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All artwork photography courtesy

of J.R. Mooney Galleries of Fine Art.

Prices are for current artwork, and

can change at any time.

© 2014

JR Mooney Galleries

305 S. Main

Boerne, Texas

78006

830-816-5106

Edited by Gabriel Diego Delgado Cliff Cavin

Cliff Cavin

Texas Trails Galleries - San Antonio, Texas: Exhibitions – October, 1983 May, 1992 October, 1985 May, 1993 April, 1986 May, 1994 May, 1990 June, 1995 June, 1991 Odyssey Gallery, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibitions – 1984 and 1989 Art, Incorporated, San Antonio, Texas: Solo Exhibition – December, 2003 Nuevo Santander Gallery, McAllen, Texas: Solo Exhibition – November, 2004 KLRN TV Annual Art Auction, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibition – September, 1994 September, 1995 Alamo Kiwanis Club Western Art Show: Exhibition – February of 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 David Robinson Foundation, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibition – 1997

San Antonio Art League: Exhibition – 1988 Make A Wish Foundation, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibition – March, 2002 Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas: Exhibition – October, 2006 American Plains Artists, Lubbock Texas: Museum Exhibition – August, 1995 Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico: Museum Exhibition – June 1995 Harlingen Public Library, Harlingen, Texas: Museum Exhibition – May, 2002 Oil Painters of America, San Antonio, Texas: National Exhibition – May, 1995 International Museum of Contemporary Mas-ters of Fine Art Salon International: Competition/Exhibition – May, 2002

March, 2006

National Western Art Foundation Night of Artists: Museum Exhibition – February, 2005 March, 2006 March, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Russell Museum Invitational Sale and Benefit Museum Exhibitions -- March 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Briscoe Western Art Museum Night of Artists: Museum Exhibition – 2013, 2014, 2015

Collections and Commissions:

--Reggiano's Restaurant, San Anto-

nio, Texas

--Valero Oil, San Antonio, Texas

--Harlingen Public Library, Harlingen,

Texas

--CTRC, San Antonio, Texas

--Scott & White Hospital, Tyler, Texas

--M. D. Anderson Hospital, Houston,

Texas

--Jefferson State Bank, San Antonio,

Texas

--Cibolo Creek Ranch, Shafter, Texas

Although equally talented in oils

and watercolors, Cavin’s primary

focus is on oil painting, particularly

the landscape. The immediacy and

directness of his work emphasize the

strength and grandeur of nature

while his use of color defines the

gentleness and beauty he finds in the

natural world.

C Cavin These qualities, coupled with his keen ob-

servation, create a clarity and sensitivity

in his work that truly express the emo-

tional qualities of his environment.

Cliff Cavin is a landscape purist, dedicated

to the capturing of light. Red Carpet entrance,

The Briscoe Western Art Museum

Cliff Cavin was born in San Antonio, Texas and has been painting for over thirty years. He has studied under

such notable artists as Warren Hunter, George Hughey, William Reese and Wilson Hurley. His paintings have

won numerous awards and are collected both nationally and internationally in private and corporate collec-

tions. He has exhibited here and abroad and has participated in several cultural art exchanges, auctions and

benefits for charitable organizations.

C Solo Exhibition, JR Mooney Galleries, Boerne

Red Carpet entrance,

The Briscoe Western Art Museum

The Briscoe Western Art Museum

Night of the Artist exhibition

“Morning Light”, a small

12” x 24” oil painting is a

dynamic horizontal of

Ghost Ranch, N.M. Buttery

filters cloud the

foreground; our eyes

squint from the sun’s haze.

The mountains in

“Morning Light” create a

strata of earth-tone

plateaus, mimicking the

parallel ...that break up

the composition of the

piece.

NHome Texas Magazine

Briscoe Western Art Museum exhibition review

NHome Texas Magazine, March/ April 2013 . Night of the Artist exhibition review

Company / Company MD Russell Stephenson and Cliff Cavin artist article

“Mooney Makes Sense”

Monthly column spotlights

Magazine

Magazine

Cliff Cavin was featured in

the first article covering the

J.R. Mooney Galleries ,

Boerne Gallery location .

November 2009., Explore

Magazine Written by

Jeanne Goodrich.

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12” x 24”

Oil

CANYON

12” x 24”

Oil

LATE EVENING

GULCH

22” x 30”

Oil

TEXAS

WILDFLOWERS

36” x 48”

Oil

GOLDEN

SHADOWS

In “Golden Shadows”, Cavin portrays a cerulean skyline; full of crepuscular light, enraptured with billows of atmospheric haze, lingering on the dying days of summer sentimentality. The autumn blossoming of the Chamisa, with its golden bloom accents this stellar impressionistic landscape painting of Nambe, New Mexico; backdropped by the Sangre de Christo Mountains. Winding stretches of desert sand obscured by dense patches of typical New Mexico vegetation invite the viewer into a foreground bathed in aureate shrubbery. The silhouetted mountain range transforms into a strip of neutral value and tone, easing the transition between the earthly divisions. Derived from over three decades of careful study, Cliff knows that an object in the distance will shift toward blue because it does not reflect as much light. He revs down his color palette by taking cues from the masters like Leonardo da Vinci who noticed that as a landscape recedes from the viewer its colors and tones alter (aerial perspective or atmospheric perspective).

30” x 40”

Oil

LATE

SEPTEMBER

Well played Cliff, well played indeed! A textbook landing of hue-rrific proportions for such majestic geographical

icons.

By: Gabriel Diego Delgado

12” x 24”

Oil

MORNING

LIGHT

14” x 18”

Oil

MAGIC LIGHT

18” x 18”

Oil

BIG SKY

30” x 40”

Oil

FALL ON THE

GUADALUPE

48” x 60”

Oil

SPRING

BLOSSOMS

Cliff Cavin visually nourishes the viewer of the Perdenales

Valley with two views of autumn: that time of year when

nature offers the abundance of color that invigorates

optimism. The seasonal view is fleeting as seen in the

contrast of the two paintings. The leaves and water lessen in

quantity, but the time of day offers beauty that only the

setting sun can embrace. The oranges, yellows, and purples

of the skyline repeat the colors of autumn found in the

vegetation and beckon us to another cycle of daylight and

beauty in the Texas Hill Country.

In Perdenales Sky the harmony of evening is in deep

saturated tones as nightfall arrives. The meandering river

leads diagonally to the burst of fall color, to the gorge, the

plateau and finally the sky. The rough terrain is punctuated by

native growth that seeks moisture in the rain faceted rugged

elevations leading upward to the clear sky.

Private Collection

PERDENALES

SKY

Private Collection

PERDENALES

AUTUMN

In Perdenales Autumn the

smooth reflecting water is en-

closed by rough textured boul-

ders and a stand of trees in sea-

sonal color. As the trees curve

one is invited beyond that which

is seen. A singular tree stands

guard as if to announce wel-

come to the change of season.

The two paintings by Cliff Cavin

document in artistic form the

passing of time and the changes

that only a natural life force can

produce. We are privileged to

share his view, the bold and ju-

bilant strokes of paint, and the

optimism in which Cliff invites

us. The two paintings honor

change and time and embrace

the desire to acknowledge it as

Cliff Cavin shares his impression

of the Perdenales Valley.

By: Betty Houston

16” x 16”

Oil

16” x 16”

Oil

GHOST RANCH

GLOW

11” x 14”

Oil

INDIAN

SUNSET

12” x 24”

Oil

TEXAS

YELLOWS

18” x 36”

Oil

RED ROCK

COUNTRY

12” x 24”

Oil

RED OAK

GLOW

30” x 40”

Oil

NEW MEXICO

GULCH

16” x 16”

Oil

16” x 16”

Oil

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