Travis Walker

TRAVIS WALKER EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE February 12th - February 22nd Reception September 27 5:00-7:00 PM

TRAVIS WALKER EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE 12 February – 22 February 2014, Jackson Reception February 19, 5-7 PM Altamira Fine Art is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Travis Walker. “Everything In Its Right Place” will be composed of new paintings created between September 2013 and February 2014. Working almost exclusively in oil, Walker continues his exploration of surreal landscape scenes based in the Jackson area. Familiar motifs such as whitewater river trip buses, Snow King Mountain, paragliders, and hay bales will make appearances. The exhibit will include 10 small works featuring vintage campers.

Walker’s expertise with printmaking shows up in his paintings as well. In a new work entitled “Snow King and Whitewater Bus (Orange)” (oil on panel, 24 x 48, 2014), graphic elements define the painting. Interlocking lines of the dark and light green of a mowed lawn draw the eye toward a wall of similarly green shaded trees. A street and sidewalk follow the same line, creating a hyperreal flatness. The titular bus provides the only detailed element in the painting, but even it is refined to a configuration of shapes.

Often void of humans or animals, a Walker painting distills shapes and landmarks to their essences.

Walker masterfully generates tension between his soft, pastel palettes and a pervasive lonely mood. His paintings hum with energy, at once soothing and evocative. Shapes themselves take center stage as subjects and cause viewers to see the town of Jackson in a new way.

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Red Shasta Oil on Panel 8 x 8 inches (TRW 041)

Kelly Camper Oil on Panel 11 x 14 inches (TRW 043)

South Park Hay Bales No. 3 Oil on Panel 30 x 48 inches (TRW 033)

“A common subject in my work is the road, which represents our journey through life. We start off staring down the lines of a road, and our entire lives we continue to follow the road to new places. My fascination with roads led me to another symbol in my work: the trailer home. I have found so many trailers scattered throughout the West that I have come to view them as representations of the American Dream, full of hope, uncertainty, and memory.�

The Empty Home Oil on Panel 30 x 48 inches (TRW 038)

Pismo Beach Camper No. 2 Oil on Panel 16 x 20 inches (TRW 021))

Pismo Beach Camper No. 3 Oil on Panel 11 x 14 inches (TRW 026)

Snow King with Orange Whitewater Bus Oil on Panel 24 x 48 inches (TRW 034)

South Park Haybales No. 4 Oil on Panel 16 x 20 inches (TRW 039)

Orange Shasta Oil on Panel 11 x 14 inches (TRW 020)

Travis Walker

B. Tokyo, Japan (1976-) EDUCATION 1997-1998 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2000 B.F.A. Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1999 Black and White, Banana Factory, Bethelehem, PA 2000 Interaction IV, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA 2002 Takin It To The Streets, Town Square, Jackson, WY 2003 Takin It To The Streets, Town Square, Jackson, WY 2004 Takin It To The Streets, Town Square, Jackson, WY 2005 Opening Our Doors, Art Association, Jackson, WY 2006 Full Disclosure, Art Association, Jackson, WY 2007 Interaction, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY 2007 Art Fair Jackson Hole, Miller Park, Jackson, WY 2008 Art It Forward, Lyndsay McCandless Contemporary, Jackson, WY 2008 Wallpaper, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY 2009 Takin It To The Streets, Town Square, Jackson, WY 2011 Wallpaper, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY 2012 Western Visions, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY 2013 Takin It To The Streets, Town Square, Jackson, WY SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 Views of Jackson, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY 2012 American Dreams, Cowboy Coffee, Jackson, WY Awards 2000 2012 2013 2013

Printmaker in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Rising Star Award, Cultural Council of Jackson Hole Artist in Residence, National Museum of Wildlife Arts Panelist, National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Communities Grant

Paragliders No. 2 Oil on Canvas 30 x 40 inches (TRW 030)

For more information please contact Dean Munn at dean@altamiraart.com or Katherine Harrington at katherine@altamiraart.com or call 307.739.4700 www.altamiraart.com