We formed the Green House Gallery in June 2008 as a vibrant forum for artists from diverse backgrounds, seeking a fresh art-space in Houston. We have a wide scope of skills and media. Our artists' bios are below. For our individual contact info and websites, click here. Please click here for a showcase of some of our work. |
Monique Weston grew up in Hong Kong and Japan, with intermittent periods in mainland
China. She has since traveled widely, working as a translator, jewelry designer, and
intelligence analyst (areas of expertise include kidnap and ransom).
Her dynamic aesthetic melds subtle influences from Japanese raku pottery with the
brilliant colors and dramatic style of Indian art, resulting in bright, contemporary abstracts.
Her pieces balance a tension between vivid, synthetic colors and fluid, organic forms. She
has developed a unique creative process using single-strand brushes and oil-based
industrial paints and enamels.
This Houston-based fine artist began painting in 2006, drawing on a rich and varied
background in jewelry design. Her jewelry is composed of unorthodox materials, including
lighting gels, plumbing parts and cogs from antique watches.
Group exhibitions include Earth Gallery’s “Sacred Space in Everyday Life” in March 2007;
Inversion (September 2007-February 2008); Rice University’s NAWMBA show (March
2008); and Hungry's Gallery (summer 2008). Monique’s artwork can also be viewed in
Starbucks across Houston.
China. She has since traveled widely, working as a translator, jewelry designer, and
intelligence analyst (areas of expertise include kidnap and ransom).
Her dynamic aesthetic melds subtle influences from Japanese raku pottery with the
brilliant colors and dramatic style of Indian art, resulting in bright, contemporary abstracts.
Her pieces balance a tension between vivid, synthetic colors and fluid, organic forms. She
has developed a unique creative process using single-strand brushes and oil-based
industrial paints and enamels.
This Houston-based fine artist began painting in 2006, drawing on a rich and varied
background in jewelry design. Her jewelry is composed of unorthodox materials, including
lighting gels, plumbing parts and cogs from antique watches.
Group exhibitions include Earth Gallery’s “Sacred Space in Everyday Life” in March 2007;
Inversion (September 2007-February 2008); Rice University’s NAWMBA show (March
2008); and Hungry's Gallery (summer 2008). Monique’s artwork can also be viewed in
Starbucks across Houston.
Adine Rotman desires to paint everything she sees because painting is her passion.
She enjoys painting commissions and her recent series of pet portraits has brought
such intense reactions of joy and gratitude from her clients who wished to have a
memory of their beloved pets. She graduated from AIH from the graphic design
program. Adine earned a degree in International Studies at Emory University and she
worked as a bilingual elementary school teacher. She has entered judged and juried
competitions with great success. Her paintings can be seen in households throughout
the U.S. and Great Britain. The Simply Art Gallery of Galveston represents her as an
artist. Adine participates in the Yale Street Arts Market.
She enjoys painting commissions and her recent series of pet portraits has brought
such intense reactions of joy and gratitude from her clients who wished to have a
memory of their beloved pets. She graduated from AIH from the graphic design
program. Adine earned a degree in International Studies at Emory University and she
worked as a bilingual elementary school teacher. She has entered judged and juried
competitions with great success. Her paintings can be seen in households throughout
the U.S. and Great Britain. The Simply Art Gallery of Galveston represents her as an
artist. Adine participates in the Yale Street Arts Market.
Lois Morton writes: “I have been an art educator for 28 years, taught with hundreds of
teachers and hopefully inspired thousands of kids. I’ve had “MOR-TONS” of fun
teaching art and now that I am retired, I’m having an endless summer of creating in my
own art world.
I became an art teacher because of my Dallas high school teacher Mr. Jack Stevenson
and my parents. In high school we melted glass, melted wax, did linoleum printmaking
and made huge clay sculptures. At East Texas State University, my favorite classes
were welding, clay, jewelry, printmaking and casting aluminum sculpture.
I’ve taught in 5 school districts and 7 schools- Dallas, Highland Park, Spring Branch, Cy-
Fair and Katy ISD, and have taught stained glass in shops and for continuing education
classes at U of H. Twice I have been named teacher of the year, once in Katy and with
my fine arts team in Cy-Fair. Many of my students have had recognized
accomplishments and gone on to pursue art.
I’m now taking time to enjoy and explore all the art processes I’ve been teaching. My
mixed media collages are made from a variety of textures printed with ink on different
papers and cut out to make my whimsical nature compositions. My open edition giclees
are titled Color Blind, Fraternal Twins, Strike a Pose, Blue Hawaii, Tapestry, Recess
and Hide and Seek. A giclee is the process of making fine art prints from a digital
source using ink-jet printing. The images are generated from high resolution and
printed with archival quality ink. I also have several smaller original collages and clay
sculpture. Hope you enjoy my Birds.”
teachers and hopefully inspired thousands of kids. I’ve had “MOR-TONS” of fun
teaching art and now that I am retired, I’m having an endless summer of creating in my
own art world.
I became an art teacher because of my Dallas high school teacher Mr. Jack Stevenson
and my parents. In high school we melted glass, melted wax, did linoleum printmaking
and made huge clay sculptures. At East Texas State University, my favorite classes
were welding, clay, jewelry, printmaking and casting aluminum sculpture.
I’ve taught in 5 school districts and 7 schools- Dallas, Highland Park, Spring Branch, Cy-
Fair and Katy ISD, and have taught stained glass in shops and for continuing education
classes at U of H. Twice I have been named teacher of the year, once in Katy and with
my fine arts team in Cy-Fair. Many of my students have had recognized
accomplishments and gone on to pursue art.
I’m now taking time to enjoy and explore all the art processes I’ve been teaching. My
mixed media collages are made from a variety of textures printed with ink on different
papers and cut out to make my whimsical nature compositions. My open edition giclees
are titled Color Blind, Fraternal Twins, Strike a Pose, Blue Hawaii, Tapestry, Recess
and Hide and Seek. A giclee is the process of making fine art prints from a digital
source using ink-jet printing. The images are generated from high resolution and
printed with archival quality ink. I also have several smaller original collages and clay
sculpture. Hope you enjoy my Birds.”
| Welcome to the Green House Gallery! |
Monique Weston
Lois Morton
Adine Rotman
| Lois can be contacted at: (281) 347-3414 loismorton@comcast.net www.loismortonart.com |
| Collage, Clay Sculpture |
| Watercolor |
Adine can be contacted at:
(713) 742-5454
adine@evatt.com
www.evatt.com/blog/art
www.AdinesWatercolors.com
(713) 742-5454
adine@evatt.com
www.evatt.com/blog/art
www.AdinesWatercolors.com
| Oils, acrylics, jewelry |
| Monique can be contacted at: (713) 443-8397 www.moniqueweston.com monique@moniqueweston.com or moniqueisabelle@comcast.net |
Miquel Correl writes: I grew up in small towns in Oregon, so I am a nature lover at heart. I
recycle almost all my waste, I compost, and I do not use Styrofoam. My car gets 30 mpg
and it is important to me to have a minimal carbon footprint. I am also able to make
financial contributions to significant environmentally active organizations.
As an artist, I have always loved to make things…..cards, candles, mobiles, and
Christmas ornaments, among other things, and have foisted them on friends and family.
Early in the 1970’s I took watercolor classes at Rice University, both western style and
also Chinese water coloring technique.
I was lucky enough to meet a local ceramic artist and teacher, Judy Blossman-Boh,
at an Art Show, and after talking a while, I expressed interest in her technique, she offered
to teach me basic clay and ceramic art. From the moment I began making a form and
working in clay, I was hooked.
I especially love organic shapes inspired by nature; birds, chickens, fish, dragonflies
and flowers show up in my pieces. “Useful” objects appeal to me, so I make coin banks,
doggy bowls, bird baths, platters, and spoon/ladle rests.
Color, all kinds of color, is found in the glazes I use. Bright is beautiful.
I have no formal education in the composition and physics of clay or glaze, so each piece
is an experiment for me.
I hope you enjoy my work. I certainly enjoy making it.
Do what you love, love what you do.
Miquel grew up in the Willamette Valley in central Oregon, moved to Houston in 1969, had
a career as an accountant and CFO for a municipal utility contractor; holds a Texas Real
Estate Brokers license; keeps exotic birds & chickens & dragonflies & lizards & fish in the
fish pond, and all live happily together in the back garden; loves to raise bromeliads and
other tropical plants; and is Mother to two loveable black lab house dogs, Coco and Peter.
recycle almost all my waste, I compost, and I do not use Styrofoam. My car gets 30 mpg
and it is important to me to have a minimal carbon footprint. I am also able to make
financial contributions to significant environmentally active organizations.
As an artist, I have always loved to make things…..cards, candles, mobiles, and
Christmas ornaments, among other things, and have foisted them on friends and family.
Early in the 1970’s I took watercolor classes at Rice University, both western style and
also Chinese water coloring technique.
I was lucky enough to meet a local ceramic artist and teacher, Judy Blossman-Boh,
at an Art Show, and after talking a while, I expressed interest in her technique, she offered
to teach me basic clay and ceramic art. From the moment I began making a form and
working in clay, I was hooked.
I especially love organic shapes inspired by nature; birds, chickens, fish, dragonflies
and flowers show up in my pieces. “Useful” objects appeal to me, so I make coin banks,
doggy bowls, bird baths, platters, and spoon/ladle rests.
Color, all kinds of color, is found in the glazes I use. Bright is beautiful.
I have no formal education in the composition and physics of clay or glaze, so each piece
is an experiment for me.
I hope you enjoy my work. I certainly enjoy making it.
Do what you love, love what you do.
Miquel grew up in the Willamette Valley in central Oregon, moved to Houston in 1969, had
a career as an accountant and CFO for a municipal utility contractor; holds a Texas Real
Estate Brokers license; keeps exotic birds & chickens & dragonflies & lizards & fish in the
fish pond, and all live happily together in the back garden; loves to raise bromeliads and
other tropical plants; and is Mother to two loveable black lab house dogs, Coco and Peter.
Miquel Correl
| Ceramic Artist |
| Miquel can be contacted at: (713) 521-0619 miquel@miquelcorrell.com |
Nan Stombaugh
| Jewelry and Collage |
Midwestern by birth, Nan’s stops on the map have included various parts of Indiana,
Chicago, St. Louis, Louisiana and Texas. Formally she is trained in liberal arts, fine
arts and education. Throughout Nan’s career she has donned many hats-- professor,
gallery director, instructor, meeting place coordinator, sales manager, consultant, artist,
and small business owner.
In her fine art work, Nan uses collage and mixed media as metaphors to investigate the
various aspects of our personalities that create a seemingly seamless whole. And it is
in those gaps and cracks and the places in between where the literal collaged
elements and our metaphorical selves meet that Nan enjoys investigating and
celebrating the beauty of who we are and who we can be.
Nan began making jewelry as a hobby in the early 1990s and encouraged by friends to
sell her work she created NEC (Nan Edwards Collection) in 2007. Similar to the
collage aspects of her mixed media work—NEC jewelry inspiration is drawn from
various sources: early 20th century design, her grandmother’s jewelry collection
utilizing new and vintage components.
Nan has taught at St. John’s School and other venues throughout Houston. Her work
has been shown in Blaffer Gallery, FotoFest International, Firestation 3, HCP (Houston
Center for Photography), and Artist Alive and Well.
Chicago, St. Louis, Louisiana and Texas. Formally she is trained in liberal arts, fine
arts and education. Throughout Nan’s career she has donned many hats-- professor,
gallery director, instructor, meeting place coordinator, sales manager, consultant, artist,
and small business owner.
In her fine art work, Nan uses collage and mixed media as metaphors to investigate the
various aspects of our personalities that create a seemingly seamless whole. And it is
in those gaps and cracks and the places in between where the literal collaged
elements and our metaphorical selves meet that Nan enjoys investigating and
celebrating the beauty of who we are and who we can be.
Nan began making jewelry as a hobby in the early 1990s and encouraged by friends to
sell her work she created NEC (Nan Edwards Collection) in 2007. Similar to the
collage aspects of her mixed media work—NEC jewelry inspiration is drawn from
various sources: early 20th century design, her grandmother’s jewelry collection
utilizing new and vintage components.
Nan has taught at St. John’s School and other venues throughout Houston. Her work
has been shown in Blaffer Gallery, FotoFest International, Firestation 3, HCP (Houston
Center for Photography), and Artist Alive and Well.
| Nan can be contacted at: nanstombaugh@yahoo.com (832) 443.6737 www.nanedwardscollection.com www.nanstombaugh.com |
Born in Monterrey Mexico, Jonatan Lopez has worked as a professional artist for more
than ten years. Jonatan’s art work is constantly evolving as he experiments and applies
his imagination to discarded metal, turning one man’s junk into artistic treasures. Items
tossed aside, destined to rust away are given a new life with a plasma torch as Jonatan
bends and pulls his three- dimensional sculptures into existence. Animals, plants and
creatures of his vivid imagination represent the constant evolution of our world and
civilizations. Some pieces are left in their original raw and rusty state while other pieces
are brushed and buffed to shine with life. Each piece gives us a glimpse into the world as
Jonatan sees it.
Jonatan has participated in numerous art festivals around Texas including the Bayou City
Art Festival and the Pecan Street Art Festival. His artwork is shown by Simply Art Gallery
in Galveston. He also participates in the Heights Yale Street Arts Market monthly shows.
Jonatan has recently begun to experiment with other mediums such as drawing,
printmaking and mixed media sculpture. These works will be introduced at Green House
Gallery.
Junkyards are jungles of life.
than ten years. Jonatan’s art work is constantly evolving as he experiments and applies
his imagination to discarded metal, turning one man’s junk into artistic treasures. Items
tossed aside, destined to rust away are given a new life with a plasma torch as Jonatan
bends and pulls his three- dimensional sculptures into existence. Animals, plants and
creatures of his vivid imagination represent the constant evolution of our world and
civilizations. Some pieces are left in their original raw and rusty state while other pieces
are brushed and buffed to shine with life. Each piece gives us a glimpse into the world as
Jonatan sees it.
Jonatan has participated in numerous art festivals around Texas including the Bayou City
Art Festival and the Pecan Street Art Festival. His artwork is shown by Simply Art Gallery
in Galveston. He also participates in the Heights Yale Street Arts Market monthly shows.
Jonatan has recently begun to experiment with other mediums such as drawing,
printmaking and mixed media sculpture. These works will be introduced at Green House
Gallery.
Junkyards are jungles of life.
Jonatan Lopez
| Metal sculpture, mixed media, prints, drawings |
| Jonatan can be contacted at: (512) 689-0209 jonatan lopez@hotmail.com www.evolvedmetal.com |
Helena was born and grew up in Liberec, Czech Republic. She studied music at the
Prague Conservatory and later on received her Masters in Science from Academy of
Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. In 1989 she relocated to the US and lived first in
New York, and then shortly in New Jersey, before moving with her husband to Texas.
In Houston she continued her education and training in visual arts. She had been taking
classes at San Jacinto College, the Houston Art League, and drawing and sculpture
classes with renowned artist Willy Wang.
Helena’s primary medium is clay, but she uses also various other media in her
sculptural and two-dimensional work.
She currently resides with her husband Peter and daughter Amy in Pasadena, and
maintains a studio in the Houston Warehouse District.
Prague Conservatory and later on received her Masters in Science from Academy of
Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic. In 1989 she relocated to the US and lived first in
New York, and then shortly in New Jersey, before moving with her husband to Texas.
In Houston she continued her education and training in visual arts. She had been taking
classes at San Jacinto College, the Houston Art League, and drawing and sculpture
classes with renowned artist Willy Wang.
Helena’s primary medium is clay, but she uses also various other media in her
sculptural and two-dimensional work.
She currently resides with her husband Peter and daughter Amy in Pasadena, and
maintains a studio in the Houston Warehouse District.
Helena Gijsbers van Wijk
| Ceramic Artist |
| Helena can be contacted at: vanwijkhelena@yahoo.com |
| Contact Information Email: info@greenhouseartgallery.com Phone: (713) 535-6462 Address: 716 W Alabama St Houston, TX 77006 |
Mina Agah's paintings blend exuberant, passionate color with the trappings of Persian
formality. They are lavish creations of gold with rampaging colors. They range from
courtly scenes to bold nudes. Many of her compositions include Arabic script. Her work
also includes scenes of wildlife - from peaceful vistas to nature "red in tooth and claw."
Mina's jewelry is made from an expansive array of materials. Many of her designs use
semi-precious materials or gemstones, in conventional settings. Her more exotic
creations reflect a Middle Eastern aesthetic, as in a cabochon strung simply on leather
cord, with Arabic etchings.
formality. They are lavish creations of gold with rampaging colors. They range from
courtly scenes to bold nudes. Many of her compositions include Arabic script. Her work
also includes scenes of wildlife - from peaceful vistas to nature "red in tooth and claw."
Mina's jewelry is made from an expansive array of materials. Many of her designs use
semi-precious materials or gemstones, in conventional settings. Her more exotic
creations reflect a Middle Eastern aesthetic, as in a cabochon strung simply on leather
cord, with Arabic etchings.
Mina Agah
| Oils, jewelry |
| Mina can be reached at: (713) 463-6462 mina@gallerymina.com www.gallerymina.com |
