2026-27 Board of Directors

Evie Walberg, President

WCAG email: evie.president@wcagtx.org
Member since: 2022
Artist influences: The colors, shapes and movement within nature and impressionists painters
Inspirational quote: “He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” – Francis of Assisi
Karyn Derby, President-Elect

WCAG email: karyn.presidentelect@wcagtx.org
Member since: 2025
Artist influences::Impressionism, Van Gogh, Elizabeth St. Hilaire Inspirational quote: “To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” — Kurt Vonnegut
Lynn Kessel, Past President

WCAG email: lynn.pastpresident@wcagtx.org
Member since: 2002
Artist influences: Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Carol Light
Inspirational quote: "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time." -Thomas Merton
Theresa Wayne, Treasurer

WCAG email: theresa.treasurer@wcagtx.org
Member since: 2023
Artist influence: John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassett, Joan Walsh Anglund
Inspirational Quote: "EVERYTHING is a risk. What if it doesn't work out? OH – BUT what if it does?" -Joan Walsh Anglund
Susan Reitman, Secretary

WCAG email: susan@wcagtx.org‍ ‍ ‍ ‍Member since: 2020 Artist influences: Helen Barrick, Jo Sonia Inspirational quote: “I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” — Claude Monet
Earleen Braly-Allen, Parliamentarian

WCAG email: earleen.parliamentarian@wcagtx.orgMember since:‍ ‍2023
Artist influences: Leonardo DaVinci, Peter Max
Inspirational quote: ”The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Patti Wojtowecz, Exhibits

WCAG email:‍ ‍patti.exhibits@wcagtx.org
Member since: 2019
Artist influences: Savanna Rose, Deanna DeShea
Inspirational quote:‍ ‍“Art is not what you see but what you make others see.” -Edgar Degas
Lesley Bradstreet, Publicity

WCAG email:‍ ‍lesley.publicity@wcagtx.org
Member since: 2024
Artist influences: Claude Monet, Freeman Patterson, André Gallant
Inspirational quote:‍ ‍“He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead.” -Albert Einstein
Patrick O'Brien, Membership

WCAG email: patrick.membership@wcagtx.org; Member since: 2016 Artist Influences: YHWH, Man Ray, Max Ernst Inspirational quote: "To create is divine, to reproduce is human." --Man Ray
Jessica Cook, Programs

WCAG email: jessica.programs@wcagtx.org‍ ‍ ‍ ‍Member since: 2024 Arftist Influence: Richard Diebenkorn, Gustav Klimt, mythology, nature Inspirational quote: “I dream my painting and I paint my dream.” — Vincent van Gogh
Courtney Brewer, Gallery

WCAG email: courtney.gallery@wcagtx.org
Member since: 2024
Artist influences: Pablo Picasso, Lisa Frank, Wassily Kandinski, Elaine de Kooning
Inspirational quote: Where I create, there I am true" -Rainer Maria Rilke
Kat Zinna, Hospitality

WCAG email: kat.hospitality@wcagtx.org
Member since: 2023
Artist influence: Kandinsky, Picasso, Monet
Inspirational quote: “A blank canvas is where imagination learns to speak” -
Gary Hook, Webmaster

WCAG email:‍ ‍gary.h@wcagtx.org Member since: 2024
Inspirational quote: "What it looked like does not concern me at all. The only thing that matters is what it felt like."
Susan Craig, Newsletter

WCAG email: susan.c@wcagtx.org ‍ ‍ Member since: 2025
Artist influence: John Singer Sargent and other portrait artists. I also love John Hagan's work for his light and movement.
Inspirational quote: "Creation is God's self expression"