Fine Arts

Local artist’s painting nets thousands for Carter Center

ARTIST PROFILE: Wilma Langhammer

Crystal Olvera

McAllen artist Wilma Langhamer did not expect a winning bid as high as the one her painting sold for at the annual Carter Center Winter Weekend auction Feb. 27, at Port St. Lucie, Fla. She originally valued her painting “Messengers of... Full story

SURFACE TREATMENT: 'Strategic Effects of Reinventing Space' Exhibit

Nancy Moyer

This is different! “Strategic Effects of Reinventing Space,” a site-specific collaboration by Judith Cottrell and Alex Lopez, is once-removed from its original site at the Longdale Art Center in Houston. It is reinvented in the STC... Full story

ARTIST PROFILE: Cliff Welty

Travis M. Whitehead

From a distance, the bespectacled gentleman looks like a nerdy Bobby Socker in coat and tie. Close up, the painting by Cliff Welty fragments into a cluster of yellow, green, brown, orange and black pixels. "On that one I actually took a high... Full story

SURFACE TREATMENT: Brian Wedgworth solo exhibition

Nancy Moyer

Brian Wedgworth’s new steel sculptures show an increased level of refinement in You Saw the Beginning…I Saw the End… exhibit. These moderately scaled abstract works are currently on display at ManicHaus. This strong exhibition... Full story

Ceramic artist Mary Rose Young creates glamorous, unique pottery

Alexandra M. Rovzar

Mary Rose Young has an eye for aesthetics and a knack for originality. The English artist’s love for pottery took form in college. Since then, her body of work has grown into an empire of distinctly creative objects, all exquisitely executed... Full story

SURFACE TREATMENT: UVAL Watercolor Exhibit

Nancy Moyer

This is the show for watercolor lovers. The Kika de la Garza Fine Art center is filled with lighthearted works running the gamut from floral motifs to animal and landscape imagery. The Upper Valley Art League Watercolor Exhibit is currently on... Full story

SURFACE TREATMENT: Silent Eyewitness

Nancy Moyer

Delicate watercolor images grace the Welcome Pavilion at IMAS where Silent Eyewitness is currently on display. Anies Duenne’s paintings are inspired by nature and music. Her touch is delicate, and the works have a weightless quality about... Full story

SURFACE TREATMENT: Drawings, Divinings

Nancy Moyer

To view this exhibit is to be swept away by fine drawing. “Drawings, Divinings,” a solo exhibition by Thomas Murray, represents the essence of successful charcoal rendering as art form. Currently on display at ManicHaus, several large... Full story

SURFACE TREATMENT: Design Is

Nancy Moyer

“Design Is: 2009 BFA Senior ExhibitWHERE: Clark Gallery, UTPA... Full story

SURFACE TREATMENT: Writing In Tongues

Nancy Moyer

“Writing in Tongues” displays six beautifully stitched collaged diaphanous panels by Linda Lewis. This exhibit is currently being shown at UTPA’s University Gallery. The works in the show reflect Lewis’s interest in the... Full story

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