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Artist Statement work is oil applied to stretched canvas entirely with palette knife Festivals   Media Painting: Oil Paint Booth Numbers   Read more

Artist StatementOrganic still lifes created in my studio using traditional techniques with items collected from my garden. I personally make my prints on cotton paper. My finished piece is created using two identical prints. I hand tear the foreground print and than float mount it… Read more

Artist Statement We all hang on to that favorite earring the match lon ago lost. Perhaps it's Moms best strand of beads. There they sit in the box. Fashion is ever changing but the beauty of these vintage peices lives on. Also in a box somewhere… Read more

Artist Statement Through my mixed media assemblage I attempt to distill the world around me into its most basic elements focusing on the essence of simple elegance. I see life in all its richness and strive to grasp the interplay of light and shadow hue and… Read more

Artist Statement3D wearable freehand formed sculptures. Hard gauge wire threads the glass metal clay and stone pieces to sculpt components into representational elements. The metal grids galleries vessels and lapel pin/necklace elements are cut forged pierced soldered burnished with patina applied. The lapel pin/necklace component… Read more

Artist Statement Our pieces are split between functional handcrafted wood pieces and combined glass pieces. All are food safe and functional. This is a collaboration between two artists: Harry Kurtz and Sharon Davis Festivals Buffalo Grove Art Festival, Evanston Art & Big Fork Festival Media 3D Functional: Mixed Media Booth Numbers Buffalo Grove… Read more

Artist StatementI delight in pleasing and inspiring others through life's visual surprises and my unique perspectives on our surroundings. Whether people find something in my photography that amuses and brings a smile or one that provides a fond or poignant moment remembered or a sense… Read more

Artist StatementColor is the foundation for expression in my work. Solid bright and sometimes unexpected combinations of color are used to create stylized and simplified images free of overworked or complicated motifs. Form is influenced by deconstructed natural imagery resulting in straightforward sculptural elements that… Read more

Artist StatementI work with colored stoneware and inlays of porcelain and use a combination of hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques. Throughout the process I am open to opportunities to improvise with materials and techniques to create one-of-a-kind sculpted pottery. My pottery embodies influences that shaped me… Read more

Artist Statement All my Garden Fables are inspired by the Aesop's fables and other stories my Mom and Dad read to me when I was little. When I started looking for something unique to carve the pictures from my childhood were an obvious choice. After I've… Read more