CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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ldyllic Times:
Selections from the Gary T. Leach Collection of American Art Main Gallery September 19, 2020 – January 9, 2021 Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Gary T. Leach says his passion for art collecting did not come naturally. Though he was never in want of anything, fine art was not an item in the budget for his humble, midwestern family. He graduated from Iowa State University and moved to Texas to begin a career in construction.
Twenty years later he traveled to Europe for the first time and noticed the many oil paintings in the hotel club. One painting in particular caught his eye, and became his first purchase of an original oil. Idyllic Times features 30 pieces from his wonderful collection, which call to mind the simple moments that make life beautiful. Image: Victor Coleman Anderson, Secret Pals, 1924, oil on board, 19.5” x 15.5” |
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Vistas and Voyages:
The Photography of Don Pine Rebecca Cole Gallery September 19, 2020 – January 9, 2021 Landscape and nature photographer Don Pine is a native Texan who has been involved in photography all his life. His father was a WWII Marine Corps photographer, and under his tutelage Don first witnessed the magic of watching images emerge in a home darkroom. Boy Scout campouts, tours of duty with the Navy in Japan and the Far East, and a six-week trip across Europe after graduate school instilled a desire to experience beautiful places throughout the world, and Don has now traveled to all seven continents and 74 countries.
Vistas and Voyages showcases Don’s ability to create portraits that capture the personality of both animals and people, and grand landscapes that cause us to marvel at the magnificence of God’s creation. Image: Don Pine, Mesa Arch Sunrise (Canyonlands National Park, Utah), 2014, digital photograph, 40” x 60” |
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Cheryl Pilgrim:
Along for the Journey Hillery Community Gallery September 19 – November 11, 2020 Cheryl Pilgrim is a freelance children’s book writer, illustrator, and former public school art teacher residing in The Woodlands, Texas. She works in a variety of media including acrylic, watercolor, and pencil.
Along for the Journey features illustrations created for the middle grade novel The Littlest Voyageur (2020), written by Newbery Honor author Margi Preus. The book follows a red squirrel – Le Rouge – as he joins a group of Canadian voyageurs in the late 18th century traveling from Montreal to Grand Portage by canoe. The ensuing adventures come to life through Pilgrim’s illustrations of Le Rouge and his forest friends. The exhibition includes an acrylic painting featured on the book jacket, as well as several pencil drawings that together tell the tale of the squirrel’s brave journey through the Canadian wilderness. Image: Cheryl Pilgrim, The Journey Begins, 2019, acrylic on multimedia board |