years, Robb Kendrick’s photos for National Geographic have won him international recognition. However, in the past decade, his work as a tintype artist has earned him even wider acclaim. Kendrick has resurrected the tintype format, a photo technique from the mid-19th century, to bring a haunting timelessness to his portrait subjects, which include cowboys from the West, Tarahumara Indians in Northern Mexico and mummies in Guanajuato, Mexico. The tintype photos he creates with the wet-plate process are each one of a kind as they are all handmade from start to finish. Kendrick has published four books of tintypes. Kendrick’s first book of tintypes was Revealing Character, which was also a touring exhibition that is being featured at eight major museums in the U.S. The wet-plate portraits of working cowboys that are collected in Still: Cowboys at the Start of the 21st Century, were made in 14 Western states, Mexico and Canada. Kendrick’s tintypes are in the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Ralph Lauren photo collection. The Wittliff Collection at Texas State University has 110 pieces and the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas recently purchased 12 images. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1963, Born in Spur, Texas • 1981-85, East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas • Frequent Instructor for National Geographic seminars and workshops
• Selected Book Publications: In Focus: National Geographic Greatest Portraits, cover image, November 2004 Revealing Character: Texas Tintypes, Bright Sky Press, September 2005 Still: Cowboys at the Start of the 21st Century, The University of Texas Press, February 2008 Changelings, Cloverleaf Press, February 2009 History of the Waggoner Ranch, Four – O Publishing, November 2011 • Selected Magazine Publications: “21st Century Cowboys,” National Geographic, December 2007 Selected Exhibitions • 2004, Best Portraits of National Geographic, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. • 2005-06, One man exhibition of tintypes, The Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas • 2006-07, One man exhibition of tintypes, National Cowgirl Museum, Fort Worth, Texas • 2007, One man exhibition of tintypes, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, Texas • 2007, One man exhibition of tintypes, The Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas • 2011, One man retrospective, The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas Selected Public Collections • Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas • Icon Bank, Houston, Texas • The Wittliff Collections, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas • Ralph Lauren Collections
ROBB KENDRICK
31. Laura Lewis, Racking ‘em Back, 2014, oil on canvas, 24x18 inches.
LAURA LEWIS
32. Laura Lewis, Amaized, 2014, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches.
33. Laura Lewis, Boogie Woogie Blues - Cotton Harvest, 2014, oil on canvas, 32x48 inches.
LAURA LEWIS
LEWIS, LAURA (b. 1954) Laura Lewis was born in Austin, Texas. She quickly noticed her interest in art when a self portrait assignment in the third grade depicted her gift for drawing. Pursuing artistic education throughout her adolescence, Lewis was fortunate to study portraiture under renowned artist Glenna Goodacre. At the beginning of her college years, Lewis majored in art, but later changed her field of study, graduating with a degree in the health sciences which she followed with a long career in the medical field. Her artistic passion did not disappear and throughout her years as a medical employee, Lewis continued to paint portraits, learn print making techniques and study with accomplished artists such as Paul Milosevich and Carroll Collier. Lewis has been a full time professional artist since 2001 and continues to study through workshops with artists such as George Strickland, Matt Smith and Camille Przwodek. Lewis states that portraying the rugged beauty of the High Plains of Texas is the most gratifying challenge to her artistic gift. She successfully conveys the grandeur of the Texas landscape to her audiences and several of her pieces hang in the Texas State Capitol building in the office of State Representative John Frullo, and in the offices of the Texas Supreme Court. An article on her painting strategies appeared in the February 2009 issue of American Artist Magazine and she was included in a special American Artist publication, The Complete Painter’s Handbook. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1954, born in Austin, Texas • 1978, Earns B.S, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas • 1980-85, Program Director, Respiratory Therapy, South Plains College, Lubbock, Texas • 1986-2001, Clinical work as a Neurodiagnostics Technologist • 2001-present, Regionalist Painter of the High Plains of Texas • 2009, February issue of American Artist Magazine: “Using Rhythm and Movement to Create Harmonious Landscapes,” by Jana Fowler
LAURA LEWIS
• 2010, July issue of Texas Co-op Power Magazine: “Landscapes Reimagined,” by Mary Lance • 2012, included in The Complete Painter’s Handbook, published by American Artist Magazine • 2012, American Artist Workshop (a special issue of American Artist Magazine) Advice for Sustaining an Artistic Career • 2014, Professional Artist Magazine, Build Audiences with E-Portfolios, by E. Brady Robinson he Arts Fellowship Grant • Currently resides in Mason, Texas Selected Exhibitions • 2000, Pastel Society of New Mexico, Fisher Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico • 2004, Midland Arts Association National Juried Show, Midland, Texas • 2004, 2005, Red River Valley National Juried Show, Vernon, Texas • 2005, Solo exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas • 2007, Solo exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland, Texas • 2008, Lubbock Centennial Celebration: 50 Years of Art, LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas • 2009, Solo exhibition, Art on Texas Avenue, Lubbock, Texas • 2010-2012, Group exhibits at William Reaves Fine Art • 2010, Solo exhibition, Weiler House Fine Art, Fort Worth, Texas • 2011, Solo exhibition, Art on Texas Avenue, Lubbock, Texas • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas• 2013, About Place: Paintings of Laura Lewis, solo exhibit at Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas Selected Public Collections • The Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art • San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts
34. William Montgomery, Empress of Silence, Ed. 25, 2010, line etching with aquatint, 14x18 inches.
35. William Montgomery, Midnight Buffalo, 2014, watercolor, 14x18 inches.
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY
MONTGOMERY, WILLIAM (b. 1953) William Montgomery resides in Elgin, Texas, just east of Austin, with his wife and fellow artist Margie Crisp. A full-time artist, he divides his time between his large-scale paintings, detailed printmaking and researching his next subject matter. A life long fascination with nature has shaped his art, and his current work is focused largely on animals and their environment. His scientifically precise depictions of reptiles have caught the attention of the international herpetological community and his etchings and lithographs of snakes have appeared on the covers of a number of important books. Montgomery’s paintings combine this scientific approach with a looser demonstration of the man-made environment to create intriguing portraits of nature. Montgomery is currently working on a series of paintings focusing on the Nueces River, as part of a book he is collaborating on with his wife, Margie Crisp, who is writing the text. Most of the paintings depict wildlife and various views of different parts of the Nueces, from the headwaters to the coast. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1953, Born in Tyler, Texas • 1972, TFAA Scholarship, Texas Fine Arts Association • 1973-74, University of New Mexico • 1974, Perugia Fine Arts Academy, Perugia, Italy • 1974-75, Kansas City Art Institute • 1975-77, University of New Mexico • 1996, Award of Merit, Southwest ’96, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico • Resides in Elgin, Texas Selected Exhibitions • 1976, Two Edges on a Line, ASA Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico • 1977, William B. Montgomery, Triple G Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
WILLIAM MONTGOMERY
• 1979, New Works - Carol Ivey and William B. Montgomery, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas • 1979, National Print Invitational, University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (touring) • 1983, New Figurative Drawing in Texas, San Antonio Art Institute Gallery, San Antonio, Texas • 1983, Four State Survey, Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico • 1985, Southwest ‘85, Museum of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico • 1985, Twenty-Sixth Invitational, Longview Museum and Arts Center, Longview, Texas • 1988, William Montgomery, Recent Works, Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas • 1992, 20th Anniversary Exhibition- 1972-1992, The Art Center, Waco, Texas • 1996, Southwest ‘96, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico • 2008, Art, Science and the World Around Us, The Art Center, Waco, Texas • 2009, Nature Under Pressure: Etchings and Lithographs by William B. Montgomery, Tyler Museum of Art • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas Selected Public Collections • Albritton Collection, Dallas, Texas • Art Center of Waco, Waco, Texas • Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas • Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
36. Noe Perez, Cactus in Bloom, 2015, oil on canvas, 20x30 inches.
37. Noe Perez, Country Lane, 2015, oil on canvas, 16x20 inches.
NOE PEREZ
38. Noe Perez, Fall in the Hills, 2015, oil on canvas, 14x24 inches.
39. Noe Perez, Road in the Hills, 2014, oil on canvas, 14x28 inches.
NOE PEREZ
PEREZ, NOE (b. 1958) Noe Perez was born in Falfurrias, Texas. Interested in art from a young age, Perez’s artistic education began in his early teens as he studied with various local artists. Unwilling to stop learning, Perez continues to further his education today, attending plein air painting workshops with PAPA artists Ron Rechner and George Strickland. Perez states that he enjoys studying the original works that inspire him. Much of his work is done in the studio from photographs and plein air studies although he believes plein air painting is an essential exercise for any landscape painter and aims to paint outdoors whenever possible. Perez participated in the Night of Artists Art Show and Dinner for the benefit of the Briscoe Western Art Museum in 2006, 2007, and 2008. His paintings have been accepted in the annual Salon International show hosted by Greenhouse Gallery in San Antonio, Texas in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. Perez’s artwork is also included in the book Texas Traditions released in August 2010.
Selected Exhibitions • 2006-2008, Night of Artists, Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas • 2008-2011, Salon International Show, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas • 2010, Texas Traditions Publication and shows • 2010-2011, Alamo Kiwanis Show, San Antonio, Texas • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas Selected Public Collections • The Bobbie and John Nau Collection of Texas Art • Icon Bank, Houston, Texas • Icon Bank, Sugarland, Texas • University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas • San Jacinto Title Co., Corpus Christi, Texas
Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1958, Born in Falfurrias, Texas • 1979, BSCE (Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering), A&I University in Kingsville, Kingsville, Texas • 2009 and 2011, Honorable mention for artistic excellence, Jury’s top 50, Salon International Art Show • Resides in Corpus Christi, Texas
NOE PEREZ
40. Jeri Salter, Back Country Road I, 2014, pastel on panel, 16x16 inches.
41. Jeri Salter, Blue Mountain Serenade, West Texas, 2014, pastel on panel, 12x16 inches.
JERI SALTER
42. Jeri Salter, Rusted Tanks, West Texas, 2014, pastel on panel, 12x12 inches.
SALTER, JERI (b. 1955) Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Jeri Salter has lived all over Texas – Houston, McAllen, Plano, Lago Vista and currently, Round Rock. A self-taught artist, Salter honed her skills over the years through various classes and workshops, focusing her talent on pastel landscapes. Her paintings often parallel images from early Texas artist Frank Reaugh, as she derives her inspiration from the vast beauty in nature, highlighting the open skies and rolling plains of the Texas landscape. Most recently, she has found similar beauty in rural buildings and roadways; she describes her landscapes as having remnants of humanity, captured in the scenes that feature derelict buildings and worn dirt roads. In painting these ordinary scenes, she tries to convey an appreciation of the natural beauty and the emotional sense of “searching” evoked therein. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1955, Born in Richmond, Virginia • 1974, Moves to Texas • 1983-84, Attends Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas • 1994-95, Attends Collin County Community College, Plano, TX • 1995, Moves to Round Rock, Texas • 2002-present, Member, Central Texas Pastel Society • 2005-2008, President, Central Texas Pastel Society • 2007-present, Member, Austin Pastel Society • 2009, Best in Show, Austin Pastel Society Miniature Show • 2009, Best in Show, Central Texas Pastel Society Membership Competition • 2010, Pastel Second Place, Phippen Museum Western Art Show • 2010, Mark Chapman Award, Best in Show, Fayetteville Artwalk Competition • 2011, Pastel First Place, Phippen Museum Western Art Show • 2012, Pastel Second Place, Phippen Museum Western Art Show • 2012, Best in Show for Central Texas Pastel Society • 2014, Pastel First Place for Phippen Museum Western Art Show
Selected Exhibitions • 2004-2005, Wildflower Art Show, Salado, Texas • 2004-2005, Art Walk, Georgetown, Texas • 2005-2006, Austin’s Artist Harvest Facet Show, Austin, Texas • 2006, Lady Bird Johnson’s Wildflower Center Holiday Show, Austin, Texas • 2007-2009, Austin’s Museum of Art’s Laguna Gloria Holiday Show, Austin, Texas • 2008, 2009, Texas Wild Bunch, Professional Artists’ Show, Kerrville, Texas • 2010-2011, Fort Worth Main St. Festival, Fort Worth, Texas • 2010-2011, San Antonio Fiesta Show, San Antonio, Texas • 2010-2011, Bayou City Downtown and Memorial Show, Houston, Texas • 2010-2011, Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, Texas • 2010-2011, Art City Austin Show, Austin, Texas • 2010-2011, Dallas Arboretum Artscape Show, Dallas, Texas • 2011, Featured artist for Fayetteville Artwalk, Fayetteville, Texas • 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, Phipen Museum Western Art Show • 2012, Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas Selected Public Collections • Corporate Collection – BNSF Railroad, Sally King Curator, Racing the Storm • San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas • Icon Bank, Houston, Texas • Icon Bank, Sugarland, Texas
JERI SALTER
43. Debbie Stevens, Enchantment, 2014, oil on canvas, 24x48 inches.
DEBBIE STEVENS
44. Debbie Stevens, 3 Sandys, 2013, oil on canvas, 24x48 inches.
45. Debbie Stevens, Sandy Mini 1, 2014, oil on panel, 9x12 inches.
DEBBIE STEVENS
STEVENS, DEBBIE (b. 1955) Debbie Stevens was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma in 1955 though she her family quickly moved to Texas in 1968. Stevens quickly discovered her love for art and pursued it in her studies, graduating summa cum laude in the spring of 2004 from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a bachelor’s of fine arts with a concentration in painting. She has studied landscape, still life, and figure with contemporary masters Dalhart Windberg, Robert A. Johnson, Scott Burdick and Jeff Legg and has attended workshops in bird photography with nationally acclaimed wildlife photographers Jim Nieger and Arthur Morris. Stevens is also a signature member of the Oil Painters of America, signature member of the Society of Animal Artists, a member of the International Guild of Realism and a member of the Contemporary Texas Regionalists. Stevens states that her work is created with a devotion to traditional realism, as she looks for subjects in nature and the environment, searching for their particular properties of texture, transparency, reflection and color. Her intense passion for birds has grown from visiting zoos and interacting with endangered species to intense research and trekking migration routes to capture behaviors during spring and fall migrations. She mentions that it is her sincere desire that the viewer experiences the wonderment of the birds in their natural habitat through her work. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1955, Born in Stillwater, Oklahoma • 1968, Moves to Texas • 2004, B.F.A., University of Texas at San Antonio • Signature member of Oil Painters of America and Society of Animal Artists • Member of International Guild of Realism • 2004, Naima and Joseph Abraham Memorial Award, Second Place Painting, Arts International, El Paso, Texas • 2005, International Artist Magazine Award of Excellence, 14th Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Oil Painters of America • 2010, 1st Place in wildlife: The Artists Magazine Competition
DEBBIE STEVENS
• 2010, 3rd place Southwest Art Magazine “21 over 31” Artists to Watch • 2014, Red Crown 5 painting, won the Fine Art Connoisseur Award at The Society of Animal Artsts’ 54th Annual Exhibition at The Wildlife Experience Museum in Parker, Colorado. Selected Exhibitions • 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, The Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, Texas • 2005, 2007-2010, 2013, Annual National Juried Exhibition, Oil Painters of America • 2005, Central Regional, Oil Painters of America • 2005, First Annual Show, International Guild of Realism • 2005, 2008, 2012, 2014, Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Oil Painters of America • 2010, 49th Art & the Animal, National Tour, Society of Animal ArtistsThe Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar Missouri; The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury, Maryland, (In conjunction with the 40th Anniversary Ward World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition Roland E. Powell Convention Center, Ocean City, Maryland • 2012, Birds in Art 2010 National Tour- Museum of the Gulf Coast, Port Arthur, Texas; Newington Cropsey Foundation, Hastings-on-theHudson; Wendell Gilley Museum, Southwest Harbor; The Michelson Museum of Art, Marshall, Texas. • 2014, 54th Art and the Animal Exhibition, Society of Animal Artists, Wildlife Experience, Parker, Colorado • 2015-2016, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma Selected Public Collections • Dr. Philips Hospital, Orlando, Florida • Memorial Hermann Hospital: Sugar Land, Sugar Land, Texas • Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute, Houston, Texas • Thibodaux Regional Medical, Thibodaux, Louisiana • Holmes Regional Medical, Melbourne, Florida
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