Enchanted Forest
By @elissamariecreative (Winner of the 2024 "Best Of Austin" Visual Artist)
Escape into a fantasy realm of salacious sirens, enchanting critters, and cheeky cryptids. Local art witch Elissa Marie illustrates worlds of whimsy to unlock your imagination. Inspired by folklore, fantasy, nature, and magick, she is passionate about the power of our imaginations, and steadfast in the belief that active imaginations help foster empathy, compassion, and acceptance. She offers her illustrations as high-quality prints, stickers, blankets, apnarel, and accessories over at https://www.elissamariecreative.com/. This show will remain up through July 23rd 2024
Howdy Ceramics is a multidisciplinary studio that focuses on ceramics and illustration. Howdy explores how the traditional craft of ceramics can be influenced by modern color palettes, emotions, and Cristina's personal illustration style. The show will be on display JUNE 18th - JULY 23rd 2024
A Whimsical Path Toward Individuation
By @tworosestradingpost
About the creator Kelsey Rose (she/her) was raised in the Pacific Northwest and moved to Austin TX on a whim in 2018. A creative magpie, she combines previous experience as a pastry chef and maker with a talent for digital illustration. Kelsey loves cats, coffee, lifting weights, tattoos and tarot cards. Please take this opportunity to follow, like, share and support @tworosestradingpost. All works of art are for sale. This show will remain up July 23rd -Aug 27th 2024
Tumultuous Typography
By @littleboatstuff
Littleboatstuff is the home of unapologetic snark & joy from a local creative who has always felt a bit out of place. bringing typography, color, and shape together to deliver "we got this" in whatever way you need to hear that message, these 18 pieces in three sets of six were inspired by all the ways we find in ourselves the ability to do hard things, even if we're doing it scared. Please take this opportunity to follow, like, share and support @littleboatstuff All Artwork is for sale This show will be on display July 23rd - Aug 27th 2024
Sound and Nature
Artwork by @heatherdiggsart
Heather Diggs is a self-taught artist from Lubbock, Texas, now based in the charming town of Wimberley, TX. Her primary medium is acrylic on canvas, with works inspired by nature and music, exuding vibrant and expressive creativity. Heather's art has been a stabilizing force in her life, providing both joy and solace. She loves connecting with people through her work and happily takes on commission projects to bring personal visions to life. Heather is also an active member of the Wimberley Valley Art League, cherishing the supportive creative community. Join her artistic journey on Instagram @HeatherDiggsArt. + All artwork is for sale and will be on display August 27th through Oct 1st 2024
Cute Critters
Meet @abby.broussard.illustration
Abby Broussard is an illustrator based in Austin, TX. She loves to draw smiley faces on cute animals, flowers, and mushrooms. She creates happy art, one cute critter at a time. Make sure to check out their other small business @i.heart.avocado + All artwork is for sale and will be on display August 27th through October 1st 2024
Pretty, Pink, and Poisonous
Artwork by @katiecowden
Katie Cowden is an artist working primarily with lasers, upcycled and salvaged wood, and acrylic paint in Austin, Texas. She finds inspiration in Halloween, natural history, botanical gardens, and more. Each piece in this collection embodies the transformative possibilities of art, as wood bases rescued from the landfill via thrift stores and creative reuse centers, laser cut shapes primarily cut from wood scraps, and acrylic paint are fused into works of art representing all things Pretty, Pink, and Poisonous. Please take this opportunity to like, share, follow and shop @katiecowden. All artwork is for sale and will remain on display Oct 1.st- Nov. 5th 2024
@brunkyart Solo Show Jason Walletstein began his fine arts studies at the prestigious, Dreyfoos High School of the Arts in Palm Beach, Florida. He furthered his art education with a Bachelor's in Fine Arts from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a focus on Printmaking. Jason and his family moved to the Austin area in 2019 and began offering artwork under the studio name, BrunkyArt. Jason Wallerstein is one of several new artists in the 2024 Armadillo Christmas Bazaar and Blue Genie Art Bazaar this holiday season. All artwork is for sale and will be on display Nov. 6th - Dec.10th 2024
Feathers and Fungi
By @wheredthewildthingsgo
"Feathers and Fungi" A Mini Exploration by @wheredthewildthingsgo Emily Tolipova is the creative behind Where'd The Wild Things Go, a passion project turned business. Her work features endangered as well as local species in bright watercolors mixed with playful detailing. • All art work is for sale and will be on display Nov 6th - Dec 10th
Journey To Now
Artwork by @keikohayner
Keiko Hayner is a local illustration artist who primarily works with watercolor paintings and color pencils to create her whimsical and colorful illustrations in Austin, TX. keikohaynerillustrations.com All artwork is for sale and will remain up on display Dec 10th - Jan 14th 2025
Little Lesbian Art
By @ripleylarue
Ripley Larue is a femme lesbian multidisciplinary artist born and raised in Austin, TX. Their illustration work depicts whimsical scenes of love, tenderness, and gender nonconformity in a style reminiscent of early 20th century illustration. Her work primarily features butch and femme dynamics inspired by their own relationship. They work in a variety of mediums including watercolors, digital illustration, printmaking, and occasionally sculpture. They have a passion for visual storytelling having worked on several short comics and narrative zines. all artwork is for sale and will be on display May 14th- June 18th 2024
The Listening Room
By @uglylittlerose
(she/her) Inspired by surrealism and the beauty found in everyday life, Daisy's works explore the possibilities of non-reality with the emphasis on little details. Daisy was born and raised in Hong Kong, and has been living in Austin since 2017! All artwork is for sale and will remain up on display through May 14 2024.
Artwork by @camillesimonelema (they/ she) Camille is a queer, indigenous folk artist and art teacher creating work that celebrates indigenous cultures and the beauty found in nature. The vibrant colors set the mood for each unique piece, creating stories or passing on messages to its viewers. These bodies of work connect us to our ancestors and honor the earth and her creatures. They each hold a special power of their own. Camille intentionally speaks about the importance of community through their art, celebrating life around us and life that has passed onto the next realm. In addition to being an independent artist, Camille also runs a youth art program in Hyde Park. Crafternoon ATX offers art camps and workshops for ages 5-11 years old. This studio focuses on reusing and recycling materials, social and emotional learning, activism, community
building and being creative. As a person who believes that art can bring healing, Camille's work is made with loving energy, bringing light into the spaces they enter.
Follow Camille on Instagram: @camillesimonelema Or visit their website: www.artbycslema.com To learn more about Crafternoon ATX please visit: www.crafternoonatx.com All artwork is for sale and will remain up on display through May 14 2024.
My Buddha Is Punk
by @savlovauschron
"Multi-Best of Austin Award-Winning journalist and infamously incorrigible scoundrel Marc Savlov has spent the last 30 years covering film, music, tech, and rock for The Austin Chronicle. In 2009 he was officially named "America's Meanest Film Critic" by the online popculture aggregators at Miller McCune. In 2013, broke and battling a bastard case of creative burnout, he boarded a tramp steamer to Thailand-not Taiwan— in search of desperately needed inspiration and a plan to see if the rumors of thriving punk, hardcore, and metal music scenes were true. They were. In abundance.
Savlov found himself embraced by the genuinely welcoming and affably inebriated Thai punx. From the northern city of Chiang Mai-often referred to as "The Austin of Thailand" -to Bangkok, where he met and befriended the buzzcutted and Black Flagged hardcore kids, sharp-dressed pop-punk fans, and black-clad doom/ death/black metal ghostfacers, it was Heaven. In other words, Nirvana. Over half a dozen subsequent 30-plus hour flights to and from Thailand Savlov began shooting digital videos and working on a book to document the myriad punk bands, their polychromatically-inclined mohican members, their his/hertories, their voices, and most of all, their music.
The photos on display represent only a tiny fraction of the roughly 4,500 still shots and 200 hours of video footage Savlov has collected. So far. As the Thai punks and Savlov's wealth of hand-done Thai inkings explain Up The
Punx This show will remain up through April 9th 2024
Spring In Print
By @mother.ofthe.moon
Cayce Matteoli (she/her) is a born and raised Austinite, who has been creating art for as long as she can remember. She is the owner and artist behind Mother of the Moon, and loves to create things inspired by nature, magic, the cosmos, and feminine energy. She is particularly inspired by Texas wildflowers and wildlife. All artwork is for sale. This show will be on display now through April 9th 2024
Elements
by Anne Shackelford @chrysalisaustin
In the vast realm of artistic expression, I've explored a myriad of mediums— from jewelry making and costume design to leather crafting, body painting, acrylic on canvas, woodwork, resin, alcohol ink, sculpting, etc. It is the enchanting combination of many of these mediums and Mother Nature that has ignited an unwavering passion within me. I am compelled to create, relentlessly inspired, and motivated to explore every artistic avenue-time, it seems, is never enough. I am a multimedia designer, creating artwork that invites the harmony of nature's blueprint into your space. I find joy in incorporating nature's treasures into my creations. Each morning, my hiking adventures lead me to collect flint rock, crystals, leaves, shells, fossils, antlers, skulls, and more-all of which find a purpose in my artistry.
Drawing from the wisdom of various healers and spiritual coaches, I infuse my art with high vibrations and healing intentions. Through a blend of sound, prayer, smudging, essential oils, crystals, and sacred geometry, each piece becomes a vessel of spiritual resonance. In the sanctuary of my yoga and art studio, I dedicate each day to expanding my skills. My goal is to offer an ever-growing repertoire of art that inspires personal evolution and radiates joy. I aspire to create not just visually appealing pieces but transformative experiences that speak to the soul. I pray we each may be empowered to raise our vibration, learn to live in our hearts and align with our true nature. This show will remain up through March 5th 2024.
Rainblobs
by @sunshinedimension
The world is dark and full of shit But one clown found a path well lit Toward a bright and friendly land Where color and joy are close at hand. Look, now you're in the place I mention Welcome to the Sunshine Dimension! - Sunshine Dimension, an online and pop up shop, offers soft colorful art and accessories handmade in Austin, TX by Hannah Foeh, self-taught artist and clown. Brightening your day since 2018. This show will be on display February 6th- March 9th 2024
Backyard Creek Creatures
Albino Creatures in a Colorful World
Artwork by Michael Kennelly (he/him), longtime @bouldincreekcafeatx Manager and Mosaic Artist.
This show will be on display from October January 2nd- February 6th 2024
Please take this opportunity to follow @mosaic_mike_artshow.
Snout Art
By Central Texas Pig Rescue
DEEP IN THE ENCHANTED PIG FOREST OF SMITHVILLE, TEXAS, AN UNLIKELY ARTISTS' COMMUNITY FLOURISHES, INSPIRED BY THE BEAUTY OF NATURE AROUND THEM. THE ARTISTS? THE RESCUED PIGS OF CENTRAL TEXAS PIG RESCUE. DRAWING ON THE EMOTIONAL DEPTH OF THEIR TRAUMATIC PASTS, THESE RENOWNED ARTISTS CREATE ONE-OF-A-KIND MASTERPIECES. THIS SHOW IS THOUGHTFULLY CURATED BY THE HUMAN VOLUNTEERS WHO CARE FOR THEM. 100% OF PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE RESCUED RESIDENTS OF THE SANCTUARY.
Please take this opportunity to support this amazing non profit! All Snout Art is for sale!! By buying this art you are changing the lives of these amazing animals.
This show will remain up through Feb 5th 2024.
Things take time
By @quietsoft
Caleb Carrizales is an artist from Dallas, Texas who appreciates the intimacy and focus that a small piece invites.
This show will be on display from October 24- December 5th 2023
A Round of Prints
Artwork by @emsbrynart
Emily Bryn is a queer, mexican artist who screen prints slogans about immigration + queer rights! In the series at Bouldin Creek, all of the works for sale are hand pulled screen prints of the slogans on multimedia paper - one of the very few times the prints are available for purchase on paper rather than textiles!
Please give @emsbrynart a follow!!
More great stuff at www.emsbrynart.com
All artwork is for sale!
This show will be on display Oct.24th - Nov. 28th
Artwork by @spacewhalestudio
Space Whale is a queer neurodivergent mosaic & stained glass artist. Their work acknowledges and celebrates the interconnectedness of our bodies, nature, & the otherworldly.
If there is a message it is this: Our Bodies are Sacred; Our Nature is Divine.
All artwork is for sale Please take a moment to give this talented human a follow @spacewhalestudio.
This show will be on display Now - Jan 2nd 2024
Artwork by @damonartsnola
Aaron Damon Porter (he/him) is a third-generation fine artist living and working in North Austin. He moved here in 2022 after ten years of showing his work in New Orleans.
This month's work showcases Aaron's Menagerie collection of wildlife portraits, on view and for sale.
This show will remain up through January 2nd 2024.
Please take this opportunity to give @damonartsnola a follow
Out From The Shadows
Gigi Grinstad is a naturalist meets mystic. Living and making art in Austin for over a decade, Gigi is influenced by both nature and the esoteric.
Her tarot series is made of watercolor paper that has been painted, then cut up and collaged into the archetypal cards of the Major Arcana.
Her paintings are a also multi step process: she surfaces the paintings with encaustic medium (which is a beeswax and resin mixture), then scribes the line-work into the surface, and then finally paints them with oil paints.
This is the first time she has showcased work outside her home since the pandemic began!
Instagram.com/@gigi_grinstad_art
Jan. 25-Feb. 28th
Flora + Fauna
Artwork by @katiecowden
Katie Cowden was raised in Bryan, Texas by an art teacher and a mad scientist, given mixed media supplies and books for every birthday, and brought up to take traditional materials and techniques from around the world to bend into something entirely new.
After ten years of teaching preschool, she took one laser cutting class and was ready to make her artistic bent into an artistic business. The end result was the eclectic, electric, and ultimately inimitable Killer Queen Designs.
Katie now wields light-based laser blades, barely-there flashes of silver needles, and teeny-tiny paint brushes with equal proficiency to make wearable and museum display worthy artwork in her South Austin studio. And as her repertoire of techniques and materials expands, so too does the Killer Queen empire.
@katiecowden would like to give a shout out to @austincreativereuse for the wooden plaques used in this installation as well as @makeatx where they created the cut out animals on their lasers.
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www.katiemakesart.com
This show will be on display Jan.4th- Feb.7th
Cold Leftovers
Artwork by Power Couple @itscandykuo + @manwithpencil
Candy Kuo and Wade Thompson (aka Fish) are Austin-based partners and muralists.
Candy is a Taiwan-born visual artist and muralist currently based out of Austin, Texas. Her pieces often feature strong female portraiture, bright colorways, playful depictions of local flora and fauna. She blends styles and motifs from her experiences growing up in Taiwan and the Rio Grande Valley, creating an East meets West style. She has been painting murals professionally since 2016.
Based in Austin, Texas, the artist FISH has a unique style that blends graffiti and skateboard culture with the nostalgia of saturday morning cartoons. As a member of the Blue Dozen Collective FISH has traveled throughout the United States and abroad painting walls, including Secret Walls and Pow!Wow!
This show will remain up through March 7th 2023
A Study in Nature
By @bekkabakerart
Bekka Baker is a queer artist living in ATX for the last 10 years. Bekka came to Austin from Beijing, China, where they grew up heavily influenced by Chinese art. A major theme in their work is a love for nature, originating from a childhood spent exploring outside, catching insects and other small animals. You'll find elements of animal life in nature, symbols of death, and symbols of rebirth in much of their work. Bekka also creates digital artwork and illustrations for books.
"A Study in Nature"
As our world begins to warm more and more each year, the threat to our environment and the natural world is more prevalent than ever. Human destruction of the planet is a threat to the existence of thousands of creatures. Each of these creatures is dependent on us to make real change quickly.
As an artist I want to draw attention to this issue by creating portraits of animals. I hope that with each portrait I am able to capture the beauty of each creature that will instil a desire in us all to preserve them.
Instagram.com/@bekkabakerart
Artwork by @arsonist_bee
Hello! My name is Abigayle 'Abi', I am a 15-year-old Freshman at Crockett High School, I use she/they pronouns, and have lived in Austin my entire life. I have always loved drawing and painting, but didn't find my passion until the pandemic hit 3 years ago when I needed an outlet. I take inspiration from my interests like the shows I watch, the games I play, things I see on social media, and sometimes things from school. I enjoy using a variety of media when making art but all of my paintings were made using acrylic paint.
• Please support young artists of Austin. All artwork is for sale. This show will remain up through May 9th. •
Instagram.com/arsonist_bee
Artwork by @abby.broussard.illustration
Abby Broussard is an illustrator based in Austin, TX. Her art is often described as ”happy art". She loves drawing silly animals and things found in nature. She creates a lot of digital artwork, but also enjoys painting, printmaking and making laser cut mirrored art.
Website - www.abbybroussard.com
• All art is for sale and will remain up through May 9th •
Sucky Little Art Show
Artwork by Ailee Pettigrew AKA @oddbudout
Ailee Pettigrew is a local artist most known for her screen-printed totes and tees! She was born into a family of artists and has been creating for as long as she can remember. Ailee has always had a distinct art style that people have either loved or hated. Instead of letting critique hinder her, she's used it as fuel to push forward and continue creating art that makes her happy. She believes all art, no matter how sucky, deserves to be celebrated and displayed for all to see.
• All artwork is currently for sale and this show will remain up through June 6th •
Justin Kipp Art
Instagram - @justinkippart
Vintage health and English text books, vinyl records, record covers, sheet music, comic books from my childhood, typewriters and cook books from the 70s are just a few places where I find the materials to make my art pieces. I enjoy taking images and items from their original place, then repurposing them to tell a new story. Inspiration varies - sometimes it's the position of a head, the look on a face or the shade of color that I have cut out with an xacto knife. These are then laid out in a massive pile before me and a blank canvas, swapping, changing, moving until the finish product comes to fruition.
I currently sell 8x10 prints at Prima Dora on Congress Ave and hope to be at other Austin Stores soon.
• This show will remain up through June 6th 2023. •
Canvas Chaos
Sarah was born and raised in Austin Texas in the 1980s . The golden years of the WWF . The athletic ability and showmanship captivated her immediately and early . That passion never dissipated . Cut to 2020 the world came to a halt. Her second passion of hairstyling was put on hold . Her love of wrestling morphed into a re visualizing of her childhood heroes on canvas . The love of painting wrestlers continues with no signs of slowing down .
• Give @sarah2bits a follow!! •
All works of art are currently for sale!!
This show will remain up through July 11th 2023.
Artwork by Justin Galicz from @thelittlegayshop
The Little Gay Shop is a queer marketplace based in Austin, TX sourcing art, books, apparel, gifts, and more from exclusively members of the LGBTQIA+ community.
We pride ourselves in having a diverse, inclusive, and representative set of products so that every person is able to see themselves reflected.
We source items from local, national and international artists and makers.
This collection is a series of items that remind us that pride
is not just one month of the year, but 24/7/365.
• All Artwork Is For Sale •
This show will remain up through July 11th 2023.
"Redivivus" by @bekkabakerart
Everything in the world is recycled stardust. Every atom in our body was the result of a star’s death millions of light years away. The earth goes through many cycles of its own. Every year the seasons tell the old story of the cycle of rebirth.
Just as we live and experience the physical life cycles, our lives are also in a constant state of death and rebirth. Whether the end of a job or the end of a relationship, parts of ourselves end and then begin again as something new and more evolved.
I would like to welcome the viewer to think about what changes may be occurring in their own lives at this moment and what new life may be born from it.
Meet @bekkabakerart
Bekka Baker is a queer artist living in ATX for the last 10 years. Bekka came to Austin from Beijing, China, where they grew up heavily influenced by Chinese art. A major theme in their work is a love for nature, originating from a childhood spent exploring outside, catching insects and other small animals. You'll find elements of animal life in nature, symbols of death, and symbols of rebirth in much of their work. Bekka also creates digital artwork and illustrations for books.
This show will remain up through August 15th 2023.
“ᑕOᑎTᖇOᒪᒪᕮᗪ ᑕᕼᗩOᔑ ᑕOᒪᒪᕮᑕTIOᑎ"
By Manni Mora
(He/Him/His)
@beautifully_chaotic_art
Manni Mora is a mixed media artist based in Austin, Texas. Though he has enjoyed painting since he was a child in Laredo,
Texas, Manni’s career as an artist began in earnest in 2019, as he worked to donate a portion of his proceeds to local charities. He has since been featured in multiple publications, both online and in print, including Almost Real Things magazine and Voyage Austin.
He has also had his work displayed at Neill Cochran Museum and galleries around Texas. You may also see him and his work at markets all over town. Whether it’s making an abstract or representational work, Manni loves exploring all kinds of media, including acrylic, ink, resin, clay, charcoal, chalk pastels, and oil pastels. Art has no limitations.
✨All artwork is for sale and will be on display August 8th - Sept 19th✨
A Celebration Of Cicadas
By @thehuxleycollection a Bele) Curious u
My love note to Austin cicadas, our summer-long neighbors screaming from the treetops. These silly-zombie critters annually bust out from the ground in a complete trance, looking for higher ground to molt and scream our season's soundtrack for a few months. Thank you for taking a moment to cruise my creations. I hope that they inspire you to bee) curious. About the process All of the insects that you see are real, ethically sourced cicadas found on walks with my dog. No cicadas were harmed in the process of creating the displays shared with you. The Metamorphosis of the Huxley Collection
The Huxley Collection was created from a literal and figurative butterfly effect. I came across a yellow African Swallowtail butterfly on a walk after it had just passed. I took it home like a treasure and made my first display a few weeks later. I started making more and sharing them, and here I am, about eight years later. ½ Favorite Bouldin Creek Order: The Renedict or Breakfast Scramwich (both with tofu or eggs), and a vanilla oat milk latte.
Please take this opportunity to follow @thehuxleycollection and make sure you check out their website too. theHuxleyCollection.com
All works of art are for sale!!! This show will remain up through September 19th 2023
Creepy! Crawlies!
Artwork by @katiecowden
Using tiny brushes, thrifted and upcycled plaques, and wooden shapes she laser cuts herself, Katie Cowden makes art reflecting the creepier side of the natural world. View venomous snakes, poisonous flowers, and creepy crawly creatures in colorful creations, along with familiar Halloween motifs.
• All Artwork Is For Sale •
This show will be on display Sept.19th-Oct.24th 2023
Please be sure to give @katiecowden a follow!!
Artwork By Allen Lafuente
@allen_lafuente_art_shack "San Antonio Country"
Allen Lafuente is an Austin-based, gay, mexican-american artist born and raised in San Antonio. This show explores the history and importance of gay spaces and what it means to be queer and live in modern day Texas. Please make sure to give @allen_lafuente_art_shack a follow For more art go to allenlafuente.com art.
All Artwork Is For Sale This Show Will Be On Display Sept 19th- Oct 24th 2023
