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Cenizo Journal Volume 2 number 2 PAINTINGS OF THE BIG BEND AND WIRE SCULPTURES OF DESERT CREATURES contr I B u to r S crystal allbright no longer screams when she sees a snake. This “off-the-grid” Terlingua artist collects images while wandering the desert, pad- dling the river and mountain biking the single- track. Web: crystalallbright.com lauren Martini is a long-time admirer of both the landscape and the people of the region and a Friend of the Big Bend. She tries to write love- letters disguised as poems. e-mail: threemarti- nis@sbcglobal.net charles angell grew up in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area and has lived near Ruidosa for eight years. He works to know as much Texas trivia as possi- ble in conjunction with his business, Angell Expeditions. e-mail:charles@angellexpeditions.com Bob Miles is a third generation native of the Davis Mountains area and a retired Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Park superintendent. He studies and writes about area history and lives with his wife Edith in Fort Davis. e-mail: rmilessr@yahoo.com charles Boisseau is a former newspaper reporter and editor, a 2009 graduate of Pine Manor College’s creative writing MFA program and associate editor at Texas Co-op Power mag- azine. He lives in Austin. e-mail: crboisseau@yahoo.com phyllis dunham writes on music, food, travel and adventure. A transplanted Austinite with family roots in the area, she spends weekends hik- ing and exploring the Big Bend. e-mail: phyllis_dunham@yahoo.com Kelly Fenstermaker is a freelance writer based in Fort Davis and a volunteer at Marfa Public Radio, where she is one of the interviewers on Talk at Ten. She has co-produced two radio doc- umentaries. e-mail: vivak@sbcglobal.net oranit (orie) gilad graduated from Texas A&M University in 2006 with a doctorate in zoology. She founded Balanced Ecology Inc. a year later. She is an active duty captain in the U.S. Army, working as a zoologist. e-mail: orie.gilad@balancedecology.org Web: BalancedEcology.org Jim glendinning was born on a Scottish farm and educated at Oxford University. Widely trav- eled, he currently plans and escorts tours to Ireland and Scotland and writes local travel guides. e-mail: jimglen2@sbcglobal.net; Web: glendinningtours.com Melissa crowfoot Keane works as an arche- ologist and grant writer for the Center for Big Bend Studies, Sul Ross State University. She lives in Marfa. e-mail: melissacrowfootkeane@gmail.com AT THE BAXTER STUDIO IN MARATHON call first, OK? 432. 386. 4041 www.baxtergallery.com Jeff parker is a native Texan whose wildlife pho- tographs have appeared in several state and national publications. Based in Smithville, Texas, he leads photo tours all over Texas. e-mail: jparker@jeffparkerimages.com Web: jeffparkerimages.com S T A R G A Z I N G Jean Hardy pittman owns Front Street Books in Alpine and Marathon. She has an M. S. degree in biology from Sul Ross State University. She edit- ed Geyata Ajilsgvi’s Wildflowers of Texas (Shearer Publishing, 1984). e-mail: jhardy@fsbooks.com Scott Winterrowd is a Dallas-based artist work- ing in watercolor and print media. His subjects are drawn from historical landscapes and roadside imagery. e-mail: Swinter70@yahoo.com Mike Wrob lives in Del Rio but spends as much time as possible at his second home in Terlingua, where he is a frequent visitor to the famous porch. cover: Scott Winterrowd, “The Window from Pinnacles Trail,” 2008, 10 inches by 10 inches. Watercolor and pen on paper. occasional art: From an Archives of the Big Bend exhibit Prints in Print – Art prints in The Skyline 1925-1936. Linoleum block prints were created by various artists and used during this time to illustrate stories and facets of campus life in the campus newspaper, The Skyline. Images courtesy Archives of the Big Bend, Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas. Books & Beads & RoCks Come see Us at the Big Bend Gem & Mineral show april 16, 17 & 18 - kokernot Park, alpine! Look for us outside in a white tent. Books on rock collecting, geology, paleontology, lapidary crafts, beading, jewelry making and a lot more . copy editing: Andrew Stuart Y Y O COTiLLO E nTErpriSES Y Y Open Wednesday through Saturday, 1pm - 6pm 205 north 5th Street Y 432-837-5353 (between the reata restaurant & Old Town Square in Alpine) Cenizo Second Quarter 2010 7