by houstonwine | Aug 14, 2021 | Art News
I was interviewed on Instagram Live last week by Kristina Parro, author of the novel “Lucky”. Kristina’s novel is based on the life of the controversial millionaire and socialite, Rebekah Harkness. Harkness also happens to have been the subject of my...
by houstonwine | Jul 16, 2021 | Paintings, People, Uncategorized
I recently finished a commission portrait of the Reverend Samuel Parris. He was the Puritan minister in Salem Village, Massachusetts. His daughter and niece were the first girls who began to act strangely and claimed to have been possessed by witches. Parris, in many...
by houstonwine | Jun 10, 2021 | Paintings, People
My latest oil painting. “A Marvelous Time” was inspired by the lyrics in Taylor Swift’s song, “The Last Great American Dynasty”. Her song tells the tale of the eccentric millionaire socialite, Rebekah Harkness who “had a marvelous time ruining everything.”...
by houstonwine | Sep 4, 2020 | Paintings, People
Supper at Ursula, by Mary LaGarde, oil on canvas, 60″ x 48″ I believe that art should tell a story and it should elicit an emotional response in the viewer. I was shocked by our government’s decision to separate families at the border and to house...
by houstonwine | Jun 3, 2019 | Art News
MARY LAGARDE STUDIO & GALLERY OPEN HOUSE Free tour of studio and gallery of award-winning Naples artist Mary LaGarde. Learn about the 16th Century Venetian Method of painting used by Mary and visit surrounding galleries as part of the Art Alive! event in the...
