9/9/09

I have the Honor and privilege of being selected forAmistad II, a Group show, which is taking place in Arequipa, Peru . The show run is September 23 thru October 23, 2009. It is sponsored by Centro Cultural Peruano Northamericano.  Amistad II was curated by Jim Edwards of HBU, Gus Kopriva of Redbud Projects and Max Boyd Harrison of Gallery M Squared. The purpose of this exhibition is to promote culture awareness between the two lands of Peru and Texas. I will be making the Journey to Arequipa for the show.  The group I am going with will also be traveling  to Colca Canyon one of the deepest canyons in the world at 13000 ft. elevation. Houston’s elevation is 43 ft. We will be staying in Arequipa and Lima. Also SmackdownII, Houston vs. Dallas is being organized and will take Place January 16 at two venues El Cento College and Mighty Fine Arts January 16 thru February 21, 2010

catalouge  cover for Amistad II detail of "Heir Air" Kelly Moran

"Heir Air' 24"X44" Polymer print, vintage papercut outs

December 6^th is approaching fast. That is the date of my show at the Koelsch gallery. My prints and mixed media pieces are in the small room and Bettie Ward’s embroidery on Linen pieces are in the large room. I will be selling some trial proof prints and some old small prints at the Rice University’s print sale December 1-2. I have a show in Fort Worth coming up March 6- April 18^th at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. It is in the heart of the museum district and used be the old Modern Museum. My work will be in the front focus Gallery. Some time in the near future Gallery 404B in Hot Springs Arkansas will have me as the featured artist. That is what is happening with me right now. Come on out and spend your hard earned money on some art to brighten up your life and mine.

Rick Bartow working at TCA

Lots of things happening and have happened since my last entry. I have work in the TALA (Texas lawyers and accounts) for the arts gala. This year they are honoring the Houston artist Burt Long.  It takes place October 24 7-11 The Crystal ball Room at Rice. This Years theme is Journey to Olympia. Also The Twelfth Annual Art on the Avenue is taking place the evening of November the 8^th, 2008 at Winter Street Studios benefiting the affordable housing programs of Avenue CDC. I have a bench that I decorated and donated and I am also donating two works of art. October 27- November 22 at H. Paxton Moore Fine Art Gallery on the campus of El Centro College is a group show commemorating the 45^th year of the tragic JFK assassination. I was invited to make a piece of art for the show. The Gallery is just a few blocks from the grassy knoll. December 6^th –January 3, 2008 6pm to 9pm. I am  very excited to be in a two person show at the Koelsch Gallery 703 Yale, Houston. I will be sharing the stage with Bettie Ward. Bettie makes some amazing work that is embroidery on Linen. At Texas Collaborative this month we worked with Oregon Native American artist Rick Bartow affiliated with the Wiyot tribe. He made 39 Monoprints in three days. Wore us out.

summer news

My Show at Mighty Fine Arts is the 28th of June 2008 thru August 3 2008. It is a two person show and I will be sharing the space with Kate Rivers. We titled the show "Pathway Deluge". The title was derived from coordinatining a list of favorite words and combining them to come up with an open ended multi intrepretive title. Please come join us on the 28th of June 6:00-9:00 at 419 Tyler Dallas Tx.75208 they are open weekdays or by appointmet and Saturday to Sunday 12:00-5:00. Mighty Fine Arts web site is www.mfagallery.com.

"Three Palms" is a polymer photograuvre I produced for Florida artist Sandra Koop. We have 6 left as of today They are $100 unframed. Contact  Sandra at sjkoop@hotmail.com

I have a Show coming up May 8th thru June 7th at Robert Hughes Gallery in San Antonio. Look for the Mighty Fine Arts ad in Art Lies it will have my piece called "Premonition". The Dates of my MFA show in Dallas are June 28th thru August 3rd. I will be showing with Oklahoma artist Kate Rivers. Presently I have some new work at Gallery 404b and have had some work at the new gallery in Houston called Nau-Haus located at 223 east 11th street. November 6th thru December 6th I will be showing at Koelsch Gallery in Houston,Texas. March 6th thru April 18th  2009 I will have a show at the Fort Worth Community art Center.

May 1,2007

Jesse Lott Demonatrated how to make his wonderful figures at the G Gallery on April 25, 2007. The Boys took over the Demo and Jesse gave them all of his attention. The Boys are still rolling cones to become a master figure maker like their hero Jesse Lott.

I am now a member of the Robert Hughes Gallery 1102 Alamo San Antonio, Texas. roberthughesgallery.com

January 26 2007

Chuck Dodson’s “The Gallery 404B” has extended my show for the February Gallery walk and is having a reception for me Saturday February 3, 2007 from 6-9. We are driving up for it all. In other News I have a piece that was accepted in a show called “Beyond Printmaking” at Texas Tech that is in Lubbock Texas. At the studio Texas Collaborative has a show up of daguerreotypes by James Kanan and next month will have variations on a theme by Richard Stout. Richard’s work is energetic abstractions that have power and a punch. I was Lucky to help print his newest edition. Last but not least G gallery has Angelbert Metoyer and Redbud is showing outsider art.

I am excited to announce that I am having a show at Chuck Dodson's 404b Gallery in Hot springs Arkansas for the first Saturday Gallery walk. It is a celebration of Chuck's Gallery's finish of a year in existance. I will be sharing the Gallery with some fresh young artist.

I have finished Prints for the Artist Gail Siptak. She is an artist that I have admired for a long time and have enjoyed working with on this print project. We picked three of her gouaches and turned them into polymer Photograuvers. They turned out beautiful, full of life and color. We will have her prints available at Texas Collaborative starting November 11th 2006. November 11th 6pm to 9pm we will be having a reception for the artist.

Gail is having a show of her Paintings at Koelsch Gallery 703 Yale opening November 16,2006 with a reception from 6-9. Gail’s work is Narrative in most respects. Here is a comment she made about her work;

"Narration is an old and honorable tradition, both visual and oral. It is a path I follow instinctively. My paintings evolve in much the same way as characters in a book. They present themselves to me, lead me a merry chase, and finally resolve themselves into a cohesive unit”.

The figures in these three prints are very much like book characters. Gail is a local artist that was born in San Francisco. She studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute; San Jose State, Ca; and Glassell, Houston, TX. She received fellowships from Centre E’Etudes D’Architecture et D’Urbanisme, Saninte, France also Yaddo Colony of the Arts, Sarasota Springs N.Y. and Millay Colony for the Arts, Steepletop, NY. She is a well-established artist that has shown her work statewide, nationally and internationally. Gail is represented in Houston by Koelsch Gallery. If you would like more info about Gail Siptak go to gailsiptak.com.

It was a fast and furious summer. My Family and I traveled to The Catskills in New York and visited old friends and family. While in that neck of the woods we drove down to Jersey and visited dear friends that we did not get to spend enough time with. Then we went on into New York City, visited more buddies, experienced the new MOMA and also many other great sites of the City. I have not been in years and was surprised by all of the starbucks and other commercial venues around town.

In the studio I have the honor and pleasure of working with the wonderful painter Gail Siptak. (check her web site out - it is listed at the sidebar) I am turning three of her magnificent gouaches into colorful polymer photogravure prints. It is a big challenge because it is a four plate process but the translation of the gouaches to prints are beautiful. She is showing at the New Koelsch Gallery in the Heights during November. They are still building the place on Yale Street. It should be grand. We are going to show the completed prints at Texas Collaborative at the same time as her November show.

More news... I have work accepted in the Delta National Small prints Exhibition which will be held at Arkansas State University's Bradbury Gallery. The Exhibition will be held October 19- November the 20 and the Juror is Judith Hecker, Assistant Curator of Prints and illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

20"x20" polymer photograuvre

"Messenger" 2006

The summer is buzzing past at a break neck speed. Lot's of good things happening at the studio. Bert Long is working on a collagraph with Dan Allison. It is coming along and is going to be magnificent. Burt has a show at the MFA and a show of works on paper at the G gallery next to Redbud. It is a good show stop by and see it.

Have a good summer!

Bert Long in the Studio working