2009 CHS Featured Artist Team

The Houston Via Colori 2009 CHS Featured Artists are especially unique this year for two reasons.

1) It is the first time Houston Via Colori has featured a team of artists.

2) Bryan Higgins and Kenneth Pierson have been more than just Houston Via Colori artists every year since inception, they also have been volunteering at The Center for Hearing and Speech. Most recently, they created handmade hearts to give out to the Melinda Webb School students on Valentine’s Day.

 

Kenneth Pierson

Conroe, TX

A photorealistic artist, Pierson was introduced to art as a child and fell in love.  He gives his fourth grade art teacher credit for pushing him to develop artistic abilities outside the classroom. His most prized award as an adolescent was “Best of Show” in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in C.I.S.D. After college at Illinois State University, he played basketball in Italy and for a Houston semiprofessional team before becoming a full-time sports artist.  As an artist for Sports Legacy Art Gallery in Houston, Arlington, and L.A., he sold works to collectors, fans and professional athletes. He is currently doing portraits, children's murals, sports art, and gallery hopping weekly still eager to learn more and become a better artist. The Center for the Hearing and Speech Impaired and Via Colori have been an inspiration to him and helps refuels his hunger to be a better artist/person.

Bryan Higgins

Spring, TX

Higgins always enjoyed art early on, but never realized how good he was at it. Bryan didn't fall in love with art until his freshman year in high school. His inspiration came when attending an art show where he was introduced to Kenneth Pierson's art work. Fifteen years later, Higgins is still inspired to be better by Kenneth's work. Since his freshman year in high school, Higgins has mostly done portrait work and more for family and friends. He really loves to capture the spirit of a person. During the day, he works for the Houston branch of Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. He joined forces with Pierson to create interconnecting squares for Houston Via Colori 2008. He believes that his art is truly a gift, and he loves sharing it with others.  The Center for Hearing and Speech has given him the opportunity to share his art and passion for helping those in need.