Primal Gallery Curator

Joe started his high-tech career at NASA and journeyed through a number of engineering and venture business paths for the next 35 years. Although his education was in engineering and business, while working a new business venture in 2012, he got thrust into the care of the elderly by life's circumstances. It was while visiting memory care center patients that he noticed how the Arts (e.g. painting) and Music would improve the cognitive state of the elderly patients suffering from Dementia and Alzheimer's.  Joe decided to retire in 2021 and commit himself to the assistance of the Arts. Primal Gallery was established in 2022 to support the local and up and coming artists. In addition, a portion of the gallery is utilized for the sale of estate items for clients needing to pay their bills.

 Artwork created in harmony with high vibrations & healing intentions.  

For me, I must create. It is incredibly powerful for me in my own healing work, to design pieces that mesmerize and uplift me. In turn, I pray my artwork may bring joy, inspiration and healing to whomever views it. 

High vibrational artwork holds the healing intentions imparted by the artist. The energy work done on it, during or after the process, imbues the piece with high vibrations and has a profound effect due to the conscious design that surrounds it.

The higher the frequency of your vibration, the lighter you feel in your physical, emotional, and mental bodies. You experience greater personal power, clarity, peace, love, and joy.

Using crystals, sacred geometry, mandalas, palo santo, sage, incense, sound and prayer I infuse my art with positive vibes. 

 When there are no interruptions and all is still if only for a moment, I love to soak in the scene around me. Color affects me. It’s like a dawn to dusk walk along a path with dappled shade, all those colors change and modulate during the day. I like the light to shine through my painting and highlight the contrast of shadows. I paint to express what I see and almost feel. After finishing school for Interior Design I lived in England and the Netherlands where I studied art with several artists in The Hague.  While in Europe I took the opportunity of visit as many art galleries, cities, museums, places of interest and natural lands as possible. After leaving the corporate world, I started Knott Garden to sell my art. In Atlanta I painted murals and floor cloths. Now I live in Texas, and I work in oil, acrylic and watercolor with a mural thrown into the mix occasionally.  

    Susan Henrichson is an artist who loves living in the Texas Hill Country. She spent her career as a Speech-Language Pathologist while raising two daughters with her husband, Tommy. 

She began her adventure into the art world with watercolor and folk art, studying with Evelyn Lohmann. After a hiatus, she discovered the flexibility and creativity of oil painting. She has painted with Lilli Pell and studied with various artists, such as Ovanes Berberian. 

She aspires to inspire her love of nature. Her love of Texas and the Hill Country greatly influences her work. She especially enjoys painting the Spring bluebonnets and Live Oak trees. While landscapes are her predominant focus, she also enjoys painting still life florals. Color, light and vibrancy are the common threads in her paintings.

Susan is a member of Die Kunstler von Fredericksburg Art Group and the Wimberly Art League.

   Doug LaRue is an American Contemporary Artist who describes his artwork as the interplay of emotional and ethereal experiences. The method in his artistic formula often results in Realist, Figurative and Abstract imagery through traditional oil paintings and contemporary mixed media. The outward nature of emotion often results in a figurative expression—the more visceral the emotion the more realist the figurative expression. The inner nature of ethereal experiences often manifests more in the abstract.

Doug developed a passion for art from his mother, an Oil Painter and Photography, Design and Sports from his father, a Mechanical Engineer / NCAA Football Referee. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Design from Texas A&M University College of Architecture while working as a NCAA Sports Photojournalist for United Press International and Associated Press. Doug attended the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Advanced Airbrush workshop at the Smithsonian Institute.  

Doug’s artwork has been showcased at the Texas State Capitol, Austin City Hall, The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University and the Forsyth Gallery Collections at Texas A&M University. Doug designed architecture, published an Arts magazine, art directed films, directed a Screen Actor's Guild film and supports Water Conservation.

I am a local artist in Austin Texas. Austin has helped me grow as an artist through the many jobs I have done, through the people I meet, and the daily inspiration in the city. I have always been drawn to art which led me down an unconventional and exciting journey when I left college with an art degree. I have been lucky enough to teach various art classes, create one of a kind commission pieces, and murals for clients all over Texas. I have been doing custom murals and canvas work for over 10 years. 

With life so full of boundaries and guidelines I love that art is the exception. There are no rules when it comes to creating art. I rely on my intuition, emotions, and inspiration to guide me.
I have always been drawn to texture and color. I love exploring all subject matter but recently obscure landscapes and light have taken hold of my attention.

    Lauren’s elegant yet bold abstract paintings stem from the artistic expression through, or despite, a previously predestined life path.

In the past, she used to be a registered nurse. While she had always been inclined towards the arts, like many young creatives, she was steered towards a more stable career.  

So she walked down the predictable path, until she was hit with crippling anxiety during COVID. At the time it felt hopeless, and soon anxiety was joined by depression. Shaken from the loss of control, she sought to reclaim her balance through painting. It was comforting having something to focus on and to make something beautiful.

Her embrace of the abstract realm is another break from the exacting regime of her past. With abstract art, what one person feels and interprets from a painting can be completely different from another. It can even change from day to day, moment to moment depending on mood.

These concepts are what influences her artist expression. Carrying her Asian heritage to the canvas, she deviates from the traditional calligraphy lines by adding her own signature painting style with textures and metallic embellishments. Paying homage to her past and celebrating her new sense of self.

   I grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and studied at Purdue University before earning my medical

degree from Chicago Medical School. After a deeply rewarding 42-year career in medicine, I’ve

now turned my full attention to a lifelong love—glass art.

My journey with glass began back in college, when I discovered stained glass as a creative outlet

during the intensity of my studies. Then in 2015, I stumbled upon fused glass—and something

just clicked. I was instantly drawn in by its fluidity and potential, and it’s been my passion ever

since. I love exploring the endless ways glass can shift and surprise, playing with color, shape,

and technique.

What captivates me most is the alchemy of it all—the way heat, time, and gravity transform this

fragile material into something luminous and alive. Every piece is a conversation between

control and chance, science and art.

For me, creating with glass is a joyful, meditative process. I hope that feeling comes through in

my work—that it brings a moment of pause, a sense of calm, and a little spark of wonder to those

who experience it.

Melinda Patrick is a native Houstonian and received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She was mentored from an early age by her grandfather - a painter, photographer and graphic designer. When she was very young, he handed her a paintbrush and said “PAINT.” And she did. And never quit.

Melinda’s art is often called “contemporary realism.” It’s her vision of the places she loves, such as beaches, colorful cityscapes and more recently landscapes and floral still life. And old wooden boats. Bright colors are her signature and acrylics are her medium of choice.

Her ambition: “I want to be the painter whose art my great-grandkids will find stuffed in the attic, and they sell it, they make a fortune. Like on Antiques Roadshow.”

Her philosophy: “Art should enhance your day; make it better and make you smile.”

Melinda splits her time between Marble Falls and Magnolia, Texas.

Bruce Rusiecki started drawing and painting at a young age. Later in life, he studied studio art at University of Arizona. His bold use of colors, coupled with a range of design patterns in his work, has built a following of collectors and art lovers from all over the world. He is inspired to continue pushing the boundaries of this art form, finding new and exciting color combinations and devising new ways of mixing and manipulating them on canvas. “I am constantly seeing new and inspiring designs in nature, in books, magazines, television, movies and my own imagination. I am passionate about what I do and committed to constantly exploring my passion.”

 I have been an artist from a young age. I took art classes whenever I could and I played around with various crafts throughout the years. I have been a commercial interior designer since 1998. In 2020, I decided to leave the corporate world and start my own venture, working on a contract basis and focusing on my art. 

I have a deep appreciation for the detail and technical aspects of my job, which naturally extends into my paintings and ideas. My art reflects a sense of balance, order, and repetition, making the creative process deeply therapeutic for me.

Living with synesthesia, I experience time, letters, and numbers in color, and I often weave this unique perception into my artwork.

I began studying ways to express beautiful, profound and sometimes disturbing images while studying at the University of Cincinnati and opened my first studio in The Pendleton Building. This move continued to push those boundaries of innocence/loss of innocence expressed through nature with the encouragement of artistic peers, critiques and the public who often visited my studio. Upon moving to Dallas, my work experienced a decided shift in color pallet and theme while travel enhanced and broadened my view. Contemporary floral images to abstract landscapes and representational images with a contemporary approach are all embodied in my offerings as a fine artist and student of nature. It is important to acknowledge that every phase of life is a gateway to the next episode of being, and so it was for me. From early pieces of dark childhood trauma, through marital good times and bad, then on to reflection and simply being. Through all the drama, comedy, ups and downs, the one constant was the portal; the way through; hope; fears; love and discovery. My chosen mediums are oil, acrylic and mixed media and my studio in Dripping Springs surrounded by nature continues to inspire me.

MaryAnn has been studying and practicing art since the late 1960’s. She currently belongs to and participates in the Watercolor Art Society of Houston, Visual Art Alliance, Conroe Art League, Woodlands Art League and Baytown Art League winning various ribbons and awards at each. She is past President of Visual Arts Alliance, Northwest Art League and Lone Star Art Guild; which is an organization representing approximately 15 Art groups located throughout Southeast Texas. She has held numerous other positions with all of these organizations. MaryAnn has an intense love of art, which she expresses and promotes through her continuous support of these organizations. Her studying has consisted of taking courses at formal educational institutions as well as specialized tutorial sessions with various experts. MaryAnn is a firm believer that "practice is the best learning tool", and this has enabled her to become proficient in a variety of mediums. For several years she has conducted workshops and given demonstrations of her art techniques in Houston and surrounding towns. Her work has made its way to various states across this country and Europe.

In 1992 Mikiko Kudo left Japan to come to America to pursue her dream. Her background was in science until then. She taught math, biology, and chemistry at a secondary school in Kenya as a Japanese Peace Corp Volunteer for two years prior to moving to America. After the life changing experience in Kenya, she decided to follow her passion to go back to school to study art. She wanted to become an artist.  Vincent Van Gogh, whom she admires, started painting when he was 27, and she was now beginning to study art at the same age.

She received a B.A. in Fine Arts in 1996 from Columbia College, Chicago. After graduation, she worked as a graphic designer in Chicago. In 2004 she moved to Dripping Springs, TX to raise her family and eventually she focused on painting again.

Lately, she has been painting personified animals in the Fantastic Animals Series and also a lot of flowers. She loves to paint portraits of her family. When she is not painting, she is practicing violin (music is another passion of hers).

Marlene Llanes is a surrealist artist who paints intriguing images that evoke a sense of peace. By creating unusual combinations of everyday objects with natural elements, her works take the viewer to a grounded fantasy. Through the use of light and shadows Marlene creates a sense of depth that draws the viewer into a peaceful dreamlike scene.  Marlene has shown her work in numerous exhibits in Texas, Louisiana, and Mexico. Three of her works are part of public permanent collections. In 2012 she was invited to Valloria, Italy to paint one of their doors for their Outdoor Museum of the Painted Doors.  Marlene has received multiple awards. In 1998 Marlene was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study illustration in the USA. She finished her master's degree in Fine Arts (Illustration) at the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2000. In 1997 Marlene graduated as a graphic designer from Universidad Vasco de Quiroga in Morelia, Mexico.  Besides working on her surrealist paintings, Marlene has also worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for newspapers, printing companies, advertising agencies, and publishing companies.  Marlene was born in Morelia, Mexico. She currently lives in Austin, TX. She is a proud dual citizen.

I humbly focus on visually exploring and capturing life’s moments, small and large.  My fine art photography collection celebrates a rich diversity of unique subject matters.

My fine art photography is more than just being artistically inspired and technically excellent.  My fine art photography encompasses a trinity – the vision of the photographer; the spirit of the subject and the heart of the viewer.

My work has been exhibited at numerous venues in Texas and New York. Such as The Bydee Art Gallery, The Contemporary Art Museum-Austin, TX, Texas State University, Round Rock Public Library, Round Rock City Hall, Austin City Hall, Hill Country Bible Church and Oh WOW! Recently my work has been featured in Harlem Gallery, in New York, NY and the private residence of Clients.   It has also been featured on-line with Texas Department of Transportation, Oprah.com and Shed Media. I have been recently awarded Top 100 Achievements in Black Austin Fine Art Artist.

I have been developing an art theory around the constant transformation of all things with relation to the passing of time and space.  Since the late 70's while doing graduate studies in the Center for Advance Visual Studies at M,I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts, I began working this art series. "EGABRAG" showcasing the process of objects’ evolution in conjunction with my own theories and concepts of LINE, devoted in researching and understanding its principles. The "BILLION LINE PROJECT" series are the results and culmination of his LINE concepts, where all of my art production is centered and focused. 

 In 1995, he established the Anonymous Artists Association's Ephemeral Museum IN SITU in Caracas, Venezuela, a museum which creates numerous graphics, temporary art presentations, outdoor installations, indoor performances, and large-scale art works. Before moving back to Houston, Texas in 2000, He worked in Venezuela, France, and Brazil. He currently works and resides in Austin, Texas. His works have been exhibited in various international Biennales. He won first prize at the Lawndale Big Show. He is also represented in different public and private collections around the world, including in China, Germany, France, San Francisco, Caracas, Houston and Boston. 

 I have a BA in film, and more than 30 years experience in television photojournalism. Honored dozens of times by the AP, UPI, National Press Photographer's Association, and others, I'm leveraging some of those visual skills into an attempt to create art, for home and office. I love to travel and when I do, my Nikon goes with me. I've been fortunate enough to score some space in local galleries (in my home town - Austin, Texas), and also had my work find its way into hotel lobbies and guest rooms, corporate board rooms, and the like. So I guess I'm doing *something* right. So, if you're looking for some really cool art for your space, please consider my photography. Especially now, while it's cheap...these works will be worth a fortune when I'm dead and gone. 

As a visual artist currently living in Houston, Texas, I specialize in painting oil and acrylic on canvas, mixed

mediums and drawing charcoal, pastel and oil pastel on paper, clay, photography and sculpture. I have been

drawing and painting most of my life and studied art in The Netherlands over 30 years ago. I am a full-time

professional artist and instructor. My goal is to put a smile on the face of humanity, to preserve nature, the

natural world, our environment, and create a greater appreciation for art, nature, freedom and artistic

expression. One of my passions is sharing my art with people through creative workshops. I've taught all types of art in

stores, schools, and retirement communities including assisted living facilities. I'm currently recovering from cancer and feeling stronger every day. Like most other artists I have experimented with styles, media, and size. I paint in several different styles including ancient hieroglyphs to more classic post expressionism. My subjects include

my take on ancient art forms, floral and botanical, landscapes and seascapes including sunsets, animals,

birds and more. I am also available for commissioned artwork.

Contemporary artist capturing life experiences through various mediums onto canvas. Raised in Houston Texas, she had a long successful career and retired to pursue her passion of art. Her journey started in charcoal figurative photorealism drawings and encompasses watercolor, gouache, soft pastels, inks and acrylic. Her style is impressionistic and often deals with the topic of relationships and women’s rights. Through exhibitions and connections she has built a large following community of artists, collectors, art curators and art enthusiasts on a variety of social media platforms. Artist statement : My work is a recording of life experiences and the world around me. Experiences deeply rooted in my subconscious give way to exploring different mediums and emerge in my paintings, as I allow the brush and canvas to convey all that I experience and see.
 

I am an Austin based fine artist, working in multiple mediums but with a focus in painting. I’ve been drawing and painting since as long as I can remember. From age eight I found a mentor that taught me everything I know about technique. Then I took my studies to Paris where I studied fine arts for two years and really solidified my practice and why I want to create. Now I am in Austin working to further my art practice. Over my life art has become essential to me as a form of my expression. My journey has brought me to be a believer in the power of art. For me it has become an even more important form of communication than speech, as it gives me the power to turn emotions and ideas into physical creations. I like to paint about my experiences. The topics closest to me are identity, perception of reality, mental illness, and human relationships. I play around with vibrant colors, composition, and new oil painting techniques to create an experience for the viewer that hopefully resonates with them the way it does for me.

Raised in the N. Va. area by parents who instilled in him ,and brothers, the love for and beauty of the natural world and the need to preserve it.  His father worked at Nat. Geo. for 40 years and took his sons to lectures given by astronauts, Leakeys, Cousteaus, Goodall and other explorers bringing their adventures to interested parties. Drawing became a source of expression for Jeff early from these experiences and others including many cross country vacations in the station wagon, camping at National parks and staying with relatives along the way. Schoolwork was boring and many notebooks and textbooks filled up with fanciful artwork.  A number of art classes were taken and lessons learned thru the process. Jeff's parents tried incessantly thru the years to persuade him to pick up art as a more serious endeavor but work schedules and life always intervened. After surviving a near death  experience in 2017, the acrylic paints his spouse had wishfully bought for him years before, were brought out and experimented with. Oils, watercolors, pastels, charcoal, etc. were added to his passion for trying to   explore different media. This passion continues. Jeff and family have lived in Austin Texas since 1993.

I have been painting and drawing since I could pick up a pencil. As a child, I was fascinated by colors and patterns in nature. I spent a lot of time outdoors exploring nature.  My paintings are colorful and expressionistic, reflecting our perception of and interaction with favorite places and subject matter; in the context of physical places, emotional states of mind, or a point in time that we cherish from our own, unique, individual journey that we all make on this earth, the beauty of nature and the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. My different series': tropical, sea life, cactus, abstracts, Nordic and hill country landscapes, animals and Austin nightscapes. My tropical and sea life paintings have been inspired by travels to Hawaii, Cancun and Port Aransas. My paintings and pastels reflect my visual experience of living in Norway as well as living in the Texas Hill Country. I graduated from the UT at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. I work in a variety of media: oils or acrylics on canvas, charcoal, graphite, oil pastels and chalk pastels. I especially prefer using palette knives and brushes to apply thick, textured oil paint to canvas.  

Cynthia Kahn has been creating art her entire life. She was the only Business major in her college Advanced Drawing classes. Post college, Cynthia continued her art education through classes at the Multnomah Art Center in Portland, OR. Cynthia enjoys traditional oil and acrylic painting, but also loves expanding her art with fabric, drywall sculpture and non-traditional mixed media. Don't be surprised if you see her at Lowe's or Home Depot purchasing supplies for her next project. Cynthia recently moved to Austin from the Pacific Northwest, where her work was regularly displayed at art shows throughout the region. Primal Gallery is Cynthia Kahn's entry into the Austin art scene.   

 I’m from the Midwest and a Graduate of the Columbus College of  Art and Design. I have engaged in a variety of artistic expression.  I have created logos and animated banner ads, infomercial set  designs, retail interior design and costumes.  And I always return to drawing and painting! I have shown work in Austin, Houston, New York, Cincinnati, and  Dayton, Ohio. I have shown virtually in London, England, and  even sold work while having lunch at the Ritz Bar!  I have been juried into the National Association of Women Artists,  The International Guild of Realism, and our own Capitol Art  Society. I compete on an International level and am a  two time finalist in the Hunting Art Prize. I have a deep respect for the drawing process. I admit to having  an obsession with reflections in glass. I don’t use a grid.  I set up a still life and draw it directly. I focus on the spatial  relationships of the objects. My Fantasy Scapes are  also about drawing, and line.  Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the Work

"Hey there! My name is Rachel Wilkes, and I am formerly from San Marcos, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas. I have always had a love and appreciation for art, which has manifested in pursuing my passion for Art Therapy. I believe that art is a way for one to speak when words will not suffice. While pursuing my Master's in Clinical and Mental Health Counseling, I research various art processes and forms. Currently, I am involved in exploring the relationship between art and mental health as a member of the Strengths and Wellbeing Innovation Research Lab at the University of Texas at San Antonio. This research lab has a unique focus on defining wellness and discovering ways to achieve it, setting it apart from other departments in the field of counseling."

I think you need to know

this about me.

I don’t do gray or grey.

The brilliant, intensely alive colors in my palette

speak about

me and to me.

My inspiration is art without boundaries, especially women expressing their freedom splashed with unabashed strokes and at times slung from the nearest broom.

  An active, abstract expressionist artist, Jo Petersen has pursued her love of art for five decades. While working toward an art major in the mid 1960's, she became fascinated with the spontaneity and freedom of the works of Pablo Picasso. His fearless creativity encouraged her to explore the unfiltered imagination.

Jo's painting process was strongly influenced by the creativity classes she taught to over three hundred students at a women's drug rehabilitation center from 1997 through 2001. Her goal was to unleash her student's creativity and enable an atmosphere of fun and excitement with a weekly assignment that was enjoyable while thought-provoking. From her students, Jo learned that each of us brings to the easel a personal, symbolic, visual language from our present thoughts and future desires, as well as from past experiences, that can be turned into spontaneous, creative art. The memory of these meaningful classes continues to confirm her faith that an idea can be visually conveyed through the spontaneous, creative process of an unbridled imagination.

 Despite having degrees in art education and art therapy, Debbie is mostly a self-taught artist. She relies on inspiration and intuition to guide her artistic journey.

Working mostly in realism as a child and young adult, Debbie moved to abstract pieces as her main artistic focus after becoming frustrated with her unfinished products. She refers to herself as a “recovering perfectionist” because she has worked hard on allowing “mistakes” to happen. The ability to let go of “the perfect art" is one reason she has bonded so well with alcohol inks. Instead of just creating art, she feels like she is conducting a science experiment with each piece, because the inks have a mind of their own and react in different ways every time. Because it is impossible to recreate the same piece twice, all of her original alcohol ink works are one of kind.

 I was born and spent most of my life on the Texas  gulf coast. I took water color lessons for many years and this was my medium of choice until we retired to our place in the hill country. There I began taking oil instruction under Lilli Pell.
I love the hill country landscapes and oil seems to suit this pursuit the best.
I have painted mostly for friends and family with a few consignments along the way. However, with the opening of Primal Gallery,  I welcomed the opportunity to show and market some of my work. 

 I am a lifelong Texan, and grew up riding and basically lived at jumper shows. Later in life, I bought a trained cow horse, and competed in team penning and sorting. My life has been surrounded by dogs, horses, cows and wildlife. I have always drawn, as has my mother and grandmother. About 10 years ago I started painting, training under some fabulous artists, including Lilli Pell, Gladys Roldan-de-Moras, and William Suys. My work is realistic, but with strong impressionistic overtones. My former work with animals is very helpful in creating the legs and overall musculature and bone structure of an animal. I work in bold colors, with a strong emphasis on lighting. In my mind, everything has a light side and a dark side. How can you feel anything if there isn't light AND dark?

I very much welcome commissions, and I especially love very large paintings, which look so beautiful in the modern farmhouse homes being built now.

Oil Painters of America

American Women Artists

Die Kunstler von Fredericksburg

My love of drawing began as a child, growing up in a small Kansas town, I found myself attending multiple art classes offered in my school. Having the opportunity to work and explore with a variety of mediums was so important to influencing my artistic journey. Being on a farm, many of my drawings were of the farm animals and pets I was surrounded by. At the age of 18, a scout from IMG Models brought me to NYC where I would start a career as a print and runway model. I worked for such clients as Spanish Vogue, Italian Glamour, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Catherine Malandrino. I was fortunate enough to work abroad even living two years in Europe. My work introduced me to my husband, a photographer and Texas native. In 2001, our daughter was born and in early 2003, the family relocated to Dripping Springs, TX. I had immediately gone back to drawing, this time completely focusing on pastel and its sensitive quality. My work is mostly animal art and pet portraits. Lines, vibrant color, and movement define my style. The beauty in its texture and relationship to the paper are what I respect about the process.  

 Michael has lived all over the world. For many years he has been teaching and creating art. He won 2 Olympic medals in Italy for his artwork where he exhibited for many year. He has also exhibited in Houston, Kentucky and Las Vegas.  He currently resides in Austin. 

I am an American raised in Europe who decided that Hill Country is a beautiful place to live.  I have been in Dripping Springs Texas now for over 20 years.  While I grew up, I went to many museums and loved art but did not envision myself ever using physical medium to tell stories.  The few pieces I created before I was 45 were always just for me or my close family. 

In 2016, I found out that our recycling often ends up in landfill, and that upset me.  So I built a foundry and started doing my own recycling.  Once I was able to create molten metal (often from beer cans and BBQ trays) I started pouring it into stuff, just to see what happens.  I cast molten aluminum, brass and copper in sand or orbees (water beads) to create.  I also use found items from dumpsters or the side of the road to create beauty from trash, and to remind us that in the right form, everything has worth.  I use paints and alcohol ink to enhance some pieces, but it should be clear that it all came from recycled material. 

  Janus Lee is a sign-painter’s daughter and south Austin artist painting true stories of everyday people — often from midwestern, mid-century family photos. After winning art awards in high school and college, Janus worked many jobs, including: art director, old-school graphic designer, and illustrator. In Florida in the mid-1990’s, Janus helped curate ‘Faces of the Americas’ at the Children’s Museum of Tampa, and exhibited calligraphy with the Suncoast Society of Scribes. Then, detouring from her plans to illustrate medical textbooks, in 2000 Janus earned her master’s degree in Asian medicine, with private practice until 2014. She returned to art at St. Edward’s University studying sequential art for creating historical graphic novels, and the true story of her great-grand uncle, Cap Streeter, is now in progress: #TheManWhoMadeWarOnChicago