Lonestar Legacies In Contemporary Texas Art: Featuring Views of the Permian Basin by Laura Lewis

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This summer William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art of Houston teams up with the prestigious Haley Memorial Library & History Center to host an outstanding exhibition featuring many of the state’s best contemporary artists at the Haley Memorial Library in Midland, Texas. The 17 artists represented in the Haley show constitute the gallery’s Contemporary Texas Regionalist group. These artists hale from all over the state, many acknowledged as rising stars on the Texas scene and all recognized among the foremost painters working within the state today.

The Contemporary Texas Regionalists include: Randy Bacon (Albany), Mary Baxter (Marfa), David Caton (Utopia), Margie Crisp (Elgin), Keith Davis (Austin), Fidencio Duran (Austin), Pat Gabriel (Fort Worth), Billy Hassell (Fort Worth), Lee Jamison (Huntsville), Robb Kendrick (Austin), Laura Lewis (Mason), Robert McCoy (San Antonio), William Montgomery (Elgin), Noe Perez (Corpus Christi), Jeri Salter (Round Rock), Debbie Stevens (Cypress), and William Young (Palestine). While working in a wide range of styles and variety of medium, each artist conveys traditional Texas themes, with a painterly, regional ethos in their output. This entire group of Texas artists is producing artwork capturing the attention of major collectors, and finding their way into the permanent collections of Texas museums.

The exhibition provides a special tribute to the work of Mason (formerly Lubbock) artist Laura Lynn Lewis who has completed the majestic mural depicting the discovery and development of oil in the Permian Basin recently

installed on the new Chevron facility in Midland. Lewis’s work focuses in scenes of West Texas and the High Plains, and her works are included in important private and public collections.

Of note, all the artists are featured in the recent publication by Texas A&M University Press entitled Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art. Co-authored and curated by Andrew Sansom, a leading Texas conservationist with the Meadows Center for Art & Environment, and William E. Reaves, an influential Texas art collector and historian, the book showcases a compilation of some of the finest contemporary river art detailing the gorgeous traits of Texas landscapes. Through this work, the co-curators provide not only the backgrounds and historical development of riverine themes in Texas art, they also reiterate the vital importance of water conservation and the role that rivers play as the lifeblood of our land. Coinciding with the new publication, a touring museum exhibition is ongoing throughout 2017, starting at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts in early spring, and traveling to Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in June, followed by the Witte Museum in San Antonio in the fall. There will be a book signing for Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art in conjunction with the opening reception at the Haley on Thursday, June 8th.

William Reaves & Sarah Foltz

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Artist

LAURA LEWIS

Title of Work

Date

Medium

Size (inches)

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Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis Laura Lewis

Beneath Still Waters 2017 oil on canvas 35x56 Brazos and Tumbleweeds 2016 oil on canvas 20x48 Brazos Blaze 2014 oil on canvas 38x48 Good Morning to You 2016 oil on canvas 24x40 Palo Duro from Highway 207 2013 oil on panel 38x48 Racking em' Back 2014 oil on canvas 24x18 Rio Blanco Canyon 2016 oil on canvas

35.5x60 Rotary Rig 2017 oil on canvas 56x75 Starry Day 2017 oil on canvas 20x48 West Texas Pipeline 2017 oil on canvas 56x75 Monaghans Sand Hills 2017 oil on canvas 32x60 The Case of the Deer Corn 2017 oil on canvas 32x60 Yate's Field 2017 oil on canvas 24x60

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Randy Bacon Randy Bacon Randy Bacon Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Mary Baxter Mary Baxter David Caton David Caton David Caton Margie Crisp Margie Crisp Keith Davis Keith Davis Keith Davis Keith Davis Fidencio Duran Pat Gabriel

Pat Gabriel

Billy Hassell Billy Hassell Lee Jamison Robb Kendrick Robb Kendrick Robert McCoy William Montgomery Noe Perez Noe Perez Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Jeri Salter Debbie Stevens Debbie Stevens Debbie Stevens

Route 66, Amarillo 2013 oil on canvas 28x29 Tuscola Canyon 2015 oil on canvas 20x62 Old Henry's House, Lamesa #3 2011 oil on canvas 17x60 Near Ruidosa

2016 oil on polyfiber

60x48 Dusk Over Livingston's Pasture

2016 oil on polyfiber

48x42 Early Light Refleting

2015 oil on polyfiber

20x24 Two Heiffers at Sunset

2015 oil on polyfiber

20x24 Fresno Creek, Big Bend Ranch State Park 2016 oil on canvas 48x48 The Chisos from the West, Big Bend 2016 oil on panel 16x20 Maxwell Drive from the South 2016 oil on panel 16x20 Blue Grosbeck & Flame Sumac 2015 egg tempera on panel with 24k gold leaf 11x14 In Vino Veritas 2016 acrylic and 24k gold leaf on paper mounted to panel 22x30 Crow on Blooming Cactus 2015 acrylic on wood 16x8x4 Hollis

2013 oil on board

24x20 Horned Toad 2016 acrylic painted wood relief 21x18 Le Corbusier Cactus 2015 acrylic painted wood 14x12x4.5 Al Norte 2016 oil on canvas 24x48 Cinnabar Threads 4 2015 oil on archival panel 7.5x11 Cinnabar Threads 5 2015 oil on archival panel 7.5x11.5 Redwing Blackbirds and Wild Rice 2015 oil on canvas 40x36 Roadrunner II 2009 color lithograph 24x22 The Frontier Law Office 2016 oil on canvas 16x20 Tom Stretch Bowerman 2003 archival pigment print 60x40 Dry Storm, Hereford, Texas 2012 archival pigment print 34x42 Trail Scout 2016 oil on linen 26x36 Roseate Spoonbill 2016 oil on canvas 10x12 Brush Country Colors 2015 oil on canvas 30x40 Red Cactus Flowers 2015 oil on canvas 30x24 Ocotilo Country 2015 pastel 9x18 Settling for the Night 2017 pastel on panel 15x30 Tracks Among the Grasses 2015 pastel on panel 16x20 Promenade 2016 oil on panel 48x36 Kiss 2016 oil on canvas 18x24 Sandy 24 2016 oil on canvas 24x48

CONTEMPOR ARY TEX AS REGIONALISTS

1. Laura Lewis, Beneath Still Waters, 2017, oil on canvas, 35x56 inches

2. Laura Lewis, Brazos and Tumbleweeds, 2016, oil on canvas, 20x48 inches

3. Laura Lewis, Brazos Blaze, 2014, oil on canvas, 38x48 inches

4. Laura Lewis, Good Morning to You, 2016, oil on canvas, 24x40 inches

5. Laura Lewis, Palo Duro from Highway 207, 2013, oil on panel, 38x48 inches

6. Laura Lewis, Racking em' Back, 2014, oil on canvas, 24x18 inches

7. Laura Lewis, Rio Blanco Canyon, 2016, oil on canvas, 35.5x60 inches

8. Laura Lewis, Rotary Rig, 2017, oil on canvas, 56x75 inches

9. Laura Lewis, Starry Day, 2017, oil on canvas, 20x48 inches

10. Laura Lewis, West Texas Pipeline, 2017, oil on canvas, 56x75 inches

11. Laura Lewis, Monaghans Sand Hills, 2017, oil on canvas, 32x60 inches

12. Laura Lewis, The Case of the Deer Corn, 2017, oil on canvas, 32x60 inches

13. Laura Lewis, Yate's Field, 2017, oil on canvas, 24x60 inches

14. Randy Bacon, Route 66, Amarillo, 2013, oil on canvas, 28x29 inches

15. Randy Bacon, Tuscola Canyon, 2015, oil on canvas, 20x62 inches

16. Randy Bacon, Old Henry's House, Lamesa #3, 2011, oil on canvas, 17x60 inches

17. Mary Baxter, Near Ruidosa, 2016, oil on polyfiber, 60x48 inches

18. Mary Baxter, Dusk Over Livingston's Pasture, 2016, oil on polyfiber, 48x42 inches

19. Mary Baxter, Early Light Refleting, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 20x24 inches

20. Mary Baxter, Two Heiffers at Sunset, 2015, oil on polyfiber, 20x24 inches

21. David Caton, Fresno Creek, Big Bend Ranch State Park, 2016, oil on canvas, 48x48 inches

22. David Caton, The Chisos from the West, Big Bend, 2016, oil on panel, 16x20 inches

23. David Caton, Maxwell Drive from the South, 2016, oil on panel, 16x20 inches

24. Margie Crisp, Blue Grosbeck & Flame Sumac, 2015, egg tempera on panel with 24k gold leaf, 11x14 inches

25. Margie Crisp, In Vino Veritas, 2016, acrylic and 24k gold leaf on paper mounted to panel, 22x30 inches

26. Keith Davis, Crow on Blooming Cactus, 2015, acrylic on wood, 16x8x4 inches

27. Keith Davis, Hollis, 2013, oil on board, 24x20 inches

28. Keith Davis, Horned Toad, 2016, acrylic painted wood relief, 21x18 inches

29. Keith Davis, Le Corbusier Cactus, 2015, acrylic painted wood , 14x12x4.5 inches

30. Fidencio Duran, Al Norte, 2016, oil on canvas, 24x48 inches

31. Pat Gabriel, Cinnabar Threads 4, 2015, oil on archival panel, 7.5x11 inches

32. Pat Gabriel, Cinnabar Threads 5, 2015, oil on archival panel, 7.5x11.5 inches

33. Billy Hassell, Redwing Blackbirds and Wild Rice, 2015, oil on canvas, 40x36 inches

34. Billy Hassell, Roadrunner II, 2009, color lithograph, 24x22 inches

35. Lee Jamison, The Frontier Law Office, 2016, oil on canvas, 16x20 inches

36. Robb Kendrick, Tom Stretch Bowerman, 2003, archival pigment print, 60x40 inches

37. Robb Kendrick, Dry Storm, Hereford, Texas, 2012, archival pigment print, 34x42 inches

38. Robert McCoy, Trail Scout, 2016, oil on linen, 26x36 inches

39. William Montgomery, Roseate Spoonbill, 2016, oil on canvas, 10x12 inches

40. Noe Perez, Brush Country Colors, 2015, oil on canvas, 30x40 inches

41. Noe Perez, Red Cactus Flowers, 2015, oil on canvas, 30x24 inches

42. Jeri Salter, Ocotilo Country, 2015, pastel, 9x18 inches

43. Jeri Salter, Settling for the Night, 2017, pastel on panel, 15x30 inches

44. Jeri Salter, Tracks Among the Grasses, 2015, pastel on panel, 16x20 inches

45. Debbie Stevens, Promenade, 2016, oil on panel, 48x36 inches

46. Debbie Stevens, Kiss, 2016, oil on canvas, 18x24 inches

47. Debbie Stevens, Sandy 24, 2016, oil on canvas, 24x48 inches

About William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art

H OUSTON’S T EXAS- C ENTERED G ALLERY

William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, originally 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 | Sarah Foltz 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 | Sarah Foltz 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 | Sarah Foltz Fine Art supports related gallery talks, community events, scholarly research, and publications.

Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm and other times by appointment.

Gallery Contacts:

William Reaves, President william@reavesart.com

Sarah Foltz, Director sarah@reavesart.com