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MARLENE GARDNER’S ANGELS stare at you from all angles. They huddle together with circumspection and confront you with intrepidity. From above, they look down at you with compassion. Gardner’s pieces involve multiple faces, sometimes as many as twelve, peeking out from leather veils. The angels are eerie yet comforting.Gardner’s résumé doesn’t include names like the School of the Art Institute of Chicago or New York’s School of Visual Arts. She’s a self-taught artist whose work is currently being shown under the fluorescent lights at Bo Knows Southwest Grill in Winters—she and her husband, Bo, own the restaurant. But the family business isn’t the only place displaying her angels. Currently, a piece can be seen at the Star DanceWellness Center in Wimberley. Gardner’s work has also…
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