Creating an entirely new category of art isn’t easy, but Brit Hansen fought through the struggles and challenges, and what eventually emerged was a textural and vibrant art form.
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Meet the Artist: Dale Terbush on learning to paint from his soul
Landscape artist Dale Terbush discusses his artistic journey, creative process, and the imaginative worlds that have defined his celebrated career.
Meet the Artist: Gedion Nyanhongo unearths each stone’s unique storyr
Since childhood, Gedion Nyanhongo has had a magnetic pull to chisel and stone. And decades later, that passion is as strong as ever. For him, it’s more than creating art. It’s unearthing the unique story that lives within each stone. Gedion is simply a conduit for that story to emerge.
Meet the Artist: Cary Henrie infuses bold innovation into his mixed media art
“Action and adaptability create opportunity.” That quote may have been made popular by speaker Garrison Wynn, but it’s something artist Cary Henrie has lived and infused into his approach to creating art for as long as he can remember.
Meet the Artist: How Josh Hernandez preserves charcoal on canvas
Charcoal is a challenging medium to work with. It’s messy, can be hard to control fine details and traditionally, it hasn’t been considered archival. That is, until artist Josh Hernandez figured out his own proprietary method for making it archival. Once he cracked the code, the sky was the limit for what he was able to create.
Meet the Artist: Jenny Welden’s textile art is woven with story
At first glance, Jenny Welden’s art may appear as an abstract painting, but move in closer and you discover a wonderfully intricate world that incorporates no short of five to seven art forms and media. Though there is painting in her pieces, they are actually considered multi-media tapestries––each one like a wunderkammer of curiosities and artistic treasures.
Meet the Artist: Trevor Swanson paints connections to nature
For artist Trevor Swanson, there are no better words than, “I feel like I’m there.” That is his goal with every painting––to make the viewer feel like they have stepped into that scene.
Meet the Artist: How Kim Lyon merges watercolor with graphic design
They say white space is like air––it’s necessary for designs to breathe. It’s also necessary in watercolor and life in general, and artist Kim Lyon astutely picked up on that thread when she was figuring out how to combine her three passions into her mixed media art.
Meet the Artist: Tina Garrett uses art to reveal latent beauty and strength
Art coursed through Tina Garrett’s soul since childhood, but she never thought she could make a career out of it, but when an evolving industry forced her to reconsider her career, she decided to go all in on art.
Meet the Artist: Laura Lee Stay tells stories of humanity through stone and clay
For sculpture artist Laura Lee Stay, blocks of stone and clay hold rich stories waiting to be told, and she uses these materials to portray snapshots of life in 3D. A lifelong artist, Laura Lee actually started out painting, but only because she had yet to be introduced to sculpture.