COUPS DE CŒUR

Agnes Bourely

ARTIST

Agnès Bourély is a French artist. She lives and works in Houston. Her drawings, canvases and polyptychs narrate us in large format the journey. In each of her expatriations, she tells us on paper or canvas the poetry of life “Far from their place”. www.barbaradavisgallery.com

Sarah Williams

ARTIST

Sarah Williams states - “In this new body of work, I continue to use my paintings as a way to honor my own regional history which I will always tie to my upbringing in north Missouri. My pride and passion for the rural Midwest remains as strong as it ever was, but now that comes through in my paintings like a witness’ perspective. Each time I return home to visit family, I notice more and more store fronts are empty along our Main Street. The rate of entropy on places that seemed so grand and central to my town is surprising.” www.moodygallery.com

From left: Sarah Williams - NOMO , Sullivan Building , Thorneburg’s Restaurant , Browning Leader Record , oil on board 24x24 in.

Nicole Dextras’ studio practice utilizes film and transformative and often immersive installations to explore the concept of existential fragility and to mark the evolution of time. Last summer, her solo exhibition at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, A Dressing the Future: The Ecofiction of Nicole Dextras marked the debut of her work in Texas. www. nicoledextras.com

Lynet McDonald

ARTIST

Lynet McDonald was born and raised in Mexico City and moved to the US at the age of 15. She has lived in many cities in the US since then. Houston has been her favorite city and is where she currently resides. She started drawing people and self-portraits at a very young age mainly to feel better and to cope during difficult times. She found out as a child that pouring her emotions into the women in her drawings and paintings would give her a great sense of relief. www.artbylynet.com