COLORES GALLERY OPENS NEW EXHIBIT "WEST TEXAS ROADTRIP" MARCH 14TH 10 March 2008

West Texas Roadtrip, an exhibition of paintings by Avram Dumitrescu and Gary Wimmer, opens on Friday, March 14th, with a reception to follow on Thursday, March 20th, from 7-9PM.

A native of Ireland, Avram Dumitrescu earned his Masters in Applied Arts from the University of Ulster, Belfast. He has exhibited in group and solo shows throughout Ireland, Texas and Massachusetts. His work can be found in many private residences and corporate holdings. He has been an illustrator for The Desert Candle magazine, an upcoming biography of revered food writer MFK Fisher, and many other publications. Dumitrescu is inspired by the wildlife, landscapes and architecture encountered in his travels throughout West Texas. His large paintings of longhorns, the largest canvases he's worked to date, convey the nobility of these creatures. Smaller paintings of horses and farm fowl hang amidst canvases of hard worn trucks and a long, rushing freight train.

Gary Wimmer spent a year of self-study painting in Barcelona, Spain after completing his degree at Maryland Institute College of Art. He has exhibited in group and solo shows in Maryland, New York City and Spain and executed a ceiling mural commissioned by the American Museum of Natural History. As a scenic set designer for over a decade in stage and film, Wimmer discovered West Texas while working on a film in this area. His current cycle of paintings represents aspects of the West Texas environs that awe him with their hardscrabble beauty. His nighttime settings capture an intimate beauty, while his mountain landscapes, reflect ever-changing light and shadows of mythic clouds passing in a saturated blue West Texas sky.

The Colores Gallery is located at 904 W. San Antonio (Highway 90).

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