ArtWalk featuring Bret McCormick

Name: ArtWalk featuring Bret McCormick
Start: 2024-07-13T18:00:00-05:00
Location: 2221 Market St, Galveston, TX, United States, Texas 77550

Schedule

Sat Jul 13 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2221 Market St, Galveston, TX, United States, Texas 77550 | Galveston, TX

Pharaoh's Dream by Bret McCormick
Bret McCormick is an author, artist and filmmaker who lives in Bedford, Texas. He is the co-creator of the long-running horror anthology, Road K*ll: Texas Horror by Texas Writers (now in its ninth year). Bret has been a key player in the production of over twenty feature films. His micro budget movies The Abomination and Repligator have recently been re-released on Blu-ray and are enjoying a resurgence among film fans. Bret sells his paintings at pop-up events, galleries and shops around Texas.
From an early age Bret McCormick has had a fascination with Egypt and ancient art. The Pharaoh's Dream is an attempt to express the diverse and sometimes whimsical or dreamlike turns life takes. McCormick explains, "When I was twenty years old, I dreamed that I was a mummified king buried deep within the earth, an entity of a different order, like the Titans of mythology. In my dream, I woke up in my tomb and realized the entire history of planet Earth was nothing more than the dreams I'd been having as I lay dormant for eons. With a smile I closed my eyes and went back to sleep. That dream has always stayed with me. I believe life/reality is very much like a dream. Someone or something is dreaming us. My art is informed by that idea."

"My preference is to paint on boards that I have assembled and textured using spackling. But my drive to paint is such that I often just use whatever materials are at hand. I frequently use discarded canvasses I find on curbs, at garage sales or thrift stores. The shadow boxes I create are made from discarded drawers I've found on curbs. I like the depth they give, the 3-D quality."
Galveston ArtWalk is hosted by the Galveston Art Center and is presented every 6-8 weeks in partnership with downtown galleries, artist studios, nonprofits, and local businesses, ArtWalk takes place inside existing art spaces. This popular event is free and open to everyone.