Five of the area’s finest artists are being showcased over Memorial Day weekend in the statewide Texas Masters of Fine Art and Craft exhibition in Kerrville.
San Marcos furniture designer Benito Loera and jewelry designing sisters Diana and Denise Steinhagen, Dripping Springs metalwork sculptor Gary Thompson and Wimberley jewelry designer Fred Stockbauer are among two dozen hand-picked artists participating in the show at the famed YO Ranch Resort.
After 25 years in residential construction, Loera pursued his life-long dream of designing furniture as a career. With the help of his family, he started to build small furniture such as cedar chests and coffee tables. As his business grew, he began to concentrate on working with natural mesquite, including the wormholes, bark inclusions and burls in his designs, filling some of the cavities of the wood with gemstone material, including turquoise and lapis lazuli. Now, his award-winning product line has grown to include jewelry and jewelry boxes, pool tables and much more.
