The Texas Aesthetic VI: Lone Star Heritage in Contemporary Texas Painting

William Montgomery, Senna with Coral Snake, 2013, oil on canvas, 16x20 inches.

The Texas Aesthetic VI

Contemporary Texas Regionalism William Reaves Fine Art • May 17 - July 13, 2013

The Texas Aesthetic VI

Lone Star Heritage in Contemporary Texas Painting

On view: may 17 - July 13, 2013 Opening Reception: Saturday May 25, 5-8pm “Meet the Artists” Series: Saturdays, 2-4pm June 1: William Young & Lee Jamison June 8: Robert Harrison June 15: Jeri Salter, Mary Baxter, & Laura Lewis June 22: Margie Crisp & William Montgomery June 29: Pat Gabriel william reaves fine art 2313 Brun St., Houston, TX 77019 Gallery Hours: Friday -Saturday, 10am-5pm and Tuesday-Thursday by appointment only, please call 713.521.7500 or email: info@reavesart.com

Pursuing Texas in Texas Art William Reaves Fine Art is pleased to present our sixth annual Texas Aesthetic exhibition. Over the last half-dozen years, this popular series has served to introduce Houstonians to the top regionalist painters working in our state today. As the title suggests, the exhibition examines styles, themes and aesthetic forces which have graced Texas art over the long view, and which continue to inspire our artists today. Through this diverse array of contemporary paintings, viewers encounter a remarkable group of artists whose works celebrate the landscape, people and traditions which have combined to make Texas…distinctively Texas! From bluebonnets to cactus, mountains to plains, cowboys to cattle, it’s all here in one engaging art exposition, making this show virtually required attendance for every “dyed-in-the-wool” Texan.

Little wonder it is one of the gallery’s most anticipated events.

This year’s Texas Aesthetic VI features recent paintings by 16 artists constituting the gallery’s stable of Contemporary Texas Regionalists, plus a selection of fine watercolors by Houston’s own Hunter George, the special guest artist at this year’s event.

The Contemporary Texas Regionalists hale from all over the state and members include Randy Bacon (Albany), Mary Baxter (Marfa), Margie Crisp (Elgin), Keith Davis (Austin), Jon Flaming (Richardson), Pat Gabriel (Fort Worth), Robert Harrison (San Antonio), Lee Jamison (Huntsville), Rob Kendrick (Austin), Laura Lewis (Mason), William Montgomery (Elgin), Noe Perez (Corpus Christi), Jeri Salter (Round Rock), Debbie Stevens (Cypress), Bob Stuth-Wade (Dublin) and William Young (Palestine).

The works of this group were the subject of a catalogued exhibition mounted earlier in the year by the San Angelo

Museum of Fine Arts. In addition, their paintings have been curated into numerous museum and commercial exhibitions throughout the state, and can be found in significant private, corporate and public collections throughout Texas and beyond.

Aside from the Texas-centered nature of their work, it is readily apparent that the group is comprised of gifted young artists. Across the board, composition and draftsmanship are consistently superb, resulting in painterly productions which hold their own with the best of contemporary output.

In their paintings of the Texas scene, these contemporary regionalists produce authentic work of a high standard, employing local subject matter to invoke universal chords. As such, we believe that This exhibition offers viewers a fair representation of the quality and originality of Texas artists today, albeit with definite Texas flavor.

The exhibition also represents the gallery’s final show of this art season, concluding an eventful and successful year.

We invite all to join us for this season-ending celebration.

Not only will a visit bring viewers the pleasure of an artfilled experience, but also affords us opportunity to convey our deep appreciation for the continued support of cherished friends and clients, and to toast the interest and patronage which all have given to our cause of Texas art.

Enjoy the Texas Aesthetic VI and we hope to see you soon!

Bill Reaves President, William Reaves Fine Art

The Texas Aesthetic VI: Contemporary Texas Regionalism Image Artist

Title of Work

Date

Medium

Dimensions (inches)

Price

1

Randy Bacon

Bronte

2013

oil on canvas

14 x 16

$1,800

2

Randy Bacon

Double Mountain, southwest side (near Rotan)

2012

oil on canvas

40 x 78

$7,800

3

Randy Bacon

White Oak

2013

oil on canvas

15.5 x 50

$4,400

4

Mary Baxter

BBNP 54

2013

oil on panel

10 x 10

$650

5

Mary Baxter

BBNP 61 (Willow Mountain)

2013

oil on panel

10 x 10

$650

6

Mary Baxter

From Chaos to Simplicity

2013

oil on canvas on panel

48 x 48

$6,000

7

Mary Baxter

Maverick Mountain, from BBNP

2012

acrylic on linen

20 x 24

$2,500

8

Mary Baxter

Near Marathon

2013

oil on panel

10 x 10

$650

9

Margie Crisp

Guilded Agave (no.1)

2013

egg tempera on panel and 24k gold leaf

10 x 8

$1,800

10

Margie Crisp

Hercules

2013

egg tempera on panel and 24k gold leaf and shell gold

16 x 20

$4,000

11

Margie Crisp

Narcissus (12/25)

2002

lithograph

15.5 x 11.5

$750

12

Margie Crisp

Nightshade II

2001

lithograph

15.5 x 11.5

$750

13

Margie Crisp

Rain Crows

2013

egg tempera on panel

12 x 16

$3,200

14

Margie Crisp

Renegade II, 2/8

2007

hand-colored lithograph

9.25 x 14.5

$725

15

Keith Davis

Night Cactus

2013

oil on board

21.5 x 28.5

$2,600

16

Keith Davis

Rodeo Days

2013

oil on canvas

44 x 48

$3,200

17

Keith Davis

Ropin’

2013

acrylic on wood

48 x 60

$4,800

18

Keith Davis

View of the Square

2013

oil on canvas

41 x 30

$6,000

19

Jon Flaming

Bridge Over the Brazos

2013

oil on canvas

48 x 36

$4,000

20

Jon Flaming

Cactus in Chair

2011

oil on masonite

31 x 24

$8,000

21

Pat Gabriel

City Vista I

2012

oil on canvas

29 x 10

$4,000

22

Pat Gabriel

Colored Haze (Texan’s twilight)

2013

oil on canvas

21.25 x 16.25

$2,500

23

Pat Gabriel

Coexistence of Grace

2012

oil on canvas

48 x 42

$2,600

24

Pat Gabriel

Downpour

2012

oil on canvas

27.5 x 50

$7,400

25

Pat Gabriel

Looking Across the Line

2012

oil on canvas

27.5 x 70

$8,800

26

Hunter George

Abandoned

2003

watercolor

11 x 14

$14,000

27

Hunter George

Action at the Courthouse

no date watercolor

12 x 9

$550

28

Hunter George

Bastrop Burning

2013

watercolor

10.5 x 13.5

$500

29

Hunter George

Hockley Rice Dryer

2013

watercolor

22 x 16

$1,000

30

Hunter George

San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio)

2012

watercolor

16 x 21

$1,300

31

Robert Harrison

Bluebonnet Time in Texas

2013

oil on canvas

30 x 40

$12,500

32

Robert Harrison

Country Texas Trail

2012

oil on canvas

20 x 28

$5,800

33

Robert Harrison

Hilltop View

2013

oil on canvas

24 x 18

$5,500

34

Robert Harrison

Old Rock Wall

2013

oil on canvas

24 x 30

$8,500

35

Lee Jamison

Evening Report

2007

oil on canvas

15 x 30

$3,000

36

Lee Jamison

The Lutheran Church

2013

oil on canvas

12 x 48

$3,400

37

Robb Kendrick

Ashley Riggs, Maggie Creek Ranch, Nevada, 1/3

2003

archival pigment print

40 x 30

$4,050

38

Robb Kendrick

From Left: George Bruton, Luke Lucero, Matt Jennings, Bob Hollowell, Joe Leathers, and Jared Jewkes, 6666 Ranch Dixon Creek, Texas

2004

tintype

5x7

$2,900

39

Robb Kendrick

JA Corral, 1/3

2004

archival pigment print

30 x 40

$4,050

40

Robb Kendrick

Tom Bowerman, XI Ranch, Texas

2003

tintype

7x5

$2,900

41

Laura Lewis

Cheyenne Creek

2013

oil on panel

30 x 40

$5,500

42

Laura Lewis

Night Work If You Can Get It

2009

oil on panel

11 x 14

$1,200

43

Laura Lewis

North Pease River

2013

oil on canvas

40 x 40

$6,000

44

Laura Lewis

Parmer County

2013

oil on panel

20 x 40

$4,000

45

William Montgomery

No Place to Hide II (Surveillance Blimp)

2013

oil on canvas

32 x 40

$3,800

46

William Montgomery

Senna with Coral Snake

2013

oil on canvas

16 x 20

$2,600

47

William Montgomery

Chisos Sentinel

2013

oil on canvas

20 x 30

$3,500

48

William Montgomery

White Calf

2013

oil on canvas

30 x 34

$4,500

49

Noe Perez

Mesquite & Cactus

2012

oil on canvas

24 x 18

$2,700

50

Noe Perez

Untitled 1

2013

oil on canvas

24 x 18

$2,700

51

Noe Perez

Untitled 2

2013

oil on canvas

12 x 16

$1,800

52

Noe Perez

Vista with Yuccas

2013

oil on canvas

16 x 20

$2,000

53

Noe Perez

Yellow Cactus Blooms

2012

oil on canvas

30 x 24

$3,800

54

Jeri Salter

It Only Lasts A Moment

2013

pastel on panel

12 x 24

$1,400

55

Jeri Salter

Looking Toward Santa Elena

2013

pastel on panel

15 x 30

$2,100

56

Jeri Salter

Small Town Lights

2013

pastel on panel

11 x 14

$900

57

Jeri Salter

Sun Slipping Down

2013

pastel on panel

15 x 30

$2,100

58

Jeri Salter

When I Looked Back

2013

pastel on panel

16 x 20

$1,500

59

Jeri Salter

Window to the Dawn

2013

pastel on panel

14 x 18

$950

60

Debbie Stevens

Big Sandy 20

2013

oil on panel

36 x 48

$6,500

61

Debbie Stevens

Brown Pelican

2013

oil on canvas

24 x 48

$5,500

62

Debbie Stevens

Red Crown 5

2013

oil on panel

36 x 48

$6,500

63

Bob Stuth-Wade

Buffalo Rock

2013

acrylic on paper and panel

16 x 20

$5,100

64

Bob Stuth-Wade

Mounting Heaven

2013

acrylic on canvas

51.25 x 35

$14,000

65

Bob Stuth-Wade

Terlingua Cemetary

2013

acrylic on paper and panel

16 x 20

$5,100

66

Bob Stuth-Wade

Window Trail

2012

acrylic on canvas

30 x 24

$7,200

67

William Young

Last Night I Made a Pair of Wings. Turned into an Owl and Flew Off. Who Knows Where...I Think it was Summer.

2010

acrylic on board

24 x 17.5

$3,400

68

William Young

The Source of the Brazos

2009

acrylic on masonite

18 x 24

$4,400

69

William Young

The Ticking of My Footsteps

2013

acrylic on masonite

48 x 36

$14,000

1. Randy Bacon, Bronte 2. Randy Bacon, Double Mountain, southwest side (near Rotan)

3. Randy Bacon, White Oak

4. Mary Baxter, BBNP 54

5. Mary Baxter, BBNP 61 (Willow Mountain)

7. Mary Baxter, Maverick Mountain, from BBNP 8. Mary Baxter, Near Marathon

6. Mary Baxter, From Chaos to Simplicity

9. Margie Crisp, Guilded Agave (no.1) 10. Mary Baxter, Hercules

11. Margie Crisp, Narcissus (12/25)

13. Margie Crisp, Rain Crows

12. Margie Crisp, Nightshade II

14. Margie Crisp, Renegade II, 2/8

16. Keith Davis, Rodeo Days

18. Keith Davis, View from the Square

left 17. Keith Davis, Ropin’

below 15. Keith Davis, Night Cactus

19. Jon Flaming, Bridge Over the Brazos

20. Jon Flaming, Cactus in Chair

21. Pat Gabriel, City Vista I

22. Pat Gabriel Colored Haze (Texan’s twilight)

24. Pat Gabriel, Downpour

23. Pat Gabriel, Coexistence of Grace

25. Pat Gabriel, Looking Across the Line

27. Hunter George, Action at the Courthouse

30. Hunter George, San Juan Capistrano (San Antonio)

above 29. Hunter George, Hockley Rice Dryer

top left 26. Hunter George, Abandoned

left 28. Hunter George, Bastrop Burning

33. Robert Harrison, Hill Top View

31. Robert Harrison, Bluebonnet Time in Texas

34. Robert Harrison, Old Rock Wall

32. Robert Harrison, Country Texas Trail

35. Lee Jamison, Evening Report

36. Lee Jamison, The Lutheran Church

above 38. Keith Davis, From left: George Bruton, Luke Lucero, Matt Jennings, Bob Hollowell, Joe Leathers, Jared Jewkes, 6666 Ranch Dixon Creek, TX

left 37. Robb Kendrick, Ashley Riggs, Maggie Creek Ranch, Nevada

39. Robb Kendrick, JA Corral, 1/3

40. Robb Kendrick, Tom Bowerman, XI Ranch, Texas

44. Laura Lewis, North Pease River

41. Laura Lewis, Cheyenne Creek

45. Laura Lewis, Parmer County

43. Laura Lewis, Night Work If You Can Get It

47. William Montgomery, Chisos Sentinel

46. William Montgomery, Cheyenne Creek

48. William Montgomery, White Calf

45. William Montgomery, No Place to Hide II (Surveillance Blimp)

52. Noe Perez, Vista with Yuccas 50. Noe Perez, Untitled 1

above 49. Noe Perez, Mesquite & Cactus

top right 53. Noe Perez, Yellow Cactus Blooms

right 51. Noe Perez, Untitled 2

54. Jeri Salter, It Only Lasts a Moment

55. Jeri Salter, Looking Toward Santa Elena

56. Jeri Salter, Small Town Lights

57. Jeri Salter, Sun Slipping Down

58. Jeri Salter, When I Looked Back

59. Jeri Salter, Window to the Dawn

60. Debbie Stevens, Big Sandy 20

61. Debbie Stevens, Brown Pelican

62. Debbie Stevens, Red Crown 5

left 64. Bob Stuth-Wade, Mounting Heaven

below 63. Bob Stuth-Wade, Buffalo Rock

66. Bob Stuth-Wade, Terlingua Cemetary

65. Bob Stuth-Wade, Window Trail

above 67. William Young, The Ticking of My Footsteps

top right 68. Keith Davis, Last Night I Made a Pair of Wings. Turned into an Owl and Flew Off. Who Knows Where... I Think it was Summer.

right 69. William Young, The Source of the Brazos

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