James Wyatt Hendricks has been named the 2017 Artist of the Year for the San Antonio Art League & Museum. Lucky us!
And lucky me to get to visit his Alamo Street studio yesterday. Wow! I encourage you to mark your calendar right now for the opening of his exhibition at SAAL&M on Sunday, September 10th, 3-5 pm. It’s going to be a blockbuster!
James’s sculpture in progress for Laurel Ridge Hospital – huge sheet of metal balanced by incredibly detailed birds
James’s works ranges from mammoth steel sculptures to incredibly delicate Prisamacolor drawings. With 30 years of experience as an artist and craftsman his art is expansive and eclectic.
Frida lamp by James Wyatt Hendricks – I’m in line for the next one!
In a recent interview, James said,
“I work at my studio on a wide range of mediums that include oil painting, stone carving, forged steel, cast bronze, printmaking and traditional welding. I am considered a master craftsman, and I take my work very seriously.”
We talked about the fact that both of us share a background in commercial design – and that both of us worked as illustrators for the Express-News. James has an amazing ability to switch from teeny tine detail design on his Mac to welding huge sheets of steel.
It’s impressive to see him at work in his studio. Here’s a short video of some of the cool things I saw yesterday during our visit.
Studio Visit with James Wyatt Hendricks from Lyn Belisle on Vimeo.
James is so engaging and talks about his work with an insight and sensitivity that is totally authentic – you will enjoy meeting him. You can read more about his work in this article from the Express-News.
As I said, this is going to be a blockbuster exhibit at the San Antonio Art League & Museum on September 10th. Invitations will go out later in August. Email me if you’d like to be on the list.
And you are not to late to catch the last two weeks of “Visions of Summer”, the current exhibit at the Art League – through July 30th!
Looking forward to the James Hendricks Exhibition. He is a great guy and fabulous artist.
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James(Jimmie) this is Ivanna ( Franckowiak) Warnken a friend of Donna’s from East Central. Is it possible to visit your gallery in the next 2 weeks to show a foreign exchange student your art work? This young man is from the Republic of Slovakia and has been studying art at Pleasanton High School the entire year. If this is possible to accomplish this my contact information is: 210-315-4178/cell, 830-281-6271/ home..