The Art of Gunpowder Etching
with Jayne Duryea
October 22nd, 2025 - 10:30AM-12:30PM
204 S Austin St Rockport, TX
$25 for Members, $75 for Nonmembers
Supplies Included
Class Description:
Igniting gunpowder explosives laid on wood, canvas or paper, constitutes a new medium of contemporary artist expression. A step-by-step process with no experience necessary, just fun and creative exploration.
About the Instructor:
Originally from New York, Jayne Duryea has been in South Texas for the past 44 years. Receiving her BFA and graduate study from East Carolina University, she completed her master’s at Texas A&M University at Kingsville in Painting and Drawing in 1988. In 1989 she became Division Chair of the Fine Arts and Director of the Simon Michael Gallery as Professor of Art at Coastal Bend College since 1981, until retiring in 2022.
Extensive travel in Europe, particularly the six-month Sabbatical in France, opened many avenues for her work. Through the tutelage of her friend and mentor Robert Willson, she was afforded the opportunity to blow glass at the A.R.S. Murano glass factories in Venice, Italy, during 1996 and 1997.
Her works can be found in many private and permanent collections throughout the States, Canada, Cayman Islands and France. She is represented by various galleries and is listed in many Who´s Who publications along with a Charter Member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Jayne was nominated Texas Artist of the Year for 2008-2009 and 2009-2010.
Her vehicle of expression can be found in either paint or hot glass. Light and color, along with a return to nature, for the expression of her sensibilities, are her major concerns.
October 22nd, 2025
10:30AM – 12:30PM
$25 members, $75 non-members
Supplies Included