Boerne’s Persistence-Its People, Patronage and Artistic Professionals
Texas Hill Country Invitational
Boerne, TX
Oct 2012
****(Art Review as seen in Nov. 2012 NHOME Magazine)
(Photo Courtesy of JR Mooney Galleries, Randy Peyton, Summer's Bloom, Oil on Canvas)
Boerne’s Persistence-Its People, Patronage and Artistic Professionals
-Boerne, TX -On October 19th, 20th and 21st, the Boerne Professional Artist association will once again roll out the proverbial artistically painted red carpet to the annual fall art exhibition- the Texas Hill Country Invitational. A staple in the Texas Hill Country calendar year, the Invitational has demonstrated itself to be a viable and economically sustainable event for the city of Boerne
With a population of only 12,500 people, Boerne’s charm and reputation far outreaches it quaint demographic. Known as a leading artistic community of the Texas Hill Country, along side others like Fredericksburg Marble Falls
Historically, the Boerne Professional Artist association, the Invitational’s initiators, has a rich history nestled in the quiet yawns of Boerne’s quiet past. Sixteen years ago in the mid 90’s the former mayor, Honorable Patrick Heath called together the scant group of artists who called Boerne home and proposed they organize their studios, businesses, galleries and ideas in order to help further Boerne’s cultural identity as a hub of artistic excellence.
The first gathering of these artists almost two decades ago occurred as an Open House at the studio of Jay Hester, a nationally recognized Native American/ American West painter, owner of Highland House Studios and Gallery, and former organizational President. “Within a year or so, other studios and artists wanted in on the action in this quasi art tour.” he says.
As the arts organizations of Boerne progressed, The Boerne Professional Artist along with the Cibolo Arts Council and the Boerne CVB agreed they needed to have two or more major art-related events through-out the year; the Parade of Artists event in the Spring and the Texas Hill Country Invitational for the Fall.
Fast forward a decade and arrive at the excitement leading up to the 2012 Fall Art Season in Boerne. Artists and representatives from galleries like J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art, Carriage House Gallery, MudWorks Pottery Studio, Texas Treasures Fine Art, Davis Art ‘N More Gallery, Highland House Gallery, COSAS among many more will be on hand to showcase their artists and art; providing assistance and tips on buying art, and answering any questions or inquiries.
One of the leading artists featured in the 2012 Texas Hill Country Invitational is Nationally Acclaimed Landscape Painter, Randy Peyton. Peyton represents the new cohort of Texas Landscape Painters; leading a post Onderdonk generation of Bluebonnet bounty. Peyton has captured the Texas Texas
South of Town, a 24 x 36” oil painting, which will be represented by J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art, is a classic example of Peyton’s signature style -complete with bluebonnets, live oaks, a small barn, horse carriage trail, and semi-arid vegetation
Blooming bluebonnets bookend the sides of the gravel path that snakes through the painting like a question mark- pulling your eye straight to the horizon line and over to the dominate live oak on the left side of the mid-ground. To balance out the composition, Peyton places the wood paneled brown barn opposite of the ominous and mature tree. The humbled hay hangar opens its wide doors showing a shadowed interior. Deep obscurity hides straw bales and husbandry necessities. The roof peaks and pitches slant down to a diminutive corral- vacant of any animals. Although the dirt trail shows signs of wear, the total intuitive emptiness of the location implies an abandoned site-a ranch hidden deep in the backwoods of Texas
The official state flower of Texas
The main players of this scenic sonata are the three live oaks that secure a stoic trifecta of Quercus fusiformis; each placed in strategic areas in the composition –far left, far right, and exact middle. Accented with spare cactus and open skyline, Peyton’s work of art compels us to imagine ourselves in the typical barren desert-scape of the Southern United States , feeling the arid heat and listening to the sounds of crickets.
With artists like Randy Peyton, Jay Hester, Bill Scheidt, among many others on the bill this year, space for all the artists as well as the public is always top of mind for the organizational committee. As the years past, Jay Hester’s major complaint is the venue size restriction. “There just isn’t a venue big enough for the size of event we can and have become”, he says. With previous public turn-outs in the two to three hundreds, the exhibition has continually grown in reputation and population as the quality of art and artists continually spotlights Boerne as an artistic leader in the National consciousness of Texas Hill Country Art identity.
So be sure to mark your calendars to attend this unique art experience at the Texas Hill Country Invitational at St. Peters Catholic Church on October 19th, 20th, and 21st as Boerne’s art community comes together for an artistic amalgamation of significant proportions.
For more information about the Texas Hill Country Invitational go to www.boerneprofessionalartists.com or call the Boerne Professional Artist association at (210) 274-5223.
© Gabriel Diego Delgado
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