Artist Reception
Meet the Author/Illustrator
ARTIST’S RECEPTION
Who: WALT DAVIS
When: Friday, September 17, 2010, 6-8 pm
What better pairing with Texas wine could there be than a book & artwork about Texas?
Join us on Friday, September 17, 6-8 pm when Walt & Isabel Davis will be on hand to discuss their book “Exploring the Edges of Texas“. The Salado Winery gallery will be filled with Walt’s related art. Each of the sixteen chapters opens with an original drawing by Walt and represents a segment of the Texas border where the authors selected a special place—a national park, a stretch of river, a mountain range, or an archeological site. Using a firsthand account of that place written by a previous visitor (artist, explorer, naturalist, or archeologist), they then identified a contemporary voice (biologist, rancher, river-runner, or paleontologist) to serve as a modern-day guide for their journey of rediscovery. This dual perspective allows the authors to attach personal stories to the places they visited, to connect the past with the present, and to compare Texas then with Texas now. Says Walt:
The natural world is my subject–watercolor my medium. I believe that pigment, dissolved in water, and applied to paper produces more luminous color than any other medium. It is perfect for capturing the glowing transparency of a Texas sky, a shimmering reflection, or the translucence of a newly unfurled leaf.
The medium is mercurial however: sometimes difficult, always full of surprises. I constantly weigh the importance of original intent against the unexpected opportunities that present themselves as the work progresses. For me, painting in watercolor is a series of negotiations with the medium often involving painful decisions, trade offs, and sacrifices. The ever present risk of failure lends excitement to the process and makes success especially sweet.
I am primarily a landscape painter, inspired by the beauty nature produces when left to express itself according to its own needs and potentialities. Painting allows me to enter into that world and experience it in a more personal and intimate way. Hopefully, the resulting painting captures the essence of a place and allows the viewer to experience it more deeply as well.
A landscape is composed of essential elements (rocks, soil, water, plants, animals) playing their appointed roles according to fundamental principles. A work of art is composed of essential elements as well (line, shape, value, color, texture) obeying a different but no less fundamental set of principles. The challenge for the representational landscape painter is to choreograph a delicate dance between art and nature coaxing the fundamental truth of one to illuminate the fundamental truth of the other.
Whether retracing botanist Charles Wright’s 600-mile walk to El Paso in 1849 or paddling Houston’s Buffalo Bayou, where John James Audubon saw ivory-billed woodpeckers in 1837, the Davises seek to remind readers that the state’s natural history was written by passionate and determined people. Anyone interested in Texas or its rich natural history will find deep enjoyment in Exploring the Edges of Texas. Explore the book here.
UNCORKED! Art Opening Reception
Friday, August 6, 5-8 pm
Salado Wine Seller presents “Uncorked”, August 6-September 12, 2010 at Salado Wine Seller, 841 Main Street, Salado, Texas, 76571 with Opening Reception Friday, August 6, 2010 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00p.m.
“Uncorked” will show case some of the finest new and seasoned artists from around Texas set in the coolest art venue in the historic Village of Salado. Patrons will enjoy the masterpieces of Texas artists while sipping Texas wines in the spacious interior of the Salado Wine Seller.
For the list of artists, please see http://saladoartfestival.com/2010/08/02/artists-for-2010/
Only a few days left to enter UNCORKED!
Yes folks! Only a few more days left to enter UNCORKED! The 2nd annual Juried Art Show at Salado Wine Seller.
We’ve had several entries so far. Many painters and a few mixed media. I’m quite anxious to find some 3-D art so if you sculpt, carve, cast, blow glass or anything else attractive, please enter this indoor exhibit.
http://saladoartfestival.com/call-for-entries/
http://saladoartfestival.com/artist-application/
Good Luck!
Texas Documentary Photography Group Exhibit
Pierce Burns
Lucy Durfee
Suchitra Gautam
Jane Guerin
BJ Smiley Goins
Mark Jamail
Chricel E. Portela
Carol Schiraldi
Lois Schubert
Kathy VanTorne
The exhibition will continue through July. For more information call 254-947-8011.
The Texas Documentary Photography Group has come together to document the production of wine in Texas-everything from growing the grapes, to highlighting the vineyards, to enjoying the finished products. Making wine in Texas has become big business. From its humble start in the 1662 near present-day El Paso, when Spanish missionaries planted the State’s first vineyard, to its current status as the fifth largest wine producer in the nation, wine making in Texas has become a force and a figure in the industry. The Texas Documentary Photography Group set out to document this by visiting vineyards around the state with the goal of educating and informing fellow Texans as to the different facilities, establishments, wines, and the impact of the wine making industry in Texas. The wine and grape industry has contributed to the state of Texas with an economic impact of 1.35 billion dollars and Texas currently has 190 commercial wineries. The exhibition highlights images from the growing region with the hopes of raising awareness of Texas as a force in wine making.
About The Texas Documentary Photography Group
The Texas Documentary Photography Group was co-founded in 1999 by Jackie Stephens and Pierce Burns. Their work established a group that serves the Central Texas area by providing documentary photographers opportunities for exhibits, networking and technical support. The group meets on the second Monday of the month at the Border’s Bookstore in the Domain Shopping Center, 3309 Esperanza Crossing, Austin, TX to share information and plan future photography exhibits. Members are mainly from the Austin area, although some reside in Georgetown, Fredericksburg, Canyon Lake and Houston. Exhibits are primarily themed photographic studies that allow photographers to not only expand their techniques but also view the results of fellow members.
Contact Information
Carol Schiraldi
Texas Documentary Photography Group
(512)663-1027
cschiraldi@austin.rr.com
www.txdocphotographers.com
Beau Whitaker Equine Veterinarian and Artist
for sale at Miller Fine Art Gallery
Check out this video of our friend, Beau Whitaker. He’s a veterinarian at Dr. T’s Equine Clinic and his art is on display at Miller’s Fine Art Gallery here in Salado, Texas as well as The Vineyards at Florence. We hope to feature his art at our place some day, but for now we’ll raise our glasses of Texas wine and toast his success!
http://www.americashorse.tv/video.html?video=ae591dea-b1c1-4245-8db1-bd2a64806e27
Texas Wine & Rogue Art Fest 2010
- March 27-28
We’re looking for artists to join us for our next festival! http://saladowinefestival.com/vendor-registration/
We’ve got Texas wineries coming to join us, we’ve got music, food and most important, we’ve got ART!
So save the date:
Saturday March 27 & Sunday March 28
Art Opening Reception, Friday Jan 8, 2010
- John Davis
New Year means New Art Exhibit @ Salado Wine Seller!
Americanography–Mixed Media
Salado Wine Seller Blends Two Great Texas Watercolorists in November
Salado Wine Seller will host Hunter George and Cliff Gillock for an art opening reception on Friday, November 6, 6-9 pm. Their watercolors will be on display through January 3, 2010.
Hunter George
Hunter George has always hungered to capture the natural, as well as, historical renditions in watercolor. He would like to help preserve a cultural history that is quickly fading from our midst. His love of old buildings and landscapes dominate his portfolio, called “Reflections of the Past.” He is a signature member of the Watercolor Art Society – Houston, with his work being featured in three international exhibitions. His award winning works have been represented throughout the state of Texas by galleries in Houston, Galveston, Rockport, San Antonio, Kerrville, Salado, Crawford, Bellville, and Wimberly. His works are showcased in Texas Highways Magazine and The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin.
Hunter George has been honored with numerous graphic design awards from the Art Director’ Clubs of New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Tulsa, and Houston; Communication Arts magazine; Print Magazine; Ad Week Magazine; The Printing Industries of America, and the Dallas/Fort Worth Society of Communication Arts.
He is a past president of the Art Directors’ Club of Houston, and has served on the Texas State Board of American Institute of Graphic Artists.
A Virginia transplant to the state of Texas, Hunter George studied art, design and photography at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. His website is www.watercolorsbyhunter.com
Cliff Gillock
After a 40+ career as a leading creative force in the Houston advertising industry, Cliff Gillock is now a full time studio painter. Cliff has studied art at the The University of Houston, The Glassell School, The Art League of Houston and continues to study and paint in his studio at Winter Street Studios in Houston. His pallet travels as he travels to Galveston, Santa Fe, Cancun, Colorado, Maine, Florida, Louisiana and but most especially to his native state, Texas. His work may be viewed at - www.winterstreetstudios.net
WHAT: Watercolor Art Opening Reception
WHEN: Friday, November 6, 6-9 pm
WHERE: Salado Wine Seller
841 N Main St, Salado – 254.947.8011 – www.saladowinery.com
The artwork will be on display through January 3, 2010
Poster Signing by Rick Vanderpool
Poster available at Salado Wine Seller
Saturday, October 27th, 12- 7pm
Take a break from the activities of Salado’s Founders Day, come have a glass of wine and meet photographer Rick Vanderpool. His most recent poster, “90 days in Texas Wine Country” will be for sale and he will be available for signings & stories.
Check out this article from the Dallas Morning News:
Photographer Rick Vanderpool raises a glass to Texas wine country
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, October 4, 2009
By KATHRYN STRAACH / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News
Kathryn Straach is a freelance writer in San Antonio.
Just in time for October’s Texas Wine Month, photographer Rick Vanderpool has released a new poster, “Ninety Days in Texas Wine Country.”
It’s a montage of about 90 photos of the 90 or so wineries Vanderpool visited over 90 days this year. The colorful pictures depict aspects of the Texas wine industry, including the grape growing season, vineyards, grape stomping and festivals and barrels, along with children.
The poster was set to debut with signings as part of Texas Wine Month at the fifth annual Texas Fall Fest this weekend at Fall Creek Vineyards in Tow, northeast of Llano, and other festivals in the Texas Hill Country (www.texasfallfest.com).
Vanderpool photographs Texas icons and turns them into pieces of art. In one project, he drove more than 20,000 miles throughout the state looking for the word “Texas.” From more than 1,000 photos, he created a poster that was released in 2000. “Looking for Texas” is a montage of the word and includes a legend that identifies each photo’s county.
“Looking for Texas” became so popular that it was decoupaged on restaurant tables at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin and turned into a popular quilting fabric and puzzle.
Other posters created by Vanderpool, some featuring specific towns, have showcased Texas wildflowers, barbecue joints, hamburger stands, spurs, windmills, hot-air balloons, stars, cactus, movie marquees and Aggieland.
To order an autographed copy of the 18-by-24-inch wine country print, visit www.whatssograpeabout texas.com. Cost with shipping is $19.95. For other posters, visit www.stateart.net.
Kathryn Straach is a freelance writer in San Antonio.
Public Arts League of Salado Presents Resolution
Thanks!
“Whereas; Be it known that June Ritterbusch, proprietor of the Salado Wine Seller, has made a major commitment to supporting the arts in Salado by providing significant space in her establishment for artists to exhibit their art to the public and has publicized their exhibits on her Internet web site at no cost to the artists.
Whereas; The Public Arts League of Salado believes that June Ritterbusch’s commitment to the arts in Salado is deserving of high praise and recognition.
Be it resolved; that the Board of Directors of The Public Arts League of Salado hereby declares June Ritterbusch a true patron of the arts and extends its gratitude and appreciation to her.”
Chocolate Festival at Salado Wine Seller
5 desserts to be matched with 5 wines
5 desserts to be matched with 5 wines
Salado Chocolate
& Art Festival
Evening of Chocolate & Wine
Friday, September 25th, 7:30 – 10 pm. The festival kickoff begins on Friday evening with an Evening of Chocolate & Wine from at Salado Wine Seller. Guests will be invited to savor the taste of premier Texas wines paired with decadent chocolate desserts by Dave Hermann from The Range. Free shuttle transportation will run from 7:00 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.
Tickets are $45 and can be ordered by phone (254) 947-8011 or http://www.saladochocolatefestival.com/tickets.htm
Meet Wiseman House Chocolatier
Saturday, September 26th, 12 - 5 pm. Thirteen years ago artist and Chocolatier Kevin Wenzel first opened the doors to the Wiseman House to begin offering fine handmade chocolates to the public. Having studied fine arts in Europe, Asia and the U.S., and chocolate making at a fifth generation chocolate school in Pennsylvania, this confectioner’s son possesses the perfect combination of talent, training, and heritage for this delicate art. Meet the artist and sample the goods! No charge for admission.
Fajitas, Folk, and Chocolate
Saturday, September 26, 6:30 – 9:30 pm. Music will be provided by Schade Tree. Acoustic guitars, banjo, mandolin, and fiddle are the instruments of choice for members of the Schade Tree Band. The Belton based folk-bluegrass band has been playing together for the past 6 years locally for private parties, restaurants, and festivals. The variety of musical selections is one of the traits of the band as are the three-part harmony spicing up the band’s sound. Song choices range from rock-n-roll to country from bluegrass to old-time and folk music from the 1800s
$30 for glass of wine, fajitas by Johnny’s Steaks & BBQ, & chocolates by Wiseman House Chocolates if ticket purchased by Sep 23. $35 if ticket purchased Sep 23-Sep 26. $5 cover charge at door for those who do not want food & wine package. Call for tickets (254) 947-8011, or hopefully the following link is working:
All alcohol must be purchased from Salado Wine Seller. Anyone possessing or consuming alcohol from other sources will be asked to leave. Salado Wine Seller reserves the right to prohibit the consumption of alcoholic beverages at any time.
Salado Chicken Art to Roost at Dallas Gallery
Dallas art gallery owner Matthew Abramowitz, left, Dallas businessman Gene Street, center, and Salado artist Lonnie Edwards met at the Wine Seller wine bar in Salado on Wednesday to select canvases of art by chickens for an upcoming exhibit in Dallas in late October. (Harper Scott Clark/Telegram)
TDTNews.com
Salado chicken art to roost at Dallas gallery
by Harper Scott Clark
Dallas restaurateur Gene Street commissioned Edwards in June to produce seven canvases when he read an article about Edwards and chicken art in the Temple Daily Telegram.
Gallery owner Matthew Abramowitz and Street met with Edwards on Wednesday at the Wine Seller wine bar in Salado to discuss the showing. The Wine Seller currently has an exhibit of local artists on display including an Edwards chicken composition.
Edwards applies water-based paints to canvas using a technique first developed by Jackson Pollock in the 1950s. The school of abstract expressionism later became known as action painting because the interaction between the artist and the medium created the feel of movement.
After doing his part, Edwards then set his hens loose on the canvas to hop and prance about in the pigment. The resulting constellation of dots, blips and hen scratches are a sort of pointillism from the neoimpressionist school, Edwards said.
Having come from Los Angeles, Abramowitz said he could appreciate the chicken art for its unique qualities. He said the fact that the chickens were able to get into their artwork with such enthusiasm was a pointillism well taken.
“This is very unusual art,” Abramowitz said. “It’s most interesting and it is definitely Texas art.”
“Abramowitz said it captured a certain Southwest flair. “In the Texas community there are so many great Texas artists who are not being recognized – not getting the support they should.”
Abramowitz said having an exhibit for Edwards would be a wonderful adventure.
“The theme of The 4th Wall Gallery is about artists who break the wall of conformity,” Abramowitz said. “So that certainly meets our criteria. Essentially it’s different from anything else that has ever been displayed at the gallery.”
Could it cause a national stir?
“Anything is possible,” Abramowitz said. “He is a talented artist.”
Abramowitz said he has seen Edwards’ works in metal and wants some of them entered in the October exhibit, too.
Edwards said the hens would be busy in September finishing a large number of canvases for the exhibit.
Abramowitz said he has not announced dates yet but that it will be the latter part of October.
hclark@tmeple-telegram.com
Art Exhibit featuring Ursula Keen September 2009
Art Exhibit by Ursula Keen, Thursday, September 3, 2009 from 6 – 9 pm
Miss Keen could draw and paint before she learned to read, this caused problems, as you can imagine, and she had to repeat the second grade. During her high school years, Miss Keen studied art under Cheryl Dragoo at Reicher Catheolic High School in Waco, Texas. Her freshman year, a charcoal and pencil piece took best in show at the Heart of Texas fair. Then in her senior year, an abstract water color of a nude woman in a chair took fifth in the State of Texas at a competition of private and public schools.
Also, in her senior year Miss Keen sold her first large scale oil painiting to a Baylor law school student. Apparently, the law student bought it becasue while strolling Austin Ave. with his girlfriend, they saw the painting and fell in love with it and each other. The young man purchased the painting, suprised his girlfriend with it, and got down on one knee and proposed to her in front of it. I am happy to report that the couple is still married, the husband works at a firm in Dallas, and the oil painting is in their dining room.
The oil painting was a Christmas mural assignment in her senior art class, and took a month to complete as it was 5 by 8 feet long. Upon completion, all of the Christmas murals from Reicher were on display at the MCC Art building’s windows on 8th Street at Austin Ave, Waco, Texas. The canvas had to be custom built and Ursula had to stand on a ladder to paint parts of it. Miss Keen’s version of Chrismas was of a modern day nativity–of a New York street corner with skyline which included the Christmas star, Mary as a bag lady living in a cardboard box holding the infant Christ, the three wise men were “bums” huddleed around a trash can on fire, a prostittute as an angel, and a faded angel on a soda advertisement on a brick building announced the birth of Christ. Of course, the painting was racy for a Catholic school, and the nuns were quite happy to see it go.
Miss Keen graduated from Baylor School of Law on February 6, 1999. She received her undergraduate degree on May 14, 1995 in Economics from the University of Dallas. During her career, Ms. Keen has drafted an appellate brief to the Fifth Circuit regarding the ADEA. She has also filed cases for federal employees before the MSPB. She has previously practiced employment and family law in a number of counties including Bell, McLennan, Coryell, and Lampasas.
Preparing for Friday’s Art Opening
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According to a study by the Texas Cultural Trust, “by 2016, it is projected that 1 in 12 jobs throughout Texas will be creative industry jobs.”
Who will these creative artists be? Come by Salado Wine Seller this Friday, August 14, 5-9 pm and see for yourself!
Denise Nichols – Rockdale
Jennifer Moreman – Tyler
Callie Moore – Austin
Elizabeth Bogard – Dallas
Lonnie Edwards – Salado
Pat Seals – Belton
Bill White – Harker Heights
Betsy Murphy – Leander
Michael Law - Temple
Laura Radiker - Belton
Laura Hughes Clemmer – Austin
Adam Rethlake – Hutto
Robbie Ortiz – Austin
Troy Kelley – Salado
Marianne Sexton – Austin
Beau Winkler – Morgan’s Point Resort
Karen Paul Burges - Thrall
Stephen Hanik – Salado
Caryn Wood – Austin
Elizabeth “Sissy” Bingham – Farmer’s Branch
Victoria Mauldin - Ruidoso, NM
Jill Nonnemacher – Mansfield
Pavel (Paul) Melecky – Arlington
Teresa French - Gun Barrel City
Anita Hale – Hurst
Ashley Czajkowski – Round Rock
Jim Lively - Dallas
Kate Wickham – Arlington
John Hancock – Belton
Joseph Velasquez – Little River
Bob Rynearson – Temple
Hershall Seals – Belton
Katie Seals – Belton
John Davis - Salado
Barabara Jones – Corsicana
Johnny Shipman – Salado
Jill Shipman – Salado
Roxie Nichols – Dallas
Please Come and welcome the Artists at an Opening Reception
841 N. Main- Salado, Texas
Friday August 14 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
This is an open invitation, please help us by forwarding this message to
Art and Wine lovers everywhere!
Show will be on display through August 30
Art Exhibit featuring S. Chuck McCarter July 2009
Join us for the opening reception, July 3, 6-9 pm
The title of these paintings is Transition: Taos
Opening Reception will be Friday, July 3, 6-9 pm, Salado Wine Seller, 841 N. Main St., Salado.
“The work continues to be about transitions. Again, transitions being a metaphor for what happens to us as we process or are processed by life. This transition happens to be about where I go to cleanse the my soul: Taos”
Dr McCarter is Professor of Art, University of Mary Hardin Baylor. His work will be on display through August 10
Art Exhibit by Hershall Seals June 2009
Hershall Seals Paintings on View at The Wine Seller, Salado, Texas
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Paintings by Belton artist Hershall Seals will be on view during June, 2009 at the Wine Seller located at 841 N. Main St. in Salado. Hours are 12 noon – 6p.m. Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and from 12 noon-7p.m. on Friday & Saturday. A reception will be held on Friday June 5th from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Hershall grew up in South Texas and has kept his sense of belonging to the land integral to his art and remains motivated by the landscape and the original inhabitants of the land. Ancient pictographs and petroglyphs from the Southwest have inspired his directions in a variety of art forms such as jewelry, glass blowing, printmaking, assemblage art, and painting.
He says about his art, “I am borrowing some of these symbols from other culture groups as has been the extensive practice throughout art history. While not imitating or alluding solely to native American spirituality, my images use an old visual language combined with contemporary materials and methods to suggest concepts of transcendence, power, and the supernatural.”
Hershall has taught art at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor since 1987. He earned the BFA degree in Art Education from Sam Houston State in 1978 and the MFA in Painting and Drawing from Louisiana State University in 1983. He served as the Visual Arts Co-Director at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple for four years prior to teaching at UMHB.
June’s-Saladoscape
By Rick Vanderpool, www.stateart.net
June’s-Salado-Pride
Originally uploaded by stateart1
This picture was taken by Rick Vanderpool. He says:
Very nice visiting your lovely vineyard as well… Plan to catch it when the grapes are ripe, if you don’t mine… Also coming back to sip some wine with you at some point… My Texas Wine project involves photographing all the wineries and vineyards that I can manage to visit between now and early September… If all goes well, by October (Texas Wine Month), my photos will become a Texas Wine montage as a poster and other image items (1000-pc jigsaw puzzles, note cards, prints, fabric, etc.), similar to my other Texas –themed collections you can view at www.stateart.net – click on Texas from the Pick A State menu and scroll down…
My Texas Wine images (so far) are on the flickr site below – OOGGYWAWA is the Texas Wine set (Zulu for ‘cheers’)… Check ‘em out when you have a chance… Would love to have a photo exhibit with you at some point… Just let me know what’s involved with doing that…
Thanks again for leading me to your vines and OOGGYWAWA,
Rick
Vanderpool, Rick
P.O. Box 1313 – Commerce, Texas 75429
Photos at www.flickr.com/photos/stateart1
stateart.net – windhappens.com – pitshappen.com
Photography Exhibit at Salado Wine Seller
Art Exhibit Opening, Wednesday, May 8, 5-7 pm Margaret B. Williamson, Salado Wine Seller
Exhibit will be on display through May 17th
Margaret B. Williamson's Photography
MARGARET B. WILLIAMSON
A resident of Salado, Margaret grew up in Belton, attended the University of Texas and in 1962 moved to Houston with her husband Mike. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Houston and spent most of her adult years in Houston as an educator and Realtor. For her enjoyment of the arts, she became an accomplished artist of china painting and needlepoint and helped teach senior citizens needlepoint and design for 15 years.
In 1998, she and Mike retired to Salado. Resuming a long-standing love of photography, in 2002, she embarked upon studying the art of black and white photography. She has studied for several years with David Hansen, photography professor at Temple College. She has also studied with fine art photographers Alan Ross (Ansel Adam’s photographic assistant from 1974-1979), John Sexton (Ansel Adam’s photographic and technical assistant from 1979-1982), Keith Carter (internationally known fine art photographer) and obtained a personal portfolio review with renowned photographer, Paul Caponigro.
She enjoys capturing the spirit she finds in nature, simple objects, and people through traditional and classic photographic processes in the darkroom where she develops and prints her silver gelatin prints. She also enjoys recording her personal heritage with her images of family photos with a favorite saved treasure.
Her work has received several awards, been selected for various juried exhibitions and has been included in art exhibitions in Abilene, Austin, Belton, Bosque County, Killeen, Temple and solo exhibitions in Salado. Her work is held in public and private collections and can be purchased at Classics in Salado.
Artist Statement
My photographic images reflect the spirit I find in nature, simple objects and people. I see images through the camera viewfinder, and I do not manipulate them in the darkroom or on a computer. It is classic and traditional black and white photography; developing the film and printing on fiber based photo paper, sometimes using a toner to enhance the image.
I love to capture the essence of a beautiful scene, the subtleties of light on an object, and the inner character of a person. I also photograph historical places and images that reveal my own heritage. Some of my images incorporate old and new family photographs with an article that once belonged to the person in the photograph. It is a way to honor the past generations and to convey family roots to the present and future generations.
My interest in photography is to look at my surrounding environment and possibly catch a moment or a hidden composition one would not easily see, to explore the beauty of a simple onion, a white flower or the lines and form of a rock. It is exciting to reflect on all of the natural wonders that are around us and derive pleasure from the experience. My artistic expression is to present beautiful images one would like to visit with on a daily basis, to find peace, serenity and joy.
3/14/09
Photography Exhibit at Salado Wine Seller
Mike Williamson’s photography will be on display through May 17th. The Opening Reception will be Wednesday, May 6, 2009, from 5-7 pm at Salado Wine Seller, 841 N. Main St., Salado, TX 76571
"Antelope Canyon" by Mike Williamson
Mike is a native of Belton, Texas currently residing in Salado. After graduating from The University of Texas in 1962, he moved to Houston where he spent his professional career at The Methodist Hospital System until his retirement in 1997.
Photography has been a hobby of Mike’s for over 40 years. Upon his retirement and with the advent of the digital camera, it became a serious hobby. He set-out to become the best photographer he could be. Mike has studied with David Hansen at Temple College, George Schaub and Arthur Meyerson at the Santa Fe Workshop, Jay Maisel at the Maine Media Workshops and Craig Varjabedian of the Eloquent Light Photography Workshops. Two of Mike’s photographs were published by Rangefinder Magazine in the January 2007 issue. He was one of five local photographers selected to exhibit his work in 2008 in an exhibition entitled Varied Visions at the Bell County Museum.
Mike’s approach to photography is to find the image most people would walk by unnoticed. The image must possess at least one or two of these qualities: light, color and gesture and ideally all three.
After viewing the pinhole photographs of Bill Wittliff in his book entitled La Vida Brinca, Mike began to learn the art of pinhole black & white photography. Under the guidance of David Hansen Mike did just that. Learning how to use a pinhole camera, develop the negatives, make and tone the prints.
3/14/2009
Jammin’ on the Lawn, Saturday, March 7, 4-7 pm
Music and Texas wine on the lawn at Salado Wine Seller. Bring your own picnic and lawn chair! Music by Kindred Souls. In case of inclement weather, the music will be indoors. Blues, ballads and ballyhoos!
