Weekend Drives Through East Austin: 1 by Josh Howatt

Weekend Drives Through East Austin: 1
Josh Howatt
Acrylic, Mixed Media
36"h x 36"w x 1.5"d
2025

After living in Austin for 6 years, I'm--finally--exploring and falling in love with this city. I spend nearly every weekend morning driving through East Austin appreciating its raw, unvarnished character and bohemian charm. Listed in the piece are a collection of local establishments that capture the ever evolving birth and rebirth of East Austin.

Get to Know the Artist:
Originally from Orange County, CA, he made his way to Texas via New York City. Self-taught and working in mixed media, Josh's art touches on subject matter around loss, healing, and identity. His work tries to find the beauty in the mundane, the ugly, the shapeless. And his art ranges from small paper illustrations and watercolors of the everyday, to bold, aggressive acrylic artworks contending with life's most complicated themes.