Cenizo Journal
Volume 2 number 2
PAINTINGS OF THE BIG BEND
AND WIRE SCULPTURES OF
DESERT CREATURES
contr I B u to r S
crystal allbright no longer screams when she
sees a snake. This “off-the-grid” Terlingua artist
collects images while wandering the desert, pad-
dling the river and mountain biking the single-
track. Web: crystalallbright.com lauren Martini is a long-time admirer of both
the landscape and the people of the region and a
Friend of the Big Bend. She tries to write love-
letters disguised as poems. e-mail: threemarti-
[email protected]
charles angell grew up in the Dallas/Ft.Worth
area and has lived near Ruidosa for eight years.
He works to know as much Texas trivia as possi-
ble in conjunction with his business, Angell
Expeditions. e-mail:[email protected] Bob Miles is a third generation native of the
Davis Mountains area and a retired Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department Park superintendent.
He studies and writes about area history and lives
with his wife Edith in Fort Davis.
e-mail: [email protected]
charles Boisseau is a former newspaper
reporter and editor, a 2009 graduate of Pine
Manor College’s creative writing MFA program
and associate editor at Texas Co-op Power mag-
azine. He lives in Austin. e-mail:
[email protected]
phyllis dunham writes on music, food, travel
and adventure. A transplanted Austinite with
family roots in the area, she spends weekends hik-
ing and exploring the Big Bend. e-mail:
[email protected]
Kelly Fenstermaker is a freelance writer based
in Fort Davis and a volunteer at Marfa Public
Radio, where she is one of the interviewers on
Talk at Ten. She has co-produced two radio doc-
umentaries. e-mail: [email protected]
oranit (orie) gilad graduated from Texas
A&M University in 2006 with a doctorate in
zoology. She founded Balanced Ecology Inc. a
year later. She is an active duty captain in the U.S.
Army, working as a zoologist.
e-mail:
[email protected]
Web:
BalancedEcology.org
Jim glendinning was born on a Scottish farm
and educated at Oxford University. Widely trav-
eled, he currently plans and escorts tours to
Ireland and Scotland and writes local travel
guides. e-mail: [email protected]; Web:
glendinningtours.com
Melissa crowfoot Keane works as an arche-
ologist and grant writer for the Center for Big
Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University. She lives in
Marfa. e-mail: [email protected]
AT THE
BAXTER STUDIO
IN MARATHON
call first, OK? 432. 386. 4041
www.baxtergallery.com
Jeff parker is a native Texan whose wildlife pho-
tographs have appeared in several state and
national publications. Based in Smithville, Texas,
he leads photo tours all over Texas.
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: jeffparkerimages.com
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Jean Hardy pittman owns Front Street Books
in Alpine and Marathon. She has an M. S. degree
in biology from Sul Ross State University. She edit-
ed Geyata Ajilsgvi’s Wildflowers of Texas (Shearer
Publishing, 1984). e-mail: [email protected]
Scott Winterrowd is a Dallas-based artist work-
ing in watercolor and print media. His subjects are
drawn from historical landscapes and roadside
imagery. e-mail: [email protected]
Mike Wrob lives in Del Rio but spends as much
time as possible at his second home in Terlingua,
where he is a frequent visitor to the famous porch.
cover: Scott Winterrowd, “The Window from
Pinnacles Trail,” 2008, 10 inches by 10 inches.
Watercolor and pen on paper.
occasional art: From an Archives of the Big
Bend exhibit Prints in Print – Art prints in The
Skyline 1925-1936. Linoleum block prints were
created by various artists and used during this
time to illustrate stories and facets of campus life
in the campus newspaper, The Skyline. Images
courtesy Archives of the Big Bend, Bryan
Wildenthal Memorial Library, Sul Ross State
University, Alpine, Texas.
Books & Beads & RoCks
Come see Us at the Big Bend Gem & Mineral show
april 16, 17 & 18 - kokernot Park, alpine!
Look for us outside in a white tent. Books on rock collecting, geology,
paleontology, lapidary crafts, beading, jewelry making and a lot more .
copy editing: Andrew Stuart
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(between the reata restaurant & Old Town Square in Alpine)
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