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May 16,
2002 thru June 22, 2002
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Billy Hassell |
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Jimmy Jalapeeno |
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The Visitation,
2002
Oil on Canvas
48 X 50 inches
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Lake Buchanan, 2002
Watercolor on Paper
11 X 14 inches
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Ft. Worth artist Billy Hassell’s
crisply painted oils, watercolors and encaustics feature detailed
portraits of birds, favorite subjects for this painter who once
considered becoming an ornithologist. The images of birds are
contrasted against lushly colorful and stylized backgrounds that
sometimes verge on the surreal and that sometimes explode with
patterns reminiscent of William Morris wallpaper designs. Mr.
Hassell has a BA from Notre Dame and an MA from the University of
Massachusetts. He has exhibited widely throughout the Southwest and
in New York, and his work is included in the collections of The
Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The Menil Collection in Houston, The
Dallas Museum of Art, The El Paso Museum of Art, and The Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth.
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Austin artist Jimmy Jalapeeno’s large
landscapes, familiar to travelers passing through Bergstrom
International Airport, depict the natural beauty that abounds in
Central Texas. His new works in oil and watercolor include still
life paintings and portraits as well as landscapes. "Jalapeeno
certainly knows how to capture nature on canvas, moving deftly from
thick oils to translucent watercolors to depict familiar Hill
Country scenarios. With his distinctly Impressionist technique,
Jalapeeno is like the Monet of Austin, exploring the countless
effects of the blazing Texas sunlight and the games it plays on
streams of water and clusters of trees." (Cari Marshall, The
Austin Chronicle). Jalapeeno has a BA from the University of Texas,
Austin, and an MA from The University of California, Davis. He has
exhibited throughout Texas.
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Read
a review by Michael Barnes in the Austin American
Statesman
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