Arts & Culture
The Amazing Art of Speed Painting
Posted on · Houston artist Dan Dunn talks about taking up a new career to pay of his credit card debt -- becoming a speed painter.
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Houston Matters
Artist Tony Paraná Layers Vibrant Brazilian Themes Upon A Bayou City Backdrop
Posted on · Brazilian artist Tony Paraná talks about growing up in a "favela" -- a cramped, impoverished community in his native country -- and about creating art inspired by his adopted hometown of Houston.
Houston Matters
The Amazing Art of Speed Painting
Posted on · Houston artist Dan Dunn talks about taking up a new career to pay of his credit card debt -- becoming a speed painter.
Houston Matters
Watercolor Art Society Promotes Houston Painters
Posted on · Jan McNeill tells us more about the Watercolor Art Society - Houston.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1366: Rain, Steam, and Speed
Posted on · Episode: 1366 Rain, Steam, and Speed: Turner’s vision of modern times. Today, a painting tells the coming of rail.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1314: Cinque
Posted on · Episode: 1314 Amistad, art and revolution: artists join the fight for freedom. Today, art and slavery.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1308: Charles Dellschau
Posted on · Episode: 1308 In which Charles Dellschau draws secret airships. Today, a Texas immigrant dreams and draws flight.
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 3105: Matte Painting
Posted on · Episode 3105: Matte Painting: From Glass To Digital. Today, worlds imagined.
Arts InSight
Video: The Painted Life Of John Palmer
Posted on · Houston artist John Palmer has traveled the world. He creates abstract, painted works on canvas, wood and even metal. The evolution of his style forged what he now calls "escapism."
Houston Matters
She Quit the World of Finance to Become a Full-Time Artist
Posted on · The annual Bayou City Arts Festival is Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 8-9, 2016). The event features more than 300 artists showcasing their work. One of the featured artists is Dania Olivares, a mixed-media artist whose paintings often include bright colors, varied materials — like newsprint — and sometimes feature pop-culture adaptations of other famous artwork — such as […]
Houston Matters
Houston Artist Krista Birnbaum
Posted on · Houston artist Krista Birnbaum loves sharing her art with the city, especially when she was commissioned to create a piece for the new international terminal at Hobby Airport. She’s inspired by nature and explains where her love of art came from. (Above: Artist Krista Birnbaum’s work “Roadside Attraction” on display in the new international terminal at […]
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 1228: In Which Europe Quantifies
Posted on · Episode: 1228 Medieval Europe learns to measure reality with numbers Today, why did Europe emerge so rapidly from the medieval age?
Transportation
Houston Artist Finds Inspiration On The Freeways
Posted on · You might use all sorts of colorful language to describe your daily commute. The word “pretty’ usually doesn’t make the list. But one local artist sees beauty where the rest of us may just see concrete and tail lights.
Houston Matters
The Amazing Art of Speed Painting
Posted on · We learn about Houstonian Dan Dunn, who took up the art of speed painting to help make money when his family was in debt. In front of an audience, Dunn often rapidly paints an image upside down. Then — at the very last moment — he flips the painting right-side-up to reveal something familiar, like […]
Houston Matters
Watercolor Art Society Promotes Houston Painters
Posted on · The Watercolor Art Society – Houston (WASH) promotes watercolor art through exhibits, painting classes and just general artistic enrichment. Houstonian Jan McNeill talks about her ten years of involvement with WASH and her love of watercolor painting.