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!

I was quite surprised today! I had been contacted by a friend who arranged a meeting for late Tuesday afternoon “to discuss some PALS stuff”. I was expecting them to badger me to donate for their upcoming garage sale fundraiser. Instead, they presented me with a beautiful plaque and a resolution:

“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

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

http://www.tdtnews.com/story/2009/08/27/60221

Salado chicken art to roost at Dallas gallery

by Harper Scott Clark

Published August 27, 2009 SALADO – The hens are cackling in Salado. A passel of pullets that make up the Salado Creek Palette Society will soon have their art and that of their mentor, Lonnie Edwards, on display. The exhibit will be at The 4th Wall Gallery in Dallas in late October.

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.

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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

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

at The Salado Wine Seller

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 5^th 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.

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