Local Artist Round-Up

Megan Speirs Mack is an artist mother creating custom abstract pieces, landscapes and portraits in her home studio here in Flower Mound after years of teaching art in the desert southwest. Plein air painting has become a regular practice that has helped her connect with her Texas home. With a small bag of supplies, you might see her quietly painting at a nearby lake, park or roadside. connect@meganspeirsmack.com // Instagram + Facebook: @meganspeirsmack // meganspeirsmack.com
Artist and UNT studio art student, April Enelly Galvan, focuses their art on the exploration of color, texture, and nostalgia through drawing and painting. From acrylic and oil paint to colored pencils and chalk pastels, April paints through experimentation, automatism, and the consideration of different materials and surfaces in an effort to preserve the emotional memory of a moment. They are the founder of two participatory art projects: Art Jam, a collaboration between music and art; and Sketchbook Party, a community art-making space. Instagram: @aprilenellystudio
Local artist Kristen Elaine Whalen lives in a small cottage on a horse farm in Flower Mound where inspiration is endless from sunup to sundown. Originally from Meriden, Connecticut, she moved to New York City in 2001 where she worked in fashion for nearly two decades before relocating to Texas in 2020. After suffering a tragic personal loss in 2013, Kristen began painting as a way to cope with her grief. What began as emotionally charged abstracts soon developed into joyful celebrations of life and creation. Find her work at Rtown Gallery or RE:defined Coffee House in Grapevine. Instagram + Facebook: @KristenElaineWhalen // kristenelainewhalen.com
Anna Mikhaela Reyes is an award-winning contemporary conceptual artist based in Denton, Texas. After receiving her BFA in Drawing and Painting, Anna focused her practice on the use of charcoal, watercolor, chalk pastel and colored pencil to elevate the romanticism of botany and the human figure. Her work has been exhibited and received accolades in various galleries such as the 500X Gallery, the Studio Art House Gallery, Greater Denton Arts Council, Lewisville Grand Theater, and the Historic McKinney Cotton Mill. anna.mikhaela.art@gmail.com // Instagram: anna.mikhaela.art // annamikhaela.com
Joan Stevenson is an inspirational figurative artist who reflects the heart and beauty of The Creator in her acrylic and mixed media artwork. Her work is exuberantly colorful, unabashedly feminine and evokes a sense of peace and spirituality. She received her formal art training from the University of Texas Arlington campus, as well as the University of Dallas, Rome campus. After a decades-long detour to travel the world in the aviation industry, Joan returned to her lifelong love of art on a full-time basis in her little studio in Flower Mound, where she resides with her husband and a menagerie of gardens and animals. She is active in the Cross Timbers Artists Guild and the Studio Art Tour and often displays her work in local galleries and businesses. joanstevenson.art/contact // Inspirationalprints@protonmail.com // Instagram: @Joanjetsartistry