A NEW EXHIBITION BY ARTIST FELICE HOUSE
Opening reception featuring new works by Felice House and Resident Artist Christopher St. Leger
Face West, an exhibition by Felice House
Friday, Feb. 7 / 6 - 9 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public
Please join us on Friday, Feb. 7 at Commerce Gallery as we celebrate Felice House’s new exhibition, Face West. The Face West series of paintings and drawings views the mythical American West through a postmodern lens. Both a reflection and critique of Hollywood Westerns, the series explores the tension between heroic archetypes and gender. The series places contemporary women into heroic roles. By flipping the gender, and retaining the same visual signifiers, the series speaks to women’s access to power.
Friday, Feb. 7 also marks First Fridays Lockhart, a free monthly event that takes place throughout historic town square. Come explore local businesses — from restaurants to boutiques to galleries — and get to know our wonderful creative community.
Additional work will be showcased by Commerce Gallery resident artist Christopher St. Leger.
Stop by, meet the artists and enjoy an evening of art in beautiful Lockhart, Texas.
Face West runs through March 1
Felice House
You can find Felice House's work in museums and galleries across the country, as well as internationally. Her portraiture is on display in collections including the Booth Museum of Western Art, Prentice Women's Hospital, and New Mexico State University.
She has been featured in a variety of publications such as Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine and VICE Magazine's The Creators Project. Her Re•Western series made a splash on social media, going viral through the online platform Upworthy. From here, her work spread internationally, appearing in media in China, Japan, and Spain.
House is an Assistant Professor in the Visualization Department at Texas A&M University and maintains a studio at Canopy in Austin, Texas. She holds a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, an MS from Texas A&M University in computer graphics, and an MFA in painting from the University of Texas. She studied classical painting and portraiture at the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore, MD.