Hello!!  My name is Wesley Alan Harris.  I go by “Alan.”  I was born and raised in Plano, TX and subsequently attended Baylor University in Waco, TX.  I currently reside in Dallas where I am a registered nurse by trade.  As an artist, I have experimented with many media in my life, but most recently I have dabbled in photography, oil and canvas, and one harrowing all-nighter with a wildly unrhymed iambic pentameter.  “Bottle capping” was indeed one of my very first endeavors into visual arts, and it remains my favorite. 

   My work with bottle caps all started as a joke in college, but eventually became a hobby, and moreover a form of art that is quite interesting, stimulating, and rare.  It is also keeping in theme with today’s mindset of reusing and recycling trash to make genuine treasures.  I have many friends, relatives, coworkers, and drinking/dining establishments that save bottle caps for me. 

   When a friend of mine opened a bar in 2008, I offered my first piece as decoration in the bare-walled establishment.  After receiving copious and favorable feedback about my first piece, I decided to undertake bottle capping more seriously in 2009.  I have completed several ‘spec’ pieces, in addition to selling my first piece in August 2009.  In March 2010 I had a showing of all of my bottle cap artwork.  In March 2011, I moved to Oak Cliff and established a real working studio in my house. In October 2011, I exhibited my work in the 2011 State Fair of Texas.

   Thank you for your interest in my work.  Please come back often for updates, as I am constantly working on new pieces.