Archway Gallery
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
Opening receptions are usually the first Saturday of each month, with some possible exceptions due to holidays. All receptions are from 5 to 8 p.m. Media - Press Releases
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September 2 - October 5, 2017
WATER AND WOOD: OPPOSITES ATTRACT
Featuring Watercolor Paintings by Cookie Wells and Wood Furniture by Tom Wells
Opening Reception
DATE: Saturday, September 9, 2017
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
DATE: Saturday, September 9, 2017
TIME: 5 - 8 p.m.; with Artist Talk at 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: 2305 Dunlavy, Houston, TX 77006
Complimentary Valet Parking
Light Refreshments, including bites generously provided by Kam's
With this new body of work, Cookie Wells “goes into the woods” with her colorful and evocative figures. This collaborative show with husband Tom Wells, a self-taught woodworker and furniture maker, has the Archway artist finding inspiration from the trees that surround her, leading to artistic interpretations of them as “figures” in nature.
The beautiful lines and interesting textures of Tom Wells’ furniture are as evocative as the figurative paintings of Cookie Wells, making this collaboration a perfect match. Each artist is passionate about their work and each is passionate about nature. Two visions, two elements, two passions come together in a new experience for both artists.
Cookie’s favorite quote from one of her favorite artists, Matisse, sums up her artistic intention; “Color was not given to us to imitate nature. It was given to us to express our emotions.” In these new paintings, the artist combines her love of nature with her expressive figures. These figures convey her artistic strengths in color, texture, and emotion. The combination of art and nature is a natural choice for her; with this show she feels she has the best of both worlds.
The beautiful lines and interesting textures of Tom Wells’ furniture are as evocative as the figurative paintings of Cookie Wells, making this collaboration a perfect match. Each artist is passionate about their work and each is passionate about nature. Two visions, two elements, two passions come together in a new experience for both artists.
Cookie’s favorite quote from one of her favorite artists, Matisse, sums up her artistic intention; “Color was not given to us to imitate nature. It was given to us to express our emotions.” In these new paintings, the artist combines her love of nature with her expressive figures. These figures convey her artistic strengths in color, texture, and emotion. The combination of art and nature is a natural choice for her; with this show she feels she has the best of both worlds.
October
Embraced by the Void
Mexican Painter, Cecilia Villanueva, Interprets Vacuum in Architecture
Opening Reception: October 6, 5 - 8 p.m.
Few lines, very few architectural structures on the verge of the void. Cecilia Villaneuva is painting a path to a dark yet necessary space, the vacuum. An architectonical space she found, almost by accident, in cities all over the world.
Embraced by the Void
Mexican Painter, Cecilia Villanueva, Interprets Vacuum in Architecture
Opening Reception: October 6, 5 - 8 p.m.
Few lines, very few architectural structures on the verge of the void. Cecilia Villaneuva is painting a path to a dark yet necessary space, the vacuum. An architectonical space she found, almost by accident, in cities all over the world.
November
THE GREAT GODDESS: Becky Soria
Opening Reception: November 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
Throughout my career as an artist, I have been exploring the physicality of human bodies, specially a woman’s body, as a primary source of inspiration. I am concerned with intense and perhaps primordial emotions, bodily states and peak experiences. My language is minimally representational; I use basic body shapes, shading into an emotionally rendered abstraction.
THE GREAT GODDESS: Becky Soria
Opening Reception: November 4, 5 - 8 p.m.
Throughout my career as an artist, I have been exploring the physicality of human bodies, specially a woman’s body, as a primary source of inspiration. I am concerned with intense and perhaps primordial emotions, bodily states and peak experiences. My language is minimally representational; I use basic body shapes, shading into an emotionally rendered abstraction.
December
Wild Abandon: Featuring turned wood containers by Thomas Irven and paintings by Margaret Miller
Opening Reception: December 2, 5 - 8 p.m.
Thomas’s elegant and whimsical forms are embellished with a variety of detail. Surface texture is added or polished away into a glowing, satiny finish. Eccentrically turned finials and legs add personality to hollow containers. In this show Thomas explores yet another new technique: thin strips of wood are laminated, then bent to the specific curve needed to embellish the piece it is applied to.
Joining Thomas in this exhibit is Margaret Miller. Her oil paintings investigate a range of emotion, expressed through the use of color, tone, light and brushstroke. She works from sketches and photographs made in natural settings. In her studio, each painting takes on its own identity as Margaret allows bursts of color to emerge through previous layers of paint, eliciting a sense of atmospheric surprise. With more blended tones, tranquility prevails.
Wild Abandon: Featuring turned wood containers by Thomas Irven and paintings by Margaret Miller
Opening Reception: December 2, 5 - 8 p.m.
Thomas’s elegant and whimsical forms are embellished with a variety of detail. Surface texture is added or polished away into a glowing, satiny finish. Eccentrically turned finials and legs add personality to hollow containers. In this show Thomas explores yet another new technique: thin strips of wood are laminated, then bent to the specific curve needed to embellish the piece it is applied to.
Joining Thomas in this exhibit is Margaret Miller. Her oil paintings investigate a range of emotion, expressed through the use of color, tone, light and brushstroke. She works from sketches and photographs made in natural settings. In her studio, each painting takes on its own identity as Margaret allows bursts of color to emerge through previous layers of paint, eliciting a sense of atmospheric surprise. With more blended tones, tranquility prevails.
Upcoming in 2018
| Jan | Joel Anderson | Jul | Annual Juried Exhibition |
| Feb | Sherry Tseng Hill / Jim Adams | Aug | Michael Mistric |
| Mar | Isabelle Perreau (FotoFest) | Sept | Barbara Able |
| Apr | Larry Garmezy (FotoFest) | Oct | Kevin Cromwell |
| May | Diane Fraser | Nov | John Slaby |
| Jun | Silvia PintoSouza | Dec | Trudy Askew |
