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Monday, February 9, 2026

Three paintings described in the text."Mark's Tornado #1" by Pam Burnley Schol, left, "Pycnantha" by Dornith Doherty and "Red Truck" by Elaine Pawlowicz.

CVAD Faculty and Alumna Featured in "Texas Women Artists: 1946–2025" Exhibition

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Pam Burnley Schol, CVAD alumna, 1989, M.F.A., Studio Art: Drawing & Painting
Works by UNT College of Visual Arts and Design faculty members and alumna Pam Burnley Schol, Dornith Doherty and Elaine Pawlowicz are included in "Texas Women Artists: 1946–2025," an exhibition on view Feb. 14 through March 21, 2026, at the PDNB Gallery in Denton.
 
The exhibition brings together work by 16 artists, highlighting the breadth of artistic practice and influence of women artists working in Texas across multiple generations. A public reception will be held Feb. 14 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the gallery, located at 101 S. Locust St., Suite B07, on Denton’s historic downtown Square.
 
Burnley Schol, a retired CVAD faculty member and alumna of the drawing and painting program, is known for paintings that transform moments from the natural world into contemplative images. Drawing on landscape, atmosphere and memory, her work often incorporates gold leaf to elevate everyday scenes into reflective compositions that invite close looking and stillness.
 
Dornith facing forward and smiling. She holds a camera in her right hand.
Dornith Doherty

 

Doherty, UNT Distinguished Research Professor of Studio Art: photography and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, is internationally recognized for photography that explores the intersection of art, science and ecology. Through long-term projects documenting global seed banks and botanical preservation, Doherty’s work reveals the hidden structures of plants while reflecting on environmental stewardship, time and humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world.
 
Pawlowicz, associate professor of Studio Art: Drawing and Painting, and
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Elaine Pawlowicz
a UNT Distinguished Teaching Professor, creates paintings that draw from landscape, memory and imagination. Influenced by the Chicago Imagist tradition, her work combines vivid color and flattened space with elements of magical realism, transforming familiar scenes into ambiguous, narrative-driven images that balance humor, atmosphere and quiet tension.
 
Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery, founded by Burt and Missy Finger in 1995 in Dallas’ Uptown neighborhood, relocated to Denton in 2025 during its 30th anniversary year. The gallery has long supported photography and contemporary art through exhibitions representing artists working nationally and internationally.
 
"Texas Women Artists: 1946–2025" is free and open to the public. Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
 
Images courtesy of the artists and PDNB Gallery.
 
Images 
1) "Mark's Tornado #1," 2024, by Pam Burnley Schol
Oil and 23K gold leaf on panel
Painting of a turbulent gray sky with sweeping storm clouds, framed by a wide gold border. Dark, silhouetted tree branches and foliage appear along the left and lower edges, contrasting with the softly blended clouds and creating a dramatic, atmospheric landscape. 
 
2) " Pycnantha," 2014, by Dornith Doherty
Archival pigment print
Black-and-white photo of numerous delicate plant stems scattered across a white background, each dotted with small, round seed heads. The thin branching lines create an airy, lace-like pattern that spreads across the image, emphasizing repetition, fragility and botanical detail. 
 
3) "Red Truck," 2025, by Elaine Palowicz
Acrylic on canvas
A stylized painting of a suburban scene with a red pickup truck parked in a driveway beside a gray house and green shrubs. A large tree with textured bark and oversized green leaves fills the foreground, while the ground is painted bright pink and the sky soft pink with small clouds, creating a surreal, high-contrast landscape.