Destination Art

Local galleries draw visitors to the Texas Hill Country.

Chuck and Barbara Mauldin

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The Mauldins met when Chuck was a teaching assistant in an organic chemistry class and Barbara was a student, studying biology. At the time they didn’t know they both began painting as children. Now they are married and share a studio.

Barbara’s work is impressionistic and focuses on color. She is especially fond of painting prickly pear cactus.

“Central Texas has a great variety of colors. We get a beautiful spring green, then all the flowers arrive in spring, and early summer brings cactus blooms. In autumn we discover oaks, sycamores and cypress along the creeks and rivers, sporting fall color,” she said.

Chuck’s paintings explore light, using Hill Country livestock, barns and scenery as subject matter. His training as a research chemist fuels his artwork.

“I think the connection between the two is a strong curiosity, a willingness to try new things even when the outcome may be in doubt,” he said.

Both Mauldins are members of Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionists Society. Both have also participated in national juried competitions, and both have had paintings printed on the cover of the Art Guide.

For more information about either Barbara or Chuck’s work, contact Gallery 330.

“We’re very happy to be represented by such a wonderful gallery on the Main Street of Fredericksburg,” Chuck said.

Charles Morin Fine Art

244 West Main Street • 210-710-6305 Gallery: www.vintagetexaspaintings.com • Estate sales: www.cmestatesales.com

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Open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., after hours by appointmen

Charles Morin Fine Art is a second location for Charlie Morin, whose other gallery is in San Antonio, within walking distance of the McNay Art Museum. A frame shop is available only at the San Antonio location. If visitors to the Fredericksburg gallery are interested in having a piece of artwork framed, Morin is happy to work with them, although samples are not available on site.

Morin owns more than 1,400 highly collectible paintings, and 95% of the work displayed in the galleries belongs to him. He says guests don’t need to know a lot about art to appreciate what he carries.

“I sell art by famous dead people,” Morin said. “My specialty is G. Harvey.”

The Fredericksburg gallery includes paintings by Texas legends, such as Porfirio Salinas, Everett Spruce, Julian Onderdonk and his father, Robert Jenkins Onderdonk. Morin also carries work by Janet Lippincott and Birger Sandzén, and he works with many living artists, including Martin Grelle, a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, and Steve Forbis, whose colored pencil drawings look like photographs. Morin’s collection displayed in Fredericksburg includes 19th century Texas pottery and handmade Texas furniture.