New book signing in Glen Rose, Texas

 

The Glen Rose Historic Preservation Commission invites you to the book signing for “A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose Texas” by Dr T. Lindsay Baker and photographer Paul Chaplo. The book signing takes place THIS Sunday, June 26th from 2-4pm at historic Oakdale Park.  ll ages are invited to attend. Admission is free. Books will be available for purchase.

We hope to see you there. Bring your swimsuit, as the event venue is next to the legendary Oakdale Plunge outdoor swimming pool! 

Glen Rose is a wonderful destination for a Sunday drive, and the event is an opportunity to get a signed book and meet the author and photographer!

Local restaurants offer delicious food and beverages, and if you want a get-away, stay overnight at a local inn.

Directions: Oakdale Park is located at 1019 NE Barnard St, Glen Rose, TX 76043

 

"A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, Texas Bypassed, Forgotten, and Preserved" by T. Lindsay Baker and Paul V. Chaplo

The Glen Rose book is printed! Stand by for a book signing in Glen Rose!

"A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, Texas

Bypassed, Forgotten, and Preserved"

By T. Lindsay Baker and Paul V. Chaplo

Located just west of the Fort Worth/Dallas Metroplex, the community of Glen Rose, on the banks of the spring-fed Paluxy River, has attracted people for a century and a half, not only for the shaded quiet of its streets and its historic structures, but also because of the fossilized dinosaur tracks plainly visible on the stone bottom of the nearby river.

Here, veteran Texas historian T. Lindsay Baker and photographer Paul V. Chaplo provide an illustrated tour of this picturesque town, transporting readers straight into its shaded streets and highlighting the many historic buildings.

A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, Texas: Bypassed, Forgotten, and Preserved is based heavily on research conducted by Baker and a team of Tarleton State University graduate students during their historic site survey of the town in spring 2010. Subsequently, they prepared a nomination to the National Register of Historic Places for the Glen Rose downtown district.

Opening with an introduction illustrated by historical photographs sketching the history of the town and placing the architecture of the community into context, the guide also includes a map showing the relative locations of each of the structures. A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Glen Rose, Texas, will offer heritage tourists, local history buffs, and general readers interested in Texas regional history and architecture an informative and visually engaging resource that is both authoritative and entertaining.

Tarleton State University Southwestern Studies in the Humanities

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

T. LINDSAY BAKER is the author of numerous books, including Adobe Walls, The Birth of a Texas Ghost Town, and A Gangster Tour of Texas. Until his retirement in 2017, he held the W. K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Texas History at Tarleton State University. Additionally, Baker was for many years the host of the syndicated National Public Radio program T for Texas. PAUL V. CHAPLO is a photographer and author of Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of the Big Bend Country and Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of the Llano Estacado Country. His work has been displayed in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

PUBLISHED BY TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS #GlenRose #History #Texas #TAMUPress #Aggies #gift #newbook #Baker #Chaplo

 

Making the Cut: Paul Chaplo selected as Featured Author
for Texas Book Festival 2021

I have been selected to be a featured author at Texas Book Festival 2021, the premier book and authors' event in the state! I will be presenting my new book "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country." This will be my second appearance! 

Special thanks to the #TXBookFest team, event sponsors AT&T and HEB, my publisher #TAMUPress, and my exhibition sponsor #RedRiverPaper of Dallas makers of fine art papers for photographers. The entire Amarillo Flights traveling exhibition is printed on #RRP Palo Duro Softgloss paper! The exhibit is currently on view at the Lea Co. Museum in New Mexico. I hope to find a venue in Austin for the next showing! ...more soon!

Signed books will be available at People's Book in Austin, and from me! Great gifts for your Texana lover to read this winter!

Find my panel on the October 26th roster here: https://www.texasbookfestival.org/2021-festival-schedule/

The Amarillo Flights touring exhibition at PPHM

The Amarillo Flights exhibit by Paul Chaplo is available for the next venue! There are thirty-eight large color fine art landscape photographs, a map, and artist's statement. Embedded in the fine art images are many historic sites which suggest many interpretive possibilities! Here is a view of the installation at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, where it recently completed a six-month showing, along with a book signing! Paired with the book from Texas A&M University Press, this show is a great package of art, history, and author events!

 

Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country

Paul V. Chaplo, M.F.A. Author & Photographer
Introduction by Walt Davis

My new book Amarillo Flights is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the Texas A&M University Press website! Order a book today. See some amazing photographs and read about the history of Texas and Eastern New Mexico! https://www.amazon.com/Amarillo-Flights-Estacado-sponsored-University/dp/1623498864

 

First event! Studio 101 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas

Join us for Paul Chaplo's Amarillo Flights book launch and first book signing Dec. 23rd book signing 5-7 pm! at Studio 101 Gallery, 101 Nursery Lane, Fort Worth, TX. Early copies of the book will be available, and I will be there to sign them just in time for last minute holiday gifts!  https://www.studio101.gallery/

 

Launching new book at Studio 101 Gallery in Fort Worth!

First book signing with early copies of the book! Book signing with Paul Chaplo at Studio 101 Gallery in Fort Worth. Chaplo will launch his new art book “Amarillo Flights” book at this premier event, bringing early copies of his new book for signing with a personalized inscription, just in time for those last minute Holiday gifts. The book captures the high plains and canyon lands of Texas and Eastern New Mexico in dramatic fine art aerial photographs. Collaborating with seven pilots and using eight airplanes and one helicopter, Chaplo and his team covered 40,000 square miles of landscape in the making of the book. Embedded in the dramatic images are many historic sites with intriguing stories. Amarillo Flights is published by Texas A&M University Press as part of the WTAMU’s “American Wests” Series. The introduction to the book was written by Walt Davis, who wonderfully bridges the worlds of art and history. The Amarillo Flights touring solo exhibition is showing through Jan. 23 at PPHM in Canyon, TX. See you Wednesday 12/23 at Studio 101 Gallery!   https://www.studio101.gallery/

"Amarillo Flights" Exhibition at PPHM, Canyon, Texas

 The "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" is open through January 23, 2021 in the Bivins Gallery at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas. Signed, limited edition prints are available at the Museum Store, and they now have several on-hand for an artistic Holiday Gift! Special thanks to my exhibition sponsor, Red River Paper of Dallas, makers of fine papers for photography! The Amarillo Flights book is published by Texas A&M University Press and is available for pre-order on Barnes & Noble .com #art #exhibition #photography #texasmade #newbook

Paul Chaplo at PPHM, Canyon, Texas

Here is a snapshot from my artist's talk at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas on Dec. 3rd, 2020. The event was surprisingly well-attended. Thanks to the PPHM staff and guests who made the evening a great success with an interview, Q&A, and gallery walk. The talk was followed by a visit to the Bivins Gallery, which is completely full of my color photographs! Signed, limited edition photographs are available for purchase and make a great Holiday gift idea! The exhibit is sponsored by Red River Paper of Dallas. The book is published by TAMU Press as part of WTAMU "American Wests" series. Thanks to all! 

 

Free Event at the Panhandle-Plain Historical Museum: AMARILLO FLIGHTS!

The Amarillo Flights book from TAMU Press

Paul Chaplo, photographer/author

Event: Dec. 3rd, 2020. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, 2nd Floor. Time: 6:00 pm Admission: free
Paul Chaplo, photographer and Bill Mercer curator of art team-up to present "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" The Hazlewood Lecture Hall will be set-up for social distancing. Bring a mask and emerge from your dugout! Admission is FREE. Artwork will be available for sale to take home with you for a great Christmas present! Also pre-orders for books will be available!

The talk will be followed by a gallery visit!

Get your free tickets from PPHM: https://www.panhandleplains.org/events/2020/exhibition-insights-with-paul-chaplo

Amarillo Flights book by Paul V. Chaplo (TAMU Press)

First review of the "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" art book!
T. Lindsay Baker, well-known Texas historian writes: "The Staked Plains region, near level and treeless, has escarpments on three sides in the states of Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. From the air photographer Paul Chaplo sought out its most spectacular and significant areas, recording them for our intellectual enlightenment and visual delight. His photographs encompass not merely the three eroded edges of the plains but also the immensity of the flatness that they surround. This comprehensive panorama of the Southern Great Plains from above is unequaled in works of his predecessors."

Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and (highly recommended) directly from Texas A&M University Press.  Signed, limited edition photographs from the book, printed on Red River Paper Palo Duro SoftGloss Rag paper, are also available as art for you wall! 

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Amarillo-Flights-Estacado-sponsored-University/dp/1623498864

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/amarillo-flights-paul-v-chaplo/1136925222

TAMU Press: https://www.tamupress.com/book/9781623498863/amarillo-flights/

Amarillo Flights opening a PPHM!

Grand opening! The Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country exhibition of my fine art aerial photographs opened July 17 at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum #PPHM in Canyon, Texas. The show will run through January 23, 2021. All of thirty-eight color photographs are printed my favorite paper: Red River Paper's Palo Duro SoftGloss rag paper! Red River Paper of Dallas, makers of fine papers for photographers is the exhibition sponsor. The images in the exhibition are from my upcoming book from Texas A&M University Press which is expected to hit the shelves in November! Watch for updates! Signed, small-run, limited edition photographs are available for purchase. #redriverpaper #TAMUPress
https://www.panhandleplains.org/p/collections--exhibitions/special-exhibitions/amarilloflights

Amarillo Flights exhibit debuts at PPHM

AMARILLO BY SATURDAY! See you at the opening of the Amarillo Flights exhibition at PPHM. I will be in the gallery this Saturday, July 18 from 1:00-4:00 pm! The museum is open, just bring a mask! The exhibit, “Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country,” will premiere at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas. The one-person exhibit will showcase Paul Chaplo's personal aerial photography of the high plains of the Llano Estacado, with a focus on the rugged escarpments and breaks in Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The large format color aerial images are from Chaplo's upcoming book by the same title. The photographs reveal the rugged natural beauty of the landscape and many historic sites such as Horsehead Crossing (where you will see the traces of the old trails!), Adobe Walls Battlefield, Fort Bascom site, Chavez City ruins, and the top of Landergin Mesa—to name a few of the many that will fill the Mary E. Bivins Gallery. I look forward to meeting you, surrounded by Texas-sized pictures where history meets fine art photography! The "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" book is being published by Texas A&M University Press as part of WTAMU's American Wests series. Limited edition photographs, numbered and signed by the artist will be available for purchase. The museum is now open and a face mask is required. Stay tuned for updates! -Thanks, Paul Chaplo, MFA, author of Marfa Flights and the upcoming Amarillo Flights book. https://www.panhandleplains.org/p/collections--exhibitions/upcoming-exhibition

The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, TX

THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Amarillo Flights exhibit will indeed open at PPHM on July 17, 2020! An exciting development is that I have added eight more works to the show, raising the total to thirty-eight. This allowed me to show additional views of key sites and include some purely artistic images. I am excited that the "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" traveling exhibition will premier at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas! Thanks to the awesome team at PPHM and West Texas A&M University. PPHM is the largest history museum in Texas, and it now taking on a contemporary approach! I am thrilled to be part of that. My fine art aerial landscape photography of places like Horsehead Crossing, Adobe Walls battlefield, and Landergin Mesa will fill the Mary E. Bivins Gallery. The Amarillo Flights book is being published by Texas A&M University Press as part of WTAMU's American Wests series. The exhibition is sponsored by Red River Paper of Dallas. We are printing the show on Red River Paper's Palo Duro "SoftGloss" fine art photography paper!
Note: due to COVID restrictions, there will not be an opening reception.
https://www.panhandleplains.org/p/coll…/upcoming-exhibitions

Chaplo to show works at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Amarillo Flights exhibit to open at PPHM later this year! Paul Chaplo's "Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country" traveling exhibition will premier at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas! Thanks to the awesome team at PPHM and West Texas A&M University. PPHM is the largest history museum in Texas, and it now taking on a contemporary approach! I am thrilled to be part of that. My fine art aerial landscape photography of places like Horsehead Crossing, Adobe Walls battlefield, and Landergin Mesa will fill one of the galleries. The Amarillo Flights book is being published by Texas A&M University Press as part of WTAMU's American Wests series.z

The exhibition is sponsored by Red River Paper of Dallas. We are printing the show on Red River Paper's Palo Duro "SoftGloss" fine art photography paper!

Visit the museum website:https://www.panhandleplains.org/p/collections--exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions

See Paul Chaplo's work as an oilfield photographer Midland - Odessa doing work in the Permian Basin and Wolfcamp oilfield: https://www.oilpics.com/

Chaplo's "Amarillo Flights" Traveling Exhibition to Premier at Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas

(Canyon, Texas) The The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum (PPHM) will premier Paul Chaplo's fine art aerial landscape photography exhibition “Amarillo Flights” through November 1, 2020. The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum, near Amarillo, is the largest history museum in Texas (now that’s big!). PPHM is home to a major collection of Western Art. The show features aerial photography of the Llano Estacado and Canadian River valley including many historic sites. PPHM will also host the launch of Paul Chaplo’s upcoming book (by the same title), planned for release by Texas A&M University Press for Fall of 2020. Chaplo is a Texas photographer. This is his second book with Texas A&M University Press. The "Amarillo Flights" book is part of The American Wests Series at WTAMU. The exhibition is sponsored by Red River Paper.

"Amarillo Flights" Traveling Fine Art Photography Exhibition with a Historical Angle

Selecting a paper for the Amarillo Flights traveling exhibition

       With the Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country (working title) book manuscript now reviewed and approved by Texas A&M University Press, I now turn my attention to the traveling exhibition. While selecting images to print large for the touring show, my current delightful task is to select a fine art paper for the photographs. 

        My appreciation for quality paper has its roots in experience in printmaking such as etching/intaglio, stone lithography, and traditional photography  darkroom techniques. My search led me to a great paper company in Dallas, Texas called Red River Paper.

Testing fine art papers from Red River Paper!

        After narrowing down my paper choices, I reduced the candidates down to two: Palo Duro Baryata 300 and Palo Duro SoftGloss Rag 310 both from Red River Paper. We did test prints on both papers. The Baryata 300 has a classic feel, while the SoftGoss Rag 310 has a more contemporary look that is well-suited to my finely detailed fine art aerial photographs. I opted for the SoftGloss Rag yet wanted to see a full-size print before finalizing my decision.

First full-size print for the Amarillo Flights traveling exhibition

        Next, it was time for a full-size print on Palo Duro SoftGloss Rag Paper, and I was blown away! This will be the paper that I use for the Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country traveling exhibition.

         If you are a museum or gallery interesting in hosting the exhibit, please call me directly at 972-898-6969 or email me at paulchaplo@gmail.com An exhibition prospectus is now printed, and the exhibition is now available for booking!

Big day! Delivering the Amarillo Flights manuscript to Texas A&M University Press

Paul Chaplo at TAMU Press

manuscript in hand!

(College Station) Big day last Friday! My wife Cynthia accompanied me to hand-off the Amarillo Flights manuscript to Texas A&M University Press. We had a delightful visit with the awesome team on Lewis St.

Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country is packed with Texas-sized color aerial photographs of the Llano Estacado country of Texas and New Mexico. The book is Chaplo’s third collaboration with TAMU Press.

The book features a introduction by Walt Davis, former director of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas; former curator of vertebrate collections at the Dallas Museum of Natural History; and along with his wife Isabel, coauthor of the book Exploring the Edges of Texas. He lives in Campbell, Texas. He is author of Building an Ark for Texas: The Evolution of a Natural History Museum.  Armed with his experience in museums and as a practicing watercolor painter, Davis bridges the worlds of history and art in his writing.

Paul Chaplo is a Texas fine art and commercial photographer. His first book was Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country. Chaplo’s commercial work as an aerial and oilfield photographer can be seen at www.oilpics.com 

Along with his latest proposed book Amarillo Flights, Chaplo is planning a traveling exhibition of select color photographs from the book, and is already moving forward with a prospectus, complete with professional art moving services. 

Preparing for my next exhibition Amarillo Flights: Aerial Views of Llano Estacado Country!

NEW UPCOMING EXHIBITION: The Amarillo Flights book will be accompanied by a traveling exhibition of select photographs. I have to admit it -- I'm a paper snob. Having been trained in both traditional printmaking including etching/intaglio and darkroom techniques, I have developed a love for fine papers. As fine art photography has moved into the era of making collectible limited edition photographs on injet paper, I have gone on a hunt for the paper for printing my next exhibition. Also, being a person who likes locally-sourced products and talent, my search has led me to Red River Paper in Dallas! What a tremendous resource to have a world class fine inkjet paper company right here in the Dallas - Fort Worth area!

In reviewing the papers from Red River Paper, and getting ready to do some test prints, I am immediately drawn to their "Palo Duro" line of papers. I have to say, it is the "perfect storm" of product and subject -- after all, the new book and exhibition will feature some breathtaking photographs of Palo Duro Canyon and the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River!

Art lovers may recall that Georgia O-Keeffee did her early work in Palo Duro Canyon, which she described as "a cauldron of color and light."

Read more about Red River Paper at their website:
https://www.redrivercatalog.com/browse/fine-art-papers.html

I am really liking Red River Paper's Palo Duro Baryta Fiber 300 gsm which is a spitting image for the traditional paper that Ansel Adams often often used to print his most famous image, “Moonrise, Hernandez.” That paper Oriental Seagull G has often been called the "Cadillac" of photo papers.

Now, Red River has created a fine injet paper that feels like that iconic paper, and with it being made in Texas, it sounds like that Cadillac now has long horns on the hood!

Stay tuned for updates as we do test prints and prepare for both publication and exhibition! Buckle your seatbelts!

-Paul Chaplo, M.F.A
Photographer: Amarillo Flights: an upcoming new book from Texas A&M University Press, and a new traveling exhibition! #TAMUPress #TAMU #photography #books

Red River Paper, Dallas, Texas

Photographing the Bonnet Carre Spillway Bridge, Louisiana

Paul Chaplo, MFA, AIA-Assoc. Architectural Photographer

Imagine a historic two-mile long railroad bridge at the edge of Lake Pontchartrain and your photography assignment is to capture this marvel of engineering before it is replaced -- and you need to do it with large format film! Our camera and tripod weigh about 30 pounds--a modern version of what Ansel Adams used. That was our assignment for the Bonnet Carre Spillway Bridge just north of New Orleans. After extensive training for working on-track and at heights, we gained access to the bridge by airboat and by hi-rail. The latter is a truck that is equipped with retractable train-wheels that can ride on the tracks. It was quite an experience, and we needed to work between trains and maintenance vehicles. Crew and equipment were scrambling to do work before the spillway opened. The Bonnet Carre Spillway is a massive flood control structure that releases flood waters from the adjacent Mississippi River. On the bridge, we wore safety harnesses with fall-arresting lanyards attached to an anchor that literally slid on a train rail on the bridge over the water. In the swamp around us were numerous and venomous Cottonmouth water moccasin snakes, and a few alligators, but we completed the assignment with flying colors. Later, I learned that the bridge was originally Illinois Central Railroad, and literally crossed by the train "The City of New Orleans" that is immortalized in the Arlo Guthrie song by that title.