{"id":831,"date":"2018-12-31T14:13:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=831"},"modified":"2018-12-31T14:13:30","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T14:13:30","slug":"texas-reads-archiveglenn-dromgoole-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.etypegoogle10.com\/?p=831","title":{"rendered":"Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

2.19.2017\u00a0\u00a0 Texas artists interviewed about their work<\/h1>\n

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<\/a><\/span><\/span>Robert Craig Bunch, assistant librarian at the McNay Art Museum of San Antonio,<\/span> has published a remarkable book that provides insights into the philosophies, imaginations, influences and insights of sixty-four Texas artists.<\/p>\n

The Art of Found Objects: Interviews with Texas Artists<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Texas A&M University Press, $50 hardcover) is presented in question-and-answer style, focusing on how the artists incorporate everyday found objects into their paintings, collages, and other artistic creations.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond the art itself,\u201d Bunch writes, \u201cno source is more primary to understanding art and artist than his or her words. \u201cAmazingly enough, there exists no prior book of interviews with artists from across Texas. Since 2010 I have interviewed more than 60 of Texas\u2019 finest artists with the intention of compiling my questions and their responses into a substantial, illustrated book.\u201d<\/p>\n

The volume includes more than 70 color plates. The interviews are presented alphabetically, beginning with Margaret Adie<\/span> of San Marcos and concluding with Steve Wiman<\/span> of Austin. Most of the artists still live and work in Texas, but a few have moved on to other locales.<\/p>\n

These are no cookie-cutter interviews. The author obviously researched his subjects before posing the questions. A few examples:<\/p>\n

To Paul Horn,<\/span> Houston: \u201cWhy do you sleep with the TV on? How does this enter your dreams and your art?\u201d<\/p>\n

To Lance Letscher,<\/span> Austin: \u201cWhat role have quilts played in your art?\u201d<\/p>\n

To Kathleen Packlick,<\/span> Houston: \u201cWhy have postage stamps been a recurring element in your work?\u201d<\/p>\n

To Ken Little,<\/span> San Antonio: \u201cHow has music helped shape your art?\u201d<\/p>\n

Bunch posed one common question to conclude each interview: \u201cWhich artists have meant the most to you?\u201d<\/p>\n

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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Fourth book:<\/span> Lubbock author Nathan Dahlstrom,<\/span> writing under the pen name S. J. Dahlstrom,<\/span> has produced his fourth novel featuring twelve-year-old Wilder Good, who loves the outdoors. In The Green Colt<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Paul Dry Books, $8.95 paperback), Wilder\u2019s grandfather gives him a young colt. Wilder names him Bluebonnet and begins working with him, keeping a journal about his progress, and learning the joy and the pain of loving a horse.<\/p>\n

Dahlstrom, a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Hank the Cowdog creator John Erickson,<\/span> writes value-driven and action-oriented books for middle school readers encouraging them to get out and explore nature. A fifth novel, Black Rock Brothers,<\/span> is coming soon. Read more about the series at wildergood.com.<\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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