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Texas Art Connection available on Amazon

Texas Art Connection available on Amazon

Texas Art Connection by Gloria Lee Hood was published November 22, 2023. The 206 page hardcover book features the work of 77 Texas visual artists including Don Bristow. Don’s pieces included in the book are Flight of Fantasy, Glass Bottom Boat, La Palma and...
Will AI be the Death of Fractal Art?

Will AI be the Death of Fractal Art?

My very first attempts to produce fractal prints happened in 1983, after I purchased the book The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982) by Benoit Mandelbrot. Back then I was a math major at California State University Sacramento, and I was intrigued by the Mandelbrot Set...
pARTnership VI

pARTnership VI

pARTnership VI at the Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy at UT Tyler was hung by the Tyler Museum of Art on July 26, 2023.  Don Bristow’s pieces Chemical Reaction and Working Late were among the 53 pieces that were...
The Eyes of Texas Fine Art Gallery Reveal Party

The Eyes of Texas Fine Art Gallery Reveal Party

The unveiling party for The Eyes of Texas Fine Art Gallery – Volume 8, held at The Redlands Hotel in Palestine, Texas, on November 9, 2022, was filled with some great art and wonderful regional artists. The magazine cover artist Amanda Hukill signed a...
The Beauty of Art & Medicine V

The Beauty of Art & Medicine V

La Palma and Flight of Fantasy by Don Bristow have been hung by the Tyler Museum of Art at the Rogers Nursing and Health Science building at Tyler Junior College for The Beauty of Art and Medicine V.  La PalmaDye-Sub on Aluminum40″(w) x 40″(h) Flight of...
Voices Installation

Voices Installation

Voices by Don Bristow has been installed in a new contemporary home located in Lincoln, CA.  The piece compliments wood and woven elements as well as the wood floors of this beautiful home. Dye-sub on aluminum48″(w) x 48″(h)Double-framed to...
Genesis Installation

Genesis Installation

Genesis by Don Bristow was originally installed in a small conference room at Bethesda Health Clinic, Tyler, Texas, in February 2015.  The piece was relocated to the large conference room in February 2022. Dye-sub on aluminum15′(w) x 36″(h) on 5...
Art of Chocolate Event

Art of Chocolate Event

Don Bristow with Bishop Joseph Strickland at the Art of Chocolate event on February 11, 2022.  While not a Catholic, Don strongly supports Bishop Joseph Strickland’s strong stance for life and rejection of vaccines that utilized fetal cells in their development....
3rd Annual pARTnership Exhibit

3rd Annual pARTnership Exhibit

The 3rd Annual pARTnership Exhibit opening reception hosted by the Ben & Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy was held August 29, 2019 at Brookshire Hall on the campus of U.T. Tyler.  Don Bristow’s Cityscape One received the People’s Choice #1 distinction,...
A Brush with Mathematics

A Brush with Mathematics

A Brush with Mathematics, a solo exhibit by fractal artist Don Bristow, will run August 5-31 at The Foundry in downtown Tyler, TX. The opening reception is Thursday, August...
Photography Gallery added to website

Photography Gallery added to website

Having a little time to spare, I added a photography gallery to this website on 12/27/18.  The work shown is primarily from 2002 to 2007, and it consists of examples of fine art photography, commercial photography and portraiture.  Included are examples from...
Galaxy hung for The Wonder of Art and Science

Galaxy hung for The Wonder of Art and Science

A reception honoring the sponsors of the 25th Anniversary Gala for Discovery Science Place in Tyler, TX, was held at the home of Lisa & Michael Lujan on August 23, 2018. An art installation, The Wonder of Art and Science, by the Tyler Museum of Art and Valerosa...

Second Annual pARTnership Exhibit Booklet

Betsy Brush Hahn, Development Director for the Ben and Maytee Fisch College of Pharmacy, produced 16-page magazine-styled booklet for the Second Annual pARTnership Exhibit at W.T. Brookshire Hall located on the campus of UT Tyler. The booklet includes photos created...
Guest artist at The Beauty of Art and Medicine

Guest artist at The Beauty of Art and Medicine

On April 16, 2018, Don and Sandy Bristow attended The Beauty of Art and Medicine at the Rogers Nursing and Health Science Center at Tyler Junior College. Don and several other Valerosa artists who have their work on loan at the center were present. During the event,...
Artworks hung at Valerosa Designs & Gallery

Artworks hung at Valerosa Designs & Gallery

On February 27, 2018, Don Bristow’s latest piece Starlight was hung at Valerosa Designs & Gallery located in the Bergfeld Center in Tyler, Texas. This piece joins River of Life which is also hanging at the gallery. The photo shows River of Life, 72″(w)...

Art Connection Radio – June 17, 2017

On Saturday, June 17, 2017, Don Bristow and Matt Egelhoff were interviewed by Neita Fran Ward and Cindy Trimble on Art Connection Radio. Matt described the new Art Connection mobile app, and Don described the new Art Connection website, artconnectionetx.org. Don also...
Don Bristow Selected as Artist of the Month

Don Bristow Selected as Artist of the Month

Don Bristow honored by Art Connection as Artist of Month Art Connection of East Texas honored Photographer/Fractal Artist Don Bristow as their Artist of the Month for June, 2017. This is the first time Art Connection has selected an Artist of the Month. According to...

Art Connection Radio – May 27, 2017

On Saturday, May 27, 2017, Don Bristow was interviewed by Neita Fran Ward and Cindy Trimble on Art Connection Radio. Other guests included A.C. Gentry and Robert Langdon. Art Connection Radio 5/27/2017 by Art Connection of East Texas...
All Men’s Art Show

All Men’s Art Show

Opening Reception The opening reception for the All Men’s Art Show was held on Saturday, October 29, at Valerosa Gallery in Tyler, Texas. Featured artists include Christopher Apodaca, Jake Arnold, David Ackerson, Dana Adams, Don Bristow, Herb Bryant, Doug...
Art Connection Radio – October 29, 2016

Art Connection Radio – October 29, 2016

On Saturday, October 29, 2016, Don Bristow was interviewed by Neita Fran Ward and Dana Adams on Art Connection Radio. Other guests included Catherine Bunce and Sharon Starwalt, who talked about the upcoming Genny Wood Fine Art Show & Sale which benefits the...
Bullard Banner News – October 19, 2016

Bullard Banner News – October 19, 2016

The article Bullard’s newest art show draws featured artists by Micah McCartney was published on Page 6 of the October 19, 2016, edition of Bullard Banner News. Pictured are photographers Mike Provencher and Don Bristow, both residents of Bullard, Texas, during the...
Art Connection Radio – October 8, 2016

Art Connection Radio – October 8, 2016

On Saturday, October 8, 2016, Don Bristow was interviewed by Neita Fran Ward and Cindy Trimble on Art Connection Radio. Other guests included Caleb Bell – Curator for the Tyler Art Museum, Tiffany Jehorek – Executive Director for the Longview Museum of...
Bullard Banner News – September 28, 2016

Bullard Banner News – September 28, 2016

The article CHOATICA art exhibit receives rave reviews, provides pathway for new show in October by Micah McCartney was published on Page 6 of the September 28, 2016, edition of Bullard Banner News. Pictured is Clinton Moody, son of M6 Winery owners Joe and Anne...
A Focus on Bullard Artists

A Focus on Bullard Artists

A Focus on Bullard Artists – Portraits and Representative Works is coming to M6 Winery in Bullard, Texas. The exhibit opens with at Artists Reception on Friday, October 14, from 6-8PM. The exhibit will run through Saturday, Ocober 29. The exhibit will include...
Art Connection Radio – August 20, 2016

Art Connection Radio – August 20, 2016

On Saturday, August 20, 2016, Joe Moody and I were interviewed by Neita Fran Ward and Cindy Trimble for Art Connection Radio. The show was broadcast live on KTBB radio in Tyler, Texas. Pictured from right to left are Joe Moody, owner of M6 Winery, Cindy Trimble,...
CHAOTICA – A Fractal Vision of the Universe

CHAOTICA – A Fractal Vision of the Universe

CHAOTICA – A Fractal Vision of the Universe, an exhibit of mathematical renderings by Don Bristow, was held at M6 Winery in Bullard, Texas, from July 1, 2016 through July 16, 2016. CHAOTICA – A Fractal Vision of the Universe CHAOTICA – A Fractal...
Coral Reef Installation

Coral Reef Installation

Coral Reef by Don Bristow was installed in a lake front apartment in Irving, Texas, in 2015.  This was Bristow’s first piece on acrylic. Dye-sub on acrylic108″(w) x...
BSCENE Magazine – November 2014

BSCENE Magazine – November 2014

The feature article Controlling the Chaos by award-winning journalist Laura Krantz appeared in the November 2014 issue of BSCENE Magazine. BSCENE Magazine is published by H3-Media, LLC in Tyler, Texas, and is distributed throughout East Texas. The article documents...
Live Radio at AM 1600 WKKX in Wheeling, WV

Live Radio at AM 1600 WKKX in Wheeling, WV

On the morning of July 3, 2014, I participated in a live radio broadcast with Dr. Fred Sorrells, President of Operation Go Quickly, Francillon Chery, artist and amputee soccer player, and John Warnick, ambassador for people with disabilities with the Free Wheelchair...
Metrocon13

Metrocon13

Lightray Photoimagery had a booth at Metrocon13, August 15-16, as an ASID Industry Partner. Sponsored by IIDA and ASID, Metrocon13 was held in Dallas, Texas. Pictured is Alfonso Ippolito who helped man the Lightray Photoimagery booth.
Pecans, art sales used to benefit Haitian disabled

Pecans, art sales used to benefit Haitian disabled

About $500 was raised to help find four disabled Haitian artists, and to advocate for the disabled during the relief effort in Haiti. Bullard artist Don Bristow and his wife Sandy Bristow hosted a benefit Friday, Jan. 26, at their home in Pecan Valley Ranch. The...