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Nancy Jacey
Nancy Jacey is recognized for her Prismacolor pencil illustrations. The artist has been using Prismacolor pencils for over ten years, and her technique allows her to realistically capture the world in a vivid, colorful style and bring it to life for her audience. Nancy specializes in marine, nature, and wildlife illustrations. She has been teaching Prismacolor pencil illustration, drawing, fashion design and cartooning courses to students of all ages for six years. In August of 2007, Nancy announced the opening of her own art gallery and art instruction school, The Jacey Gallery, in Tampa, Florida. In May 2009, The Jacey Gallery opened a new location in Richmond, Virginia.
Nancy graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University where she received her BFA in Studio Art. She later studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design, earning her MFA in Illustration.
Nancy’s illustrations have been exhibited extensively throughout Florida, Georgia and Virginia. Her clients include Weekly Reader Magazine, Rooms to Go Inc., Public Imagery Inc., Food Systems Unlimited Inc., YMCA, the Royal Order of Jesters Division of Shriners Children’s Hospital, RseaH Enterprises Inc., Maverick Energy Group Ltd., and the Florida Wildlife Federation. The artist is a member of the Graphic Artist Guild, the Colored Pencil Society of America, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Tybee Art Association of Georgia and the Cultural Resources Commission of Tallahassee.
Nancy is represented by Vicki Prentice Associates, Inc., in New York. Her illustrations have been featured in Print Magazine, the Directory of Illustration, Black Book and Black Book Raw Magazine. For further contact information, commissions or to view more of Nancy Jacey’s artwork and her Richmond art gallery location, visit her website at www.nancyjacey.com.
“Nancy is skilled in portraying images of nature in stunning and imaginative patterns of color, and I believe she has a bright future in the world of naturalistic art.”
-Manley Fuller, President, Florida Wildlife Federation
“Working with Nancy was a great pleasure. She created a beautiful illustration for our magazine on time and with great professionalism. She was able to take our artistic direction and executed it as a winning visual. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again.”
-Claudia Ramirez, Art Director, Weekly Reader
Stephanie Kiefer Jefferson
I am a ceramic artist that creates functional pottery using stoneware clay. My primary ambition is to create objects that will bring someone beauty and joy when used in everyday life. A superior pot should function well and elevate the daily routine of eating and drinking to an artful and enjoyable experience. I get great satisfaction out of drinking coffee from a handcrafted mug, or eating ice cream out of a unique one-of-a-kind bowl. I love other people to enjoy this same pleasure.
Most of my work begins on the potter's wheel and starts as a cylindrical form. After being thrown, much of my work is altered or assembled together to form a new shape. Although, I have traditionally worked at the wheel, I've recently started experimenting with slabs and fun textures from around the house, such as leaves from the garden, or plastic floormats. I much prefer the look, texture and magic of pots that come out of a wood-fired kiln, so I participate in wood firings every chance I get. But when working in my own studio, I fire to a temperature of 2200 in an electric kiln. I've been experimenting with combinations of cone 6 glazes that will produce a wood-fired look, but it's just not the same!
I appreciate the form, function and elegant ritual that is associated with Japanese Pottery. In addition to the traditional masters of Japanese pottery, I am inspired by the modern day works of Warren MacKenzie, Jack Troy, Kevin Crowe and Jim Dugan.
Although I am a software engineer by trade, my true passion is spending time in my studio. I take classes and workshops whenever I'm able and have studied ceramics at Richmond Pottery, The Bowman House and Touchstone Center for Crafts.
You may visit her website at www.KieferClayworks.com
Merrily Johnstone
In her carefully rendered portraits, Merrily Johnstone reaches beyond the external likeness of her subjects to discern and convey their essential inner character as though captured in a timeless moment of truth, grace, and dignity.
Using Renaissance painting techniques, she applies color in multiple layers of translucent glazes over a tonal underpainting. Deliberate and time-intensive, the process allows her to build rich, luminous skin tones, and to distill the subtle details and nuances of expression that bring her subjects to life.
Her enduring fascination with portraiture is rooted in early childhood cultural experiences while living in Europe with her military family.
“Some of my first memories include visiting the palaces and art museums in France and Germany, where I was deeply affected by the portraits and figurative masterpieces of the past. As I looked up at them, the faces portrayed there seemed to speak to me in a silent and mysterious language, reaching across history and cultural boundaries. Even at such a young age, viewing these paintings placed me in the context of feeling connected to all of humanity. I still hold the accomplishments of the great historic painters as my highest ideal.”
Johnstone was inspired to paint and draw throughout her early childhood years, and later she began the serious study of painting with instruction from Jack Clifton, a noted portrait painter and author in Hampton, Virginia. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University, graduating with a BFA in painting and printmaking. She has explored many approaches to painting, from traditional to post modernist abstraction; [,] as well as commercial disciplines such as fabric design, architectural rendering, and logo design for the signage industry. From these other work experiences she has synthesized and integrated into her portraiture “a broader understanding of the principles that elevate all forms of art to a higher level, such as proportion, composition, form and value, color harmony, and a respect for enduring craftsmanship and materials”.
She is a member of the Portrait Society of America, and maintains a studio in Richmond, Virginia.
You may visit the artist’s website at www.merrilyjohnstone.com
Contact:
Merrily Johnstone
P.O. Box 14749
Richmond, Virginia 23221-0749
Louis Joyner
As a photographer, writer, and senior editor at Southern Living magazine for 27 years, Louis Joyner covered architecture and interior design across the South. In addition, he photographed a wide variety of travel and feature articles. His photographs also appear in several Oxmoor House books, including Southern Places, At Home with Southern Living, and Decorating with Southern Living, which he edited.
Louis became interested in photography while studying architecture at the University of Arkansas. After graduation, he worked as a staff photographer for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and in college public relations before joining the staff of Southern Living in 1973.
Since leaving Southern Living in 2000, Louis has concentrated on large format architectural photography. He is currently working on a black and white series of details of historical buildings using traditional film cameras.
His photography has been exhibited in galleries in Memphis, Little Rock, Winston-Salem, Birmingham, Charleston, Lexington, and Richmond. Louis has received a bronze medal in the Nikon International competition as well a purchase prize from the Arkansas Arts Center and a first place at the Piccolo Spoletto Festival.
Recent solo exhibits include "Material Changes" at the Saul Alexander Foundation Gallery and "Bastions of Brick" at the City Gallery at the Dock Street Theatre, both in Charleston, South Carolina.
Since moving to Richmond in 2005, Louis has participated in several juried shows including Radius 250 and the National Juried Printmaking & Photography Exhibition. He was also one of seven artists in the Artspace: New Members Exhibit.
Knuth Wildlife Art
Knuth Wildlife Art
7286 Harvest Lane Mechanicsville, VA 23111-3436
804-746-4601
CARL “SPIKE” KNUTH
Artist, Writer, Photographer, Naturalist
Spike Knuth grew up around the lakes and marshes of southeastern Wisconsin. Born August 18, 1937 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his love of birds was kindled at an early age, when his parents bought him a bird book, when he was 6 years old. At age 7, there was a hobby show in his second grade class. His bird art was highly praised which encouraged him to continue. As a kid he spent many hours fishing Okauchee Lake, about 35 miles west of his birthplace in Milwaukee. He had a casting rod at age seven, a fly rod at age nine and a spinning rod at age 14. Here he rowed his uncle’s rowboats around the lake for miles and for hours. All the while he was learning about birds. He spent time around Lake Michigan, along the Menomonie River Parkway and Whitnall Park in Milwaukee. Since age 12 his desire was to be a wildlife illustrator and outdoor writer. He traveled with his parents and younger brother, Rocky, by motorcycle until he was 13, when the family got its first automobile.
That same year, they moved to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin along the 137,000-acre Lake Winnebago. The big lake and Supple Marsh on its southwest end, plus Eldorado Marsh eight miles west, Horicon Marsh, 20 miles south and all the forests and fields in between became added classrooms for Spike as he kept nature journals throughout the seasons, made sketches and took photos for future reference.
He began hunting at age 16. At first it was for squirrels, but he was enamored with ducks ever since seeing Ducks Unlimited’s “Whispering Wings” at the Milwaukee Sentinel Sports Show in the early 1950s. In 1953 he went to his first Ducks Unlimited dinner with his dad and watched a Gromme original auctioned off. The late Owen Gromme, once known as the dean of waterfowl painters, was a Fond du Lac native who hunted Lake Winnebago, especially “Old West Marsh,” later named Supple Marsh after the brothers who started a fur company there and trapped the marsh.
Eldorado Marsh, Supple Marsh, and Lake Winnebago provided waterfowl hunting experiences as well as more fishing opportunities, but always Spike had an eye on everything else that was going on around him. To paint birds in their natural habitat, he wanted to get the flora correct, so he set out to learn as much about trees, shrubs, flowers, grasses, and other plants so he could be more accurate. He began
duck hunting in 1965, donated his first piece of original art to a Ducks Unlimited dinner in Oshkosh in 1967. Since then he has donated 460 original paintings and nearly a 100 prints to Ducks Unlimited, and other conservation organizations.
Gardening became a part of his life as well, not only to help feed his wife and two sons, when growing up, but also providing more subjects to learn about, and how it all fit into the overall picture of the natural world.
Spike began his career with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) February 1, 1974. Prior to that he worked at Mercury Outboards as a hand trucker, a dispatcher , doing stock inventories and as a timekeeper in production control, and then as a commercial artist for 11-1/2 of the 13 years there. He worked 4-1/2 years as a news photographer at the Fond du Lac Reporter, did 45 live, half-hour TV programs--All Outdoors--on KFIZ-TV in Fond du Lac, and spent about 1-1/2 years as a free-lance writer, illustrator, sign painter and commercial artist.
He has illustrated about 80 covers for a variety of publications; has done hundreds of inside color and black and white illustrations, written hundreds of articles, has co-hosted and co-produced 250 TV programs for VDGIF, and did a 2-minute radio program on WRVA Richmond from May, 1993 until August 2000. He has five state duck stamps to his credit, 1978 Indiana, 1992 Virginia,1999 Virginia, 2004 Virginia and the 2008 Virginia. His painting of yellowthroats was one of 50 paintings displayed at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Bird Art Show in 1979 that made a tour of fine arts academies in Edinborough Scotland; London, England and Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. He retired from VDGIF on June 1, 2003 after 29 years and four months of service.
Spike resides in Mechanicsville, VA with his wife of 46 years, Susie. His eldest son Barry, and his wife of 18 years Amy, live in Wake Forest, North Carolina with daughters Cassidy (11), Carly (8), Connor (5), and Zoe (3), while youngest son Matt lives with his bride of 11 years, Stacie, in Mooresville, NC with son Matthew (5) and daughter Allison (2).
Due to degenerative arthritis, old injuries, and old age, he’s not as active in the outdoors as he once was but gets much enjoyment out of Susie’s Gardens, as his wife has produced a beautiful garden in their backyard, which draws many birds and other creatures to enjoy.
Diane Kraudelt
As children we draw scenes of home, Mommy and Daddy, brothers and sisters. From those early moments to today, I have continued painting scenes around me. My style has evolved to be post-impressionistic and spontaneous. Painting challenges me to explore the endless possibilities of expression in oils, pastels, acrylics, and watercolor.
I am an award-winning artist and a member of several art organizations. I exhibit my work in local and regional galleries, businesses, and private collections. I am currently exhibiting at Artist Alley Gallery in Southern Pines, NC, at Hollyhocks Art Gallery, at the Morings Crafts and Gallery in Asheboro, North Carolina, and at Crossroads Art Center in Richmond Virginia. My 2008 juried shows include 2008 Art League of Hilton Head National Juried Exhibition, 18th Annual Mid-Atlantic Juried Art Exhibit, Smithtown Township Arts Council exhibit "Circling The Globe Through Women's Lives", and the Randolph Arts Guild 26th Annual Juried Art Show.
You may visit the artist's website at www.sandhillsartist.com.
Dana Masters
On A Whim
Dana Masters; Sculptor and founder of On A Whim
"Hi. I'd like to introduce to you my collection of pewter figurines, ornaments, & other Whims...
...but first I'd like to take a few steps back. I was graduated from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, with a bachelors degree in fine arts. After graduation, I headed for Williamsburg, VA, where I spent several years honing my skills in different media, including designing and carving jewelry and Christmas ornaments. But sculpting gave me my greatest satisfaction. So, upon advice from a friend, I headed for New England, the hub of the pewter and jewelry industry. My in-house experience with New England companies gave me a chance to work on projects for such companies as Disney, Hudson Pewter, & General Motors. In 1992 I founded On A Whim. Drawing upon my experiences in the industry and my past, I began designing, sculpting & producing my own lines.
I gather inspiration from everywhere; observation of life around me, family & friends, and of course a couple of terrific cats. Once a design is solidified in my head, I carve the original in wax; often using several different types of wax to create the effect I want. I then have various molds made, from which castings of fine lead free pewter are created. Finally, each piece is hand finished to bring out the intricate detail. Each creation becomes a part of me. I strive to express a sense of movement, and an interaction between the characters or with the viewer. I'm not satisfied with a piece until I can feel the life in it emerge. That's the true challenge; bringing them to life. Being able to share these intimate WHIMs with all of you gives me great pleasure. It's great fun, and I hope that you enjoy my On A Whim characters as much as I enjoy creating them.
Product development
My approach to developing pieces for my ON A WHIM collection begins with an idea. I try to create pieces that are both whimsical and utilitarian at the same time; trinket box figurines, tooth fairy boxes, etc.. Every design is my own original concept. Once I’ve solidified the idea for a new piece in my head, I begin to carve using a variety of sculptable waxes. I form the waxes into exactly the design I want including every detail & technical aspect (i.e.: The way the piece will open, as with the tooth boxes and trinket figurines, and any hanging methods necessary; ornaments.) Once I’ve completed the waxes to my satisfaction, they are ready to be transformed into pewter. Molds are made of my originals and castings are then created from those molds. Each piece is then hand finished to my specifications, and the finishing touches are ready to be added. Under my supervision, sewn pouches are made for the tooth boxes, ribbons and beads are added to the ornaments, and finally each is carefully packaged. The entire process is fascinating, and truly a labor of love (and many late nights!)
Carol Meese
About the Artist
“I want to vivify, to paint worlds one would want to enter. Living in various cultures has increased my love of the exotic and mysterious.”
Carol Anna Meese
Carol Anna Meese has traveled, lived, studied and worked in Mexico, Italy, The West Indies, Nepal and Bangladesh. Her paintings and photographs have progressed through many exhibitions and competitions throughout the United States and abroad. In 1990, she exhibited at The Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy. In 1993, she had duo exhibitions at L’Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, Bangladesh and at The Third Eye, Katmandu, Nepal. For the 1994 season, her art was the program cover for The Richmond Symphony. In 1998 Meese was awarded “Best in Show” at The Montpelier Center for the Arts, Virginia. She has won numerous awards for her mixed media paintings of photography and oil paint on canvas. Carols work has been described as Oriental flavored, pre-Raphaelite gone modern, cosmopolitan, sensual, and a fruity drink.
Her art is currently included in the collections of L’Alliance Francaise de Dhaka, The University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dartmouth College, a Norwegian film producer, and Michael Ondaatje, Author of The English Patient.
Carol is a resident of Chesterfield, Virginia, and The Outer Banks, North Carolina. A retired school psychologist in Richmond Public Schools, she holds a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and has postgraduate training in fine art, creative writing, and art therapy at Virginia Commonwealth University, The George Washington University, and The Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy. She maintains a studio/gallery in the recently restored Nathaniel Friend House, Petersburg, Virginia.
“I have long been fascinated by the power of gesture, scene setting, and obsessions.”
Carol Meese Studio/Gallery: Bollingbrook at Cockade Alley, Petersburg, VA
Website: www.carolmeese.com Tele: 804 796 1549 Email: Carol@carolmeese.com
Mark Messner
Welcome to my enthusiasm for gourd art. I received a B.A. in Studio Art from Dickinson College, 1976. Since then I have had a self-taught hand in woodcarving, cartooning and watercolor painting. My design sense comes from my father, Joseph Messner, who was an advertising art director and founder of the Iowa Watercolor Society.
I enjoy researching cultural imagery along with ancient symbols and patterns, combining them with the primitive feel of a gourd - a natural object. Contemporary themes are also fun and challenging. Several pieces have found their way as gifts to friends in other countries. Cultures represented in my works include Native American, Mayan, Celtic, African, Japanese and many more.
A variety of carving techniques are used. My most useful tool is patience. Carving gourds requires a good balance of design, color, Exacto knife skills and hand strength. Gallery quality gourds are acquired from gourd farms in Arizona and Southern California. Coloring is done with permanent inks and leather dyes, and cabochon stones often accent the design work.
Come see an interesting variety of cultural gourd art at the Crossroads Art Center.
Metal Quilts and Mirrors
Metal Quilts and Mirrors are original pieces of art created by Kim Eubank and Will Armstrong. They are influenced by the geometric greats: Mondrian, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Hundertwasser. Kim's inspiration to make the first Metal Quilt came from a combination of classes in the crafts department at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she explored the classic argument of form vs. function. An avid reader of southern literature, Kim was inspired by Alice Walker's Everyday Use. Two daughters disagree on the treatment of heirlooms. One daughter feels that the family quilts are an example of craftsmanship that should be displayed like artwork on the walls; the other uses them for warmth out of necessity. Intrigued by this irony, Kim created a soft-sided metal quilt using scraps of copper. She manipulated the metal by using an enameling technique, taught in a recent jewelry class. Pieces of copper were sewn with sharp steel pins onto a soft, foam-stuffed form and draped across a simple bed frame. The finished piece was elaborate and beautiful, but not functional as an object of warmth and comfort.
Graduation from college with a Bachelor of Fine Arts can lead to a garbage can full of discarded projects and drawings. The Metal Quilt from senior studio enjoyed a much kinder fate as a backdrop for her jewelry booth at craft shows. A jeweler for 10 years, Kim was pulled in a number of different directions. Silversmithing, wire wrapping, semi-precious stones, fused glass, and enamel filled her jewelry booth. The sagging, foam shape that hung behind cases of rings and necklaces did not realize its full potential until later. In 1998, a customer walked into her booth, adamant about hanging it on his wall. Kim's future husband Will was employed as a framer. He undertook the daunting task of giving the quilt longevity as a wall hanging. The solution was to stretch black fabric around a wooden frame in the same manner as canvas is prepared for an oil painting. The back of the frame was filled with foam rubber to support the weight of the enameled copper. The creation of one wall hanging led to others, wider recognition, and awards. Will's experience at the frame shop was also an inspiration for The Metal Quilt mirrors. Eventually jewelry was abandoned completely. Kim has grown her business from a teenager's simple goal of buying a car to a respected craft business that is consistently represented in the top 50 shows in the country.
In 2000, Will left the frame shop to pursue his love of graphic design and publishing. It only took two years to discover that he and the rat race were incompatible. He took his design skills to work for the Metal Quilt full time in 2002. Kim and Will's work is constantly evolving. If you only see the work annually, you will find something new every year. Will has an excellent sense of proportion and scale, while Kim's strongest artistic talents are her gift for color composition and the ability to stand in front of a 1500° Farenheit box during Richmond's oppressive summers.
Metal Quilts and Mirrors can be custom made to your color and size specifications.
Donna Ramsey Nevers
Nevers is a native of Waynesboro, Virginia and a full time resident of Smith
Mountain Lake, Virginia since 1995. Donna is a working archaeologist who has traveled and studied art for over 30 years. Some of her favorite subjects incorporate archaeology and art in mixed media. Her works reflect her passion for her native Virginia landscape and the countries she has visited. She prefers heavy texture and uses palette knife impasto or energetic brushwork to relay her messages to the viewer. Her fresh and lush color palette along with diverse textures emits emotion and an imagination that provides a challenge to the viewer to decide for themselves the meaning held within the painting.
She has studied with numerous teaching professionals including William “Skip” Lawrence, Sterling Edwards, Christopher Schink, Don Andrews, Bill White, Donna Watson, Vera Dickerson, Pat Dews, Greg Osterhaus and Kay Sutherland. Her favorite studies abroad have been in London, Paris, Italy, France and Spain where her many museum art studies always provide renewed inspiration and a refreshed sense of culture and style.
Nevers' works are included in both private and corporate collections in Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Georgia, and New England.
Her past awards are numerous, but most recently Nevers received judged awards at the Roanoke Showcase of Arts, New River Fine Arts Center, Shenandoah Valley Arts Center, VTLS Blacksburg Arts Association, Va. State Women's Wellness Show, Bath County Art Show, Central Virginia Watercolor Show, WVTF Public Radio Galleries, Hollins University and Roanoke College shows, Smith Mountain Lake Arts Council, and Westlake Juried Art Shows.
Nevers believes in life long learning. While she has studied art for 30 years, she also has degrees in Business, Nursing and Archaeology. Therefore, it is no surprise that in 2008 she received her Master's in Fine Arts from Hollins University. Since 2007 she has taught collage design and techniques at Girl Scout summer camps and for local art groups. She has also served as Volunteer Curator for the Westlake Library Gallery at Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia. Her goal there is to show different artworks and different media concepts so that others might gain a better understanding and appreciation of art.
Presently she exhibits at galleries in Georgia, The Market Gallery of Roanoke, Va., Shenandoah Valley Arts Council, Waynesboro, Va., the Westlake Library Gallery in Moneta, Va. and The Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, Va. Donna is an active member of the Virginia Watercolor Society, the Roanoke League of Artists, Central Virginia Watercolor Guild, Shenandoah Valley Arts Council, SML Artists on the Loose, and Blacksburg Regional Art Association.
She has been selected to present her new works in 2010 for solo shows
in Waynesboro, Va at Shenandoah Valley Arts Council, at Virginia Tech and
at a new gallery in Atlanta, Georgia.
Artist Statement
I have degrees in both Art and Archeology and my recent art works
tend to incorporate a combination of both themes and subjects of these two
studies. The use of mixed media provides me with the opportunity to
best communicate these ideas and passions to the viewer.
The beauty of mixed media collage is it's ability to free the artist from his or her old way of doing things. It may pair different elements and images in a way that alters the original meaning. Combining images from daily life with an assemblage of all parts allows for reciprocal and poetic juxtaposition between reality and metaphor.
Just like Van Gogh, Picasso, Jackson Pollack and Joseph Cornell, I
tend to throw caution to the wind. I utilize whatever paint medium feels
like it belongs to the specific piece of art, so I may paint today in oils,
but tomorrow it may be acrylics, watercolor or tech inks. I include a lot of
texture into each piece as I feel this helps to convey my feelings and the
particular mood of each art work.
As a person and as an artist I throw caution aside and believe that
you're never too old to learn a new concept.
Randi Newman
I want my paintings to work as much on the abstract level as on the representational and emotional level. When I paint, I am responding to all three at once. The familiar images, or images that intrigue are the anchoring point, the story of the painting. Beyond that I am working on the line, form and color almost on their own, No, that’s not exactly right- it’s not separate- the image provides emotional context to the abstract qualities of a painting- it’s all happening at once.
I take classes constantly, as much to have a mentor as to gain knowledge and confidence in the technical skills of painting, so that I can paint more and more intuitively and bravely, exploring and pushing myself and the direction of the paintings. The process for me, is something like this: I begin very quickly to lay out an image that will change and be revised many times as I work. In between the intense painting, I completely stop and spend large amounts of time just contemplating the work before I jump back in to continue the process. I don’t want everything planned out in advance, I want to wrestle with it as I go, to keep it fresh and full of energy, never quite locked down.
Joan Osmalov
I was born in Pennsylvania, always enjoying the change of season and trying to capture, all of the brilliant color, starting with my crayons, the effects of which, seemed perfection to me and at four and five, with applause, coming from my family. The sky, of course, never touched the ground and the birds flew somewhere in between, with flowers growing, from the bottom of the page. That was so simple at my tender age.
As the years went by, I looked forward to a career in Dress Designing, but I was struck by cupids bow, and married and was a wife and mother to three children. With the family growing, I was able to study, with different teachers, wherever we lived at the time. Since moving to the Richmond area, I studied with Cindy Box, Jillian Warner and am presently a student of Christaphora Robeers at The Crossroads Art Center.
Each day brings a new idea for a painting, either in acrylic or watercolor and sometimes, using both of those mediums together. I gather my ideas for a new painting from my surroundings and my strong imagination.
As an artist, I am never bored, always observing, enjoying and using my brush as the key to my new adventure on canvas or paper. You may view my work at the Crossroads Art Center or my Studio.
Beverly Perdue
"Find your bliss and follow it" was the sage advice of American professor and author Joseph Campbell. Art is Bev's bliss and she has been following its amazing path for over twenty years.
Bev is a native of Salisbury, Maryland. She now lives on the other side of the Chesapeake Bay near Richmond, Virginia. Her artwork had been exhibited in and won numerous awards in many regional, national and international competitions. Recognitions include being awarded "Best In Show" in several prestigious shows such as the Southern Watercolor Society, The Virginia Watercolor Society and the Central Virginia Watercolor Society. Bev has been published nationally in Artist Magazine and American Artist Watercolor Magazine where she was acknowledged as "one of the country's rising watercolor stars". She is a signature member in four prestigious watercolor societies.
Bev begins her creative process by looking for shapes within a subject and the effects of atmospheric lighting to create a mood within the painting. Many of her landscape paintings are painted on location ("en plein air"). These settings include Italy, France, New Mexico, Anguilla in the British West Indies, Monhegan & Grand Manan Islands, the Outer Banks of North Carolina and the Chesapeake Bay area. When painting on location, Bev believes that the correct path to creative expression is to stop looking at the subject matter after the first half hour because at that point the painting will begin to take on its own character and the end result will be a more creative perspective.
Bev's paintings are included in many private and corporate collections such as Media General, The University of Virginia, Lynchburg College, Philip Morris, Allied Signal and Bank of America.
You may visit her web site at BeverlyPerdue.com
Gail Perry
G P DESIGNS by Gail Perry
Bio:
My jewelry and fused glass studio is located in Richmond, Va. In 1998 I began taking metalwork classes with a focus on designing, soddering, and texturizing, working primarily with silver. From that beginning, I added jewelry with gemstones, Swarovski crystals and pearls, PMC pure silver, and vintage buttons. I started a business called G P Designs and did some shows locally.
In about 2004 I took some classes in glass fusing, also known as kiln-firing, which is a centuries-old process made popular again. This became my new focus. I especially enjoyed working with the magic of Dichroic glass. Soon after, I bought a kiln, and from that time on, I could be found in my studio making fused glass creations and jewelry. My fused glass work includes plates, bowls, vases, and home accents such as picture frames, wine bottle stoppers, eyeglass holders, nightlights, etc. The tableware is meant be to displayed as art when not in use to serve food.
My jewelry includes Dichroic pendants, earrings, and bracelets, plus Dichroic cabochons set in PMC silver. My “other jewelry” includes necklaces and bracelets with gemstones, Swarovski crystals and pearls, as well as beaded earrings.
I use a lot of color in my fused glass creations, and my designs range from geometric to abstract. My work involves a lot of trial and error, and as I work on a piece, it often changes and evolves from my original plan, depending on where it takes me. When I open the kiln after the 12 to 14 hour process of firing and cool down, sometimes I am disappointed, but usually the results are breathtaking and mesmerizing.
Please visit my website at www.jewelryandfusedglass.com. Contact me at gailwperry@hotmail.com or (804 216-3777) with suggestions or questions. Sometimes I take on custom orders, depending upon the request. Thanks for looking.
Anne Piland
I'm drawn to color.
The painting process is for me largely and intuitive one:
usually an abstract concept the takes form out of its own energy.
That energy, rather than the concept or method, is the real
power, the real inspiration, behind my work. I trust it, paint to its
rhythm.
Trusting that energy, of course, means being challenged by
the moment - a mood shift, the spark of an idea. My intention is to
react to that moment through my fascination with light and color,
creating new relationships between them by layering or by
juxtaposition. My hope is that these relationships, born out of the
moment, provoke in the observer the same shapes of thought, of
feeling, that I had while painting.
Todd Price
Todd D. Price
Artist/Designer
In the large barn studio in the beautiful Elk Creek Valley, you’ll find Todd oil painting his bucolic surroundings of rural Virginia. Landscapes, with skies of vibrant color and texture, create a fluid conversation that describes the “humble beginnings” of life in the valley.
A graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Todd draws on over thirty-five years of professional art experience to bring a high level of quality and maturity to his work. He studied under world-renowned artist, Henry Koerner, a Time Magazine cover illustrator and court artist for the Nuremburg trials; Jack Richards, portrait artist; Larry Walker, sculptor; and William L. Price, his father, a professional artist and art educator. Todd has lived his life in the art world.
He designed for ad agencies, 3-D point-of-purchase displays and custom exhibits; and was an art handler in galleries and exhibits for museum and private collection paintings, sculptures, and 3-D pieces at the Akron Art Museum. Todd resurfaced and repainted the Claus Oldenburg sculpture “Inverted Q” in the museum courtyard.
The refinement of his painting career was as a pictorial artist for billboards at Foster & Kleiser in Rochester, New York. The intense daily painting of the huge bulletins deepened his knowledge and mastery of the paint and brushes.
He operates T. Price Fine Art Gallery and Custom Signs, in Grayson County, Virginia. In addition to his own gallery, his work appears at The General Assembly Building, Richmond, Crossroads Art Center, Richmond; The City Gallery, Galax ; The Gallery at the Inn, Davis Bourne Inn, Independence ; Treasure Pots II, Fancy Gap, on the Blue Ridge Parkway; Blowfish Emporium, Bristol, Virginia and private collections. He is a member of ‘Round the Mountain’, southwest Virginia’s artisan network and Grayson Artisans. Todd is an instructor at Chestnut Creek School of the Arts, Galax.
Todd is the designer of the Blue Ridge Veterans’ Memorial to be built in Galax, Virginia. The design can be seen at www.blueridgeveteransmemorial.com
He can be reached at (276) 655-4047; (276) 768-6142; toddpriceart@gmail.com or signswork@hughes.net Visit www.toddpriceart.com