I think this is a great time to be a watercolor painter for we have so many wonderful toys from which to choose—new paints, new paper and the like.
Featured Artist Lyndall Bass
Still life for me is pure poetry. Which objects I choose to paint and how they are arranged is an enriched process. I imagine a setting with a person doing something or a narrative series of events. With flowers as the subject, I can paint them like portraits or as an abstract arrangement of color ideas.
Featured Artist Haylee McFarland
Everything I do is freehand. I never use rulers, compasses, magnifying glasses or computers. I primarily work in watercolor and pen and ink. My goal is to make the two mediums complement each other. I love the loose, almost messy watercolor, mixed with the intricate details that I hand draw on top.
Featured Artist Ira Kennedy
I am fascinated by the alchemy of colors—in particular, the gradations of color achieved through the optical blending of dots.
Featured Artist Deborah Tilby
I have been told that the term that best fits my work is Contemporary Impressionism and I quite like it. It is representational but not realism.
Featured Artist J.W. Hyatt
In my still life collection, I like to compose and portray the objects I paint as subjects sitting for a portrait. Just as a portrait artist would attempt to show the character and personality of each subject, I approach each still life with the same challenge of capturing its unique gestalt.
Featured Artist Tanya Marie Reeves
I hope my artwork inspires and empowers women of all ages, helping them to embrace and revel in similar attributes within themselves while also reminding every man of the strong, beautiful women in their everyday lives.
Featured Artist Kurt Wedgley
Now, I not only shape canvases anyway I desire, but I add other media to them. I have so many ideas! I really like the idea of adding metal to them. I love the contrast between the delicate canvas and the solid steel and how they seem to work together harmoniously.
Artist Showcase, Autumn 2018
From mixed media to oil, photography, watercolor and even finger painting, the following artists share their passion for art by showcasing one of their favorite pieces of art.
Featured Artist Peter Judge
I ask you, the viewer, to be involved as a participant in the process and feel the beauty of “functional art.” My art asks to used, not just looked at.
Featured Artist Tom Dimond
Through a process of layering materials and paint to cover up, expose, and reveal images, I develop a surface that creates a state of ambiguity for the viewer and allows one to freely interpret the visual statement.
Featured Artist Wendy Liang
I am especially fascinated by how watercolor can depict reflections so effectively and am so fascinated by it that I may enjoy painting the rippled reflections even more than the actual objects themselves.
Featured Artist Kari Bienert
My practice is slow and meditative—I spend hours mixing colour, then intuitively place it on the canvas or linen using brushes.
Featured Artist John Schaeffer
Editing and composing are paramount in composition. It is not unusual for me to revisit a photo that I took years before and discover something that I may have over looked that was buried in a small portion of a photograph.
