The Atrium Center's Artwork Project
The Atrium Center features local artists’ work spread throughout the building, bringing life into the space, and complementing the airy event venue. Artwork cycles out annually, and we would love for you to contact them to purchase their artwork. For photos of the works of art by local artists currently on display in our venue, visit the Atrium Center’s social media.
The Atrium Center's 2024 Featured Artists
Heather Newsom
Heather Newsom is a professional photographer residing in Kingwood, Texas and owns Native Seven Photography. Heather’s work is mostly portraiture; focusing on families as well as high school and college seniors and business headshots. Her first love, however, is landscape and still life photography and her style of art is mostly moody with velvet tones achieved in post-production. Heather volunteers in the community as a member of the Photo Team at her church. Heather uses a variety of lenses in her work from long telephoto to macro to wide angle for digital photography. Heather is the mother of three adult children and the wife of a local healthcare architect.
Jenny LeBlanc
Jenny is a self-taught multimedia artist. She loves experimenting with acrylic, watercolor, ceramic, wood and other mediums. She grew up in Austin, Texas, where she received her bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from Texas State University. She recently moved to the Montgomery area with her husband and two dogs. Jenny is a passionate and visionary artist who brings a unique blend of creativity and emotion to the canvas. With a deep appreciation for the beauty of the world and an insatiable curiosity, Jenny draws inspiration from nature, human experience, and the intricacies of everyday life. Her work is a celebration of color, and imagination, inviting viewers to see the world through a new and exciting lens. As a newcomer to the art world, Jenny brings a sense of raw enthusiasm and a willingness to experiment. Her art reflects a sense of wonder, curiosity, and an unyielding
dedication to honing her craft.
Julia Koutroulis
Growing up in New Orleans, I was inspired by the artists in the French Quarter and dreamed of being one, too. I took group lessons for a few years in high school and even had the opportunity to paint in Jackson Square. Although time passed and life took a different direction, I never forgot that dream. After my husband passed away unexpectedly from alcoholism, I started painting again. My uncle, Aris Koutroulis, a successful artist in New York, became a new source of inspiration and encouragement. When he passed away on the same day I got my first award, I knew I had to keep painting and continue the Koutroulis legacy. My favorite subject has always been people, and children in particular, but my paintings strive to capture more than just a likeness. I look for what is unique and try to reflect that very essence or emotion. My play of light against dark is an expression of what is hidden coming to light. In many ways, the paintings are a reflection of who I am. I have been accepted into multiple juried exhibitions and have won several awards. I am an active member of the Visual Arts Alliance in addition to serving on the board.
Mandy Yates
Mandy Yates is a Conroe-based artist, specializing in custom memorials and functional mosaics made of stained glass and concrete. A question she’s often faced with is “How did you get into this?” and that’s not a simple or short answer. Although the simple answer would be this is what she has been guided and called to do. Since 2017, she has been perfecting her craft and shipping her custom memorials all over the country. She is extremely passionate about her job and comforting others through her artwork. She also likes to focus on combining functionality and art, whether it be a bench, a bird bath, or a stepping stone…her art is made to live on, hopefully beyond her, and continue to serve others and make the world just a little brighter.
Mary Wilks
Mary Wilks graduated from the University of Houston with a BFA in Painting/Drawing, cum laude. She has published a children’s book titled, A Bedtime Cat Story, and is currently in the process of finding a publisher for her new children’s book. In 2022, Mary created illustrations for another author in Alabama. She has been married for 39 years and has three grown children and one grandson. Besides painting and illustration and writing, Mary loves to garden and create mosaic garden statues.
Melissa Osburg
Melissa Osburg is a self-taught abstract mixed media artist from the Big Easy, New Orleans, Louisiana; currently, residing in the Lone Star state. Melissa’s work is hand-painted, unique and emotionally driven. In 2016, Melissa began painting as a type of art therapy. It was her own personal experience with anxiety that has led her to painting abstracts, and now with a twist of Mixed Media. Abstracts, because it’s a visual language that does not depict one thing from another. It is truly based on what you see. Your Imagination! Painting has opened a light for Melissa to express how she feels emotionally and share joy with others in the process. Melissa primarily paints with acrylics and oil; but has experimented with watercolor, resin & oil pastels. All of her artwork is signed and sealed with a gloss varnish.
Ruby Scott
Ruby R Scott is an artist-owner of Arts a Daisy Gallery LLC, Suite 114 in the Silos Building of Sawyer Yards, Houston, TX. She specializes in large acrylic paintings. She has an eclectic taste in art, displayed in her wide range of artworks: abstract, figurative-abstract fusion, impressionism, realism, modern, and contemporary styles. Her paintings are currently exhibiting, or have exhibited, at Sawyer Yards Silos, Archway Gallery, Sean Anthony Salons, The Atrium Center, Sugar Creek Country Club, Sawyer Yards Art House. She was also chosen as one of a dozen artists worldwide to present her painting, “Reflections of Extravagant Love,” as a collaborative music-art exhibition in New York City by pianist-composer Margin Alexander. Mr. Alexander composed and played a piano piece specifically for “Reflections of Extravagant Love,” live streamed worldwide. She’s also involved with Art on the Avenue Houston and offered a painting for their 25th Anniversary Art Auction in 2022, and was invited for a second year with Art on The Avenue 2023 to help raise money for building affordable homes in the community to strengthen our city and promote vibrant and inclusive neighborhoods. Ruby R Scott’s enthusiasm for art revolves around her desire to spread joy through her paintings. It’s wonderful when people feel as passionate about art as she does. She is the happiest when she sees a collector make a solid connection to an art piece, and it finds its forever home, where it can pass on that same joy she received while creating it.
Sarah Reyes
Sarah Reyes is a self-taught Texas native who has uncovered a passion for artistic expression. The artist she believes has always lived within her but had laid dormant until recently. Painting, drawing, and creating is the life force that runs through her veins. She believes were all made to create in one way or another. For those of us with a vivid inner world when words cannot seem to express fully, art is that conduit for communication and deep understanding. The possibilities are endless at the tip of a brush when a person is brave enough to dive deep into unfamiliar and uncharted realms of the mind.
Viviana Garibay
Viviana Garibay is a mixed media Artist, born in 1999 in California, and raised in Texas. Garibay is self-taught and is working predominantly with acrylic paint, spray paint and oil pastels to convey the emotions felt while creating their whimsical works. Often taking inspiration from their colorful dreams, Viviana Garibay has been able to contribute their take on themes regarding the constant struggle with one’s mental health through their ongoing practice. Outside of the studio Garibay can be found taking film photos, working with clay and thinking of new ways to combine different media.
