Janice, tell us about your art style. I have a rather oriental/Asian approach to painting that comes from a process defined by simple, loose but controlled composition and colour. The ‘how’ of what I’m doing disappears after a long ‘looking’ process. Mark making comes through a reactive painting style to the environment I’m in at […]
Category: Artist of the Month
Our featured artist for this month is Patricia Mansell, a woman who is passionate about wildlife, as is reflected in her artist’s statement: “One of the strengths of wildlife art is its ability to tell stories. In my paintings I try to bring out the individuality of each animal as it goes about its […]
Featured Artist: LUCY WALLACE
August’s Artist of the Month is Lucy Wallace. You will get a wonderful sense of who this talented artist is as she shares her passion and insights in the interview questions below! Tell us about your art style…the medium(s) you use, the type of art you create and why you choose the subject matter you […]
Meet Maureen Maryka, our featured Arrowsmith Chapter artist for the month of July. Maureen’s greatest inspiration to become an artist were her parents! As a child, Maureen remembers spending hours studying the books her dad brought home – books about Picasso, Matisse, Andrew Wyeth, to name just a few. They also collected some beautiful original […]
Diane Michelin was a shy child who began drawing at a very early age and in her teenage years, she began painting, using acrylic and oil paints. However, when she became a young mother, she realized the need to be able to clean up her studio quickly, and so she decided to switch to painting […]