A self-proclaimed "Abstract Experimental Expressionist", Abrams is inspired by free thought, his addiction to color, and a love for nature's many beautiful creations. The immediacy and flow of decision-making necessary to glasswork comes naturally and makes his work exciting. Working spontaneously and intuitively, the irony is in the delicacy of the forms he creates.

MacLennan's photography has become a means not only to document a place, but to tell a story. She is drawn to the details, and by focusing on vignettes rather than vistas, she can capture the inherent beauty in pure form, texture, and design.

The illusion of a dance drama unfolds in paint, by Diepenbrock abstracting the human form and meshing it into the background. Complex positive and negative spaces, created by changing dance positions, are further enhanced by placing fabric on the figures and on the picture plane. Painter Diepenbrock holds a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from Texas Women's University in Denton.

Hernandez fuses and cuts the glass multiple times, giving her pieces extra depth and weight, differentiating them from other dichroic creations available in the market. She loves to use natural precious and semi precious gemstones, crystals, pearls and all types of metals to make the finished pieces. Texture, finish and color are all hand picked by Hernandez to make each piece a work of art.

Inspiration comes from what is around Lacy and at hand to work with. Any literal or direct message in the work is avoided. Mystery is more intriguing than knowing.

The transition from a career in commercial interior design to an art venue has been a natural flow of events, allowing Galloway to implement her subtle sense of color and form to a new yet familiar format.

An Interior Architect by profession, Doughty has studied photography for over 30 years. In his search for beauty and from his love of nature, he records landscapes, seascapes, and most recently began capturing stunning color combinations involving flowers against contrasting backgrounds.

Frederick, a self-taught artist, loves to experiment with his styles. His mood dictates where the art piece leads him. He loves to express emotion with color. Fun is always a big part of his work...if it's not fun, it's not worth doing!

Hunt's original approach to painting involves using antique windows and doors as his canvases, specializing in reverse painting on glass. Hunt's acrylic paintings combine pop culture and traditional images which create an entirely unique artistic experience.

The true seed of Parker's interest in the visual arts was planted while she studied in Paris, France and assisted a pair of artists on a sculpture project. Parker's jewelry designs, inspired by everything from paintings to architecture, bring fine art in the form of wearable sculpture to the public.

Decorate and personalize wine and champagne bottles for your own entertaining, or for holiday, birthday, and housewarming gifts! LaVoy's unique creations include grapes, charms, tassels, and Texas-inspired longhorns, stars, horseshoes, lassos and more!

A professional portrait photographer, Hundt, believes "that my images convey who I am more effectively than I could with words, and isn't it said that a picture's worth a thousand words?"

Pile, AKA the Kessler Craftsman, builds furniture and stained glass panels, lamps and fire screens in his Kessler Park, Dallas studio. Working predominately in the vocabulary of the Arts and Crafts movement, Pile incorporates Mission, Greene & Greene, Prairie-style, and Japanese and English Edwardian motifs into his work which is sought by patrons from Whidby Island, WA to Wall Street, NYC.

Aertker's art is a reflection of her personal journey of embracing change. The Pre-Columbian cultures of South America are a current source of the ideas in her work. The truly beautiful aspect of Raku is that each time she pulls a new piece from the kiln, she is rewarded with the notion that she has produced something irreplaceable.

Semos is a highly committed professional whose deep appreciation of beauty and culture can be found in each of her photographs. Her images are a result of her extensive travel not only within the United States, but also throughout Europe, Mexico, and the Caribbean. Recent works have been published in New York Magazine, Business Traveler, and Timeout NY.

Well known for her Downtown Dallas Watercolor series, Kochan has recently published a book of these works "Once Upon a Time in Dallas". Not only an award-winning painter, Kochan is also a writer, lecturer, juror and demonstrator for art groups.

As a full time glassblower at Vetro Art Glass in Grapevine, Texas, Young is continuously exploring the bounds of hot glass via torch and furnace work. His ability to work in this medium, allows him to create a wide range of pieces, from bowls and vases to jewelry and wine stoppers – all in his unique style.

Fitzgerald, an award winning photographer, strives to create images that are simple, graphic, evocative, and surreal and that in some way evoke reaction, provoke an emotion, or tell a story. While his photographic subjects are widely varied, he finds himself repeatedly drawn to nature and wildlife and the impact of man on both.

Thornton has two distinct styles: "abstract" which contain recognizable images that are altered to emphasize an element and "non-objective" which have no recognizable figures. Her most recent works reflect a leap in her artistry as she combines both styles to create ethereal and emotionally powerful artwork.

Cook is an award-winning artist who has shown in galleries nationwide including the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery in New York, the Bent Tree Gallery in Taos, New Mexico and the Olympic Sports Center. He loves the texture oil gives to the canvas and the vibrant colors associated with ocean vistas, a beautiful golf hole or a view from the top of Santorini.

Fascinated by aerial views of cities, urban maps full of grids and repetition, technology and industry, Sliger interprets the uniform and abstract shapes into her own life experiences. In these Cityscapes created exclusively for ArtMixers, so chock full of layered torn paper, cloth, paint, gold leaf and found objects, viewers enjoy endless discovery.

Created exclusively for ArtMixers, these sculptures are motion studies. By using positive and negative space, paths are created to lead the viewer’s eye in and out of each piece.

Painting professionally for over 35 years, Bohlman, an award winning native Texan, is self taught and works primarily in watercolor. She paints in her studio on a daily basis, is a gifted teacher, and with her outgoing personality is often a guest artist for painting demonstrations and watercolor workshops throughout the DFW area.

Collins, an artist of diverse talent, works in charcoal, pastel and metal sculpture, in addition to his oil paintings. He combines a bold palette of colors with subtle and surprising strokes to recreate images of his travels into thought-provoking abstract landscapes, that he refers to as "an abstract representation of my soul's journey through life".

Snodgrass is a self-taught artist who has been drawing and painting since the age of four and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in downtown Dallas. His unique style and gifted ability to work in virtually any medium offers endless possibilities for him to express each new creation. Snodgrass says "I hope my work evokes feelings that words alone can not convey."

Davis has been sculpting and creating children's portraits for over 20 years. She fell in love with not only sculpture while taking her first class, but also the instructor, George Davis, whom she later married. She is also a talented welder and has added jewelry and belt buckles to her repertoire.

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Price is developing a style of textured painting and multidimensional collage he terms "Soul Music Based Visual Abstraction". His influences include Louise Nevelson and the Godfather of Soul, James Brown.

Having wondered for over 30 years why he paints, McGlothlin feels "By making an object, I learn something about life that for me cannot be learned or communicated in any other way".

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Davis has been sculpting for over 40 years and teaching figurative sculpture for over 30 years. His torsos illustrate his amazing ability to capture each individual model--perfectly. Commission sculptures available.

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Vega has been designing jewelry and handbags that are classic, vintage and one of a kind since 1995. She travels the world searching for interesting fabrics and beads to create her designs which have been featured in Lucky Magazine and the Dallas Museum of Art.

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Edens' candelabras are made of spring coils from automobiles and trucks discovered in Dallas scrap yards. They are a product of her most recent diversion which has been welding and creating yard art.

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Allen is an independent software developer who has had a long running love affair with the beauty and charm of Northern New Mexico. He and his wife Myra have spent their vacations there for the past 25 years. A few years ago he discovered digital art and the joy of capturing on canvas the images which have enchanted him for years.

Based upon the harmonics of musical scales, Whitney has calculated resonating colors and shapes that provide for alternative perspectives and surprisingly effective color combinations. Whitney's titles indicate opportunities for the viewer to select music in that key – and to hear what they see.