Bonny Leibowitz
	Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1958, Bonny began creating early on, attending Temple University's Tyler College of Art and began exhibiting her work in 1987 after moving to Dallas in 1979. Her one person shows include those in Dallas, Palm Springs, Chicago and Santa Fe, to name a few. Her show, "Flesh, an exhibition of paintings revealing the soul," was accompanied with a published catalogue. Bonny has been recognized for her art internationally through Israel bonds, traveling to Israel with Partnership 2000. Bonny has exhibited through NTBCA at IBM and is involved with art donations raising monies for Art and Advocacy. Bonny's work is included in Tim Phelan's 50 Contemporary Artists and is exhibited at Rising Gallery in Dallas. Bonny owns The Bonny Studio in Richardson, Texas, teaching painting classes and workshops, and is partnering with Deanna Wood, teaching workshops at The Encaustic Center.  Bonny's website
Artist Statement The paintings utilize color and line to develop and affect form and their impact upon one another, building a truth, shaping a reality. "I've been working with the figure in my art for many years now. Once confined by the body, our very essence has been released, and the forms we see now are "figure-like" and interact as relationships tend to do; impacting one another becoming part of who we are. The changes taken on, shape us into new states of being compelling us to exist in a transitioning biological, spiritual and cosmic truth." Linear eruptions convey the contortions and physical consequence of interaction. Juxtaposition of form and color create surface tension and movement. The world these "figures" live in becomes increasingly abstract and increasingly real. We don't want to leave. The work draws us in and speaks to our very existence.
Deanna Wood
	Born in Houston in 1966, Deanna Wood spent most of her childhood moving around the country with her family, returning to Texas in 1982. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in graphic design, both from Texas Woman's University. She worked as a graphic designer in a corporate environment for 14 years. After leaving the corporate world, she decided to pursue a career in fine art, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Texas Woman's University in December of 2004. She's been working with encaustic for 7 years. Her solo encaustic exhibition, Seeking Shelter, has been exhibited in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Reno, Nevada; Manhattan, Kansas; Lamoni, Iowa; Douglasville, Georgia. Deanna's website
Artist Statement pal imp sest 1.writing material (as parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; 2.something having diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface. We all have secrets. Things we hide from everyone except ourselves. If you happened to write one down or speak it aloud, could you hide it again? Once revealed, can it be erased? Or does it always leave a trace, to be rediscovered later by someone else? What if you told a secret and didn't notice the birds sitting silently in the trees around you? What if they suddenly flew away, taking your secrets with them? The encaustic process involves melting beeswax with a natural resin and then adding pigment. Hot wax is brushed onto the surface and then fused with a heat gun or torch. I was drawn to encaustic because of the tactile quality and the endless possibilities to explore transparency and opacity.
Brett Dyer
	Brett Dyer was born in Dallas, and grew up in East Texas. After high school Brett attended Kilgore Junior College for two years under a full scholarship for his talent and creativity in art.  He later was accepted at The University of Texas at Tyler.  There, Brett received a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in painting and printmaking.  While at UT he participated in many group exhibitions and had a very successful B.F.A. exhibition in downtown Tyler. Brett started graduate school at Texas Woman's University in Denton, TX in January 2003.  There he received his Masters of Fine Arts degree in December 2005.  His major was in painting, and his minor was in Intermedia arts. He has recently returned home to Dallas, where he is currently exhibiting locally and works as an art professor teaching courses at Tarrant County College, El Centro College, and Collin College.  Brett also continues to create in various media, and he vows to never stop.  His work is his life, and his life is his work.  They would not exist without each other.