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Charles Morin Fine Art
244 W. Main Fredericksburg, Tx. and 1020 Austin Hwy. San Antonio, Tx. (210) 710-6305
Charles Morin Fine Art specializes in Vintage, Mid Century & Contemporary Texas Art & Unique Texas Antiquities.
Charles Morin Fine Art Hours: Fredericksburg: Tues.-Sat. 10:00-5:30 San Antonio: Tues.-Fri. 10:00-5:30 • Sat. 10:00-4:00 By appointment any other time. 4 www.vintagetexaspaintings.com
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ere’s to 2021 being more kind to our artists. Working through the rough year that was 2020, we still saw our local and regional artists creating thoughtful works of art that celebrated the spirit of the Hill Country and our way of life. We are grateful for that. Even in tough times, art lifts our spirts in the same way as a festival, a serene setting, or a delicious meal. Our galleries highlight works by local, state, national and international artists and maintains a fresh inventory and vibrant atmosphere that makes Fredericksburg a top spot for art around the nation. From the First Friday Art Walk, to the walls of our fine restaurants, to exhibits at the National Museum of the Pacific War, art will enhance your visit to this amazing town. And don’t forget to take a piece of the Hill Country home with you. Welcome, and enjoy. Ken Esten Cooke Publisher
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articles MALLORY AGERTON
MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
CHARLES MORIN
First, Draw
Chuckling at Cows
New In Town
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advertising index Auer Haus.................................................... 18
Jan Burley Fine Art..................................... 17
Beth Smith..................................................39
Jill Holland Fine Art................................32-33
Bonita Jo’s Studio.......................................34
Kerr Arts & Cultural Center........................44
Cabernet Grill.............................................. 11
Keri Kropp Design.......................................42
Charles Morin Fine Arts................................4
Larry Jackson Gallery.................................10
Charolotte Wyatt Art.................................45
Mallory Agerton......................................... 15
Chuck and Barbara Mauldin.......................22
Maryneil Dance...........................................34
Die Künstler von Fredericksburg............... 15
Museum of Western Art............................44
Fredericksburg Art Guild......................28-29
Nancy Bush................................................. 19
Fredericksburg Artist’s School..................19
Nan Henke Watercolor Workshop.............19
Friends of Gillespie County Schools..........25
Pedernales Cellars......................................23
Gallery 330.................................................. 14
R. Bolton Smith............................................8
Grape Creek Vineyards.................................3
Rivers Edge Gallery....................................43
Highland Arts Guild & Gallery.....................37
Slate Gray Gallery......................................6-7
Highland Lakes Creative Arts.....................45
Wine Road 290..............................................5
Hoffman Haus.............................................35
URBANherbal..............................................39
InSight Gallery..............................................2
Yellow Door Studio.....................................38
ABOUT THE COVER: “ Summer on the Creek” by Maryneil Dance
“ I am inspired by every painting that I complete.” Maryneil Dance is a fourth generation daughter of the Texas Hill Country, for which she developed a deep connection that’s illustrated in her artwork. Before devoting her time to visual art, Maryneil enjoyed an award-winning 25-year career as an interior designer and retail store owner. She is credited with creating the quaint and cozy aesthetic known as “Texas Country French.”
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Destination Art
Local galleries draw visitors to the Texas Hill Country
Artisans–A Texas Gallery
234 West Main Street 830-990-8160 • rtisanstexasgallery.com Open Tuesday through Fri-day 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Artisans Gallery represents and supports Texas artists who create an array of fine art, fine furnishings and fine craft. The gallery includes ceramics, furniture, wood turnings, sculpture, jewelry, mosaics, glass, functional pottery and kinetic outdoor art, along with paintings. The art may be decorative or functional. Owner Patricia Karr prides herself on the gallery’s “Texas-friendly atmosphere.”
support our local artists from around the Hill Country.” The Karrs have been collecting art for more than 25 years and try to replicate the welcoming atmosphere they have enjoyed in other galleries. Behind every piece of art is a talented, experienced, hardworking artist with a unique story to tell through their creations. Artisans carries art in a wide price range, appealing to both the first-time art buyer and the collector.
She defines fine craft as “handmade work of various mediums, but it’s the highest level of quality. When people think of art, they think of painting. But fine craft is another category of art,” Karr said. “Our mission is to
For First Friday Art Walk, Artisans hosts a reception from 5-8 p.m.
Auer haus
402 East Main Street 830-997-6750 • www.auerhausfbg.com Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. week-days, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends From cacti to bluebonnets, from windmills to horses, from cowboys to sunsets — your home comes together at Auer haus, located across from the Admiral Nimitz Gallery. Every inch of the spacious shop is filled with distinctive furnishings, elegant accessories, fine lighting and original art, all with a Hill Country flair. Auer haus also offer design services.
It often happens that a customer in the market for a sofa or a lamp sees a piece of fine art hanging nearby and decides to complete the look of the room. Auer haus carries art by C.J. Latta, Kay Walton, and Kenneth Wyatt, who is collected by farmers, bankers, presidents, queens, movie stars and clergy. The shop’s artists may also do commissions for customers. In addition to fine art, some giclées are available.
“We pride ourselves in carrying a lot of USA-made products and Texas artists,” said owner Shelly Mazurek. “You can furnish the whole house through us.”
“We try to do things differently than anybody else,” Mazurek said.
Bonita Jo’s Studio
bonitajos@icloud.com 619-296-8576 • www.bonniewoods.com Studio visits and classes by appointment only There is a story behind every woman that watercolorist Bonnie Jo Woods creates. “I want my paintings to capture the viewer and cause them to have a longing to know that woman’s special story,” she said. Thirty-five of those stories are from a series titled “Women and Their Hares,” with a 2019 book by the same name. Woods explained the inspiration for the project saying, “One day while at a live drawing session, I had just completed my sketch of the model but was attempting to develop an interesting background. As I continued to sketch, something odd happened. The lines on my paper formed a hare sitting beside her.”
Woods’ “Moonbeam Madness” won The Millie Giles Memorial Award at the 2020 Texas Watercolor Society’s 71st Annual Exhibition. In addition to watercolor, Woods also creates with charcoal, gouache, graphite, pastel, pen, collage and mixed mediums. After 25 years of painting she has achieved Signature Member status in the National Watercolor Society and is an Associate with Distinction of American Women Artists. Her Fredericksburg studio, Bonita Jo’s, is located in her home. Call to arrange a personal viewing of her bewitching women, each of whom stands out in a crowd.
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Jan Burley Fine Art & Vintage Creations janburley@yahoo.com • 210-845-7972 • janburleyfineart.com
Jan Burley’s paintings combine her artistic and scientific skills. She studied art under painter Charles Berkeley Normann at Texas School of Fine Arts and earned a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.
Library. Several workshops are planned for spring 2021. “People say they can’t even draw a stick figure, but they walk away with a frameable collage,” she said. Her collages have won Best In Show at juried exhibitions, and her photographs of New Mexico’s Ghost Ranch were featured in the organization’s 2017 and 2018 calendars. She also coordinated a public art project with Wimberly Valley Radio, and two of her originals are featured on the building’s tribute to the Texas Hill Country.
“I painted a bunch of longhorns — that’s how I paid my tuition in school,” she said. Burley spent her career at NASA and even designed an organizational patch. After retirement she focused on art — watercolor, oil and collage. “I just want to paint and paste,” she said.
Burley also works in vintage restoration of furniture and Southwestern jewelry. View her collections on her website, Facebook and Instagram, @janburleyfineart_official.
Burley teaches collage workshops online about once a month via Adult Craft LAB classes sponsored by Wimberly Village
Nancy Bush
812 North Llano Street, Suite A 830-997-0515 • www.nancybush.com Nancy Bush began her art career by studying the Old Masters. She balances her time between studio work for several hours each day and plein air painting. Her landscapes are characterized by attention to atmospheric conditions, such as clouds, fog and mist, using thin layers of paint to create luminescence and evoke emotion.
American Impressionist Society. Her work is represented at Astoria Fine Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Sage Creek Gallery, in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Wild Horse Gallery in Steamboat Springs, Colorado; and InSight Gallery in Fredericksburg. Bush was featured in the February/March 2020 issue of “Western Art & Architecture” magazine and in the December 2019/January 2020 issue of “Art of the West,” her third appearance in that publication. In March 2021 she will have three pieces in the invitationonly “Night of Artists” exhibition and sale at Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio. This will be her 19th year to participate.
Bush paints in a classic tonalist style, and in 2019 was invited to be a signature member of the American Tonalist Society. The inaugural show was held at the Salmagundi Club, a center for American art in New York City since 1871. Bush is also a master signature member of the
Maryneil Dance
bmaryneil@beecreek.net 830-992-0136 • www.maryneildance.com Studio tour available by appointment When Maryneil Dance was growing up, a fourth generation daughter of the Texas Hill Country, she wanted to be a veterinarian. She was named after her favorite aunt, who was a horsewoman. Since it was not yet the time when a woman could become a vet, she studied art and interior design and managed a successful custom furniture store and design studio in Dallas. She is credited with creating the iconic look known as Texas Country French.
Dance has painted with oil, but she prefers pastel beause it speaks to her. It’s one of the oldest mediums, dating back to Renoir and Monet. “I love the tactile, being able to use my fingers in it. And the immediacy — not having to wait for it to dry, the brilliant color it gives and the softness,” she said. “It works well for my animal portraits.” Dance has won many national awards and is a member of the International Association of Pastel Societies and is an associate member of Pastel Society of America. Her work was featured in “Art on the Llano Estacado,” an exhibit at the Museum of Texas Tech University, her alma mater.
When she retired and re-turned to the Hill Country, Dance dove back into art. “I live on a Texas ranch that has beautiful hills, natural streams, longhorns, horses, donkeys, sheep and dogs that have become my subject matter,” she said.
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MALLORY AGERTON
FIRST, DRAW The artistic process of painter Mallory Agerton By Megan Willome
It all starts with knowing how to draw. On a chilly weekday morning, Mallory Agerton was out on Loudon Road with her sketchbook. “I did the sketch from my car because it was 34 degrees. The light and dark patterns were so beautiful on the hills. As the sun hits them, the leaves look orange and the rocks look peach. This morning I added some cows, then a deer walked by and I wrote, ‘deer?’ in my sketchbook,” she said. “How can you possibly expect to paint if you can’t draw it?”
And she did a lot of memory work, learning to look closely at a scene and then draw it without the aid of a photograph. She was taught to look at a master work for 10-15 minutes, then close the book and recreate the drawing from memory. Using this technique means some details are missed, but the overall feeling of the scene emerges more clearly.
This is how landscape artist and oil painter Agerton begins — with drawings and notes. She’s not necessarily trying to make everything perfectly accurate. She may swap deer for cattle, or change the season, or turn a road into a path. “This is an analogy: I try very hard to make my work not journalism, but I’m trying to write poetry,” she said.
“Memory is like a muscle — it can be developed by deliberate practice. In the past artists were taught this skill as part of their standard training,” Agerton said. “When you use memory, you leave out the unimportant.”
Agerton attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, then earned a bachelor’s of fine arts at the University of Texas at Austin. After working as a portraitist, Agerton participated in The Landscape Atelier Program with master artist Deborah Paris. She took classes on skies, trees, water, composition and more. She copied the paintings of the greats, including the Hudson River School.
Agerton says working from memory helps her be more creative. One day she was out on Upper Live Oak and noticed a scene that she thought she might like to paint, with a few changes. “I saw this tree and thought, ‘Wow, that is a great tree that is this S curve,’” she said. The final painting moved the tree, cut out the mechanic’s
Mallory (center) at the gallery with Artists Marita Glodt (left) and Deborah Paris (right).
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shop and added bluebonnets. She remembered what she needed to remember.
in 2020 she was chosen to be part of the Allied Artists of America’s 107th juried exhibition. She shows at Hawthorne Fine Art in New York City, Ella Walton Richardson Fine Art in Charleston, South Carolina, Foltz Fine Art in Houston and Gallery 330 in Fredericksburg. She is an associate member of Oil Painters of America and a member of National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society.
Agerton’s sketchbook is full of scenes and notes, including names of paints, notes about color, suggested proportions. Sometimes she draws one element, like the edge of a spruce tree or different types of cacti. On her Loudon Road sketch, she didn’t add too many details about the cactus because she has detailed drawings of them in other notebooks.
Agerton considers it a privilege to be able to paint and draw every day. In each step of the process she is asking questions — What’s the darkest dark? What’s the lightest light? What is moving? What’s the most important thing about the scene? Those questions help her distill why she was drawn to the landscape in the first place.
Once she decides to pursue a particular image, she may do a color study before she commits to the final oil painting. “I got that idea when I used to work with portraits because I would do it for clients,” Agerton said. “I might never do this particular painting but I may use the sky for something else. I have a higher success rate because I do all that preparatory work.”
“You don’t have to find the perfect scene because when you start really looking at it, it becomes perfect,” Agerton said. As viewers enjoy her paintings of the Texas Hill Country, she wants them to recall their own favorite memories of being out in nature and to feel reconnected with their spiritual side. The final painting hanging in the gallery might not look exactly the way Agerton first saw it. It might be just a little bit better.
In 2018, Agerton received the “Best Landscape” award in the National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society’s international online exhibition. She also received two merit awards from the organization for shows in 2019. And
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Destination Art
Local galleries draw visitors to the Texas Hill Country
Die Künstler von Fredericksburg P.O. Box 1122 www.dkfredericksburg.org www.facebook.com/dkfredericksburg
Die Künstler von Fredericksburg means “The Artists of Fredericksburg,” but most people refer to the group as DK. Founded in 1991, the club membership includes about 100 artists.
and include live demonstrations by noted artists. DK’s Spring Fling Art Sale, with great blooms and great bargains, will be held April 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at historic Marktplatz. On No-vember 12-14, DK will mark its 28th annual Fine Art Show and Sale at St. Joseph’s Halle, 212 West San Antonio Street. Club members present more than 200 original works in a variety of mediums and styles, attracting holiday shoppers from around the state and beyond.
DK’s purpose is to promote art appreciation and education in Fredericksburg and the Texas Hill Country for artists at every level of experience. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at Hill Country University Center, 2818 East Highway 290. Meetings are free and open to the public
Donald Darst, Grey Forest and Helotes
14391 Old Bandera Road, Helotes 78023 helotesgallery.com Open Thursday through Friday 12-6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 12-4 p.m. Two years ago Donald Darst and three partners opened Helotes Gallery in a historic stone building in Old Town Helotes.
a mood and tell a story. He enjoys working in a tonalist style, getting back to his painting roots.
“We tried to redo it in such a way that it keeps the old look but with new lighting. We upscaled it,” Darst said.
“A veteran with PTSD told me he’d sit in his easy chair and look at a painting of mine, and it was totally calming for him,” he said.
The 2,500-square-foot space is filled with a mixture of fine art and fun art by 60 selected artists.
Darst also teaches classes — an activity he loves, especially when working with students new to art. And he continues to be a student himself, taking classes at Fredericksburg Artists’ School.
Darst works from his studio, located off the winding roads of Grey Forest. His art can be viewed at Helotes Gallery and at www.donalddarstart.com. He’s an oil painter known for his landscapes that evoke
“It’s exciting to do art that comes from inside of you and that you just love doing,” he said.
Fredericksburg Art Guild & Gallery 308 East Austin Street 830-997-4949 • www.fredericksburgartguild.com Open Friday through Sunday 12-4 p.m.
The Fredericksburg Art Guild is a nonprofit organization founded more than 40 years ago by artist John McClusky to support the arts in the Texas Hill Country. All members are Texas artists. Featured shows rotate between the members each month. The guild currently has approximately 25 members, who also serve as docents.
County. The guild also conducts children’s art classes and showcases their work in a reception in October. Courtesy of Pedernales Creative Arts Alliance (PCAA), the guild is represented in a large tent at Oktoberfest. Support for the guild is provided by PCAA and the City of Fredericksburg’s Hotel Occupancy Tax.
Adult oil painting classes are offered throughout the year by Truby Hardin, while Nan Henke teaches watercolor. Watercolor students participate in a juried show in February. A professionally juried show takes place in May for artists in and around Gillespie
During First Friday Art Walk the gallery stays open until 5 p.m. Visitors may interact with the guild’s artists while enjoying fine art, local wine and refreshments in a historic building. Stay updated on upcoming events through the guild’s website.
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Fredericksburg Artists’ School Classes held at 237 West Main Street 830-997-0515 • www.fbgartschool.com
Now in its 27th year, Fredericksburg Artists’ School, founded by Nancy and Bill Bush, brings to Fredericksburg nationally recognized artists from around the country. These professionals lead four- and five-day painting workshops, primarily in oil or pastel. Classes are open to artists who work in all types of mediums, and all levels of experience are welcome. “Our students come from throughout the United States and come primarily to learn from these particular artists, and also because Fredericksburg is a wonderful city to visit,” said Bill Bush, who manages the school.
Nancy Bush, who shows in premiere galleries around the country, also teaches at the school. Bush is not an artist — he’s a CPA. More than 25 years ago on the way home from attending an art school in Santa Fe, Nancy turned to him and said they needed to start an art school. Which meant Bill needed to start an art school. “She made a deal that whatever did not involve putting paint on a canvas, I do,” he said. All classes are held at Appretiare, located at 237 West Main Street, home office of ISAaccredited appraiser Lee Ann Whatley.
Gallery 330
330 West Main Street 830-307-3339 • www.gallery330.com Open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1-4 p.m. Gallery 330, located on West Main between Orange and Milam Streets, specializes in contemporary realism and impressionism. It represents established and emerging regional and national artists in a variety of styles and mediums.
Fredericksburg. They honor the historical significance of the town and have lovingly restored the 1908 August Itz building, where Gallery 330 is located, as well as two iconic restaurants, Crossroads Saloon & Steakhouse and Altdorf Biergarten.
The gallery was opened in October 2017 by Maggie and Gary Klenzing, who have a passion for art and for the community of
Gallery 330 is a proud participant in First Friday Art Walk and remains open until 8 p.m. for the monthly celebration.
The Good Art Company
218 West Main Street 830-997-1111 • goodartcompany.com Open Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m, Monday and Sunday by appointment The Good Art Company is a contemporary international gallery. Representing more than 40 artists from the Texas Hill Country to as far away as New York, Russia, and South Korea. The gallery hosts a diverse curation of modern and traditional art, including heavytextured oils, abstracts and contemporary Western paintings.
The gallery is located in the historic Schmidt-Dietz building and was featured in Texas Monthly’s August 2018 issue about small towns in an article titled “Creative Spaces.” The entire collection can be accessed by visiting the online gallery, and secure purchases can be made at any time.
Hill Country Images
830-342-7161 • Sales@HillCountryImages • www.hillcountryimages.com Kathy Weigand is an accomplished photographer and artist and a native of Fredericksburg. She was raised on a small ranch outside of town, and the family’s quarter horses and Hereford cattle were her favorite subjects to sketch as a youth.
photography degree by Professional Photographers of America (PPA), the oldest and largest photography association in the United States. Many of her images have earned the prestigious Loan Collection Award, the highest award PPA gives.
Weigand’s fine art, oils, prints and photographs have been acquired by collectors across the country and printed for corporate marketers, small business advertisers and a variety of publications. Her digital files are available at HillCountryImages. com and at www.kathyweigand.com.
The cowboy lifestyle is part of Weigand’s roots and one of her favorite subjects. She creates works of art that celebrate all things Western, from Native American tipis to Hill Country Landscapes to wild horses. As an advocate for wild horses, Weigand donates part of the proceeds from her wild horse prints and oils to The Cloud Foundation, a Colorado-based nonprofit.
A former PRCA Rodeo photographer, Weigand was awarded a master of
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nonprofit’s 51st annual juried show will include 129 works by women.
MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
Chuckling at Cows
“It’s the West, just a different look at it,” Beauchamp said. The connection with the CAA remains strong through the museum’s artist in residence, sculptor Jason Scull. He’s on site most days, ready for a visit with museum visitors.
The legend lives at the Museum of Western Art By Megan Willome
“He’s a great guy. Very fun and informative,” Beauchamp said. “He’s always got stuff in clay and waxes and molds to show.”
Sometimes when Darrell Beauchamp, executive director of the Museum of Western Art, passes a piece of artwork, it gives him an unexpected emotional jolt.
Located on 10 acres atop a hill in the heart of Kerrville, the 14,000-square-foot museum overlooks the Guadalupe River valley. Life-size bronzes on the grounds give visitors a glimpse of the enduring romance of all things Western.
“We’ve got a piece of art that’s four cows, staring at you. I walk by it and it makes me chuckle,” he said.
But the legend of the American West includes a lot more than cows.
During the pandemic some of the museum’s popular reoccurring events had to take a break, but they are slowly returning (details are always available online). Weddings, quinceañeras and other private events are still being held in the 7,000-square-foot outdoor pavilion. And a new virtual tour is also available.
“It’s about new adventures, a new way of life. It’s not just cowboys in a stream. It’s adventure, beautiful landscapes, wildlife,” Beauchamp said. The Museum of Western Art began in 1983 as the home for the Cowboy Artists of America (CAA). In 2003 the decision was made to expand the mission to include other artists’ work that reflects the West.
“There was a man in his 90s from New York City who said he’d love to see the museum but can’t make it right now. He’s so happy we put that virtual tour up because he finally got to see it,” Beauchamp said.
“Expanding was a positive move for everybody,” Beauchamp said. “Several Western artists in America are not native to America. Now we’re also able to include women, people of color.”
The museum’s permanent collection is extensive. Beauchamp says they rotate pieces every 60-90 days, to keep it fresh. “One of the big jokes in the museum world is the second you take down a popular work is when someone says they want to see it.
February 6-March 20 will feature an all-women show, “America the Beautiful: Women Artists of the West.” The fine art
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They walked in four or five years ago and really loved it and now they’ve come all the way down from Oregon and we took it down yesterday,” Beauchamp said. But he says to let the staff know if you have your heart set on seeing a particular piece.
“We need basics — housing and food and those things — but we also need to take care of our heart, our soul, and art does that. It allows us to dream and look at potential and possibility. It makes you think or be emotional,” he said.
“I’ll meet you at 2 a.m. if I know you’re coming,” he said.
Museum of Western Art 1550 Bandera Highway Kerrville
The museum’s Griff Carnes Research Center is a noncirculating library with 6,000 items.
Open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
“Even the biggest university libraries don’t have a section on the American West that’s as large as ours,” Beauchamp said. “There’s a photo of Larry McMurtry doing research here while he was writing ‘Lonesome Dove.’”
Museum members, active and retired military, first responders and children under 8 are free; children 9-17 and college students with ID are $5; and adults and seniors are $7.
Even though some plans have had to be adjusted in recent months, Beauchamp says it’s reminded him of why art matters: because it feeds the soul.
Online www.museumofwesternart.com
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Fredericksburg Art Guild & Gallery www.fredericksburgartguild.us
A 501-c 3 non-profit organization supported in part by PCAA/Oktoberfest and City of Fredericksburg HOT/MOT funds.
Gayle Wilson Donna Roche
Beth Hughes
Bonnie Bondurant
Nancy Hardison
Keith Shafer
Marion Loucks
Joyce Malatek
Jan Miller
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Fine Art Created Exclusively by Texas Artists
Melissa Starry
Truby Hardin
Therese McAteer
Nan Henke
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Open Fri - Sun 12-4 First Friday Art Walk 12-5 Variety of Art Classes Available
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Destination Art
Local galleries draw visitors to the Texas Hill Country
Jill Holland
jill@jillhollandart.com • 830-456-0422 • jillhollandart.com Jill Holland has been painting professionally for 18 years, and her work has been in individual and group shows around the country. Her paintings reside in private and corporate collections, both in the United States and abroad. A Fredericksburg local for 14 years, she recently returned to her home in Montana. She founded multiple successful art initiatives, including The Yellow Door Studio, First Friday Art Walk and the Fredericksburg Art Guide. She is also founder and CEO of Atlas & Arrow, a nonprofit philanthropic organization that raises money
for ministries and missions around the world, with a focus on widows and orphans. Holland’s work is represented in multiple high-end galleries, including Slate Gray Gallery in Kerrville and Telluride and Gregg Irby Gallery in Atlanta. She typically depicts hints of landscape in abstract form, leaving room for imagination to tell its own story. She gains inspiration from Scripture, travel and nature. Following no rules, Holland uses a wide range of mediums, often mixing them together to achieve the desired effect.
InSight Gallery
214 West Main Street 830-997-9920 • www.insightgallery.com Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sunday and Monday by appointment by calling 512-947-2916 or 830-998-4647 InSight Gallery represents a select group of today’s finest painters and sculptors. The 60 nationally recognized, award-winning artists are American Impressionist Society Masters, Cowboy Artists of America, Master Oil Painters of America and Pastel Society of America Masters. These artists are invited to participated in prestigious national museum shows, including Prix de West, Autry/Masters of the American West, Briscoe Museum’s “Night of Artists” and Eiteljorg Museum’s “Quest for the West.”
experience,” said Elizabeth Harris, who has owned and operated the gallery with her husband, Stephen, since 2015. The gallery is located in the 1907 Schwarz building, which was restored in 2010. “We realize how fortunate we are to have this much room — 8,000 square feet of open show space — tall ceilings, lots of natural light, original pine floors, original rock walls. It was an immaculate restoration,” she said. Harris shows everyone who walks in the door Fredericksburg hospitality. InSight often hosts artist demonstrations and talks that are open to the public. For First Friday Art Walk, InSight Gallery remains open until 8 p.m.
“Amid such esteemed artists, we strive to provide a welcoming and hospitable environment so that art collectors, art lovers and art novices alike can come and enjoy the
Kerr Arts & Cultural Center
228 Earl Garrett Street, Kerrville 78028 830-895-2911 • kacckerrville.com Open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kerr Arts and Cultural Center, better known as The Art Center, was founded in 1995 by local artists as an art destination in downtown Kerrville. The Art Center is located in the historic 1935 post office building, which was completely renovated into a first-class arts venue. Exhibits change once a month.
The Art Center is the home of the Southwest Gourd Fine Art Show and the Texas Furniture Makers Show, along with other exhibits throughout the year. The center also hosts cultural events and classes and workshops for artists of all ages and abilities. The gift shop features one-of-a-kind creations by local artists. Admission is always free.
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Koch Gallery
222 West Main Street 830-992-3124 • www.bertkoch.com Open Wednesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 1-4 p.m. Koch Gallery’s space in the heart of Fredericksburg evokes Santa Fe. Owner and collector Bert Koch carries a selection of hundreds of Native American paintings by Native American artists, including those affiliated with Apache, Cherokee, Choctaw, Kiowa, Navajo and Pueblo tribes in the Southwest and Oklahoma. The collection, more than 30 years in the making, includes vintage art from the 1920s. Each piece of art is labeled with the artist’s name and tribe.
collectible pieces by Native American artists that are really hard to find.” He also seeks to purchase art collections and artwork — both contemporary and modern — from individuals and estates. In addition, the gallery sells rugs from Navajo and Zapotec artisans, Pueblo pottery, bronze sculpture by Margaret Drake and jewelry from highly recognized Native American artists, including Artie Yellowhorse, whose Navajo-influenced silver creations are paired with quality stones.
“These vintage artists made huge contributions to the art world during their lifetime,” Koch said. “These are highly
Koch Gallery holds a reception until 8 p.m. for First Friday Art Walk.
Larry Jackson Fine Art & Antiques 201 East San Antonio Street 830-997-0073 • www.larryjacksonantiques.com Open Tuesday through Saturday 12-5 p.m.
For more than 20 years Larry Jackson Fine Art & Antiques has served Fredericksburg with its commitment to carry fine art, quality antiques and uncommon home decor. The gallery carries estate artwork by notable and collected artists, such as Vives Atsara, G. Harvey, Porfirio Salinas, Robert Pummill, Robert Wood and many others. Also featured are Western and contemporary bronzes and original paintings that complement contemporary households.
Jeannie Jackson, whose education focused on art and design. Her husband, Larry, brings 40 years of experience in art and antiques to the gallery. His expertise is recognized throughout the United States. “He is Fredericksburg’s very own ‘Antiques Roadshow’ expert,” Jackson said. The gallery specializes in helping clients indulge in artful living, with fine rugs, unique lighting, objects d’art and what Jeannie calls “unforgettables” of every imaginable description.
“We assist both first-time and long-time clients to select the perfect art, antiques, modern furnishings and accessories and create an up-to-date yet timeless look that will be enjoyed for a lifetime,” said co-owner
Larry and Jeannie Jackson are among the founding members of First Friday Art Walk and host a reception until 8 p.m.
Chuck and Barbara Mauldin 2barbaramauldinart.com • chuckmauldin.com
The Mauldins met when Chuck was a TA in an organic chemistry class and Barbara was a student, studying biology. They didn’t know they both liked art, although both began painting as children. Now they share a studio.
Chuck’s paintings explore light, using Hill Country livestock, barns and landscapes as subject matter. He says his training as a chemist fuels his work as an artist. “I think the common thing between the two is a strong curiosity, asking questions and finding answers,” he said.
“We did have to add on an addition,” Barbara said. The Mauldins both oil painting of landscapes. Barbara’s work is impressionistic and focuses on color, especially in cacti.
Both Mauldins are members of Oil Painters of America, both have had their work in national juried competitions, and both have had paintings printed on the cover of the Art Guide.
“Central Texas has a great variety of colors. We get a beautiful spring green and then all the flowers in spring and early summer has cactus blooms. In fall we get those red oaks and along the rivers, sycamores and cypress turning,” she said.
For more information about either Barbara or Chuck’s work, contact Gallery 330. “We’re very happy to be represented on Main Street in Fredericksburg,” Chuck said.
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CHARLES MORIN
New In Town
Today, Morin is recognized for his outstanding collection of vintage Texas art, be it oil paintings, antique horn furniture, or 19th century utilitarian pottery.
Charles Morin Is Moving In By Sallie Lewis Standard-Radio Post contributor
Opening a location in Fredericksburg has been a deep-seeded dream for Morin and the decision to do so came about serendipitously. This fall, he delivered a painting by artist Sam Wilson to RS Hanna Gallery, where The Oil Painters of America National Exhibition was taking place. After the show, when he returned to retrieve the painting, he noticed a small “For Rent” sign hanging on the gallery’s front door. He promptly called the owner,
Inside Charles Morin Fine Art, located at 244 West Main Street, sunlight streams through high glass windows, illuminating canvases colored with Spanish matadors, Texas bluebonnets and Old West Mexican bandits. In what was previously RS Hanna Gallery, San Antonio native Charles Morin is bringing a vintage vibe and discerning niche to Fredericksburg’s burgeoning art scene.
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signed the lease, and was open by November’s First Friday Art Walk.
The gallerist grew up in the Alamo City with an entrepreneurial spirit dating back to third grade, when he and his friends formed a small club at school. In those days, Morin brought trinkets, rocks and candy to class and sold them to his peers. “That was the start of it all,” he said. “It was a thrill to make a few nickels or dimes on something I found in my parents’ junk drawer.”
Much like his San Antonio opening, Morin’s mentality has been, ‘If you build it, they will come.’ “I knew my San Antonio location would become very successful and it has,” he said of his legion of loyal clientele adding, “I feel the same thing here … There is electricity in the air.”
While he didn’t know much about art growing up, his self-proclaimed “passion for old things” was passed down from his father, who instilled in him a love of old cars. “I wish I could have lived at various times in the past,” he said. “I wanted to go Back to the Future way before Michael J. Fox did.”
On a recent tour, he paced the gallery’s wooden floors, pointing out works by Comfort artist P.L. Hohnstedt and Paul Schumann from Galveston before stopping at a painting titled El Cordobés by Porfirio Salinas. A woman walked in recently and told Morin she had seen the famed bullfighter in Spain years ago. “That’s what makes this so fun, when you know a cool story that goes with these things,” he said.
Over the years, Morin’s interest in history continued, and he owned an antique store in New Braunfels for 25 years before opening his acclaimed gallery in San Antonio’s Alamo Heights neighborhood. “I started seeing a trend
Luckily, no matter what day you visit, stories abound in Morin’s company. He calls his 36
canvases “old friends” and passionately shares his immense knowledge and historical acumen with his worldly clientele. Most of Morin’s collection is comprised of famous, deceased Texas artists, one of which he’s dedicated an entire room to. The “G. Harvey Room,” named after the late Fredericksburg painter, Gerald Harvey Jones, boasts 10 of his works — including one titled Cowboy Campground. In it, a fly fisherman casts his line, as smoke rises from a distant campfire and sunlight sparkles on the surface of the water. “That’s what put G. Harvey on the map was having light and motion in his paintings,” said Morin, “He knew how to capture the light.” Also in this room are five additional canvases by Porfirio Salinas, whose paintings hung in the White House during President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration. As with his San Antonio gallery, Morin has something here for a wide range of budgets, be it a small $250 painting or an investment piece priced at north of $350,000. “To me, both of those collectors are the same. They love the art and I love them,” he shared. The most rewarding experiences, he says, come from the sensory, emotional connections people have with the work, the artist, and the history.
“When people buy from my gallery, they are not just buying a painting; they are also buying me. I know the provenance of many of the pieces and can share interesting stories about them as well,” he explained. Next year, Morin looks forward to immersing himself in the fabric of Fredericksburg. “The folks that live here are rabid fans of their town — they are passionate like I am about vintage Texas paintings,” he said. Located a few steps down Main Street is the well-loved Insight Gallery, owned and operated by Elizabeth and Stephen Harris. “We were so saddened when Hanna Gallery closed,” said Elizabeth adding, “We couldn’t be more thrilled that another gallery went in there. The more great galleries there are in town, the more great people will come to Fredericksburg.” Ernie Loeffler is the president and CEO at the Fredericksburg Convention and Visitor Bureau and shared in Harris’s sentiment. “The gallery scene in Fredericksburg is continuously evolving,” he said. “The FCVB welcomes Charles Morin to an anchor building in the West Main Arts and Entertainment District. With their original gallery in San Antonio, their knowledge of the arts market will strengthen our community of artists and galleries here.”
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Destination Art
Local galleries draw visitors to the Texas Hill Country
Charles Morin Fine Art
244 West Main Street 210-710-6305 • www.vintagetexaspaintings.com Open Tuesday through Sat-urday 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Charles Morin’s gallery opened just in time for a late fall First Friday Art Walk. It’s a second location for Morin, whose other gallery is in walking distance of McNay Art Museum in San Antonio.
Julian Onderdonk and his father, Robert Jenkins Onderdonk.
Morin owns more than 1,400 highly collectible paintings, and 95 % of the work displayed in his galleries belongs to him.
Morin also carries notable work by Janet Lippincott and Birger Sandzén, and a few works by living artists, including Martin Grelle, a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, and Steve Forbis’ colored pencil draw-ings that look like photographs.
“I sell art by famous dead people. My specialty is G. Harvey,” Morin said. “You can’t just go to any gallery and find these paintings.”
Morin’s collection includes 19th century Texas pottery and furniture alongside custom handmade furniture by Rex White.
The Fredericksburg gallery also includes paintings by Texas legends such as Porfirio Salinas, Charles Beckendorf, Everett Spruce,
Morin says his visitors don’t need to know a lot about art to appreciate what he carries — what matters is if the art “makes you happy.”
The Museum of Western Art
1550 Bandera Highway, Kerrville 78028 830-896-2553 • www.museumofwesternart.com Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The legend of the West lives at the Museum of Western Art, which grew out of the Cowboy Artists of America (CAA), an invitation-only group. CAA member and sculptor Jason Scull is the resident artist, working in a studio on the grounds. Just step on the porch and knock on the sliding glass door to say hello.
The interactive Journey West exhibition in the Children’s Gallery allows kids to dress in period clothing, climb aboard a Conestoga wagon and sit inside a tipi. The museum was the last structure designed by noted Texas architect O’Neil Ford. The Fred Fellows life-size bronze “An Honest Day’s Work” is the museum’s most-photographed item.
Many authors — including James Michener, for “Texas,” and Larry McMurtry, for “Lonesome Dove” — have worked in the museum’s noncirculating library, the Griff Carnes Research Center.
Outside the 14,000-square-foot building, the Masel S. Quinn Pavilion overlooks the city of Kerrville and hosts outdoor events and education activities. The last Saturday of every month is Family Free Day, and Wild West Wine Wednesdays features libations from a local winery, brewery or distillery along with an art talk.
The museum’s permanent collection includes 150 sculptures and 250 paintings by artists working from the mid-20th century through today. Artifacts, including knives, guns and saddles, are also on display.
Nan Henke
nanhenke@gmail.com • www.nanhenke.com • www.TexasHillCountryArt.etsy.com Nan Henke teaches Simple Watercolors workshops at Fredericksburg Art Guild. The classes, held once a month from January through October, are non-judgmental, with a lot of laughter. No art experience is required. Each workshop focuses on creating one or two small paintings while learning watercolor basics. One of Henke’s goals is to help artists understand why watercolor works differently and to build confidence using this unpredictable medium. “I like watercolor because you can’t completely control it” Henke said. “You have to be OK with it doing what it wants to do. 40
You can’t expect to end up with the exact picture that you had in mind when you started.” She also teaches how to emphasize watercolor’s brilliance and transparency by outlining it with ink. “We enjoy following every strange, odd place that the watercolor went,” she said. “Even if there’s a mistake, we use the ink to highlight it.” Each two-hour workshop costs $40 and each one is different, so they do not need to be taken in order. Classes take place at 308 East Austin Street. Contact Henke via email for registration information.
Matt Henn
matthennart@gmail.com • 210-859-3784 Studio tour available by appointment Matt Henn, a Vietnam veteran and selftaught artist, is drawn to landscapes, especially in New Mexico, California and Texas. He’s been a studio painter for 35 years, using everything from heavily layered palette knife to lightly textured brushstrokes. There is rarely a building or a person in his paintings.
Henn primarily exhibits in Las Cruces, New Mexico, often called “Santa Fe South.” He’s known for his paintings of the Bosque del Apache as well as Big Bend, the Gulf Coast and the Texas Hill Country. He makes his home in Fredericksburg. Henn shows his paintings without frames, leaving the work to speak for itself and be a little more affordable.
“I find nature to be so incredibly beautiful — rain, sleet, snow, whatever God’s given me this day. I’m trying to convey that in my paintings, what I see, and I put some of my voice into it,” Henn said.
“I want everyday Joes to have a piece of art in their house,” he said. “Of all the people in the world, you’re the only person that has this original piece of artwork — not just my art but anybody’s art. It’s a powerful thing when you think about it.”
He started with acrylics and then one day his wife brought home some tubes of oil paint for him, and he’s worked with oils ever since. He also stretches his own canvases.
Highland Arts Guild & Gallery
318 Main Street, Marble Falls 78654 830-693-7324 • www.highlandartsguild.org • Instagram @highlandarts.gallery Open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (5 p.m. in the warm months) Highland Arts Guild & Gallery will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2021. The nonprofit serves professional and up-and-coming artists in the region. The guild owns its building and every six months holds a drawing among its 60 members for exhibit space within the gallery. All the art is original. Artists who are in-terested in membership come by the gallery and fill out an application. The gallery’s biggest shows are in the spring and fall. “We are always changing out the artwork. That could be every week or monthly, depending on when they have new artwork and can bring it,” said guild member Donna Bland. “We’re always trying to reach out to new artists.”
Throughout the year the guild holds demonstrations with professional artists. It also holds weekly classes in topics like acrylic, oil, water-color, pastel and pen-and-ink drawing. Anyone can sign up for a class — guild membership is not required. In the summer the guild holds a one-week camp for kids ages 5-15. “It gets filled as soon as parents hear about it because it’s such a hit,” Bland said. The guild also visits assisted living facilities to help residents complete a project. “They have so much fun doing that,” Bland said. “It’s giving back to the area, is what it is.”
Highland Lakes Creative Arts P.O. Box 8936, Horseshoe Bay 78657 info@hlcarts.com • www.hlcarts.com
Highland Lakes Creative Arts (HLCA) is a nonprofit arts group that grew out of its events — Paint the Town, a juried plein air competition and sale, and Sculpture on Main, a street festival. In 2021 both events will be combined, with Paint the Town taking place May 2-8 and Sculpture on Main running concurrently, May 6-8. This year’s judge for Paint The Town will be Mark Fehlman, architect and fine artist. Sculpture on Main will include smaller-scale tabletop items as well as larger pieces.
drop, the wind picks up,” he said. “A real plein air artist is about half-mountaineer and half-artist.” The rest of the year HLCA invests in future artists. It works with school districts in Burnet and Marble Falls, donating art supplies and underwriting a student art book. In addition, Paint the Town includes a student art day in which young people are paired with a painting mentor for the afternoon. HLCA also partners with the Phoenix Center’s art therapy program, addressing children and families with mental health needs.
Bill Rives, president of HLCA loves watching plein air artists work (including his wife).
During the holidays HLCA sponsors live ice sculpture carving as part of Christmas in Marble Falls. More information is available at facebook.com/Highlandlakescreativearts.
“To paint is incredible, but to paint a scene in which light is constantly changing, shadows are changing, temperatures can
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THE MUSEUM OF WESTERN ART
...Where the legend lives
Visit the Hill Country’s premiere western art museum, featurinng special exhibits throughout the year
Through January 30: Our Favorites: Selected Works from the Permanent Collection February: Women Artists of the West 51st National Exhibition March 26 - May 29: Works from Our Permanent Collection - and Schreiner Indian Artifacts Collection June 4 - July 31: Trappings of the American West August 6 - Sept. 17: Works From our Permanent Collection September 20 - Oct. 30: 38th Annual Roundup Exhibition and Sale Nov. 5 - January 29, 2022: Works from Our Permanent Collection
Open Tues-Sat - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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1550 Bandera Hwy., Kerrville TX 78028 - museumofwesternart.com - 830.896.2553
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Kerr Arts & Cultural Center
Tues-Sat 10 am - 4 pm Free Admission
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Destination Art
Local galleries draw visitors to the Texas Hill Country
River’s Edge
832 & 838 Water Street, Kerrville 78028 830-895-5184 • riversedgegallery.net Open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment Debbie and Mike Wilson own River’s Edge, “The Jewel of Kerrville.” The 20,000-squarefoot gallery also offers fine art printing and custom framing.
Wilson specializes in conservation of family heirlooms, priceless art and vintage photographs. “I do 3-D objects, like flags, Army uniforms. My favorite one was a CIA agent’s guns and handcuffs and badges,” Wilson said. “I do a lot of things like that that other frame shops have no idea how to do. When I frame it, you can’t even tell how it’s attached.”
“I’m not trying to be an upper-end gallery. I want to be a middle-class gallery, where they walk in and the artwork is affordable,” Debbie Wilson said. “We’re the best-kept secret in Kerrville.”
Her favorite part of the job is the stories she hears as customers bring in valued heirlooms and trust River’s Edge to preserve them.
River’s Edge represents about 30 artists, including painters, sculptors and jewelrymakers. Some of the art is traditional, some is contemporary, and some is straight-up bizarre, and that’s the eclectic mix the gallery wants.
“We try to save our customers as much money as possible but give them the art they deserve,” Wilson said.
Slate Gray Gallery
1235 Earl Garrett Street, Kerrville 78028 830-315-3150 • www.slategraygallery.com Open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. or by appointment
Slate Gray Gallery at August E’s 203 East San Antonio Street 830-997-1585 Open Tuesday through Saturday 5-9 p.m.
Slate Gray Gallery has three locations — one in Telluride, Colorado, one in Kerrville and now one at August E’s restaurant in Fredericksburg. The gallery is owned by Beth McLaughlin, who describes herself as a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Much of the art leans contemporary and reflects a Hill Country modern aesthetic. Many of the artists are from Texas, but McLaughlin has also found others in her international travels. “I’m always on the hunt for exceptional talent to bring back,” she said.
“Art is more of a personal passion. I’ve always been a collector myself,” McLaughlin said. “Our mission is to support artists by giving them a venue to promote and sell their art. Profits from gallery sales go right back out the door into our community to support arts-based nonprofits.”
The collection rotates every three months or so. The Kerrville and Telluride locations also house an extensive collection of artisancrafted luxury jewelry. Check the gallery’s website and social media accounts for upcoming special events, including Instagram: @slategraykerrville and @slategraytelluride. Slate Gray Gallery at August Es participates in Fredericksburg’s First Friday Art Walk.
The gallery represents both up-and-coming artists as well as nationally recognized talents who show original pieces of art in a variety of mediums, including oil, acrylic and pastel.
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R. Bolton Smith
620-245-8566 • rboltonsmith.com R. Bolton Smith has traveled the world, making art, buying art and selling art. But there’s something special to him about Fredericksburg.
It’s important to Smith to have giclées made from his paintings. “That way everyone can, if they wish, have an image from Fredericksburg,” he said.
“I like the traditional quality of the town and the fact that so many of the buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places,” Smith said. “I loved painting the villages in Germany, and that’s what reminds me so much of Fredericksburg.”
Smith designed the official poster for the 40th Oktoberfest celebration, coming in October. He’s also painted a whimsical view of Marktplatz at Christmas, with the German pyramid and giant lit tree. After living here there and everywhere, Smith is happy to settle in Fredericksburg.
Smith likes to include people in his paintings, along with antique cars. Lately he has been doing commissioned work for local wineries, much of which will become available this year. Three of his originals are at Larry Jackson Fine Art & Antiques.
“It’s refreshing to be in such a charming town. It’s unusual for such a small town to have such a volume of outside visitors,” he said. “We love the art aspect and the historical aspect and the nice people.”
URBANHerbal
407 Whitney Street 830-456-9667 • www.urbanherbal.com Open Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment UrbanHerbal is off the beaten path — and that’s a good thing. Away from the bustle of downtown, visitors find art in three exhibit spaces, as well as a network of gardens, a labyrinth, a greenhouse filled with beautiful plants and a gift shop of handmade herbal products. UrbanHerbal also offers private classes and is available for weddings and special events. The expanded shop and laboratory sell comestibles, fragrances, skin care, candles and more. Each item is made on-site by founder and owner Bill Varney. He calls UrbanHerbal “a natural antidote to the routine.” The gallery exhibits local artists. Each is actively involved with the gallery and in turn,
Varney spotlights a different artist at each First Friday Art Walk, building an entire event around their work. Varney, a former restaurateur, founded Fredericksburg Herb Farm and is the author of the award-winning book “Herbs.” He’s been featured on the Food Network for his knowledge of all things herbal. And he serves on the board of The Herb Society of America and oversees the south central region of the U.S., including Texas and parts of Arkansas and Oklahoma. During First Friday Art Walk URBANHerbal hosts a reception until 8 p.m.
The Yellow Door Studio
810 North Llano Street 830-456-1097 • www.theyellowdoorstudio.com Schedule available online “The story of our little studio is simple,” said Camille Cohn, owner of the Yellow Door. “We wanted to create community around art. Young, old, experienced or novice — all are welcome. Together we hope our studio educates, inspires and enriches our community.”
art kits, which include supplies and access to instructional videos with step-by-step directions. This year will include more classes with different materials, tools and projects that will help people reconnect their mind to their hands. Cohn says the studio is expanding into the space next door.
For adults, the Yellow Door offers Saturday evening paint-and-sip classes, workshops taught by local artists, art history classes and plein air painting experiences around Fredericksburg and at local wineries. For children, the studio provides after school and homeschool art programs for students from kindergarten through high school, along with kids camps and painting parties. During 2020 the studio added a variety of take-home
“The addition will include a ceramics studio that will offer Paint Your Own Pottery and memberships for people wanting to practice hand-building and wheel-throwing,” she said. Contact Cohn for more information about classes or to schedule private parties or team-building events.
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Afsary, Cyrus........................................Insight Gallery Agerton, Mallory...................................... Gallery 330 Ahmad, Umbreen...........................Slate Gray Gallery Alsworth, Paulette..... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Anderson, Carolyn...............................Insight Gallery Archer, Cindy................. Highland Art Guild & Gallery Arnold, Carol ..................................Slate Gray Gallery Atherholt, Blair......................................... Gallery 330
Deane, LeNell.............. River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Dechert, Caroline.. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Dempsey, Nora...... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg de Wolf, Virgina..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Doellinger, Mick...................................Insight Gallery Donahue, Terry......................................... Gallery 330 Dormer, John.............. River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Dorr, Tom.............................................Insight Gallery Douzat, Ann........... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Duke, Leslie..........................................Insight Gallery Dunaway, Michelle...............................Insight Gallery Dykes, Curtis............... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville
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Baltzer, Ann............ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Balyon, Andre.............. Gallery 330 Estate Collection Banfield, Jan.......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Bauer, Hans................. River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Beauford, Judi............... Highland Art Guild & Gallery Beckendorf, Ben................. URBANherbal Art Gallery Beezley, Jack R............... Highland Art Guild & Gallery Bennett, Annette.. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Benitez, Sylvia.................................Slate Gray Gallery Bennett, John........................................... Gallery 330 Bodelson, Dan......................................Insight Gallery Bondurant, Bonnie..................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild, URBANherbal Art Gallery Borman, Phil Bob.................................Insight Gallery Bosch, Carla.............................................. Gallery 330 Brechun, Larisa......................................... Gallery 330 Briggs, Charlie..................... URBANherbal Art Gallery Brodnax, Vee Ann.Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Browne, Jeremy..................................Insight Gallery Browning, Tom....................................Insight Gallery Brummer, Maryann..... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Bruvel, Gil........................................Slate Gray Gallery Buchholz, Mary Ross............................Insight Gallery Bumann, George..................................Insight Gallery Burdick, Scott......................................Insight Gallery Bush, Bill ..............................................Insight Gallery Bush, Nancy.........................................Insight Gallery
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Elliott, Teresa.......................................Insight Gallery Els, Donna.............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Eppler, Jim...........................................Insight Gallery Erickson, Lynn................ Highland Art Guild & Gallery
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Faulkner, Dinan....Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Fawcett, John......................................Insight Gallery Banfield, Jan.......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Fletcher, Cynthia.....................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Fox, Crystal........... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, URBANherbal Art Gallery Fox, James.......................... URBANherbal Art Gallery Freeman, Karen ............................Slate Gray Gallery Fullerton, Joan................................Slate Gray Gallery Fromme, Dalton.... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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Garrett, Beth......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Gerhartz, Daniel F. ..............................Insight Gallery Gillespie, Anna....... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Gillespie, Michael........ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville George, Robbie...... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Gillespie, Michael........ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Gleye, Susan........................ URBANherbal Art Gallery Gleyn, Suza............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Gonske, Walt........................................Insight Gallery Gonzalez, Juan Maria.......... URBANherbal Art Gallery Gordon, Carol......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Greene, Bruce......................................Insight Gallery Greening, Kim................ Highland Art Guild & Gallery Griffin, David........................................Insight Gallery Grimm, Brian........................................Insight Gallery Gutting, Abigail....................................Insight Gallery Gruver, Shirley Burell...............................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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Carter, Sallie........... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Carver, Jill.............................................Insight Gallery Cavin, Cliff................... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Christensen, Cheri...............................Insight Gallery Clark, Douglas......................................Insight Gallery Clark, Ruby Lee..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, URBANherbal Art Gallery Cochran, Clover.......... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Coleman, John.....................................Insight Gallery Coleman, Nicholas...............................Insight Gallery Coon, Nancy........... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Cotton, Brent.......................................Insight Gallery Cox, Stephanie.................... URBANherbal Art Gallery Crow, Tyler...........................................Insight Gallery Cunninghan, Beth....................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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Hager, Cecilia .................................Slate Gray Gallery Hall, Linda............... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Hanna, John Austin................................... Gallery 330 Hardie, Eldridge...................................Insight Gallery Harper, Cristall.......................................... Gallery 330 Hardin, Truby........ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Hardison, Nancy..................Fredericksburg Art Guild
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Dance, Maryneil..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Dance, Tom............ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Davis, Julie................................................ Gallery 330
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Harvey, G...................... Gallery 330 Estate Collection Haworth, Mark.....................................Insight Gallery Henke, Nan............ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild, URBANherbal Art Gallery Hild, Brenda........... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Hipsky, Svetlana.... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Holland, Jill......................................Slate Gray Gallery Hotard, Susan........................................... Gallery 330 House, Felice...................................Slate Gray Gallery Howell, Virginia...... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Huang, Qiang.......................................Insight Gallery Hughes, Beth........ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild , URBANherbal Art Gallery Hunt, Jane............................................Insight Gallery Hussey, Tom................ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville
Mauldin, Chuck......................................... Gallery 330 McAleer, Michael.................Fredericksburg Art Guild McAteer, Therese................Fredericksburg Art Guild McCarthy, Frank...................Museum of Western Art McComack, Suzanne................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg McCoy, Irene Cookie... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville McGhee, Rod............... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville McGraw, Sherrie..................................Insight Gallery Merkel, Yvonne...... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Meyer, Susu.....................................Slate Gray Gallery Miller, Connie......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Michael, Garrett..............................Slate Gray Gallery Miller, Jan.............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild, URBANherbal Art Gallery Miller, Pat............... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Miller, Patti............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Miller, Tom............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild, URBANherbal Art Gallery Minns, Debbie........ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Mittag, Bill................... Gallery 330 Estate Collection Morgan, Jim.........................................Insight Gallery Morhart, Suzanne....................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Moore, Robert.....................................Insight Gallery Morse, Mary Kaye Sawyer.......................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Murphy, Louise..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, URBANherbal Art Gallery
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Ivy, Ronda........................... URBANherbal Art Gallery
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Jackson, Ann.......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Jenkins, Sue................... Highland Art Guild & Gallery Jenschke, Stacy..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Johnson, Mary Helen...............................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Joyce, Peggy......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Justice, Janet......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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Kauachi, Loine........ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Keese, Travis............... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Kiesler, Kate.............................................. Gallery 330 Koch, Francois.....................................Insight Gallery Kolb, Alice.............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
Northup, Kay............................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Insight Gallery Noyd, Martin.......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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Odom, Kathie............................................ Gallery 330 Odom, Patty.......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Oldham, Karen....... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg O’Neill, Edyth......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Oreland, Joe.........................................Insight Gallery Opio, Melissa......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, URBANherbal Art Gallery
Lafferty, Donna..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Lake, Stevie Jo.......................................... Gallery 330 Land, Marc............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Larson, Grace......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Larsen, John................ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Latta, CJ......................................................Auer Haus Lechoszest, Damian.............................Insight Gallery Leddy, Judy............ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Lee, Mary.............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Leffel, David A......................................Insight Gallery LeVitt, Michael............... Highland Art Guild & Gallery Lewis, Jhenna Quinn............................Insight Gallery Liang, Calvin.........................................Insight Gallery Linka, Lyn............... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Lively, Marianna..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Loffler, Richard....................................Insight Gallery Lott, Katherine...............................Slate Gray Gallery Loucks, Marion...... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Loyd, Barbara......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Lux, Cathy.............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Lyon, Susan..........................................Insight Gallery
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Pape, Marsha......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Pate, Monika............... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Patty, Renie................ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Pendleton, Dusty............................Slate Gray Gallery Peralta, JoAnn.....................................Insight Gallery Peveto, Lucy...................................Slate Gray Gallery Phillips, Maren............ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Perry, Grant.............................................. Gallery 330 Pohl, Eric.........................................Slate Gray Gallery Potter, Joan.........................................Insight Gallery Pro, Tony..............................................Insight Gallery Pruden, Nancy Paris.......................Slate Gray Gallery Pummill, Robert..................................Insight Gallery
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Quattlebaum, Kevin............ URBANherbal Art Gallery
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Ma, Kyle................................................Insight Gallery Mahlke, Denise LaRue............................... Gallery 330 Malatek, Joyce Roland.............................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Martin, Tom............ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Mason, Deb........... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Mauldin, Barbara......................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Gallery 330
Rasberry, John.......................................... Gallery 330 Renick, Pat............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Reynolds, Robert.................................Insight Gallery Rhys, George............... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Ricketson, Jerry........................................ Gallery 330 Riley, David Frederick..........................Insight Gallery Robb, Laura..........................................Insight Gallery Roberti, Kim................... Highland Art Guild & Gallery Roche, Donna.....................Fredericksburg Art Guild
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Thompson, Susie.... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Thurman, Judy............... Highland Art Guild & Gallery Titovets, Aleksander............................Insight Gallery Titovets, Lyuba....................................Insight Gallery Tracy, Susan Crawford.............................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Tseng, Hsin-Yao....................................Insight Gallery Tucker, Ezra............................................... Gallery 330 Turner Cecy................. River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Turner Colin................. River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Tyler, Clive R.........................................Insight Gallery
Rodriguez, George...................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Roldan-de-Moras, Gladys....................Insight Gallery Roland, Martha..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg Art Guild Ronstadt, Laura..... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Rothberg, Jenne.... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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Sackett, Louise........... River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Sanchez, Carla..................... URBANherbal Art Gallery Sander, Sherry Salari................................ Gallery 330 Savides, Stefan......................................... Gallery 330 Savoie, Donald....................Fredericksburg Art Guild Schenck, Billy.......................................Insight Gallery Scheuer, Johnnette.................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Scott, Lindsay......................................Insight Gallery Scroggins, Penny... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Self, John .......................................Slate Gray Gallery Seminara, Carol...... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Situ, Mian.............................................Insight Gallery Shafer, Keith.......................Fredericksburg Art Guild Shann, Doreen....... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Shepard, Mary............ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Skoog, Nancy......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Smith, Allison Leigh.................................. Gallery 330 Smith Anita................. River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Smith, Linda........... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Smith, Sharon........ Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Snuffer, James............ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Spencer, Bob.......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Spencer, Jo Anne... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Stanbolova, Slavyanka...Highland Art Guild & Gallery Starry, Melissa.....................Fredericksburg Art Guild Stehling, Dorothy.. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Stout, Dale..................... Highland Art Guild & Gallery Swanzy, Bernadine..................................Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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Umbreen, Ahmad...........................Slate Gray Gallery Untiedt, Michael Ome..........................Insight Gallery
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Vantz, Ron.............. Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Vojkovich, Marija.... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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Walker, Ann Kraft.................................Insight Gallery Walker, Dyana............. River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Walton, Kay.................................................Auer Haus Weeden, Patricia... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Weigand, Kathy...... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Weiss, Peggy...................................Slate Gray Gallery Weistling, Brittany...............................Insight Gallery Wilkinson, Carolyn.Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Williams, Fredda.... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Williams, John..................... URBANherbal Art Gallery Wilson, Mike................ River’s Edge Gallery, Kerrville Wilton, Joan........... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Winborg, Jeremy.................................Insight Gallery Winters, Sara............................................ Gallery 330 Witters, Fred......... Die Künstler von Fredericksburg
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