Cathie Kayser's 'A Thread Runs Through'...last time to see this week...Don't miss it!

Closing reception for Cathie Kayser's exhibition 'A Thread Runs Through' is this Thursday, July 18 from 4:30 to 6:30. It has been a pleasure for me to work with Cathie in curating this exhibition. All good work to choose from. Try to get there today if you haven't seen the exhibition. It is a beautiful show.

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