Texas Country Reporter
July 26, 2022
The Texas Artist Who Turns Dirty Cars Into Intricate Art
Scott Wade’s dusty windshield paintings are a temporary art form that makes a lasting impression.
Painting
Art
June 2, 2021
Painter Sedrick Huckaby Looks His Subjects in the Eye, From Dreamers to an Ex-President
The empathic gaze of the Fort Worth artist is on view at Austin’s Blanton Museum this summer and fall.
Art
May 24, 2021
Heirloom Silver Comes Alive in Leslie Lewis Sigler’s Paintings
Inspired by her grandmother's collection, the San Marcos–born artist is fascinated by spoons, cake servers, and soup ladles.
Art
February 16, 2021
Flying Nuns, Wild Hogs, and Bible Camp Apocalypse: Jennifer May Reiland Paints a Texas Revelation
The Houston-born painter explores questions of faith alongside the myths and legends of Texas history.
Art
January 7, 2021
North Texas Artist Jon Flaming’s Paintings Are a Love Letter to Cowboy Culture
Flaming grew up in suburbia, dreaming of his grandparents’ cattle ranch. His work is angular, almost cubist, reimagining the Western art genre.
Art
November 23, 2020
At Age 86, Painter Roger Winter Is Still Reinventing Himself
Once one of Texas’s most prominent artists, Winter was known for depicting idyllic rural scenes and the good life in Dallas. But his later, more experimental work is just as interesting.
Art
July 31, 2020
This Houston Artist Paints Nostalgic Watercolors for Homesick Texans
In dreamy, finely detailed paintings, Jim Koehn revives old watering holes and mom-and-pop spots around the state.
By
Rose Cahalan
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Art
April 7, 2014
Here Are Some Things We’d Like to See George W. Bush Paint
His "World Leaders" series of portraits opened last week at the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, albeit to mixed reviews. What should the former President paint next?
By
Dan Solomon
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Art
November 22, 2013
This Video Holiday Greeting From George W. And Laura Bush Is Actually Pretty Charming
No matter how you feel about him, hearing the former President declare, "Well, uh, I've become a, uh, painter" over the faint strains of "Good King Wencelas" is pretty darn charming.
By
Dan Solomon
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Art
March 13, 2013
George W. Bush, Passionate Painter
He signs his landscapes, dog portraits, and bath scenes "43."
News & Politics
February 8, 2013
The Tasteful Nude Self-Portraits Dubya Sends His Sister
Does the George W. Bush presidential library need some art? A hacker who goes by "Guccifer" may have rustled up some options.
Art
January 20, 2013
Blue Period
Thanks to his wildly popular bluebonnet paintings, Dallas artist W.A. Slaughter is living on easel street.
Art
January 1, 2012
One Family, Two Very Different Artists
Gary Panter, famous for designing the bizarre and far-out Pee-wee's Playhouse set, went home to Sulphur Springs for the holidays and showed his mind-bending art in a local gallery alongside his father's traditional oil paintings.
Art
December 1, 2010
Paint-By-Numbers Art
Trey Speegle on paint-by-numbers art.
By
Mimi Swartz
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Art
November 1, 1996
Stella Houston
The University of Houston thinks Frank Stella is frankly stellar.
Art
November 1, 1996
Dual in the Sun
What do the sculptures of Jim Magee and the paintings of Annabel Livermore have in common? Nothing—except that they were created by the same person.
Texas History
April 30, 1996
Signs of the Seers
The world-famous rock art of the Lower Pecos has long left scholars in awe—and in the dark. Now a group of Texas archaeologists has unlocked the sacred secrets of the ancient shamans.
Art
April 1, 1995
A Fan’s Notes
For sixty years, Austinite Raymond Daum befriended Hollywood’s biggest stars. Now he’s selling off his memories.
Art
January 1, 1995
Brush With Fame
As a curator and in his own work as a painter, Jerry Bywaters left a lasting legacy of Texas art.
Art
November 1, 1984
Tiptoeing On the Ocean of Storms
What astronaut Alan Bean saw on the moon changed his life. Now, with paint and canvas, he’s trying to let the rest of us see it too.
Design
June 30, 1977
Hello, Walls
When is a wall not a wall? When it's a work of art.