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