BrownwoodNews – Art lovers of all ages may view the Stars of Texas Juried Art Exhibit February 10-23 at the Depot Civic and Cultural Center located at 600 E. Depot in Brownwood. Show hours are Monday-Friday from 9:00 am – 6:00 pm, Saturday from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm.
Artwork that did not make the Stars of Texas Art Exhibit will be featured in the Salon des Refuses at the Brownwood Art Association Art Center, located at 215 Fisk Street during the above hours.
Demonstrations will also take place each day during exhibit hours from a variety of artists. There is no charge to enter the exhibit or attend the demonstrations.
Monday’s Artist:
1. Cathie Tyler is a professional artist living in Mason, Texas. Since moving to Mason in 2010, she has been working with Joyce Arnold to exhibit the work of contemporary artists from across Texas in the Arnold Art Gallery. The artist most often paints in oils but has also exhibited her watercolors and various drawing media throughout Texas and in many other states. Cathie continues to paint, mostly commissions, with focus on the passage of light as it cloaks and reveals the complexity the Hill Country.
Her work can be seen at cathieatyler.com.
2. Marsha Mefferd grew up in Texas. She lived in Houston when she graduated from Westbury High School so it was natural for her to go to the University of Houston where she received her Bachelor of Science in Art Education and several years later followed that with a Masters of Art Education from Texas Tech University.
She taught art in public schools around Texas for 25 years, the last 18 in Klein ISD just north of Houston. Marsha was the Fine Art Department Chairperson at Klein High School for the last 12 years of her career.
After retiring i n 2003, she and her husband, Jim Alford, moved to Kerrville area, first to Ingram, then further out to Mountain Home. Jim died in 2014, so Marsha has spread her “stuff” into their shared workshop/studio space which is now just “studio” space.
Mixed media acrylic painting is her preferred medium, but she has also enjoyed photography (both darkroom black and white and more recently digital), making art using gourds, fiber sculptures, printmaking and other media which she taught to her high school students over the years. “To stay current and fresh, I think we have to push the boundaries (rules) and break free from existing trends.
I believe that this is the only way to creative!
3. Tom Pettengill – Nature and Landscape Photographer: I am largely a self-taught photographer. Saying that I have purchased several books and videos about photography, and taken online photography courses. My photographs have won contests, been used in magazines and are for sale on some of the online photography sites.
In my past life I was a fisheries biologist and I have spent much of my life outdoors. From spending decades in the outdoors and many times very early or late in the day I have gained a great appreciation for light and how it affects a subject. I’ve learned that to capture great landscape and nature photographs takes lots of patience and repeat visits to a location to capture that special scene or photo. I will leave my truck hours before daylight and/or return hours after dark get to or stay on location hoping to capture that special scene that seldom occurs.
This year my demonstration at the Stars of Texas Art Exhibit will be on phone apps that are useful to photographers. There are mapping apps that help you see where you want to go and help narrow your search sites to shoot. The Photopill app can actually let you plan your shot during the day and show you where the sun, moon and stars will be at that location so you can plan your shot. If you want to shoot at night and want to find a dark (no light pollution) area there is an app called Dark Sky that will help you find a nearby location, if there is any nearby. There are several other useful apps for your phone that are very useful to outdoor photographers.
