This year, for the East Side Studio Tour our motto is pretty complex... Share the high, Share the road, and Invite a friend. Go EAST! We encourage you to call up that friend you haven't seen in a while, hop in the car or ride a bike and come visit us on the Tour:
EASTSIDE STUDIO TOUR 2007: (Stop Numbers 80, 81 & 82)
all at Peter Staats Photography Design Studio
1150 San Bernard St.
(Corner of San Bernard & Rosewood) Saturday November 17th & Sunday November 18th
10:00AM - 5:00PM Both Days!
E.A.S.T. promo videos on YouTube:
Featuring Very Special Guest Artist for 2007: This year we are featuring some very talented artist. Here is a sample of their work. Please join us to view a wide variety of work all in one location.
April Garcia
Acylic Painting | Sculpture
April Garcia is a bubble rappa. She gets down with the bubble wrap. Currently she is working her magic cranking out abstract paintings as well as soft sculptures and hard boiled eggs. You can view some of her work at AustinPeach.com
ZITA RAYMOND
Faux finishes | Decorative & fine art painting
Zita Raymond personifies the spirit and drive of an Austin artist. Having spent the last two+ decades establishing ZITA DESIGN, Austin’s premier team of multimedia artists and decorative painters, earning national recognition for her unique and exquisite work. As a Studio Artist, Zita works with acrylics, latex, metal leaf, oils and pastels as she illuminates the canvas with a vaporous glow, and incorporates her vast range of decorative painting techniques to create works with a unique style and increasing collectability. Zita and crew will be displaying Fine Art, Interior Design Portfolio, and giving demonstrations of Faux Techniques at the Peter Staats Photography & Design Studio with Peter Staats, and members of AArC. For more information visit www.zitadesign.com
Charlie Chauvin
Illustration
Self-amusement is a key ingredient in the recipe known as Charlie Chauvin. Add a touch of mild humor, a few repetitive elements, a paint stroke or two and you have the makings of an illustrator I know you’ll want to see. Pour remaining ingredients into a frosty mug, outline with a thick black line, add some nice teeth, a tie, and some nice shades and what you get is something very deliberate that requires only a heart to enjoy.
Charlie Chauvin is an illustrator, web designer and proud parent. charliechauvin.com
Peter Staats
Photography
What do I look like? I can fix that. Did we have a good time? Looks like we did. How beautiful is that flower? Stunningly beautiful. Is this my family? The kids appear to have grown up. Where does the time go? Photography.
Neil H. Cronk
Painting: oil and acrylic
"I split my time between Austin and Mexico, and am inspired by both locales. I’ve been painting and drawing for about 35 years, and went to Art School at OU in Norman OK. My main theme, although I don’t like to actively think about it as I paint, is what I see as the two major sides of our natures: rational and intuitive, thinking and natural, imposing our ideas on Nature and cooperating with her. I use a slightly surrealistic approach to landscape and interior painting to illuminate this." -Neil H. Cronk
Marshall Alexander
Glass art | Sculpture | Furniture
Marshall Alexander is co-owner, lead designer and manager of Life After Art Studio in Austin, Texas. He is currently in the midst of one of his most prolific artistic periods during which he has produced sculptures, furniture and decorative glass.
Alexander, who was born and raised in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, began painting in his teens. His early work reflected the tropical influences of South Florida and that vibrant, colorful world still informs his work. He moved to Connecticut in the early 1970s and began a successful career as a layout artist and art director. He moved to Vero Beach, Fla., in 1976, where he owned a business designing and installing commercial graphics. He was a consulting partner in The Phillips Group. The company specialized in stained-glass church projects and etched- and carved-glass projects. He also created metal sculptures and neon art.
As owner of The Cutting Edge for 12 years, a major sign and design company in Indian River County, Fla., he produced products that featured corporate identity, award-winning development and business signage, custom furniture and decorative glass projects. He sold the business in 1998 and moved to Austin.
Life After Art Studio specializes in artistic/architectural commissions in a variety of medium with emphasis on decorative glass and cast/fabricated metal sculpture and furniture.
April Garcia is a bubble rappa. She gets down with the bubble wrap. Currently she is working her magic cranking out abstract paintings as well as soft sculptures and hard boiled eggs. You can view some of her work at 
Zita Raymond personifies the spirit and drive of an Austin artist. Having spent the last two+ decades establishing ZITA DESIGN, Austin’s premier team of multimedia artists and decorative painters, earning national recognition for her unique and exquisite work. As a Studio Artist, Zita works with acrylics, latex, metal leaf, oils and pastels as she illuminates the canvas with a vaporous glow, and incorporates her vast range of decorative painting techniques to create works with a unique style and increasing collectability. Zita and crew will be displaying Fine Art, Interior Design Portfolio, and giving demonstrations of Faux Techniques at the Peter Staats Photography & Design Studio with Peter Staats, and members of AArC. For more information visit 
Self-amusement is a key ingredient in the recipe known as Charlie Chauvin. Add a touch of mild humor, a few repetitive elements, a paint stroke or two and you have the makings of an illustrator I know you’ll want to see. Pour remaining ingredients into a frosty mug, outline with a thick black line, add some nice teeth, a tie, and some nice shades and what you get is something very deliberate that requires only a heart to enjoy.
What do I look like? I can fix that. Did we have a good time? Looks like we did. How beautiful is that flower? Stunningly beautiful. Is this my family? The kids appear to have grown up. Where does the time go? Photography.
"I split my time between Austin and Mexico, and am inspired by both locales. I’ve been painting and drawing for about 35 years, and went to Art School at OU in Norman OK. My main theme, although I don’t like to actively think about it as I paint, is what I see as the two major sides of our natures: rational and intuitive, thinking and natural, imposing our ideas on Nature and cooperating with her. I use a slightly surrealistic approach to landscape and interior painting to illuminate this." -Neil H. Cronk
Marshall Alexander is co-owner, lead designer and manager of Life After Art Studio in Austin, Texas. He is currently in the midst of one of his most prolific artistic periods during which he has produced sculptures, furniture and decorative glass.