Julie Zarate
Artist Roster
Ralph & Nell Parker
Ralph paints traditional landscapes in gouache and acrylics. He also does ink and watercolor drawings of whimsical subjects in colorful surroundings. He and wife Nell also create tiny art for small spaces. Called “Tabletop Gems”, these little pieces include quirky houses as well as kitchen and beach themed decor as well as miniature bluebonnet art. The Parkers live in the Austin area and Ralph’s Texas Hill Country paintings are represented by The Mason Gallery in Mason, Texas. Copies of his children’s book “Sherwin, A Snail’s Tale will also be available.
Jo Phenneger
I am a self taught artist and have been creating solely for my own contentment for many years. I am bringing some pieces out of my study for the first time for the First Saturday Arts Market. I use oil, acrylic, ink, graphite, chalk, resin and wood to create art that makes me happy. I get much inspiration from nature and many of my pieces contain trees. 832.319.8189
Lynn Chatman
832-329-1054 www.lynnchatman.com
Much of my work today focuses on exploring ways to express the different “seasons” in the circle of life through the use of texture and color. Thus, the symbolism I find in candles, dragonflies, ravens, rust, etc. Art is a wonderful healer. After my youngest daughter died, it was a challenge to work through my feelings of love, loss, grief and anger in a constructive way – to pour it all out on canvas instead of bottling it up inside. While I still think of her every day, life goes on as we continue to place one foot in front of the other. Art is a journey and the road I travel will always be reflected in my work.
For many years I painted in oils, pastels and gouache. I still paint in oil, but am currently enamored with acrylics. The versatility of acrylics inspires me to explore its many techniques and avenues of expression. I’m always thinking about my next project.
Jack Connelly
Varied styles ranging from military/aviation, surreal/sci-fi, realism
http://www.jackconnellyart.com 832-462-4474
Market manager Mitch Cohen interviewed Jack for his arts column in The Leader Newspaper.
Read it here!
From the thriving city of Houston, Texas, Jack Connelly is an artist whose passion is capturing history, action, wonder and imagination on canvas. Jack has been creating art since the moment he could lift a pencil, and has been an active participant in the professional art world for about 35 years.
In Jack’s opinion, painting is one of the most unrestricted and freeing forms of expression. Most of his pieces are created in acrylic and/or oil paint, although Jack has extensive experience with watercolor, graphite, and mixed media as well.
In the 1980’s and 1990’s, Jack took on a nomadic lifestyle as a full-time art show vendor, displaying his art in an average of three to four shows a week in the South Texas area. Jack has also taught several art classes in the past (and wishes to teach more in the future), and enjoys sharing his knowledge, experience, and guidance with others in order for them to learn and practice painting, as well as develop their art skills and techniques.
Jack Connelly’s styles include (but not limited to) military & aviation, sci-fi, surrealism, realism, impressionism, and abstract art.
Commission paintings are regularly requested and are a major part of Jack’s art career. Many of Jack’s commissions have been for veterans or their families, in hopes of passing down their legacy and honor those who have served their country. He loves to take memories, events, dreams, ideas, etc. and bring them to life on canvas. This gives him the ability to share his passion with others while providing for them a unique keepsake; their personal story told in paint and filled with detail, never to be forgotten.
Flying Fish Beads
by Ginger Page
Fabric art dolls, jewelry using vintage beads, hand-embellished garments and hand dyed handbags.
www.flyingfishbeads.com 713-956-0265
Several years ago, I retired from the field of costume design. Finding myself at loose ends and needing a creative outlet, I turned my hobby of collecting beads into making jewelry. Combining my textile experience and my embellishing skills, I now make jewelry, art dolls, and other accessories.
I love to embellish with vintage and other beautiful beads and textiles. Dyeing is a skill I learned when I was a costume designer; I continue to employ this skill in my work. Natural materials also play a major role in the finished product.
Fiber Arts * OOAK Art Dolls * Unusual Jewelry * Custom Work Upon Request
Debbie Edmondson
I Love Alcohol Ink by Debbie Edmondson
I paint with alcohol ink on tiles or yupo paper. AI is a fun and colorful medium! It only works on non-porous surfaces, and is also very unpredictable because it easily spreads and blurs and drips! But that is the beauty of it and also its unusual poetry. Although it is hard to “paint” with alcohol ink in the proper way, with brushes, it can be done, often with fun, and non-traditional results. But in addition to painting with brushes, I also let the ink drip, run, drizzle, or I spray it with 91% alcohol to further “mess with it!” It is fun and very striking to look at. www.ilovealcoholink.imagekind.com
I am an empty-nester who discovered alcohol ink out of boredom! I have been a singer for years, and that was my artistic outlet. But although I still love almost all kinds of music, I needed a new medium to express myself. I discovered alcohol ink online, and loved the look of it. And it is a fun thing to experiment with—so I hope people like my experiments!
Louis Gonzalez
I mostly work with the theme of Dia De Los Muertos in oils.
Rob Baker
I love creating both scenes from life and portraits and find inspiration everywhere I squint.
Mary G. Wilkinson
Painter/Print-maker (713) 829-2843
Light and texture studies. My subject matter is abstracted from the garden
and other immediate surroundings, usually but not limited to botanicals.
MARY G. WILKINSON, Painter/Printmaker, prefers abstracting subject matter from her garden and other immediate surroundings, usually but not limited to botanicals. Quite simply, her works are nothing more or less than light studies. She continues to find the playfulness of light and shadow, its revelations and obscurities of various textures and form, both fascinating and engaging. Her palette and its intensity are dictated by the former, her vantage often myopic as she enjoys visually crawling in and around her subject.
Upon obtaining her BFA from the University of North Texas , Mary elected to return to her home in Houston where she currently works, living with her mother and her beloved dog and cat.
Other interests include gardening and learning to play the piano.
