Eva Konopka incorporates aviation into her artwork

From The Leader: Konopka incorporates aviation into abstract artworkFollow Eva Konopka @miinneeaa I love asking artists in interviews what would surprise readers, friends and customers the most about them several years ago. It’s a fun question with very surprising answers. I didn’t have ask Eva that question – I knew – the colorful abstract color … Read more

New Year Resolve

Sculpture by Heather Squires Designs An Art Valet supplement from The Leader Newspaper. A few missed and extra NY resolutions sent to me by 1st Saturday Market Artists for this fun column published the first week of January 2022. Enjoy! Jeff Woodruff (He’s got a precisionist sense of humor) I’ve been trying to train my … Read more

29th Annual ArtCrawl at Hardy & Nance Studios

Extra from Art Valet: Crawl around town to celebrate city’s creatives Hardy & Nance Facebook Invite 29th Annual ARTCRAWL:SATURDAY – November 20, 202110:00am – 9:00pmHardy & Nance Studios will also be open two additional days for extending viewing:PREVIEW FRIDAY, November 19th, 6p – 9pWIND DOWN SUNDAY, November 21st, Noon – 5pAn event in which artists … Read more

ArtCrawl Houston 2021

A little extra here. Read the interview in my column Art Valet here. This event showcases the artists & businesses in this small cluster of warehouses, a secret little triangle just north of downtown between I-10, San Jacinto Street & I-59.This event takes place in the original, historical oldest surviving warehouse district in Houston. The … Read more

Charles Washington

Charles is an awesome artist and has lot to offer emerging artists. I had a fun visit with him for this column. Charles has a lot of projects going on! Follow along to see what’s up! NOT everything makes the column – so I add some extras here. Read it > Art Valet: Pop into … Read more

The Pool Noodle

Art Valet, September 14, 2021: Don’t let rain dictate day at market The ever popular pool noodle is a cylindrical piece of buoyant polyethylene foam. Ha, it’s a freaking pool noodle.We put them up in the corner of the tent to push the canopy up to allow rain water to roll off and not collect. … Read more

Rocio de Montserrat Villegas Santoy

D’Montserrat – is her art name. I am fascinated with long names and D’Montserrat (Rocio) has a great one! Read her interview here: D’Montserrat makes statements with work. One more interesting tidbit D’Montserrat shared with me: I have a recent fascination, and hobby for makeup. Approximately 2 or 3 years ago I started my makeup … Read more

Labor Day Weekend Events

Painting by Teresa Staley

The past couple of week’s I’ve written about 2 events happening this Saturday, September 4. I wanted to recap in one place. Archway Gallery, 2305 Dunlavy, presents Parallel Journey, featuring new paintings by Cookie Wells and wood furniture by Tom Wells. It’s a cool story, check it out here. Couple showcases new art at Archway … Read more

Houston creatives show love for The Leader

Art Valet in The Leader, June 23 > https://www.theleadernews.com/the_arts/art-valet So cool to read the notes I got on this one. I like to elaborate sometimes and include any extra photos. Below are the stories I wrote about each of the artists in this week’s column. Lisa Morales & Stacy Gresell: Thought Hive’ brings buzz to … Read more