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	<title>Texas Masters of Fine Art and Craft Show</title>
	<link>http://texasmasters.com</link>
	<description>Y.O. Ranch Resort Hotel - Kerrville, Texas - May 28-30, 2010</description>
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		<title>Donald G. Van Oppens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After retirement in1988, Donald returned to his early love of working with wood, studying at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, under the tutelage of world-renowned wood turners.  Specializing in retaining the natural edge of the wood, he creates unique art objects as well as exquisite utilitarian pieces such as salad [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/05/donald-g-van-oppens/</link>
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		<title>J.B. Pena</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Judy Boyles Pena first became enamored by weaving in 1972 when she saw a friend&#8217;s old Truchas rug loom, and asked if she could take a try.  Through trial and error she began weaving, beginning with rugs and progressing to garments. Being self-taught, she developed a unique style, and in 1980 she started &#8220;Handwoven Originals&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/04/j-b-pena/</link>
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		<title>Wayne Rossi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wayne&#8217;s desire to create with his hands, along with his interest in artistic sculpture came together through cold steel and the heat of the cutting torch. Each art piece is hand-cut with great care and attention to detail. &#8220;My desire is to create a piece of art that brings a smile to everyone&#8217;s face for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/03/wayne-rossi-2/</link>
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		<title>Denise and Diana Steinhagen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After years of pursuing jewelry making as a hobby and studying the work of other jewelers, getting laid off from their jobs almost simultaneously launched the professional jewelry careers of these sisters. One can tell from their finished product that the San Marcos artists are still having fun and a growing customer base will attest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/denise-and-diana-steinhagen/</link>
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		<title>William Smith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Smith was born and raised in South Texas, where he learned about ranching and cattle. A selftaught artist, William&#8217;s love of his Western Heritage is the inspiration of most of his paintings. He tries to create &#8220;memories&#8221; for those who view his art work. His paintings have been displayed in the Corpus Christi Art [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/william-smith/</link>
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		<title>Bill Scheidt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill creates many of his paintings from his personal experiences. Influenced by his father at an early age, Bill spent much of his life hunting. He still believes responsible hunting is part of &#8220;nature&#8217;s balance,&#8221; an equilibrium determined by the Creator who placed us and all the creatures and plants on this planet. Bill believes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/bill-scheidt/</link>
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		<title>Amado Peña</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Amado Maurilio Peña, Jr. was born in Laredo, Texas in 1943. He studied art and education at Texas A &#38; I (now Texas A &#38; M Kingsville), where he received his Bachelor&#8217;s and Master&#8217;s Degrees. Amado&#8217;s first love is art, and he has been a successful professional artist for more than 30 years.His artwork is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/amado-pena/</link>
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		<title>Steven Napper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The vivid color of Steve Napper&#8217;s pastel paintings is so intense that it awakens the sense memories of the smells and sounds of the scenes he represents. This West Texas native began his career as a commercial artist in Los Angeles after receiving his BA and MA of Fine Arts at West Texas State University. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/steven-napper/</link>
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		<title>Benito Loera</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After 25 years in residential construction, Benito Loera decided on a change in lifestyle. In 1998, he pursued his life-long dream of designing furniture as a career. With the help of his son, Daniel, he started to build small furniture such as cedar chests and coffee tables. As his business grew, he began to concentrate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/benito-loera/</link>
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		<title>Curtis Laudermilk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Curtis Alston Laudermilk has been turning wood for over a quarter century. He creates lamps, vases, bowls, platters, and crosses from native Texas mesquite. A retired educator with experience in both the public schools and the Texas Youth Commission, Curtis is attracted to mesquite because of its unique characteristics. Hard, dense and extremely stable when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/curtis-laudermilk/</link>
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		<title>Gail Kincaid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost from her birth in the Texas Panhandle, Gail has pursued her dream to be an artist. She developed her talent in art classes throughout her formative years. In college, she discovered jewelry design and after more than 30 years of jewelry making, her sculpted pieces in gold and silver, set with gemstones are recognized [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/gail-kincaid/</link>
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		<title>Monroe Jackson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Monroe Jackson, who styles his jewelry creations as “One of a Kind by Drago,” began dabbling with silversmithing and gemcutting in 1967. Since then he has exhibited his fabricated, mixed metal, award winning work in galleries, tradeshows and juried exhibitions around the country. Monroe calculates that he has sold a piece of jewelry to a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/monroe-jackson/</link>
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		<title>Jurgen Hasbron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A self-taught sculptor, Jurgen was born in Trier, Germany, but has spent most of his adult life in the southwestern United States. He began his art career carving wildfowl in wood, but soon moved on to stone and bronze. His fascination with nature and Native American culture is expressed in his sculptures which convey his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/jurgen-hasbron/</link>
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		<title>Manny Franco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Born in Coyame, in the northwest state of Chihuahua, Mexico, Manuel&#8217;s  academic training was as a mining engineer. After several years, Manuel  left mining to pursue his love of art. His early artistic inspiration  came from his mother, who worked with ground glass, creating images  similar to sand paintings. Manny&#8217;s choice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/manny-franco/</link>
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		<title>Melanie Fain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Melanie’s work allows you to get up close and personal with the smaller  creatures that share their world with us. Like the other Texas Masters  artists she’s had an intense, life-long interest in the natural world.  Melanie spent her youth exploring the various natural habitats near  where she lived, becoming familiar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/melanie-fain/</link>
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		<title>John English</title>
		<description><![CDATA[John has always had an interest in art but decided to try making  a living as a professional baseball player in the Houston Astros’ and  Colt 45s’ organization. After three baseball seasons a shoulder injury  ended his career. While earning his livelihood with an electrical  utility company, he developed a passion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/john-english/</link>
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		<title>Janice Clark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After taking a class on making metal flowers in 1972, Janice  Clark began giving them as gifts while improving her own skills and  technique. In 1980, she made her first sales at a museum benefit and  after returning to her homestate of Texas in 1986, she began the  production of her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/janice-clark/</link>
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		<title>Randy Bryant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Randy Bryant has merged his childhood interest in rocks, fossils, Indian artifacts and love of the outdoors with his adult training as a draftsman to shape his professional career. This native Texan excels in creating his “One of a Kind Works of Art” of hand fabricated settings for his personally cut gemstones, including intarsia and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/randy-bryant/</link>
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		<title>Roy Brown</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roy Brown has been involved in the Arts for more than 30 years. With a Masters Degree in Fine Art from Southern Methodist University, he has pursued his passion for pottery and its elevation to an art form through a continuous process of past and present influences from his surrounding environment. Roy also works periodically [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/roy-brown/</link>
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		<title>Dan &amp; Linda Baker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Daniel and Linda Baker exhibited at their first art show in 1974 and  have been a fulltime jewelry-making team since August of 1976. They  produce jewelry of sterling silver, various gold karats and platinum  using lost wax casting and a variety of fabrication techniques,  including: granulation, reticulation, and mokume gane. They’ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://texasmasters.com/2010/02/dan-linda-baker/</link>
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