DIXIE FRIEND GAY to open at Redbud Gallery on June 13

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DIXIE FRIEND GAY will be showing from June 06, 2020 - July 28, 2020.

For a preview of some of the works and a virtual studio visit see the link below

DIXIE FRIEND GAY - Studio Visit 2020

Redbud Gallery:

“Dear Friends and Art Lovers,

We hope this announcement finds you in both good health and spirits.

After an involuntary closure, we are delighted to announce two openings in the upcoming month of June. On Saturday, June 6, we will exhibit Ryan Baptiste’s works at our East Gallery. On Saturday, June 13, we will present the works of Dixie Friend Gay at our West Gallery.

As a precautionary measure, we will provide masks for visitors who don’t wear their own, in addition to monitoring the number of visitors in the galleries for everybody’s safety and comfort.

We can’t wait to welcome you back.

See you then,

Tanja Peterson, Gus Kopriva, Lynet McDonald”

Houston Midtown Recognizes National Award for Dixie Friend Gay Mosaic Mural

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Houston Midtown Recognizes National Award for Dixie Friend Gay Mosaic Mural

The nature-inspired mosaic in Midtown Park has been recognized nationally as one of the Best Public Art Projects by Americans for the Arts. This honor is determined by public art experts in the only national program that awards public arts projects.

The aptly titled ‘Wild Wonderland,’ created by local artist Dixie Friend Gay, is a perfect encapsulation of the wildlife native to Houston–in the first twelve inches above ground level. Friend-Gay is nationally renowned for her depictions of the natural world, and this installation does not disappoint. Viewed from a distance, the realistic detail is impressive, but the closer one gets to the wall, more appreciable the level of complexity becomes.

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Lake Nessy Honored by Public Art Network's Year in Review!

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Lake Nessy Honored by Public Art Network's Year in Review!

This sculpture serves as a playful welcoming terminus to Mueller’s Lake Park in Austin, Texas.  The 16-foot-high, 30-foot-long serpent-like sculpture was inspired by mythological water creatures, using handmade tiles to give the feeling of barnacles and other sea life, adding textual distinction from the smooth, glossy, glass “scales.”

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Art in Houston this week and good friends

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A very interesting show for FOTOFEST INTERNATIONAL at Silver Street Studios

I really enjoyed the work of Lindsay C Morris
so glad to see my friend Clint Wilhour
Another great show at Nicole Longnecker Gallery


a great piece by my friend Meredith Jack


Largest Skate Park in North America!

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Largest Skate Park in North America!

Got to see all the amazing concrete work for the skate park in Greenspoint, so excited to be doing this project.

Dylan Park for multiple handicap set to open July 20th and the whole skate park will open in the fall!

Our walls! Soon to have mosaic. 

Inside the bowl

a 20' pipe!

"Vines" makes the front page!

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Good Morning Houston!

Today on the front page of the Houston Chronicle you can read about METRO Arts in Transit and see images of the vine installation for Burnett Station.

After completing the final designs  in 2010, it is so exciting to see the stations being installed and being a part of such a momentous occasion for Houston transit.  Thanks to Sara Kellner for managing such a huge task so well.

Read the article here:
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/entertainment/arts-theater/article/MetroRail-commissions-art-for-new-light-rail-4716046.php?t=419033cd91

Office Party: THE BLACK KEYS

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Way back in the dead of winter, Kate and I decided to give ourselves something to look forward to: a Spring office party/tickets to The Black Keys at The Mitchell Pavilion.  It was a prefect spring night and a definite celebration.  Thanks to the band for the amazing performance and the infamous Rich Latimer (never without his camera) for the photos.









Fall Flowers in the Garden

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Rick Rack Cactus (Selenicereus anthonyanus)
                             Don Juan Rose (Rosa spp.)                    Thryallis (Glaphimia glauca)

Mexican Butterfly Weed (Asclepias curassavica)
Spicy Jatropha (Jatropha integerrima)
                          Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus)           Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit)
Fairy Duster (Calliandra haematocephala)
Portulaca (Portulaca spp.)
Firespike (Odontonema strictum)
Night Blooming Jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum)

Gomphrena (Gomphrena globosa)
Peacock Ginger (Kaempferia pulchara)
Purple Heart (Tradescantia pallida)
Pink Buttons (Polygonum capitatum)
Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia spp.)

Texas Olive (Cordia boissieri)
Bulbine (Bulbine frutescens)


Cigar Plant (Cuphea ignea)
Tropical Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes spp.)
Impatiens (Impatiens walleriana)

Turkscap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. drummondii)

Canna (Canna spp.)
Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus)

Sweet Memory Duranta (Duranta erecta)
Shrubby Allamanda (Allamanda schottii)

Angel's Trumpet (Brugmansia spp.)
Queen Palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) with
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Ike, One year later

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September 13, 2008, a massive 55" diameter oak went through my rental property next door.  It was one of the largest trees in the neighborhood and completely covered the house, draping over all sides of it. 
The limbs from the tree were stacked 5 feet x 5 feet x 200 feet long.  Here is Garland and Lily a couple weeks after the storm.
I saved the base of the tree and carved a throne with a chainsaw, fine tuned it with a grinder and smoothed with a sander.  It is finished  with a gallon of watco and hand-rubbed tung oil. 
 
Ike's Throne, a meditation on the power of the storm and the energy captured within the tree.

IKE

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Yesterday, we filled the cars with gas and purchased groceries. There were no lines and everything went smoothly.
This afternoon, Ron, Hagen, Garland and I cleared the yard of anything that could be picked up and tossed through our rolling glass doors. All our flashlights have new batteries, we have piles of plastic tarps, rope, ducktape.
If the track of the storm remains as it is tonight, we will remove most of my studio to the main house tomorrow. Our fears are that with the high winds I may lose my roof, since it is only tin and insulation on the studio.
Our plan is tomorrow to move two of the cars to a concrete parking garage on a higher level. Hopefully we will be able to find a place to park them. Everyone may have the same idea.
A month or so ago, Ron purchased a generator, we have gas to keep it running. With Rita, we were without power for almost a week. At least this way we can keep our food cold.
The kids do not have school tomorrow. Ron's work is canceled. I feel too antsy to work.
Tonight at supper, we played a selection of storm songs, about high winds and flooding. Garland failed to find the humor in it, but she still recovering from her accident with the tree limb.
We are watching the approach of the storm on the net. Our TV is limited to what we can get with the rabbit ears, so it is only local coverage.
I am charging my camera batteries so tomorrow morning, I will go out, take some photos to post.