Tag Archive for ‘ARTichokes’
Cold Fire: Tahmi DeSchepper
Tahmi DeScheppers doubted her own creativity for years … until she found the right medium and the techniques to bring it alive.
KC Classic: Larry Nigro
Larry Nigro displays a clear affection for his hometown (as well as an affinity for travel) in his atmospheric charcoal and pastel works.
Cropping Nature: Ron Stewart
Ron Stewart’s work focuses on the naturally occuring patterns and textures found all around us.
Seasoned with Color: Bruce Mayfield
Art served up as an accompaniment to food and drink should be like a well-composed dish: appealing to the eyes, carefully balanced, stimulating but not overwhelming. Bruce Mayfield’s abstract paintings fill that order nicely.
Painting the Praises of Famous Men: Bill Griffiths
In another time, Bill Griffiths might have been a painter of icons, a printer of holy cards or a sculptor of saints. The objects of reverence he depicts draw (or drew) devotees to temples of a different sort … the houses of sports and rock ‘n’ roll.
Artist, Ink: Gary Creason
It’s not often that one artist’s work could conceivably be used to create another’s, but that’s certainly the case with Gary Creason’s handcrafted pens.
Winter Funderland: Myrna Minnis
Myrna Minnis’ ceramic creations display a clear sense of raw, unabashed fun.
Color Fields (and Forests): Sara Larson
Sara Larson’s Fauvist-inspired landscapes, loaded with vibrant colors chosen for effect rather than for “faithful” reproduction of the natural palette, are as much about line and curve and pattern as they are about the particular places she depicts.
Concrete Contrast: Paul Keohan
For Paul Keohan to master concrete as an artistic medium (outside the conventional realm of large-scale sculpture) testifies to his technical skills as well as his creative gifts.
The Artist’s Craft: Sonya Mikuls
Whether creating simple or more ornate pieces, Sonya Mikuls displays a talent for knowing what goes together and what can stand on its own.
Waxing Artistic: Keith Kavanaugh
His choice of encaustic as medium enhances Keith Kavanaugh’s Impressionistic style, giving his works the diffuse qualities of dream and memory.
Mysterious Forms : Steven L. Gorman
Steven L. Gorman’s work is an intriguing hybrid of biology and fashion, designed to be ambiguous enough to let viewers reach their own conclusions.
A Head for Art (in Several Senses): Maryann Gravino-Askew
An exploration of how people think and respond to stimuli clearly informs Gravino-Askew’s work. In her paintings, shapes echo and reinforce each other, leading to a feeling of unforced “rightness” for the harmonious whole.
Hurricane Lampwork: Kari Heybrock
Kari Heybrock’s work is sometimes unmistakable as glass … but at other times, it can suggest ceramic, enamel, even stone. One constant is a bold, bright sense of well-combined color.
Beaded Blends : Teede Stipich
Teede Stipich’s beaded necklaces blend the exotic and the familiar, the ancient and the modern.
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