CURATED EXHIBIT ARTIST PORTFOLIOS
Lyle Adair
Ideas guide my work as I sculpt copper through thoughts of the world around me. The natural world takes up a substantial amount of my work. I like to play with common themes and twist them around in order to give them new meaning. I compose my work using a torch and variety of hammers and chisels to bring images to life. The process is finished with various chemicals and clear coated so my pieces can be hung indoors or out. Some are meant to hang while some are meant to stand free. All are meant to be.
http://copperbylyle.com
lylead71@gmail.com
Larry Akers
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Pattern recognition is a deep cognitive process, a complex combination of visual input and cognitive interpretation. I create artwork that challenges and entices each viewer's pattern recognition sensibilities as they revel in the pure sensuality of complex, fluidly interacting patterns and colors. I aim to stimulate viewers to appreciate their own remarkable capabilities of observation and perception. The real beauty is how we perceive and interpret what we see. I want viewers' eyes to play.
https://www.eyeplaystudio.net
larryakers@austin.rr.com
Mary T Barton
​Abstracting images from the imagination and views of daily life are the beginning of each piece. I pull much of my inspiration of form and color from nature and my love of interpretation of the beauty around us. My emotions and interests seem to evolve with each piece of art. I thrive on the diversity of styles from all genres, and find each artist has unique perspectives and expressions. Art has always been my therapy. Whether working through difficulties, or celebrating accomplishments... it has to remain the balance in my life. The motion and progression that each piece of art produces, as it's being produced, is a catalyst to maintaining my sanity. Simply put, without art -- I most likely would go crazy!
http://marytbarton.com
marytbartonart@gmail.com
Theresa Bond
The natural world is my muse. My experiences as a wife, mother, grandmother, and citizen of the world, influence my work. The concerns of our environment, man’s impact on his surroundings, and the future of the planet influence my subject choices. There is beauty in small moments; my goal is to capture the essence of those moments. ​​
http://www.tbondartist.com
Helen Buck
By observing the relationships of color, value, shape, and texture, I work to create images very different from how most people look at the world.
I believe that observation and intuitive responses to visual stimuli, energy, and emotion, are the main contributing factors to the successful execution of meaningful art in my practice.
Surrounding and immersing myself in the observation and execution of a painting in rich color, from subtle to impactful value shifts, tactile qualities, and elusive, ethereal shapes are the things that drive how my work grows and evolves.
www.momartstudio.com
Charlotte Clark
I am primarily an intuitive abstract acrylic painter. I often let a painting evolve as I lay down the paint, using my imagination to define the final product.
Every painting I create is a new adventure and learning experience. I enjoy experimenting with shapes and colors and exploring new avenues and ideas as each painting I create progresses.
I find covering a canvas with paint to be the perfect creative outlet.​
facebook.com/ClarkImages
clcart121@gmail.com
Katie Conley
Artist Katie Conley captures moments of beauty and joy. She spends most days covered in oil paint, but she also loves collage, mosaic, and almost all forms of art. For as long as she can remember, she’s lost herself in art. She followed her passion in college, studying Studio Art at Indiana University. She earned her master’s degree from the University of Louisville in art education and began teaching art. She gave up teaching to work on her own art and is thrilled to be able to paint and create full time.
Katie lives in Austin with her husband and their two boys. Together they’ve traveled both domestically and internationally. She loves showing her art at local studios and businesses and welcomes commissions.
www.katieconleycreative.com
katiesconley@gmail.com
Lauryl Eddlemon
I've always been fascinated by the human face. I enjoy exploring how we express emotion; what makes us different; what is true beauty. I'm not a traditional portrait painter but instead I think of my paintings as expressive, abstracted images that form a human element. I love using varied mark-making with a variety of media in a loose, fresh way, always striving to convey a unique human spirit.
https://www.instagram.com/lauryl.eddlemon.art
lauryl.eddlemon@gmail.com
Jane Fier
The process of creating art is exhilarating and challenging for me. I approach each painting with an image in mind of abstracted shapes and colors and incorporating elements of light and shadow. Working with multiple layers of paint I scrape away, scumble over, scratch through, and finally add my gestural marks with a brush.
 My intention is to convey that we are all works in progress, constantly changing and reworking our lives much like the painting itself. My idea may evolve into something quite different from what I had intended or it may progress as initially envisioned. Eventually, perhaps after a brief struggle my image emerges.

https://www.janefier.com/home
fierjane@yahoo.com
Bijal Ghelani
Art has always been my passion since childhood. Living in some of the most beautiful parts of the world coupled with my global travels added fuel to the passion and made my transition from being an architect to an artist very seamless and satisfying. After living in countries such as the Netherlands, the UK and Switzerland, and exploring and exhibiting at various art expos and festivals there since 2014, I am looking forward to doing the same in my new home, Austin, TX.
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www.bijalghelani.com
​bghelani@gmail.com
Carol Hayman
​Her work suggests myths and daydreams in a dreamworld of cosmic nature, evoking notions of disappearance, deconstruction, and self-effacement. Themes deal with myth-making attached to objects and locations from urban legends to Native-American and Aboriginal story-telling, with Greek, Roman, Japanese, and Norse mythology, heroes, sheroes, and super-heroes, in comic books, sci-fi tales, creation myths and ghost stories. The mythological world is part of being human. These prints bridge past and present, the mystical and concrete.
https://carolhayman.weebly.com/
​chayman@austincc.edu
Lisa Hoekstra
Nature is my muse. There are so many beautiful and whimsical looking animals to inspire me, that I will never be at a loss as what to paint. I enjoy the freedom in abstract and mix it with realistic animals and birds.
javalisaart.square.site
​javalisaart@gmail.com
Pete Holland
These pieces explore the depth that metal brings to photographic prints​.
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petehollandphoto.com
petehol@gmail.com
LA Hollins
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Modern abstract expressionist creating from remote Texas Hill Country art studio. Process consisting of dense colorful layered intuitive abstracts related to nature, garden, wildlife, seclusion, society and technology. Recurring themes of joy, hope, loss and spirituality with mixed media on canvas using glass, light reflective interference, metallic and fluorescent paints. Exploring art and life through paint, color and process. Certified therapeutic abstract art facilitator. Experienced live painter at charity auctions, special events and community collaborations.
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Martha Kull
I really like painting, drawing, and creating visual art. I love experimenting with different mediums and styles. Many of my favorite childhood memories involve drawing and painting and pretending to be an artist, fashion designer, or architect. My favorite art subjects are sunsets, seascapes, and trees – I enjoy trying to capture “the beauty that is in all of nature” in my art work. But there are many other subject areas that capture my attention, so I also dabble in other landscapes, still lifes, collages, and anything else that strikes my fancy
https://www.facebook.com/martha.kull.9
​mlkullgg@gmail.com
Joyce LaBaw
I began my artistic journey after retiring from three decades of working as a mechanical engineer. My work includes acrylic abstracts, landscapes and portraiture. Often drawing inspiration from local Texas scenery, I strive to capture beauty that is compelling and resonates with the viewer. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to create, explore and share my art.
​http://www.joycelabaw.com
joycelabaw@sbcglobal.net
LeRoy Lawson
LeRoy began his interest in photography while earning a photography merit badge in Boy Scouts. Throughout his school years he shot black and white landscapes with a Brownie Hawkeye and processed and printed film in his bathroom darkroom.
He established Lawson Studios, and began doing portraits, model portfolios, head shots for professionals, event and product photography, landscapes, wildlife, and artwork photography. An award-winning photographer, he uses 35mm, medium format, large format, and digital cameras.
mlawson1@swbell.net
Samantha Lesan
After years of providing trauma-informed care to survivors, I realized that art making was therapeutic to both myself and others. I began creating my own artwork and eventually began facilitating therapeutic arts classes for processing difficult emotions. Art creates a wonderful visual language to process and express emotions beyond words. The colors and images in my mind are often influenced by nature and emotion. For example, I use earthy, gritty mixed media to communicate the emotional BitterSweetness of life. The muted colors communicate sadness, while the large expressive marks communicate energy and even joy. In addition, the ways in which I move the paint are both intuitive and planned, a beautiful marriage of both control and spontaneity.
SamanthaLesan.com
hello@samanthalesan.com
Elena Lipkowski
I am fascinated by the tensions between the minute and the monumental, the old and new, the here and there, the then and now. My work bears witness to the joy of the present moment through the prism of past moments.
www.ElenaLipkowski.com
Elena@ElenaLipkowski.com
Mozelle Marks
​My artwork is about capturing a moment in time brought to life with vibrate colors and details. I get my inspiration from the unique places I have lived and visited throughout my life. I paint in acrylic and oil with subjects ranging from landscapes, architecture, still life,and figurative. As a native Austinite much my inspiration comes from central Texas and the Hill Country. My paintings are available on the web and locations in the Austin area.
mozellemarks.artweb.com
mozellemarks@gmail.com
Shruti Mehta
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​Shruti’s art work spans a wide range from rural life, ethnic women, festivals and seasons, to landscapes and abstract art. She likes to create fusion of regional art styles and abstract art. Shruti captures her expansive vision through a variety of mediums such as oil, acrylic and mixed media. She includes elements of realism, modernism, and then adds her own perspective in her paintings. Shruti's art has been exhibited at various venues in and around Austin. Her artwork has been selected for People's Gallery, City of Austin. In December 2020, Decibel ATX, Austin PBS, made a short movie on Shruti’s art styles and her journey as an artist. Here is the link for this https://decibelatx.org/culture/blending-perspectives
https://shrutimehtastudio.wordpress.com
​shrutipmehta@hotmail.com
Maggi Miller
As a paper artist, I make my own paper and I use found paper for creating picture and collages. My pieces include images of almost anything - people, animals, objects, etc. Reflecting on how to use paper to share my mind’s eye stretches my imagination, vision, and intelligence. Creating with paper is drawing, painting, writing and sculpting all at the same time. My dream is for viewers to say, “It looks good on paper!”
maggimiller.com
Maggi@maggimiller.com
Linda Montignani
The sense of place is an important part of the way I process experience. More than people or the experience itself, what I remember most is the feeling of the spaces that I, and others, inhabit, whether the essence of those feelings reside in the minutest details or most expansive vistas. Different locations have different atmospheres that affect us in various ways. The ocean can be soothing or turbulent; the hill country can be refreshing or so hot that it drains the energy. We can be renewed and nourished by our surroundings, or depleted and oppressed by them. Even within ourselves is a refuge of peace, or a place where our own personal demons confront us. We synergistically affect the sites we inhabit and the people in them. In turn, we are changed by the experience of a place, and the people there. My work expresses the impressions I have had in places to which I have felt a connection, whether it is one of serenity or chaos.
aardvarkstudio.com
lindamon108@gmail.com
Steven Preuss
I create complex mosaic pieces on canvas using acrylic, texture, poured paint, and cut pieces of paper I designed with water color pencils and stamped inks. I'm in spired by nature and my environment, but my works are either abstract or impressionistic. I strive to create beauty in my art either through the use of color, subject matter, or both.
#StevenPreussDesigns (Instagram)
steven.preuss@yahoo.com
Veronica Ortegon Primeaux
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I have BFA from Texas A&I University and greatly enjoyed the Fine Arts Program which allowed me to create art in paintings, ceramics, photography, printmaking and sculpture. Since graduation I have worked in numerous creative fields including advertising, art education, and as a graphic designer producing publications, posters, and web graphics. For my own creative outlet, I work with photography, digital art, oils on canvas, and watercolor.
https://www.behance.net/VeronicaPrimeaux
veronicaortegon1999@yahoo.com
Marilyn Rodriguez
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Color, dimension and abstractness are the basic elements of my artwork. Each painting elicits meaning where the viewer can make new and unexpected insights. My paintings are always evolving. This process is part chemistry, part creativity with a dash of serendipity.
marilyn-rodriguez.pixels.com
mmmrodriguez27@gmail.com
Denise Schneyer
Denise studied art at CW Post College in New York and has studied with various artists over the years. Her work has been displayed in the Dougherty Art Center, Bass Concert Hall, Austin Bergstrom Airport, as well as local galleries and restaurants. Her art has been purchased and hangs in many places, including Hawaii, New York, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and of course, Texas. Denise works are exclusively originals. She works mainly in pastels, acrylics and mixed media, with subjects ranging from pet portraits to landscapes to abstracts. She is a member of Creative Arts Society, Austin Pastel Society, Lakeway Painters, Bee Cave Arts and Lake Travis Painters. Her work can be viewed on her website at deniseschneyer.artspan.com.
deniseschneyer.artspan.com
daschneyer@gmail.com
Anca Thomas
I was born in Romania, and I start to paint abstract at an early age. I retired in 2017, after working in finance field in Dallas area, and I always had the urge to share the beauty of art with a wide audience. I was called a genius of colors , many times, in different occasions, and I always believe that it is never to late to pursue your dreams, believe in yourself, and be confident in your talent. I participate in many exhibits, here, in Georgetown, and I am a self tough artist, and learn, experiment, practice, design and create every day, using my unique gift, to paint, and I am willing to share this beauty with others.
athomas3.artspan.com
​ancadoruvlad@verizon.net
Judith Witkin
Color has been the focal point for Judith's work as a quilt maker and an artist. She paints in an intuitive style as it is creative and intensely satisfying as well as allowing her the freedom to work with colors and nature in an abstract form. Her art reflects what she feels and how she views the world around her.
judithwitkinart.com
​judithwitkin@gmail.com
Jayshree Vakil
​Carefully attentive to the play of forms, I draw from immediate pleasures underlying everyday visual experience. Rhythms of line, rhymes of color and spatial relationships, unexpected vitality in “inanimate” objects, all make each work fresh, dynamic, and emotionally resonant. Experiences during my various travels find their way to my sketchbook, from whence they’re turned into paintings.
jayshreevakil.com
jv@jayshreevakil.com
Marcy Ann Villafana
In my admiration of real women; mothers, athletes, home-makers, dancers, famous or not, women with uplifting attitudes, strong-minded, caring, nurturing — with goodwill, I strive to create masterful pieces to express their inner beauty, goddess, and spirit within. – All Women, everywhere. Currently, I am playing with color, childhood dreams, sharing my love of the ocean, and life-essential water, feeling – freedom and gratitude.
https://VillafanaArt.com
mv@villafanaart.com
Amanda Zappler
I paint to identify with hidden qualities of my character, to better understand my reality, and to express my interpretation of the world around me. My goal is to use my paintbrush like Alice’s rabbit hole, to open an unexplored world, a place of curious self-expression, but also a world of new relationships, new chances, new beginnings, and most importantly new stories.
https://www.arteparalavida.info/
austinears@aol.com
Kat Zinna
After retiring I thought I would renew my creative interests. I love color and motion and try to express it in my art. The process can be arduous, but is always rewarding. Perhaps the best part, is enjoying the creativity and stimulation of my fellow artists
www.katzinna.com
katzinnaart@gmail.com​
