{"id":10831,"date":"2022-02-08T15:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T21:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arch.tamu.edu\/?p=10831"},"modified":"2022-06-15T11:47:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T16:47:12","slug":"scenes-of-a-transforming-texas-oil-town-on-display-at-wright-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/08\/scenes-of-a-transforming-texas-oil-town-on-display-at-wright-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Scenes of a transforming Texas oil town on display at Wright Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Intricately textured oil paintings by artist Catherine Allen that depict scenes from Midland, Texas, her hometown, are on display in \u201cEn Route,\u201d in the Wright Gallery<\/a>, Langford A. The exhibit is on display through March 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen uses photographic images from the periphery of her daily life in Midland, an area known for oil and gas production and a boom-or-bust economy. These photographs become source material in the construction of descriptive digital mockups that are translated into images created with oil paint. For Allen, art is a pursuit that feeds off day-to-day existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI identify closely with the natural and built environments that I paint,\u201d said Allen. \u201cThe transformation I see occurring in my hometown reminds me that we are moving forward into a future I can\u2019t yet know, and my work is an attempt to see into that future by appreciating the present and documenting change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n