In The Eye of the Beholder Art Gallery & Studio

   Wardell Picquet is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. In his hometown, he was a Fine Artist, Art Magazine Publisher, Graphic Designer, Public School Elementary Art Teacher, and High School Graphics Instructor. Wardell graduated from Xavier University of Louisiana under the tutelage of the famous late New Orleanian Artist, John T. Scott. His degree was in Art and, uniquely, included multiple Areas of Concentration in Drawing, Graphic Design, and Printmaking. Picquet, along with two partners, established and developed RedDot, a Visual Arts Magazine in 2001.REDDOT was New Orleans’ first full-color Arts magazine, dedicated to the interests of Artists and Arts Organizations. He spent the five years prior to Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans
Public Schools system teaching Art to grades Pre-K to 6 and Special Ed and Graphic Design to high schoolers.
Wardell has lived in San Antonio, Texas since his displacement by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

   Here in San Antonio, he has worked in the nonprofit Art sector with StoneMetal Press Printmaking Center and worked as an Art Instructor for the 21st Century Program under the
Carver Community Cultural Center. He has spent time as a member of various Art Groups such as SAVA (San Antonio Visual Artists), SAEAS (San Antonio Ethnic Arts Society), Msanii Afro-Centric Artist Collective, Gevers Street Studio, Art at the Jalapeno, and The Art of Four. For ten years, Wardell Picquet trained the next generation of Graphic Design professionals in his role as a Full-time Graphic Design Instructor at Sanford Brown College - San Antonio (formerly IADT San Antonio, the International Academy of Design and Technology). He has also taught Art workshops for the Education Department of the McNay Art Museum and Inspire Fine Art Community Center.

   Picquet spent time as a Board member of the Carver Community Cultural Center, serving on the
Marketing and PR Committee. Wardell also handled the Design and Marketing interests of the
Event Committee of the Alamo City Black Chamber of Commerce. He has worked with the
Communications/Public Relations Committee of SAAACAM (San Antonio African American
Community Archive and Museum). He currently serves as the Curator and Arts Community
Liaison for SAEAS (San Antonio Ethnic Arts Society).
Wardell’s professional interest is spending time on the development of his Art enterprise,
Picquet Studios. Picquet Studios is dedicated to the production, instruction, and promotion of
Fine Art and Design. It is also interested in partnering with the community and other business
interests.

   Picquet’s artistic interests include Drawing, Illustration, Painting, Collage, Mixed Media,
Printmaking, Sculpture, Sequential Art, and 3D Design. He likes dealing with color, pattern,
texture, shape, contrast, abstraction, and the overwhelming magnificence of the human form.
Wardell continues his personal quest to blend all these Artistic pursuits into a cohesive and
aesthetic whole.