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Texas Documentary Photography Group Exhibit

Join photographers from the Texas Documentary Photography Group on Friday night, June 4th 6-8 pm for an opening reception and exhibition celebrating wine making in Texas. Called Stomp That Grape! the event will be hosted in the galleries of Salado Wine Seller, 841 North Main Street, Salado, TX 76571 and will include work by photographers:

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
[email protected]
www.txdocphotographers.com

Poster Signing by Rick Vanderpool

Poster available at Salado Wine Seller

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.

That-Salado-Bunch

Originally uploaded by stateart1

by Rick Vanderpool, www.stateart.net

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June’s-Saladoscape

Originally uploaded by stateart1

By Rick Vanderpool, www.stateart.net

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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'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

"Antelope Canyon" by Mike Williamson

 

 

 Mike V. 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