Art Consultant providing picture framing, old Houston photos, and wall decor for Houston's corporate clients.

In the world of art there is a vast array of art styles and types. We as a people tend to find a particular style that we like, someone else sees our display and copies it, and before long a once-unique look has become a fad. In time it can become overused and yesterday’s history. Sadly, this could be said for Windberg, and even for Thomas Kinkade.
Another overused art item is the motivational piece. These are the art pieces that depict everything from soaring eagles to sailboats on perfectly …

Michael Atkinson is a West Texas artist from Lubbock. His interest in art started early in life, and he began painting as a child. After studying architecture at Texas Tech University, he pursued a career in teaching as well as working as an architect.
His art interests are widely varied and include buildings, animals, oceanscapes, and southwest landscapes. His watercolors are stunning. A signature item in his art is his technique with the essential use of white space. His style starts with fine detail at a center …

As a longtime Astro/Colt 45/Buff fan, I am glad to see the purchase of the Astros finally take place.  We have endured the team’s  worst season in its existence, and there is no bright future immediately in sight.  Drayton McClane, the now previous owner, had clearly allowed the Astros to decay into a team that lost over 100 games this year.
Before we blame him too much, however, consider what he has brought us over the years.  We regularly made trips to the playoffs and one trip to the World Series.
The …

guest post by Thomas Ward
What is art?  What determines “good” art?  Why do different people observing the same piece regard it with antithetical perceptions?
We humans have been asking these questions for a long time.  I suspect the earliest human rock drawings and ivory carvings were viewed with wide eyes and smiles by some and furrowed brows and curled lips by others.  Why?
I don’t have an inside track to ideas regarding artistic value, but, some factors are fairly obvious.
One is scarcity.  One of the 6 human tendencies is to desire what …