Elena Marquez-Cobb, ATR-BC
Founder & Executive Director
A board-certified art therapist who spent twelve years in Dallas hospitals before opening Paintbrush Hall in 2010.
Our people
Meet our team
Nurses, caregivers and leaders who stay, and who know every resident by name.
Our team
Our people
Keisha Brown, RN
Director of Nursing
Fifteen years in memory care nursing. Known for catching small changes early and explaining them plainly.
Dr. Lucas Freeman
Medical Director
An Ellis County geriatrician who sees residents here every month and keeps families in the loop.
Marisa Ocampo
Studio Director
Runs the studio six days a week and hangs every opening. Former art teacher at a Waxahachie elementary school.
Lorraine Abbott, LMSW
Social Worker
Guides families through move-in, benefits paperwork and the hard conversations, with a lot of patience and a good laugh.
Sample family reviews
In families' words
Mom hadn't finished a sentence in a year. Then she painted a field of bluebonnets that's now framed in my living room.
At the opening, a stranger asked Dad about his painting. He talked for five minutes. I hadn't heard him talk for five minutes since Christmas.
My husband was a draftsman. They gave him a ruler and a fine pen, and he drew the courthouse, every window, perfectly.
Keisha spotted that Mama's new medication was making her dizzy before any of us did. That's a nurse who's paying attention.
Family art night is the only time all three of my kids want to come visit Grandpa. That's worth everything.
Lorraine walked us through the VA paperwork line by line. We'd been stuck on it for months.
It doesn't feel like a facility. It feels like a gallery where people happen to live.
Come to the next opening.
First Saturday of every month, ten to one: lemonade, cookies and a wall of new work. Or call Elena for a private tour any weekday.