Thursday, February 27, 2014

Lost Maple Path, landscape painting by Margie Barker




Lost Maple Path
Margie Barker
Acrylic
$659.00
20" x 24"

In a painting entitled, Lost Maple Path, Margie Barker finds inspiration from her love of the land and a tribute to Lost Maples State Park, located at Vanderpool, Texas.  Margie shares her view artistically with the viewer; reminding us of times past while  enjoying picnicking, backpacking, sightseeing, hiking, bird watching and nature studying.

The rough terrain of rocks and shallow creek form the visual base of the painting.  Small saplings show new growth, vigor and adaptability in the rocky yet sheltering environment.  The arrangement of rocks is elliptical, a shape that juxtaposes the foliage of the stately central maple tree.  

The tree is radiant with natural fall color and jubilant as only nature can create.  The hillside is prolific with greens foliage and slopes downward.

Margie paints the golden yellow and maple red-orange leaves of this tree so one might enjoy the sky laden with gentle wispy white clouds. She paints the beauty of the hillside and the composition of nature with layer upon layer of vibrant color and shadow.  

 Nature is at its abundant best and Margie uses the paint and brush to tell the story. There is a walking path that beckons and the short shadows indicate plenty of time to enjoy the discovery of views only steps away.

The colors chosen are powerful in this painting and the organization is rhythmically inviting.  Margie Barker has successfully captured a moment in time as she adventured to the Texas Hill Country.

By: Betty Houston
Art Consultant
JR Mooney Galleries, Boerne

To purchase call 830-816-5106

Or purchase online at www.jrmooneygalleries.com

JR Mooney Galleries in the Boerne Star Newspaper




Thank you to Connie McFall Clark for the write up in the Boerne Star newspaper (Nov. 2013), this one went under our radar for a while, till I found a copy at Bill Scheidt's studio. 

Great review and information on our gallery in Boerne. 

Come on out to the gallery to see what the Buzz is about!!

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

80 year old Helotes Texas Artist is new acquisition at JR Mooney Galleries, Boerne



J.R. Mooney Galleries, Boerne is proud to announce the acquisition of Helotes Artist, Margie Barker. 

As an introduction to the gallery, JR Mooney Galleries will be featuring five of Mrs. Barker’s small 6 x 9 paintings and two Lost Maples landscapes. The 6 x 9” inch paintings are moderately priced at $180.00 with frame.  Mrs. Barker is a member of the BPA (Boerne Professional Artist) association and had exhibited her work over the last 50 years.

Margie Barker is inspired by her love of the land. She has painted everything from New Mexico aspens to the Grand Canyon’s majesty but it is to the flora and fauna of Texas that her brush irresistibly returns.
Her oils, watercolors, and acrylics have won her a host of awards, including Best of Show at the San Antonio River Art Show. She is listed in Artist of Texas, Vol. II, and her work has been exhibited at the San Antonio Art League Museum.  

Starting at Sam Houston State University, where she earned a B.A. in art, Margie has worked tirelessly to hone her skills. She sketches form nature, her strokes deft, quick and seemingly effortless. Once in her studio, the life and energy inspire her paintings. Over the years, Margie’s realistic style has evolved into a modern form of Impression.


These small paintings are available for purchase at the Boerne Gallery as well as online at:







Friday, February 21, 2014

Save the Date: Plaza Club and JR Mooney Galleries - "Texas Size Celebration" exhibition

Save the Date: 
Plaza Club and JR Mooney Galleries -
"Texas Size Celebration" exhibition

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Save the Date:


Art in the Plaza


March 10, 2014

5:30 pm - 8:00 pm




Plaza Club

and

JR Mooney Galleries -

present



"Texas Size Celebration"

Fine Art exhibition




***Opening Night is Free and Open to the public**

 

Plaza Club

100 W. Houston

Frost Bank Tower, 21st Floor

San Antonio, TX 78205

210.227.4191

 
Join J. R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art as they partner with San Antonio’s Plaza Club for a joint celebration of Texas and San Antonio with a fine art exhibition titled: “Texas Size Celebration”for the March/ April 2014 Art in the Plaza

Free Public Opening for “Texas Size Celebration”:
MARCH 10, 2014 5:30 PM – 8: 00PM

Located just minutes from the River Walk and the Alamo, Plaza Club is where the leaders of San Antonio gather for business and social networking.

March/ April 2014 Art in the Plaza will focus on a curatorial selection of JR Mooney Gallery artists whose work epitomizes the integrity of Texas Vintage, Texas Impressionism, as well as Contemporary Western.  JR Mooney Galleries of Fine Art is proud to showcase legendary artists like Randy Peyton, Arthur McCall, Cliff Cavin, Warren Hunter, W.A. Slaughter, Bill Scheidt, Sidney Sinclair, among others for the March/ April 2014 Art in the Plaza.
 Who:
J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art, Plaza Club
 

What:
“Texas Size Celebration”, Art in the Plaza fine art exhibition
 

When:
Monday, March 10, 2014, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Free and open to the Public
 

Where:
Plaza Club
100 W. Houston
Frost Bank Tower, 21st Floor
San Antonio, TX 78205
210.227.4191
Select Artist Bios


Randy Peyton:

Randy Peyton represents the new cohort of Texas Landscape Painters; leading a post Onderdonk generation of Bluebonnet Bounty.  Peyton has captured the Texas landscape like a scenic shaman, creating emotional and nostalgic reminiscences of days nurtured by the Texas heat- causing the viewer to relax in an art induced medicinal meditation.”  Randy Peyton was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1958. At the age of fifteen he began his quest in painting the endless landscapes of Texas; favoring the bluebonnet. Peyton considers himself a self-taught artist; having meticulously studied the paintings of Robert Wood, Porfirio Salinas, Don Warren, W. A. Slaughter, and many other regional landscape masters.

Arthur McCall:

Hidden in the backwoods of our nostalgic memory lies a dormant thought awakened by a quick jolt of visual appeasement. Arthur McCall is one such artist that has that ability to stimulate our reminiscent reflections of our ancestors. Described as a painter of “Nostalgic landscapes”, Arthur depicts country-time scenes that hearken back to the times of a pre-industrial era; a rugged living dictated by the seasons not the clock, farmhouses before factory farming and open communities before gated ones.  A retired Game Warden for the state of Texas, Arthur spent most of his adult life outside, dealing with farmhands, poachers, cowboys, immigrants, hunters, and “good ol’ country boys”.  This genial living taught Arthur many life lessons, but everything about his stoic profession shaped who he was and who he became. An armed artist with a charismatic lifestyle that mirrors his ability to capture the Texas terrain, Arthur used his camera daily to record the likings he saw while in the field. He illustrates a sense of trouble-free days, ones on which you cannot help but stop and watch the quail feed in the scattered underbrush.

Cliff Cavin:

Cliff Cavin, a San Antonio painter, finds comfort and freedom in traditional Impressionistic Landscape Painting. Focusing his attentions to the vast openness of the South Texas region and the ever expanding deserts of New Mexico, Cavin’s intuitive choreographed artistic calculations in his scenic and visual color Soirées create stylized paintings that capture the ambiance of subtle environmental illuminations. Cavin is a purist, dedicated to the capturing of light, of atmosphere, of sub-stratospheric heavens.  This painterly alchemy and impressionistic rendition captures this ideal moment in time.

Warren Hunter:

Warren Hunter left behind a collection of artwork that portrayed Texas as it was. Looking back on his life and career, he represented a full range of artistic expression, including woodblock and linoleum prints, typesetting, oil and watercolor painting, commercial illustration, and the forgotten art of copper etching. He taught both commercial and graphic art. He was the first dean of the San Antonio Art Institute. His art school was the training ground for a host of Texas artists. His paintings hang in the Alamo and the San Jacinto Monument. His works are in the Smithsonian Institution, the White House, and many private collections. Warren Hunter was an extraordinary Texan dedicated to teaching and making art. His ability to capture the beauty of our state has left us with a great legacy of artistic creation.

 W.A. Slaughter:

W. A. Slaughter grew up in Texas amid the splendor and beauty of the Hill Country. The serene landscape and rolling hills near his home in San Antonio were early sources of inspiration for his developing artistic ability. His love of nature manifested itself in other ways, as well; in 1952, after eight years of intense training, Slaughter was ordained a Lutheran minister. Upon his return from Mexico, Slaughter began to exhibit his work with the Artists and Craftsmen Association of Dallas. In 1972, Slaughter dedicated himself entirely to painting. Although a wide variety of landscapes inspire Bill Slaughter, it is the gentle beauty of the Texas Hill Country that truly speaks to him. His canvases of fields of bluebonnets and stately oak trees evoke memories of quieter times.

Bill Scheidt:

Bill Scheidt is a level 5 certified Texas Professional Farrier (a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming, balancing and the placing of shoes on their hooves), and is a member of the Texas Professional Farriers Association.  Interestingly, Bill Scheidt worked the horse route around Boerne from 1971 till about 1987, and still resides in Boerne. He was also the Farrier for what was previous - Fair Oaks Ranch, before it was a gated community on I-10 known as the same name. He has studied at the Scottsdale Artists School; taken workshops with: artist, Roy Andersen; CAA artist, Joe Beeler; CAA artist, Jim Norton; CAA artist, R. S. Riddick and Bruce Greene; and attended various other Cowboy Artists of America workshops.  Bill Scheidt is also a Signature Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation, “Supporting wildlife and habitat conservation, biodiversity, sustainability, and environmental education through art that celebrates our natural heritage.”  Bill Scheidt is a current or former member of the American Plains Artists, Oil Painters of America and has exhibited in the Museum of Western Art.  Bill has won numerous awards at shows including best oil painting and people’s choice. Shows include: The Mountain Oyster Club in Tucson, Arizona; The Phippen Western Art Show in Prescott, Arizona; The Peppertree Art Show in Santa Ynez, California; The Alamo Kiwanis Western Invitational in San Antonio, Texas, The Roundup and Collectors Classic in Kerrville Texas and Shows by the Texas Wild Bunch, Professional Artists.

Sidney Sinclair: 

Sidney earned her Bachelors of Arts Degree at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a short stint at the Warren Hunter School of Art in Texas.  This fourth generation Texan has studied with international, national, and regional artists. Sidney studied watercolor under Darrell Trott of Australia, and oil painting with artists David Leffel and Gregg Kruetz of the Art Student League in New York City; rounding out a stellar academic course of still life and portraiture with artist nationally recognized galleriest and Western Painter, Jay Hester of Highland House Gallery, Boerne, Sidney`s work has appeared in American Art Review, Country Lifestyle, and Food & Leisure magazines. She has shown at the Alamo Kiwanis Annual Invitational Art Show, the Western Art Invitational, and the Texas Hill Country Invitational at Tapatio Springs Resort, the Boerne Parade of Artists, and the annual Art Walk in San Antonio. Sidney was featured at the Bright Shawl, participated in the American Heart Association fundraiser, and One Woman Shows in San Antonio, Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sidney`s work is collected by art collectors throughout the United States and Europe. Feathery wisps of painterly attributes lick the canvas, driven by nameless afflictions as Sidney Sinclair delivers an artistic pseudo-epitaph of sorts with a muted palette of color that lays claim to a new beginning – an aesthetically purposeful jump off from a road well-traveled, previously versed in despair, sickness and recovery and onto an new awaking; full of life. She gives us prize paintings via new outlooks —a hazy dreamland of internal psychology.

J. R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art / 8302 Broadway / San Antonio, TX. 78209 / 210.828.8214

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Texas Size Celebration Art Exhibition at San Antonio's Plaza Club

Join J. R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art as they partner with San Antonio’s Plaza Club for a joint celebration of Texas and San Antonio with a fine art exhibition titled: “Texas Size Celebration”for the March/ April 2014 Art in the Plaza

Free Public Opening for “Texas Size Celebration”:
MARCH 10, 2014 5:30 PM – 8: 00 PM

Located just minutes from the River Walk and the Alamo, Plaza Club is where the leaders of San Antonio gather for business and social networking.

March/ April 2014 Art in the Plaza will focus on a curatorial selection of JR Mooney Gallery artists whose work epitomizes the integrity of Texas Vintage, Texas Impressionism, as well as Contemporary Western.  JR Mooney Galleries of Fine Art is proud to showcase legendary artists like Randy Peyton, Arthur McCall, Cliff Cavin, Warren Hunter, W.A. Slaughter, Bill Scheidt, Sidney Sinclair, among others for the March/ April 2014 Art in the Plaza.

 Who:
J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art, Plaza Club

What:
“Texas Size Celebration”, Art in the Plaza fine art exhibition

When:
Monday, March 10, 2014, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Free and open to the Public

Where:
Plaza Club
100 W. Houston
Frost Bank Tower, 21st Floor
San Antonio, TX 78205
210.227.4191







Randy Peyton:
Randy Peyton represents the new cohort of Texas Landscape Painters; leading a post Onderdonk generation of Bluebonnet Bounty.  Peyton has captured the Texas landscape like a scenic shaman, creating emotional and nostalgic reminiscences of days nurtured by the Texas heat- causing the viewer to relax in an art induced medicinal meditation.”  Randy Peyton was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1958. At the age of fifteen he began his quest in painting the endless landscapes of Texas; favoring the bluebonnet. Peyton considers himself a self-taught artist; having meticulously studied the paintings of Robert Wood, Porfirio Salinas, Don Warren, W. A. Slaughter, and many other regional landscape masters.

Arthur McCall:
Hidden in the backwoods of our nostalgic memory lies a dormant thought awakened by a quick jolt of visual appeasement. Arthur McCall is one such artist that has that ability to stimulate our reminiscent reflections of our ancestors. Described as a painter of “Nostalgic landscapes”, Arthur depicts country-time scenes that hearken back to the times of a pre-industrial era; a rugged living dictated by the seasons not the clock, farmhouses before factory farming and open communities before gated ones.  A retired Game Warden for the state of Texas, Arthur spent most of his adult life outside, dealing with farmhands, poachers, cowboys, immigrants, hunters, and “good ol’ country boys”.  This genial living taught Arthur many life lessons, but everything about his stoic profession shaped who he was and who he became. An armed artist with a charismatic lifestyle that mirrors his ability to capture the Texas terrain, Arthur used his camera daily to record the likings he saw while in the field. He illustrates a sense of trouble-free days, ones on which you cannot help but stop and watch the quail feed in the scattered underbrush.

Cliff Cavin:
Cliff Cavin, a San Antonio painter, finds comfort and freedom in traditional Impressionistic Landscape Painting. Focusing his attentions to the vast openness of the South Texas region and the ever expanding deserts of New Mexico, Cavin’s intuitive choreographed artistic calculations in his scenic and visual color Soirées create stylized paintings that capture the ambiance of subtle environmental illuminations. Cavin is a purist, dedicated to the capturing of light, of atmosphere, of sub-stratospheric heavens.  This painterly alchemy and impressionistic rendition captures this ideal moment in time. 

Warren Hunter:
Warren Hunter left behind a collection of artwork that portrayed Texas as it was. Looking back on his life and career, he represented a full range of artistic expression, including woodblock and linoleum prints, typesetting, oil and watercolor painting, commercial illustration, and the forgotten art of copper etching. He taught both commercial and graphic art. He was the first dean of the San Antonio Art Institute. His art school was the training ground for a host of Texas artists. His paintings hang in the Alamo and the San Jacinto Monument. His works are in the Smithsonian Institution, the White House, and many private collections. Warren Hunter was an extraordinary Texan dedicated to teaching and making art. His ability to capture the beauty of our state has left us with a great legacy of artistic creation.



W.A. Slaughter:
W. A. Slaughter grew up in Texas amid the splendor and beauty of the Hill Country. The serene landscape and rolling hills near his home in San Antonio were early sources of inspiration for his developing artistic ability. His love of nature manifested itself in other ways, as well; in 1952, after eight years of intense training, Slaughter was ordained a Lutheran minister. Upon his return from Mexico, Slaughter began to exhibit his work with the Artists and Craftsmen Association of Dallas. In 1972, Slaughter dedicated himself entirely to painting. Although a wide variety of landscapes inspire Bill Slaughter, it is the gentle beauty of the Texas Hill Country that truly speaks to him. His canvases of fields of bluebonnets and stately oak trees evoke memories of quieter times.

Bill Scheidt:
Bill Scheidt is a level 5 certified Texas Professional Farrier (a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming, balancing and the placing of shoes on their hooves), and is a member of the Texas Professional Farriers Association.  Interestingly, Bill Scheidt worked the horse route around Boerne from 1971 till about 1987, and still resides in Boerne. He was also the Farrier for what was previous - Fair Oaks Ranch, before it was a gated community on I-10 known as the same name. He has studied at the Scottsdale Artists School; taken workshops with: artist, Roy Andersen; CAA artist, Joe Beeler; CAA artist, Jim Norton; CAA artist, R. S. Riddick and Bruce Greene; and attended various other Cowboy Artists of America workshops.  Bill Scheidt is also a Signature Member of the Artists for Conservation Foundation, “Supporting wildlife and habitat conservation, biodiversity, sustainability, and environmental education through art that celebrates our natural heritage.”  Bill Scheidt is a current or former member of the American Plains Artists, Oil Painters of America and has exhibited in the Museum of Western Art.  Bill has won numerous awards at shows including best oil painting and people’s choice. Shows include: The Mountain Oyster Club in Tucson, Arizona; The Phippen Western Art Show in Prescott, Arizona; The Peppertree Art Show in Santa Ynez, California; The Alamo Kiwanis Western Invitational in San Antonio, Texas, The Roundup and Collectors Classic in Kerrville Texas and Shows by the Texas Wild Bunch, Professional Artists.

Sidney Sinclair:
Sidney earned her Bachelors of Arts Degree at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, with a short stint at the Warren Hunter School of Art in Texas.  This fourth generation Texan has studied with international, national, and regional artists. Sidney studied watercolor under Darrell Trott of Australia, and oil painting with artists David Leffel and Gregg Kruetz of the Art Student League in New York City; rounding out a stellar academic course of still life and portraiture with artist nationally recognized galleriest and Western Painter, Jay Hester of Highland House Gallery, Boerne, Sidney`s work has appeared in American Art Review, Country Lifestyle, and Food & Leisure magazines. She has shown at the Alamo Kiwanis Annual Invitational Art Show, the Western Art Invitational, and the Texas Hill Country Invitational at Tapatio Springs Resort, the Boerne Parade of Artists, and the annual Art Walk in San Antonio. Sidney was featured at the Bright Shawl, participated in the American Heart Association fundraiser, and One Woman Shows in San Antonio, Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Sidney`s work is collected by art collectors throughout the United States and Europe. Feathery wisps of painterly attributes lick the canvas, driven by nameless afflictions as Sidney Sinclair delivers an artistic pseudo-epitaph of sorts with a muted palette of color that lays claim to a new beginning – an aesthetically purposeful jump off from a road well-traveled, previously versed in despair, sickness and recovery and onto an new awaking; full of life. She gives us prize paintings via new outlooks —a hazy dreamland of internal psychology.


J. R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art / 8302 Broadway / San Antonio, TX. 78209 / 210.828.8214

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Mooney Makes Sense column in Boerne Business Monthly Feb 2014


See the Feb 2014 edition of Boerne Business Monthly for our monthly column called "Mooney Makes Sense".  This month we feature the artwork of Cody Vance. We also give a summarized account of the unique stone carving guild of San Antonio.

Read it here in the BBM






JR Mooney Galleries Newsletter Feb 2014

New Artists & New Work!


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As we have spent the last few weeks closing out the old year and preparing for the new here at J. R. Mooney Galleries, our focus has been on finishing up projects, taking inventory and generally cleaning things up and out.  Over the course of years (67 to be exact) not only have we accumulated a bit of dust, we have also gained many friends, loyal customers and fond memories.  And with all of those years of service comes a rare insight into the business of art and framing.

One of the most important things to realize is that each item that a client brings to us for framing has an intrinsic value to that person.  It is perhaps our first and foremost rule around here.  Whether it is a photograph, artwork, print or seemingly mundane object, it is being framed for a reason – more often than not because of its sentimental value or ability to evoke a pleasant response from its owner.  Even when choosing art or framing from a merely decorative standpoint, the client is attempting to create an atmosphere that reflects their personality and presence; a mood or ambiance that makes a statement about who they are.  “Custom framing” is exactly that – the finishing touch that is customized not only to the object being framed but also to the owner’s personal specifications and desires.  Our goal is to help the client towards the perfect finished piece that will bring years of enjoyment.

Selecting art is an even more personal experience than framing, as the viewer must have a relationship to the piece; the artwork should make a connection to the purchaser.  However, the expression of these relationships and connections are varied and can change, as do design trends and personal tastes.  In response to all this, for the New Year we have some new moulding lines and new artists and artwork.  At our Boerne location we have an eclectic mix of new artists, including abstract works by Russell Stephenson, Guus Kemp, Louis Vega Trevino and sculptor Cody Vance.  Also in Boerne we have some wonderful new works by Sidney Sinclair and Bill Scheidt.  And at our San Antonio location we have new pieces by Cliff Cavin, Arthur McCall and Diane Mendoza. 

So come in and see what’s new for 2014!  We look forward to seeing you.
"Presidio"  40 x 84 Oil on Board - Available at our Boerne Location
Russell Stephenson, a Texas painter, in an unrelenting approach has mastered the gorgeous godliness of our great state in his Panoramic Texas series paintings.

Radiant browns and various tones of burnt sienna seem to meddle perfectly with contrasting cool slate grays, snowy silvers and wispy whites; where atmospheric amalgamations of colors are ever approachable, digestible and delicate in their ephemeral and abstracted beauty.
 
Hidden Falls, 32" x 42", Enhanced Giclee
CharlesPABST
Charles Pabst’s true gift is the ability to transport his viewer to another place or time through his art.   He envelops you with an emotional connection to the artwork, something few artists can aspire to do. Although most of his subject matter is highly dramatic, Charles Pabst isn’t as concerned with what he is painting as much as he is with the act of painting itself. It is a drive within him, a need that started at a very young age. He believes it is the responsibility of an artist to create the most beautiful painting he possibly can without regard as to where the work will find a home. “Art,” he says, “is a social activity” even if he starts out painting alone in his studio. Charles is still involved even after the painting is finished. A piece of him goes out into the world and will be passed on through the generations.

Charles Pabst is known for his use of a warm palette. You can almost feel the heat of the melting sun as it dissolves behind the majesty of the Grand Canyon.  The most incredible sensation is, despite the deep reds, yellows, and oranges, an overwhelming peace that permeates nearly every work coming out of Pabst’s studio.

He acknowledges this, but doesn’t want his audience to get too comfortable. He states that his paintings of the Grand Canyon “have this very calm sense, but beware… there are rapids on the other side!”

Another interesting fact is that Charles Pabst takes great pride in his work, taking the time to enhance each Giclee. He hand paints each reproduction, adding highlights and details making it difficult for even a trained eye to differentiate between the original work and the enhanced Giclee.

J R Mooney Galleries is proud to represent Charles Pabst and his work and we invite you to come in to experience his art for yourself. It might be cold outside, but a few minutes looking at a Pabst and you will, at least momentarily, be taken away to a world as seen through the eyes of an amazing artist.
© Valarie McCown
 
 
"The Briscoe Western Art Museum’s “Night of the Artists” includes two from San Antonio -- Cliff Cavin and Mark Keathley. Cavin is a regionally celebrated impressionistic landscape painter; a colorist whose lingering light firmaments and shadowy plains, deserts, and woodlands have secured his legacy in the Southern U.S.  Cavin touts several distinguished museum exhibitions including showings at the Dallas Heritage Museum, the C.M. Russell Museum and the Briscoe Western Art Museum, among many other galleries and invitationals throughout Texas. 

On the other hand, Keathley’s altering aesthetic and mastered skill-set has anchored his stature in the national art community. Keathley has evolved from his nostalgic country time renditions of long forgotten farm lives, to a prolific assortment of Texas landscapes, to paintings that are able to capture a timeless era of scenic engagements; often involving heroic/stoic cowboys and war painted Native Americans.

Previously,  Keathley was awarded the “Patron’s Choice Award” for his Native Sun painting in theNight of the Artist 2013 at the Briscoe Western Art Museum during the inaugural year of the newly renovated building.

This year Cavin is presenting a new series of landscapes and wildlife in an aesthetic of simplistic interpretations. Morning Light, a small 12 x 24”oil painting is a dynamic horizontal of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Buttery filters cloud the foreground; our eyes squint from the sun’s haze. The mountains in Morning Light create a strata of earth tone plateaus; mimicking the parallel denominations that break up the composition of the piece. Vertical shadows play a juxtaposing alignment, filling the landscape with cavernous angles within the topography and brush.

Mark Keathley's artwork submissions for Night of the Artist range from longhorns and bluebonnets to menacing wild hogs to imposing Native Americans and nocturnal Pony Express interpretations.  One of his significant paintings for this year’s exhibition is Miss Texas, an 18 x 24” oil painting of a Texas Longhorn."

- Excerpt from February 2014 "Contemporary Western during C.A.M." article written by Gabriel Delgado
 











THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE!
Eduard Edigaryan and his daughter, Goar, were born in Gyumri, Armenia, but when an earthquake in 1988 destroyed the city, Eduard moved his family to Prague where they continue to live and work.  The Edigaryans have taken part in exhibitions in the Netherlands, Germany, and Norway and have collectors world-wide.  Both studied at the Art School that once stood in their hometown, but Goar states her father continues to be her best teacher.
Left: Eduard Edigaryan "Floral Abstraction" 15 x 9 Mixed Media
Right: Goar Edigaryan "Anticipation" 10.25 x 9.5 Mixed Media
UPCOMING SAN ANTONIO & AREA ART EVENTS!
FEB 6 thru MAR 2 - American Plains Artist Twenty-Ninth Annual Juried Exhibit - Art of the Plains 2014 (Featuring Bill Scheidt) Kerrville Cultural Center American Plains Artist
FEB 21 - On and Off Fredericksburg Road Autograph Party 6 - 9 p.m. (Featuring Russell Stephenson) Bihl Haus Gallery San Antonio 
On and Off Autograph Party
FEB 22 & 23 - On and Off Fredericksburg Road Studio Tour (Featuring Cody Vance, Russell Stephenson) San Antonio On and Off Fredericksburg Road
FEB & MAR - Louis Vega Trevino Solo Exhibit Carmen's Corner Gallery at Children's Art Museum SAKids Carmen's Corner
MAR 29 Night of the Artists  (Featuring Cliff Cavin and Mark Keathley) Briscoe Western Art Museum San Antonio Briscoe Museum Night of the Artists
MAR 29 & 30 - The Color of Blind - Contemporary Art Month Mercury Project (Featuring Russell Stephenson) San Antonio Contemporary Art Month The Color of Blind
APR 26 - Spring Round Up - Museum of Western Art (Featuring Bill Scheidt) Kerrville - Exhibit Remains thru May 24  Museum of Western Art Event