In addition to providing personalized legal services for various corporations & individuals, SLG is committed to paying it forward. Through its SLG Impact Program, the firm has started an Art Initiative Project to spotlight the artwork of veterans, children, minorities, and people with special needs.
SLG has curated a showing and will continue building upon the permanent collection of artworks by inspiring artists.
Sally Arant
Medium: Acrylic, wood, iron, metal
Sally’s art is not confined to any particular genre or style, yet everything shares a similar Wabi-sabi spirit. Her art embraces and celebrates nature’s rustic elegance and simplicity with all its imperfections, textures, wonderments, and soulfulness. Every new piece is a stepping-stone to new ideas and perfected techniques. Sally sees the surprise of something new and unexpected unfolding as a generous reward for all of her hard work.
Medium: Pine, bamboo, acrylic
Jacob Brown
Medium: Paint & canvas
A lifetime resident of Mars, Pennsylvania, artist Jacob Brown has followed his family’s creative traditions. “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t involved in creating art. Being the youngest in a creative family, I was always surrounded by the production of art and other projects.” Jacob has spent much time thinking about how living with spastic cerebral palsy has influenced his creative process, saying that his “creative practice gives him a purpose and a way to validate and express himself.”
Mia Brown
Medium: Paint & canvas
In Mia’s own words, she is “an artist who happens to have a disability.” Mia creates paintings and textile works with a headband, which is a brush or stylus attached to a helmet. This device allows her head’s movement to negotiate shape and pressure. Mia’s cerebral palsy has impacted the use of her hands. However, over time, she has developed a system that benefits her desire and dedication to create.
Rose Datoc-Dall
Medium: Paint & canvas
Filipina-American artist Rose Datoc-Dall was the first person in her family to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). She was introduced to the church by a friend in childhood and decided to become a member at 19 when she needed a church family to help her endure hardships. Rose believes that her religion and art are intertwined and uses her religion to draw strength and inspiration. Rose’s figurative work is distinctive for her graphic compositions, bold use of color, and precise linear visual sensibility. Mrs. Dall has received several awards and honors for her work; most notably, she is a three-time Purchase Award Winner of the International Art Competition for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2019, 2015, 2009). Her works are in permanent collections at the Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, Brigham Young University, and Southern Virginia University.
Brett Dyer
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dyer enjoys working as an instructor at Dallas College in drawing, painting, design, and art appreciation. Brett said, “I told myself at that point, I never cared if I ever sold a painting or if anyone important in the art world liked my work. I had to be me, and when we are ourselves, we help others.” As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Dyer did not always feel like he could show his true self. At Texas Woman’s, he found friends who accepted him completely and provided needed emotional support. TWU’s Counseling and Psychological Services also offered Dyer the opportunity to be open about himself for one of the first times in his life. This was during a difficult time for his family, at which point his art had become, as he would describe it, “dark and messy.”
Adriana B. Escarzaga
Medium: Metal wire
Adriana B. Escarzaga, better known as ‘Abe,’ was born in Grand Prairie, Texas, and currently lives there as of 2022. Abe has been a hobby artist since 2010 and works with mixed media, photography, ceramics, and drawing. Abe graduated from UNT Dallas with a Biology degree in 2020. “Metal Man” from 2014 was constructed from metal wire by shaping it into a man with pliers. It represents a man on his knees and covering his heart with his hand to protect it. Yet, the ‘Metal Man’ is flexible enough to be changed into different positions if wanted. Like a real human being, the “Metal Man” shows how people can change over time. Therefore, this artwork can be maneuvered into different poses.
Angela Faz
Medium: Relied print, 13×10 inches
Angela Faz is a multi-disciplinary artist who believes a better world is possible. For over twenty years, their studio practice of focus has involved relief printmaking, monotypes, and silkscreen to invite others to dream of more just realities. Their work transcends aesthetics to operate as a conduit for storytelling. Deeply influenced by culture and relationship with place, Faz is an artist whose work focuses on art interventions and reclamation of public space. Their work interrogates ideas of identity, possession, and animacy.
Ella Grace
Medium: Watercolor paint & canvas
Ella has always been overflowing with extreme empathy. She says she wants to become president so she can implement her plans to eradicate homelessness, eliminate litter and otherwise help people, animals, and the environment. Since the age of 4, in 2017, Ella has been selling bead bracelets as her own business, Ella Bella Beads. It started as a fundraiser and evolved into regular giving and packing of food for hungry children in her community. Her efforts were highlighted in a commercial with Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Derek Jeter. At age 8, Ella began selling her artwork and formulating plans to continue her legacy of giving back — this time supporting organizations that empower youth ambassadors to educate and prompt change around Earth’s pressing issues. Ella wants to combine her love of art with her disdain for litter and pollution to raise awareness and lift spirits. She continues to sell her art on her website and at art sales across the country. Ella believes that a stable connection to the arts is a quality that every child deserves.
Bart Hubbard
Medium: Ceramic 7″ tall, ceramicist, potter, paint
A.A., A.S., Fine Arts: ceramics, sculpture, painting, artful lawn design from 2000 – 2005. He is a former Teacher at Mountainview College. Bart served in the U.S. military and is now a Texas artist with a specialty in ceramics. His inspiration stems from the Udu Drum, a percussion instrument from the Igbo people of Nigeria.
Yasmine Iskander
Medium: Paint & canvas
Yasmine Iskander is an intuitive colorist and abstract artist. Yasmine’s art shows passion and boldness. It inspires joy and optimism. Her work is passionate and direct. It captures the vibrancy of life and acts as a fundamental way for her to express her journey as a person with developmental challenges and a complex medical history.
Kerream Jones
Medium: Paint & canvas
Although the term “Starving Artist” does not apply to the painter Kerream Jones, the hunger of the self-described visual griot is evident in the sensual depths of his paintings, the relentless drive of his business ventures, and his appreciation for all things creative, expressive, and true. Emotions seem to leap off his brush, land on the canvas, and distill art from the vapors of life.
Rudy Jean-Louis
Medium: Paint & Wood Canvas
Rudy was immersed in art as a young boy, expressing himself by drawing geometrical shapes. In his adult years, he returned to his passion for art because of boredom. He was unable to work due to falling ill after his service in the Gulf War. Both of his kidneys failed, and through his mother, he received a lifesaving transplant. During the long, challenging recovery period, Rudy would spend hours on end creating colorful geometric-shaped art. After painting for over ten years, Rudy now says his art is “random happy accidents that ask viewers to truly question what they see.” He draws the audience in with his symmetric, eye-catching geometry that commands to be seen by the use of metallic. Due to the courageous work, heartwarming story, and beautiful imagery, Rudy reflects the motto of the Marine Corps, “always faithful.”
Tina Medina
Medium: Fabric and thread, 4 inches x 6 ½ inches, 2017
Tina Medina’s artwork speaks about colonization and assimilation’s power and consequences. She tells her story of self-discovery by showcasing immigrant families within her pieces. She leads the balancing act of immigrant families fleeing to the U.S. for safety and how many of those families currently face racism and bigotry. By her strong use of symbolism in her art, she highlights the feelings of terror and loneliness immigrants experience when they have to flee from their own country. Her work explores the juxtapositions of history and cultural symbols to reflect the narratives of those whose stories are left untold. As she explores what it means to be indigenous/Mexican-American in the U.S., she contemplates the loss of culture & tradition. She considers the reconfiguration of creating a new sense of self for those who live in various cultural worlds.
Analise Minjarez
Medium: Ceramic, 11×9 inches
Analise Minjarez is an interdisciplinary artist and arts educator from El Paso, TX. Textile binding and basketry processes in her work reflect liminality and question physical and psychological barriers and tension of borders. Sculptures, drawings, and videos are also used to explore both physical and psychological barriers. Minjarez received her B.F.A. in fiber from the University of North Texas in 2013. She is currently an M.F. A. 2021 candidate at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. Minjarez has taught classes at the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Dallas Contemporary, Latino Cultural Center, Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Oil, and Cotton, SAY Sí, and the Southwest School of Arts. Most recently, Minjarez has exhibited work at the Xolo Gallery in El Paso, TX, and the Nasher Sculpture Museum in Dallas, TX, as part of the 2020 Nasher Windows Series.
Laura Taylor
Medium: Paint & canvas
As a Navy Veteran, married to a Navy Veteran, Daughter of a Vietnam Veteran, and with several family members who have served or are still proudly protecting our freedom, she states, “Patriotism runs strong in our blood.” Laura’s work tends to show her love for the county, the U.S. flag, and the American service members. Laura is an ever-evolving artist who loves to share work in mediums ranging from oils and acrylic to markers and even blends of wine. She has exhibited nationally and internationally and has even had the opportunity to have her work featured in a Geico Commercial. Her paintings and drawings range from portraits to architecture, landscapes, and whatever comes out of her “little free soul.”
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