D.R. (Dennis) Jones was born in Waco, Texas and raised on the High Plains in Lubbock, Texas. As a fourth generation Texan, he has roots going deep in the Texas soil. Jones says, "My mother even told me that I had an ancestor at the Alamo… and I believe everything my mother tells me!"
Tamara D. Kontrimas has been drawing and painting in various mediums for pleasure and personal expression since childhood. She graduated from Louisiana State University Law School in 1987 and practiced labor law at a large Houston firm until the birth of her first child. Inspired by PBS art shows, she took advantage of her children’s naptime and began experimenting with watercolor.
My paintings are visual representations of every obscure and idiosyncratic detail of my life. I create work out of the desire to take an ocean of emptiness that is the blank canvas and turn it into a representation of the totality of my temperament. Juxtaposing different viewpoints and images on a single piece, along with a richness of layers and colors, allows me to move through various subject matter while staying true to the forms and themes that are crucial to my work.
Writing about oneself is a tremendously difficult endeavor. For frequent visitors to my site you will know that I have procrastinated for almost two years in addressing this particular area of exploration. I suppose it helps, in some way, to be able to grasp where an artist is coming from. www.john-jenkins.net
EVA C. CURRIE Muir Fine Art Gallery 281-497-8009 John Lockhurt
Eva Currie was raised in Dallas, Texas by watercolor artist and mother Jane Currie. Eva studied at Kilgore Junior College and earned an Associate's degree in Commercial Advertising. Ms. Currie is an instructor of arts to all ages, holds a position in her Art League, a volunteer at the Texas Children's Hospital Art program, and Texas Wild life Rehabilitation Center.
I consider myself a self taught artist if the art class I took in sixth grade does not disqualify me. My art continues to improve and evolve with time. My most popular paintings are watercolor on paper. Although some of my pastel drawings and acrylics on canvas are considered some of my best work. I reside in a small fishing community on the Texas coast where the boats outnumber the people.
When Penny was little, she would lay in bed at nap time tracing every object in her room with her eyes. She would draw them in her mind so she would never forget what they were. This drawing without pen or pencil was invaluable to the future artist.
Grace Hessman resides with her family in Magnolia, Texas. Her artistic journey has taken her from a small town in Pennsylvania to rural Magnolia Texas, with many years in between spent on the shores of New Jersey and the beaches of Northwest Florida.
Reg Stark was born in Beaumont, Texas and began to receive awards for his art as early as the third grade and continued to do so in local exhibits such as the Art League of Houston, the Jewish Community Center and the Hunting Prize Art show. He studied two years at the Texas Academy of Art before receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston. He has exhibited in Chicago and Houston with several solo shows and lives just outside of Houston in Sugar Land. His creativity has been passed down to his son, Jeff, a graphic designer, and he dedicates all of his paintings to the memory of his late wife, Linda.
As a fresh, Houston artist, Ms. Whitley is starting to make an impact on her own with her startlingly beautiful and emotionally expressive use of color and theme.
My love of travel has shown me the lines and feel of Amsterdam as well as the rush of paddling the Usumacinta River in Guatemala. These opportunities have had a profound effect on my work. Sometimes it's not about what is there but what is absent. This is truly reflected in my work. To me negative space holds as much importance as positive space. This concept is a major catalyst in my work. When I look at a blank page I see negative space wanting to find it's way to the forefront. Now in my 51st year, I am a single female veteran living on a quite lake in East Texas. It's a wonderful place to work from while packing for the next trip.
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Remlap is an emerging contemporary oil painter from the Hackney's East end. After four successful shows in London's infamous Brick Lane, Remlap brings his exhibition to Wanstead’s ‘Eighty Four’. Always experimental, bold and vibrantly stylish, 'Remlap's art continues to impress with its depth, beauty and feeling' - Glass Magazine 2010.
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