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Mystery Artist 1
Abstracted Acrylics & Oils on Canvas
RJ Christensen
@rjchristensenfineart
www.rjchristensen.art
Having grown up in a rural town of northern Wyoming, my connection to the earth and the landscape was inherent. The mountains, rivers, stones, trees, and flowers were a part of every day life; but I never lost my wonder for them. If anything, with age came a greater respect and sense of awe at the beauty of nature. It began to take on metaphorical meaning for me.
In flowers I see the blossoming of life, optimism, and fulfillment of potential. In rivers I see progression, steady movement toward a goal complete with both turbulent and calm moments. In rock formations I see beauty, elegance, and strength carved over generations by icy winters and dry summers. Nature inspires my art.
I work with a natural flow, much like rain water eroding a path through the dry dirt of the desert. And often people inspire my work. Their personality, what they experience, how they inspire me is manifest in abstract forms reminiscent of natural entities. A flame-like form with the base of a tree resembles my father who is both constant and strong, but reaches for the heavens, burning with enthusiasm for the dreams of his children. In all my work I use line, shape, and space to create forms of movement, resembling the necessary harmonious balance we humans must constantly seek to achieve with the earth. Movement is part of nature; movement is part of us. Movement toward a healthy future is possible.
First Saturday Arts Market – Winter/Spring 2022
A monthly outdoor fine art event, established 2004
April 2, 2022
First Saturday Arts Market
540 W. 19th St., Houston TX 77008
11:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m.
firstsaturdayartsmarket.com
@1stsatartmarket
Upcoming dates:
April 2, 2022
May 7, 2022
August 13, 2022 at Silver Street Studios
Houston’s original monthly outdoor art market
Saturday, April 2, 2022 – First Saturday Arts Market, Houston’s original monthly outdoor art market, celebrated its 18th anniversary last month. The market has featured dozens of visual artists monthly, showcasing their work in the Historic Houston Heights since March 2004. Since its earliest days the market has maintained a focus on the visual arts, garnering a following of Houston art enthusiasts.
The market is located at 540 W. 19th St. and open 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. September through May. Visitors to this free outdoor event, will find friendly artists with paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry and many more popular art mediums. There is always a popular food truck on site and local singer/songwriters can often be found providing entertainment at the market.
For eighteen years, the market has provided artists a chance to present their creations to the public in a casual relaxed atmosphere.
Summer market update:
First Saturday Arts Market has cancelled summer evening markets to focus on one indoor, air conditioned event in August.
This summer the artists of First Saturday Arts Market will join exhibitors from The Market at Sawyer Yards for one big art market, indoor event at Silver Street Studios.
BAM! Art Market will take place August 13, 2022 inside the Silver Street Studios’ 20,000 square foot air conditioned warehouse at 2000 Edwards St. in Sawyer Yards. A ramped version of the outdoor markets, Houstonians will find additional food, drink and entertainment. Event hours are tentatively planned for noon – 8 p.m.
The Sawyer Yards Second Saturday Open Studios will be open 12 – 5 p.m. in Silver Street Studios and neighboring art studio buildings.
The current artist roster
https://firstsaturdayartsmarket.com/artist-roster/
Social:
https://www.facebook.com/firstsaturdayartsmarket
https://www.instagram.com/1stsatartmarket/
Art Market at Cross Creek West
Art Market at Cross Creek West
April 29, 2023 11 – 3 pm
A merging of both fine art & artisan craft, this family event is in the heart of Fulshear, TX. Just 45 minutes from Houston.
The Market at Sawyer Yards
2nd Saturday
The Market at Sawyer Yards
Last Market! May 11th 11am – 5pm
A curated artisan craft & food market, started in 2016. Located on “Art Alley” in Sawyer Yards under the former Rice Silos & surrounded by 100’s of art studios, breweries & restaurants! The market closes after the May event.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2022
Laura Caffrey
Mixed media assemblage.
Laura Caffrey finds beauty in the intentionally discarded and the inadvertently abandoned, the crumpled and cracked, and the back sides of things. She is drawn to the varying effects time and the environment have on different materials. With her carefully crafted intimate assemblages, Caffrey calls attention to the curious bits and pieces people may not have had the opportunity or taken the time to notice. With Caffrey’s lifelong fascination with art, architecture, history, sustainability, travel and curation, she has been producing art while learning and working in these fields. Her avid curiosity provides her access to people and places which others may not have, and in most cases, yields the very materials with which she works. She finds amazing things on the ground wherever she goes. Caffrey has collectors nation-wide, shown her work in Austin galleries, participated in the City of Austin’s People Gallery, and in 2018 had a well-received show of 46 pieces at Austin’s Dougherty Arts Center. Caffrey owns and operates Fine Art Services, a 31-year-old custom picture framing shop, in Austin, Texas, where she frames her own work and that of many other local artists, and for interior designers and collectors. Her email is monkeyislandqueen@gmail.com, and images of her work are available at www.facebook.com/caffreyart/ and www.instagram.com/lauracaffreyart/ but she insists the pieces are best viewed in person, given their subtly compelling three-dimensional nature.
