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October 2025 Artist of the Month
Barry A. Parks

Piazzetta Ruggero Bonghi, Assisi

Acrylic on cribbed wood panel

Parasols at the Pantheon, Rome

Acrylic on cribbed wood panel

Viale di Trastevere Florest

Acrylic on cribbed wood panel

Barry is an artist and now retired architect and project manager for design and construction living in the Houston area. In retirement, he particularly enjoys traveling and painting. For him, painting is re-living, processing, and sometimes improving on the places that he has experienced and moments which have felt significant – scrapbooking on steroids.

www.barryaparks.wordpress.com

August 2025 Artist of the Month
Mark Stewart

Mark Stewart

Houston based artist

Blossom

Watercolor

Oleander Shadows

Watercolor

Biography: Mark is that peculiar neighbor who, for nearly four decades, has spent his days painting watercolors in a shaded, delightfully cluttered studio at the back of his Houston property. His quietly imagined works have appeared in American Artist, Art Talk Magazine, and Southwest Art, even gracing its cover. A Texas A&M architecture graduate, his art has also been published in print and instructional books.

 www.markstewartwatercolor.com

July 2025 Artist of the Month
Jeanne Litt

Jeanne Litt

Houston based artist

Arnold Guevarra Paternal Loving

Pastel

Inspiration

Pastel

Artist Statement: “Faces, especially eyes, the windows to the soul have been a favorite subject of mine. The twaji, the gaze of God coming out of each person’s eyes is unique and sacred. I am honored to experience it with all media.”

  https://purplume.wordpress.com/

 FB: @Jeanne Litt – A Person

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