Philip Lawson was born in Bristol, Tennessee in 1967. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Ringling School of Art and Design in Florida in 1991 and a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with an emphasis in Art Therapy from Notre dame de Namur University in California in 2001. His eclectic approach to making art has included scoring films, producing music videos, and working in a variety of other media, from painting and sculpture to photography and ceramics. He has been the subject of a feature length documentary and inspired The Weapons of Light Piano Concerto.
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Jennifer Klemp's Geometric Series is inspired by the artist’s own internal inner searching and manifestation. Her recent work taps into the spiritual and introspective nature found within one’s self. Each piece is created laboriously, fusing traditional methods with abstract undertones. Attention to color theory is intentional, with bright punches of color found throughout.
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Nick Diomedes’ interest in music started at an early age. Originally fascinated with the tactility of playing an instrument, it’s no surprise that Nick became a drummer. Upon deciding to pursue a professional career in music, Nick developed his skills as a Jazz Studies Major at the University of North Texas and began working as a professional musician in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, spending countless nights in Honky Tonks, dive bars, and recording studios. Looking to further his professional career, Nick moved to Nashville, TN in 2013 with the goal of working with major label Country artists, both on tour and in the studio.
After nine years in Nashville, and many miles traveled on the highway and in the sky, Nick decided to prioritize spending more time at home with his loved ones. While not completely retired, he enjoys his time in town and continues to diversify his endeavors, which now include photography, yoga, and rock climbing.
Ryan Greis, founder and lead instructor of Drawn Studio, has over 15 years of professional illustration experience. His artwork has appeared in the pages of New York Press, St. Louis Magazine, Riverfront Times and other local and regional publications around the United States, earning him numerous awards year after year from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. In addition to a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Visual Communication from Northern Kentucky University, Ryan holds an MBA from Lindenwood University.
His more recent work as "art detective" has helped some of the finest museums and institutions locate and recover $745,000 in missing artwork.
Paulette Brinkmann Wright grew up on a farm in northwestern Ohio. Her favorite thing about farm life was helping her father Paul tend to the livestock. As a little girl, he taught her how to take care of the baby chicks, or the “peeps” as she called them. Paulette later learned how to feed cattle, nurse baby calves, and help her dad and her uncle John on their milk route together. Paulette loved to follow her father around the barn, into grain elevators, farm equipment stores – pretty much everywhere – and her father loved having her company. Subsequently, at a young age, Paulette developed an appreciation for hard work, nature and animals.
Paulette had a strong emotional bond to her father, however, it was her mother Bettie who inspired her to become a photographer. Paulette describes her mother as “the chronicler of the family.” She had a “Brownie Camera” that she used to document important events such as family reunions and their beloved horseshoe tournaments. One day, when Paulette was 11 years old, she asked her mother if she could borrow her camera out of curiosity. And her mother said yes. Paulette said, “I was in heaven! I started taking pictures all the time, honing my photographic skills with that Brownie. It took some time, but gradually I learned to pay attention to light, subject matter and composition.”
During her lifetime, Paulette has worked in the insurance field, in the I.T. department for a newspaper, and as an office manager for an architectural firm. While she was working at Mozingo & Wallace Architects, she met Hank, the man she is now happily married to. Paulette recalls, “He walked into the office and it was basically love at first sight. Mind you, I had never had a reaction to any man who came into the office before, but there was just something about him. I took his business card back to my boss and said, ‘Your 10 am appointment is here and please keep him here as long as you can.’ I was so embarrassed! We will have been married 20 years in September.”
Paulette and her husband have relocated many times because of his work. Paulette says, “Our favorite place we have lived, other than North Carolina, was Glen Allen, Virginia.” The couple also love to travel, so many of her photographs are of the places they’ve explored. Paulette says, “We spent 5 days in France once, traveling to Marseille, Avignon, and Lyon, and ending our trip at Oustau de Baumaniere in a lovely, picturesque French inn outside of Les Baux-de-Provence. We also took a cruise to Alaska in 2019, which was fantastic! But Maui in Hawaii is our ultimate happy place. Oh, such paradise!” In fact, Hank and Paulette have visited 30 of the 50 states in the U.S.!
One year for their anniversary, Hank bought Paulette a Nikon and a more advanced world of photography immediately opened up for her. She currently has 3 Nikons and uses each one for different applications. Paulette says, “ I love seeing beautiful nature in my viewfinder, particularly cows and other animals, and rainbows are a favorite of mine. Also, I find it satisfying to see something I photographed come out so beautifully in print. There are moments that have taken my breath away. I guess that's why I always come back to photography again and again.”
Website
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Sergey Kir is a unique and innovative artist who's created his own remarkable, new art style, which was he coined "Conceptivism." An ambitious approach to painting, conceptivism synthesizes technology, financial modeling, and art history into a cohesive whole. Utilizing hand drawing, digital photography, and the analytical methods from quantitative finance, Kir's ultimate goal is to create a “gesamtkunstwerk,” or absolute work of art, which goes beyond the visual to incite, provoke, inspire, and enrich the minds of his viewers.
Kir’s compositions are planned using computer algorithms, with strong philosophical and socio-political messages as their underpinnings. By mixing machine learning, finance, humanity, storytelling, and vivid colors, Kir believes that he’s able to create images just this side shy of perfection. His work generally centers around several themes, namely New York City, “the city of peoples' dreams;” Toronto, water, abstraction, Biblical stories by his family background and his personal connection to the "Kir" fortress mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, and world finance, something he describes as being as much an art as a science.
Kir was born in western Ukraine during the time of the Soviet Union and lived in Russia for many years. He now lives in New York City, where he pursues his art career, while working in financial risk management.
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Artist Statement:
https://www.sergeykir.com/artist-statement
Information about Conceptivism:
https://www.art-mine.com/collectorscorner/sergey-kir-conceptivism-art-technology/
Information about the artistic process:
https://www.agora-gallery.com/advice/blog/2016/09/13/conceptivism-sergey-kir/
Kristi Ponder's Statement:
My artwork focuses on the commonalities that the human race shares, instead of the differences that pull us apart. Each artwork visually represents a location meant to elicit certain emotions and responses from the viewer. My artwork reminds the viewers of different emotions or experiences that person is connected to, while linking them to the larger theme that so many others have experienced.
Through contemplative landscapes with large colorful skies, I emphasize the vastness of nature and the smallness of humans to remind us of our relationship to nature.
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Terry Suhre was the Director of Gallery 210 and Research Professor (NTT) at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He retired from that position in 2021. Prior to Suhre's appointment at UMSL in 1996, he was director for five years at the Catherine Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, where in addition to the curatorial, administrative, and teaching duties he oversaw the visual arts component of An Appalachian Summer. Suhre began his museum/gallery career at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield where he worked from 1980-1990. Since 1983 he has organized and curated over 200 exhibitions. In addition to his university teaching and gallery responsibilities Suhre served on several community arts boards and remains active as a guest curator and juror. Suhre holds a B.F.A. in Painting from the University of Illinois-Urbana/ Champaign (1976) and a M.F.A. in Painting (1980) from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
F. Kenneth's Statement:
Although art has been a passion since childhood; I stepped away from it for years and pursued writing, in which I'm also a proud Self-Published Author of 9 books, with #10 in the works. In 2018, under the moniker, F. Kenneth Art, I returned to my artistic roots with a newfound passion for my craft.
I began studying all aspects of art; both the business and creative sides, and pursued it wholeheartedly. In 2019, I held my first artist exhibition in Clayton, MO and was featured in Urb Arts', "Abstract Pop-Up" Exhibit, curated by Susan Lively.
In April, 2021, I was invited by Urb Arts, Owner, MK Stallings to be in the "Balm" Exhibit, curated by Billy Williams. In addition to creating character sketches for books and collaborating with several local entrepreneurs on new projects, I currently strive to become a self-employed artist and studio gallery owner.
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John Scala's Artist Statement "My images focus on the beautiful scenes of outdoor Long Island. I have a lot of landscape images but also some flora and fauna. One of the things I like about photography is the fact that the camera can capture images that the naked eye can’t see like long exposure images and black and white images. I love getting up before the dawn and capturing sunrise images."
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Vesna Longton is a professional artist with a formal art education and an experimental approach in 3d glass and resin art.
She was born in Soviet Russia in 1974. She graduated from the Moscow State Pedagogical University, Faculty of Fine Art in 1992. From 1992 through 1997 she studied fine art at various Moscow art studios and since 2006 Vesna Longton has lived in Massachusetts, USA. She is a freelance artist and a member of Attleboro art Museum and Pawtucket Art collaborative. Throughout her art career she has been a free-lance artist and worked as an art teacher, illustrator, and live event painter. Since 2019 Vesna has been working in a unique technic of 3d glass and 3d resin painting, in which she uses a multilayered image incorporating a LED lighting effects in her art project.
Vesna has been taking part in art exhibitions in US and Russia, and her works are in private collections around the world.
Website http://www.vesnalongton-art.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vesna.longton
Michael Coppage has lived and worked in Cincinnati since 2007. Coppage earned a B.F.A in Sculpture from Memphis College of Art and an M.F.A in Studio Art from The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Primarily a conceptual artist, Coppage has uses a plethora of artistic media including photography, video and sculpture to address issues around subconscious bias and racial disparities. He has traveled around the world extensively and has work in a number of private collections. Coppage has recently been featured in print an online for a controversial and provocative series entitled "American +" where he addresses the appropriation of African-American culture and the simultaneous demonization of black men as well as depicts white Americans as monkeys. Coppage is the winner of the Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Foundation Enlightenment Award for his work in providing education and reducing stigma in the community. He also received a Truth and Reconciliation Grant to expand his Black Box community engagement series which addresses the stigma associated with the color black. His TEDx Talk “Everybody’s Racist” premiered on 2/27/21.
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Tony Lipps is an artist out of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is married with two sons and resides just outside of Cincinnati. He attended Kent State University from 2001-2005 before joining the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in June of 2005. From 2005-2019, Tony served as a Deputy in the jail and as a Patrol officer before making the decision to leave law enforcement to pursue a career as a full time artist.
Tony works in oil paints out of his studio in Essex Studios, located in Downtown Cincinnati. Tony has spent the past two years learning new techniques for paint application and still developing his subject matter. He has focused mostly on cityscapes and urbanscapes in varying techniques as a source of experimentation with colors and textures.
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A native of California with a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, T Barny has been creating sculpture professionally for over 4 decades. During his career, he has produced more than 1000 sculptures that range in size from one-foot-tall tabletop pieces to twelve-foot-tall corporate and public installations that can weigh upwards of 9 Tons in steel, bronze, wood, and water, though his curvilinear, Mobius-inspired stone sculptures are his most celebrated.
His works have been shown in over 100 galleries in 18 countries worldwide and he has participated in more than 400 group and individual exhibitions. His sculptures are collected in 23 countries He has worked as an artist-in-residence in such locations as Greece and Italy, as well as several locations throughout the U.S., though the majority of his work is done from his home studio, the T Barny Gallery & Sculpture Gardens, in Healdsburg, California.
It is his great love of stone as a medium that allows him to create serene and evocative works that continue to grow in their market presence and are increasingly sought after in both private and public arenas.
Online Links
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Will is an experienced landscape/horticultural photographer who started shooting B&W/color film in the 70's. He purchased his first camera, Olympus OM1, after winning first-place in the University of Illinois writing contest for poetry. He has been mainly photographing Colorado, Michigan and the West for about the last 30 years.
Gardening has always been his passion, especially at 8400 feet in the foothills of Colorado, where he would grow colorful vegetables and flowers mainly poppies to photograph. He was considered a Horticultural Hero by Garden Design magazine for being able to successfully garden among the many heard of elk. He was also considered the purple potato mountain man before purple potatoes became popular. He would share his gardening and photography exploits as the High-Altitude Garden Writer for the local newspapers. Besides the iPhone12Pro, his current camera of choice is the Sony A7Riii full-frame, mirrorless DSLR.
He looks for the unusual image among the commonplace, the overlooked, whether it is in a spectacular place like The Great Sand Dunes National Park in Southern Colorado or a close up of flowers in his various gardens. BTW, you can always find Will chasing the early morning and evening light.
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Kevin Grass is a Florida artist known primarily for his landscapes and series of hyper-realistic figurative paintings that comment upon social issues of the day. These complex, thought-provoking images were well represented in juried and invitational exhibitions, galleries, and prestigious art publications, but sales were intermittent and unreliable.
Lame Ducks is series of smaller, less complex images that retain the humor, narrative, and technical approach of the more involved figure paintings, using rubber ducks as the common thematic element. These visual puns are colorful, fun, and lend themselves more easily to marketing and commercial applications. The paintings are accompanied by a whole series of products at the website https://www.kevingrass.art
Kevin Grass lives with his wife and son in Tarpon Springs, Florida. He is Associate Professor of Art at St. Petersburg College, where he has taught since 1997.
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Xan Blood Walker was born in Seattle Washington in the heat of the summer. She learned print photography in high school, and went on to obtain two BFA's, one in printmaking and another in painting from the University of Washington. Many years later when pursuing graduate studies in counseling she obtained a Masters certificate in Art Therapy. Prior to her higher education she attended the school of hard knocks in Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as an 80's street punk at the height of the punk rock scene. With over 20 years in recovery she finds a way to blend her varied experiences into a unique and personal style. Currently she is branching out into two new areas: documenting the living breathing urban landscape through photojournalism; and incorporating mixed media into her photography. She has already begun using graffiti marker, and hopes to add beeswax from her bee hive, as well as dip back into her printmaking background with stenciling, linoblock, and woodcutting.
ARTWORK
Xan has exhibited her work primarily in group shows in Seattle, San Francisco, Emeryville, Alameda, Oakland, and New York.
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Xan was awarded a Links Scholarship for her woodblock print depictions of her emotional experiences around rape. She contributed as an intern artist for the mural project on the Women's Building in San Francisco, CA., in 1994.
PRESS
Studio Notes wrote an article about Xan in December of 1995, and she was honored to have a photo of hers used as the cover for the book 'Representations of the Cuban and Philippine Insurrections on the Spanish Stage 1887-1898" published in 2001 by D.J. O'Connor.
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https://twitter.com/xanbloodwalker
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Kate Simon is a Louisiana native, now Florida resident where she works as a technical writer during the day and an artist in the evenings. Kate uses art as a form of healing, meditation, and exploration. Fond of many artforms, she is particularly drawn to abstract works because of the benefit it has on the brain. It is her mission to extend the positive effects she has felt through art to homes, businesses, and medical offices.
Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/katesimonart
Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/katesimonart
Website | https://www.katesimonart.com
Email | hello@katesimonart.com
Bryan Hobein is an artist living and working in Astoria, OR. He is currently creating figurative watercolors that conceptually center around the ideas of sexuality, comfort, stillness, and how they're contained and expressed in the body.
Previously Bryan has worked in pen and ink and digital medium centered around the ideas of monsters, ninjas, and pew pew action.
Ashira Siegel Fox was born and raised in Southern California. She studied media and studio art at Hunter College in New York City though she is largely self taught. Her art practice involves experimenting with various combinations of artistic methods and mediums in an effort to create unconventional paintings, unique variant prints and art objects that explore color, texture, depth and dimension.
Her work over the years has included (and often combined) sculpturally sewn and collaged hand dyed papers, plaster castings, layered resin, glass kiln work, ceramics, photography, and many many different ways of painting and printing. She is currently working on a body of work that includes a series of sewn mixed media paintings.
Ashira draws inspiration from decades of studio experiments and her wildly varied life experiences.
Website | www.ashirasiegelfox.com
Instagram | www.instagram.com/ashirasart/
TikTok | www.tiktok.com/@ashirasart?lang=en
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