Archway Gallery
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
Upcoming Exhibition Calendar
November 6 - December 2, 2021
Colors of a Place
Featuring Recent Paintings and Mixed Media Collages by Harold Joiner
Opening Reception Saturday, November 6
Artist meet and greet starting at 2pm. Full reception 5pm - 8pm with artist talk at 6:30pm Complimentary Valet Parking |
The exhibition’s title refers to the American Southwest. Having grown up in New Mexico, Joiner has had a lifelong love for the region. Deserts have a beauty of their own kind; Joiner has traveled through, and lived in, some of the world’s notable deserts. “As much as I love the visual lushness of the coastal regions, there’s a sense of openness in the desert landscape and a reductive abstract beauty that is captivating to many,” he says.
Joiner uses color, line, and shape to convey his inspiration. The land is wide, horizontal, and undulates in ever- receding layers before one’s eyes. The colors of this place are rich and include not only the actual colors of the land, but also the colors of its history and culture: the earth colors of the pueblo, the blacks and terra cottas of the regional pottery, and the ubiquitous turquoise that is seen everywhere – as itself and as a pervasive pigment applied to just about anything.
The exhibition includes abstract landscapes that play on the region’s land forms and small, multi-media collages that take a cue from the Native American jewelry identified with the region. Also included in the exhibition are paintings inspired by Chaco Canyon’s Pueblo Bonito, built in the period from approximately 850 to 1130 CE, by the people commonly referred to as the Anasazi. Joiner visited there for the first time in late 2019, and he said, “Even though I grew up in the state and had visited numerous other ancient sites, I had never been to Chaco Canyon. The place greatly inspired me, and now I can cross it off my bucket list.”
Joiner is an architect by profession and a graduate of Texas Tech University. His professional projects included numerous corporate, hotel, and institutional projects in Houston, other cities in the United States, and abroad. He lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for ten years, working first for Saudi Aramco in its properties division and then for a private firm with offices in Saudi Arabia and Cairo, Egypt. He traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, as well as South and Southeast Asia. Returning to Houston in late 2001, he opted to indulge a lifelong interest in painting. His paintings have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the greater Houston region, and are owned by collectors across the United States and Canada.
Joiner uses color, line, and shape to convey his inspiration. The land is wide, horizontal, and undulates in ever- receding layers before one’s eyes. The colors of this place are rich and include not only the actual colors of the land, but also the colors of its history and culture: the earth colors of the pueblo, the blacks and terra cottas of the regional pottery, and the ubiquitous turquoise that is seen everywhere – as itself and as a pervasive pigment applied to just about anything.
The exhibition includes abstract landscapes that play on the region’s land forms and small, multi-media collages that take a cue from the Native American jewelry identified with the region. Also included in the exhibition are paintings inspired by Chaco Canyon’s Pueblo Bonito, built in the period from approximately 850 to 1130 CE, by the people commonly referred to as the Anasazi. Joiner visited there for the first time in late 2019, and he said, “Even though I grew up in the state and had visited numerous other ancient sites, I had never been to Chaco Canyon. The place greatly inspired me, and now I can cross it off my bucket list.”
Joiner is an architect by profession and a graduate of Texas Tech University. His professional projects included numerous corporate, hotel, and institutional projects in Houston, other cities in the United States, and abroad. He lived and worked in Saudi Arabia for ten years, working first for Saudi Aramco in its properties division and then for a private firm with offices in Saudi Arabia and Cairo, Egypt. He traveled extensively in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, as well as South and Southeast Asia. Returning to Houston in late 2001, he opted to indulge a lifelong interest in painting. His paintings have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the greater Houston region, and are owned by collectors across the United States and Canada.
November Calendar
Sunday, November 14 @ 6:00pm |
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Thursday, November 18 @ 5:30 - 9:00pm |
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Friday, November 19 @ 7:00 - 9:00pm |
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Sunday, November 21 @ 6:00pm |