March 29, 2024

Monthly Archives: August 2014

Artist: Amy Guidry

"Dichotomy" by Amy Guidry, photo courtesy of the artist

Of all the young up-and-coming artists I have seen in recent years, Amy Guidry is one of the most auspicious. A resident of Lafayette, Louisiana, this artist exhibits in galleries and museums across the USA. Her work has been described as surrealism, but I think that categorization alone is inadequate. Surrealism has become a blanket term for a clever painting with a tricky composition. I have seen it written that surrealism seeks to resolve contradictory conditions between dream and reality; and while Guidry’s paintings often seem quite dreamlike, they are indeed more a statement of her reality than her dreams. …continue reading

The Bishop’s Palace

The Bishop's Palace, Galveston, Texas

The crown jewel of the Galveston Historical Foundation is undoubtedly the Bishop’s Palace, also known as Gresham’s Castle. Located at Broadway and 14th Street in Galveston’s historic East End, the fabulous high Victorian style house is considered by the American Institute of Architects as one of the 100 most significant buildings in the USA. Built by crazy rich Colonel Walter Gresham in 1892, it was designed by Galveston starchitect Nicolas Clayton. Constructed of stone, it withstood the great hurricane of 1900 and was refuge for hundreds of survivors after that disaster. In the 1920s it was purchased by the Roman …continue reading