Date: April 21-22 & April 28-29, 11AM- 8PM

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"Untitled" by Kini Chris Cooke (Graphite on paper)

An exhibition of drawings curated by Rolando Reyna & Angel Quesada in Celebration of Dia de los muertos

Nov 3-Nov 27

Artist Reception Thursday November 3, 7-10pm

An exhibition featuring drawings by over 75 artists

Music by Nick Gaitan & his Calaveras

TBH Center proudly celebrates its Fall Art Season with artworks by over seventy artists in an ambitious exhibit of drawings, and prints reflecting on the theme of death. Just in time for the Day of the Dead observances held across Houston, TBH offers its own unique twist of honoring the dead. A special musical performance by Nick Gaitan and His Calaveras will take place during the artist’s reception November 3rd at 8pm.

The title of the exhibition, “DRAWN OUT DEATH,” is a play on words. Using the theme of death as the point of departure, the curators came to a place of agreement. “I wanted to start from the opposite side of seeing life” says curator Rolando Reyna.

“Using death as a starting point one could discover new ways of looking at the evidence of a life lived”- adds co-curator Angel Quesada. The exhibition had to be shrunk from the original concept. “Initially we wanted to exhibit one thousand drawings however, once we realized that this would be extremely challenging due to space we shot for a smaller exhibition with many quality artists,” muses Quesada “there’s always next year!”

Work Description

The invitational exhibition has a strong Texas representation (Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Del Rio, Corpus Christi, Kingsville, Dallas, Brownsville) and some artists from New York & Mexico. The total number comes to over seventy artists participating in this large exhibition of artworks which use drawing in their process. Some artists are using pen and ink, others pastel, some use needle and thread and some employ glass. Works are priced to sell $50 to $500 and, as a collection, is a well balanced display of emerging and established artists who use drawing regularly in their art process.

The exhibition, “Drawn Out Death” employs exclusively the artistic mode of drawing and is part of TBH's celebration of Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) during the 2011-12 TBH Visual Arts Season Program Calendar. Exhibition runs November 3 - November 27, 2011.

"Drawn Out Death" participating artist list

Abel Ortiz

Adrian Jesus Falcon

Adriana MJ Garcia

Al Eckstue

Albrechto Alvarez

Aldo Fabian

Alex Rubio

Ana Fernandez

Angel Quesada

Angela Weddle

Annie Newlin

Arnoldo Damaso Perez- Gomez

Arte Libre Colectivo

Bernardo Diaz

Camargo Valentino

Camilo Gonzalez

Carlos G. Gomez

Catfish Perez

The Amazing Hancock Bros

Christian Navarrete

Cody Arnall

Cora Cohen

Daniel Anguilu

David Almaguer

David Pilgrim

David S. Rubin

Dayna De Hoyos

Derek Martinez Donaldson

Duane Johnson

Eddie Gomez

Félix Abraham Torres Rodríguez

Fidencio Duran

Gerald Lopez

Gissette Padilla

Grace Barraza-Vega

Greg Reuter

Greg Rubio

Henry Membreño

James Ciosek

James Huizar

James Gonzalez

Jane Madrigal

Jason Villegas

Jean-Pierre Verdujo

Jennifer Overfield

Jimmy Pena

Joe Pena

Jonatan Lopez

Jorge Alegria

Jose "Pepe" Rodriguez

Jose Fidel Sotelo

Kevin Munoz

Kini Chris Cooke

L.a. Vatocosmico

Lenard Brown

Lindsey Maestri

Lisa Qualls

Liz Conces Spencer

Lizbeth Ortiz

Louis Vega Trevino

Lucilla Flores

Manual Chapa

Mari Omori

Marie Valdez

Mary Ann Vaca-Lambert

Michelle Reyna

Michelle Smyth

Miz R Evenge

Monica Siebert

Nico Whittaker

Raul Castellanos

Rex Housemann

Robert B. Gonzales

Rolando Reyna

Saida Fagala

Sandra C. Fernandez

Santa Barraza

Sharif Bey

Stephanie Guajardo

Teresa Gomez Martorell

Tony Briones

Come and have fun at the opening on East End Studio Gallery.
Art Show featuring Houston artist Nico Whittaker.
Friday September 16th, 6 to 9pm.
708 Suite C, Telephone Rd., Houston, TX  77023

Melting Town - Digital art by Nico Whittaker

“Melting Town”

Digital art.

A different view of Downtown Houston.

I tried to go for the contrast between warm and cold colors.

Please let me know what do you think.

The Painter's Last Stroke - Diptych

The Painter’s Last Stroke

Acrylic on Canvas.

Diptych – 2 panels of 18″ x 36″

The idea behind the painting:

The person on the right panel is a painter who’s creating his artwork on the left panel. That’s basically it.

Of course I painted it with both panels joined together and then separated and framed:

The Painter's Last Stroke

Here are the sketches I did before the painting:

The painter's Last Stroke - Sketch 1

The painter's Last Stroke - Sketch 2

The painter's Last Stroke - sketch3

Here are some image details:

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With Sophie at the show

If you like this, please comment/share it.

Thanks!

Nico.

Filling The Emptiness

Acrylic on canvas.
24″ x 36″
This is the piece I created for M.A.S. “Eye Pollution” show.

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“The Witch Doctor”

Mixed Media, 4′ x 4′.

This is the piece I submitted to the “Black & White Show”.

The original title was “The Shaman” since the painting is about a Shaman performing a healing. The feather represent the disease.
When I was in the Art School in Buenos Aires years ago, I was very interested in Precolumbian Art.
We did extensive reaserch on the subject and my group’s thesis was specifically about Precolumbian Cultures of Northwest Argentina.
Sadly I don’t have my notes, so all I know now is what I can remember, but it is a very interesting subject.

From wikipedia:

” Shamanism is an anthropological term referencing a range of beliefs and practices regarding communication with the spiritual world. A practitioner of shamanism is known as a shaman.
Shamanism encompasses the belief that shamans are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds. Shamans are said to treat ailments/illness by mending the soul. Alleviating traumas affecting the soul/spirit restores the physical body of the individual to balance and wholeness. The shaman also enters supernatural realms or dimensions to obtain solutions to problems afflicting the community. Shamans may visit other worlds/dimensions to bring guidance to misguided souls and to ameliorate illnesses of the human soul caused by foreign elements. The shaman operates primarily within the spiritual world, which in turn affects the human world. The restoration of balance results in the elimination of the ailment.”

More info here

Detail Images:

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