The mid-century modern house that renowned architect O’Neil Ford designed for William Lewis (Bill) Moody IV and his wife, Darlene, sits on a more than 30,000-square-foot site on Offatts Bayou in Galveston. The abstract-shaped swimming pool is bordered by brick decking in a serpentine wave-like pattern and a raised planter crowned by a vase. Photo courtesy of Dan Young/TK Images
Roger De La Cruz controls the television from his tablet in his fully connected house in Dickinson. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Cynthia Langreder calls herself the “Galveston Mermaid.” She appears in full mermaid regalia regularly around town. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Paul Cater Deaton’s still photography, video and underwater photography have taken him around the globe. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Mark Staples and his wife, Theresa Walker, are building their green dream home on the West End of Galveston. They’re aiming for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, an Energy Star certification on the build. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Ernie Deats still uses the spurs his father gave him, a simple-looking pair with worn rowels, the spinning part used to prod a horse forward. Deats is a fourth-generation rancher. His great-grandfather settled near Dickinson in 1872. Photo by Kelsey Walling
A flock of gulls and black skimmers take flight as a fisherman uses a casting net near a sandbar in the East End Lagoon off Boddeker Road in Galveston. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Austen Anderson, left, picks up plastic bottles during a beach clean-up by members of the Mountain Ocean Project at a beach near Seawolf Park in Galveston. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Galveston Artist Residency co-founder and director Eric Schnell walks through the main gallery, which features a new artist’s work every couple months and is a stop in Galveston’s ArtWalk. Photo by Kelsey Walling