2024 Statewide Exhibition Virtual Gallery

Howl
Acrylic
30 x 30 x 2
$520

Sue Eddy is an artist whose great love and appreciation of our natural world dominates her work. Known for her colorful style, she brings a bold vision to her works. She is primarily a painter, using acrylics and often works from her own photography.

The award winning artist resides in Arizona full time. She has also lived in Ireland for many of the past twenty years, most recently as resident artist at Poets Corner in the Lyons Desmesne.

She was educated in multi-discipline Classical Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma. Her use of color and imagined reality is influenced by mentor artist P. Gunter Wray.

A member of several area art groups, she participates in a variety of juried art shows and shows her work in select galleries. Sue’s work can be found in private collection across the United States and abroad.

Contact: itsueddy@gmail.com

Walk Among Pink Lit Trees
watercolor and acrylic
9 x 12 x 0.125
$350

Samantha Peterson’s paintings are an experiment in expressive color and light. Using these elements she transforms the subject, whether it is a landscape or a figure into an ethereal realm. Searching to create depth and form, she explores different mediums to create a unique visual experience in her work. Through her paintings she welcomes the viewer to appreciate the beauty all around us whether it be man made or natural.

Samantha has worked as a graphic designer and illustrator for over fifteen years in California and has returned to painting in recent years. Currently, the artist lives and works in Peoria, Arizona. She received her BFA from Art Center College of Design with emphasis in Graphic Design in 2002.

Instagram: @samantha.peterson.art  |  Email: samantha.peterson.art@gmail.com

The Head that Wears the Crown
Watercolor
22 x 18 x 0.5
$675

Rupali Holmes has been painting exclusively in watercolors since 2017. She primarily paints florals and animals in a realistic style, and aspires to paint landscapes in an expressive style. Website: rupaliholmes.com Instagram: @rupaliholmes.art Facebook: /rupaliholmesfineart

Sunbathing Roadrunner
Ink, Clip Studio Paint
16 x 13.5 x 1.5
$200

My work aims to capture the character of animals and their world, whether they be
real or imaginary.
Rebecca Kriz is a Prescott Valley based illustrator. Her work can be viewed at
https://www.rebeccakriz.com/

Stargazer Lily Pod II
2022
Acrylic on canvas & wood
36 x 26.5 x 2
$3,500

The inspiration for my artwork is rooted in nature and comes from visual and emotional reactions of what I see and feel. The seashore, mountains, forests, deserts, farmlands and aspects of our environment as small rocks, shells, flowers and as large as the Grand Canyon and our urban landscapes, often capture my imagination. Equally, the subtle and expressive changes in light, shadows and colors related to the time of day, seasons, and weather add to the inspiring elements that may find expression and many of my paintings, collages and watercolors.

It is exciting and challenging for me to try to interpret and express what I experience in the simplest possible way using colors and shapes. Occasionally torn or unusual paper, objects or events will inspire an abstract composition which may suggest different things to different people.
In naming such pictures I try to choose general titles so that the viewer will feel free to experience the art with their own interpretation.

At the age of 16, growing up in a small picturesque New England town surrounded by an inspiring landscape, I began oil painting classes at the Sargent School of Painting.  In 1965, after college, marriage and moving to Arizona with my husband and three active young sons, I continued oil painting and studied with Don Ruffin at his studio in Phoenix. A year later I studied acrylic and watercolor painting, design, color theory, and life drawing with Dorothy Frat, a highly regarded contemporary artist who introduced me to the infinite possibilities for freedom of expression in the form of abstract art.

My first solo exhibit was at the Lawyers Club of Phoenix in 1973. In the years that followed, I entered group exhibitions at: The Phoenix at Museum, Tucson Center For The Arts, Museum of New Mexico – Sante Fe, Arizona State Fair, The Studio at Yares Gallery, Tis Art Gallery – Prescott, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, and Arizona Artist Guild – just to name a few venues.

In recent years, as a reemerging 86-year-old woman artist, I have been very fortunate. In 2017, my second solo show was at The Shemer Art Center followed by three solo exhibits at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Galleries in 2021 and 2022 and most recently in 2023 at Mountain Shadows Resort Gallery in Paradise Valley. In the words of one art critic: “She takes the viewer into a world of beauty and eliminates all unnecessary distractions.”

Rabbit and Cactus
pen and watercolor
18 x 24 x
$1,500

I create surrealist illustrations using pen and ink. My illustrations often include subjects of wildlife and their habitat, centering around the theme of environmentalism. Insects are a popular theme in my work as well. I often depict my subjects using smaller illustrations to form their larger shape. These smaller illustrations are of things that relate to the main subject. This creates an illusion in which the viewer either sees the smaller illustrations first, or the shape of the larger subject first.

Artist, Mikayla Hammock, is an Alabamian illustrator, currently based in Surprise, Arizona. She creates illustrations using pen and ink with the pointillism technique. Her style is inspired by the combination of scientific illustration and surrealism. She studied art, marketing, and sales at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While in college, she began her art career showing her work in arts festivals, galleries, markets, and pop ups. Her drawings are created using pen and ink, as well as watercolor. In her work, she depicts animals, formed by smaller illustrations of their habitats. She also creates faux insect taxidermy with pen and watercolor illustrations. Her work seeks to capture the intricacies and whimsy of nature.

Gambel’s Quail
pen and watercolor
18 x 24 x
$1,100

I create surrealist illustrations using pen and ink. My illustrations often include subjects of wildlife and their habitat, centering around the theme of environmentalism. Insects are a popular theme in my work as well. I often depict my subjects using smaller illustrations to form their larger shape. These smaller illustrations are of things that relate to the main subject. This creates an illusion in which the viewer either sees the smaller illustrations first, or the shape of the larger subject first.

Artist, Mikayla Hammock, is an Alabamian illustrator, currently based in Surprise, Arizona. She creates illustrations using pen and ink with the pointillism technique. Her style is inspired by the combination of scientific illustration and surrealism. She studied art, marketing, and sales at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. While in college, she began her art career showing her work in arts festivals, galleries, markets, and pop ups. Her drawings are created using pen and ink, as well as watercolor. In her work, she depicts animals, formed by smaller illustrations of their habitats. She also creates faux insect taxidermy with pen and watercolor illustrations. Her work seeks to capture the intricacies and whimsy of nature.

Magnolia Pistil Ceramic
Glazed Stoneware, Wood
10 x 10 x 5
$350

I am drawn to the special relationship that humans have with flowers. They are a multi-sensory, embodied experience that includes sight, smell, and touch.

I strive to recreate that experience in my sculpture.

Melanie Mead is a ceramic artist located in Phoenix AZ.  Her current work specializes in sculpting flowers and other plant life for indoor and outdoor environments. Climate change is of immediate concern and has become incorporated into her designs.

working on a dream
ash wood sculpture
16 x 20 x 15
$7,400

When folks see my sculptures, they see snapshots of people—like themselves—who are doing things that they have done—singing, dancing, sleeping, running, praying—people living. It’s as if they see movements and moments from the show of life. In their minds, they create stories to go with the art.

My art forces a narrative from the viewer.

That’s what I do—I make narrative, realistic, people-sculptures. I see the essential humanity of folks around me—people of all races and walks—and I capture it in physical forms that encourage folks to find a story that is uniquely their own. The narrative may be long and involved, or it may be only a few words. Sometimes they tell me what they see.

the scars we hide
pecan and myrtle wood
sculpture
18 x 11 x 10
$8,700

When folks see my sculptures, they see snapshots of people—like themselves—who are doing things that they have done—singing, dancing, sleeping,  running, praying—people living.  It’s as if they see movements and moments from the show of life.  In their minds, they create stories to go with the art.

My art forces a narrative from the viewer.

That’s what I do—I make narrative, realistic, people-sculptures.  I see the essential humanity of folks around me—people of all races and walks—and I capture it in physical forms that encourage folks to find a story that is uniquely their own. The narrative may be long and involved, or it may be only a few words.  Sometimes they tell me what they see.

Dancing On The Wind
Mixed Media
11 x 14 x 1
$390

Dancing On The Wind was inspired by flowers and leaves seemingly “dancing’ in my backyard during a particularly windy day this spring. I was captivated by their beauty. Their fragility reminded me of my generation’s increasing fragility and approaching time of our last dances.
I painted it reverse on plexiglass using liquid acrylics, inks, charcoal, and dry flowers.

Martina is a versatile artist whose paintings capture her emotional responses to different environments and tell stories that keep unfolding and inspiring her art. She has been a full-time artist since she retired from her University of Wisconsin position and moved to Arizona 8 years ago. Life in Arizona influenced Martina to transition from a traditional, representational oil painter to a multimedia painter. She has discovered the joy of using different materials, surfaces, and found objects. Her recent works move between realism and abstraction.

122 degrees, But It’s A Dry Heat
Color Pencil and Ink
20 x 24 x 1
$495

My ink and color pencil art is often quirky, even kooky. Check out my work at LRR
Designs on Facebook.
At 72 yrs old, I’m back in fine art after 50yrs away. Over my career, I’ve won many
awards & happy to be back.

Desert Oasis
Acrylic on gallery wrap canvas
36 x 36 x 1.5
$1,400

I was born and raised in Portland Oregon and moved to Fountain Hills Arizona in 2017. I am pretty much a self taught artist. My style can be whimsical to realistic or abstract. I am a member of Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona, Arizona Artists Guild and Arizona Watercolor Assn. I serve on the Board as Treasurer of CWA. Although I have painted in watercolor, oils, and oil pastels over the years I presently paint mostly in acrylic on canvas. I am happily enjoying this journey of being an artist.

Tumacacori Ruins, Arizona
Intaglio Etching
7 x 11 x
$450

As a young girl taking art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a new world opened up for me. Each week was a unique experience among the vast wealth of art we were privileged to “inhale” and reproduce with various media and techniques. I formed a love of the human body, and especially the works of Michelangelo. An expression or a mood would draw me in to a work of art. Many of my pieces have human figures or images of the desert southwest, a place with abundant design opportunities, as well as a place I am glad to now call home.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio
Catholic Grade School and High School
Undergraduate degree: Cleveland State University, Mathematics
Graduate work: Cleveland State University, Kent State University, Mathematics
Moved to Arizona in 1982 with my Husband, Steve
Art Studies: Arizona State University, Glendale Community College, Paradise Valley Community, Art National and International Workshops and Conferences, Watercolor, Life Drawing, Printmaking
Art Exhibition Awards and Purchase Awards (including the Arizona State Fair)
Best of Show for “Unkempt Beauty, Phoenix Center for the Arts

Desert Mirage
Intaglio Etching
6 x 8 x
$250

As a young girl taking art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a new world opened up for me. Each week was a unique experience among the vast wealth of art we were privileged to “inhale” and reproduce with various media and techniques. I formed a love of the human body, and especially the works of Michelangelo. An expression or a mood would draw me in to a work of art. Many of my pieces have human figures or images of the desert southwest, a place with abundant design opportunities, as well as a place I am glad to now call home.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio
Catholic Grade School and High School
Undergraduate degree: Cleveland State University, Mathematics
Graduate work: Cleveland State University, Kent State University, Mathematics
Moved to Arizona in 1982 with my Husband, Steve
Art Studies: Arizona State University, Glendale Community College, Paradise Valley Community, Art National and International Workshops and Conferences, Watercolor, Life Drawing, Printmaking
Art Exhibition Awards and Purchase Awards (including the Arizona State Fair)
Best of Show for “Unkempt Beauty, Phoenix Center for the Arts

Everything Is OK Until It’s Not Acrylic
40 x 30 x 1
$600

First and foremost, my paintings are attempts to communicate the vision of one human being to another.
In 2002, I took an adult education course at Glendale Community College with Lloyd Littlepage
and began painting.

Sisyphus Introduces a New World of Work
Acrylic
30 x 40 x 1
$900

First and foremost, my paintings are attempts to communicate the vision of one human being to another.
In 2002, I took an adult education course at Glendale Community College with Lloyd Littlepage
and began painting.

Lee Brown
The Kakhovka Flood Tests the Spirit of Ukraine: Schevchenko, Mavka and the People Respond
Acrylic
8 x 36 x 2
$1,000

First and foremost, my paintings are attempts to communicate the vision of one human being to another.
In 2002, I took an adult education course at Glendale Community College with Lloyd Littlepage
and began painting.

Tree Slice Table Sculpture
botanical mixed media
18 x 14 x 4
$425

My artwork is intended to reflect the beauty and inspiration from nature. I collect and press natural elements and incorporate them in my art. Nature reflects not just beauty but also hope and inspiration and healing as well as many metaphoric lessons that can touch all of our lives in profound and limitless ways. We are all warmed by the same sun and held by the same gravity. My intention is to share these feelings as well as the actual botanicals with the world.

In 2001 I received a BFA from ASU. In 1999 my botanical mixed media art was accepted into galleries and also from then on into juried and invitational exhibits and it is part of private, corporate, and municipal collections in the U.S. and abroad.

Along The Desert
Pencil and Ink on Canvas
12 x 12 x 1
$90

Often, art is created as we navigate through the ups and downs of our lives. Art is
essential to our wellbeing.
Philly Burbs native, artist, quilter, writer, explorer, founder of Conscious Creations
Art Studio.

Points Of Ponder
Photography
20 x 24 x 1.5
$575

Nature presents itself to me. I am taking everything around me in and finding those pieces of beauty. I free my mind and fill my soul with joy when I am behind my camera. The stunning textures and colors found in our world are truly remarkable, and the ability to discover and share them is a wonderful gift.

Julie Gallatig better known to all as “Jules” is a native of Doylestown, PA. A small suburb of Philadelphia. She got her hands into the chemicals and watched the prints develop while working in the darkroom at Solebury School, New Hope, PA (‘93) and fell in love with Photography. Jules went on to study photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology and graduated with her Bachelors of Fine Art in 1997. Jules was honored in her senior year by having her work accepted into the RIT Photography Honors Show.After college she worked at a small family run portrait studio in Pittsford, NY. Here she gained experience in retouching, posing groups and learned about the industry of photography. In 1999, Jules welcomed her son, Karl into the world and put her energy into raising her kids (Clare, 2001.) Her camera was never far behind as she captured her kids growing up and volunteered photographing at their schools and events. Jules got back behind her camera more as her kids got older.
Photographing families, children and traveling with a medical team to Haiti to document their mission. In 2020 she moved to Cave Creek, Arizona to be with her partner John, who she married in 2023. While exploring the desert Jules began finding peace and strength. She started to bring her camera with her and captured the pieces of the desert that presented themselves to her.

Bahia La Cholla
Watercolor
38 x 26 x 0.5
$1,200

My artwork pays tribute to mark making, my subjects reveal the nature of light and human expression.

I have been collaborating with water since 2018; I love the nature of it and its spiritual significances.

Caught in the Net of Negative Thought
Mix of alcohol ink, acrylic paint, gesso, textured paper and posca pen
14 x 11 x 1
$400

I am a juried member of Arizona Artists Guild. I am treasurer of Arizona Artists Guild and Arizona Art Alliance since 2020.
I use a variety of media in my artwork, including oil paint, alcohol ink, India ink, black gesso, colored pencil and occasionally things that I find on the road. The random shapes from the alcohol ink flow and gesso imprinting suggest the resulting images. My favorite subjects are trees, water and footprints.

“Caught in the Net of Negative Thought” refers to one’s unquestioned thoughts in the mind that have a warped perspective, such as “I am not good enough” or “that person hates me.” They swirl around and create unhappiness until countered by more realistic or positive assumptions. The image depicts circles of vague creatures trapped in a net that parallelizes them.

Earth and Moon
Corrugated Steel
from a shipping container
20 x 20 x 6
$875

Jim earned a fine arts degree in ceramics from the University of New Hampshire. He worked as a clay artist in New Hampshire before moving his family to Arizona. Here in Arizona, he constructed a new studio space from metal shipping containers and through this process became fascinated with metal as a medium.

Jim combines clay and metal to create sculptures that reflect a connection to the natural world. He draws inspiration from the desert landscape as well as his love of the forms, symbols, and architecture of the ancient world.

Woven Memories
Modeling Paste, Acrylics, Charcoal, Stabilo Woody
24 x 36 x 1.5
$1,100

Art has been such a profound and liberating part of my later years. Having the opportunity to share my voice with paints has been such a beautiful journey.

Janna Blackburn is a self taught artist who resides in Maricopa Arizona. Although being self taught Janna comes from a long line of artists within her family. Her most current body of work is centered on the abstract, while working predominantly with Acrylics as her preferred medium. Recently she has expanded her mediums to include modeling paste, charcoal, and pastels.
Many of her art pieces and titles have a deep and profound symbolic meaning, which invites viewers to explore.

Joy
oil on canvas
21.5 x 27.5 x 1
nfs

Since I first picked up a paint brush at fourteen years old, I have reveled in color. Simple line drawings of people and horses now took on shades of meaning and emotion. To this day, color animates my richly-hued canvases. Second only to color is my love of rendering the human form. There is a whole world to be discovered in a face, in a gesture, in the subtle turn of a hand. This is my frontier, something for which I never get tired of exploring. My enthusiasm spills over into my teaching and I try to bring people along on this adventure.

I received my MFA at the University of Utah in painting and Computer Animation in 1991. The twelve years that followed were devoted to my work as a computer animator and eventually as an Art Director for major console and computer game companies. Although I occasionally had done portraits, for the most part my painting had been set aside for a career in computer graphics. Then, in 2004, I decided to return to painting full time, with some teaching on the side.

Since 2004 I have done numerous shows and won many awards for my work. I participated in the CM Russel Auction, the Scottsdale Salon of Art and the Phippen Museum Western Art Show and Sale, for which I won the 2006 Best of Show for my painting “Red Shoes”. I have chosen in the last few years to do fewer shows and instead concentrate on commissions and portraiture. In 2017 I was awarded Best of Show for my painting “Professor of Hip-Hop” in the yearly Portrait Artist of Arizona competition. In the last few years I have participated in Women Artists of the West, winning two first place awards, Gilbert Visual Art League, winning several awards. Painting gives me life and I cannot imagine a world without it.

Luminous
Glass
10 x 10 x 1
$550

I love color, vibrancy, and bold design. These are what ignite my soul and fuel my spirit.
Jacki is a kilnformed glass artist.. She works with small detailed pieces on a larger glass canvas.

Girl with Attitude
acrylic mixed media
25 x 31 x 0.5
$750

“It’s all about exploration” I love paint, pencils, pens, pastels, paper and glue. I love to make marks and arrange them, like a musician composes a song…
…like a choreographer organizes dancers

…like a chef combines flavors.

Inspiration for my paintings comes from many places like my morning walks, but it often happens right in the studio, sparked by play.
My works have a distinctive look with many strong colors and textures. Many of my compositions are anchored in geometric shapes and lines, creating both balance and tension.
In addition to painting with acrylics, I enjoy creating prints with modern and old printmaking techniques. Mono- prints, collagraphs and linocuts have become an intricate part of my artwork. I also have a deep love for encaustic painting – a method of painting that involves wax-based pigments.
But generally speaking, I have learned from my painting practice, that life is to be experienced, not controlled.
With kindness, Gabriele Bitter www.gabrielebitter.com | 951.216.5576

Girl with Big Eyes
Arylic mixed media
25 x 31 x 0.5
$750

“It’s all about exploration” I love paint, pencils, pens, pastels, paper and glue. I love to make marks and arrange them, like a musician composes a song…
…like a choreographer organizes dancers

…like a chef combines flavors.

Inspiration for my paintings comes from many places like my morning walks, but it often happens right in the studio, sparked by play.
My works have a distinctive look with many strong colors and textures. Many of my compositions are anchored in geometric shapes and lines, creating both balance and tension.
In addition to painting with acrylics, I enjoy creating prints with modern and old printmaking techniques. Mono- prints, collagraphs and linocuts have become an intricate part of my artwork. I also have a deep love for encaustic painting – a method of painting that involves wax-based pigments.
But generally speaking, I have learned from my painting practice, that life is to be experienced, not controlled.
With kindness, Gabriele Bitter www.gabrielebitter.com | 951.216.5576

Rouen Cathedral
Oil on linen canvas
26 x 32 x 1
NFS

Traveling with my husband Paul has allowed me to experience many different cultures, people, animals, architecture and landscapes. I’m drawn to the details starting with a wash of monochromatic hues and letting pops of color in the detail draw in the viewer. The many lines and edges I use in my paintings are the elements I love to portray. I strive for the “soft” edge.

Elise creates her art using a variety of mediums including oil paint, watercolor paint, pastel, and colored pencil. She studied with Dimitar Krustev (portrait artist) and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Iowa State University College of Design. Her artistic career over the years has spanned from ad designer for a weekly newspaper, to art supply store manager, to picture framing, to ceramics studio artist. Elise now creates art in her home studio.
Elise’s goal in painting landscapes is to convey the feeling she experiences when visiting a location during her many travels.

Grand Colors
Fluid Acrylic / White and Black Gesso on Watercolor paper
23 x 30 x 1
$1,200

An Award-winning Artist, Instructor, Past President of the Watercolor Society of Oregon; Past President / Executive Vice President / Convention Director and Charter member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, Signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America; National Watercolor Society; Northwest Watercolor Society; Arizona Watercolor Association; Western Federation of Watercolor Societies and Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona. Current: President of CWA

“Texture, line and color play an important role in my artwork. I enjoy working on a variety of surfaces with water media and colored pencil materials. My artwork is on the abstract side with recognizable subjects created with imagination and structure. I select one subject to use in a series of paintings. With exploration and development, the painting comes alive.”

Locati has traveled around the US to organize conventions, teach workshops and judge art shows. Her artwork is featured in and on the cover of 15 books, both in the US and Europe – She has written articles for magazines as well as step-by-step instructions for books. Locati has been honored with many awards and various accolades in her art career. Winning 2^nd place in the National Watercolor Society’s International show: Many “Best of Show” awards, and is privileged to have artwork selected for purchase awards including work in the collection of Oregon State University.

Visit the Portland Art Museum/Rental Sales Gallery to view artwork

Contact: dlocati@msn.com

New Heights
Fiber
30 x 40 x 0.5
$3800

New Heights is inspired by hiking Sedona’s vast trails and finding myself in a basin looking up. I’m wondering how I will see this facade. Or will I? This hike would be one of more a sense of wonder ant the intricacies of the walls and crevasses up close. What lives in the rock? The layers upon layers of sediment that tell a story intrigue me. If walls could talk.

Working with paint, and my latest love of fabrics, hand dyed or commercial, small pencil sketches, quick gestural painting, scraps of paper and board, I create pieces that are colorful and draw the curious eye. With a brush and a pencil in hand, I begin my designs by sketching to scale and allowing the form to follow concept. My technique of piecing color value together and cutting through multiple layers offers elements of mystery and intrigue. In my studio I can cut it up. As an artist I make “random notes” where I say things without feeling I must be responsive. It is tons of fun! I find working in stages fits my expression and my life. During my studio time and when I am not teaching, I paint, draw, and cut out all the images in my head to create a larger piece. The subjects reflect time, travel and nature. A person, place or a bloom emerges into the piece reflecting a time of the day or a season. I now draw with my needle when working in fiber. This process has come to symbolize moments of peaceful contemplation for me, one which I treasure. My home is my art and art is my home. My home studio space is filled with paintings, prints, books, and colorful objects. It embodies my interest in art history, the rural landscape, career in architecture, my life overseas, student teaching, interior design, and more.

www.debragoleyart.com

Squares and Circles Meet and Greet
Acrylic on canvas
28 x 22 x 1
$600

Darlene is an active artist showing in the Phoenix area for the last twelve years. She started painting after retiring as an art teacher with the Scottsdale Schools. She paints with spontaneous courage in acrylics in a non-objective approach, relying on the elements and principles of design as her guide.

She was heavenly influenced by an art teacher she had for 6 years He constantly said, “We invent, we create, we do not copy. We are artists”. To this day, Darlene cannot copy.
Everything comes from inside her at the moment of creation.

Brain/Gut Connection
acrylic and oil on canvas
24 x 18 x 2
$875.

I am interested in time, change and mystery. My abstract work is reflective of a long process of making a mark and responding, then responding again. Evaluation, decision and impulse work in concert and conflict. 

When the parts all seem to exist in a perfect balance of opposing forces that suggest a physical space of infinite possible journeys but a single resolution, the image is done. Access to these painted worlds begins with the eyes, but if I can’t imaginatively enter and traverse this world with my entire body then there is neither mystery nor resolution.

You can see more of my work at my website, danielprendergast.com and on instagram @daniel_prendergast_artist

Van Buren Collection Lagoon
acrylic on inkjet prints on wood panel
12 x 18 x 1.625
$300

I have been making paintings that relate to the use of water in Phoenix for several years. These paintings reflect how we use water unimpeded by thoughts of how scarce water is in the desert.
Anhydrousdesign.com IG @mrdhfaz mrdhfaz@gmail.com

Daniel Friedman has worked as an elementary and middle school teacher, photojournalist, commercial photographer, writer and as an artist doing painting.

Open Sea
acrylic on inkjet prints on wood panel
30 x 20 x 1.625
$585

I have been making paintings that relate to the use of water in Phoenix for several years. These paintings reflect how we use water unimpeded by thoughts of how scarce water is in the desert.
Anhydrousdesign.com IG @mrdhfaz mrdhfaz@gmail.com

Daniel Friedman has worked as an elementary and middle school teacher, photojournalist, commercial photographer, writer and as an artist doing painting.

What Might Be 1
Mixed tile and glass on wood
44.5 x 25.5 x 1
$3,000

This mosaic depicts a flourishing coral reef that could be found on the Island of Barbados. After living there for over a year I fell in love with the beauty of the ocean, but also saw the devastation from the coral bleaching and the impact of climate change on the habitat. The expanse and diversity of the type of corals and animals in this piece is to display the abundance that used to be found in coral reefs around the world. Every species in this artwork is accurate and reflective of what you might find of a reef in Barbados.The pinnacle of the piece is the hawksbill turtle which is critically endangered, as are many of the species of coral. I used dark blue glass to add a sense of depth while additionally offering a break for the eye. I also found that using glass for the background lends itself so beautifully to reflecting the light of the ocean. I chose to make the piece into three parts to emphasize the movement of the turtle as it is coming across the farthest panel on the right. This piece is one of many in a series titled “Hope for Habitat” which consists of mosaics of endangered and at risk animals and/or places. 10% of each sale goes toward a charity that is directly working on helping that cause.

After moving to Michigan in 2010 Chloe Ferrari attended Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor where she was introduced to, and taught many art mediums. In 2022, she received her Bachelor’s in Integrative Studies with a Minor in Environmental Science at Oakland University with the goal of becoming an Architect. While completing her studies she worked at one of the countries leading sustainable Architecture Firms.This is where her passion for finding solutions to climate change began to flourish. In 2022 she moved to Barbados to take a gap year where she was inspired to create again and started to explore art as a career. Since then Ferrari has been commissioned to do 4 different murals across Michigan and one in Barbados as well as create a 6 foot mosaic. In August of 2023 she had her first solo exhibit where her mosaics were on display for a month. Her style focuses on bright, vibrant colors and depicts animals, plants, and landscapes. Her love of mosaics is not only restricted to tile and glass but is also represented in her murals which she paints in picassiette style. In May of 2024 she moved to Phoenix, Arizona to pursue art full-time. Her background of Environmental studies and experience with sustainability and living in different parts of the world helped foster this inspiration to depict these beautiful landscapes and creatures and to be a part of the solution to educate people through this art.

Website: chloeferraristudios.com Social Media: chloeferraristudios

What Might Be 2
mixed tile, glass, and grout on wood
44.5 x 25.5 x 1
$3,000

This mosaic depicts a flourishing coral reef that could be found on the Island of Barbados. After living there for over a year I fell in love with the beauty of the ocean, but also saw the devastation from the coral bleaching and the impact of climate change on the habitat. The expanse and diversity of the type of corals and animals in this piece is to display the abundance that used to be found in coral reefs around the world. Every species in this artwork is accurate and reflective of what you might find of a reef in Barbados.The pinnacle of the piece is the hawksbill turtle which is critically endangered, as are many of the species of coral. I used dark blue glass to add a sense of depth while additionally offering a break for the eye. I also found that using glass for the background lends itself so beautifully to reflecting the light of the ocean. I chose to make the piece into three parts to emphasize the movement of the turtle as it is coming across the farthest panel on the right. This piece is one of many in a series titled “Hope for Habitat” which consists of mosaics of endangered and at risk animals and/or places. 10% of each sale goes toward a charity that is directly working on helping that cause.

After moving to Michigan in 2010 Chloe Ferrari attended Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor where she was introduced to, and taught many art mediums. In 2022, she received her Bachelor’s in Integrative Studies with a Minor in Environmental Science at Oakland University with the goal of becoming an Architect. While completing her studies she worked at one of the countries leading sustainable Architecture Firms.This is where her passion for finding solutions to climate change began to flourish. In 2022 she moved to Barbados to take a gap year where she was inspired to create again and started to explore art as a career. Since then Ferrari has been commissioned to do 4 different murals across Michigan and one in Barbados as well as create a 6 foot mosaic. In August of 2023 she had her first solo exhibit where her mosaics were on display for a month. Her style focuses on bright, vibrant colors and depicts animals, plants, and landscapes. Her love of mosaics is not only restricted to tile and glass but is also represented in her murals which she paints in picassiette style. In May of 2024 she moved to Phoenix, Arizona to pursue art full-time. Her background of Environmental studies and experience with sustainability and living in different parts of the world helped foster this inspiration to depict these beautiful landscapes and creatures and to be a part of the solution to educate people through this art.

Website: chloeferraristudios.com Social Media: chloeferraristudios

What Might Be 3
Mixed tile and glass on wood
44.5 x 25.5 x 1
$3,000

This mosaic depicts a flourishing coral reef that could be found on the Island of Barbados. After living there for over a year I fell in love with the beauty of the ocean, but also saw the devastation from the coral bleaching and the impact of climate change on the habitat. The expanse and diversity of the type of corals and animals in this piece is to display the abundance that used to be found in coral reefs around the world. Every species in this artwork is accurate and reflective of what you might find of a reef in Barbados.The pinnacle of the piece is the hawksbill turtle which is critically endangered, as are many of the species of coral. I used dark blue glass to add a sense of depth while additionally offering a break for the eye. I also found that using glass for the background lends itself so beautifully to reflecting the light of the ocean. I chose to make the piece into three parts to emphasize the movement of the turtle as it is coming across the farthest panel on the right. This piece is one of many in a series titled “Hope for Habitat” which consists of mosaics of endangered and at risk animals and/or places. 10% of each sale goes toward a charity that is directly working on helping that cause.

After moving to Michigan in 2010 Chloe Ferrari attended Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor where she was introduced to, and taught many art mediums. In 2022, she received her Bachelor’s in Integrative Studies with a Minor in Environmental Science at Oakland University with the goal of becoming an Architect. While completing her studies she worked at one of the countries leading sustainable Architecture Firms.This is where her passion for finding solutions to climate change began to flourish. In 2022 she moved to Barbados to take a gap year where she was inspired to create again and started to explore art as a career. Since then Ferrari has been commissioned to do 4 different murals across Michigan and one in Barbados as well as create a 6 foot mosaic. In August of 2023 she had her first solo exhibit where her mosaics were on display for a month. Her style focuses on bright, vibrant colors and depicts animals, plants, and landscapes. Her love of mosaics is not only restricted to tile and glass but is also represented in her murals which she paints in picassiette style. In May of 2024 she moved to Phoenix, Arizona to pursue art full-time. Her background of Environmental studies and experience with sustainability and living in different parts of the world helped foster this inspiration to depict these beautiful landscapes and creatures and to be a part of the solution to educate people through this art.

Website: chloeferraristudios.com Social Media: chloeferraristudios

Vortex Vibes at Sedona
Collage with paper on stretched canvas
24 x 24 x 1.5
$1,150

Reflections On A Train
Watercolor
24 x 26 x 1
$500

Over the years I have experimented with a number of different mediums, but I have found watercolor to be the most expressive and versatile for me.

My favorite subjects are landscapes- places that I have visited, either close to home or through travels. Painting these places allows me to revisit them and reflect on my experiences.

I think of every painting as a story, but in the end, it may be as simple as the play of color and light, a challenging enough story in its own right.

Barbara Middleton studied painting and fibers at the Kansas City Art Institute, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After retiring from teaching art in the Phoenix public schools, she is now devoting more time to her own painting. The translucence of the watercolor medium is well suited to the subjects in her paintings, with reflections and light being a central theme.

Among the places where her paintings have been exhibited are: The Herberger Theater, Herberger Gallery at the Arizona Center, and The Scottsdale Artists School.

Mind The Gap
Watercolor
24 x 30 x 1
$800

Over the years I have experimented with a number of different mediums, but I have found watercolor to be the most expressive and versatile for me.

My favorite subjects are landscapes- places that I have visited, either close to home or through travels. Painting these places allows me to revisit them and reflect on my experiences.

I think of every painting as a story, but in the end, it may be as simple as the play of color and light, a challenging enough story in its own right.

Barbara Middleton studied painting and fibers at the Kansas City Art Institute, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. After retiring from teaching art in the Phoenix public schools, she is now devoting more time to her own painting. The translucence of the watercolor medium is well suited to the subjects in her paintings, with reflections and light being a central theme.

Among the places where her paintings have been exhibited are: The Herberger Theater, Herberger Gallery at the Arizona Center, and The Scottsdale Artists School.

A cracker in space
Oil
8 x 8 x 0.75
$250

In my time as a painter I have made a conscious choice to paint scenes I feel to be spiritually uplifting to the soul.  I paint in oil in a realist style.

Birthday in Illinois
Mixed Media
24 x 24
$500

Ashley Walden is an Arizona based mixed media artist, visual arts educator, wife, and mother.    Her artwork reflects upon her memories, experiences, and feelings about her life.  She finds that her art is the best way to express what is truly inside her mind and soul.  Her artistic style focuses heavily on mixed media and collage elements.  She combines images and different mediums in whatever way they develop together to work through a moment of thought in her mind. Ashley received her BFA from Arizona State University with a concentration in Painting in 2007.  She currently lives in Gilbert where she teaches elementary visual arts to kindergarten through sixth graders where she hopes to create a similar curiosity, love, and passion for art like she has.

Ashley Walden’s art explores deep inside the mind. Latent thoughts and memories find their way to a surface to be revealed layer by layer through images and art materials. There is care and also destruction in the process of such creations. The search for images is based on intuition and internal guidance found through what feels like a meditative state.  The formation of compositions through the layering of art materials is as unique as one’s own memories. Each artwork is a glimpse of a thought, memory, or feeling. These artworks represent how the mind processes these things.

Living the Dream (world)
Mixed Media
24 x 24 x 2
$500

Ashley Walden is an Arizona based mixed media artist, visual arts educator, wife, and mother.    Her artwork reflects upon her memories, experiences, and feelings about her life.  She finds that her art is the best way to express what is truly inside her mind and soul.  Her artistic style focuses heavily on mixed media and collage elements.  She combines images and different mediums in whatever way they develop together to work through a moment of thought in her mind. Ashley received her BFA from Arizona State University with a concentration in Painting in 2007.  She currently lives in Gilbert where she teaches elementary visual arts to kindergarten through sixth graders where she hopes to create a similar curiosity, love, and passion for art like she has.

Ashley Walden’s art explores deep inside the mind. Latent thoughts and memories find their way to a surface to be revealed layer by layer through images and art materials. There is care and also destruction in the process of such creations. The search for images is based on intuition and internal guidance found through what feels like a meditative state.  The formation of compositions through the layering of art materials is as unique as one’s own memories. Each artwork is a glimpse of a thought, memory, or feeling. These artworks represent how the mind processes these things.

Softly
(diptych)
Acrylic on French Linen
19 x 20 x 1
$1,010 each

Annie German paints color, light, line, and space as an extension of herself. Her current paintings act as a conduit of emotion from her in the present moment. Her process starts with an ideation which then is guided by the painting. She believes art is a direct and present extension of oneself. Painting acts as a purification ritual. The process itself manifests primarily what the work becomes about, mirroring life.

Annie German lives and works in Phoenix, Arizona. She received her BFA from the Herberger Art Institute at Arizona State University with an emphasis in painting in 2018. She was awarded the Denis Diderot Grant of June 2022 to attend the Chateau d’ Orquevaux artist residency in France. Currently she works with layering acrylic paint onto linen to express her own emotions, sensitivities, thoughts, and reflections. The ideas of interconnectedness of life, art, intense internal emotion, the artistic process and our surroundings is what drives her work.

allison
Lookin Sharp
oil
20 x 20 x 2
$850

Not a still life painter. Inspired by nature, turn of a phrase, expressions, body language , always people.
50+ years of experience, gallery owner,  and college teacher.

allison
Royal Botanicals
oil
24 x 18 x 2
$1,100

Not a still life painter. Inspired by nature, turn of a phrase, expressions, body language , always people.
50+ years of experience, gallery owner,  and college teacher.

Combustion
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 x 1.5
$900

Born in Herefordshire, England, Caroline Chilton has lived in Mesa, Arizona for the past forty years, after a short time living in London, New York City and San Francisco. Caroline graduated from ASU with her Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees in Education, but since raising a family and retiring as a school principal, she has been able to follow her lifelong love of art. She has taken over thirty semester hours of art classes taught by excellent teachers at Mesa Community College, including art history, drawing, life drawing, painting with watercolors, acrylics and oil, photography, digital art, color theory, and elements of design. Her paintings were twice placed in the MCC Art Gallery show, and she has previously exhibited with the Arizona Arts Guild and the Mesa Artists League. Caroline’s current paintings capture and embody her lifelong passion for art, discovered in museums, galleries, and books, and the continuous drawing and playing with making art throughout her life. She loves to experiment with line, shape, and color, and she sketches and paints almost daily. Her current body of work, consisting of abstract watercolor and oil paintings, can be found on her website: Carolinechiltonart.com, Instagram/carolinechiltonsart and Facebook.com/Carolinechiltonart.

Although I enjoy painting all forms, including still life, botanicals, and landscapes, I have always been drawn to abstraction. I have memories of the awe and strong emotions felt when first seeing many famous abstract paintings at museums in London, Paris, Berlin, New York and San Francisco. I have always been inspired by the paintings of Kandinsky, and significantly he is quoted as saying, “The more frightening the world becomes … the more art becomes abstract.” During the Covid19 lockdown, each day I created an ink abstract design which I would later enlarge and paint using color palettes depending upon my mood and feelings. My focus on abstract painting had begun. In oil or watercolor, my paintings consist of overlapping forms and lines, creating geometric, intersecting shapes, using a limited number of compatible or contrasting colors. I attempt to create a detailed, logical, but organic, flow in the structure of the design to provide a sense of rhythm, balance, harmony, and depth. The mood and emotion in the overall compositions evolve intuitively and reflect personal feelings, experiences, and events prior to or at the time of the painting. My goal is to visually express these emotions in ways that will resonate with the viewer.

Drenda
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 30 x 2
$1,800

Traveling through the Southwest by Airstream, I’m captivated by the dramatic shifts in light, temperature, sound, and color. My abstract landscapes translate these powerful encounters with nature into vibrant colors and captivating patterns. The Saguaro cactus, a testament to the desert’s resilience, is a current focus in my work. Inspired by aboriginal art and nature’s intricate patterns, my signature repetitive design elements build energy upon the canvas. Ultimately, my art strives to capture the essence of a place or object, its inner energy that pulsates with life. Beyond aesthetics, my work aims to raise awareness about preserving our natural world. Arizona’s recent scorching summer, a stark reminder of the Saguaro’s vulnerability, underscores the urgency of this mission. My art celebrates the desert’s vibrancy, a visual echo of creation’s energy, and serves as a call to action for protecting these wonders.

viclindley1416@gmail.com

Miapensa
Acrylic on canvas
20 x 16 x 2
$800

Traveling through the Southwest by Airstream, I’m captivated by the dramatic shifts in light, temperature, sound, and color. My abstract landscapes translate these powerful encounters with nature into vibrant colors and captivating patterns. The Saguaro cactus, a testament to the desert’s resilience, is a current focus in my work. Inspired by aboriginal art and nature’s intricate patterns, my signature repetitive design elements build energy upon the canvas. Ultimately, my art strives to capture the essence of a place or object, its inner energy that pulsates with life. Beyond aesthetics, my work aims to raise awareness about preserving our natural world. Arizona’s recent scorching summer, a stark reminder of the Saguaro’s vulnerability, underscores the urgency of this mission. My art celebrates the desert’s vibrancy, a visual echo of creation’s energy, and serves as a call to action for protecting these wonders.

viclindley1416@gmail.com

Ojala
Acrylic on Board
22 x 30 x 2
$1,200

Traveling through the Southwest by Airstream, I’m captivated by the dramatic shifts in light, temperature, sound, and color. My abstract landscapes translate these powerful encounters with nature into vibrant colors and captivating patterns. The Saguaro cactus, a testament to the desert’s resilience, is a current focus in my work. Inspired by aboriginal art and nature’s intricate patterns, my signature repetitive design elements build energy upon the canvas. Ultimately, my art strives to capture the essence of a place or object, its inner energy that pulsates with life. Beyond aesthetics, my work aims to raise awareness about preserving our natural world. Arizona’s recent scorching summer, a stark reminder of the Saguaro’s vulnerability, underscores the urgency of this mission. My art celebrates the desert’s vibrancy, a visual echo of creation’s energy, and serves as a call to action for protecting these wonders.

viclindley1416@gmail.com

Cacophony
Acrylic and gesso
28 x 28 x 1.5
$965

I work primarily in acrylic but often employ other mediums including gesso, watercolor crayons, graphite and ink. I seldom work from resource photos, preferring to find my way experimentally. Although I always focus on fundamentals such as color, value and composition, my primary goal is to make sure my art also has meaning, hopefully allowing each viewer to experience an emotional response to the painting. In spite of being intentionally humorous, “Cacophony” is also my comment on today’s political scene where everyone is squawking…but no one is listening…

Trish is an award winning artist and educator with a long career in art. She’s a Signature Member of several national and regional arts organizations including National Watercolor Society, San Diego Watercolor Society, and Arizona Watercolor Society. She’s been active in many local arts organizations and is a former officer and Board member of Arizona Watercolor Society and a proud Past President and Life Member of Arizona Artists Guild.

The Crone
Pastel, colored pencil, graphite and Irish linen thread on paper
16 x 20 x 1.5
$450

Tess Mosko Scherer resides in Phoenix, Arizona with dual citizenship in the US and Ireland, her over 40-year career spans the for-profit and non-profit sectors. As a gallerist, artist, advocate, author, and coach, she has dedicated herself to unraveling the transformative power of art. Currently serving as the Director of the Arizona Art Alliance, she has received numerous grants for projects supporting US Veterans, and individuals touched by trauma and suicide. Her artwork has won numerous awards, is represented by Van Gogh’s Ear Gallery, Prescott, Arizona and has been exhibited across the United States and collected internationally.

Growing up as the daughter of a first-generation Irish American, I was immersed in a world that seamlessly intertwined the visible and the invisible, where the concept of soul was as tangible as that of the body. My work has been a journey where the ethereal becomes palpable, and the connections between souls are unveiled.

My artistic journey has been a continuous exploration of themes such as self-love, voice, grief, and love. Along this path, I delve into the profound realms of Solitude and Silence: The Place where the Soul Speaks. Through art I navigate the internal landscape, capturing the essence of oneself and the mysterious dimensions within.

Wisdom
Pastel, colored pencil, graphite and Irish linen thread on paper
16 x 20 x 1.5
$450

Tess Mosko Scherer resides in Phoenix, Arizona with dual citizenship in the US and Ireland, her over 40-year career spans the for-profit and non-profit sectors. As a gallerist, artist, advocate, author, and coach, she has dedicated herself to unraveling the transformative power of art. Currently serving as the Director of the Arizona Art Alliance, she has received numerous grants for projects supporting US Veterans, and individuals touched by trauma and suicide. Her artwork has won numerous awards, is represented by Van Gogh’s Ear Gallery, Prescott, Arizona and has been exhibited across the United States and collected internationally.

Growing up as the daughter of a first-generation Irish American, I was immersed in a world that seamlessly intertwined the visible and the invisible, where the concept of soul was as tangible as that of the body. My work has been a journey where the ethereal becomes palpable, and the connections between souls are unveiled.

My artistic journey has been a continuous exploration of themes such as self-love, voice, grief, and love. Along this path, I delve into the profound realms of Solitude and Silence: The Place where the Soul Speaks. Through art I navigate the internal landscape, capturing the essence of oneself and the mysterious dimensions within.