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Renee Richards

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  • Media: Oil, encaustic, watercolor, acrylic, pastels, photography
  • 312 Dunn Street, Bryan Texas 77801
  • 979-229-0047

I am an Eclectic Artist and either this is in direct relation to teaching high school students to manipulate a variety of media to express emotions, feelings, attitude and intent for so many years or I became an Art Teacher because I liked to explore art styles, cultural influences, and techniques of modern and historical art.

I like to work in both Western and Eastern Art styles. I like both traditional and contemporary art and while I am very comfortable working in oils I also like the challenge of something new. I have exhibited work using Encaustic ( wax process), Acrylic, Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Clay, Glass and Mixed Media.

It is important to me to be engaged my art community. I belong to both local and state art organizations. I have received a great deal from these organizations so much so that it is important to me to also give back when I can. I have served as a treasurer for the BVAEA and I was an elected Region 6 Representative (two terms) for TAEA and have been recognized by George Bush Library as an Outstanding Art Educator.

I enjoy meeting, exchanging Ideas and working with other artists. I love viewing, making and exhibiting artwork. My favorite Author is Italo Calvino, each book he writes can be in an entirely different genre and topic from the one he wrote before -but It carries his distinctive style. I am inspired to be an artist that works in many mediums but while the mediums and topics are different they are still recognizable because they created from a distinctive view point.

  • Fun facts:
    • I love to take family and friend trips to places like Brazil, Costa Rica, Germany, Italy and most recently two weeks in Wales. I have to admit many of my trips are in the summer. I love Texas but don’t do well in extreme heat.
    • Alaska, North Carolina Mountains, Atlanta, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama are places that I also love and many of the places and the people I travel with and visit become subjects for my artwork.

Examples of my art:

  • Autumn Equinox
  • Black Bird in Tall Grass
  • Contemporary composition in Gold and Cool Colors
  • Aketcheta Weha (Soldier Woman) Lakota indigenous people
  • Captain Jack Sparrow

Mary Elizabeth Roberts

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  • Business: Silver Paintings
  • Medium: Colored pencil, acrylic and oil
  • mary.rroberts11@gmail.com
  • Instagram: _silverpaintingsco

Silver Paintings is a small aggie-owned business that is operated by local college student, Mary Elizabeth. She dedicates her work to her first teacher and business partner, Walter Dick, aka her grandfather.

Fun Facts:

  • I collect original artwork from artists and galleries when I travel internationally..
  • I have only been in business for one year.

Examples of my art:

Joana Rocha

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Horses inspire me. They always have. Since I was a little girl. Before I ever saw or touched one in person, I knew I loved them. It’s very cliche, I know. But the love is real. I grew up riding them, I went to school to study them, and all I can do is to paint them. I also love dogs and livestock and all wild animals, but I always come back to the horse. I am reluctant to call myself an artist, as I have an extensive science background and education. Calling myself an artist may be an insult to true artists who studied and struggled for that title. I am self-taught and simply express my need to paint my equine muse.

Examples of my art:

  • and they’re off
  • Loyal Friend
  • Beauty in Motiion II
  • Sunday Funday
  • Harvi

Lorelei Smith

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Lorelei began her career as an artist at the age of 14 when she completed her first commissioned pet portrait, thanks to a commission from her biology teacher. Feeling inspired, she established her own small business, further fueling her passion for art.

  • Fun fact:
    • Even though I have asthma, I run cross country and track for my high school.

Examples of my art:

  • Daisy & Gracie
  • Glitter Cub
  • First Dance
  • Majesty in the Meadow
  • Off Menu

T.W. ‘Pops’ Vanya

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Devoted to painting. The more I study, the better I understand what I don’t know.

Fun facts: Born in South Africa, avid bicyclist, philosopher, artist for life

Examples of my art:

  • Aroma Therapy
  • Transfiguaration
  • Comanche Moon
  • Espuelos de los Vaqueros

Charles Wallis

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Charles Wallis is a graduate of the Baylor University fine art program. After college he opened a graphic design studio beginning his career as a artist. He is master painter trained in the classic tradition. He is versatile in a variety of styles and media. He paints in a traditional realistic style, as well as impressionistic, abstract.

ARTISTS STATEMENT:  My art is an expression of my spirit to the spirit of others that connect with it.  I seek to create a memory, a wish, a fantasy or moment of joy or peace in the soul of the viewer.  I pursue ideas, color combinations or images that attract my attention and paint them as an impression; or abstraction and some paintings are just for the fun of presenting something in an unusual manner. 

Recent shows and awards:

June 2021- Best In Show Irving Art Association 66th Annual Member Show
April 2021 – Texas House Of Representatives in the 87th session passed a resolution recognizing my art in HR000743.
February 2021 – Solo Show at 979Gallery
March 2021 – Solo Show Fieldings, Houston
September 2020 – Finalist in Grey Cube Botanical Show
February 20 – April 4, 2020 Texas Invitational Art Show Pearce Museum Navarro College
February 29 – to April 2, 2020 – Re-Imagine Show with Round Rock Arts
February 26 – April 4, 2020 – Solo show at Warehouse Living Art Center, Corsicana, TX
November 2019 – Best In Show, Envision Art Happy Fall Show
November 2019 – Feature 15 New Expressionist Landscapes, Kieran Sistrunk Gallery, Waco
September 2019 – Featured Artist, 120Gallery, Taylor
September 2019 – Best Floral, Conroe Art League Annual Show
September 2018- Best Landscape Conroe Art League Annual Show
November 2016 – Best In Show, Central Texas Art League
August 2017 – Solo Show at Voices For Children, Bryan
January 2017 – Conroe Art League Annual Show – First Place in Abstract Painting, Second Place in Abstract Painting, Second Place in oil painting
July 2015 – Light Space & Time Gallery International Abstract Show, Top Five and 3 Special Merit Awards
October 2016 – Solo Show Cultural Activities Center Temple
November 2016- Solo Show Spectra Art Gallery, Houston
May 2015 – Solo Show SEAD Gallery, Bryan
March 2015 – Solo Show, Papillon Antiques & Art, Waco
November 2014 – Broadview: Spectrum of Nature Show, Ft. Worth, TX – winner of the Wild Bird Award.
April 4 – May 5, 2014-Solo Show at Papillons Antiques, Gifts, Art of 50 paintings
February 2014 – ArtisTTable Juried Show, In and Out Of The Zoo, international
January 2014 – BVAL Juried Art Show
August 2013 – 2013 International Landscape Competition, Award of Special Merit in the annual LIght, Space and Time Gallery juried show.
June 2013 – Nature & Wildlife Exhibition, St. Augustine, juried into the the annual national show.
May 2013 – Juried into the annual Texas Spirit Art Show.
May 2012 – Nature Art Exhibition, Winner of overall First Place and Winner of First Place in the painting category in this photography and art juried exhibit sponsored by the Light, Space and Time Gallery.
February 2012 – Woodlands Art Trust, “Snow Leopards Protects Her Cubs” was chosen as one of 20 painting f exhibition and received a People’s Choice Award and purchased by the Trust.
February 2012 – Western Spirit Art Show, Old West Museum, Cheyenne WO
November 2011 – The Artistic Circle: Spirit Totem Exhibition, one painting in the show which has received “Honorable Mention” recognition among the entries.
November 2011 to February 2012 – The Art Center of Waco Invitational Exhibit, 
March 2011 – Western Spirit Art Show, Old West Museum, Cheyenne WO
April 2011 – His work was shown in the Spring/Summer Issue of Artist Portfolio Magazine.
January 2011 – 2011 International Juried Realism Art Show, He received Honorable Mention for his wildlife paintings.
September 2010 – 9th Annual National Wildlife Show sponsored by the Irving Art Association.   First place in the oil painting category.

Examples of my art:

  • Ebony Queen
  • Cold Night in Paris
  • Spring Runoff Fills The Creek Bed
  • What Does The Poet Say
  • The Corn Is In The Barn And The Turkey Is In the Field

Sabra deLyn Wilhelm

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I love making art and teaching others. My philosophy in regards to art is that it’s about the process, not the product. I believe God made us in His image which also means that we are creative beings. I believe that everyone can create something. beautiful.

Examples of my art:

Wenyi Zhu

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As a self-taught artist, I started oil painting in 2019, transitioning from a background in science to pursue art. My work focuses on capturing serene, sensitive, nostalgia and sometimes surreal moments, projecting the vivid visions of my mind onto the canvas.

Examples of my art:

  • Genesis of Dreams
  • Spring
  • The Dreamer
  • The Dreamer No. 2
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2023-24 Board of Directors to be Installed at June 12 Meeting/Ice Cream Social

At our June 12 meeting 6-7pm (doors open at 5:30pm for Meet and Greet), our new slate of board members will be introduced and installed. The main topic will be organizing the 2023-24 year while enjoying an ice-cream social. The upcoming year will be exciting with so many new ideas! See June 12 meeting for more details. You can find the list of our new Board of Directors here.

How to Use Color to Silently Impact Your World

“You can sell anything in a yellow box,” is an old advertising notion that General Mills has certainly certainly found to be true for Cheerios cereal since 1941. And remember when yellow Post-It Notes started popping up everywhere? Yellow is considered most visible for traffic signs.

Long before she picked up a paintbrush, Chris Rogers began working with color as a graphic designer of company brochures, magazine ads, and other promotional materials. Later, as an avid amateur photographer, she sought out color in nature from sunrise to moonrise. And still later, as an instructor in mystery writing, she encouraged students to use color and texture liberally to draw readers into their stories.

Color, Rogers believes, speaks its own language. We listen with our eyes and our hearts, and it has been speaking to us for a very long time. Join us at our April meeting to hear from Chris. In this presentation, she will take us from the primaries to the neutrals by revealing what psychologists and other authorities can tell us about the how and why of color impact.

Meeting details