We're excited to announce our annual awards nominations are now open! We are organizing all of our ducks, pencils, paintbrushes, and diamonds to finalize all Gala oriented event details. But first we want to make sure all artists and patrons have an opportunity to nominate...
Constantly creating in his Nickel Plate Arts studio, Rodney has been having a little fun lately interacting on social media. Once a painting is ready to hang on the wall of his studio, “I go on (Facebook) asking for titles, and people enjoy doing that.”...
Michael McGuire is definitely a #miracleartist - and his introduction to art was not one that most people experience. Prior to October 10, 2015, Michael traveled for his medical sales job, working long hours, and focusing on his career and his family. But at 3...
By Sheldon Shalley Sheldon ShalleyArtByShalley.com Once upon a time we humans understood that we were part of nature and nature was a part of us. There was no separation between us and the natural world. We were one. We also understood that all nature was inhabited with...
Artist Leah Leach has an honorary doctorate in metaphysics—the study of life, taking things apart and putting them back together again, which sounds an awful lot like her chosen medium, torn paper art. Inspired by an episode of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood in which the author...
Tresa is a Contemporary, Abstract, and Mixed Media artist. Her work includes layers of acrylic paint, collage elements, pencil, ink, oil pastel, and other various mark-making tools....
Liz's artistic style is always centered around vibrant colors, abstract designs, and organic details. She works with clay, alcohol inks, and acrylic paint. Liz is currently excited about working on guitar bodies. She starts with an unfinished body and turns it into a playable work...
Mark calls his style and medium “Digital Watercolor”. It is a mixed media that includes the randomness and abstraction of watercolor washes with the control of digital creation. ...
Kathryn Smithkatsmithartist.com Kathryn Smith was always interested in the arts, but she began as a performer—dance, acting, singing—and didn’t take her first real visual arts class until her senior year in high school. As she got into college, working toward a degree in elementary education, she...
Stuart Troxel has been an artist for as long as he can remember, drawing and making art since he was able to talk. In fifth grade he used to draw his own comic strips, featuring his character, Flash the Mouse, and sold them on the...