November 22 - December 23, 2008


opening reception for the artists:
Saturday, November 22, 2008 5-8PM

Kenneth Holder
Tip of the Iceberg

For the last 30 years Kenneth Holder has been waiting for the opportunity to hitch a ride on the Chihuahua-Pacific Railroad in northern Mexico to see the magnificent Copper Canyon, a canyon said to be four times as wide as the Grand Canyon.  The opportunity finally arrived in January of 2007.  Holder's latest paintings create a sense of place through re-creating the same canyon view at different times of the day and from varying perspectives, scales and palettes.  Holder strives to be true to nature without being constrained by literalness.  For Holder, landscape painting is a means for exploring our relationship to nature and self.  In the end, each painting provides a unique view of Copper Canyon and for some an opportunity to experience our sense of place in the universe through a connection with nature.  

Ken Holder lives in Heyworth, Illinois. He received his BFA from Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth in 1959 and his MFA from the Chicago Art Institute in 1965.  He was a professor of painting at Illinois State University from 1969 until 1998. His work is held in numerous corporate and private collections in Illinois and Texas.

left: Studio Rodeo, 1977, watercolor, 22x30"
right: Picasso Roeo, 1984, watercolor, 29x42"

Small Works Group Exhibition

Small Works is a survey of small-scale works by Conduit Gallery artists created specifically for the exhibition. The artworks will be in a variety of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture and collage and with each piece not exceeding twelve inches.

Artists include: Robert Dale Anderson, Susan Barnett, Robert Barsamian, Ellen Berman, Matt Clark, Annabel Daou, Vincent Falsetta, Heyd Fontenot, Susan kae Grant, Billy Hassell, Robert Jessup, Arthur Koch, Stephen Lapthisophon, Lance Letscher, Joe Mancuso, C. Meng, Roberto Munguia, Susie Phillips, Justin Quinn, Rex Ray, Johnny Robertson, Al Souza, James Michael Starr, James Sullivan and others.

clockwise from top left: Susan Barnett, Billy Hassell, James Michael
Starr, C. Meng, Carrie Marill & Al Souza

 

 

PROJECT ROOM

Mary Emma Hawthorne

Africa

Inspired from a recent trip to Africa and created from several pieces of collected papers and materials from that trip, Dallas artist Mary Emma Hawthorne has assembled a body of work that is both familiar and exotic. In simple collages and paintings on panel, Hawthorne communicates the poverty and richness of a culture and people that had a profound effect on her work.

Mary Emma Hawthorne received a B.F.A. from Texas Christian University in 2004 and has shown in several venues throughout Texas and Dallas since. This will be the second showing of Hawthorne’s work in the Conduit Gallery Project Room.

left: Hut, 2008, collage on paper, 11x8.5"
right: Iceberg, 2008, collage on masonite, 37x45"