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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.

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