I am fortunate to call Halcottsville, NY in the Catskill Mountains home; my studio, Bragg Hollow Studio, a century old blacksmith shop is across the driveway from my home. In the summer I am often found outside, en plein air, painting those familiar subjects that we all know but have ceased to notice because we see them every day. With my painter’s eye I am constantly looking for shapes, angles, light effects, and interesting lines that take the landscape beyond the ordinary.
When painting is not possible I open my sketch book and draw: figures, landscape, whatever catches my eye. These sketches are taken into the studio, combined and developed into large oil paintings of the activity I have just witnessed. While reflecting man’s use of space now, often a series of my paintings develop into a community of tangential spaces with a strong sense of the history of human endeavor. I am drawn to the American vernacular architecture and landscape that have been arranged by man’s activity. Although people are seldom included in my plein air paintings, they are often the focus of the paintings created in the studio. I paint quickly with broad strokes with only passing attention to detail.
My subjects are transformed by light and the paintings are expressive, full of high key color, and emotional. I react quickly using large brushes or palette knives. Soft edges outnumber hard; paint is rarely layered and there are few special effects. The result is vivid and striking paintings that appear to be effortlessly created.
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| 2012 | ||
| 2011 | “Spring Trio; Paintings and Prints”, Montgomery Row, Rhinebeck, NY | 3 person show |
| 2011 | “Kitchen Paintings”, Longyear Gallery, Margaretville, NY | solo show |
| 2010 | “Eyes of the World”, Ico Gallery, New York, NY | 4 person show |
| 2010 | “Velvet Waltz”, Ico Gallery, New York, NY | 4 person show |
| 2010 | “Music in the Mountains”, Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY | solo show |
| 2010 | “From Start to Finish”, The upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts, | solo show |
| Wilber Mansion, Oneonta, NY | ||
| 2008 | “Featured Artist”, Longyear Gallery, Margaretville, NY | solo show |
| 2008 | “Shapes of Water”, Catskill Watershed Corporation, Margaretville, NY | solo show |
| 2007 | “Alix Hallman Travis, Watercolors”, Bank Gallery, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY | solo show |
| 2007 | “Subtle and Bold”, The Wallkill River Art Gallery, Windsor, NY | 2 person show |
| 2007 | “Luminosity, Alix Hallman Travis Watercolors”, River Winds Gallery, Beacon, NY | solo show |
| 2006 | “Views From the Street”, Finestra Gallery, Willoughby, OH | solo show |
| 2005 | “The Landscape Show”, Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY | 3 person show |
| 2004 | “Outdoors & In”, Shaker Community Building, Shaker Hts., OH | solo show |
| 2003 | “Nature, Wild and Tamed”, Donald Meyer Center, Geauga Park District, Chardon, OH | solo show |
Juried Exhibitions |
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| 2014 | “Hemlock”, Erph Gallerhy, Arkville, NY |
| 2014 | “Artists Speak Out, Walter Mead Gallery, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY |
| 2011 | “Small Works”, Windsor Whip Works Gallery, NY |
| 2010 | Members Exhibition, North East Watercolor Society, Orange County Community College, Middletown, NY |
| 2009 | 33rd Annual International Exhibition, North East Watercolor Society, Kent, CT |
| 2009 | “Aqueous Open”, 63rd Annual International Exhibition, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2008 | “Fresh and Local, Gallery Under the Tent”, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY |
| 2008 | “2008 Merit Scholarship Exhibition”, The Art Students League, New York, NY |
| 2008 | “The Athlete and the Artist”, National Art Museum of Sport, Indianapolis, IN |
| 2007 | “Fresh and Local, Gallery Under the Tent”, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY |
| 2007 | 1st National Juried Show, Prince Street Gallery, NY, NY |
| 2006 | Woodstock School of Art Regional Exhibition, Woodstock, NY |
| 2006 | 6th Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition, Bertoni Gallery, Sugar Loaf, NY |
| 2006 | The Muddy Cup Poughkeepsie Premiere, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 2006 | 27th International Juried Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Scranton, PA |
| 2006 | “Rural America”, Brass Anchor Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 2005 | 26th International Juried Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, |
| Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA | |
| 2005 | 3rd Annual National Juried Barns & Farms Exhibition, Barnsite Art Studio and Gallery, Kewaunee, WI |
| 2005 | 6th Annual Barbara Luton Art Show, Shaker Heights Public Library, Shaker Hts., OH |
| 2004 | 25th International Juried Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, |
| The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA | |
| 2004 | 68th National Midyear Show of The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH |
| 2003 | Valley Art Center’s 31st Annual Juried Exhibition & Competition, Chagrin Falls, OH |
| 2003 | “Brush 2003, Ohio Bicentennial Watercolor Exhibition”, Columbus, OH |
| 2003 | “Barns & Farms, A National Juried Fine Art Exhibition”, Barnsite Art Studio and Gallery, Kewaunee, WI |
Selected Group Shows |
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| 2016 | East Branch Delaware River Plein Air Painters exhibition, The Arts Upstairs, Phoneicia, NY | |
| 2014 | “Plein Air 2014”, Abita Springs, LA | |
| 2013 | “Catskill Views; Paintings of the East Branch Delaware River Plein Air Painters”, Andes Art and Culture Society, Andes Tavern, NY |
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| 2012 | “En Plein Air 2012”, Trailhead Museum, Abita Springs, LA | |
| 2009 | East Branch Delaware River Plein Air Painters Exhibition, Margaretville Hospital, Margaretville, NY |
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| 2009 | Catskill Plein Air Painters, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY | |
| 2005 | “North Coast Impressions”, Notre Dame College, South Euclid, OH | |
| 2005 | New York Plein Air Painters October Show, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY | |
| 2004 | Creative Artists Association, Geauga County Community College, Mentor, OH | |
| 2004 | Plein Air Painters, Cleveland Exhibition, Cafe Noir, Cleveland, OH | |
| 2004 | Plein Air Painters, Cleveland Exhibition, South Euclid/Lyndhurst Library, South Euclid, OH | |
Education and Workshops |
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| Art Students League, New York, NY, with Richard Pentel, 2015 | |
| Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 2010 | |
| Art Students League, New York, NY, with Kenneth McInoe, Oct. 2006-2008 | |
| Cleveland Institute of Art, Degree seeking student, Cleveland, OH, Sept. 1999-Dec. 2001 | |
| Cleveland Institute of Art, Continuing Education Courses, Cleveland, OH, 1998-1999 | |
| Workshops with: | |
| Timothy Clark, 2003 | |
| Frank LaLumia, 2003 | |
| David Lussier, 2005, 2006 | |
Awards |
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| Curators Award, Plein Air Exhibition, Abita Springs, LA, 2014 | |||
| Curators Award, Plein Air Exhibition, Abita Springs, LA, 2012 | |||
| Honorable Mention, “Candles with Cake” North East Watercolor Society, Members Show, 2011 | |||
| Best of Show for “Pear, Avocado, Bananas on Green Plate”, Members Exhibition of North East | |||
| Watercolor Society, 2010 | |||
| Art Students League/Fantasy Fountain Fund Merit Award, New York, NY, July 2007 | |||
| Demonstrating artist, The Wallkill River School, Montgomery, NY, 2006, 2007 | |||
| Award of Excellence for “Old Blacksmith Shop, no. 2”, 3rd Annual National Juried Barns & Farms Exhibition, | |||
| Barnsite Art Studio and Gallery, Kewaunee, WI, 2005 | |||
| Portfolio Award, Cleveland Institute of Art, 2000 | |||
Press Recognition and Publications |
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| Travis, Alix Hallman, “Catskill Coloring Book “, 2014 | |||
| Travis, Alix Hallman, “Kitchen Paintings” (Exhibition Catalog), 2011 | |||
| Horowitz, Phyllis, “Artist’s Portrait, And then there was Longyear”, Catskill Mountain | |||
| Region Guide, April 2009, p. 62-64 | |||
| “Luminosity at River Winds Gallery”, Delaware & Hudson CANVAS, April 2007, p. 10 | |||
| “Provost wife opens gallery of watercolor landscape”, The Setonian, April 19, 2007, p. 12 |
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| “Watercolor exhibit opens at River Winds Gallery, Prime Time, April 18, 2007, p. 3B | |||
| “Room With a View”, North by Northeast, The Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine, April 24, 2005 | |||
| “Plein Air”, Star Beacon, May 27, 2003, C, p. 1 | |||
Gallery Representation |
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| The Commons Gallery, Margaretville, NY | |||
| Artful Home | |||
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Selected Collectors, Individual and Institutional |
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| Middletown, Delaware County, NY | |||
| Holy Innocents Church, Halcottsville, NY | |||
| Assumption College , Worcester, NY | |||
| Nancy Amy , Fleischmanns, NY | |||
| Susan & Jim Kelly , New York, NY | |||
| Margaret & David Leveson, New York, NY | |||
| Helane & Frank Manzo, New York, NY | |||
| Jeffrey M. Strauss, Oak Park, IL | |||
| Stuart & Leslie Reiser, Wayne, NJ | |||
| Sally & Stanley Wertheim, Cleveland, OH | |||
| Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Arkville, NY | |||
Memberships |
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| Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Signature Member | |||
| New York Plein Air Painters, Signature Member | |||
| North East Watercolor Society | |||
| Ohio Plein Air Society, Charter Member | |||
| Plein Air Painters, Cleveland, Founder | |||
| Catskill Plein Air Painters, Cofounder | |||
| East Branch Delaware River Plein Air Painters, Founder | |||
Community Service |
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| 2014 | Coordinator of the Andes, Margaretville, Roxbury Open Studio Tour. | ||
| 2013 | Coordinator of the Andes, Margaretville, Roxbury Open Studio Tour. | ||
| 2012 | Coordinator of the Andes, Margaretville, Roxbury Open Studio Tour. | ||
| 2012 | Participation in a benefit auction for Catskill Valley Scenic Byway Initiative | ||
| 2012 | Participation in a benefit auction for the Trailhead Museum, Abita Springs, LA | ||
| 2009 | East Branch Delaware River Plein Air Painters/Middletown Historical Society Auction of EBDRPAP paintings of local historical sites to benefit the MHS effort to raise historical markers, Coordinator. |
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| Annually | Participate in “Whet Paint”, Roxbury Arts Group fundraiser to support the arts. In 2009 donated images of | ||
| paintings used to announce the annual event with a collectable card and in newspaper articles | |||
| describing the effort. | |||
Teaching |
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| Travis teaches her brand of liquid, active, alla prima watercolor in small, weekly sessions, from her studio and a | |||
| 3 day plein air watercolor workshop in Halcottsville, NY | |||
| Workshops conducted for: | |||
| 2009 | Wallkill River Art School, Montgomery, NY | ||
| 2008 | Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY | ||
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For Information Contact: travisalix@yahoo.com
