The Burning Bush Gallery will display an exhibition of paintings by Bill Austin beginning on Sunday, Sept. 25 and running through Sunday, Oct. 2. A reception will be held on October 2 at the Gallery from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. and is open to the public.
"Just as George Caitlin documented the faces and costumes of the Native Americans of the Old West, I've produced a one-of-a-kind visual record of a relatively obscure group known as the wild men of west suburbia, a non-indigenous group of men living, working and recreating within a larger population that for the most part is unaware of their existence," Austin said.
The show will also feature other works from Austin's "Tango" series, his "Freeway" series and some paintings of musicians. There are some self-portraits sprinkled through the exhibit as well as a handsome portrait of the artist's daughter's dog, Jake.
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Austin is an artist, painter and former museum curator whose work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the U.S. He is co-founder and curator of the Burning Bush Art Gallery, an outreach of Gary UMC that provides an environment for a non-traditional dialogue of faith based on the arts, creativity and transformation. Austin has won awards in sculpture and painting and was most recently accepted in a show sponsored by the Quad Cities Arts Council. He is a teacher at Esperanza, a therapeutic day school in Chicago, and serves as a commissioner on the Fine and Cultural Arts Council in Wheaton.
For more information about the show and the hours of the gallery, contact Tony Asta, 708-705-8669 or call Gary United Methodist Church, 630-668-3100.
