Cenizo Journal
Volume 2 Number 3
PAINTINGS OF THE BIG BEND
AND WIRE SCULPTURES OF
DESERT CREATURES
CONTR I B U TOR S
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 Ex -
peditions. e-mail:charles@angellexpeditions.com
William H. Darby III is a graduate student in
English at Sul Ross State University and has
recently edited the university’s 2010 edition of its
literary magazine, The Sage.
e-mail: w3h3d3@hotmail.com
Dwight Deal, Ph.D., geologist, naturalist and
educator, worked along the U.S.-Mexican border
for 20 years running the field programs of the
UT-Austin Texas Natural Areas Survey. He was a
founding director and the first general manager
of the Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute.
e-mail: dirtdoc@comcast.net
Denise Solaris Ortega is from El Paso and
Ciudad Juarez. She completed her BFA at Sul
Ross, specializing in mixed media sculpture; her
work is conceptual, dealing with fear, intimacy
and awkwardness in the human condition. e-mail:
solaris.ortega@gmail.com
AT THE
BAXTER STUDIO
IN MARATHON
Tim Roberts and his wife Karen live in Fort
Davis. Tim is the regional archeologist for Texas
Parks and Wildlife and an artist. His artwork can
be seen at Catchlight Art Gallery in Alpine.
e-mail: tim.roberts@tpwd.state.tx.us
Allison Ryan Scott was born and raised west
of the Pecos. She lived near the Mississippi River
for 13 years, but returned to her roots in 1995.
She is the Marfa Junior Senior High School
counselor. e-mail: alscott@marfaisd.com call first, OK? 432. 386. 4041
www.baxtergallery.com
Marie French explores the desert for folklore,
tales, trails and plants. She lives with her family in
Terlingua where she makes art, writes stories and
advises clients at Far Flung Outdoor Center.
e-mail: frenchvert@hotmail.com Janice Shelton is a fourth generation Texan.
She worked on a Hill Country ranch before mov-
ing to the Big Bend. She lives on a ranch south-
east of Marathon where she writes poetry and
paints and photographs the desert.
e-mail: janisshelton@gmail.com BOOKS & ROCKS Y BAUBLES & BEADS
Walt Frerck worked for UPI for 30 years as a
photojournalist and then freelanced for AP, AFP,
The Houston Chronicle (Sunday Magazine), The
Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, US News and World
Report and others. e-mail: frerck@sbcglobal.net Lonn Taylor is a historian and writer who
moved to Fort Davis in 2002 after spending the
final 20 years of his professional career at the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He
grew up in Fort Worth. e-mail: taylorw@fortdavis.net Danielle Gallo, editor, bartender and gardener,
longs to master the theremin and to live in a
world where apostrophes are properly under-
stood. She lives in Marathon with her better half
and five felines. e-mail: caveat5@hotmail.com Larry D. Thomas, 2008 Texas poet laureate,
has published 13 collections of poetry. Most
recently The Skin of Light, Dalton Publishing
(Austin) 2010. Forthcoming, A Murder of Crows,
Virtual Artists Collective in 2011.
e-mail: poetldt@sbcglobal.net
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
Sandra Harper is a writer and gardener. In 2006
she founded Farm Stand Marfa, a farmers’ mar-
ket in Marfa. e-mail: farmstandmarfa@gmail.com
Greg Lasley is a wildlife photographer from
Austin who travels across Texas photographing
birds, dragonflies, butterflies and other subjects.
His images have been seen in more than 100
books and magazines. e-mail: glasley@earthlink.net
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
Cristina Sosa Noriega and her husband
Victor abandoned big city advertising to open
Alpine’s Murphy St. Raspa Co, an homage to
Mexican sweets, art and culture. A portrait artist,
she is knee-deep in new mommy-hood. Life is
sweet. e-mail:csnoriega@gmail.com
O COTILLO E NTERPRISES
Doug Varga has been a motorcycle enthusiast
for over 40 years. After leaving a 30-year career in
information technology, he entered the motorcy-
cle industry as an independent contractor selling
motorcycle products. e-mail: dbvarga@att.net
Ken Whitley was born and raised in southwest
Louisiana. He retired to Marfa in 1998 and has
written four books of poetry and short stories. e-
mail: texace@sbcglobal.net
Barbara Wilder lives in Georgetown, Texas
with her husband, Roddy Wilder, Sul Ross alum,
former Big Bend park ranger and wildland fire-
fighter. On trips to their Alpine cabin, she photo-
graphs nature and interesting people. e-mail: bar-
barajwilder@yahoo.com
Cover: Attributed to Xavier Gonzalez, E.E.
Townsend, 30 inches by 22 inches. Watercolor on
board. Probably 1937. Courtesy Museum of the
Big Bend, Sul Ross State University.
Occasional art: Tim Roberts, 2 by 3 inches,
pen and ink on paper. Pictographs (paintings on
rock) from the Big Bend region.
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