Art related events at Salado Winery

Art Opening Reception

"self portrait" copyright Robbie Ortiz

Friday, June 3, 5:00 – 8:00 pm

 Artists Robbie Ortiz & Brandon Parr will be paired together for the next art exhibit at Salado Wine Seller.  These two contemporary artists were chosen to exhibit due to their creativity and joy which they express in their own special way.

Robbie Ortiz was born in New Braunfels, Texas and has lived in Austin since 1993.  His main materials are colored pencil, ink, and acrylic.  Robbie has no formal training, just reading books and making art. He is interested in cubism but feels strongly that art cannot be crazy abstract, it must have some way to tie in with the real world.  Although that may simply be an eyeball.

The exhibit will also feature Brandon Parr who’s style tends toward the more realistic.  Mr. Parr was born in Waxahachie, Texas in 1979.  One day he discovered the old Kay guitar in the hall closet.  Music and art became his life from that moment on.  Parr cherishes solitude and privacy, but he intends to touch the soul of the audience with his art.  His creations are bright and pleasurable.  He lives in Salado with his wife and their dog and can be seen performing on guitar all around central Texas.

You’re invited to meet the artists at their opening reception, on Friday, June 3rd from 5:00 to 8:00 pm.  Light snacks will be served and Texas wines will be available for purchase.  

Their art will grace the walls of Salado Wine Seller where it will be available for sale until August 2011.

Call for Artists!

Uncorked! 3rd annual Juried ShowFirst, the call for artists for the 3rd Annual Uncorked! show is at http://saladoartfestival.com/artist-application/ with additional information at http://saladoartfestival.com/call-for-entries/.  The opening reception will be Friday, August 5th from 5-8 pm and then on Saturday & Sunday, August 6th & 7th Salado businesses will host Artists in Action at their businesses, including us of course!

Second, the hottest art show in Texas just got cooler!  The 45th annual Salado Art Show will not be in August–it has moved to October 22-23.  This art fair is held by the Salado Chamber of Commerce and the application is at http://salado.com/calendar_single.cfm?id=1370.   There will also be a Glass Artist exhibition at the Salado Arts Workshop, so check out their call for artists during October 22-23 at www.saladoartsworkshop.org.

During that same weekend, October 22-23, we plan to host a “Bubbles & Baubles” celebration.  We’re looking for jewelry vendors and anyone selling something sparkling and we plan to sell bubbly wines.   Email [email protected] or call (254) 947-8011.

Finally, our next-door neighbors are developing a sculpture garden.  Their call for artists is located at http://www.publicartsleagueofsalado.org/SculptureGarden.html

Vendors Needed for TX Wine & Rogue Art Fest

Texas Wine & Rogue Art FestSaturday, March 26, 12-5 pm & Sunday March 27, 12-4 pm

Join us for a wonderful afternoon of wine tasting and art! Featuring 20 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 & souvenir wine glass. $5 for 4 additional tickets.

 Vendor application is available at http://saladowinefestival.com/vendor-registration/

Art Opening Reception

Friday, January 21, 5:30 – 8:00 pm

Artists Beau Whitaker & Jennifer Moreman will be paired together for the next art exhibit at Salado Wine Seller.  They are combined in this collection since they both capture the magnificence in nature which they express in their own special way.

Jennifer Moreman focuses on everyday moments taken for granted in life and encourages people to notice the simple splendor in the details. She depends on her capability to pause and recognize the natural beauty of the world and the interesting features found in God’s creation that most people walk past each day and often overlook.

The ordinary moments in Beau Whitaker‘s life are conveyed with grandeur  to the canvas as well.  His themes are found as he works as an equine vet in Salado, Texas.  He strives for detail and hopes to capture the expressions of his subjects.  He too recognizes the spectacular flashes that present themselves to those who pause and reflect on beautiful splendidness surrounding them.

Jennifer Moreman is an award winning, internationally known artist. She currently lives in Tyler, Texas with her husband Greg and four dogs.  Jennifer graduated from Baylor University in 2004 with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Studio Art.  She is originally from Dallas, Texas where she attended Trinity Christian Academy. Jennifer has developed a fresh and original style of painting that layers multiple colors and allows her inner artist to completely take over. Her work is best described as captivating, expressive and whimsical. Jennifer enjoys using traditional subjects from nature and giving them a colorful, playful twist.

Beau Whitaker was raised on a farm in Lascassas, Tennessee.   He attended Oklahoma State University where he received a BS in Animal Science.   He trained horses professionally before starting veterinary school at Texas A&M in 2001.   He created his first drawing “Pen Ready” during his 3rd year of veterinary school.   Beau received his DVM in 2005.  Beau did an internship at Arizona Equine Medical & Surgical Centre in Gilbert, AZ.   He then went to the 6666’s Ranch which inspired his last 3 pieces. Beau is now an equine veterinarian in Salado, Texas.

 Meet the artists at the opening reception, on Friday, January 21 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm.  Their art will grace the walls of Salado Wine Seller where it will be available for sale until March 2011.

Holly Dunn

pastel by holly dunn

"Cheers" by Holly Dunn

ARTIST’S RECEPTION

Who:  HOLLY DUNN

When:  Friday, November 5, 2010, 5-8 pm

Join us on Friday, November 5, 5-8 pm when Holly Dunn will be on hand to discuss her art show “Cheers to Art“. The Salado Winery gallery will be filled with Holly Dunn’s beautiful paintings which will be available for sale through January 2011. 

Holly Dunn spent 25 years in the Country Music industry as an award winning composer, producer and recording artist. From her 10 albums, Holly garnered 14 top ten hits, 4 number 1’s and awards from every music entity including, The Academy of Country Music “New Female Vocalist” award, The CMA “Horizon” award, and 3 Grammy Award nominations. One of her most beloved and enduring songs, “Daddy’s Hands, is listed in the Top 100 Greatest Country Songs ever recorded.

In 2003, after an exciting career of hit records, world tours, and TV appearances, Holly kept a long held promise to herself stepping away from music, trading her guitar for pastels and a quieter life.  She now finds her artistic inspiration in the imagery of Texas and the Desert Southwest; its architecture, natural wonders and cultural icons.

In 2009 Holly moved from Santa Fe, NM where she had been living since leaving Nashville, and settled near family in Central Texas.

Of her art Holly says, “I love the high contrast of intense light and deep shadow. There is a magical time of day, morning and evening, when the light is low in the sky, shadows deepen and everything seems lit with from within. Capturing those fleeting moments is my passion.” She dedicates all her work to the “Original Creator” and indeed, there is an unmistakable spiritual quality in all of her work.

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

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

Opening Reception for Jill Shipman

water

Join Jill Shipman, a Salado artist, on Friday night, April 9, 6 – 8 pm for her opening reception!

The exhibit is located in the galleries of Salado Wine Seller, 841 N Main St, 76571.  If you’re visiting Salado overnight, consider staying at Stonecreek Settlement, Jill’s bed & breakfast in Salado, TX. 

A native of Winnsboro Texas, Jill spent a twenty-five year career in interior decorating and set design which included  teaching color harmony classes that now translate into her rich landscapes.  She began her art carrier at Brookhaven Community College and has studied under several national known artists including Bob Rohlm, Vicky McMurry and Jill Carver, who are painters in the Plein Air style.

Jill’s art features a wide range of style from impressionist to abstract colorist. The central element that defines her art is her bold use of color. She is intrigued by the array of colors produced by the moving light and the wonderful reflections light creates in water.

Show will continue until June 1.  Don’t wait long though, these beautiful paintings will sell quickly and have created much interest.  For more information call 254-947-8011