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Bob Wade (Austin)
Six Flags over the Alamo, 2002
Mixed media on canvas
77 x 89 in.
The striking works by Bob Wade found in the Saddles
and Spurs Club are vintage black and white photographs
enlarged (6-7 feet), digitally printed on canvas,
and finally hand-colored by airbrushing transparent
layers of acrylic paint. The King Ranch archives and
the Wittliff Gallery of South Western and Mexican
Photography at Southwest Texas State in San Marcos
provided many of the cattle and rodeo images used
in Wade’s work, including Six Flags over the
Alamo, which is based on an early Texas postcard.
Bob Wade received a BFA from the University
of Texas at Austin and an MA from the University of
California at Berkeley. He has produced three books
and his work is included in Oil Patch Dreams: Images
of the Petroleum Industry in American Art (Austin
Museum Of Art, March '98). Wade expressed his enthusiasm
for the establishment of the AT&T Center Art Collection
by saying, “I have been working with large-scale
photo canvases and vintage photos for over 30 years,
and I am thrilled to put my experience to work at
the AT&T Center. I think viewers will like the ‘Texas
Style’ content and scale that reflects the state
and this great facility.”
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Gallery Features:
Event Level
Susan Davidoff
Texas Mountain Laurel
Charter Level
John Coleman
Cattle Drive, 2003
Plaza Level
George Cisneros
Atomic Spur, 2002
Terrace Level
Charles Field
Sunrise, South Jetty, Port Aransas, 2002
Balcony Level
Kathleen Trenchard
The Four Seasons of San Antonio, 2002
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