Cap Pannell
Artist’s Statement
When I was about four years old my dad owned a 1951 Chevrolet sedan. I thought the car was as sleek and beautiful as a rocket ship. It stood out against many of the other cars in our little West Texas town, which were black Model As, even Model Ts. I asked my dad why they looked the way they did and he said “They’re old.”
So in my child’s mind I thought that cars of brilliant candy-colored red, green and
blue grew old and turned as black as Wayne Newton’s hair, their sleek lines sprouting
fenders and detached headlights like ear hair. Their curved windshields no longer at a
rakish streamlined angle but rectangular and vertical as fence posts. Their gleaming chrome hubcaps now bristling with spokes like wagon wheels.
I had made my first leap of the imagination.
I was once told that doing art is the great journey. With no road maps. No directions. And the only guidance you may be blessed with is intuition fueled by imagination. The result? Work that resonates. For me. And if I’m fortunate, for the viewer as well.
Exhibitions
National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society Fall International Online Exhibition 2020
Modern Art National show by the Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary 2020
Rhode Island Watercolor Society 2020
Oil Painters of America Summer Online Showcase 2020, Honorable Mention 2020
American Art Awards, First Place and Second Place, Minimalism category, 2019
American Art Awards, First Place and Second Place, Minimalism category, 2018
Texas Artists Exhibition, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 2018
“Unique by Nature” Juried Art Competition and Exhibition, McKinney, Texas
Two-person show, Owen Contemporary gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2018
Three-person show, Canyon Fine Art gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2017
American Art Awards, First Place, Minimalism category, 2017
Texas Visual Arts Association National Exhibition, 2017
Hunting Art Prize, Finalist, Houston, Texas, 2016
Fresh Paint Biennial, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015
Skies, Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, 2015
Texas Artists Exhibition, Beeville Art Museum, Beeville, Texas, 2015
Bird: The Artists Eye View of Birds, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, 2015
2nd Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace111 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas, 2015
Art Kudos, Online Exhibition, 2015
Pettigrew Gallery, 2-person show, Dallas, Texas, 2015
Dia de los Muertos, Exhibit3, Dallas,Texas, 2015
Dia de los Muertos, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, 2014
New Texas Talent XX, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2013
Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2012
White Rock Lake Centennial, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, 2011
Festival of Independent Theaters, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, 2010
Dia de los Muertos, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, 2010
Dia de los Muertos, Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas, 2009
Current Trends in Print, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, 2009
Honors
Illustrator of the U.S. Postal Service with the publication of a postage stamp,
a portrait of American writer O. Henry in 2013.
Publications
Creative Quarterly 59 published 2020
Southwest Art magazine: Article: “Lone Star Talent 10 Texas Artists to Know” 2019
Creative Quarterly Annual Top 25 Fine Artists of 2018
Studio Visit Magazine 2016
Manifest Gallery’s International Painting Annual: Cincinnati, Ohio for 2016
Creative Quarterly Annual: Top 25 Fine Artists of 2016
Artist’s Magazine: Artist of the Month for 2016
Artist’s Magazine: 32nd Annual Art Competition multiple finalist, 2015, F & W Media, Inc
Creative Quarterly: Published in four issues for 2015
Creative Quarterly Annual: Top 25 Fine Artists of 2015
Manifest Gallery’s International Painting Annual: Cincinnati, Ohio for 2014
