Come out for a wonderful day of art and nature at Spring Street Studios in observance of Earth Day!

Engage with The Houston Botanic Garden, The Ranch Houston, and Cornelius Nursery while visiting open artist studios, enjoy three exhibitions, and end your afternoon with a guided meditation and sound bowls (yoga mats welcome). Light bites and beverages will be provided.



Original 12” round pieces in a variety of mediums, donated by Spring Street artists, will be available for $150 each, with proceeds benefitting the Houston Botanic Garden and the Spring Street Studios building fund.

Open 11 am - 4 pm, this event is free and open to the public!

Pictured: Ajax, by Syd Moen, Studio #130

Growing up along the Texas Gulf Coast, Kelly Best Bourgeois developed a profound and lifelong love of nature. As a teen, she painted seriously and sold many of her works, but pursued a more academic path in college, then a professional career as a physician, specializing in Anesthesiology. Kelly kept her hand in art while practicing medicine and raising a family by taking classes at the Museum of Fine Arts Glasell School of Art and the Art League of Houston. In more recent years, she has also studied in workshops in Roundtop, TX, New Orleans, LA, Scottsdale, AZ, Monhegan Is., ME, and the Provence region of France. She particularly enjoys painting en plein air with oil paint or gouache and using those works as inspiration for her studio.

paintings. Kelly retired from medicine in 2020 to focus more on her passion for art. In 2021 she had her first solo exhibition, Deep in the Heart, featuring Texas landscapes based on paintings from her travels across Texas during the pandemic and shown in the Kucera Gallery at the Art Center of Corpus Christi. In 2022, through the generous support of the Joe Barnhart Foundation, the Beeville Art Museum hosted her exhibition Lone Star Gifts, and in 2023 Kelly’s works were featured as part of the Sawyer Yards’ exhibition The Loud Quiet. Her paintings are in private collections across the U.S. and as far away as the UK and Warsaw, Poland. She enjoys teaching workshops and welcomes commissions and visitors to her Sabine Street Studio #116.

Artist Statement: I love painting things from and of the Earth. From the topography of the land, to the changing weather, and flora and fauna across our country and the world, I have been captivated and entranced by our planet's diverse beauty for as long as I can remember. Through my paintings, I want viewers to feel that powerful, intimate connection to our mighty yet fragile Earth, and to protect it so future generations may do the same.

On May 23, 2024, please join us in the North Gallery of Sabine Street Studios for the opening reception of Oceans: Echoes of Existence, featuring artwork by Kelly Best Bourgeois and fellow Sabine Street Studios artist Eric Coan, in celebration and recognition of the United Nations World Oceans Day.