Vasho the Sculptor – Shaped by Nature & Time

Vasho’s work begins where most people stop looking. Across from his workshop in Leander, Lake Travis recedes and rises, exposing remnants of a valley that disappeared when the dam was built decades ago. Trees were cut and left behind. Stumps and logs sit submerged underwater for more than 80 years. Preserved rather than rotting, the […]

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Maggie Justice Capturing Emotion, One Horse at a Time

Horses are freedom in motion—and for Maggie, they are also mirrors. “There’s a flow to them,” she says. “Painting is flow, but with horses, you don’t want to be anywhere else or doing anything else.” Calm, intuitive, and almost meditative, horses offer her the same grounding energy she channels into her canvases. Her journey into […]

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Art, Legacy, Bladesmithing: The Journey of Daniel Collier & Iron Grove Tool Company

Daniel Collier never imagined that a welder’s life would lead him into the world of blacksmithing, but after years of fabricating metal in straight lines, he found himself longing for more. What started as a fascination with steel sculpture quickly evolved into a passion for forging knives, and by 2016, Daniel turned his newfound craft […]

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Shaping Texas Heritage: Inside the Workshop of Andy Rawls

In the heart of the Texas Hill Country, Andy Rawls has established a thriving business blending artistry and functionality. As the founder of Andy Rawls Fine Texas Woodcraft, his passion for custom furniture-making began at an early age and has since blossomed into a career marked by creativity, dedication, and a deep respect for the […]

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Nevada Grassie: The Art of the Hunt

USAF Veteran Nevada Grassie is a master artist with an innate ability to transform animal skulls, bones, and wood into extraordinary works of art.

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Featured Artist: Seth Patterson

Seth has blended his love of the outdoors, western culture, and modern design with his unique line of skull and fish art upholstered in Pendleton wool fabric.

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Featured Artist: Alicia Tegg

Alicia Tegg, a Texas-based artist, draws inspiration from her mother’s artistic legacy and early memories of her painting in the back room, surrounded by the scents of linseed oil and turpentine.

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Featured Artist: Lori Spradley

An Ohio native, this Dripping Springs, Texas-based artist has pursued her passion for art since childhood, with an enduring fascination for animals, particularly horses and Texas Longhorns.

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Featured Artist: B. Shawn Cox

B. Shawn Cox is a multimedia artist based in Austin, Texas, whose vibrant and diverse works have been exhibited and collected across the United States. His recent series, “polka.dot.rodeo,” explores the artifice of the western mystique through playful and layered compositions that repurpose iconographic figurative stereotypes.

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Featured Artist: Danika Ostrowski

Texas native, Danika Ostrowski, is a landscape painter living and working in Austin, Texas. Her work takes her across the country as she travels to public lands to paint and find inspiration.

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FEATURED ARTIST: ANNA LISA LEAL

Botanical subjects are the primary subject that stokes Anna Lisa Leal’s creative fires. She is most inspired by the xeric specimens found in the Sonoran and Chihuahua deserts as well as throughout the southwestern United States.

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