NEWS RELEASE

Contact: David West (west@alpha.nsula.edu )
News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466

10/3/2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATCHITOCHES - An exhibit of photographic illustrations by David Texada of Alexandria will be on display at Northwestern State University Oct. 15 through Nov. 9 in the Orville G. Hanchey Art Gallery.

Texada is an award-winning editorial illustrator with The (Alexandria) Town Talk. Since 1993 the photo systems manager, technician, and photographer has enhanced traditional photographs with an ever broadening range of computer software.

The high-impact images in Texada's work are based on elements of popular culture such as 1950s science fiction films, television, and computer games, along with surrealist artist influences like Salvador Dalí, René Magritte, and M.C. Escher. Most of his imaginative illustrations, geared to a new generation of readers, appear on the newspaper's "Youth" page, but others accompany religious, cultural, and medical stories and serve as cover art for the paper's "View" entertainment section.

Texada is a native and lifelong resident of Alexandria. He is a graduate of Southern Methodist University earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Texada has received numerous awards for his photography and illustrations from the Associated Press and the Louisiana Press Association.

He will be honored at a reception in the gallery area on Oct. 15 from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. The reception and exhibition are open to the public. Texada will also speak to NSU art students on Oct. 22.

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