Texas Hill Country Art Guide -2025

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Wildly Vibrant

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A Place to Just Be. Making connections at InSight Gallery

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Glass Happens Enchanted Ranch is your funky art experience

By Megan Willome

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n the way to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, at the top of a hill, visitors pull off where the buildings are painted a funky purple and green. They are greeted by Holly and Paul Simonette, always wearing tie-dye T-shirts. Holly is a weaver, and Paul is a glass-blower. Both offer art experiences on their 22-acre ranch.

“What we’re doing is living history,” Holly said. Both loomknitting and glass-blowing trace their origins back to the 1500s. The Simonettes welcome couples, families, RV clubs, corporate office parties, and friends to their ranch.

Art experiences take place on Fridays and Saturdays and are scheduled according to the size of the group. A larger group can request a midweek experience. In the fall, guests make glass ornaments, and in the spring, heart sculptures and suncatchers.

“Just call!” Paul says. “It can be a same-day appointment.”

The experience begins with a safety briefing by Paul at the furnace, the Glory Hole.

“A lot of people have seen ‘Blown Away’ on Netflix and want to give it a try,” Holly said. “They don’t realize how hot that glass is— 2,100 degrees is just a number until you actually feel it. Paul always tells them glass is the consistency of honey, but hot like lava.”

Visitors find it’s hard to make the glass do what they want.

“Sometimes the glass goes bloop, like a marshmallow in a campfire, and Paul helps them recenter it,” Holly said. “We always say, ‘Glass happens.’ It can be artwork or floor art if it drops on the ground and breaks.”

But people love making something, even if their project doesn’t turn out perfectly. “They say, ‘I love that it’s funky,’” Holly said.

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“People don’t appreciate what goes into making a piece of woven clothing unless they look at a loom setup,” she said.

“They don’t appreciate glass on a shelf if they don’t see how it’s made,” Paul added.

The Simonettes offer more than a shelf—there’s a whole funky gallery, the Purple Shack Makers Gallery, with art by Paul, Holly and 17 other local and regional artists. Fiber art, jewelry, photography, woodworking, fused glass, blown glass, and even a little garden art are all available for purchase.

Beside the Purple Shack is a pollinator garden, recognized by Hill Country Master Naturalists and the Native Plant Society of Texas.

Guests can bring a picnic and sit on a butterfly bench or in the shade.

Something is in bloom most of the year.

“Spring is best for butterflies, but they continue through early summer, then come again in the fall,” Holly said. “We’re restoring and diversifying the plant life for the benefit of the wildlife.”

Their signature purple and green came from the mealy blue sage in the front meadow. “The paint store helped us match the purple flower and the green leaves, and we use the colors on our buildings and in our T-Shirts that say, ‘Art Is Hot,’” Holly said.

The Simonettes came to Fredericksburg five years ago from San Diego. Holly describes herself as a “recovering bureaucrat” who worked in public relations. A friend gave her a loom, and she apprenticed with a fiber artist. She has been weaving for the 20 years.

Paul was a firefighter. Holly gave him a gift certificate for a glassblowing experience, and “He took to it like a firefighter to flames,” she said. He apprenticed with glassblowers in San Diego every Sunday for a year, “I thought, ‘This is a challenge.

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Wildly Vibrant Christa Peyton’s work reflects the joy of memories

By Sallie Lewis Schneider

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wenty miles north of Fredericksburg, Christa Peyton has found home amidst a sea of rolling green hills. The artist and mother of two has lived in Fredericksburg since 2019, where she homeschools her young son, and expresses herself freely through the tip of her paintbrush.

Peyton’s story is a colorful one that has been marked by many moves.

Long before relocating from Dripping Springs to the Hill Country, the Army brat, along with her three siblings, grew up on bases such as Fort Benning in Georgia and Fort Campbell in Kentucky. After her father’s untimely passing in 1977, her mother moved the family to the Texas capital, where the city’s quirky, authentic energy was a salve for young Peyton’s soul. “I loved Austin as a kid,” she said. “Lots of my friends were creative growing up.”

Years later, after graduating from Texas A&M University, she met her husband in Houston while working in the oil and gas industry. “When we were dating in the nineties, we would come to Fredericksburg, and I remember thinking then, this is so neat,” she shared of the city. “We just loved it, so eventually we got here.”

Since making the move, Peyton has experienced a creative renaissance. “At first, I was going crazy,” she said, admittedly. Though a stark shift from city life, the transition forced her to embrace the silence and use it to her benefit. “The calm and solitude absolutely gave me the quiet I needed,” she opined. “It opened up a window for me to create with no outside influences.”

In 2023, the self-taught artist transformed her former hobby into a dedicated daily practice. She began by painting her favorite poppy flowers and depicting their delicate, richly pigmented petals and stems through layers upon layers of glossy red, pink, and orange strokes. For Peyton, the saturated hues that pulsed from these works became a visual reminder of the vivid Revlon lipsticks made popular in the 1980s.

That connection ultimately got her thinking about the decade at large – which was a pivotal one for the artist – and inspired her next collection. “Movie quotes basically ruled our life,” she remarked 16

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One of her original paintings, Totally Rad, is a tribute to the decade’s zingy one liners, with bursts of neon orange and fuchsia, crimson and teal. In Air Guitar, bands of electriccolored strings remind of legends like Van Halen and Bon Jovi, whose 1980s songs became the soundtrack of her adolescence. Meanwhile, Festival pays homage to Austin’s celebratory culture and the artist’s prior pilgrimage to the city’s annual Aqua Festival on the shores of Town Lake.

Peyton’s holidays on the Texas gulf coast are another focal theme. In South Padre 1989, she uses shiny acrylic paint to revive the bygone memories spent cruising the southern coast in a maroon Oldsmobile packed with sun-in, cassette tapes, and fluorescent tank tops. Altogether these abstract canvases, composed with geometric patterns, sharp lines, and distinct textures, possess a palpable power fueled by the artist’s personal nostalgia and joie de vivre.

Within her home studio, colors stream like shooting stars. She likens the space to her very own candy shop, where her inner child plays freely amongst the sweetness of self-expression. Through trial and error, Peyton works diligently on her craft, eschewing organization for spontaneity, while leaning into myriad inspirations, be it her lifelong love of vintage textiles and fabrics or fresh flowers and photography.

“The colors choose me – it is intuitive,” she explained of her process. And though at times she has experimented with softer, arguably ‘safer’ hues, she’s consistently drawn back to the contrasting, bold, maximalist style that has become her signature. “It is my soul coming out on the canvas,” she shared. “I just slap some paint on and go, because if you think too much, you doubt yourself.”

Today, there is no doubting Peyton’s immense talent. In moving to Fredericksburg, she has claimed her creative calling and allowed her gifts to bloom gracefully, like the striking scarlet poppy flowers she knows and loves. “I can tell you right now I am 1,000% supposed to paint,” she said with a smile. “That is what I am here to do.”

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A Place to Just Be. Making connections at InSight Gallery

By Megan Willome

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nSight Gallery is located on Main Street, in the heart of Fredericksburg. It represents some of the finest painters and sculptors in the country. Anyone can and does wander in.

“We had a gentleman who came in while on jury duty, every day.

He said, ‘I like to come over here during lunch and just be.’ It was such a lovely compliment,” said Elizabeth Harris, who co-owns the gallery with her husband, Stephen.

Galleries, like museums, can be places of respite. “There’s something healing in beauty,” Harris said.

In a world filled with screens, she says we need the healing art can bring.

“I recently finished reading Donna Tartt’s ‘The Goldfinch.’ One particular passage resonated with me, about why anyone loves a piece of art: ‘It’s a secret whisper from an alleyway. Psst, you. Hey kid. Yes, you.’ We can’t always articulate what speaks to us about a piece of art because it’s an intangible connection.”

Harris hopes to forge those connections at InSight. Maybe it’s the piece itself, or maybe it’s the artist’s story.

Like Robert Moore, who is completely colorblind, yet paints with wild color.

“People would say to him, ‘You can’t be an artist,’ But he didn’t subscribe to that self-limiting belief. He had to take the color theory class three times, but he kept taking it,” Harris said.

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InSight opened in 2009, and Harris began working there in 2010.

She is from Austin, but she and her husband moved to Fredericksburg from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, after he had a skiing accident.

“It took him two years to walk again,” she said. “We moved here because everything was easy—I could get errands done in 30 minutes. I thought we’d be here for a year, then go back to Jackson. That was 18 years ago.”

Harris double majored in art and interior design and initially worked with an architecture firm. In Jackson she expressed her creativity through event planning and flowers, while also starting a jewelry design business. After moving to Fredericksburg she initially worked in weddings, but found it wasn’t a family-friendly career.

“Our kids were little, but old enough to notice I was gone Thursday through Saturday. Working at the gallery offered more regular hours.

I fell into it backwards,” she said.

In 2015, the original owners were ready to sell, and at the same time, Stephen was ready to leave the world of banking.

“He does the financial part at the gallery, but I joke that he’s also our highly overpaid shipping manager. His motto is, ‘Go slow,’” Harris said. “He can pick up sculptures. He willingly schleps things for us.

I do sales, marketing, graphic design.”

In addition to the Harrises, InSight has a staff of four, along with Ollie, the Harris’ golden doodle.

“He’s been coming since he was 10 weeks old. He’s got such a sweet nature. He sits with the people who sit. He loves strollers,” Harris said. The website adds, “Occasionally known to nap on the job, he still nominates himself regularly for employee of the month.”

The 60 artists represented at InSight include American Impressionist Society Masters, Cowboy Artists of America, Master Oil Painters of America, and Pastel Society of America Masters. The artists participate in prestigious national shows and are featured in national art magazines.

Even though Fredericksburg isn’t the center of the art world, it is known beyond Texas, in part because of the caliber of artists at InSight.

“The national art market has to do more with who you represent and how well you represent them,” Harris said. “We don’t rely on people coming in the door. We ship probably 60% of our art. We’re available to people no matter where you are.”

When considering a new artist, Harris says she examines their entire body of work.

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Because the Harrises are business people, they serve their artists well.

“We pay once a week.

That’s a big deal. We have our website set up so an artist can always look and see what has sold, so they can know if they’re getting a check,” she said. “Artists are people we’re in business with, and it’s a partnership.”

The Harrises also give artists space to let creativity unfold.

“Even if you create and look back and say, ‘That’s not my best work,’ you went through the process. You committed to the medium and finished it.

That’s what counts. You still learned something from that and can bring that to your next work,” she said.

In that way, she says, art is not unlike football.

“You don’t keep running just one play. You do it again with different circumstances,” Harris said. “Painting is the same way. The next time you do it, it’s a different light, different subject matter.”

Harris’ goal is to provide a hospitable environment for art collectors, lovers, and novices, and its location is part of that welcoming spirit. InSight resides in the 1907 Schwarz building, with tall ceilings, original pine floors and rock walls, and more than 8,000 square feet of open space.

“Happy and Candy Feller restored the building as a gift to Fredericksburg,” she said. “When we travel and go to art galleries, we always pinch ourselves that we have this building and the space that we do.”

Every now and then a group of curious teenagers wanders in.

Maybe they’re drawn by a painting of aspen trees, and they’ve never seen that tree because they’ve never left Texas. Or maybe a sculpture of a raven catches their eye. Or a scene from the American West that reminds them of stories their grandfather told.

“Every now and then there’s one—there’s one in every group— who stops and looks at how it’s done. They’ve connected with a piece of art,” Harris said.

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The Light Fantastic Chloe Hedden finds poetry in florals

By Sallie Lewis Schneider

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n Chloe Hedden’s Blanco studio, sunlight pours over a colossal quartz crystal sketched on canvas. This may not be a real crystal, but from the looks of its jagged teeth and pointed clusters, one could easily be deceived. Soon, the artist’s painting will be sealed and layered with luminescent oils, where it’ll sparkle in perpetuity.

Much like this faceted mineral, Chloe’s life story is both nuanced and complex. Growing up in the tiny town of Castle Valley in Southern Utah, the red desert, dramatic canyons, and wide-open skies left an indelible impression. Chloe’s parents first moved to the region in the seventies, lured by a life in the wilderness after ‘dropping out’ of society after graduating from Harvard.

From the earliest days, both Chloe and her younger sister were encouraged to pursue their artistic gifts. After all, their mother and father were creatives themselves, actively making furniture or painting and sewing. “I remember the living room was full of spinning wheels and looms,” Chloe says of her eccentric childhood home.

With no television and distractions, drawing became the young artist’s primary form of entertainment and self-expression. By kindergarten, she was copying masters like Picasso, Vermeer, and Renoir. “I grew up playing outside in one of the most beautiful places on earth,” she says. “The weather was always doing something, and I was an artist, so I was observing. I had very robust imaginary worlds and stories I was telling myself.”

After high school, Chloe attended the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, where she graduated with a degree in illustration.

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Despite having an admittedly “difficult” relationship with the desert, she remains forever imprinted by the landscape of her youth.

“When you’re a child of the West, you are so connected to the land, even if you spend your whole childhood trying to get away from it,” she explains. “It is still a part of my bones.”

Over the years, the artist lived and painted everywhere from London, Rome, and Edinburgh to Los Angeles, Boulder, and San Francisco, searching for home on her own terms. It was only during the pandemic, however, that she made her migration to Texas.

“In 2021, I was driving through West Texas, and then through the Hill Country with the wildflowers going bananas, and I thought to myself, I finally found my place,” Chloe remembers. A search on Zillow ultimately led her to a charming home in Blanco, which she purchased sight unseen. Today, that residence is a sanctuary of calm for the artist, who spends her days painting from the airy back-houseturned-studio.

Be it a double-centered rose, a drooping tulip, or the blooming head of a hydrangea, flowers remain one of her most beloved and loyal subjects, as evidenced by the hundreds of photographs that blossom across her workspace. It was only later, however, while living in Malibu and teaching yoga at a local studio, that the artist added crystals to her repertoire.

One morning after coming into work, inspiration struck as she watched the studio’s crystal collection come alive in the sun.

“When I’m painting crystals, every brushstroke is a straight line, and when I am painting flowers, every brushstroke is a curve,” she shares. “They are just different parts of my personality being expressed.”

Regardless of the subject matter, Chloe’s portfolio purposefully magnifies the complex beauty of organic matter, from the kaleidoscopic refractions of a sunlit citrine to the undulating universe of a peony in bloom. Still, the painter admits that it’s not just about the flowers or minerals, but the ways in which they’re illuminated that she finds most stimulating. “My art has always been about light, plain and simple,” she says. “In college, I had this amazing professor who said to us, painting is about the poetry of light as it falls across the 28

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Generally, she only works on one canvas at a time, given her direct painting method. “Flowers are very vibrant, alive things, and if you try to create the color effects with dry paint, it is not going to look right,” she shares. “It really requires that wet-into-wet painting technique.”

She begins by sketching the subject on canvas with pencil before it is sealed and left to dry. When it comes time to paint, she enjoys listening to music, podcasts, and audiobooks; Gordon Hempton’s Sound Escapes are another inspiration, as are the native songbirds outside her studio window.

For a long time, she also listened to Mantra throughout the creation process, hoping to imbue a feeling of peace and divinity into her work. “I wanted the paintings to be able to affect a person slowly over time, and have a beautiful presence in their home,” she says.

Eventually, however, she stopped doing that and just let them be.

“Whatever is happening with me, whatever I’m feeling, I let it rip …

Original art always has a vibration.”

In addition to her coveted flower and crystal series, the cross-media artist has also been experimenting with textile sculpture for the past few years. “At some point, the world felt like a darker place, and I needed to get some of the angst that I was feeling out,” she explains.

“I started making these really messy things where I was throwing paint on the floor and taking fabric and crumpling it up – the antithesis of what I had been doing in a way.” Those experiments gave way to

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Today, maintaining her prolific studio practice is a full-time job, though the artist is also involved with two personal side projects, including Kala Art Advisory, and Wolf Gallery in Lakeway. She first discovered her love of curating and art advising in her early thirties, while working as the creative director of a prestigious art advisory firm in Malibu. That experience helped not only pay the bills but taught her an invaluable education about the other side of the art business. “One of my passions is putting together collections for other people,” Chloe says. “I just adore it.”

Outside of work, she enjoys slowing down and tending to her garden at home. One night not long ago, she befriended a neighbor who was pulling seeds off the road. “She’s been teaching me things,” Chloe shares of her new naturalist friend. “I have been going crazy planting wildflowers and learning about local species, harvesting little bits, and putting them in my garden.” She has also been taking pictures of native flowers, and hopes that one day, they might develop into a painted series of their own. Until then, the artist keeps sowing seeds, ever ready to bloom and grow in her new Texas chapter.

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InSight Gallery InSight Gallery represents a select group of today’s finest painters and sculptors.

The 60 nationally recognized, award-winning artists are American Impressionist Society Masters, Cowboy Artists of America, Master Oil Painters of America and Pastel Society of America Masters. These artists are invited to participate in prestigious national museum shows, including Prix de West, Autry/Masters of the American West, Briscoe Museum’s “Night of Artists” and Eiteljorg Museum’s “Quest for the West.”

“Amid such esteemed artists, we strive to provide a welcoming and hospitable environment so that art collectors, art lovers and art novices alike can come and enjoy the experience,” said Elizabeth Harris, who has owned and operated the gallery with her husband, Stephen, since 2015.

The gallery is located in the 1907 Schwarz building, which was restored in 2010.

InSight Gallery staff shows everyone who walks in the door Fredericksburg hospitality.

“We realize how fortunate we are to have this location — 8,000 square feet of open show space — tall ceilings, lots of natural light, original pine floors, original rock walls. It was an immaculate restoration,” she said.

For First Friday Art Walk, InSight Gallery remains open until 7:30 p.m.

Cyrus Asfary

Daniel F. Gerhartz

George Northup

Roy Andersen

Pat Green

Joan Potter

Carolyn Anderson

Bruce Greene

Tony Pro

Duke Beardsley

David Griffin

Robert Pummill

Dan Bodelson

Brian Grimm

R. E. Reynolds

Phil Bob Borman

Abigail Gutting

Laura Robb

Jeremy Browne

Eldridge Hardie

James Robinson

Tom Browning

G. Harvey

Rachel Brownlee

Mark Haworth

Mary Ross Buchholz

Qiang Huang

Gladys Roldan-deMoras Stefan Savides

George Bumann

Julee Hutchison

Scott Burdick

Oreland C Joe, Sr.

Nancy Bush

Francois Koch

Jill Carver

Damian Lechoszest

Cheri Christensen

David A Leffel

Douglas Clark

Jhenna Quinn Lewis

John Coleman

Calvin Liang

Nicholas Coleman

Richard Loffler

Mick Doellinger

Susan Lyon

Mikel Donahue

Kyle Ma

Tom Dorr

Sherrie McGraw

C. Michael Dudash

Herb Mignery

Michelle Dunaway

Robert Moore

Teresa Elliott

James Morgan

Jim Eppler

Tibor Nagy

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Die Künstler von Fredericksburg Die Künstler von Fredericksburg means “The Artists of Fredericksburg,” but most people refer to the group as DK. Founded in 1991, the club also provides scholarships to several high school students who participate in its annual shows.

DK’s purpose is to promote art appreciation and education in Fredericksburg and the Texas Hill Country for artists at every level of experience. The group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month at Gillespie County Historical Society, 312 West San Antonio Street. Meetings are free and open to the public and include live demonstrations by noted artists.

KayLee Adams Mara Allison Kristin Ashman Ann Baltzer Jan Banfield Robert Behan Jason Behrends Annette Bennett Linda Blalock Connie Bray Vee Ann Brodnax Molly Burnette Stephaney Burns Ruby Lee Clark Daneshu Clarke Elizabeth Cockey Nancy Coon Amy Coward Becky Copeland Caroline Dechert Maryneil Dance Nora Dempsey Virginia deWolf Jane Dickinson Dura Dittmar Ann Douzat Jane Drynan Frieda Duggan Robbi Fish-Lake Jan Foerster Donald Fraser Dalton Fromme Ruby Annette Gonzalez Linda Hall Truby Hardin Nancy Hardison Nan Henke Matthew Henn Susan Henrichson Brenda Hild Svetlana Hipsky Virginia Howell Beth Hughes

Stacy Jenschke Chip Johnson Mary Helen Johnson Peggy Joyce Janet Justice Sheila Kale Sophia Kalish Trevor Kramer Donna Lafferty Marc Land Bridget Langdale CJ Latta Mary Lee Marion Loucks Leisa Luis-Grill Kathy Lux Joyce Malatek Tassie Marceaux Areille Masin Trudy Maslonka Catherine Massaro Barbara Mauldin Susanne McComack Pam Medlin Cherryl Meggs Pat Miller Jan Miller Tom Miller Elizabeth Mims Sherwood Moffett Suzanne Morhart Louise Murphy Nancy Natho Kelly Nichelini Christelle Nordmeyer Casey O'Connor Shannon Oelrich Karen Oldham Edyth O’Neill Melissa Opio Cathy Pankratz Marsha Pape Andrea Pesek 33

Christa Peyton Chris Reese Marsha Reeves Verna Richards Martha Roland Laura Ronstadt Jeanne Rothberg Anne Sanchez Clara Sanchez Tony Sauer Lee Sausley Mary Kaye SawyerMorse Betsy Scheffe Johnnette Scheuer Alice Segner Carol Seminara Cynara Shelton Charlie Simmons Mary Simmons Nancy Skoog Linda Smith Sharon Smith Bob Spencer Melissa Starry Bernadine Swanzy Emily Taylor Christin Thompson Michele Thompson Sue Thompson Susan Tracy Rick VanDiver Ron Vantz Jim Webb Pat Weeden Ashley Weigand Kathy Weigand Mark Wieser Carolyn Wilkinson Bonnie Woods Becky Yon Jennifer Zardavets Krisine Ziems

Texas Hill Country

Fredericksburg Art Guild & Gallery Fredericksburg Art Guild is a nonprofit organization founded more than 50 years ago by artist John McClusky to support the arts in the Texas Hill Country. All members are Texas artists. Featured shows rotate between the members each month.

Adult oil painting classes are offered throughout the year by Truby Hardin, and Nan Henke teaches watercolor. Most students participate in a juried show in February. A professionally juried show takes place in May for artists in and around Gillespie County. During Memorial Day weekend the guild hosts a weekend Art Fest on the grounds, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., to celebrate art and those who have served our country.

Courtesy of Pedernales Creative Arts Alliance (PCAA), the guild is represented in a large tent at Oktoberfest. Support for the guild is provided by PCAA and the City of Fredericksburg’s Hotel Occupancy Tax. During First Friday Art Walk the gallery stays open until 8 p.m. Visitors interact with the guild’s artists while enjoying fine art and local wine in a historic building.

Stay updated on upcoming events through the guild’s website.

Cathy Pankratz

Kristine Ziems

Nancy Skoog

Cindy Cherrington

Lee Wilson

Peggy Joyce

Donna Roche

Marion Loucks

Ruby Annette

Erica Haupert

Mary Lee

Sheila Bingham

Gayle Wilson

Matt Henn

Suzanne Morhart

Jan Miller

Melissa Starry

Svetlana Hipsky

Jean Northington

Michael McAleer

Tom Miller

Joyce Malatek

Nan Henke

Truby Hardin

Judy Earls

Nancy Hardinson

Rivers Edge Gallery Debbie and Mike Wilson own Rivers Edge, “The Jewel of Kerrville.” The 20,000-square-foot gallery also offers fine art printing and custom framing. The Wilsons can make copies of photographs or paintings and print them on fine art canvas or paper. They also clean and repair oil paintings.

“I’m not trying to be an upper-end gallery. I want to be a middle-class gallery, where they walk in and the artwork is affordable,” Debbie Wilson said. “We’re the best-kept secret in Kerrville.”

Rivers Edge represents over 20 artists, including painters, sculptors and jewelrymakers. The gallery’s eclectic offerings include traditional and contemporary works.

Wilson specializes in conservation of family heirlooms, priceless art and vintage photographs.

“I do 3-D objects, like flags, Army uniforms. My favorite one was a CIA agent’s guns and handcuffs and badges,” Wilson said. “I do a lot of things that other frame shops have no idea how to do. When I frame it, you can’t even tell how it’s attached.”

She loves hearing the stories customers bring with their valued heirlooms and the trust they place in Rivers Edge to preserve their treasures. “We try to save our customers as much money as possible but give them the art they deserve,” Wilson said.

Paulette Alsworth

Irene Cookie McCoy

Mary Shepard

MaryAnn Brummer

Bob O'Connor

James Snuffer

Cliff Cavin

Casey O'Connor

Pauly Tamez

Lenell Dean

Cyril Panchevre

Colin Turner

Curtis Dykes

Monica Pate

Dyana Walker

Travis Keese

Maren Phillips

Mike Wilson

Jackie Knott

Helen L. Rietz

Leonora Volpe

Rod McGehee

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