Publications by John Sherrill Houser
The Re-patina of Fray García, by John Houser, special to El Paso Inc., (photo of Fray García monument by Stancy Kendrick), El Paso Inc., October 29-November 4,2006, page 13a.
2002 Travelers Update, letter from John Houser, El Paso Inc., Feb. 3-9, 2002, page 10a, Letters (To the Editor).
2001 Oñate Monument slowly moves a head” (title). Unnumbered: Monument Marker #1 by John Houser. (Includes four photos: sculptor with colossal horse head; straps; decorative buttons, large round metal fittings for the bridle). By John Houser, El Paso Inc., March 18-24, 2001, page 19b.
Sculptor spends time kneeling on horse’s brow. Unnumbered: Monument Marker #2 by John Houser (includes two photos: sculpting the forelocks with artist) El Paso Inc., March 25-31, 2001, page 10b.
2000 Maquette: Small model or a Jesuit missionary. Unnumbered: Monument Marker #3 by John Houser (includes two photos: maquette and sculptor with raised front hooves of enlargement). El Paso Inc., April 1-7, 2001 (Note: error on page has date 2000), page 16b.
‘Heroic’ Fray Garcia and ‘colossal Don Juan,’ Unnumbered: Monument Marker # 4 by John Houser. (Includes three photos: sculptor with colossal Don Juan head, sculptor with colossal Fray Garcia head, and Mt. Rushmore heads). El Paso Inc., April 8-14, 2001 (Note: original copy had date error of 2000), page 18b.
2001 More than a little bit on Oñate’s horse. Unnumbered: Monument Marker # 5 by John Houser, (includes three photos: equestrian statue of King Felipe IV by Pedro Taca in Madrid; photo of cardboard shape of bit held to the full-scale horse head; and photo of bridle piece; and photo of finished pieces). El Paso Inc., April 15-21, 2001, page 16b.
Carving the moon and some great little things, Mount Rushmore’s Washington moved sculptor to great heights, Unnumbered: Monument Marker # 6 by John Houser (includes two photos: one of George Washington head at Mt Rushmore, and photo of John Houser with Oñate head). El Paso Inc., April 22-28, 2001, page 18b.
The eyes of Oñate and the eye of his horse, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #7 by John Houser (includes two photos from the colossal heads: one of the eye of the horse and the other of the eyes of Oñate). El Paso Inc., April 29-May 5, 2001, page 20b.
Single-horse carousel keeps bronze awhirl, Unnumbered: Monument Marker # 8 by John Houser (includes two photos: one of the section of the wire armature with rear legs of horse, and the other a view from top looking down on the wire armature). El Paso Inc., May 6-12, 2001, page 18b.
Preparing the exit door for the world’s largest horse, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #9 by John Houser (includes on photo of full-scale armature in plaster with man in background silhouetted in front of the door) El Paso Inc., May 13-19, 2001, page 15b.
Takes lots of studio trips to build a monument, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #10 by John Houser (includes three photos: one of fire-eater; one of colonial Christ; and one of the Apirules Trees). El Paso Inc., May 27-June 2, 2001, Page 13b.
Whispers” Article concerns $5,000 the recent award to the XII Travelers non-profit for the Oñate Monument by the Texas Commission on the Arts. El Paso Inc. May 27-June 2, 2001, page 11a.
Plastalene study of horse shows its worthiness, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #11 by John Houser (includes two photos: one of the clay anatomical study of the horse by the artist and the other of the Oñate Maquette). El Paso Inc., June 17-23, 2001, page 13b.
Rivers of the heart circle horse’s eyes,. Unnumbered: Monument Marker #12 by John Houser (includes photograph of horse’s head and eye with modeling of veins). El Paso Inc., July 8-14, 200l, page 16b.
Excavated helmet offers authentic motifs, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #13 by John Houser, El Paso Inc., El Paso Inc., July 15-21, 2001, page 20b.
From model to mold to wax to investment, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #14 by John Houser, El Paso Inc., July 22-28, 2001, page 20b.
Casting Process: Investment to bronze pour to chasing, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #15 by John Houser, El Paso Inc., page 15b. August 2001.
Sculptor gathers info from inside horse’s mouth, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #16 by John Houser, El Paso Inc., Aug. 19-25, 2001, page 13b.
Oñate descendant becomes model for monument, Part I of II, (title), Unnumbered Monument Marker #17, by John Houser. El Paso Inc., Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2001, Page 13b. (Photo of Manuel Gullón de Oñate Bust).
Descendant’s plaster profile rounds out Oñate head, (Includes two photos – one of Don Manuel Gullón y de Oñate and a photo of the large Oñate head). Unnumbered: Monument Marker # 18 by John Houser. El Paso Inc., Sept. 2-8, 2001, Page 15b.
The Zen of mold-making for monuments, (Includes two photos – one of Maestro Miguel making mold for horse head and one close-up of the horse head mold). By John Houser. Unnumbered: Monument Marker #19. El Paso Inc., Sept. 23-29, 2001, Page 14b.
Spade-full of history includes Tom Lea, (Includes photo of Tom Lea bust by J. Houser), Monument Marker #20,unumbered. (Also include is “Ribbon Cutting” for Pioneer Plaza and Gallery Opening for October 24, 2001). El Paso Inc., Oct. 21-27, 2001, page 16b.
Getting inside the horse’s head and out, Unnumbered: Monument Marker #21, by John Houser, El Paso Inc., Nov. 16-24, 2001, page 13b.
Oñate sculpture: a monument to civic volunteerism, By John Houser, Monument Marker # 21 unnumbered), El Paso Inc., Dec. 30-Jan. 5, 2002, page 13b (includes photo of resin cast horse head on top of the armature).
1994 Color, How To See It, How to Paint it, Quarto Publications, (article with images by John Sherrill Houser) 1994, London, England.
Complete Drawing Course, Running Press, (with article with images by John Sherrill Houser), 1993, Philadelphia, PA.
1988 Pastel Portraits - A traditional oil-painting method becomes quick, easy to control and exciting with pastel, by John Houser, The Artist’s Magazine, September 1988, Cincinnati, Ohio, Front page and pages 54-59 (includes cover page image of “The Man from Wemaibo” by J. Houser and three images within article and a photo of the artist in a section entitled “About the Artist”.
The Technique of Pastel Portraiture, Sept. 1988 (article by John S. Houser with images).
1985 Figure Painting: Beginning With An Attitude, by John Sherrill Houser, Palette Talk Magazine, No. 83, 1985, (Cover image by J. Houser, Tarahumara Pastel, and pages 2-3 with two images. Published by M. Grumbacher, Inc.
1970 The World, An Artist’s Palette, by John Sherrill Houser, American Artist Magazine, Aug. 1970, New York.
1968 An Artist’s Impressions – The Lacandones, by John Sherrill Houser, April-May 1968, Vol. 41, No. 2., The Masterkey, Southwest Museum Quarterly, Los Angeles, California.