VISUAL ARTS + MUSEUMS

Rudolph Blume Fine Art/ ArtScan Gallery presents Jeff F. Wheeler: Newfangled Notions.  Opening Reception Saturday, December 11 from 6:00 to 9:00pm. On view through January 22, 2011. January 15 ,2011.

Rudolph Blume Fine Art Artscan Gallery is proud to present Newfangled Notions, an exhibit of new work by infamous Lubbock artist, Jeff. F. Wheeler.  On view in the main gallery will be a selection of works - surreal, auto-biographical and humorous.  Wheeler's West Texas landscapes are filled and balanced with his vast array of images mined from life on the West  Texas Plains, the history of Art, and his own travels through the American West.

In addition, the remaining galleries will be showcasing several on-going series, all begun in 2010 and shown for the first time anywhere, that attest to his broad range.  Included are a series of Ink on Vellum works, a few of his rescued, reformed and repainted ceramics, as well as work created on-site through-out the American West, and a series of haunting collages of vintage 1970's era photographs.

Also, in conjunction with Jeff's solo-exhibition, Rudolph Blue Fine Art ArtScan Gallery is pleased to present a book signing of Texas Artists Today, from 6pm-9pm during the December 11 opening.  Please join the gallery and Catherine Anspon for the signing of this lively, lavishly designed and illustrated limited edition survey of Texas-based artists.

Jeff. F. Wheeler is included in Catherine Anspon's beautiful 260-page oversized new book, Texas Artists Today, published by Marquand Books.

Pictured: After Renoir (no. 52), Mixed Media Collage, 2010. (detail above, full image below).