Austin Special Art

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Our mission is to help our self-taught artists develop their skills, nurture their talent and provide an opportunity for their art to be recognized and shared.

If you find a piece you like, please call (773) 282-4744 or visit www.austinspecial.org

Photos from Austin Special Art's post 05/27/2026

The opening of Art on the Edge went very well.
The artists were happy to see their artwork beautifully displayed.
Sales happened and the show is up until July 4th so there is still time to buy fabulous artwork …
6311 Art Gallery is located at 6311 N Clark Street
Opens from Wednesday to Saturday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm (11:00 am - 5:00 pm on Sunday)

05/17/2026

Amazing show till July 4th
The 5 artists featured attended the opening yesterday and were so proud as they should and happy to see their artworks displayed

Sales happened and more available for sale till July 4th…

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Kuczwara β€œPK” (no IG yet)

Photos from Austin Special Art's post 05/01/2026

A quick visit to the Art Program where the artists excel and create impressive art work. Each one of them πŸ₯‡πŸŒŸπŸ”₯

- Ruben Tupayachi ➑️ creating a series of his exquisite ladies with hats + lovely eyes and rainbow in the background on a charcoal black paper 18” x 12” πŸ”₯πŸ₯‡

- Irvin Torres ➑️ Starting a new project a castle with canons and turrets like he saw in Puerto Rico he told me 3’42” x 5’67”πŸ”₯ πŸ₯‡πŸ‡΅πŸ‡·

- Tim Holliman ➑️ Tim bought himself this magazine MB News at a bookstore and he is picking his subjects carefully. He started with Bob Hope and now works on Dick Cavett’s portrait. Always a treat to see him create with such confidence and so much raw talentπŸ”₯πŸ₯‡

- Earl Gallermo ➑️ with an incredible precision and patience filling up pages recto/verso beautifully with words and letters over and over and those wonderful leaves with amazing details Earl is getting his skills back slowly but surely πŸ”₯πŸ₯‡πŸŒΏ(Earl had an open heart surgery during COVID)

Photos from Austin Special Art's post 04/08/2026

A Little tour of Austin Special artists art work

Today is Earl Birthday Happy Birthday Earl πŸŽ‚πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠβ€οΈ

- Earl Gallermo ➑️ lately working on letters he definitely has a special style I’ll call it Earl β€˜s typo font and it is quite sophisticated πŸ”₯🌟

- Irvin Torres ➑️ Once more Irvin is stunning me with his extraordinary skills as a draftsman/artist who creates with nothing but his imagination/memory/vision of the world
Here I saw the bridge come to life when I was doubtful of its accuracy it really is perfect in its perspective and details.
The sky shifts from light to dark during a flight primary based on the local time of the region it flies over and Irvin is showing that so clearl
I Love the addition of the passengers and the pilot πŸ§‘β€βœˆοΈ
This guy is ✈️πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯🌟

- Michael McLemore➑️ tirelessly building those delicate colors puzzles and sometimes including seasonal elements such as clover or Easter eggs Easter eggs 🐣 ☘️πŸ”₯🌟

- Tim Holliman ➑️ creating a brilliant series of Reverend Jesse Jackson from an issue of the Chicago Suntimes πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ 🌟

- Ruben Tupayachi➑️ drawing an other pretty lady with red lips a purple outfit to match her beautiful eyes πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ‘„ πŸ‘€πŸ”₯

- Peter Kuczwara ➑️ I don’t remember him drawing a plane before so that is a first and it is wonderful as well as those 2 red mysterious creatures πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯🌟

Photos from Austin Special Art's post 03/20/2026

Irvin never ceases to impress me and you I will hope πŸ”₯✈️πŸ₯‡
Here a United Airline plane above a country landscape
He didn’t bring any visual resources for that piece so everything is from his mind and terrific visual memory . STUNNING!
3 feet 6 inches x 4 feet 7 inches

Photos from Austin Special Art's post 03/10/2026

Today is a good day with the fabulous artists of Austin Special Art Program !

No need to push them to produce art work they are so driven that nothing will take their attention away from their creation of the moment.

Photos from Austin Special Art's post 02/23/2026

This morning πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€πŸ˜€
Love them !!!! Look at those sunny smiles that warm the heart in a cold day, any days really ❀️❀️❀️❀️❀️

Photos from Austin Special Art's post 02/20/2026

Irvin completed his limo and take us for a drive through Puerto Rico where one can gaze at the lush mountains the island typical flat roof houses the animal farm with pig lovely chickens and chicks all the while sipping champagne and listening to reggaeton or salsa perhaps
A ride to remember no doubt
And remember the size of this piece is phenomenal 3’6”x9’4” !!!!

Photos from Austin Special Art's post 02/17/2026

Dynamic Duo Callahan Walsh & John Walsh son

A wonderful duo indeed !

Tim created Callahan Walsh’s portrait in November 2025 and he remembered when I asked him why he wouldn’t do the father (I didn’t remember he had done it) he assured me he already had done it so I asked him to show me and he went straight back in the 2025 folder and found it πŸ”₯

portraits

02/17/2026

Flying vessels

Earl many flying vesselsβœˆοΈπŸš€πŸ›«πŸ›°οΈ
The coloring is on itself So wonderful Earl will color adding many layers and it will end up with a fine buttery texture.The order of the sky elements is always almost the same
Each is piece is bright colorful dynamic πŸ’™πŸ§‘πŸ©΅β€οΈπŸ’šπŸ©·πŸ’›πŸ€ŽπŸ”₯

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