Artists of the Big Bend
James A. Mangum; Marathon; email:
saintmaker@hotmail.com; www.saintmaker.us/saintmaker.html. Award winning writer & folk artist-paintings and scuptures, mixed media, using recycled,
scrap and found objects; at Front Street Books,
Marathon.
Mary Ann Matteson; Alpine; email:
mabmatteson@gmail.com;
Award winning writer & folk artist-paintings and scuptures, mixed media
Mimi y Roberto; 704 E. Ave B, Alpine, 432-837-1099;
Handmade pottery by two local potters who have
studied in Japan, Italy, and Canada. Galleries: Kiowa,
Front St. Books.
Jan Moeller; a representational watercolorist fascinated
with the play of color in shadow and light. This expression of color is reflected in her work. Shows at CatchLight Art Gallery.
Glenn Moreland; 206 Madrone, Fort Davis, TX,
glenn@texcowboy.cowboy Artist, wood carver, specializing in the humor of everyday cowboy life. Work
shown in the Gallery at Fort Davis; Cattlelacs, Manchaca, TX and The Trappings Show, Sul Ross Univ.
Patty Moreland; 113 N. State St., Fort Davis, TX, 512627-5943, pathazel@yahoo.com. Studio in The
Gallery above Fort Davis Drug Store. Traditional paintings, acrylic, watercolor, oil, from still life to landscapes. Graduate of SWT Univ. Fine Arts, 1971.
Karen Nakakihara; Functional & sculptural ceramic
pieces. Her work features imagery of natural objects
ranging from realistic to delightfully whimsical.
Shows at Gallery on the Square.
Johanna Nelson; 432-940-9506,
zjohanna.nelson@yahoo.com,
www.johannanelson.tumblr.com
Johanna studied Industrial Technology and Art at
SRSU; she is currently working on her MBA, with a
focus on Economics at UTEP. Ms. Nelson has lived in
Alpine, Lajitas, an Parral, Chihuahua, MX over the
past decade. She operated a student art gallery in
Alpine for 4 yrs and has sold her art to clients all over
the world for the past 10 yrs. Her main focus continues to lie in the unique shapes and structure of the
Chihuahuan Desert. West Texas desert vistas are her
inspiration throughout many of her landscapes.
PETEI; P.O. Box 218, Alpine, TX 79831-0218, 432837-1036, petei@sbcglobal.net
Multi - media artist, photography – jewelry – woven
shawls and rugs – note cards / nature print – pen
and ink – photo – botanical illustration.
Ruben Pena; Alpine, 432-755-8107,
morinpena@yahoo.com, Internet art site; mordelapena.
Contemporary abstract airbrush paintings. Studio
portrait photographs including pets. Special events
and quinceaneras.
J. Pena; 415 East Ave. H, Alpine, 432-837-3484,
email: sotota@yahoo.com. Colorful minimalism.
Shows at Ringtail Records.
Ann Pratt; www.studiocdj.com. Watercolors, oils, pastels & acrylics. Studio open by appt.
Feather Radha: 432-294-0130. Muralist painter in oils,
acrylic and mixed media. Figures, landscapes, nature, magical realism. Work exhibited at Gallery on the Square, and
Shows by appointment. PO Box 2104, Alpine TX 79831.
Stylle Read; Cleburne, Texas; 817-992-5035;
www.stylleread.com. Nationally recognized artist and
notorious western muralist. Specializes in original,
historically correct western recreations, such as Big
Brewster & Ode to Reata, Alpine, and many others in
the region.
Tim Roberts; P.O. Box 767, Fort Davis, 432-4263808, email: trobe@brooksdata.net. Traditional and
non-traditional oil/acrylic paintings, and drawings. At
Catchlight.
Roxa Medley Robison; PO Box 555, Fort Davis, TX
79734, 432-249-3300, CrowsNest@CrowsNestRanch.com, www.CrowsNestRanch.com
Terracotta luminaries, eggs, clay sculptures, china
painting, notecards from a historic Davis Mountain
ranch. Old Spanish Trail Studio, Fort Davis, TX.
Catherine Rose; 512-289-3399;
creatingdreams8@gmail.com; Western images in
pencil. Artwork can be viewed at GOTS on Holland
Ave.
Chris Ruggia; Alpine, www.jackcomics.com
Comics, mostly about the desert animals of the Big
Bend. Books are available at Murphy St. Raspa Co.,
Front Street Books, Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center and Big Bend National Park, as well as online.
Ellen C. Ruggia; Alpine,
www.vastgraphics.com/botanical
Botanical art featuring plants native to the TransPecos region of Texas; at Kiowa Gallery and the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center.
Gordie Sanborn; 907 W Lockhart, 837-2591. Lapidary, Rockhound, artisan. Shows at Gallery on the
Square.
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