tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42882459959511075822024-02-20T12:29:00.411-06:00texasWAX/houstonAn organization of Houston artists who work in wax.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-21508061412739265002012-06-22T08:41:00.000-05:002012-06-22T08:41:48.531-05:00Paula Roland at Anya Tish Gallery this month<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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PAULA ROLAND:<br />
Sizzle! Hot Wax Prints<br />
ANYA TISH GALLERY<br />
4411 Montrose Blvd.<br />
Houston, TX<br />
Opening Reception June 22, 6-8:30 pm <br />
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Paula Roland <br />
Fire and Ice (Detail) Layered Encaustic Monotypes, fluorescent lights 42" x 104" 2012<br />
Exhibition continues through July 28<br />
During the events of<br />
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Anya Tish Gallery is happy to announce the exciting new exhibition of experimental printmaker Paula Roland in Sizzle! Hot Wax Prints. An expert in encaustic wax printing, Roland has originated many of the techniques used in this method of making art. Through the combination of the historic practices of encaustic painting and experimental printmaking, a new form of art is developed: encaustic wax printing. With encaustic printing, molten pigmented wax is applied to a heated metal plate and lifted off of it onto paper. No press is used. <br />
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As paper and wax are combined, Roland navigates the sea of shifting shapes, colors, depth and translucency in each mercurial encaustic print. Due to the process, her prints share an unpredictability and unique similarity to the New Mexican landscape that she calls home. The interplay of the heated wax and colorful pigments move in diverse ways slowly revealing an artistic narrative that is then transferred onto paper. Roland's most recent installation, Fire and Ice, reflects her concerns about the results of climate change. Although Roland is in charge of each print she creates, the underlying level of uncertainty brilliantly creates monotype prints that can never be re-created or foreseen.<br />
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Fire and Ice consists of eight large free-hanging translucent wax prints in two layers. Lit from behind the fluid wax shapes and patterns emerge, blend and recede in mystery. Also shown are works from two of Paula Roland's encaustic print series, Language of Beauty, and Taiko.<br />
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PrintHouston 2012 www.PaulaRoland.com<br />
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Anya Tish Gallery<br />
Gallery Hours:<br />
Tuesday - Friday 10:30am - 6:00pm<br />
Saturday 10:30am - 5:00pm<br />
and by Appointment Phone 713.524.2299 Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-40834294154740025752012-03-09T07:58:00.001-06:002012-03-09T07:58:19.148-06:00Encaustic Monoprint Demo Today at Art Supply on Main Street<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Art Expo is on again at Art Supply on Main St. here is Houston. I will be demonstrating Encaustic Mono-printing using Fine Art Store's Enkaustikos brand Paint Sticks and anodized aluminum plates. All day beginning at ten o'clock this morning. Do stop by.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-79770188587780763902011-08-11T17:35:00.000-05:002011-08-11T17:35:49.495-05:00HOT! HOT! HOT! Art Exhibition at Bosque Gallery, LoneStar College, CyFair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Houston member artists of TexasWAX exhibited their work this summer at Bosque Gallery, LoneStar College, CyFair campus. The exhibition closes next week. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Exhibiting artists were Steffani Frideres, Jennie Kimbrough, Julia Koivumaa, Caroline Marcos, Hayes Parker, Gwendolyn Plunkett, Suzanne Shield-Polk and Linda Walker.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L - R Large orange diptych by Julia Koivumaa, two small pieces by Jennie Kimbrough and five piece series by Steffani Frideres</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right wall of gallery: Works by <a href="http://www.juliakoivumaa.com/">Julia Koivumaa,</a> Hayes Parker and Suzanne Shield-Polk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hayes Parker, Julia Koivumaa, Jennie Kimbrough, and Steffani Frideres</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linda Walker</td></tr>
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Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-52997683527175696952011-03-28T23:33:00.000-05:002011-03-28T23:33:18.749-05:00Member News Steffani Frideres is showing new mixed media pieces in her exhibition <i>Waxing and Waning</i> at Lone Star College, in Tomball through May 15. <br />
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The works featured in the exhibit are augmented photographic images which, as the artist describes them “are made, not taken.” Each piece is a black and white silver gelatin print, mounted on wooden panels. Each photograph is coated with an mixture of wax and damar resin, then fused with high heat in order to bond the wax to the photograph. Images are then hand painted with encaustic wax and oil pigment in subsequent layers and fused. “It's a labor intensive process,” Frideres says, “that takes time, and more time.” <br />
Frideres feels this collection illustrates her internal reflections and memories. “Like a slightly fogged or soft focus photograph, these waxed images are reminiscent of another time and place, forgotten yet uncovered,” she says. You can see more of Steffani's work on her website <a href="http://www.steffanifrideres.com/index.html">here</a>. <br />
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She has also just published a catalog to go with the exhibition. You can view it <a href="http://www.blurb.com/books/2056681">here</a>. <br />
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Admission to the gallery is free of charge. The LSC-Tomball art gallery is adjacent to the Beckendorf Conference Center, near the college entrance at SH 249 and Zion Road. <br />
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College address is:<br />
LSC-Tomball College Gallery<br />
30555 Tomball Parkway<br />
Tomball, TX 777375<br />
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Gwendolyn Plunkett has two works in the <i>Pulp Fiction</i> exhibition at the Encaustic Art Institute in New Mexico coming up in April.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Set in Stone</i> II</b>, Encaustic, various burned papers, oil bar on panel, 16 x 16 inches</td></tr>
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OPENING-April 2: "Pulp Fiction" (works on paper)<span style="font-size: 16px;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 16px;">EAI Gallery, Cerrillos, NM 1-6 pm</span>Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-62577465079308160252011-03-13T11:36:00.001-05:002011-03-13T11:36:59.391-05:00Body Language Exhibition at Encaustic Center in Richardson, TX. Through
April 3, 2011.<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/theencausticcenter/5468635030/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5468635030_5610f17741.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/theencausticcenter/5468635030/"> </a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/theencausticcenter/">theencausticcenter</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> My thanks to Bonnie and Deanna at The Encaustic Center for this exhibition.</p>Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-14139592219291889492011-01-12T15:18:00.000-06:002011-01-12T15:18:38.685-06:00Encaustic Workshop at Lonestar College CyFair CampusHere are the numbers you need to register for the Spring Encaustic Workshop at Lone Star College, CyFair.<br />
You will have to register on campus in the CE Department, MOD 1 building.<br />
Encaustic Painting - ARTS C - 3800059 5011-2011 Spring<br />
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The class meets in the Arts building Rm 115.<br />
Class begins on Sat. Feb 5 and runs for six consecutive Saturdays.<br />
Class time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.<br />
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Paint, medium, small wooden panel substrates, some oil bars and oil paint, some paper for collage, and all equipment are supplied by school. <br />
Students should supply their own drawings, photocopies, objects for embedding, extra collage material compatible with wax, shop towels, and oil bars of your choice of colors.<br />
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There are some excellent books on the market today about painting with encaustics. Most can be found on Amazon. Although I have my books available during workshop, but I suggest you get your own. <br />
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This workshop covers the following:<br />
Brief history of wax/encaustic as a medium for art making <br />
Safety precaustions with equipment, tools, and studio ventilation<br />
Types of substrates appropriate for use with wax<br />
Several ways of priming substrates<br />
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At end of workshop, participant should have at least 12 paintings that demonstrate a working knowledge of the following techniques:<br />
transparent and opaque uses of encaustic paint, collage with wax, image transfer, embedding objects, pouring techniques, smooth and rough textures, stencils and masks, and dipping methods.<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.gplunkettstudioworkshops.blogspot.com/">here</a> to see more images of some student paintings from previous workshops.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-42961435365892073482010-11-30T23:12:00.000-06:002010-11-30T23:12:59.208-06:00HIVE Revisit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Below are Cheryl McClure's and Carolyn Fox-Hearn's paintings that didn't make it into my previous post. My apologies to Cheryl and Carolyn for not getting their paintings in there.</span> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cheryl <a href="http://www.cherylmcclure.com/">McClure</a> (DallasWAX group)<i> <b>They Paved Paradise</b></i>, Encaustic Collage </td></tr>
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Below are different views of Denise Stringer <a href="http://www.denisestringerdavis.com/albums.php">Davis</a>'s collaborative book and the list of artists who collaborated on this project. </span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alex Brewer, Pat Burton, Denise Stringer Davis, Molly Davis, Zoe Davis, Loretta DiStefano, Alex Dupre, </span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Claire Dupre, Lindsay Hill, Corinne Jones, Heidi Lingamfelter, Linda Pinkston, Hazel Shepherd, Jane Shepherd</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I would also like to mention that besides having Laura Tyler's film stream during the exhibition, getting lots of attention I might add, during the panel discussion, I shared some of the images Laura sent me of a new project she has underway. Another collaboration but with the bees. She and the bees are creating a kind of quilt. Her idea, but the bees are helping. Below is some information about Laura. Click <a href="http://www.lauratyler.com/">here</a> for Laura's web site. Thank you, Laura. </div><br />
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Lastly, I want to say a bit about the Bee Book I put in the exhibition. As I said earlier, it is a book we (my siblings and I) found in when we were going through my parents house after my mom passed. I remember my step dad keeping the bees, the honey and comb in jars, and seeing him in his protective gear when he was working. I think he had trouble with them surviving through the winter and finally he stopped. I don't know when or how he got the book. It was sealed in a zip lock bag on the book shelf when we found it. The book is C. C. Miller's <u>Fifty Years Among the Bees</u> originally published by A.I Root Company, Medina, Ohio in 1915. The copy I have is too fragile to read but I did take pictures of some of the pages. Dover republished an unabridged edition in 2006 which I have now and am reading. Miller has a charming way of describing his life and his attitudes and it is a fun read so far. Not knowing much about keeping bees myself, I thought it would be boring and too technical but so far, that hasn't been the case. <br />
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At one point, Miller had a job in another state and his beekeeping was being done long distance with the aide of his wife and some neighbors. He says, on page 36, "<i>Clearly, keeping bees at along range was a very unsatisfactory business. City life was also unsatisfactory; a traveling life was worse. So in spite of the reduced chance of making money, I decided for a life in the country</i>." Further on, he says, "<i>If I had kept my other job I would have, no doubt, made more money, but I would not have had so good a time, and doubt if I would be alive now. "</i> Reminds me of how I felt when I quit my high school teaching job. <br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">A major part of the exhibition is the wall of hexagon-shaped Encaustic paintings by Houston and DallasWAX member artists. Content of the work needed to pertain to bees in some way. We have Laura Tyler's film Sister Bee, streaming in the gallery. A collaborative accordion-fold book conceived and assembled by Denise Stringer Davis with pages made by friends, family and artist members is also on display. Many of the members have bee keeping in their family history. I found a old hardback copy of C.C. Miller's <u>Fifty Years Among the Bees</u> in my dad's things after he passed. He had stopped keeping bees a long while back and given all his equipment to another family member but for some reason kept the book. It is on display as well. Below is Denise's <u>Honey Dreams </u>which sits on a pedestal in the gallery. Honey is in the mouth. </div><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">The panel discussion was a lively conversation with good audience participation. Marie Kucyen, president of the Pineywood Beekeepers Association presented interesting facts about our dependence on bees for much of our food supply. She cautioned that even with the recent news about identifying the cause of CCD, there are still questions that have not been answered surrounding this disorder. There is still suspicions that certain pesticides lower the immune systems of the bees so that they are unable to fight off the affects of the two suspected causes. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Panel member Melanie Brakie gave suggestions for garden plants that bees and other pollinators love as well as good suggestions on better products to get rid of garden pests that don't harm bees nor the environment. Dr. David Kulhavy was very enthusiastic about the coming together of art and science. He spoke of his book <u>A Forest Insect Alphabet</u> which has just been printed and will be on exhibition this week. Animated, he read/sang some of the songs that he wrote in the book about the wiggle dance of the bees. There is more about his book at the bottom of this post. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the picture above, Dr. Kulhavy is holding up a copy of his latest project, <u>A Forest Insect Alphabet</u>, a book consisting fifty-one original woodcuts and text printed by LaNana Creek Press. This book is a result of an SFA faculty research grant awarded to Charles Jones, retired professor of art and director of SFA's fine arts press, and Dr. Kulhavy. It was printed and bound by hand during the summer and fall of 2010. The 72-page book includes woodcut prints of forest insects created by Charles Jones and descriptions and texts are written by Dr. Kulhavy. Included in each book is a compact disc of songs that are the actual texts set to music by Nacogdoches musician Miki Lynn. Click <a href="http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2010-11-10/Colleges/SFA_to_open_A_Forest_Insect_Alphabet.html">here</a> to read more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The book and 26 selected framed pages will be exhibited Wednesday, Nov. 17 in Griffith Gallery on the SFA campus. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">You can see more four more pages of images of the HIVE exhibition on my Flickr page <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/21464085@N04/">here. </a></span></td></tr>
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SFA Galleries<br />
PO Box 13041, SFA Station<br />
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3041<br />
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<b><span style="color: black;">Opening Reception with the artists</span> <span style="color: black;">November 13, 2010, at 3 p.m.</span></b></div><br />
A multi-disciplinary exhibition of encaustic paintings that shine a light on the plight of the bee featuring works by 12 Texas artists<br />
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<b>followed by a panel discussion on the importance of the bees & colony collapse disorder at 3:30 p.m. </b><br />
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On view November 12 - December 10<br />
The Cole Art Center at The Old Opera House<br />
Upstairs Hallway; 329 #. Main Street, Nacogdoches, TX<br />
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 12:30 - 5 p.m.,<br />
Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.<br />
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Sponsored in part by the SFA Friends of the Visual Arts<br />
and Nacogdoches Junior Forum<br />
For more information, please call 936-468-1131<br />
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<b>Participating artists:</b><br />
<b> </b>from HoustonWAX<br />
<a href="http://www.gwendolynplunkett.com/">Gwendolyn Plunkett</a>, <a href="http://www.denisestringerdavis.com/albums.php">Denise Stringer Davis</a>, <a href="http://www.garniture.org/">Sara Cooney</a>, <a href="http://jenniekimbrough.com/home.html">Jennie Kimbrough</a>, <a href="http://www.cellinifinegifts.com/hayesparker_index.htm">Hayes Parker,</a> Linda Walker, <a href="http://suzanneshieldpolk.com/home.html">Susan Shield-Polk</a><br />
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from <a href="http://www.texaswaxdallas.blogspot.com/">DallasWAX</a>: <a href="http://www.foxhearne.com/">Carolyn Fox-Hearn</a>, <a href="http://www.cherylmcclure.com/">Cheryl McClure</a>, Larry Kitchens, <a href="http://www.deannawood.com/">Deanna Wood</a><br />
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From Boulder, Colorado<b>:</b> Laura Tyler (Sister Bee)<br />
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<b>Panel members:</b><br />
Marie Kocyan, president of the Pineywoods Beekeepers Association<br />
Melinda Brakie, a soil conservationalist from the East Texas Plant Material Center<br />
Gwendolyn Plunkett, president of Texas Wax Houston (the organization responsible for the exhibition) <br />
Dr. David Kulhavy, SFA professor of forestry and a contributor to PollinatorLIVE, a national program on pollinators and public education.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-790537074702776642010-04-24T12:36:00.003-05:002010-04-24T12:39:11.502-05:00Reminder: TexasWAX/Houston Meeting TomorrowWe are meeting at Gwen's (my) house this Sunday. That is tomorrow. Two thirty.<br />Bring something new to share.<br />See you tomorrow.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-7503868098780327132010-04-14T18:44:00.016-05:002010-04-14T19:28:07.157-05:00Exhibitions to See and Exhibition Opportunities<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AKffL1SH7LpPvWrL1RwMG6q86qLuFYS531MTP944SNxlSCmZ-RSICiaKxq31GmlVod2OFyyE7xGKXiy5emQalJ-0tGZvddG-BDHUa46EPte2xC5qymS-KI86AJTNuG7IIFeN3P8tjhMK/s1600/6_plunkett_Under+My+Skin+%231.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9AKffL1SH7LpPvWrL1RwMG6q86qLuFYS531MTP944SNxlSCmZ-RSICiaKxq31GmlVod2OFyyE7xGKXiy5emQalJ-0tGZvddG-BDHUa46EPte2xC5qymS-KI86AJTNuG7IIFeN3P8tjhMK/s320/6_plunkett_Under+My+Skin+%231.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460145410445291362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Left: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Under My Skin</span>, Gwendolyn Plunkett<br />Encaustic/Mixed Media</span>, <span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">16 x 16 inches</span></span><br /><br />Two solo shows at <a href="http://buchanangallery.com/">Buchanan</a> Gallery in Galveston open this weekend. <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Locating Beauty/Skin Deep</span>, works by Gwendolyn <a href="http://www.gwendolynplunkett.com/">Plunkett</a>, and <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Palimpsest</span>, works by Deanna <a href="http://deannawood.com/">Wood</a> are on view from Saturday, April 17 through May 22.<br />Reception is this Saturday during Galveston's Art Walk from 6-9 pm.<br /><br />Just up the street from Buchanan Gallery at the temporary location of the Galveston Art Center you can see Houston artist Howard <a href="http://www.howardsherman.com/">Sherman</a>'s exhibition <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Eating Your Friction</span>.<br />The temporary address is 2501 Market at 25th Street.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artist Call:</span><br />Dallas artist <a href="http://web.me.com/junannepeck/Junanne_Peck/PECK_.html">Junanne Peck</a> has a call out for art for the exhibition: Dance of Life:Bras for Breast Cancer.<br />Click <a href="http://web.me.com/junannepeck/Bras_For_Breast_Cancer/Dance_of_Life.html">here</a> for more information.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-17391438784901238922010-04-14T18:15:00.003-05:002010-04-14T18:17:14.680-05:00Houston Wax Sunday, April 25Houston Wax meeting will be held on Sunday, April 25 at Gwen's house. Two Thirty is the time.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-27363006396534479322010-04-14T18:14:00.001-05:002010-04-14T18:14:55.516-05:00TexasGwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-37961015556212900242010-03-26T10:37:00.015-05:002010-03-26T11:32:42.892-05:00TexasWAX/Houston meeting Sunday, March 28 - 2:30 at MFAH Cafe ExpressTwo great figurative exhibitions are here in Houston now, one at the CAMH and one at MFAH conveniently located just across the street from each other. <span style="font-style: italic;">Alice Neel: Painted Truths</span> at the MFAH and <span style="font-style: italic;">Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Cool</span> at the CAM, painters of the figure when figure painting wasn't so cool. TexasWAX/Houston is holding our March meeting at the MFAH in the Cafe Express downstairs and will proceed to the galleries to view the Alice Neel exhibition then across the street to the <a href="http://www.camh.org/exhib_MAIN.html">CAMH</a> to see the Barkley Hendricks exhibit. For more information about each artist, click the images and the museum highlighted text in the paragraph above.<br /><br />Clicking the painting by Hendricks will take you to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Here you will see a grid of paintings by this artist with dialog embedded in each icon. The dialog is activated when you click a painting.<br />When you click the CAMH site and scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will find an interesting video and interview with the artist.<br /><br />I hope to see you Sunday.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mfah.org/exhibition.asp?par1=8&par2=1&par3=612&par4=1&par5=1&par6=1&par7=&lgc=4&eid=&currentPage="><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 119px;" src="http://www.mfah.org/images//art/artth2717.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://nasher.duke.edu/galleries/main_gallery/?cat=1&offset=0&pic_id=3"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 302px;" src="http://www.camh.org/Assets/exhibpix/Hendricks.png" alt="" border="0" /></a>Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-15480862162020256082010-01-23T22:55:00.002-06:002010-01-23T22:58:19.488-06:00Texas Wax Logo CompetitionTexas Wax Logo Competition<br /><br />RULES & ENTRY PROCEDURE<br />Texas Wax, a Texas non-profit arts organization, invites you to submit<br />an entry to its Logo Competition. We appreciate your participation and<br />wish you good luck!<br /><br />CONCEPT OF COMPETITION<br />Artwork should embody the spirit and mission statement of Texas Wax<br />(please see below). It will become the visual identification for the<br />Texas Wax non-profit entity and will be the property of Texas Wax.<br />Selected artwork will be used as the primary logo for the organization<br />on its website and other marketing materials.<br /><br />RULES OF COMPETITION<br />1. Submit original artwork or comprehensive layouts. The work must be<br />original. Design must incorporate original ideas of the artist.<br />Because the artwork will receive widespread exposure, the design may<br />not be a close derivative of an existing logo.<br /><br />2. Entrants are encouraged to include with their entries a brief<br />explanation of how the design of the logo reflects Texas Wax. The logo<br />should be suitable for adaptation to a variety of formats, such as the<br />Texas Wax printed materials, website, etc. The logo should maintain<br />its appearance well in different sizes. The logo must work in black<br />and white, gray scale, and in color. The logo should incorporate the<br />name "Texas Wax” and may, but is not required, to include the words<br />“Encaustic Arts.”<br /><br />3. Board members and officers of Texas Wax are NOT ELIGIBLE to<br />participate. All Associate Members of Texas Wax are eligible and<br />encouraged to participate. It is not necessary however to be an<br />Associate Member of Texas Wax to submit an entry.<br /><br />4. The artist agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Texas Wax LLC from<br />and against any damages or losses sustained as a result of any design<br />that is not original. By submitting an entry the artist certifies that<br />he/she is the author of the material submitted to Texas Wax and that<br />if the entry is selected, Texas Wax and its licensees may reproduce,<br />distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works<br />and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any<br />media. By submitting an entry the artist further agrees if his/her<br />entry is selected he/she will assign free of charge all exclusive and<br />transferable rights to use, publish, advertise, copy, modify, alter<br />and reproduce the logo in any possible manner (commercial and non-<br />commercial).<br /><br />JUDGES<br />Texas Wax will select judges for the competition that may include<br />representatives from the Texas Wax board, professional graphic<br />designers and representatives from the arts community. Judges will not<br />know the identity of the entrants and will base their decision solely<br />on the artistic merit of the entry.<br /><br />AWARDS<br />The winning artist will receive a $250 cash award and will be<br />identified on the Texas Wax website with a link to the artist’s<br />website, if requested.<br /><br />ELIGIBILITY<br />1. To be eligible to win the $250 cash award, entrants must be 18<br />years of age or older and reside in the state of Texas at the time of<br />the competition.<br />2. Entries submitted must be the original artwork or design of the<br />entrant.<br />3. Each entry should contain the design of the logo, including any<br />associated lettering. Each entry must include the entry form (below)<br />with the following information: name, address, email, phone number,<br />and signature.<br />4. Entries should be submitted as jpeg, tiff or eps files and should<br />not exceed 3MB in size.<br />5. There are no fees to submit an entry. Limit one logo submission per<br />person.<br /><br />CALENDAR<br />All entries must be emailed by March 1, 2010 to Sharon Kyle Kuhn of<br />Texas Wax at: bay6studio@gmail.com. In lieu of email submissions,<br />digital files may be sent on a CD to Sharon Kyle Kuhn at: 5305 Bolm<br />Rd, Unit6, Austin, TX 78721. Mailed entries must be postmarked by<br />March 1, 2010 to be considered.<br /><br />April 2, 2010<br />Winning artwork and artist will be announced. All entrants will be<br />notified by email when judging is completed.<br /><br />MORE INFORMATION<br />Contact Deanna Wood, Texas Wax Communications Committee Chair -<br />972.345.9968 or deanna.wood@verizon.net<br /><br />TEXAS WAX MISSION STATEMENT<br />Texas Wax is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support,<br />educate, and promote the efforts of its associate members in the<br />creation, exhibition and distribution of encaustic arts in Texas.<br />Texas Wax provides support and education for its associates through<br />workshops, seminars and group meetings regarding the use of the<br />medium, business advice and artistic review. Texas Wax promotes the<br />efforts of its associate members through group shows, digital media<br />and marketing materials. In addition to the services provided to its<br />associate members, Texas Wax promotes encaustic arts throughout the<br />state of Texas and beyond through programming, events and educational<br />materials that educate art collectors, art dealers, aspiring artists,<br />students and the general community.<br /><br />--include completed entry form with your entry-<br /><br /><br />ENTRY FORM<br /><br />Name:<br /><br />Address:<br /><br />Phone:<br /><br />email:<br /><br />The artist agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Texas Wax LLC from<br />and against any damages or losses sustained as a result of any design<br />that is not original. By submitting an entry the artist certifies that<br />he/she is the author of the material submitted to Texas Wax and that<br />if the entry is selected, Texas Wax and its licensees may reproduce,<br />distribute, publish, display, edit, modify, create derivative works<br />and otherwise use the material for any purpose in any form and on any<br />media. By submitting an entry the artist further agrees if his/her<br />entry is selected he/she will assign free of charge all exclusive and<br />transferable rights to use, publish, advertise, copy, modify, alter<br />and reproduce the logo in any possible manner (commercial and non-<br />commercial).<br /><br />Signature:<br /><br />Date:<br /><br />--------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Mail completed entry form to:<br />Texas Wax Logo Competition<br />5305 Bolm Rd, Unit6<br />Austin, TX 78721Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-24806615671209733002010-01-21T12:07:00.022-06:002010-01-21T13:12:17.636-06:00TexasWAX/Houston January MeetingMeeting Place: Steffani Frideres (thank you, Steffani)<br /><br />Attendees: Steffani Frideres, Julia Koivumaa, Cynthia Robertson, Gwen Plunkett, Suzanne Shield-Polk, Linda Walker<br />**********************************************<br />Gwen gave an overview of the executive committee meeting in Austin. Also, membership and memership dues were discussed. Everyone should email their information (name, email address, telephone #, etc.) to Roxy McCluskey. Gwen has Roxy's info.<br /><br />-New logo designs for the Texas Wax website are being discussed and contest for new logo design will be announced soon.<br /><br />-Gwen met with a TALA accountant Saturday to discuss artists responsibilities regarding collecting, reporting and paying sales tax. It depends on who actually makes the sales-the artist or artist's representative, ie, a gallery or designer. The party collecting the money is the responsible party.<br />When you make the sales yourself, you are the responsible party.<br /><br />Anyone who buys to then resell is the responsible party for paying taxes. For instance, when an art consultant or designer buys directly from the artist, they are buying with the intent to resell. That cancels the artists responsibility for taxes. A contract stating such signed by both parties provides protection to the artist in case of audit.<br /><br />Robert Schuller, CPA has a website that is devoted to the <a href="http://www.businessofarts.com/">Business of Arts</a> where you can find out more.<br />*******************************************************************************<br />The need for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Texas Wax/Houston representatives on Texas Wax committees </span>was stressed.<br />Gwen is the Program Chair for Texas Wax. She needs a Houston representative on her committee.<br /><br />Suzanne Shield-Polk volunteered for Education (coordinate with Michelle Belton)<br />Julia Koivumaa volunteered for Communications (coordinate with Deanna Wood<br />Cynthia Robertson volunteered for Grants/Art Reviews (with Roxi McClosky)<br /><br />Linda Walker volunteered to be secretary for the Houston group and is responsible for sending<br />out meeting information to members. Look for her e-mails in your mailbox.<br /><br />Julia, Linda and Steffani have been invited to post information on the TexasWAX/Houston blog.<br />**************************************************************************<br />Promotion of our HIVE project was discussed and put as a priority for this year for the Houston Wax group.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Exhibition Opportunities</span> in the works sponsored by TW: Possible juried show in Amarillo, August 2010. Particulars TBA.<br /><br />Still time to submit for for the <a href="http://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/Encaustic-2010-Exhibit">Luminous Layers, Contemporary Encaustics</a> in Oswego, OR<br />Click Luminous Layers for information.<br /><br />Combining encaustic work with printmaking was discussed at length. <a href="http://www.elisewagner.com/contact_elise_wagner_portland_oregon_artist.html">Elise Wagner</a>,<br />Portland, OR artist will be in Houston February meeting Gwen. We talked about offering an encaustic/printmaking workshop later in the year<br />with Elise.<br />***********************************************<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Things to think about if we have not done already</span>:<br />-set up personal website and learn to blog!<br />-check out Joanne Matera's "Monday Morning Marketing"<br />-check out New England Wax website (for content)<br />-look for alternate meeting place for our monthly meetings that is more central<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Next meeting</span> will be February 21 at Julia Koivumaa's house (thank you Julia). Reminders will be emailed to you.<br /><br />To be discussed:<br />- venues for monthly meetings (bring ideas and results of investigation)<br />- venues for Texas Wax/Houston shows (bring ideas and/or results of investigation)<br />***********************************************<br /><a href="http://wwwappskc.lonestar.edu/cgi/ce/single.cfm?&rub=CARTS&num=3800059&loc=8">Encaustic Workshop</a> at Lonestar College, CyFair starts Feb. 5.<br /><br />************************************************************************<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Member News:</span><br />Steffani Frederes has work in the up-coming exhibition<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">LoneStar College Kingwood and Tomball Faculty Art Exhibition</span><br />at University of Houston - Clear Lake (2700 Bay Area Blvd, Clear Lake, TX)<br />Exhibition runs: Feb 1-Mar 25 2010<br />Reception: Friday, February 5, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.<br /><br />Gwen Plunkett has an exhibition, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Collections: Ink, Paper, Wax; Work by Gwendolyn Plunkett</span> at San Jacinto College Central (8060 Spencer Hwy., Pasadena, TX )<br />Exhibition runs: Feb 1 - Feb 19, 2010<br />Reception: Thursday, Feb 4, 11:00 - 1:00<br />Artist talk at 11:30.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-66064351126113454292009-12-18T11:08:00.045-06:002009-12-19T00:17:24.933-06:00December Notes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig75SL7b1-DKLqXN1HSrWuMsybkUsUkcHtGM1alKt8RQl96nTr0XnaBfYBWCnFzefV-DhwcHxxqnMbWUeXnhuGr2kfYSY2VKa8A4aK5AC-_RqkFQmU4jku1zV0TAevsv_tCd0jsCiPvb40/s1600-h/MyPicture_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig75SL7b1-DKLqXN1HSrWuMsybkUsUkcHtGM1alKt8RQl96nTr0XnaBfYBWCnFzefV-DhwcHxxqnMbWUeXnhuGr2kfYSY2VKa8A4aK5AC-_RqkFQmU4jku1zV0TAevsv_tCd0jsCiPvb40/s320/MyPicture_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416659271932961186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Work above by Cynthia Robertson. </span><br /><br />If you missed our holiday party last Sunday at Cynthia Robertson's house, you missed a very yummy treat. She served us the best Gumbo I've eaten recently along with a large pot of greens (mustard, I think) and on the side, corn bread of course and a pot of pig tails and necks. Soul Food Yum!!!<br />Of course we all brought yummy appetizers and dessert but the Gumbo (chicken, sausage, shrimp, crab, maybe oysters too) deserved 5 stars. Cynthia sent a bowl of gumbo home with me and it was even better the next day. My mom, who made wonderful gumbo too, said hers always tasted better the next day. Both days were good for me. Well, I loved the greens too. Southern and Soul!<br /><br />Thank you, Cynthia, for your wonderful hospitality and yummy food.<br /><br />Members who attended brought a small encaustic painting to swap. That was fun too. I came home with one of Cynthia's paintings. See top of post.<br /><br />****************************************************************************************<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHDOmbtIJiBnJAmpkfFQH9gTntBMObvQZk3fYUoelL_ohug9lgXsOyx_Y2ahgBdc4207LxWG3f0xniABYZaaBB7hc8jp3jU3p3C7dWxd1Tl3fHQTOQmuS9cKcMGtMkm2qpAg8nBTiigIr/s1600-h/11.Koivumaa_+Atlantis+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHDOmbtIJiBnJAmpkfFQH9gTntBMObvQZk3fYUoelL_ohug9lgXsOyx_Y2ahgBdc4207LxWG3f0xniABYZaaBB7hc8jp3jU3p3C7dWxd1Tl3fHQTOQmuS9cKcMGtMkm2qpAg8nBTiigIr/s320/11.Koivumaa_+Atlantis+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416649877860304914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Work above: Julia Koivumaa, <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Atlantis</span>; Encaustic Collage on panel</span><br /><br />Scroll back to Thursday, Dec. 10 and the talk at MFAH, <span style="font-style: italic;">How Artists Think</span>.<br />The talk was part of a summer education program at the museum for patrons wanting to learn more about how to look at and better understand contemporary art.<br />One of our own, <a href="http://juliakoivumaa.com/">Julia Koivumaa</a> was one of the artists on the panel of four. Julia's presentation was precise and to the point, (she was third to speak and was encouraged to speed up the process because the previous two artists had taken a bit more than their allotted time.)<br />She works mostly with the medium of encaustics (beeswax and damar resin) and photography. The works she presented this night were mixed media encaustic paintings with collaged photos.<br />Ideas referenced in this series of new work are time, memory, changing attitudes.<br /><br />It took the others a bit more time to get to their point but certainly they enlightened us about their thinking and creative processes as well.<br />Nerves get in the way sometimes and it is just plain hard to be literal about non-literal information. Perhaps that was a good thing for the audience to see....just how hard it is to speak about conceptual work and how difficult it is to speak directly about a process that is so non-linear.<br /><br />Along with Julia on the panel were artists Jason Dibley, Armando Rodriguez and Nathanial Donnett.<br />Jason Dibley, artist/photographer is Program Coordinator at the <a href="http://hcponline.org/default.asp">Houston Center for Photography</a> here in Houston. Jason stages his imagery with sometimes real objects and sometimes cut-outs that he has made himself. He directs light on the objects casting shadows on the wall. These cast images are what he shoots. The relationship of the particular objects (size and scale, etc)projected in shadow juxtaposed with a bit of drawn element plus the title, create a sort of visual pun. The photographs from the series he talked about, like the one below, are all quite small. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hcponline.org/content.asp?secnum=517&pid=593"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 268px;" src="http://hcponline.org/images/img956.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Image above: Jason Dibley, </span><span style="width: 200px; float: right; margin-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="caption"><em></em></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">The Engineer, 2006.<br />Silver Gelatin Print. 5 x 4 1/2inches (Image from Artist profiles HCP page, click image to go there for more images)</span><br /><br />Armando Rodriguez <span class="style14">works in various media including photography, printmaking (etching, lithography, and monotype), graphic design and bookmaking. In addition to teaching at Art League Houston, he also works for the Houston Chronicle and in the education department of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston.</span> Armando said he enjoys the mystery of working intuitively, not knowing just what the final outcome will be.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.artleaguehouston.org/artclasses.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 162px;" src="http://artleaguehouston.org/images/schedule_images/1355.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Work above by Armando Rodriguez (Image from Art League Intstructor page. Click image to go there.)<br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWFRkHD6krg">Nathaniel Donnett </a>says his work has been influenced by the conceptual work of Joseph Kosuth. He pays homage to that artist making use of some of Kosuth's visual strategies but the shift in imagery and use of object Donnett utilizes directly references his own agenda. Clicking on Donnett's name will take you to a Youtube video of Nathaniel talking about his work.<br /><br />The <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">artist talking</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">part</span></span> was my favorite part of the presentation of the two hours but the slide comparisons that Chelsea Schlievert and Lauren Fretz, educators in the MFAH's Education Department presented was also very interesting and informative with audience participation encouraged. It was sort of a mini art appreciation course condensed in one evening. The works they compared were works from the MFAH collection and available for us to see in person. Comparisons paired two different artists use of color or line or compositional strategy, etc.<br />Amedeo Modigliani's portrait of <span style="font-style: italic;">Leopold Zborowski</span>, c. 1916 and Cesar Augusto Martinez's <span style="font-style: italic;">Bato con Sunglasses</span> provided one such comparison.<br /><br />The third element of the two hours was at the end when the audience was broken into four smaller groups and sent out into the museum with one of the artists from the panel to discuss a couple of paintings (that artist's choice) in the collection.<br /><br />Thanks to the MFAH's Education Department, Chelsea Schlievert and Lauren Fretz as well as to the four artists on the panel for this program.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-11937212304519185092009-12-09T12:11:00.014-06:002009-12-09T12:31:45.522-06:00How Artists ThinkJulia Koivumaa, TexasWAX member will be one of the panelists in the <span style="font-style: italic;">How Artists Think</span> discussion this Thursday evening Dec. 10th, at the MFAH. Admission is free but space is limited so please make a reservation by sending it to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/lectures@mfah.org">lectures@mfah.org</a>. You will receive a confirmation from them via e-mail.<br /><br />Meet in America General Conference Room, Mezzanine of Audrey Jones Beck Building.<br /><br />This talk is a follow up to the <span style="font-style: italic;">How to Look at Contemporary Art</span> classes held this summer. <span style="font-style: italic;">How Artists Think</span> invites museum visitors to think about not only their relationship to a work of art but to the artist as well.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbmn3UMiuJPyvWhi7D_p03jLHpkxfogDseHIbk6HA5QapBvgFLFJ4he0pAxBsYiU6YnQ_zIGdLrj7EyPCgsMyZ1mGkxDed9OXlRirF3qXI6k7o3H3kuOYwVb_yheH0wqLq0un_KH7Z8dk/s1600-h/How+Artists+Think+-+Final.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 204px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmbmn3UMiuJPyvWhi7D_p03jLHpkxfogDseHIbk6HA5QapBvgFLFJ4he0pAxBsYiU6YnQ_zIGdLrj7EyPCgsMyZ1mGkxDed9OXlRirF3qXI6k7o3H3kuOYwVb_yheH0wqLq0un_KH7Z8dk/s320/How+Artists+Think+-+Final.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413301085137713874" border="0" /></a><br /><img src="file:///Users/Gwen/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-4.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/Gwen/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-5.png" alt="" />Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-67390647017791298492009-11-13T09:21:00.022-06:002009-11-13T10:22:27.391-06:00Texas Wax Houston November Meeting at Menil<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.menil.org/images/antiq1_mummy_CA7013b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 318px;" src="http://www.menil.org/images/antiq1_mummy_CA7013b.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="imagecaptionLeft"><a href="http://www.menil.org/collection/antiquities.php"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Mummy Portrait of a Man</span></a>, Egypt, Fayum region Roman, ca. 150–200 </span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blogs.chron.com/artsinhouston/Gober_Untitled%202005a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 388px;" src="http://blogs.chron.com/artsinhouston/Gober_Untitled%202005a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Robert Gober's </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Untitled, </span><span style="font-size:85%;">2005</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> in the reinstallation of works in the modern-contemporary galleries in the Menil Collection. Curator Franklin Sirmans. Read about it <a href="http://blogs.chron.com/peep/2009/10/reinstalled_menil_galleries_le.html">Here</a>. Photo:</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Hester + Hardaway</b></span><br /><br />Remember, our November meeting is this Sunday, Nov. 15 at the <a href="http://www.menil.org/index.php">Menil Collection</a> at 2:30. If you are interested in learning more about Texas Wax and or painting with wax, please feel free to join there.<br /><br />What will we be doing there, you ask? The Menil has recently rearranged their Modern and Contemporary gallery potentially providing new insights and conversations between some of the artists in their collection. For us, it is Brice Marden's Seasons (encaustic) hanging near Jasper John's encaustics placed near Robert Gober's piece of cheese (wax and hair?) under glass perhaps. Also the Fayum Mummy Portraits in the Antiquities Gallery.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://blogs.chron.com/artsinhouston/Marden_The%20Seasonsa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 520px; height: 392px;" src="http://blogs.chron.com/artsinhouston/Marden_The%20Seasonsa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Brice Marden's <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Seasons</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">1974-75 <span style="font-size:85%;">Photo:</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><b>Hickey-Robertson</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="imagecaptionLeft"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></span></span>Talk over food afterwards. Hope to see you there. Don't forget!Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-13647482998027318102009-11-13T09:11:00.006-06:002009-11-13T09:20:37.051-06:00November-Celebrating RobertIf you didn't get out to CyFair last week to see Robert's Offrenda, below are some images of it I received from Dave and Suzanne. It was assembled at Lonestar College-CyFair in the lobby of the Fine Arts Building last week by Robert's friends and family but was only up for a few days.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQ4rV5NYLm6C-9RBYgeo6WXEjtGQo1xktxbvUxGj3bX5tA0wSNKFE2bzXFRpJ-DzqMm00w-9-Bq_0lcDoCKti7f28lj-zqwm8JB7K2vxVf4riDkkWqXoezMJREQS0KJZGcJkAcSsjTVuR/s1600-h/Robert's+offrenda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQ4rV5NYLm6C-9RBYgeo6WXEjtGQo1xktxbvUxGj3bX5tA0wSNKFE2bzXFRpJ-DzqMm00w-9-Bq_0lcDoCKti7f28lj-zqwm8JB7K2vxVf4riDkkWqXoezMJREQS0KJZGcJkAcSsjTVuR/s320/Robert's+offrenda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403606951442403234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMriwllkXNT_ei3Yz-lFmSeGI4wC9Zo9PcwZOSLNS5bbWvTR4Fr56JT3c-4U5t9_9G-sjVJUvVAkzh8X4GTleD5snjg2GvjPgk6ObSmjvdBd3XxIvA8dkXFmTrfhLP_ic6GJfQtPIjGKz/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMriwllkXNT_ei3Yz-lFmSeGI4wC9Zo9PcwZOSLNS5bbWvTR4Fr56JT3c-4U5t9_9G-sjVJUvVAkzh8X4GTleD5snjg2GvjPgk6ObSmjvdBd3XxIvA8dkXFmTrfhLP_ic6GJfQtPIjGKz/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403606949951702770" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0UlXa2pMthI-ZmshIojmF3d3nW8k4SFcHnDoI5wB3xbjipYl6mtpqJJSMiCFq1YpgbCmYadLaJFX4rTYV_KRTrL0AESCKyQYVANtudNRF-2TV6uhDTR4_RV6O-Qrx4Vdc_3xI87r7zd5/s1600-h/photo-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0UlXa2pMthI-ZmshIojmF3d3nW8k4SFcHnDoI5wB3xbjipYl6mtpqJJSMiCFq1YpgbCmYadLaJFX4rTYV_KRTrL0AESCKyQYVANtudNRF-2TV6uhDTR4_RV6O-Qrx4Vdc_3xI87r7zd5/s320/photo-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403606948739147730" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_cTXetzoeoU26bBt5uipWSGPRvXDT1FKMCNp_iXUYLia-1HcOEG2rxojKpx16zckId8SEWa-qzZk2_i_iWJRlHgKjPxHdQUQWICC-PIG-s8NUPDe9ldSQw5tVYuCHyVHEE6O21cy-ohd/s1600-h/1Robert's+offerenda.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3_cTXetzoeoU26bBt5uipWSGPRvXDT1FKMCNp_iXUYLia-1HcOEG2rxojKpx16zckId8SEWa-qzZk2_i_iWJRlHgKjPxHdQUQWICC-PIG-s8NUPDe9ldSQw5tVYuCHyVHEE6O21cy-ohd/s320/1Robert's+offerenda.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403606942777395234" border="0" /></a>Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-52887297598377797292009-10-28T10:32:00.022-05:002009-10-30T20:28:19.702-05:00Texas Wax Houston October meetingThanks to Linda Walker for hosting our October meeting at her home. Suzanne Shield-Polk, Elaine Theuner, Susan Crowson, Linda, of course and Gwen were in attendance.<br /><br />Gwen brought in a can of shellac and some Mica flakes and powder and demonstrated how Patricia Seggebruch describes the technique in her book Encaustic Workshop, setting it on fire while still wet. Linda played with it some on one of her pieces below. Of course we did all this out side.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszLiK57MGe62rYYDUpOEqffk0GqvGQf4WJVQ9zfg5jCWzsL4QLBkVktNFETdKAnF0P3TX_Tvg57oKiLeHXr4IUlfAwTQ0QBz5ALUvYuDnM3t_b24cbBfyasalP6_Xse3Prsc5C3yISugq/s1600-h/Linda+Walker_with+Shelac+1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgszLiK57MGe62rYYDUpOEqffk0GqvGQf4WJVQ9zfg5jCWzsL4QLBkVktNFETdKAnF0P3TX_Tvg57oKiLeHXr4IUlfAwTQ0QBz5ALUvYuDnM3t_b24cbBfyasalP6_Xse3Prsc5C3yISugq/s320/Linda+Walker_with+Shelac+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397685901638793490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqxdTvwr4D3Vb0xDm955K1XQJ0z85F6_aqQbDfMFwXa-1Kf-qwye_O1K0Nh0nVIvcGbmLYtux9PPpdBfLL7Ij8RO5_0w5hTs18ri91vivelcMqnEfO1iZdQInAtZrRZco-Tsb5uTqbwOJ/s1600-h/Linda+Walker_shelac.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 176px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqxdTvwr4D3Vb0xDm955K1XQJ0z85F6_aqQbDfMFwXa-1Kf-qwye_O1K0Nh0nVIvcGbmLYtux9PPpdBfLL7Ij8RO5_0w5hTs18ri91vivelcMqnEfO1iZdQInAtZrRZco-Tsb5uTqbwOJ/s320/Linda+Walker_shelac.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397717337990046818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Below</span> is Gwen's demo piece. First we sopped in some shellac with a paper towel and set the wet shellac on fire. Then, we saturated a bit of the paper towel and cord with shellac and placed it onto the piece then set it on fired. Later, when the shellac was dry, Gwen hit the surface with a small torch to see how it could be manipulated dry. (see top right side)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS8PHDV1s01tMPPHuFUxA90psQYpneDMYBVOWPEt5DGX1I0RadofMobynD_3nnIzO2jW29g2xysbsknXOcpSNmIsTBC7n5w1lW0oq6o0XNlY6U2ovnBv_HA4Q3Eahk5ISWY_2XA5ln63P1/s1600-h/Gwen's+experiment+with+burned+shelac+on+encautic.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS8PHDV1s01tMPPHuFUxA90psQYpneDMYBVOWPEt5DGX1I0RadofMobynD_3nnIzO2jW29g2xysbsknXOcpSNmIsTBC7n5w1lW0oq6o0XNlY6U2ovnBv_HA4Q3Eahk5ISWY_2XA5ln63P1/s320/Gwen's+experiment+with+burned+shelac+on+encautic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397685908655738210" border="0" /></a><br />Our November meeting place has changed. We will meet at the Menil that Sunday, (November 15th) instead of at Suzanne's house. There will more about that meeting in another post.<br /><br />Linda and Gwen reported on the joint group meeting they attended in September that was held in Austin at the Dougherty Arts Center. It was a lot of fun visiting with everyone and informative as well. Austin member-associates (those who wanted to) shared their work with everyone. Each talked about particular techniques they use, ideas that inform their work, and a bit of their history with the medium. It was a great meeting to launch our newly formed statewide organization, Texas Wax. Thanks to Sharon and all the Austin members who helped getting that together.<br />Below are Sharon, Kristy, Kevin and Linda in front of the Dougherty Arts Center.<br />Go to the sidebar for a slide show of more images from the Austin meeting.<br /><br /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaA8WdaG-yo0TP7UQotCN0fFhaSUN31UpNzRMBVh6RuBsal07-yru44xkawfQK7JXl8cWTh3cE7kct8WaVubaNyizYdbc-Cm9VKhXSfaZdFgUnc3gISK-RNvz_TgIgP3of9GVFGqrN4V9E/s320/Austin_Sharon+Kristy+Linda+and+Kevin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397718670803264338" border="0" />Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-84929484479494915042009-09-21T09:33:00.004-05:002009-10-29T12:44:11.954-05:00Extended Gallery Hours at Bosque for McGehee ExhibitionSee Slide Show on side bar to the right for images of exhibition at Bosque Gallery.<br /><br />Bosque Gallery has extended the hours for Robert McGehee's exhibition 'An Artist's Journey' to M-F 11-4 pm.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-3002635304636888072009-09-17T09:23:00.012-05:002009-09-17T09:47:41.353-05:00Robert McGehee Exhibition Traveling to Bosque Gallery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXaj_pQENzPIjZ_EohlbGrcoaomEu8W6iWXbuzMhD_kwtfnGZbw0Ih_k5XLmoBWDoaGvUQGzBrBpSdCX4v2U7iw6_9QX2hvuo1U7AmO-4mxn_MQoexvTifvBQH_a4LF8QXu_ybhjdStya/s1600-h/Robert+postcard+image003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivXaj_pQENzPIjZ_EohlbGrcoaomEu8W6iWXbuzMhD_kwtfnGZbw0Ih_k5XLmoBWDoaGvUQGzBrBpSdCX4v2U7iw6_9QX2hvuo1U7AmO-4mxn_MQoexvTifvBQH_a4LF8QXu_ybhjdStya/s320/Robert+postcard+image003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382442146326593938" border="0" /></a>"An Artist's Journey" Robert McGehee's memorial exhibition opens next week at Bosque Gallery on the CyFair Campus of Lonestar College. The reception is Thursday, Sept. 24 from 4:30 to 6:30. Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from eleven o'clock til two o'clock.<br /><br />An ofrenda is being planned adjacent to the Bosque gallery in honor of Robert. He was a great fan of the practice of ofrenda altar-making and arranged for several campus events and presentations on the subject. He would be very pleased.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lonestar.edu/bosquegallery.htm">Bosque Gallery</a> is part of the Fines Arts program at the CyFair Campus of Lonestar College located at 9191 Barker-Cypress Road. The gallery is located in the Fine Arts building on the south-east side of the campus.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-41999674091302121512009-09-14T10:47:00.007-05:002009-09-14T11:18:40.831-05:00Succesful Museum Day at HCCCThanks first go out to Jason Kishell, Artist-in-Residence Coordinator at HCCC, and <a href="http://www.crafthouston.org/default.asp?ID=1">HCCC </a>for inviting TexasWAX to participate in Gathering of the Guilds, HCCC's part of Museum Day in Houston. Over 600 people came through despite the rainy day. Visitors were very enthusiastic and interested to see what we were doing with wax, many surprised that we were using wax as a painting medium. <br />A huge THANKS to Suzanne Shield-Polk and Steffani Frideres who joined me for the day. We answered many questions about the encaustic medium and about the <a href="http://texaswax.com">TexasWAX</a> organization, while at the same time, we each demonstrated various encaustic painting techniques.<br />It was busy all day and at times, very crowded at our tables with all three of us fielding questions and painting at the same time. It was fun and exciting to see so much interest, enthusiasm and awe.<br />Sadly, I did not bring my camera so there are no images.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4288245995951107582.post-87459298417082084582009-09-09T00:22:00.005-05:002009-09-09T00:35:59.574-05:00TexasWAX/Houston at Gathering of the Guilds this Saturday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdcEEWVSqX3Vy7XdXKmhSGnGq-kVOD1gjFc49DRJDVGXIvKbSuNpGkoci21Ft2P69t9xHI-ch7aYbfMhDfuxH5sgVqZSzrDGdzALfxn1vA9rIltWrA7M5NB92zf5XtCWXd3bD5Y3jDw3A/s1600-h/EncausticDemo+028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdcEEWVSqX3Vy7XdXKmhSGnGq-kVOD1gjFc49DRJDVGXIvKbSuNpGkoci21Ft2P69t9xHI-ch7aYbfMhDfuxH5sgVqZSzrDGdzALfxn1vA9rIltWrA7M5NB92zf5XtCWXd3bD5Y3jDw3A/s320/EncausticDemo+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379336786546234178" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Saturday, September 12th</span><br />From 10am to 5pm<br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TexasWAX/Houston artists will demonstrate encaustic painting techniques at</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Gathering of the Guilds at <a href="http://www.crafthouston.org/calendar/calendar.asp?Mode=CalendarViewDetails&ID=217&Month=8&Year=2009">Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts</a></span></span> this Saturday, September 12th.<br /><br />Gathering of the Guilds at Houston Center for Contemporary Crafts is part of the Museum Day event that happens every year in Houston's museum district. All museums participating offer free admission, transportation, with demonstrations and hands-on activities at some locations.Gwendolyn Plunketthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16665457019924209613noreply@blogger.com0