September 3, 2016 11am-6pm
Without Remorse was founded with the dream of empowering people to be able to buy the products they love while making a difference. We design each piece with the vision of showing off the beauty of nature. All pieces are handcrafted with natural high-quality raw stones straight from the earth. We then take 10% of the profits and donate them to help injured and abused animals. www.withoutremorse.net
Tonya Engel is a self-taught artist born in Texas and has established studios in New York, Paris, Miami, Austin and
Houston. Heavily influenced by folk artists of the Deep South and Masters like Mark Chagall, Frida Kahlo, and Romare
Beardon, her contemporary style engages figurative form mixed with emotion & expressionistic boldness.
I approach each piece intuitively. Like a dance, I engage the canvas with movement and strokes and scrumbles and washes. I then step back from the easel and take in the random swoops and drips. A bend of an elbow, a hint of an eye or the slope of an organic shape that occurs after turning the canvas another direction can dictate what will happen next. From beginning to end I’m able to allow each painting to arrive at its completion through intuition. I use Oil, and mixed media and sometimes include collage or text to convey a message.
My art, for me, has become an opportunity to share how I see life, humor & the human spirit. My stories celebrate the
joyful and deeply emotional moments as well as the mundane and unremarkable making us human.
ArtBridge Houston is a local nonprofit that visits various sites, such as residential treatment centers and shelters, in order to provide therapeutic and expressive arts classes to homeless and at-risk youth in the greater Houston area. We are currently looking to recruit new teachers and volunteers for the Fall 2016 semester as well as to raise awareness about our organization and mission.
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
I paint a watercolor every day, and post these on my blog, Have Watercolors Will Travel. It’s become a ritual, a meditation of sorts. Finding inspiration and painting daily forces me to really look at the world.
My work incorporates a variety of metals (mostly sterling silver), gemstones, enamel, plastics, paper, wood, and vintage jewelry findings. My most recent work incorporates hand fabricated bezels, acrylic domes, and my own watercolor artwork illuminated behind the acrylic domes.
I enjoy working in alternative materials, most specifically plastics and love to incorporate color and texture in my pieces.
All of my work in hand fabricated and made by me in my studio at Silver Street Studios.
I’m a quad amputee that teaches painting classes. I love landscapes, florals and abstract expressionist work. I’ve sold hundreds of paintings and I love people! katypaintsnow.com
My “Mottled Horses” – Equine art developed since 2002 in my new “Mottled” style that merges abstract and expressionism with a touch of realism. The subject is created on a colorful abstract background to express feelings, often shown as a close-up, with special attention to the eyes and focusing on specific moods and composition. Often with secondary transparent image/s to show movement or specific scenario.
In my paintings, I don’t intend to replicate photo-realistic objects, but to capture the utmost uniqueness of life. Illustrating my subjects, I often pay no attention to exact shapes, textures, or real colors and emphasize just on a small fragment, sometimes a very tiny detail, in order to insinuate an idea. That approach leads me to concentrate on what I feel and not what I see or know about the subject. Also, it helps me to effectively use visuals to depict a story about my subject. My art captures just an indication of a subject to leave the rest for my viewer’s imagination to create the unique picture.
Iwona Jankowski
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Most of my creations are inspired by the ocean and sea life. Many pieces were made after an awesome and inspiring trip to “The Big Island” Hawaii. www.amylancasterpottery.com
Deb Wight Studios
Each work of art begins with the glass. When I see a piece of glass, it inspires me to create a certain subject. From that inspiration, I find other glass to compliment it . Once all the pieces are collected, I develop a design, then I really go to work. Each piece of glass is carefully hand cut and the edges are prepared to attach it to the copper. Once the glass is in place the background is decoratively soldered to create a texture that enhances the glass. Then all the metal work is finished in a copper patina.
My passion is and will always be art. I believe everyone should have some form of art in their lives. Whether you create it, collect it or just go out and appreciate it. www.debwightstudios.com
