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Artist

Mindy Austin

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  • Medium: Oil and acrylic
  • 979-218-4418
  • mindyaustinart@gmail.com

As a life long lover of the arts, I studied art and dance in college. I taught art in College Station ISD and earned a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M.I enjoy the problem solving and creativity in creating art. For several years I have focused on painting en plein aire. Spending time in nature, interpreting the outdoors is very rewarding.

Examples of my art:

September 10, 2023
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Artist

Autumn Bauder

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  • Medium: Mixed media, acrylic, oil, watercolor, drawing, photography
  • Owner, DCA Studio
  • Facebook: DCA Studio Facebook page

My love of the visual arts began late high school with my first self taught drawing course and my friend’s infatuation with photography. After graduating high school, I got my Associate’s degree in Fine Arts and in 2012 I married the love of my life. Shortly after, I started DCA Studio, sold some paintings, took a variety of photography gigs, and worked part-time while my husband worked full time and pursued a degree in Mechanical Engineering. During this time my husband and I had three beautiful children and grieved the loss of our firstborn son. God has been faithful to walk us through seasons of both sorrow and joy. Though it has often taken the back burner to the priorities in my life, art has always been a catalyst for healing and self-expression. I’m excited to continue pursing and developing the gifts that God has given me and hope that my art will also bring inspiration and joy to others as well.

  • Fun facts:
    • Before I discovered my affinity for fine art, I wanted to be an exotic animal trainer.
    • I enjoy ballroom dancing.
    • Music is a big inspiration to much of my art.
    • I have an extra rib.
    • I have recently discovered that I enjoy gardening and I don’t kill every plant that I care for.

Examples of my art:

  • “Whimsey”
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Artist

Dary Dega

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  • Medium: Oil on linen, soft pastel, ceramic
  • Owner, Degallery
    • 930 N Rosemary Dr, Bryan, TX 77802
    • phone: 979-704-3090
    • email: contact@degallery.us
    • CV: https://degallery.us/about-us/dary-dega/
    • Artworks: https://degallery.us/dary-dega-artworks/
    • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/degallery.us
    • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/degallery.us/

For most children born in Russia, a country with deep, versatile history and tradition in the arts, art is an important part of their childhood. For Dary Dega, the owner of Aggieland’s newest destination for artists, DEGALLERY, it was no different. Like most Russian children, she was raised attending museums and concert halls, going to the ballet, and classical music concerts. But Dary may have fallen even deeper in love with the arts at an early age, thanks to traveling extensively all over Europe as a child with her father, who was a renowned scientist, and the rest of her family. Throughout her travels, she continuously learned more about the fine arts and their beginnings at every turn. That early passion remained fervent for Dary, who would go on to later graduate from art school and music school, while also pursuing a career in medicine. Dary moved with her husband halfway around the world a couple of years ago because he assumed the position of physics professor at Texas A&M University. Following the move to Texas, Dary’s lifelong love of art inspired her to launch a unique gallery in her new home in Aggieland, a dream of her’s, to build a space that would allow every artist of every age, at every talent level, to express themselves. That dream has finally opened.

  • Fun facts:
    • I opened my gallery and studio by starting life from scratch in the USA without speaking English, with no knowledge of American business and the market, and with a 5-month-old baby in my arms and another five-year-old child.
    • Having a Ph.D. and MD in Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, I returned to graduate school at the age of 45 and completed my new graduate school with Master Art in Art Program in a year and a half.
    • All my family members have different last names.

Examples of my art:

  • “Century 18th Self-portrait”
  • “Lotus Valley”
  • “My First Texas Gifts”
  • “Melody of Colors”
  • “Amelia”
June 14, 2023
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Artist

Helen Dewolf

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  • Medium: Fiber and mixed media
  • member, INTERSECTIONS Textile Learning Center & Gallery
  • 1410 E. 31st Street, Bryan, TX 77802
  • phone: 979-324-6221
  • email: hcdewolf@hotmail.com

I am a tapestry weaver and fiber artist. My undergrad was in Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario in 1977. After working as a fiber artist for a few years (as well as other occupations) I came to grad school at TAMU and graduated in 1995. During the intervening years, I have been weaving tapestries and producing fiber art pieces. I belong to the Brazos Spinners & Weavers Guild (BSWG) and INTERSECTIONS Textile Learning Center & Gallery (ITLC). As a member of both BSWG and ITLC, I have promoted the textile and fibers arts in this area for about 20 years.

  • Fun facts:
    • Grad school at TAMU– Anthropology – Nautical Archaeology in 1987, and graduated with a PhD in 1995.
    • I was employed in the Center for Maritime Archaeology and Conservation in the Conservation Research Lab illustrating archaeological artifacts for publications and conserving artifacts.
    • I retired as chief conservator from the CRL in April 2020.

Examples of my art:

  • Lake Huron Shore 2022
  • Prickly Pear #1
  • Gneiss Rock #1
  • Mesquite Momentum #1
  • Summer Garden
June 2, 2023
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Artist

Wendy Keeney-Kennicutt

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  • Medium: Watercolor, Mixed Media
  • Owner, Brazos Watercolor Retreats
    • 13161 Hopes Creek Meadow Circle, College Station, TX 77845
    • phone: 979-492-0262
    • email: brazoswatercolorretreats@gmail.com
    • Facebook: Brazos Watercolor Retreats Facebook page
    • Classes: Brazos Watercolor Retreats.square.site
  • Original art and prints for sale

Bryan-College Station has been my home since I arrived from Watertown, NY in 1975 to earn my Ph.D. in Oceanography.  It was here I graduated, met and married my love. I taught First Year Chemistry at Texas A&M University for 30 years & ran the Chemistry Open House for 13 years.  Teaching was my passion; I earned many awards including the prestigious Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence. I still tutor students in first year chemistry. I started watercolor as a complete novice in 2013 just before retiring, taking local classes with Hailey Herrera, Chris Wilson, Robyn Glass and Monica Pate. In 2019, Monica, Robyn and I started “Brazos Watercolor Retreats” in my art studio, but they moved on to other endeavors and now I continue to have monthly classes and give private lessons. I have been on the board of the Visual Art Society of Bryan-College Station for several years: 2016–2023 as treasurer, and president/technology chair for 2023-2024. I also manage our Aggieland Art Trail project.

  • Fun facts:
    • My undergraduate and master’s degrees in Chemistry were from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
    • I was a VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) volunteer in 1972-3.
    • I travelled through the US, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala in a Volkswagen bus in 1975.
    • During graduate school, I played on the first TAMU women’s rugby team and was an assistant cook in a gourmet restaurant.
    • I am the namesake for the Dr. Wendy L. Keeney-Kennicutt Endowed Lectureship for First Year Chemistry
    • You can find all my chemistry notes and help pages HERE, and take a look at this VIDEO explaining how I used the virtual world of Second Life to teach chemistry! That was fun!
    • Lastly, I am a retired herbalist and sell my herbal skin cream “Dr. Wendy’s Wrinkle Warrior” at Village Foods and online.

Examples of my art:

  • “Reflections on Reflections”
  • “Her Majesty”
  • “And Justice for All”
  • “Pineapple and Shadow”
  • “Young Elizabeth”
June 2, 2023
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Artist

Joel Kitchens

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  • Silver gelatin (black & white) photographic prints
  • Email: kitchensjoeld@gmail.com
  • Phone: 979.255.8056

Although I was born in Birmingham, and grew up in small towns around northern Alabama, I have lived in Texas since 1997, and was on the faculty of Texas A&M University for nearly 25 years before retiring.

As a photographer, I am largely self-taught. I did take an art photography class in college that taught the basics of black and white film photography (no digital in those days!). Today, my photographic process remains traditional and purposely retro; from capturing images on black and white films in sizes from 35mm and 2 ¼ x 2 ¼, to 4×5 inches (my favorite!), developing the film in a wet darkroom, to printing the images on silver gelatin papers from the enlarged negatives. Each print is hand processed according to the Ilford archival sequence, toned in selenium, and mounted using acid-free materials for longevity.

My photography reflects a wide range of interests, including historic sacred architecture, landscapes and nature, abstracts, and still life. With my photographs, I try to attract viewers’ interest by revealing the “spirit of place,” as well as the interplay of light and shadow. I also try to show through my images that beauty, serenity, and tranquility are to be found all around us. In doing so, my purpose is to highlight overlooked details, pique viewers’ curiosity, and encourage them to see and experience familiar places anew.

  • Fun facts:
    • My doctorate in History was directly inspired by my photography of San Antonio’s Spanish missions.
    • Although largely self-taught, I have recently participated in workshops led by Alan Ross, a former assistant to the renowned artist, Ansel Adams.
    • Artists who have influenced or inspired my work include: Ansel Adams, Alan Ross, Edward Weston, Minor White, and M. C. Escher.
    • While working in my darkroom, I am usually listening to music by a wide variety of artists including: the Allman Brothers, Dave Brubeck, Jethro Tull, Kitaro, Rush, Miles Davis, B. B. King, Willie Nelson, Shadowfax, Eric Clapton, J. S. Bach, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and ZZ Top.
    • Favorite art/photographic-related quote: “One should not only photograph things for what they are, but for what else they are.” – Minor White.

Examples of my art:

  • 1856 Mission Bell
  • John Ford Point
  • Narrow Passage
  • Twilight McKinney Falls
  • Windows To Cross
June 2, 2023
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Artist

Theodora Saladino Krc

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  • Medium: Acrylic, Berol Prismacolor Pencils, Graphite, Charcoal, Substrates: Canvas, Bristol Boards, Arches Watercolor Paper.
  • Owner, Cosmic Visions Fine Art
  • Bryan, TX 778023
  • phone: 1-979-778-6026 (Studio, Home Landline)
  • email: cosmicvisionsfineart@gmail.com
  • website: https://www.CosmicVisionsFineArt.com
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Art is a transcending language which Theodora Saladino Krc uses as a forum for her visual expressions in painting and drawing. In our newly emerging consciousness, she believes that visual art becomes a very necessary & powerful tool.

Theo pushes her imagination envelope towards an ever changing new frontier of thought. Using this transcending language of art to express those thoughts, she has created a personal consciousness which lies beneath her beautiful, elegant style of painting.

Using her newly formed visual perceptions, Theo imagines how life patterns of pure light would look while they exist in another dimensional space and are warped by some distant time relativity. In her creative philosophy, her cosmos would exist simultaneously to our now physical three dimensions and within a powerful magical parallel universe.

  • Fun facts:
    • Student of the universe
    • Writing a Book

Examples of her art:

  • “Golden Butterfly”
  • “Azrael’s Song”
  • “Space Bridge”
  • “Gabriel’s Joy”
  • “Back to the Beginning”
June 2, 2023
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Artist

Jaimie Ladysh

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  • Lens-Based Interdisciplinary Artist
  • Email: Jaimieladysh@gmail.com
  • Website: jaimieladysh.com
  • Instagram: @jaimieladysh

Jaimie is a lens based interdisciplinary artist. Her work is rooted in place in a spiritual way within the natural world. Currently exploring digital with edited and some composited images, she prints the images on special archival papers, then further manipulates with hand-coloring, painting, and sometimes encaustics. The results are often described as ethereal. Whether representational or abstract, she seeks the little mysteries found when light models on forms and color.

Jaimie has a long use photography of traditional film and silver gelatin, Cyanotype, Van Dyke, Photograms, photo manipulations, infrared, and other alternative processes. As a fine art major, she began exploring hand tinting, coloring, and painting of photographs with oils, pencils, and water based media while at the university. She used 35 mm, 2 1/4 x 21/4, and toy cameras.

Her work is archival; made with materials for longevity. She has been in many galleries, press, and venues. Pieces are in private, public, and corporate collections. All pieces are in limited editions of 10 or 15 in one or more sizes.

Jaimie was born in Ohio, and has lived in a variety of places in many states and countries. She earned a BFA from University of Montana with a certificate to teach. She has been an art educator in Houston for 30 years.

  • Fun facts:
    • Currently raising a 6 month old Newfoundland dog

Examples of my art:

  • Stormlight
    Stormlight
  • Pastoral Dreams
    Pastoral Dreams
  • Through the Meadow to the Sea
    Through the Meadow to the Sea
  • Sea Oats and Marla's Red Umbrella
    Sea Oats and Marla’s Red Umbrella
  • Tybee Dunes
June 2, 2023
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Artist

Paula Denise Powers

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  • Photo Digital Art
  • Website: PaulaDPowers.com
  • Email: vi67_powep@sbcglobal.net
  • College Station, TX 77840

My journey to becoming a Photo Digital Artist started in earnest when I retired from the oil industry in 2014. I first learned to use my camera and progressed to learning composition and post-processing of my pictures. Then, I discovered the really FUN part!

I learned how to add layers, masks, blends, and filters to create ART. I took the course, “AWAKE: Living the Photo Artistic Life” created and taught by Sebastian Michaels. He not only taught me how to use the numerous tools of Photoshop, but about how to be an artist. Alas! I had found my calling.

I have been honored by having my artwork published in multiple international art magazines, exhibited in juried shows, and had a few solo shows. My artwork has been used to promote businesses, causes, and even charity.

This work makes my soul sing. My greatest wish is to bring that kind of happiness and inspiration to those that view it.

  • Fun facts:
    • As a renegade move, I chose to play the sousaphone in the high school band. Not only was I the first girl to play the sousaphone in that school, but the band took Sweepstakes in the state competitions all three years that I was there.
    • At sixteen years old, I attended West Texas State University (now West Texas A&M University). The school was only fifteen miles from Palo Duro Canyon State Park, which functioned as my primary classroom while I studied Geology and Art. I have taken photos, painted pictures, and mapped this canyon.
    • My first Physical Geology field trip was in the winter when a light sheet of snow covered the canyon. I am afraid there was a bit of slipping and sliding involved. I tell people that I studied Palo Duro Canyon by braille by the seat of my pants.

Examples of my art:

  • Bikes All in A Row
  • Man in Destress
  • Red Haired Woman
  • The Orange Show
  • Let The Music Play Thru
June 2, 2023
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Artist

Carole Small

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  • Medium: Acrylic & Oils
  • Owner, Red Velvet Inn & Gallery
    • 803 S Lasalle St, Navasota, TX 77868
    • phone: 979-799-7698
    • email: redvelvetinnandgallery@gmail.com

Basically, I feel like a brand new Artist. I started painting in oils in 1983 but with raising a family, and my career, life got in the way of my passion for Art. In 2019 I finally picked up my brush again, this time adding Acrylics as well as oils as my mediums of choice. I question if I need to be concerned about having a particular “style” but Impressionism seems to call my name! The only certainty I know is that I need vibrant colors in my life! Painting is my release, my meditative time, my escape. The more I paint, the more I need to paint. In addition to painting I own and operate the Red Velvet Inn & Gallery in Navasota, TX.

  • Fun facts:
    • Lived in Maui, Hawaii for 15 years
    • While managing Dyanson Gallery in Whaler’s Village, hosted Yoko Ono presenting John Lennon’s Lithographs
    • Backpacked through Southern Mexico and Guatemala in early 80’s
    • Retired as a Hospice RN in May of 2022

Examples of my art:

  • “Pink Peony”
  • “Purple Peony”
  • “Paniolo Sunrise”
  • “Wildflowers”
  • “Maiden Voyage of the Baby Turtles”
June 2, 2023
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