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Wildly Vibrant
Christa Peyton’s work reflects the joy of memories By Sallie Lewis Schneider Twenty miles north of Fredericksburg, Christa Peyton has found home amidst a sea of rolling green hills. The artist and mother of two has lived in Fredericksburg since 2019, where she homeschools her young son, and expresses herself…
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A Place to Just Be.
Making connections at InSight Gallery By Megan Willome InSight Gallery is located on Main Street, in the heart of Fredericksburg. It represents some of the finest painters and sculptors in the country. Anyone can and does wander in.“We had a gentleman who came in while on jury duty, every day.…
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Glass Happens
Enchanted Ranch is your funky art experience By Megan Willome On the way to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, at the top of a hill, visitors pull off where the buildings are painted a funky purple and green. They are greeted by Holly and Paul Simonette, always wearing tie-dye T-shirts.…
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Center Point Art
Restoration, Residencies, Revitalization By Lauren Elizabeth Shults Yoshitomo Nara’s “Miss Forest,” an almost 4,500-pound sculpture of a girl with a 25-foot tree atop her head, greets visitors from the Center Point Art sculpture garden. Sara Story, interior designer and director of Center Point Art, says it’s for the children, to…
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Scene and Herd
The Art of Ray Hadaway By Lauren Elizabeth Shults Paintings by Ray Hadaway prod at the classic image of ranching culture in technicolor, with abstract portraits that unfurl handsome cowboy tales.Hadaway plays the jester while creating his cowboys and cowgirls (which, his wife Meredith says, are more popular). They have…
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Art from Nature
Amy Tucker opens Art Ranch in Fredericksburg By Megan Willome The art Amy Tucker creates comes from her environment, on her ranch outside Fredericksburg.She is like artists of old, making beauty from whatever is at hand. The final product she createsmay take many forms, but it begins with gathering leaves,…
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MALLORY AGERTON
It all starts with knowing how to draw. On a chilly weekday morning, Mallory Agerton was out on Loudon Road with her sketchbook. “I did the sketch from my car because it was 34 degrees. The light and dark patterns were so beautiful on the hills. As the sun hits…
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Chuckling at Cows – The legend lives at the Museum of Western Art
Sometimes when Darrell Beauchamp, executive director of the Museum of Western Art, passes a piece of artwork, it gives him an unexpected emotional jolt. “We’ve got a piece of art that’s four cows, staring at you. I walk by it and it makes me chuckle,” he said. But the legend…
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Charles Morin – New in town
Inside Charles Morin Fine Art, located at 244 West Main Street, sunlight streams through high glass windows, illuminating canvases colored with Spanish matadors, Texasbluebonnets and Old West Mexican bandits. In what was previously RS Hanna Gallery, San Antonio native Charles Morin is bringing a vintage vibe and discerning niche to…
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