David Caton (b. 1955) Born in Pasadena, California; resides in Utopia David Caton is a painter whose work spans three decades of exploring landscape, still life, architectural, and mythological painting. Caton began to study painting during his high school years in Houston. He earned his BFA from the University of Houston and completed his MFA graduate studies at Yale University. Throughout his early years, Caton exhibited regularly and was invited to be in group shows. He has since had numerous solo exhibitions, and his paintings are featured in corporate and private collections across the country. He has received two National Endowments for the Arts and many other prestigious awards. Caton has a close affinity for the terrain of the west, especially that of the Big Bend region of Texas and the states of Utah and Arizona. He travels to these areas regularly to gather plein air painting material for future paintings. He usually executes studies in oil or pastel before completing the larger canvases. His refined technique and love for depicting the grandeur and drama that exist in nature have generated works that are both monumental and compelling. Since 2017, his work has been included in two major publications by Texas A&M University Press – Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art and The Art of Texas State Parks: A Centennial Celebration, 1923-2023. Named as one of the thirty-five “Centennial Artists” for the project, Caton captured Big Bend Ranch State Park, Davis Mountains State Park and Garner State Park. Artist Statement I moved from Houston to the Texas Hill country over 20 years ago and during that time I've focused on the rivers and streams of the Texas Hill country. I live about 15 minutes from Garner state park and frequently paint there focusing on water as my subject. I start by painting outside then I will often paint intermediate studies in the studio working out skies and compositions ultimately resulting in large final paintings. Big Bend national Park and big Bend Ranch State Park are also favorite subjects and I try to paint there three or four times a year. Additionally I enjoy painting in the Davis Mountains and occasionally travel to Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. I owe much to my parents, friends, teachers, and patrons for the many years of support they have given me. I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge Myrtle Caton – my very first teacher, and a fine portrait painter. Thanks to Richard Stout who opened my eyes and introduced me to Caspar David Friedrich. Thanks to Deborah Goolsby for friendship and support. And thanks to Harris Gallery, and Harrison Itz, for 26 years of representation. And thank you Johannes Birringer for 40 years of friendship, and for creating my first website. Most of all, I would like to recognize my old friend and teacher Bill Zaner who left us several years ago. Bill was a great painter and we miss his wit, humor and his advice. David Caton (b. 1955) http://davidcaton.comhttps://www.instagram.com/davidcatonart/ Selected Biographical and Career Highlights 1955 Born in Pasadena, California 1974 Houston Post Scholastic Award, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 1979 European Travel Grant, administered through the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 1979 BFA, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 1980 Ford Foundation Graduate Assistance Grant, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1981 Teaching Assistant to Gretna Campbell 1982 Teaching Assistant to Samia Halaby 1982 MFA, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1985 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant 1987 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant 2017 Published in Of Texas Rivers and Texas Art, Texas A&M University Press2022 Published in The Art of Texas State Parks: A Centennial Celebration, 1923-2023, Texas A&M University Press Resides in Utopia, Texas Selected Solo Exhibitions2017 Solo show, Hunt Gallery, San Antonio, Texas2016 Solo, The Texas Landscape, William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2015 Introduction show, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas1995 One Man Show, Harris Gallery, Houston1990 One Man Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston Selected Exhibitions 2024 Target Texas: Studio Practice, Art Museum South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX2024 Painting Across Texas: Four Ranches x Four Artists – Mary Baxter, David Caton, Noe Perez & Jeri Salter, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TX2023-24 The Art of Texas State Parks, Bullock Museum, Austin, TX; Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, TX; Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, TX; Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX2021 The Texas Aesthetic XV, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TX2021 Contemporary Texas Regionalist Landscapes, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2020 Summer Show: Contemporary Texas Regionalists, The V6 Collection Gallery at The Gage Hotel, Marathon, TX, curated by Foltz Fine Art2020 The Texas Aesthetic, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas2019 The New Show , Foltz Gallery, Houston, Texas 2019 The Texas Aesthetic: Thirty Contemporary Artists Redefining Texas Art, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas 2019 Deck the Halls with Texas Smalls, The V6 Collection Gallery at The Gage Hotel, Marathon, TX, curated by Foltz Fine Art2019 Storied Lands, Contemporary Texas Landscape Painters, Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas 2018 Texas Aesthetic XII, William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Gallery, Houston, Texas 2017-18 Of Texas Rivers & Texas Art exhibition, traveled: San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, Texas; Rotunda Gallery at the Texas State Capitol, Austin, Texas; The Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas; and The Mayborn Museum at Baylor University, Waco, Texas (book by same title published by Texas A&M Press)2017 Lonestar Legacies in Contemporary Texas Art, The Haley Memorial Library & History Center, Midland, TX2017 The Texas Aesthetic XI, William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Gallery, Houston, Texas 2016 Texas Landscapes, Nave Museum, Victoria (catalogue)2016 Contemporary Texas Regionalism Holiday Show, Reaves-Foltz Fine Art, Houston, TX 2016 The Texas Aesthetic X, William Reaves | Sarah Foltz Fine Art, Houston, Texas 2015 Painting in the Texas Tradition: Contemporary Texas Regionalism, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, Spring 2015 The Big Bend of Texas: Interpretations by Seven Artists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX2015 The Holiday Show with the Contemporary Texas Regionalists, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, TX2015 As Far as the Eye Can See: 100 Years of Texas Art, Arts Brookfield, Two Allen Center, Houston, curated by Sally Reynolds2015 Ties that Bind: Contemporary Regionalism, Turner House, Dallas 2009 American Landscape Painting, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas2006 Holiday Open House, Harris Gallery, Houston, Texas2006 Cool Water II, Williams Tower, Houston,Texas2004 David Caton and Bill Zaner, Harris Gallery, Houston2003 Texas Artists, Texas Landscapes, Harris Gallery, Houston2002 Group Exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston 2002 Group Exhibition, Curator: Sally Sprout, Williams Tower, Houston 2001 A Sense of Place, Curator: Sally Sprout, Williams Tower, Houston 2001 David Caton & Libby Johnson, Harris Gallery, Houston 2000 ArtHouston Holiday Open House, Harris Gallery, Houston2000 Living and Working in Texas, Park Central VII, VIII and IX, Dallas 2000 Opening Exhibition, Barbara Able Gallery, Santa Fe 2000 Group Exhibition, Park Central VII, Dallas 2000 Still Lifes, Transco Tower, Houston 2000 Texas Landscapes, Transco Tower, Houston 1999 ArtHouston Holiday Open House, Harris Gallery, Houston1998 ArtHouston Holiday Open House, Harris Gallery, Houston1997 Second Annual Holiday Open House, Harris Gallery, Houston1997 Still Lifes, Transco Tower, Houston1997 Texas Landscapes, Transco Tower, Houston1996 Intimate, Houston Area Small Works Exhibition, Davis Gallery/ Pennzoil Place Gallery, Houston 1996 Place Gallery, Houston1995 Images of Big Bend, group exhibition, Harris Gallery, Houston1994 Romancing The Land, Galveston Art Center, Galveston 1994 Landscape Without Figures, Hooks Epstein Gallery, Houston 1993 Fur, Fins, Feathers and More; A Multi-Media Menagerie, Galveston Art Center, Galveston 1993 Holiday Invitational, Small Works, Harris Gallery, Houston1993 The Nature of the Land, group landscape show, Harris Gallery, Houston1991 The Still Life, Group Show, Harris Gallery, Houston1988–90 Bell Ross Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee 1988 Houston '88, Cullen Center, Houston 1987–88 Bienville Gallery, New Orleans 1987–88 Wilhelm Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 1986 Lawndale Lab Show, Lawndale Art & Performance Center, Houston 1984–86 Wilhelm Gallery, Houston 1983 Group Show, Diverse Works, Houston 1982 Art and Architecture Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 1981 MSU Gallery, Texas A&M University, College Station 1979 Max Hutchinson Gallery, Houston 1979 Miniature Show, Lawndale Annex, University of Houston 1977 Houston Invitational Painting, Max Hutchinson Gallery, Houston 1977 Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston 1975 Annual Spring Exhibition, Cullen Center, Houston 1975 Truair, Hornbuckle, Sellers, and Caton, One Allen Center Houston Selected Collections Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TXTexas A&M University, College Station, TXAGL Resources, Atlanta, GAAmerican General Corp., Houston, TXAndrews Kurth, Houston, TXBank of America, Houston, TXBank One, Houston, TXChase Bank, Houston, TXChase Bank, San Antonio, TX Chevron, Houston, TX Dow Chemical, Houston, TXDuke Energy, Houston, TX Electronic Data Systems, Dallas, TXFidelity Investment, Denver, CO Fidelity Investment, Houston, TX First City Bank, Houston, TXHeritage Media, Dallas, TXHilton Americas, Houston, TXHoussiere, Durant & Doussiere, Houston, TX Marathon Oil, Houston, TXMD Anderson Hospital, Houston, TXMethodist Hospital, Houston, TXNorthern Trust, Dallas, TXNorthern Trust, Houston, TXNorthwestern University Hospital, Chicago, ILOmni American Credit Union, Fort Worth, TX POGO, Midland, TX Quanex, Houston, TXSacred Heart Medical Center, Eugene, ORSchlumberger, Houston, TXScott, Douglass & McConnico, Austin, TXSociete Generale, Dallas, TXSt. Luke’s Hospital, The Woodlands, TXTenneco Inc., Houston, TXTexas A&M University, College Station, TXTransco Energy, Houston, TXUSAA, San Antonio, TXVinson & Elkins, Houston, TXWatt, Beckworth & Thompson, Houston, TX West University Bank, Houston, TX