Featured Artists and Gallery Tour

Billy Ray Mangham

Billy Ray Mangham has been working in clay since 1972. He is one of the founders of Texas Clay Festival and is currently the director of the Eye of the Dog Art Center located in San Marcos, Texas. His work is included in many collections including Delbert McClinton, Bill and Hilary Clinton, Dee and Terry Buck, Carl W. Block, John and Darlene Williams, The Blanton Museum, The Wittliff Collection at Texas State University, the San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, and the Contemporary in Austin, Texas. He holds a B.A. in Ceramics from San Jose State University in San Jose, California, a M.A. and M.F.A. in Sculpture from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Cecilia Wibbenmeyer

Cecilia has studied art in Illinois, Arkansas and Texas and completed her graduate studies at the University of North Texas and Texas State University.  She also taught art throughout the years in many different settings.

“While photography is the medium that paid the bills, I have retired from that art form so that I can devote my time to working in pencil, ink, oils and sculpture.”  Most of Cecilia’s current paintings are created with the combination of aerosol sprays and oil paints.  

Cecilia’s motto to live by is to “Fear No Art.”

Robyn Crowell

The Houston based artist’s collection, “Collective Premonitions” is described by the artist as “a transparent journey through my mind” and is inspired by famous cubist Pablo Picasso. “I am probably the biggest Picasso fan you will ever meet” says Crowell, “I also am greatly influenced by Joan Miro and Juan Gris. I would love to create freely like Joan Mitchell. She revolutionized Modern Art for the world and women”.

Robyn Crowell has been the cover story for the Pecan Grove neighborhood magazine and on the front page in a local newspaper, as well as the Houston Voyage Magazine. Crowell recently directed one of the biggest juried art shows in Sugar Land, Texas with over 26 Houston artists. “Art brings people together” says Crowell, “From this event I brought to life an Artist Club called The Mad Masters. We are an artist guild that learns, supports and networks with each other to promote success and encouragement for one another.”