As far as I can remember I always had a lot of fun creating art. Making drawings of crazy characters has always been my way of generating smiles around me. In the year 2003 I began to paint. My basic idea was to transport the characters that I drew on paper to canvas. Starting from scratch, I experimented with oil paints for two years, painting wildly away without a lot of direction. Good times. Then I met this wise man named Jan Buytaert, who taught me how to use acrylic paint. This was the most important change in my painting style. Acrylics were the tools I needed to shape my own little world and bring my little weird characters to life. My main aim while painting is to have fun and enjoy the moment. I want to capture this good vibe in my paintings and transfer it to the public. This usually results in joyful works full of color and positive energy. With my paintings I like to invite viewers to look at the world through the eyes of a child and to revisit a childhood past of curiosity and enthusiastic discovery.
I work primarily in oils on canvas or a masonite panel. Examples of these are The Bride Reclining, The Guitarist, The Ballerina. However, I have worked using other media such as acrylics [The Naval Officer] watercolors, graphite pencil [The Lady Wearing A Pearl Necklace], pastel [The Girl Wearing The Sunflower Hat] and prismacolor colored pencils [At The Beach]. I like to build up the layers to create a finished appearance in as realistic a way as I can possibly accomplish.
I am also able to create three dimensional sculptures of figures which vary in size between 12 and 24 inches in height. I currently use as my medium a modeling compound, the main components of which are clay, plaster and papier mache, applying one layer at a time. Each successive layer is allowed to dry and the final sculpture has a tough, durable texture.
I am continually learning and endeavoring to develop and improve my craft.
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.
Steve Harris, local photographer/artist/dad/husband etc…is back!
After taking a long respite from the art market, he has come back and is returning with all new art, a new look for his space and a fresh outlook with photo encaustic artwork.
Each piece is one of a kind. Original photography with encaustic wax.
Striking. Beautiful. And created with a lot of love.
Check him out, you will not be disappointed!
Come one, come all!
Unique one-of-a-kind hand-crafted necklaces and earrings. Majority are designed with semi-precious stones and love. (281) 357-5180
I worked in the banking industry for as long as I can remember, you know one of those boring people you only spoke to when you had to. My Mother had recently retired from her life long job and we were trying to find her a hobby. We decided to look into beading, Mother wasn’t interested; but I was IMMEDIATELY hooked.
I started out small, buying inexpensive beads for myself and family members. Customers at the bank began commenting on my jewelry and wanted to know where I had bought the piece. When I told them I had made them and they were for sale I quickly became a walking jewelry store. Rarely did I make it home with the jewelry I had worn leaving the house.
Now I am retired and design constantly, there isn’t a room in the house that doesn’t have a bead somewhere. Previously I bought jewelry to match my clothes, NOW I buy clothes to match my jewelry.
Rainy Day Illustrations is a collaboration between myself, Annie Peck and my mother Suzanne Simmons. We started this business because I saw a void in the artwork available to me. I wanted to fill my home with artwork that highlighted the beauty of my everyday and I couldn’t find it. That’s when I reached out to my extremely talented mother and we began collaborating and creating the artwork you see.
We specialize in watercolor prints as well as photography and watercolor wood transfers. Our watercolor artwork is done by my mother and her years of experience as an illustrator is evident as the detail and elegance she provides to each subject is unmatched.
The Artists:
Suzanne Simmons a graduate of Syracuse University, is an accomplished illustrator with over 40 years of experience working as a fashion illustrator and then a commercial illustrator for major brands and advertising agencies around the world. She is a mother of three and a grandmother of two. She currently resides in Savannah, GA and Houston, TX.
Annie Peck, a graduate of Rice University, is a former advertising executive, avid traveler and photographer and mother of two fur babies. Currently residing in Houston, TX.
Hege Nolop is a Norwegian jewelry designer based in Houston, TX. Her career began in Paris, France; creating rustic pieces with vintage elements hand-picked from antique markets. Since then her work has evolved to incorporate the simplicity and elegance of her Scandinavian design roots. It features free-flowing, organic patterns, soft curves, and a strong inspiration from nature. The result is a clean, contemporary aesthetic that remains faithful to Scandinavian old-world craftsmanship. perleamies.storenvy.com
David Stein is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Cypress, TX with his wife and two children. He specializes in resin paintings, using vibrant colors and unique designs to create breath-taking visual displays. David got his start as a decorative concrete artisan doing hand troweled overlays and custom resin flooring. He has transferred his knowledge of resins along with a keen eye for color to his current work as a visual artist.
Lauren Roan, AKA “Glass Nerd”, has been creating glass art for over five years.
She’s a Texas native, mother, wife and nerd. Combining her love of all things dorky with her calling as a “maker” has brought her here!
While she specializes in nerdy art, she also creates classic stained glass pieces, hand-etched & sandblasted art and glasses, as well as wine bottle lights. Houston Stained Glass
