
Jun 13, 2018 / Events
SUMMER COLORS ARTIST SPOTLIGHTS: PART II
DESMOND BLAIR
Desmond is a Dallas based 2D artist that specializes in oil painting. Desmond experiments with various types of Desmonds inspiration comes from his family, mentors, friends and he also find inspiration from people I meet. He feels that people are passion because people carry stories with them that can have so much wisdom and opportunities to learn more about life.
KATHLEEN MEKAILEK
As an artist, I tend to draw inspiration from the land around me. I see the beauty in an abandoned well, a piece of sand, a damaged tree. I believe the world is a place of beauty and want to bring my interpretation of this for others to see. I try to capture beauty in rustic and abandoned places and want to seize moments in time before they are lost forever. I believe that by bringing attention to things that are often overlooked or taken for granted, others will have their minds opened and appreciate the special world they are surrounded by every day.
NICOLE MORROW DAVIS
April Henegar
PHYLLIS MABUS
Phyllis is in love with color! When she retired from teaching, she never expected to find something as meaningful to my soul as painting. She discovered God’s world in a whole new way. Though I only paint as my schedule allows, it is one of my greatest joys. She paint from her husband’s photographs, which are another inspiration. They bothare becoming nature lovers and so appreciate what God provides for us every day.
Carolyn Joe Daniel
Carolyn grew up in Dallas where her love for whimsical illustration began as a child. She earned a BA in Studio Art and Art History at Wake Forest University and was fortunate to experience art while traveling and working abroad as a curatorial assistant in galleries in Sydney, Australia. A sense of exploration and adventure can be felt in her vibrant & playful use of color.
Carolyn flourished as a painter and shared her enthusiasm while teaching and developing children’s art curriculum at Providence Christian School of Texas. Today she enjoys creating works for residential and commercial spaces while collaborating with designers and retailers. Her work has been adapted to fashion and commissioned by Roma rain boots, athleisure leggings, home decor textiles, and she was recently commissioned to create brand assets for Bertolli's new line of organic Carapelli olive oil. Her work is featured as large-scale wallcovering as part of a new artist series by LOOK WALLS for commercial hotel spaces. She paints in her home studio, alongside two mini muses // budding artists.
"I'm happy to have a small space & a few quiet hours late at night to create. I love thick sticky paint that takes weeks to dry. It's life-giving and brings me joy."
Carolyn is represented in the Southeast by Markay Gallery in Atlanta, and her work can be seen at Ross Towers and Mockingbird Towers in downtown Dallas. Her art is available in fashion and textile/décor at Roma Boots, Zazzle, and Talulah & Hess in Lakewood. Commercially as large-scale wallcovering via Look Walls and Zazzle. Fine art giclees are also available via The Odee Company’s CanvasKick.
Bree Smith
Bree Smith is a Dallas-based mixed media artist. She received her BFA in Studio Art from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
Bree is enamored with the ideas of what the future looks like for Earth. She enjoys exploring the belief that Earth will be made new again one day. This series explores her imagined extension of our world at its end through abstracted hints of a colorful utopian and slightly Suessian world.
Catherine Seals
Catherine is inspired by colors and the moods that they create together. Raising three small children can by exhausting, but at the same time gives her energy and brightness to her art work.
Kathleen Zierhut
Click here to view Part I of our Summer Color Artist Bios