Thank you to our marvelous artists from 2011 for the increadible work they did:

Six Hill Country artists, lending their time, effort, and creativity transformed 55-gallon recycled barrels into works of art. Green Water donated 50% of the rain barrels. Sherwin Williams gave us a very nice discount on the paint, and Wesley Gallery paid for all of the paint, so thanks to all three of these Rain Barrel Art sponsors! 

 ARTIST: Lee Carrell

TITLE: Thunderheads

IN THE ARTIST’S WORDS: My barrel pictures Hill Country thunderheads that can bring sudden and welcome downpours to fill rainwater systems – and also provide a dramatic demonstration of the beauty, power and mystery of nature.

TRAIL LOCATION: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin

ARTIST: Bridget Hauser

TITLE: Luna Pop

IN THE ARTIST’S WORDS: The Luna Moth has many childhood memories for me from the Midwest, so it also landed on the rain barrel project.  The line and color pattern on the rest of the barrel has a playful look that could be interpreted as bubbles in the water, or rain-drops coming down.  I’m not sure myself.  I got the approval of my granddaughter!

TRAIL LOCATION: HEB, Dripping Springs

ARTIST: Zena Stetka Howe

TITLE: Water Water Everywhere

IN THE ARTIST’S WORDS: Water is so limited at this time and most of us are ready to do a rain dance.  This was on my mind when I was approaching my rainwater collection barrel.  It’s that wishful thinking…

TRAIL LOCATION: Pecan Street Brewing on the Courthouse Square in Johnson City

ARTIST: Martha League-Calhoun

TITLE: Wet Inside & Out

IN THE ARTIST’S WORDS: Water is a vital resource with properties that are magnetic and healing, as well as destructive.  Light plays on its surface in in its depths with equal mystery.  My hope is that viewers will slip into the scene and find themselves quenched.

TRAIL LOCATION: Bee Cave Public Library, 4000 Galleria Parkway

ARTIST: Susan Manzello

TITLE: Water Life

IN THE ARTIST’S WORDS: I am mesmerized by the serene river waters, the interplay of vibrant colored fish, the fluid waving of the plants, the swirling waters.  The aquatic life knows no other world and will die without the waters.  They need the waters to breath, to be fed, to move, to live.

TRAIL LOCATION: The Natural Gardener, Austin

ARTIST: Cheri Merrifield

TITLE: Yellow Rose of Texas

IN THE ARTIST’S WORDS: This song was the first song I ever memorized.  I lived in Texas for a very short while as a child and we sang it over and over again.  What is more Texan than a song, a guitar and a banjo highlighting the Hill Country landscape?

TRAIL LOCATION: Wimberley Community Center

View the Rain barrel art from the 2010 Rainwater Revival