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Born in Kentucky, Angela had to live in seven states in the northeast before determining that Texas was the one for her. Growing up in a household with two former graphic artists; her father for the Pentagon, her mother for Billboard magazine; Angela was introduced to drawing, painting, layout, digital design, as well as textile-based crafts, at a young age. After being awarded the 4-year Kleberg First National Bank Scholarship, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Texas A&M-Kingsville. While Angela's career has been diverse; including work in newspaper advertising, magazine layout, public relations, grant proposal development, and research compliance; her love of artistic creation, both digital and physical, remains a dominant mark of her personality and lifestyle.
Brian is a Texas native, raised in a small farming community near the South Texas / Mexico border. He began studying fine art in the 1990s under artists Abigail Phillips and Maurice Scmidt, eventually earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Texas A&M University-Kingsville. His work in a myriad of professions; nurseryman, farmhand, journalist, Editor-in-Chief for Writer's Bloc Literary and Art Magazine, Design Editor for the Journal of South Texas, and Graphic Designer & Digital Archivist for the South Texas Archives; has given him a grounded array of experiences both in and out of creative fields. Brian produces creative work year-round in the form of painting, writing, leathercraft, and graphic design; all with a romantic eye which reflects his personal love of color, nature, physics, and the future and fantasy of the human heart.
A member of a ranching family, Ashton grew up living and working in the Wild Horse Desert of South Texas. His lifelong appreciation of nature and the outdoors led him to earn a Bachelor of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, with a concentration in natural resource collections and museums from Texas A&M University-College Station. Ashton then studied Spanish at the Universidad de Guanajuato, in Mexico. He returned to South Texas where he conducted field research, earning a Master of Science in Biology. Ashton is a published scientific author and illustrator, a member of several scientific societies, and has traveled the Caribbean and Latin America, including a research expedition to the Amazon rain-forest. He is currently co-authoring and illustrating a comprehensive book series on the reptiles and amphibians of Bolivia. Ashton works in a scientific field, but enjoys exploring questionable themes in the form of art in his leisure time.
The first American citizen in her family, Carla was born to Mexican parents in Rock Hill, South Carolina while her father completed his graduate degree on an education visa. Her family returned to Mexico City when she was a toddler, where she lived until the age of nine, when her family permanently immigrated to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Having a lifelong love of animals, Carla earned a Bachelor of Science in Animal Science at Texas A&M University-College Station, and a Master of Science in Biology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Her art is an expressive extension of her spicy personality, which often channels emotions into her projects, lending to her personal creative motto "build with rage". Carla has an extremely handsome husband, who in no way whatsoever wrote this biography.