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Alluvion Art by Kathryn O’Connor
Abstract paintings and photography alluvionart.com
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Anjali Nanda
It all began with a longing—for the colors, music, and stories of home. Far from India, Anjali picked up her paintbrush as a way to reconnect with the traditions she grew up cherishing. What started as a quiet, personal ritual soon blossomed into a vibrant artistic journey.
Today, her work blends traditional Indian art forms like Madhubani, Pichwai, and Gond with a modern touch, telling visual stories of culture, spirituality, and connection.
Each piece—whether it’s an intricately detailed original, a carefully crafted print, or a custom commission—is made with heart, heritage, and a deep love for storytelling.
Welcome to the world of her art—we’re so glad you’re here.
Ann of Clayhearts
I have been a potter for over 40 years, beginning as an apprentice in a professional studio in northern New Mexico before finishing my BFA at Northern Arizona University. After establishing Clay Hearts Pottery in Austin Texas, I moved my studio to Wimberley in the Texas Hill Country. My pottery reflects my long study of ceramic history, in particular work done by women. So I hand build my pieces, pinching coils, cutting slabs and reassembling using the techniques learned in the Southwest. My designs, done in glazes I developed, often pull from 19th century Art Pottery and china painting traditions.
All my work is lead-free, safe in the microwave and dish- washer and oven-safe at normal baking temperatures.
April DeConick
April DeConick is an abstract expressionist who uses fiber and ceramics to create wall art, sculptures, tiles, slab ware, and fashion. Her studio – 2Twenty – is in The Silos at Sawyer Yards. She is represented by Ardest Gallery in The Woodlands.
Bissi Cruz
I’m a US-based artist best recognized for my surrealism, uplifting acrylic paintings. Animals and chess pieces are alive in my paintings. Mylar balloons are used by the characters to travel and live their lives; everything that would typically occur on the ground occurs while they are in the air. They travel through portals, and there are clocks of all sizes and forms everywhere, encircled by clouds of all hues.
Situations in my daily life and how I respond to them have an impact on me. All of the unsaid sensations and emotions that my subconscious contains are released through my paintings. There are elements of melancholy, joy, support, remembering, and attentiveness in every detail of my paintings.
In this fast-paced, hectic environment. I want my paintings to make people smile, pique their interest, and give them time to stop and appreciate my work. In conclusion, I want to improve people’s lives, one painting at a time.
Visit Bissi’s wife Etna’s profile here.
Cammie’s Handmade Soaps
Art soap bars, fused glass soap dishes & night lights.
www.cammieshandmadesoaps.com
Carolyn Coates
In the Studio, Or on Site. Paintings. Drawings. Photography.
Chris Prazak
Large Vibrant Photography is the best way to describe my art. I am local to the Heights and have been an avid photographer for many years. My art is bright, colorful, saturated, and tac sharp as I control the entire process from taking the photo, developing, printing matting and framing. My pictures are often of local landmarks and I work to show them in new light and perspective through long exposures to encourage the viewer to continue getting closer and closer to discover more that they might see at first glance. I love travel, adventure, and artistic exploration and seek to share my journey with others.
Cora’s Glass
Fused Glass Art corasglass.com
Cora makes functional glass art in the form of plates, bowls, and purely decorative art objects. All of her glass is fused glass which means that it is formed under heat in a kiln.
Daniel Rocha
Daniel’s Unique Art Forms
Houston-based metal sculptor Daniel Rocha transforms recycled scrap metal into intricate, one-of-a-kind masterpieces using precision TIG welding. His distinctive sculptures—ranging from rock ‘n’ roll-inspired musicians and creatures to metal roses, hot rods, choppers, and detailed planes—blend industrial grit with creative vision, giving new life to discarded materials like automotive parts, tools, and utensils.
Dance with Me
Guardian of the Blue
Daniel began his metalwork journey in 2003, studying combination welding at San Jacinto College North, but his serious sculpting took off around 2010 after encouragement from a former employer led him to create his first piece: a bug-eyed flying creature. Drawing inspiration from his teenage years in a band and a lifelong love of rock ‘n’ roll, he infuses his work with energetic, boundary-pushing style. After 17 years in the oil and gas industry as a welder and inspector, he has built a dedicated collector base across Houston, New York, and Chicago through consistent participation in art markets, exhibits, and commissions—including challenging detailed military plane pieces.
His upcycled approach highlights environmental consciousness, and he continues to evolve, with recent features in CanvasRebel Magazine (2025), ongoing online sales, and events like the First Saturday Arts Market. Supported by family and the Houston art community, Daniel remains passionate about creating joyful, expressive art that connects with people.
Dean Snider
Interview in The Leader newspaper from September 2025.
Dean Snider, a Houston-based outsider artist, creates vibrant abstract mixed media works layered with colors, textures, and found objects like broken toys and medical imagery. Active at First Saturday Arts Market since 2005, Snider’s prolific output, over 1,000 original paintings sold, reflects his divine calling to art, sparked at 18 by a gift of paints. His pieces, blending acrylics, house paint, and collage on wood, canvas, and metal, hang alongside icons like Keith Haring and Basquiat in collectors’ homes. He also works, building and designing theater sets.
Find him at the market or on Instagram 346-377-8664
Debra Jan Hall
Since 2006, I’ve explored whispers of watercolor, bold impasto strokes, and textured layers that invite both sight and touch. My art is a language of color and texture—watercolor calm, impasto passion, mixed media wonder. Every brushstroke is a conversation with the heart, created to stir emotion, spark joy, and awaken memory. Each piece is an invitation to connect—original, meaningful, and always made with passion.
DotDot Studio
Interview in The Leader News: Tiny Treasures: A ceramic artist’s miniature magic
Gong Yi, ceramic artist and founder of DotDot Studio, creates work that serves as a personal diary. Using clay, glaze, and fabric, she captures moments from daily life—raising her child, tending pets, gardening, reading, traveling, and dreaming. Her pieces, showcased on dotdot_studio_, reflect memories and emotions. In 2025, Gong Yi marks her third year in art markets.
Elif Burduroglu
Elif has been captivated by art since childhood, constantly drawing, sketching, and painting, with oil paints as her primary medium. She finds inspiration in subjects that move her, spark joy, or present a challenge, always striving to evoke an emotional response and foster a sense of connection in those who view her work. Her paintings are characterized by rich textures and layers, often blending realism with elements of mystery or abstraction to engage the viewer’s imagination, avoiding a strictly photorealistic style. Elif is dedicated to lifelong learning, continually exploring new techniques, mediums, and tools to refine her craft and ensure her artistic journey remains dynamic and ever-evolving.
Ellis Cole Jewelry by Robin
As the artist behind Ellis Cole Jewelry, I handcraft pieces primarily in sterling silver, with select designs in gold and rose gold, featuring natural gemstones like turquoise, ruby, sapphire, emerald, and diamond. Inspired by nature, art, poetry, and fantasy, I infuse each piece with unique symbolism and individuality. From my small workshop, I create high-quality, meaningful jewelry with a personal touch, designed to resonate with those who value distinctive craftsmanship.
Eric DePan Glass
Hand-made blown glass all designed and made by Eric DePan.
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Etna Cruz
Vibrant Mexican-American artist Etna Cruz blends acrylics, paper quilling, and found textures to craft joyful, colorful stories inspired by books, flowers, and heartfelt moments. (See her husband Bissi’s profile here.)
I’m a Mexican-American artist shaped by a life filled with color, craft, and creativity. I work in mixed media, blending acrylic paint with layered materials like paper, beads and found textures to tell vibrant stories—many inspired by books, flowers, and heartfelt moments. I love color—bold, joyful, unapologetic color—and I infuse it into everything I make.
Creativity has always been around me. My mom, a retired teacher, once built a working time machine tunnel for her students—complete with, sound, lights and fog. My dad, trained in plastic arts, sculpted school projects that felt like museum pieces. I grew up surrounded by imagination made real. From cake decorating and jewelry making to photography, candy crafting, and floral design, I followed my curiosity into every corner of creativity.
Paper quilling opened a new chapter for me—delicate coils of color shaped with care pulled me into the world of art. But the ultimate turning point came from watching my husband, surrealist artist Bissi Cruz, thrive in his own artistic journey. His passion, discipline, and boundless imagination gave me the little push I needed to dive in fully.
Now, in every piece I make, I combine what I’ve learned with what I feel. My work is a reflection of memory, joy, and identity, I want my art to make people, smile, and feel energized or warm—with every colorful layer.
Ginger Annette
My medium is a varied mix of tiny shells, scraps of paper, slivers of glass, thick gel mediums, crusted gouache additives, creamy acrylic and globs of oil paints, traces of watercolor and melted wax crayons combined with hardened enamels and carefully chosen 14kt gold flake.
Every piece is original and every creation is an unpredictable surprise! I create with a clear heart, no expectations. The materials combined together create a resist-like reaction and the results are different every time…..each piece is genuinely unique and original!
I’m passionate about living the artful life. I have a great appreciation for nature and animals,20% of all sales goes to S.N.A.P. (Spay and Neuter Assistance Program) for animals. I am also an active advocate for the “Adopt Don’t Shop!” movement which means finding forever homes for our homeless furry friends.
Hannah Bladh
I believe that the right painting in the right place can turn your day around for the better. In my art I like to romanticize ordinary places and things. I have an ability to see the beauty all around me-even filling up at the gas station, loading my car in the Walmart parking lot, or making breakfast. I try to focus on the joyful and beautiful moments in everyday life. With my art, I help others slow down and remember the good things they have right now in this moment.
I paint usually with oil, and occasionally acrylic.
Hashem Studio
Love of art has always been a major part of my life. Growing up in a remote area in Lebanon, I spent my childhood on hillsides entertaining myself by using natural environment to make art, creating miniature villages using twigs, mud, pebbles, seashells and other flotsam. Bullet casings and exploded shrapnel afforded excellent miniature construction material. I started my career as a molecular biologist, but I never gave up art, filling up any free time creating something. After taking my first class in ceramics 10+ years ago, I fell in love and decided to give it 100% of my attention. Turning mud into a mug involves physics, chemistry, and cognitive constructional abilities, yet is ultimately controlled by the unpredictable whims of the kiln gods, … and playing with clay is cheaper than psychotherapy. I replaced scientific experimentation with experimentation with clay. I am constantly trying new techniques, materials, and glazes, giving rise to my eclectic style. There will always be something new and different in my collection. You can view current works by following me on Instagram or my website.
Jeneen T Poole
Jeneen T Poole’s art is dynamic, narrative-rich, and culturally resonant. It blends the personal and the communal—her roots, her identity, her experiences—with a painterly approach that uses acrylic and mixed media to build texture and mood. Her works serve both as visual statements and as invitations to reflect on heritage, culture, and individual journey. If you were to walk into a room and see one of her paintings, you’d likely feel drawn in by color and texture, interested in the story behind it, and aware of the cultural echo.
Jennifer Lang
I am a professionally trained artist having earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Houston. Since then I have continued practicing my craft exploring various styles, materials and techniques creating highly detailed pieces. While my work is diverse both in choice of medium and subject matter, it centers around nature and organic forms.
Commissions
Now accepting pet portrait commissions. “Dunkin” was done in pastel and the love letter behind is in pencil. Illustration board 30”x30”
JenniferLangArt (at) gmail.com
Jennifer Vahlbruch
Jennifer Vahlbruch is a German-born, self-taught, award-winning artist and photographer based in Conroe, Texas. Her work explores quiet transitions and the perceived insignificance of everyday elements, inviting viewers to shift their perspective and find beauty in the overlooked. With over a decade of professional experience, she has exhibited internationally, from Art Basel Miami to Kunsthalle Kempten, and her works are held in museum and private collections. Influenced by life between Europe’s steadfast mountains, symbols of rooted tradition, and Texas’s ever-changing coastline, emblem of openness and transformation. she creates art that bridges cultures, perspectives, and ways of seeing to capture both the familiar and the unexpected.
Jose Canales
Jose is a talented 3-D & Graphic designer available for hire, learn more: https://www.jorocara.com/
Jose Canales is a Honduran artist who mainly focuses on caricaturesque prints of animals he has encountered throughout his life. Jose believes that humor has a place in high art and that the more whimsical subjects is paramount to the human experience. Material-wise, Jose uses a variety of techniques such as silkscreen printing, wood carving, animation and digital design.
Featured in Art Valet in The Leader News here.
Julianne Mahler
1000 Cranes by Julianne Mahler
Julianne Mahler is an artist who crafts enchanting works from repurposed paper and books. Discovering her artistic voice later in life, Julianne’s creations weave together themes of resilience, the beauty of everyday materials, and a playful sense of whimsy. Her signature piece, A Mother’s Prayers, showcases 1000 origami cranes, embodying hope and perseverance.
Join Julianne at the First Saturday Arts Market in October, November, and December 2025 to experience her art in person. Explore more of her work and occasional blog posts at 1000 Cranes Craft and Art.
Lauren Luna
Lauren Luna was born in Columbus, Ohio. After graduating from Kent State University’s School of Fine Arts with a focus in painting, she moved to New York City. She began teaching Special Education for New York City schools and entered a Masters program at Manhattan College. Upon graduation, she moved back to her hometown of Columbus along with her son and continued teaching. Later enrolling in the Academy of Art University for her second Master’s degree, in Fine Arts. 832-713-7217
www.artistaluna.com 832-713-7217
In 2011, Luna relocated to Houston, Texas, pursuing her new life as a full time artist and footwear designer.
Lauren Luna was named a Top 50 Entrepreneur by Scion Car Company, participated in Austin and Houston Fashion Week, was featured in British Vogue and Glamour Magazines, and had a shoe design in an exhibit in the Grassi Museum in Germany.She was honored to receive the Margot Siegel Award for Design by the Goldstein Museum of which two pairs of her hand painted shoes are a part of the museum’s permanent collection.
In 2015, after winning Best In Show at a juried art competition, she was commended by the Alvin Independent School District School Board, and was put into Congressional Record by the District’s State Representative.
She is a frequent participant to local art festivals, and also has a mural at the George R. Brown Convention Center.
Luna currently is an art professor at Lone Star and San Jacinto Colleges, and is Co-President of the D.R.E.A.M Affect Foundation, a non-profit organization that awards scholarships to minority art students pursuing Fine Arts, and grants for emerging artists to show their work.
M Kelly Olsen
Enjoying the creative moment: Not knowing where my head or hands are going – is the pure essence of why you see – what you see in my images.
“The Abstract”, the non-representational is my true passion.
100% analog: Hand-held tools/methods with pencils, pens, acrylic ink.
My paintings are Acrylic Ink, not paint.
My goal for the audience: A visual curiosity that provides a pleasant distraction.
Mary Torres Glassworks
I create hand-made kiln-fired fused glass wall art, vessels and functional items.
Monique Weston Art Jewelry
I create remarkable jewelry from antique and vintage architectural elements, including hinges, keyholes, chandelier parts and doorbells. I also repurpose musical instruments, clock-parts, vintage tools and postage stamps. I search high and low for castoff pieces of the past, then reinvent them. I frame them in classical jewelry settings, to highlight their hidden and often unintended beauty. The result is a striking and adventurous synthesis of industrial strength, history and glamour.
Najia Omer
Najia Omer’s mixed media paintings draw profound inspiration from her cultural roots, having grown up in Pakistan. Infusing her canvases with gold-thread stitching, she intricately portrays women as origami birds in her artwork. These visual narratives become a reflection of aspirations and the pursuit of dreams, creating a unique tapestry that beautifully weaves together culture and personal journey.
Otterwell Studio
by Paul Atwell
A Houston-based artist, I work primarily in watercolor on cotton paper. In 2015, I began creating detailed watercolor paintings of insects, arachnids, and small mammals, collectively called the Bugs Under Glass series. A common theme throughout my portfolio is that life itself depends on the small things we often take for granted. Take insects, for example: we often fear creatures that crawl, scuttle, or suddenly sprout wings and fly. However, once you see their beauty, you can begin to understand them, and fear fades as a clearer picture emerges. PaulAtwell.com
Papermolas
Miriam Lim O’Brien, the owner and creator of Papermolas, draws inspiration from molas, a traditional textile art form of the Guna Indians in Panama and Colombia. Her designs reflect the vibrant patterns and colors of typical molas, combining traditional looks with modern geometric graphics. Initially creating physical paper art, Miriam transitioned to a sustainable digital medium due to time constraints and market demand. She now prints her designs, including greeting cards and coasters, in her home office using professional equipment. All products Miriam presents are her original designs, celebrating the fusion of tradition and modernity in her artwork.
Penny’s Treasures
Penny’s endless fascination with gemstones has inspired her to incorporate these artworks from Mother Nature into her own art. She loves experimenting and combining metal and stone in novel and unexpected ways to create one-of-a-kind, rustic pieces that have that special soulful feel that only handmade treasures can provide. Penny infuses a bit of her heart and soul into each piece in the hopes that her clients will sense the love that goes into each one and find a connection with the pieces that called to them.
“I strive to create jewelry that brings to its wearers confidence, joy, and the courage to embrace authenticity, and to share their uniqueness with the world.”
Robert Ruhmann
I create paintings that show my love for nature and the State of Texas. I use watercolors, oils, and acrylics. 979-864-0155
Robin Whalan
Robin Whalan is an emerging visual artist, currently working in ink and printmaking. Self-taught, she found her voice through the power of art during the 2020 pandemic. Robin’s work is an expression of her own personal life experiences. A native Houstonian and historical building enthusiast with a background in interior design, she enjoys implementing local architecture, specializing in Art Deco. Her work is an emotional rollercoaster of heartbreak, love, disaster and humor; “relatable” and “honest” being the most commonly used words by viewers when describing her pieces.
S.H. Khan
I’m S.H. Khan, an artist based in Sugar Land, Texas, where the vibrant landscapes and everyday wonders fuel my creativity. I refuse to box myself into one style or genre—I paint whatever sparks joy in the moment, from serene nature scenes to abstract explorations of the world around us. Always seeking fresh perspectives, I work primarily in oils and acrylics, with watercolor adding a playful fluidity to my repertoire.
Sherri Allen
I began drawing and painting in 2021 during the Covid Pandemic at the age of 52! Working from home and unable to get out I picked up a book, The Artist’s Way, that I had had for years but never read. That book changed my life. I realized that I had always been called to create and I was finally ready to embrace it!
I began drawing and painting and I can’t stop. I particulary love Faces and Flowers and using all kinds of art supplies to create texture and layers. Life is beautiful and messy and imperfect and I embrace all of it. I hope you feel that – along with a sense of play, in my work.
It’s never too late to follow your dream or to learn a new thing! I still have my day job (which I love) in the corporate world and I’m creating as much as I can in between meetings!
I hope my art brings you as much joy as creating it brings me.
https://www.sherriallenart.com/
Splash Fine Art
by Stella and Philippe Coupe
Macro Splash: We create these singular shapes through the collision of water, cream, paint, or ink droplets. Their various shapes and colors depend on the temperature, viscosity, gravity, density, and volume of the liquids we use. We work with black acrylic or pan filled with liquid in order to reflect the splash. Due to the laws of physics, the end result is often the opposite of what you’d expect.
Mega Splash: Our mega splashes, often called “jelly fish”, because they look like a form of marine creatures, are carried out by propelling water mixed with inks or/and paint of different colors, using a compressor. These water sculptures flow in the air to 6 or 8 feet high. The different shapes are obtained by modifying pressure and the pipe of water supply, which allows breaking the original shape of the “jelly fish” into fairy tale flowers for example. Under pressure, the water extracts the dies which will color the water column. The crystal appearance and the magical transparency looks like the work of a glassblower.
Fluid Painting: In the pouring acrylic painting technique, the paint is not applied with a brush or palette knife, but rather use gravity to move the paint across a surface by tilting it. The results are unlike anything you can get with a brush. The fluid flows without any brush marks or texture. We take macro photography of this psychedelic paint while it still wet and alive by choosing the best swirls. Things always look so different once dry.
Our technique:
Our splash photographs reveal unique liquid sculptures, created by the collision of water, cream, paint, or ink droplets or by using gravity to move the paint across a surface by tilting it. These liquids in motion are frozen in time by a high-speed flash of light. Our art prints are created with a dye sublimation process on aluminum so the colors become a magical luminescence.
Summer Lydick
www.summerlydick.com @summerlydick.art
I paint big, colorful flowers. I am fascinated by the repetitive shapes, the colors, and the energy of plants and flowers. They are each so unique and different, almost as if they have little personalities. I love the big bold varieties of sunflowers and zinnias, as well as exotic tropicals like hibiscus and bird of paradise. I could paint them for hours and never get tired of it. I keep my garden chock-full of all these types so I get to live with them and study them. They are constantly making me smile and informing my work.
My art is uplifting and positive. There’s enough heavy negativity these days, so I’m doing my part to put positive energy back into the world. Color saves lives. It inspires us to think better, work smarter, and play more. My art is about beauty, color, and joy, and ultimately, it’s about hope.
The Hanging Pendant
Michelle & Jeff Hickman
The Hanging Pendant believes in the uniqueness of each person. The word Unique is defined as -the one and only, having no like, unusual, rare, extraordinary, different, uncommon, distinctive, special. The word Individual is defined as -single, separate thing or being, particular, distinguished from others by special characteristics. The word You is defined as -Yourself, all of you, you alone. Our pieces are designed for an uncommon, distinctive, particular, separate being that is rare and extraordinary and special, a single being… You! 936-788-3008
The Yankee Woodturner
Hand-made wooden bowls, vases, goblets, urns (and more), many saved by the use of crack-filling epoxy, some decorated with stone inlay. Art Valet Interview in The Leader News
Tiffany Nesbit
Tiffany Nesbit is a New Orleans artist, now working in Houston. Her studio practice is heavily influenced by both walks in the wilderness and urban areas of the southern states. She uses high fired ceramics, mixed media collage, ropes, and various weathered materials in her work. Her pottery describes the color pallets, plantlife and tropical bayou landscapes, including the creatures in them. You can find more of her installation work online at: www.tiffanyangelnesbit.com or follow her instagram @tiffanyangelstudioartist
Van Horn Enterprises
Karen L Van Horn-Morgan is the talented artist and craftsperson behind Van Horn Enterprises, where she creates handcrafted treasures from wood and stained glass. She is a regular participant at the First Saturday Arts Market, showcasing her intricate and functional art pieces, including elegant wooden boxes, jewelry boxes, and other items that highlight beautiful wood grains, precise craftsmanship, carved details, and colorful stained glass elements for added light and vibrancy. Her work stands out for its combination of traditional woodworking skills with artistic flair, making everyday objects into unique treasures.
http://vanhornenterprises.etsy.com/
Vivre Coffee Collective
Interview in The Leader News: Vivre Coffee Collective’s mobile magic
Vivre Coffee Collective is dedicated to crafting refreshing hot & cold coffee drinks that elevate your everyday moments. With a passion for quality and community, they offer a vibrant selection of chilled beverages, perfect for enjoying on the go or at their welcoming locations. Visit their coffee cart or local markets to experience their unique blends and connect with the lively spirit of Vivre Coffee Collective.
