Specialties
Art in La Grange is well represented by the friendly and inviting atmosphere you'll discover in Art Connections Gallery. With its rich character and ambiance warmed and enlivened by the unique vision of over 110 artists and crafts workers, this delightful art gallery resides at 123 N. Main St., in beautiful downtown La Grange, Texas.
This venerable building with its charming small town feel showcases a captivating collection of paintings, fine art photography, and art objects. Other works include fiber and paper art, colorful glass objects, hand-crafted furniture, plus sculpture in bronze, wood, and mixed media. You will also find hand-made jewelry, artisanal purses and accessories, and fine ceramics, functional home items in wood, glass, and metal, books by Texas authors and about Texas artists, and music CDs by local singer/songwriters. All of these add up to selection of unusual gift items that rivals galleries is larger cities.
History
Established in 2011.
When Deborah and husband Glenn moved from Austin to Bastrop County in 2009, the dream to have a gallery in historic downtown Bastrop began to form. After a short time of showing her art alone in a small space on Main Street, she had the idea to form Art Connections Gallery where she would gather art of artists that she knows through various connections such as family, friends, neighborhood and shared interests and experiences. She also wanted a business committed to sharing with the community through giving a portion of sales to charities.
A perfect location was found in a small historic building in downtown Bastrop and Art Connections was born in July of 2011. Growth happened and the gallery moved the spring of 2013 to 908 Main Street, Bastrop. Then in 2017 Art Connections moved to its current location in an historic building on the square in La Grange, Texas.
Meet the Business Owner: Deborah J.
Deborah Johnson, artist and owner of Art Connections Gallery, has been painting professionally for over 20 years. She began painting and drawing in adulthood as a creative outlet and found that it was that and so much more. After introductory classes at Laguna Gloria in Austin, Texas, she began to seek out artists that she admired for further instruction. Of particular influence on her were Char Eppright of Austin and Janice Yow Hindes of San Antonio.
Her work has been seen in many regional shows and galleries including Duntan Gallery in Chicago, IL, K. Rike Gallery in Dallas, Griffith Fine Art in Salado, Fiesta at Laguna Gloria and later ArtCity Austin. She has been in several art festivals in Houston, Dallas, and Lubbock as well as Atlanta, Georgia. She is particularly honored to have been in several national and regional shows of Oil Painters of America and a special exhibit sponsored by the Peace Foundation of Vologda, Russia.
