July 8 - August 26, 2023

Martin started sewing when she was 12, making her own clothes throughout high school and later for her children.

Martin obtained a B.S. degree in clothing and textiles and later obtained an M.A. in sculpture. For years she worked in clay, sculpting the human form, and she was featured on HGTV’s Modern Masters series in 2007. Her wire figures had roots in the mid-1990s after she was encouraged to take a sculpture class while struggling with a family tragedy. Daniel Sellers, a Collin College sculpture professor at the time, had a powerful influence on her early work.

For years, Martin gravitated toward the hardness of wire, steel, and cement to express her artistic view of life’s difficulties. Her work continues to evolve. In 2022 she began experimentation incorporating textiles into her wire and cement forms. Sewing is her homage to Lucienne Boutonnet Olmiccia, her grandmother, who sailed to this country after WW2 from Casa Blanca, Morocco, then a French colony. Her textile work explores the softer, whimsical side of human experience.

As an accomplished graphic artist, painter, and sculptor, O’Michael has worked with a variety of media, including oil, acrylic and water paints, ceramics, glass, and various metals, including steel, brass, stainless steel, and aluminum. She obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas, Austin, with studies in traditional figure drawing, design, welding, and casting. In 2013, she earned a Masters in Fine Art from Houston Christian University under Michael Roque Collins, Hans Molzberger, and Jim Edwards.

O’Michael’s sculptures are exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States, as well as in Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, and the UK. Her work is included in museums, private, international, and corporate collections, including public art sculptures for the Ellen Noel Museum in Odessa, Museobenini, Marble Falls, El Centro College, Friends of Katy Trail, and Baylor Medical Foundation. She has made twelve public works in the Dallas Metroplex, including five, four-story monumental works in Highland Park and Arlington, Texas, and her twenty-one-foot Future Rising in Jewett’s, Texas (official Sculpture Capital of Texas) collection.

Jeff Robinson is an artist known for his expertise in ceramics and woodworking. During the late 1960s, Jeff’s interest in pottery was piqued while traveling through Texas, which led him to enroll in ceramics at Florida Atlantic University. Jeff later co-founded Good Earth Pottery in Southwest Louisiana, which gained popularity in the southeastern United States for its creative work. He worked as a full-time studio artist until 1981, earning numerous awards and exhibiting his colorful, flowing patterned ceramic pieces around the country.

In the late 1980s, Jeff’s focus shifted to woodworking after injuries forced him to retire from ceramics. He created one-of-a- kind furniture pieces with signature curves and flowing lines, often inspired by landscapes he encountered during his travels.

Jeff uses hundreds to thousands of hardwood pieces, sourced from North and South America and Africa, to create intricately composed geometric landscapes without using any stains. His current sculptures are large in scale, taking between 300 to 500 hours per piece, and feature a balance between the geometric patterns and the pyramidal base. The tunnels that pass through each sculpture add a unique perspective, allowing light to pass through an otherwise solid form.

Michael Sutton is a sculptor who has been creating art since he was a child in Corpus Christi, Texas. He was recognized and praised for his artwork by his teachers and school. Even as a child, he was interested in architecture, which has greatly influenced his work

After opening a studio in New Mexico, he started using sandblasted glass in his work. After a few years and many experiences, Michael started to focus on sculpture and functional art pieces like tables, desks, and light fixtures. In the 1990s, he created special wall finishes for interior designers to supplement his income, which was an invaluable education in the use of color.

Now in his seventies, Michael’s focus is solely on his sculpture. He has learned much about art through traveling, visiting museums and galleries, and knowing artists personally. Michael believes that making art is the only way to better express his artistic vision. Each piece is an experiment and an exploration. Michael’s images are always three-dimensional, and whether non-objective or abstractly representational, his work is characterized by its interaction between color, texture, and pattern. Through his craft, he examines the abstract nature of creativity and subverts traditional notions by inviting viewers to engage with his tactile pieces.

George Tobolowsky creates steel and stainless steel sculptures by welding together “found objects,” discarded machine parts, industrial parts and scrap metal. He lets the original shapes of the discarded steel pieces determine the form of each sculpture by balancing its compositions with each “found object” or piece of scrap metal. Tobolowsky’s sculptures are visual memories that reflect his business experiences of the past three decades working in the legal and business worlds.

Tobolowsky's sculptures are in collections in over 62 National and International Museums, University Collections and Public Art Collections and also in numerous Private Collections. I have had Exhibitions in Vail, CO., Portland OR, Chicago IL, New York City, Chautauqua NY, New Orleans LA, Palo Alto CA. and throughout Texas, India, Venice and Jerusalem. In 2018, he participated in 10 exhibitions in museums and Public Art Projects. In 2018/19, he had three sculptures in the Venice Garden at the Venice Biennale for Architecture, Sculpture and Art with the European Cultural Center. He was also invited back for the 2019 Venice Art Biennale with the ECC and The Jerusalem Biennale 2021 and 2019 for Contemporary Jewish Art in Israel. New Exhibition at the National Center for Jewish Art titled: “Side by Side”with James Surls & George Tobolowsky."

Terri S. Wilder is a passionate ceramic artist who spent 30 years fitting her art into the busy schedule of a flight attendant career with Delta Air Lines. Along the way, she met many people and traveled the world, inspiring her art. When she retired in 2012, Terri began to devote herself to ceramics full-time. In 2016, she was accepted into the graduate program at the University of Dallas, where she completed her MA in 2018 and MFA in 2019.

Today, Terri works in her studio at 13001 Goldmark, Suite 235, where she is a proud member of a vibrant community of talented artists. Terri’s art reflects her belief in the beauty and importance of the natural world. Her pieces often feature organic shapes and textures, and her use of color is inspired by the changing seasons and landscapes of the world she explored during her time as a flight attendant. Terri is always experimenting with new techniques and styles, and her work continues to evolve and captivate collectors and art lovers alike.