Bill Baird reviews a collaborative exhibition by stalwart Texas artists Jeff and Bryan Wheeler.
Jeff Wheeler
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Five-Minute ToursVideo
Five-Minute Tours: Wheeler Brothers at Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston
by Glasstireby GlasstireA video tour of Jeff Wheeler and Bryan Wheeler's exhibition at Deborah Colton Gallery in Houston.
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At this strange moment in history, Hills Snyder asks members of our creative community: What is at the top of your mind? What is in the bottom of your heart?
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Christopher Blay and Christina Rees on a remarkable collection on view in Austin, solo shows by two veteran Texans, and a solo outing by a new Texan who’s developed some interesting recurring themes.
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"Draw something every day, read an art history book a week, make art about your life, and just crank it out."
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Among Johnston's credited works is Austin's landmark mural "Hi How Are You" at Guadalupe and 21st Streets in Austin.
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Party Pics
Party Pics: June 30 at Gray Contemporary & Vaughan Mason Fine Art
by Glasstireby GlasstirePhotos from the openings at Vaughan Mason Fine Art and Gray Contemporary in Houston on June 30, 2018.
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a gallerist turned artist in Dallas, a big group show of emerging Latinx artists in Austin, and the seduction of "mermaid skin" in an immersive show in San Antonio.
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Some people thought that the newly revived Splendora Gardens went dormant with the abrupt departure in June of Jeff Wheeler, the Lubbock artist who was brought in to run programming…
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Splendora Gardens, the historic studio compound of the artists James Surls and Charmaine Locke located in Cleveland, Texas, has undergone a change in leadership which will undoubtedly result in a change in…
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Christina Rees and guest Andy Don Emmons on torture photos that aren’t staged, an important retrospective in Fort Worth, and Andy’s self-treatment through art. (They also shoot some guns.)
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The revival of a legendary artist studio in Splendora, Texas.
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Last week, we reported that popular Texas artist Jeff Wheeler had: 1) accepted a newfound director position at James Surls’ place in Splendora, and 2) was still traveling his and his brothers’…
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News
Jeff Wheeler Named Co-Director of James Surls’ Multi-Purpose Art Space
by Glasstireby GlasstireJeffrey Wheeler, pioneer and mentor artist of Lubbock, announced this last spring that he’d be picking up sticks to head elsewhere in Texas, but at the time it was still…
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Christina Rees and Brandon Zech on a dank library gallery, artist merch on Etsy, and some favorite artists leaving Lubbock to head south.
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Photo EssayReview
A Fan’s Notes: Christie Blizard on Daniel Johnston, Jeff Wheeler, and Making Contact
I’ve been giving work anonymously to Daniel Johnston for the past five years so there was zero chance I would miss this potential alignment of all that is miraculous in Texas.
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"Here's the deal: I'm hopeful that this will be awesome, but it could very well be a couple of people showing up in suits and doing a half-baked performance that's a social critique that doesn't really work.... Yes?"
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Just two weeks ago, it was reported in the Wall Street Journal (Sunday, Jan 3 -4, p. D11), that “Text as Decor” is, as of now, passé. Not that Jeff Wheeler and Maisie Alford care.
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A West Texan stage where bemused cowboys and old yearbook photos intermingle with a robed prophet and the ghost of Pablo Picasso.
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Frederick Jackson Turner believed our American sense of manifest destiny was shaped by the frontier; and such is true within Texas, even today. It’s a big place. It’s dorky even…