You’re invited to an art opening reception for Stephen King, abstract artist residing in Central Texas. His bold colorful art was chosen for Salado Winery just in time for summer.
Artist Reception will be Sunday, May 19, 2-5 pm. Details are here.
Mr. King’s art will remain on display through August 2019.
Artwork by Chelsea B. Allison
SATURDAY, February 27th, 2016, 6 to 9 pm
TICKETS https://www.eventbrite.com/e/taste-of-salado-2016-tickets-19620894624?aff=es2
ORGANIZER Public Arts League of Salado
The Public Arts League of Salado was formed in 2002 with
the mission of promoting public arts and artists in the
following four ways:
Artwork by Chelsea B. Allison
It’s officially fall! Join us on Saturday, October 10th from 1pm – 7pm when Patty Thomas will be on hand to discuss her newest artworks. She was selected for the next exhibition at the winery to showcase and celebrate Central Texas and the beauty of fall.
Ms. Thomas, a Temple resident, studied art at the Texas Schools of Fine Arts in Austin and graduated with a degree in fine arts from Abilene Christian University. She has owned a graphic design company, painted furniture and murals, and sold her paintings in galleries. Ms. Thomas loves to paint Central Texas landscapes that highlight big skies, winding roads, and beautiful views of our area. As she puts it, “Today we seem to be caught in such busy, every-minute-filled lifestyles. My paintings are intended to move us toward a calmer, less stressful pace for everyday living.” You can see her artwork at www.pattythomasfineart.com.
The winery gallery will be filled with Ms. Thomas’s artwork, available for sale until the end of December. Of course, we’ll have plenty of wine open for tasting and savoring. We’ll also be debuting our newest release, the 2014 Big Bully. The 2014 vintage, a Tempranillo-Malbec blend, was grown in Temple and will be bottled earlier in the week.
Join us on Saturday, January 24th, 2015, from 5-8 pm, when Christy Tremblay will be on hand to discuss her art show “A Painted House a Day“. Ms. Tremblay, a mixed media artist, was selected for the next exhibition at the winery due to her unique perspective on military life.
Christy just completed an art challenge, A Painted House A Day. Her goal was to create with paint and mixed media one house image a day, for 183 days. She completed 183 Painted Houses from March 2014 to September 2014.
A Northwest native, Ms Tremblay has taught in Korea and visited cities, rural areas and islands in Southeast Asia. She started using the imagery of houses in her art about four years ago when she and her family were living on Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX. They had a historical Bungalow with a lot of charm. She says, ” Growing up I had two houses I called ‘home.’ As an adult and with a family of my own, I have had many houses to make a home. My husband is Active Duty Army and we move often. Although a move comes with work and saying goodbyes, we embrace each move and look forward to our new adventures, people to meet, and places to explore. Houses are houses. A home is for a family to create safety, love, and memories. As I make each move with my two daughters and husband, I find our locations and houses to change, but our home stays the same.”
The Salado Winery gallery will be filled with Ms. Tremblay’s artwork, which will be available for sale throughout the spring. Wines produced on the premise will be available for savoring as folks view and purchase these local art treasures.
For more information, read Christy’s blog!
March 29, 12-5 pm & March 30, 12-4 pm6th Annual TX Wine & Rogue Art Fest!
Join us for a wonderful afternoon of wine tasting and art! Featuring 17 wineries,a tremendous viewing of artists and their works from around Texas, and, of course, delectable foods.
Free admission! $10 at the door buys six tasting tickets & a souvenir wine glass. $5 for four additional tickets.
Children are allowed, as well as, well-behaved pets on leashes. The location of the event is 841 N. Main St., Salado TX.
For listing of vendors & wineries, check out the festival website: www.saladowinefestival.com
Friday, October 26, 5-8 pm
Join us on Friday, October 26, 5-8 pm for the juried art show, “Uncorked”. The Salado Winery gallery will be filled with selected art which will be available for sale through January 2013.
“Uncorked” will showcase some of the finest artists from around Texas set in the coolest art venue in the historic Village of Salado. Patrons will enjoy the masterpieces of local artists in the spacious interior of the Salado Winery while sipping Texas wines. For more details, see our website at www.saladoartfestival.com
In honor of this event, Salado Winery will also release the first of its 2012 vintage chardonnay to “pair” with the local art. These Salado grapes were picked just 4 months ago, fermented, aged and bottled on location.
“2 for the Price of 1!” Right next door, the Public Arts League of Salado will simultaneously host an artists’ and art patrons’ reception with refreshments and a viewing of an incredible film detailing the installation of the largest outdoor sculpture project in America. This weekend will also be the annual art fair in Pace Park, sponsored by the Salado Chamber of Commerce.
We’re excited to present our next artist, Chad Hines. We were introduced to Mr. Hines’ work by our friend Gail Allard, owner of Salado Glassworks. Like our wine, Mr. Hines is a local artist. Plus, seeing as he is head of the Visual Arts Program at Central Texas College, he will most likely make our walls look outstanding. We are excited to feature his art and we think you’ll find his art to be quite eye-catching, colorful and very different from the other art galleries in Salado.
According to Chad Hines:
“For me, art is a form of self-discipline, therapy and self-analysis. Art has provided new ways of investigating both the physical and metaphysical worlds. The act of creation allows me to enter a Zen-like realm in which I am a traveler within my own mind, free to discover and explore. The journey is a way to not only heighten my skills but to hone my individualized philosophy and strengthen my personal vision and existence.
Line and expression are two key components of my work. I feel that a line is much like a groove in a vinyl record; all of the thoughts and feelings of the individual are expressed with each mark. Each line is a catalogue of information as well as a diary of the voyages in life. I record the imagery with energetic and vigorous marks using a mixture of media and techniques. At times I work back into the piece, balancing the spontaneous act with rational thought. The marking and imagery contained in my works are physical responses to the mental journeys.
My work combines iconic and personal references with the surprise of design and content, presented through a juxtaposition of images and shapes. Each piece is created by pooling my artistic skills and knowledge and incorporating both traditional and non-traditional skills and materials, such as carpentry, construction techniques and flooring remnants, industrial materials and coatings. The overall use of an intuitive process allows the imagery and structures to grow from unplanned responses and provides the most formative degree in fulfilling my personal expression.”
After graduating in 1998 from Temple High School in Temple, Texas, Chad Hines enrolled in Temple College where he was awarded an Associate of Arts degree in 2003. He was awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2006 from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. On October 27, 2007, he married. He then entered the Graduate program of the School of Art at Stephen F. Austin State University where he received his Master of Arts in December 2008 and a Master of Fine Arts in December 2009. He has taught college art courses at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas and University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. In 2010, he was hired by Central Texas College in Killeen, Texas as the head of the Visual Arts Program and Gallery Coordinator for campus visual art exhibitions. He lives in Temple, Texas with his wife and his daughter.
This show continues throught October 5, 2012.
Friday, January 20 2012, 5 to 8 pm
“If I could be a mermaid, I would sing all the day and fill the sea-halls with my voice, at night, to roam and play” (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
Artists’ Opening Reception, featuring the artwork of:
Dixie Rhoades
Patricia Lyle
Karen Paul-Burges
Pat Langley Donna Gerade
Jeanette Harvey
Texas wines available for purchase by the glass or bottle.
Photo copyright by Nan Dickson, "Artist Tools", 2011
Art Opening Reception, October 21, 5-8 pm
Please join us for the largest exhibition of chicken art yet, presented by Lonnie Edwards and his associates. These fingered and feathered friends will entertain you with paintings, photographs, audio and visual presentations, and an art opening reception you will not forget.
Lonnie Edwards, 74, set up his studio on the banks of Salad Creek nearly 40 years ago. Carved from a hillside in the midst of lush shade trees with a view of a meadow that runs down to the creek, the studio has a definite southwest feel. Chickens that Edwards breeds for their colors and their variegated patterns run in and out of the studio all day watching the artist at work.
Edwards earned his art degree at Texas Tech University in 1963 and taught there for five years before moving to Salado in 1971. An artisan who has spent much of his lifetime fashioning objects in metal, Edwards recently took departure from hammering iron and bronze on an anvil to painting in acrylics on canvas using his chickens as his paint brushes. He came up with the idea almost by accident.
“I had always wanted to do chicken art, “Edwards said. “But my idea was to make them the artist, not the subject.”
The Art
The concept of chicken art was born amidst a shower of sparks and clanging of steel at a hot forge as Edwards visited with a newspaper reporter. His comments about one day creating chicken art ended up in print. Gene Street, a Dallas art collector, contacted Edwards immediately to commission 10 works for his restaurant.
Edwards prepares a canvas using a technique first pioneered by Jackson Pollock in the 1950s. Pollock’s abstract expressionism became known as “action painting” because of the interaction between the artist and the medium to create the feel of movement. Edward’s chickens easily put movement into their works! First they leave the impressions of their claws and footprints in the pigment. Then hopping around they transfer all the colors of the rainbow into the pristine, white areas of the canvas as they cluck and cackle their way to neo-impressionist fame. The end result is nature copying art.
The dots, blips and slash marks the birds leave are a type of pointillism, Edwards said. The finished canvas is a hybrid (or hybird). Edwards’ part of the composition is abstract expressionism. The bird’s contribution comes from the neo-impressionist school of art. Edwards appears to be in perfect simpatico with his colleagues. They are, he said, expressing their feelings.
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