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OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 28, 2015 F e a t u r i n g : M a r y B a x t e r, D a v i d C a t o n , P a t G a b r i e l , J i m M a l o n e , M i c h a e l H . M a r v i n s , N o e P e r e z , & J e r i S a l t e r
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Exhibition Events Collector Preview Weekend: October 30th - 31st, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Artist Event: Plein-Air Salon, Saturday, November 7th, 2 - 4 p.m. Opening Reception: Saturday, November 7th, 6 - 8:30 p.m.
Presenting a grand selection of stunning paintings capturing the allure and wonder of this remote and storied sector of Texas by Mary Baxter, David Caton, Pat Gabriel, Jim Malone, Michael H. Marvins, Noe Perez, and Jeri Salter.
William Reaves Fine Art | 2143 Westheimer Road | Houston, Texas 77098 | 713.521.7500 Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and by appointment, please call 713.521.7500 or email info@reavesart.com.
• The Big Bend of Texas: Interpretations by Seven Artists • Few places are more splendid than the Texas Big Bend. It is a grand and spirited country. Remote and far away, its lands possess a stark beauty which reads as high, wide and rugged. Brusque mountains, chiseled arroyos and high desert terrain merge to create alluring compositions in virtually every direction. The scenes at hand grow even more inviting in the fall. The air hangs softer and the autumnal light glows more gently, deftly blending subtle hues of azure with pale yellows, reds and gold, forming a rich patina that illuminates the surrounding vistas. Possessed of such natural glories, the Big Bend has been a point of destination for Texas painters for as long as art has coexisted in our state, but the land seems to issue its strongest calls and beckons to Lone Star artists most profoundly in the fall. As fall also approaches the Bayou City, we felt it appropriate to share and celebrate the seasonal bounties of the Big Bend region with local friends and patrons. Thus, in a standout exhibition entitled The Big Bend of Texas we present the exquisite renditions of seven indigenous artists, all have been inspired to capture the beauty and character of this most distant corner of the state. The show fetes viewers to a treasure trove of finely finished works from the studios of these stellar artists, and likewise unveils a lively selection of freshly-painted, pleinair sketches by a subgroup of these painters, all just returning from yet another sojourn to the Texas Big Bend. The Big Bend of Texas brings together many of the most accomplished landscape artists working in this area of the state. It includes a remarkable assemblage of paintings by Texas artists Mary Baxter (Marfa), David Caton (Utopia), Pat Gabriel (Fort Worth), Noe Perez (Corpus Christi) and Jeri Salter (Round Rock), all members of the gallery’s august society of Contemporary Texas Regionalists. In addition, the show introduces Houstonians to the incredible, large-scale drawings of Jim Malone
(Fort Worth), as well as presenting iconic imagery by well-known photographer, Michael H. Marvins (Houston). Over fifty Big Bend inspired works are on view in the exhibition. In addition to the main installation of finished works, the gallery will also host patrons for an opening-day salon-style revealing, providing a unique exhibition within an exhibition experience, presenting (and discussing) recent plein-air paintings by four of the subject artists. Artists Baxter, Caton, Perez and Salter will unveil and discuss their most recent cache of plein-air studies, all being Big Bend views captured in their collective painting trip scheduled there the week prior to the show’s opening. The artists will hang and discuss these new works on opening day. This impromptu format will afford viewers a unique opportunity to view fresh, off-the-easel renditions, as well as garner first-hand insights into the artists’ experiences with and approaches to painting the Big Bend country. All-in-all, The Big Bend of Texas offers patrons a dramatic visual journey, beautifully accentuating the stunning qualities of this distinctive region of Texas in superbly executed artworks. The selections underscore the extraordinary talents of the participating artists and fulfill the objective of bringing the sensations of the Big Bend to the lush fall plains of Bayou City. It is an exhibition well worth the time of all Houstonians. Replete with great Texas landscapes, this show will absolutely appeal to those fortunate enough to already know the delights of this distinctive sector; and for those less fortunate, it will no doubt serve to motivate them to go experience it for themselves. Such is the beauty and influence of art! -Bill Reaves, Sarah Foltz & Mary Margaret Kinnan William Reaves Fine Art
• The Big Bend of Texas: Interpretations by Seven Artists • No.
Artist
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Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Mary Baxter
Title of Work
Date Medium
Size (inches)
Caballos de Muertos Mountains Early Light Reflecting Early Morning, Pinto Canyon Late Sun Rain at Sanguijuela Draw Sawtooth 2 (Davis Mountains) Sunset Over Mexico Two Heifers at Sunset
2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015
oil on polyfiber oil on polyfiber oil on polyfiber oil on polyfiber oil on polyfiber oil on polyfiber oil on polyfiber oil on polyfiber
40 x 36 20 x 24 42 x 36 30 x 30 24 x 48 48 x 40 48 x 42 20 x 24
9 David Caton Fresno Creek #4 10 David Caton Fresno Creek, Big Bend 11 David Caton Fresno Creek, Big Bend 12 David Caton Fresno Creek, Big Bend 13 David Caton Rough Run, Big Bend 14 David Caton Santa Elena Canyon 15 David Caton Santa Elena Canyon Downstream 16 David Caton Santa Elena from Terlingua 17 David Caton To the North from the Mouth of Santa Elena Canyon
2015 2015 2014 2014 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014
oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas
24 x 36 48 x 48 36 x 48 20 x 24 28 x 36 36 x 48 48 x 60 24 x 30 20 x 20
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
2014 2014 2013 2013 2015 2006 2006 2014
oil on canvas oil on archival panel oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas board oil on canvas oil on canvas
14 x 33.25 7.5 x 12.5 8.5 x 18 8.5 x 18 8.5 x 18 12 x 24 12 x 24.5 20 x 26.5
Pat Gabriel Pat Gabriel Pat Gabriel Pat Gabriel Pat Gabriel Pat Gabriel Pat Gabriel Pat Gabriel
A Useful Place Cinnabar Threads III, Terlingua Fixer-upper Old Mexican School Rocky Path Study for Purple Mountain The Passage Warehouse
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• The Big Bend of Texas: Interpretations by Seven Artists • No.
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Jim Malone Jim Malone Jim Malone Jim Malone Jim Malone Jim Malone Jim Malone
Title of Work
Carlotta Tinaja End of the Lost Mine Trail Finding Your Place Once Upon a Time in the Future Santa Elena Canyon Skies Through the Window
Date Medium 2004 2000 2015 2014 2014
33 Michael H. Marvins Agave, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend 34 Michael H. Marvins Early Morning, Rosillos Mountains, Big Bend 35 Michael H. Marvins Midnight, Casa Grande, Big Bend 36 Michael H. Marvins Nugent Mountain, Big Bend 37 Michael H. Marvins Sunset, The Window, Big Bend
Size (inches)
graphite on paper graphite on paper colored pens and paper mixed media on paper graphite on paper mixed media graphite on paper
24 x 24 44 x 60 8 x 8 x 11 46 x 58 22.5 x 22.4 16 x 64 25 x 25
digital photograph digital photograph
19 x 14 12.5 x 19
digital photograph digital photograph digital photograph
13.5 x 20 20 x 15 14 x 20
38 39 40 41 42
Noe Perez Noe Perez Noe Perez Noe Perez Noe Perez
Cactus with a View Castolon View Pulliam Bluff Warm Light West Texas Morning with Black Cows
2013 2015 2015 2011 2012
oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas oil on canvas board oil on canvas
20 x 24 20 x 20 16 x 24 11 x 14 24 x 36
43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Jeri Salter
Big Bend Reflections Blue Cliffs on the Other Side Cracks in Time Elephant Mountain Hushed Splendor Looking Through the Haze Spring Comes to Big Bend Summer Clouds Over West Texas Terlingua Sunrise View
2015 2015 2014 2015 2015 2012 2015 2015 2015
pastel on panel pastel on panel pastel on panel pastel on panel pastel on panel pastel on panel pastel on panel pastel on panel pastel on panel
20 x 30 16 x 20 16 x 20 18 x 24 15 x 29.5 24 x 36 18 x 32 20 x 24 16 x 30
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MARY BAXTER
1. Mary Baxter, Caballos de Muertos Mountains, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 40 x 36 inches.
MARY BAXTER
2. Mary Baxter, Early Light Reflecting, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 20 x 24 inches.
3. Mary Baxter, Early Morning, Pinto Canyon, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 42 x 36 inches.
MARY BAXTER
4. Mary Baxter, Late Sun, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 30 x 30 inches.
5. Mary Baxter, Rain at Sanguijuela Draw, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 24 x 48 inches.
MARY BAXTER
6. Mary Baxter, Sawtooth 2 (Davis Mountains), 2015, oil on polyfiber, 48 x 40 inches.
MARY BAXTER
7. Mary Baxter, Sunset Over Mexico, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 48 x 42 inches.
MARY BAXTER
8. Mary Baxter, Two Heifers at Sunset, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 20 x 24 inches.
D AV I D C A T O N
9. David Caton, Fresno Creek #4, 2015, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches.
D AV I D C A T O N
10. David Caton, Fresno Creek, Big Bend, 2015, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches.
11. David Caton, Fresno Creek, Big Bend, 2014, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches.
12. David Caton, Fresno Creek, Big Bend, 2014, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.
13. David Caton, Rough Run, Big Bend, 2015, oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches.
14. David Caton, Santa Elena Canyon, 2015, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches.
15. David Caton, Santa Elena Canyon Downstream, 2015, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches.
16. David Caton, Santa Elena from Terlingua, 2015, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches.
D AV I D C A T O N
17. David Caton, To the North from the Mouth of Santa Elena Canyon, 2014, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches.
PAT G A B R I E L
18. Pat Gabriel, A Useful Place, 2014, oil on canvas, 14 x 33.25 inches.
PAT G A B R I E L
19. Pat Gabriel, Cinnabar Threads III, Terlingua, 2014, oil on archival panel, 7.5 x 12.5 inches.
PAT G A B R I E L
20. Pat Gabriel, Fixer-upper, 2013, oil on canvas, 8.5 x 18 inches.
21. Pat Gabriel, Old Mexican School, 2013, oil on canvas, 8.5 x 18 inches.
PAT G A B R I E L
22. Pat Gabriel, Rocky Path, 2015, oil on canvas, 8.5 x 18 inches.
23. Pat Gabriel, Study for Purple Mountain, 2006, oil on canvas board, 12 x 24 inches.
PAT G A B R I E L
24. Pat Gabriel, The Passage, 2006, oil on canvas, 12 x 24.5 inches.
25. Pat Gabriel, Warehouse, 2014, oil on canvas, 20 x 26.5 inches.
JIM MALONE
26. Jim Malone, Carlotta Tinaja, 2004, graphite on paper, 24 x 24 inches.
27. Jim Malone, End of the Lost Mine Trail, 2000, graphite on paper, 44 x 60 inches.
JIM MALONE
28. Jim Malone, Finding Your Place, 2015, colored pens and paper, 8 x 8 x 11 inches.
JIM MALONE
29. Jim Malone, Once Upon a Time in the Future, 2014, mixed media on paper, 46 x 58 inches.
JIM MALONE
30. Jim Malone, Santa Elena Canyon, graphite on paper, 22.5 x 22.4 inches.
JIM MALONE
31. Jim Malone, Skies, 2014, mixed media, 16 x 64 inches.
32. Jim Malone, Through the Window, graphite on paper, 25 x 25 inches.
MICHAEL H. MARVINS
33. Michael H. Marvins, Agave, Chisos Mountains, Big Bend, digital photograph, 19 x 14 inches.
MICHAEL H. MARVINS
34. Michael H. Marvins, Early Morning, Rosillos Mountains, Big Bend, digital photograph, 12.5 x 19 inches.
35. Michael H. Marvins, Midnight, Casa Grande, Big Bend, digital photograph, 13.5 x 20 inches.
MICHAEL H. MARVINS
36. Michael H. Marvins, Nugent Mountain, Big Bend, digital photograph, 20 x 15 inches.
MICHAEL H. MARVINS
37. Michael H. Marvins, Sunset, The Window, Big Bend, digital photograph, 14 x 20 inches.
NOE PEREZ
38. Noe Perez, Cactus with a View, 2013, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.
NOE PEREZ
39. Noe Perez, Castolon View, 2015, oil on canvas, 20 x 20 inches.
40. Noe Perez, Pulliam Bluff, 2015, oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches.
NOE PEREZ
41. Noe Perez, Warm Light, 2011, oil on canvas board, 11 x 14 inches.
42. Noe Perez, West Texas Morning with Black Cows, 2012, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches.
J E R I S A LT E R
43. Jeri Salter, Big Bend Reflections, 2015, pastel on panel, 20 x 30 inches.
J E R I S A LT E R
44. Jeri Salter, Blue Cliffs on the Other Side, 2015, pastel on panel, 16 x 20 inches.
45. Jeri Salter, Cracks in Time, 2014, pastel on panel, 16 x 20 inches.
J E R I S A LT E R
46. Jeri Salter, Elephant Mountain, 2015, pastel on panel, 18 x 24 inches.
J E R I S A LT E R
47. Jeri Salter, Hushed Splendor, 2015, pastel on panel, 15 x 29.5 inches.
J E R I S A LT E R
48. Jeri Salter, Looking Through the Haze, 2012, pastel on panel, 24 x 36 inches.
J E R I S A LT E R
49. Jeri Salter, Spring Comes to Big Bend, 2015, pastel on panel, 18 x 32 inches.
J E R I S A LT E R
50. Jeri Salter, Summer Clouds Over West Texas, 2015, pastel on panel, 20 x 24 inches.
51. Jeri Salter, Terlingua Sunrise View, 2015, pastel on panel, 16 x 30 inches.
• The Big Bend of Texas: Interpretations by Seven Artists •
THE ARTISTS O F
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WILLIAM REAVES FINE ART October 30 – November 28, 2015
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MARY BAXTER Mary Baxter has always had a keen interest in art, particularly as a result of family camping trips to the Chihuahuan Desert. She pursued her passion at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where she studied painting and advanced printmaking and earned her bachelor of science degree. Fully selffinancing her studies, Baxter worked across the country on the high goal polo circuit. Baxter moved to the Big Bend region when she leased a ranch Southwest of Marfa for raising cattle and training 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. She relocated to Marathon 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. Baxter currently resides and works in Marfa, 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 approach has helped Baxter truly convey the beauty of the Texas landscape. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1963 Born in Lubbock, Texas • 1988 BS, Painting and Advanced Printmaking, University of Texas at San Antonio • 2002–12 Baxter Studio and Gallery, Marathon • 2005 Best in Show, Trappings of Texas, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine • 2006–07 Residency, McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis • 2011 Residency, Madroño Ranch, Medina Resides in Marfa, Texas Selected Exhibitions • 2003 Solo, Ballroom Marfa • 2004 Group of five, Baxter Gallery, Marathon • 2005 Two-person show, Highland Gallery, Marfa • 2005–08 Trappings of Texas, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine • 2005–09 Annual Animal Art Show, Invitational, Big Bend Venue
• 2008 Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, Houston • 2008 Invitational, Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin • 2009 Solo, Eugene Binder Exhibition Space, Marfa • 2010 Solo, Museum of the Southwest, Midland • 2010 Solo, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio • 2011 Group of four, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo • 2013 Holidays at the Haley, Haley Memorial Library, Midland • 2014 National Ranching Heritage Museum, Lubbock • 2014 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas • 2015 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring • 2015 Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas Selected Public Collections • Blue Bonnet Electric Cooperative, Bastrop • Data Foundry, Austin • McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis and Austin • Marfa National Bank, Marfa • Riata Energy, Dallas
DAVID CATON David Caton is a painter whose work spans three decades of exploring landscape, still life, architectural, and mythological painting. Caton began to study painting during his high school years in Houston. He earned his BFA from the University of Houston and completed his MFA graduate studies at Yale University. Throughout his early years, Caton exhibited regularly and was invited to be in group shows. He has since had numerous solo exhibitions, and his paintings are featured in corporate and private collections across the country. Caton has a close affinity for the terrain of the west, especially that of the Big Bend region of Texas and the states of Utah and Arizona. He travels to these areas regularly to gather 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, administered through the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston • 1979 BFA, University of Houston • 1980 Ford Foundation Graduate Assistance Grant, Yale University • 1981 Teaching Assistant to Gretna Campbell • 1982 Teaching Assistant to Samia Halaby • 1982 MFA, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut • 1985 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant • 1987 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant Resides in Utopia, Texas Selected Exhibitions • 1975 Annual Spring Exhibition, Cullen Center, Houston • 1975 Truair, Hornbuckle, Sellers, and Caton, One Allen Center Houston • 1977 Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston • 1977 Houston Invitational Painting, Max Hutchinson Gallery, Houston • 1979 Max Hutchinson Gallery, Houston • 1979 Miniature Show, Lawndale Annex, University of Houston • 1981 MSU Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station • 1982 Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut • 1983 Group Show, Diverse Works, Houston • 1984–86 Wilhelm Gallery, Houston • 1986 Lawndale Lab Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston • 1987–88 Wilhelm Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona • 1987–88 Bienville Gallery, New Orleans • 1988 Houston ‘88, Cullen Center, Houston • 1988–90 Bell Ross Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee • 1993 Fur, Fins, Feathers and More; A Multi-Media Menagerie, Galveston Art Center, Galveston • 1994 Romancing The Land, Galveston Art Center, Galveston
• 1994 Landscape Without Figures, Hooks Epstein Gallery, Houston • 1996 Intimate, Houston Area Small Works Exhibition, Davis Gallery/Pennzoil Place Gallery, Houston • 2001 A Sense of Place, Williams Tower, Houston • 2001 Group Exhibition, Park Central VII, Dallas • 2001 Living and Working in Texas, Park Central VII, VIII and IX, Dallas • 2001 Still Lifes, Transco Tower, Houston • 2001 David Caton & Libby Johnson, Harris Gallery, Houston • 2001 Texas Landscapes, Transco Tower, Houston • 2001 Opening Exhibition, Barbara Able Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico • 2002 Group Exhibition, Williams Tower, Houston • 2002 Group Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston • 2004 David Caton and Bill Zaner, Harris Gallery, Houston • 2015 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring • 2015 Ties that Bind: Contemporary Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas Selected Public Collections • AGL Resources, Atlanta, Georgia • American General Corp., Houston • Andrews Kurth, Houston • Bank of America, Houston • Bank One, Houston • Chase Bank, Houston • Chase Bank, San Antonio • Chevron, Houston • Dow Chemical, Houston • Duke Energy, Houston • Electronic Data Systems, Dallas • Fidelity Investment, Houston • Fidelity Investment, Denver, Colorado • First City Bank, Houston • Heritage Media, Dallas • Hilton Americas, Houston • Houssiere, Durant & Doussiere, Houston • M. D. Anderson Hospital, Houston • Marathon Oi;, Houston • ethodist Hospital, Houston • Northern Trust, Dallas • Northern Trust, Houston • Northwestern University Hospital, Chicago, Illinois • Omni American Credit Union, Fort Worth • POGO, Midland • Quanex, Houston • Sacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene, Oregon • Schlumberger, Houston • Scott, Douglass & McConnico, Austin • Societe Generale, Dallas • St. Luke’s Hospital, The Woodlands • Tenneco Inc., Houston • Texas A&M University, College Station • Transco Energy, Houston • USAA, San Antonio • Vinson & Elkins, Houston • Watt, Beckworth & Thompson, Houston • West University Bank, Houston
PAT GABRIEL Pat Gabriel 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. 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 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 says 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 with small idea sketches, working on many ideas at once. He photographs subjects of interest and then edits the images to create a final painting reference. 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 conveys ideas that are personal to him but are universal to his audiences. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1960 Born in Chicago, Illinois • 1966 Moved to Fort Worth, Texas • 1990–present, Executive Director of Creative Services at GCG Marketing, Fort Worth • 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 • 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 • 2011 Hunting Art Prize Poster, Painting Fragile Spring selected for poster image
• Advisory Panel Member, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2015 Show previewed by Bonnie Gangelhoff, Southwest Art Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 10, March • Resides in Fort Worth, Texas Selected Exhibitions • 2007 The 9x12 Works on Paper Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth • 2008 Fort Worth Community Arts Center 2008 Biennial, Fort Worth • 2008 Advisory Panel Selects, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth • 2009 Texas Artists Coalition Juried Membership Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth • 2009–11 Preservation is the Art of the City®, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth • 2010–11 Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, Houston • 2011 Contemporaries: A Survey of 21st Century American Artists, Central Library, Fort Worth • 2012 Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo • 2013 Holidays at the Haley, Haley Memorial Library, Midland • 2014 Hunting Art Prize Exhibition, Houston • 2014 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas • 2015 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring • 2015 Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas • 2015 Pat Gabriel: In Plain Sight, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas Selected Public Collections • GCG Marketing, Fort Worth
JIM MALONE Known for his works on paper and his landscapes of the Big Bend region, Jim Malone is a consummate draftsman who has worked in a variety of media and techniques over a career spanning 35 years. To create his images he uses graphite, watercolor, pen and charcoal, collage, opaque acrylic paint, wax, and thread, and even burns lines into paper using a magnifying glass. He also works with composite images of photographs. Celestial and terrestrial maps figure in many of his compositions. Malone works intuitively in his drawings, and then looks back to find a thread of meaning, a link between imagery or ways of depicting that reveals a pattern. In this method, the work flows out of the artist instead of being forced into an analytical frame of reference. Malone has participated in group and solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, and at other museums and galleries throughout Texas. Most recently, his work was featured at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in the solo exhibition “Cutting for Sign,” in the group exhibition of Big Bend landscapes “Despoblado Update,” curated by Daniel Blagg, and in “James Malone: New Ideas.” Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • Born 1943 in Savannah, New York • BA, State University of New York, Oswego 1968 • Graduate Study, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth 1968-70 Selected Solo Exhibitions
• 2010 Jim Malone, Artspace111, Fort Worth, TX • 2009 James Malone: Gritty Details, Laura Moore Fine Art Studios, McKinney, TX • 2008 Lithos, Fort Worth Community Arts Center [December 12–29] • 2006 “Cutting for Sign,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX • 2006 “Jim Malone: New Ideas,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX • 2002 “String Theory,” Four Walls Gallery, Fort Worth, TX • 2002 About Landscape, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Irving, curator: Christine Bisetto, Dallas, TX • 2001 “The Artist’s Eye” Gallery Talk, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX • 2001 Carlsbad Museum and Art Center, New Mexico (three-person show) • 1996 Rachel Harris Gallery, Fort Worth, TX • 1994 Artist in residence, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX • 1982 Jan Weiner Gallery, Topeka, KS • 1981 Jan Weiner Gallery, Topeka, KS • 1981 Mattingly-Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX • 1978 Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX • 1973 Austin College, Sherman, TX • 1971 Austin College, Sherman, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
• 2010 2010 Hunting Art Prize exhibition, Houston • 2010 Selections 2010: Fort Worth Art Dealers Association, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2010 Best of the FWCAC Biennial 2010, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2009 Trinity Perspectives: Views of an Urban River, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2009 Paintings, Prints, and Presents, Artspace 111, Fort Worth
• 2009 American Landscape: Urban/Rural, Artspace 111, Fort Worth • 2009 Preservation Is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2009 Juried TAC Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2009 9 x 12 Works on Paper Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2008 9 x 12 Works on Paper Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2008 Preservation is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2008 WORTHwhile, Artspace 111, Fort Worth • 2008 Biennial Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2008 Making Lines: Works by Jim Malone, Tarrant County College, Arlington • 2007 Preservation Is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2006 First Annual Show, Texas Artists’ Coalition, curated by Dr. Frances Colpitt • 2006 25th Anniversary Show, Artspace 111, Fort Worth, Texas • 2006 Despoblado Update, curated by Daniel Blagg, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2004 First Annual Farewell Tour, with Joan Zalenski, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2004 Spring exhibition, presented by Merrill Lynch-The Benson Group, Artspace 111, Fort Worth • 2003 First Annual Curated Show, 18 artists, selected by Artist Exhibition Advisory Panel, Fort Worth Community Arts Center • 2003 Despoblado: The Uninhabited Land, Four Walls Gallery, Fort Worth • 2002 You Are Here, installation with Janet Tyson, Arlington Museum of Art • 2002 Summer Vacation, Fort Worth Public Library, Central Library, Fort Wor • 2000 Drawn, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas • 1998 Scratch, a drawing show, Rachel Harris Gallery, Fort Worth • 1998 Visions, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas • 1997 Serial Artists, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas • 1995 Images of Nature, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio • 1995 Landscapes, Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas • 1994 Images of Nature, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio • 1993 Reunion: Young Texas Artists, Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo • 1983 National Office Institute of Business Designers, Jan Weiner Gallery, Topeka, Kansas • 1982 Mural at World Trade Center, Dallas, with Dennis Blagg • 1982 Hearts and Flowers, The Art Center, Waco • 1981 Collection ’81, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C. • 1981 The Road Show, Houston • 1981 Three large murals with Dennis Blagg on 3 sides of Brumbaugh’s furniture warehouse, North main and NE 28th St; designed by Malone and Blagg • 1981 Tyler Museum of Art Anniversary Show, Tyler • 1980 Response, Tyler Museum of Art • 1980 Three Photographers, Mattingly-Baker Gallery, Dallas • 1979 Fire, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston • 1979 Made in Texas, University of Texas, Austin • 1977 Young Artists Series, Amarillo Art Center • 1976 Extra Landscapes, Tyler Museum of Art • 1975 Corsicana Panorama, collaboration with Ed Blackburn and Vernon Fisher at Corsicana Community Theater; narrative, camera obscura, and sound with large drawings and objects. • 1975 Chandelier, collaboration with Ed Blackburn and Vernon Fisher at Delahunty Gallery, Dallas; large drawing, camera obscura, sound recording of a story by Fisher, and objects • 1975 20th Exhibition of Southwestern Prints and Drawings, Dallas Museum of Art • 1972 Whitney Museum Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, New York • 1971 National Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale • 1970 National Drawing Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
MICHAEL H. MARVINS Michael H. (Mike) Marvins is a fourth generation photographer and native Texan who has travelled to almost every corner of the state, capturing images that show his unique vision. He has travelled Big Bend and the Hill Country virtually all his life on foot, horseback and on the rivers and, of course, by car, photographing both the grand vistas and the small things that just seemed to catch his eye. Marvins lives in Houston and is a part-time resident of the Texas Hill Country. Through his photographs, he captures the grandeur, remoteness, rich history, and dramatic ecological diversity of Big Bend that has caused it to take on an almost mythological status for travelers. Marvins’ longest personal project is the Big Bend area of Texas. It has resulted, so far, in three Museum exhibitions and a book, Texas’ Big Bend. The 192-page hardcover volume, features more than two hundred, museum quality color photographs and an informative foreword by Roy Flukinger, a photography curator at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. As one of the first comprehensive photographic studies of the Big Bend region, the book presents a stunning area of the nation in a manner that lifts it up to an artistic experience, recreating the feeling many people have when they first encounter the natural beauty of the area. His photographs hang in hundreds of homes and commercial collections in America and overseas. He is also a well-known photo historian and educator, conducting workshops and seminars in Texas, across the USA, and overseas. Marvins’ images have been exhibited from The Museum of Western Art in the Texas Hill Country to The Cultural Palace in Bejing, China. His photographs are in numerous important permanent collections, including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; The Harry Ransom Center-University of Texas, Austin; The Grace Museum, Abilene; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The International Photography Hall of Fame; and New Orleans Museum of Art. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • Fellowship, American Society of Photographers (less than 70 worldwide) • Fellowship, Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain • Fellowship, British Institute of Professional Photography ~Marvins is one of only three living American photographers to have earned all of these Fellowship Honors for lifetime achievement in photography.
• Master of Photography, Photographic Craftsman-Professional Photographers of America • Fellowship, Texas Professional Photographers Association (first photographer to receive this award) • Named Texas’ Outstanding Photographer six times, Texas Professional Photographers Association Selected Exhibitions • The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum • The House of Commons, London • The Cultural Palace, Beijing, China • The American Society of Photographers Travelling Collection • The Hill Country Arts Foundation, National Juried Exhibition • Epcot Center, Orlando, Florida • The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston • The Museum of Western Art, Kerville • Old Jail Art Center, Albany, Texas • Texas Photographic Society (two juried exhibitions) Selected Public Collections • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston • The New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans • The Harry Ransom Center/University of Texas, Austin • The Victoria and Albert Museum, London • Musee Nicephore, Niepce, France • The Grace Museum, Abilene • The Amon Carter Museum, Ft Worth • The Museum of Western Art, Kerrville • Texas State University, San Marcos
NOE PEREZ Noe Perez was born and raised 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. Despite his love of art, he chose to major in engineering. Perez earned his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at A&I University and he continues to work in that field today. Unwilling to put aside his intense interest in art, Perez has continued to advance his artistic abilities, attending plein air painting workshops with Plein-Air Painters of America artists Ron Rechner and George Strickland. Much of his work is done in the studio from photographs and plein air studies. Perez believes that plein air painting is an essential exercise for any landscape painter and he paints outdoors whenever possible. He paints the South Texas landscape—dusty terrain dotted with low brush and cactus in bright sunlight—using beautifully realistic colors that are equally muted and vibrant. Noe Perez is a master at capturing the beauty and essence of South Texas from Corpus Christi to the Rio Grande. Selected Biographical and Career Highlights • 1958 Born in Falfurrias, Texas • 1979 BS, Civil Engineering, A&I University, Kingsville • 2009 and 2011 Honorable Mention for Artistic Excellence, Jury’s Top 50, Salon International Art Show, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio • 2010 Included in Texas Traditions, Fresno Fine Art Publications, LLC • Resides in Corpus Christi, Texas Selected Exhibitions • 2006–08 Night of Artists, Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio • 2008–11 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio • 2010 Texas Traditions, Heritage Gallery, Dallas and Insight Gallery, Fredericksburg • 2010–11 Alamo Kiwanis Show, San Antonio • 2012 Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo • 2013 Holidays at the Haley, Haley Memorial Library, Midland • 2014 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas
• 2015 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring • 2015 Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas Selected Public Collections • Icon Bank, Galleria Houston • King Ranch, Kingsville • Kleberg National Bank, Kingsville • San Jacinto Title Co., Corpus Christi • University of Texas at San Antonio
JERI SALTER Originally from Richmond, Virginia, Jeri Salter has lived all over Texas– Houston, McAllen, Plano, Lago Vista, and currently, Round Rock. A selftaught 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. Salter 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 Moved to Texas • 1983–84 Glassell School of Art, Houston • 1994–95 Collin County Community College, Plano • 2002–present Member, Central Texas Pastel Society • 2005–08 President, Central Texas Pastel Society • 2007-present Member, Austin Pastel Society • 2009 Best in Show, Austin Pastel Society Miniature Show, Austin • 2009 Best in Show, Central Texas Pastel Society Membership Competition, Cultural Activities Center, Temple • 2010 Pastel Second Place, Phippen Museum Western Art Show, Prescott, Arizona • 2010 Mark Chapman Award, Best in Show, Fayetteville Artwalk Competition, Fayetteville, Texas • 2011 Pastel First Place, Phippen Museum Western Art Show, Prescott, Arizona • 2012 Pastel Second Place, Phippen Museum Western Art Show, Prescott, Arizona • 2012 Best in Show, Central Texas Pastel Society Membership Competition, Cultural Activities Center, Temple • 2014 Pastel First Place, Phippen Museum Western Art Show, Prescott, Arizona • Resides in Round Rock, Texas Selected Exhibitions • 2004–05 Wildflower Art Show, Salado • 2004–05 Art Walk, Georgetown
• 2005–06 Austin’s Artist Harvest Facet Show, Austin • 2006 Lady Bird Johnson’s Wildflower Center Holiday Show, Austin • 2007–09 Austin’s Museum of Art’s Laguna Gloria Holiday Show, Austin • 2008–09 Texas Wild Bunch, Professional Artists’ Show, Kerrville • 2010–11 Fort Worth Main St. Festival, Fort Worth • 2010–11 San Antonio Fiesta Show, San Antonio • 2010–11 Bayou City Downtown and Memorial Show, Houston • 2010–11 Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson • 2010–11 Art City Austin Show, Austin • 2010–11 Dallas Arboretum Artscape Show, Dallas • 2010–12, 2014 Phippen Museum Western Art Show, Prescott, Arizona • 2011 Featured Artist, Fayetteville Artwalk, Fayetteville, Texas • 2012 Restless Heart: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo • 2013 Holidays at the Haley, Haley Memorial Library, Midland • 2014 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas • 2015 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring • 2015 Ties that Bind: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas Selected Public Collections • BNSF Railroad Collection • Icon Bank, Galleria, Houston • Icon Bank, Sugarland • San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo
About William Reaves Fine Art
H OUSTON’S T EXAS- C ENTERED G ALLERY William Reaves Fine Art, established in 2006 in Houston, Texas, is dedicated to the promotion of premier Texas artists of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing particularly on historically significant artists active in the state during the period of 1900‒1975. The gallery showcases many of the state’s most accomplished and recognized talents, all of whom have significant connections to Texas and have evidenced the highest standards of quality in their work, training, and professionalism. In addition to its general focus on Early Texas Art, the gallery places special emphasis on the rediscovery and presentation of midcentury works by Houston and South Texas artists. William Reaves Fine Art is the foremost provider of Texas Modern Art, which includes midcentury masters and pioneering expressionists working in the state. The gallery also represents a dynamic group of contemporary artists, known as the Contemporary Texas Regionalists, actively showing their works in annual gallery exhibitions as well as traveling exhibitions throughout the state. William Reaves Fine Art is a comprehensive gallery offering fine art appraisals, consultation, collections management, brokerage, and sales services. The gallery exhibits artists working in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, works on paper, and photography. In order to promote interest and broaden knowledge of earlier Texas art, William Reaves Fine Art supports related gallery talks, community events, scholarly research, and publications. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and other times by appointment.
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