Art Exhibits

As part of our commitment to the Texas arts community, Oxford Commercial is currently proud to display a selection of paintings by Ralph Ernest White, Jr., named “Texas State Artist, Two Dimensional Category” by the State of Texas 78th Legislature in 2003 and inductee of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame.

Mr. White was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and studied at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and the University of Minnesota and the Pratt Institute in New York. He had a prolific career which spanned seven decades in both the commercial and creative arts.

Following time in the Army Air Corps as a B24 Bomber test pilot and flight instructor, Mr. White became a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas from 1946 until he retired in 1982 as a professor emeritus. He was pivotal in the department’s development and growth.

During his tenure at UT, Mr. White founded the graphic design and communication arts area of the department which later became known as the Visual Communications program, served as the acting chairman of the department from July 1970 to August 1974, and established an ongoing faculty enrichment program.

Mr. White’s creative body of work reflected his passion for painting and drawing in a diverse portfolio of realistic watercolor paintings to colorful abstractions. Mr. White had an inexhaustible supply of creativity which he applied to every endeavor in his live, producing an impressive array of works that have been exhibited internationally in both group and one-man shows. His works are in numerous private collections and twenty-five public collections throughout the U.S. and Europe.

Works shown above on rotating basis:

Turbulent Moment; 1997; 60″ X 60″

Rhythmic Conception; 1997; 48″ x 48″

Fractal Moment; 1998; 59″ X 59″

If you would like to make an appointment to review the collection, please click here

For information regarding purchasing work on display, please click here

Open House + Art Exhibit will be Thursday, May 17th – for more information click here