Dallas Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology
Arts Committee
presents

Saturday, 
March 10, at 7:00 p.m.

The DSPP ARTS Committee presents a visit to the Ft. Worth home and studio of Texas artist, Jim Woodson, on Saturday, March 10, at 7:00 p.m. Woodson, an Associate Professor of Art at Texas Christian University, where he has taught art since 1974, paints from Texas scenes he knows well, having been born and educated in Texas. His recent group of paintings, which form the core of this studio talk, center on both the psychological and the externalized representation in landscape painting of two aspects of time--duration and tempo. His large, complex, rich landscapes represent duration in their expansive views of scenes in the Big Bend area of Texas, which seem eternal, unchanging. Tempo is represented by mirage-like overlaid painting, suggesting movement, changing perception, the present moment. Time is also represented by parts having been covered over, as in memory. The process moves from the past (memory) through the present (perception) to the future (imagination).

The visit to the artist's home will include past work as a mini-retrospective and background for Woodson's recent work. Woodson will conduct a tour through his home, giving a brief explanation of his earlier paintings. In his studio, Woodson will discuss recent work and be available for open discussion with the group. 

Woodson's work is informed not only from a lifetime growing up amidst the Texas landscape but also by his extensive travels outside the United States, including a recent invitational exhibition, the Biennale Internazionale Dell'Arte Contemporanea in Florence, Italy. His recent gallery work, including an exhibition at J. Cacciola Galleries, New York, in 1999, and participation in the new acquisition exhibition at the San Antonio Museum of Art in 1991, raise the issue of a sense of place. The artist has also explored the relationship between painting and music through a year-long collaboration with the Fort Worth Opera to design sets for the opera, Carmen, in 1991. Woodson's work has become familiar to regional art audiences through his exhibitions at the Modern Art Museum  of Fort Worth in 1991 and 1980. His work can be found in public and private collections throughout Texas. 

Woodson's home studio tour and talk will be followed by a cocktail/buffet reception. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED because of limited space. RSVP to Judith Samson before February 15: jgsamson@swbell.net OR leave your reservation (and telephone number, please) at 214-750-7692. Also please contact Judith if you have any questions, directions or need a ride. We will try to set up carpooling, if needed. 

You may contact Jim Woodson directly at jimcw@flash.net  

Contact Judith Samson for additional information.

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