Exhibition Announcement

Pulp

September 16th – October 25th, 2014
Opening Reception Thursday, September 25th 6-8pm

Our upcoming group exhibition Pulp  focuses on the creative potential of paper, both as a substance and a conceptual point of departure. The exhibition will feature works by Rix Jennings, Jon Lee, Gwendolyn Plunkett, Delaney Smith, and guest artist Curtis Gannon.

Pulp showcases works that explore and manipulate the materiality of paper itself, pushing a traditional medium into new dimensions. Artists Rix Jennings and Delaney Smith create three-dimensional form by casting handmade paper. Primarily interested in the relationships between material, form, and function, Smith’s wall installation is composed of book-like units cast with nonsensical words that create both a visual and aural texture. Jennings’s organic forms invite the viewer to reflect on the quite beauty of paper in its raw and imperfect states. Printing on bamboo paper for the first time, master printer Jon Lee’s new series investigates the visual manifestations of the golden ratio in printed media. Gwendolyn Plunkett uses re-purposed books to create a visual language of texture and mark making, and THE MISSION artist Curtis Gannon uses comic books as his primary media to explore the functionality of the comic book as a platform for communication.

Join us for the opening reception for Pulp on Thursday, September 25th from 6:00-8:00pm!

Image: Detail of Knebix by Delaney Smith; photo by Matt Golden.

http://huntergatherproject.com/Pulp at Hunter Gather Project

See my work in Houston, Austin and Corpus Christie this Month

Driven to Abstraction October 12, 2012 7:00 - 10:00pm  You must RSVP to attend. Driven to Abstraction will be on view from October 5 - November 4, 2012.  Visit the website for more information. The show runs the gamut from pieces so abstract that the only references to subject are in the name to representational pieces rendered in a way that becomes abstract. The artists: Bobbye Bennett (Houston, TX), Debbie Buie (Austin, TX), Rachelle Diaz (Austin, TX), C. Ellen Hart (Houston, TX), Chrys Grummert (Austin, TX), Gabe Langholtz (Austin, TX), Court Lurie (Austin, TX), Melanie Millar (Houston, TX), Chandana Paravastu (Houston, TX), Gwen Plunkett (Houston, Texas), William Ruller (Savannah, GA), Bill Santelli (Rochester, NY), Briana Sutton (Mineola, TX), Daniel J. Victor (New York, NY), Lana Waldrep (Austin, TX) and Dawn Winter (Austin, TX).                                              Some of the work I have in this exhibition below:

Booked/New Language,  Ink, old book page, encaustic medium and oil bar on panel, 12 x 9 inches
Gwendolyn Plunkett @ 2011

In Corpus Christie, you can see the painting below through October 20


The Third Coast National is a non-thematic, juried exhibition of new works of art from all across the USA. We are simply looking for innovative, interesting contemporary artwork. Now in its 6th year, The Third Coast National marks the anniversary of the opening of K Space Contemporary’s ground level space on Starr Street in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas.  This exhibition has proven to be one of the most popular exhibitions in Corpus Christi and one of the artistic highlights of the year.

Wed-Sat 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Free Admission

K Space Contemporary
415 D Starr Street
Corpus Christi, TX 78401

info@kspacecontemporary.org

Diver II from New Language Series, Acrylic, old book pages on canvas,  60 x 48 inches
Gwendolyn Plunkett @ 2011

In Houston at Bosque Gallery at LoneStar College, Cy Fair, through October 

you can see the painting below in the faculty exhibition. Reception is October 25, 4:30 - 6:30

Linear A from New Language Series; Ink, Lokta paper, old book pages, oil bar on panel,  16 x 20 inches
Gwendolyn Plunkett @ 2012

Happening in May

I am pleased to announce that I have work in two exhibitions this month. In the invitational Reclaimed Existence, the artist's life as a chair, at Art Cube Gallery in Laguna Beach, CA you can see my interpretation of the theme, Plein Air-Blue. The exhibition runs through the end of May. Other artists included in this show are William Catling, Dennis Hare, Connie DK Lane, Trace Mendoza, Gwendolyn Plunkett, Lucas Rise, and Gerard Stripling. 

Plein Air-Blue, Encaustic with various papers and fabrics, inks, watercolor on repurposed painting panels,  30 x 10 x 10 inches, © Gwendolyn Plunkett 2012.  

Closer to home, at the Live Oak Art Center in Columbus, TX, you can see two of my paintings Under My Skin 3 and 4 in the 2012 Annual Juried Art Exhibition beginning May 19. 

This show continues through June 30, 2012. 

Details for Saturday, May 19: 

4PM-5PM-------Lecture and Awards

5PM-7PM--------Reception

7PM-10PM-------Music by Central Texas Sounds  

Leonard Lehrer was the juror for this exhibition.

Under My Skin III, 16 x 16 inches, Encaustic over papers on panel with oil stick 

Under My Skin IV, 16x16 inches, Encaustic over papers on panel with oil stick

Artist Wendy Wagner 2008 Winner of Hunting Art Prize

Wendy Wagner Takes Home the Hunting Prize

Every year, a Texas artist receives the Hunting Prize, a cash award in “the boner-inducing amount of $50,000” (as the inimitable Buffalo Sean puts it on his blog). The results are in – this year’s (read more from Houston Press article)

It was a gale evening. Lots of folks looking at the art, eating the good food and enjoying themselves in general. Only one prize amongst 129 artists but it was still an honor to have been a part of that group. Congratulations to Wendy. Todd Allison's painting was next to mine. Here is his below, Threading the Frontier.

Below is my work Garden/Together Again.