Welcome

 Joanne Agostinelli is a painter living in the beautiful Verde Valley just south of Sedona, Arizona.   Originally from Connecticut, she does not consider herself a ‘Southwest Painter’.    She is inspired by nature regardless of what piece of the planet she is standing on.  Her subjects include images from Mexican Folklore, Southwestern themes, and Kaleidoscopic Mandalas.  

Christine was born and raised in Santa Barbara, CA and currently resides in Clarkdale, AZ. I have been making jewelry professionally for over 18 years and specializes in wrapped natural gemstones. 

Suzen signature fashion style reflects her philosophy that clothing can be sexy and comfortable, stylish and functional.  Suzen chooses fabrics that are easy to care for and wrinkle free

Suzen tops easily go from day to night.  She believes every woman deserves to feel fabulous owning something handmade, and one of a kind.

Jamie Kivisto is a mixed media artist and acrylic painter. She studied at the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, before setting free on her own art journey in CA, and eventually, Arizona. Her art career has led her down many paths ranging from film and television, book illustration, graphic design, gallery curating, and live performance painting. Her recent body of work consists mainly of mixed media paintings using acrylic paint, and often include elements of collage, pencil, oil pastel, and spray paint. As far as her process, Kivisto uses her creating as a way to connect with source and reach flow state. It is also a metaphor for our life journey..."You have a vision and set out with your materials and the intention to manifest it into reality. Along the way, you make changes and adapt as you form a dialogue with the painting. 

Josh is a distinguished oil painter with a BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute.  His work draws profound inspiration from impressionism, realism, and the old masters, bringing a timeless quality to his contemporary pieces. 
Josh's artistry is deeply rooted in the philosophy of painting what he sees, a practice that not only captures the visible world but also anchors him in the present moment. 

I was born with a love of horses! Stables and the outdoors were my playgrounds growing up in Cumberland, MD. After completing my Bachelor of Fine Art (BFA) degree in printmaking at East Carolina University (NC), I landed my first job as a book designer in New York City; MacMillan Book Publishing, 1969. Living in New York served as my springboard to the world.  I combine my skills and knowledge of batik, printmaking, digital collage and mixed media to create contemporary works of art. Fueled by my passions for horses, travel, art, and nature, I aim to create daily. Many of my processes are age-old techniques with cultural influences such as batik and printmaking that I now mix with contemporary techniques such as digital collage and mixed media painting. 

  Thanks to my artistic and enthusiastic Hungarian neighbor. I have been  making collage since high school. I often include my pen and ink work in these pieces. 

My previous career as a classical musician was a world of structure, rhythm, harmony and disharmony of chord and color, transparencies and densities of texture, fleeting nuance of

emotion. As a painter, I explore ways to incorporate all those elements in a stricter or looser sense, depending on my response to a subject. I love the qualities of light and space and communicating visually something of a human emotional narrative that can happen through a painting.

I am an award winning painter, illustrator, and graphic designer. 

My paintings and illustrations tend to be weird, abstract and imperfect.  Quite often I don't paint an image as much as I discover one from the relationship I build with a painting.  I see images in random things and my painting method comes from building up layers to find those images within the marks. emotion. As a painter, I explore ways to incorporate all those elements in a stricter or looser sense, depending on my response to a subject. I love the qualities of light and space and communicating visually something of a human emotional narrative that can happen through a painting.

My current work is connected to dreams, meditation and other everyday connections. 

Marsha’s interest in ceramics began during her art studies at Northern  Arizona University in nearby Flagstaff. Her inability to “throw” a pot  that weighed less than five pounds did not dampen her interest in  working in the “mud.”

 Richard Faye was born in Pittsburgh which he left for Atlanta as soon as he finished school. At the Atlanta College of Art he studied under Kristopher Meadows and Eula Ginsburg and slowly found his passion. After 20 years another move brought him to Taos, New Mexico. There he found a supportive artist community and much inspiration in nature and continued on his way to find his style. Richard finally arrived in Arizona (Sedona and Jerome) in 2008 where he continues searching and perfecting. Although he thinks that he has arrived at the perfect place to live he knows that life is unpredictable. 

After 25 years as a  professional calligrapher, I found myself competing with the computer.  This was not fun and slowly I worked back to my roots as a painter only  this time using those magical sound symbols which make up our speech.  To be sure language and writing are two of the most important inventions of the human species. They have helped us to become observers to our own thought processes and develop our self-awareness. This unique mindfulness has been a huge tool in our evolution. But, what was the trade-off? Have our intuitive senses been diminished or maybe completely lost? The amazing symbols we now have in lettering have many limitations which I have painfully found in my calligraphic pursuits. 

I'm an Arizona girl, a Tucson native.  I thrive in the desert climate.  A childhood filled with desert exploration, the Mexican seashore and travel throughout the US  gave me opportunities to store away ideas that would surface in my later artwork.  Combining my love for the outdoors with a career in the necessary world of work, my years as a park ranger gave me many chances to celebrate nature and history, a theme that recurs again and again in my art pieces. My art has always been about exploring new things, and for me, this variety has always been the spice of life.

I have always dabbled in art; trying all sorts of things.  

“My goal is to master the transition between tight rendering and loose brushwork within a composition.  I try to establish a focal point which is articulated with detailed crispness and then provide a visual sanctuary, an oasis, for the eye within the backgrounds which dissolve into broad brush strokes of rich, gooey, dappled oil paint.”

Paintings are the culmination of many elements: technique, composition, the story behind the image, plus the all important emotion of the artist’s personal response to his subject.  Other elements also come into play such as a strong focal point, details specific to the physical characteristics of the subject.  And, the setting has to have the proper illusion of distance, scale and perspective.    The art of painting involves other intangible qualities.  The unteachable, elusive, artistic factors, are what makes the difference between competent, well-painted work, and an extrordinary painting.  

 I use traditional metalsmithing techniques to create  my contemporary organic wearable art fabricated from copper, silver and brass.  Native stones are used to provide color and interest to my work. My recent interest is in fabricating arty boxes and containers.
 

 "Originally from the Chicago area, I am a mother, artist, and wife, readjusting to life after relocating across the country to Arizona. I am making jewelry, blacksmithing, and exploring the wonderful state of Arizona with my family.
Life is good!

Many of my designs incorporate ancient symbolism including goddesses, spirals, suns, and moons. I believe that symbols can be inspiring and empowering for people, whatever the meaning is for them. Symbols can also have powerful energy, so I only use what I believe to be positive images. My intent as a jeweler is to create a well crafted, cool looking, affordable piece of wearable art with positive energy for the wearer." 

 Judy Jaaskelainen resides in northern Arizona and is an Award Winning, Juried Member of Northern Arizona Watercolor Society. She is also an Award Winning Member of Arizona Watercolor Association a member of Watercolor West and National Watercolor Society.
"I have been painting in watercolor for more than 40 years. I love the transparent properties of watercolor paints and how I can let the medium ‘do its thing’ on wet paper, which sometimes feels like the painting is creating itself.

I believe I paint to express my excitement at being fully present 

  Painting and the fine arts have always been an integral part of my life. But it was as a weaver and clothing designer for many years, first in Sweden, where I was born, then in Belgium and France, and finally in the United States, that I learned the supreme importance of color and texture. These elements, combined with the fabulous palette of Arizona's earth and sky, have inspired me both in my landscape and non-representational (abstract) painting. My art is an act of homage to the gifts of nature and to the wonders of the imagination. 

 Bernie Lopez was born in Escondido, Ca. Lopez displayed an interest in the natural world around him as he was growing up. At an early age, he started sketching his observations and discovered his passion to create art.        
In his 20’s, Lopez traveled around the Western United States, absorbing the beauty that it offered.  Inspired by his journey, he became interested in landscape and abstract painting.
Working with acrylics, Lopez began painting landscapes in a realistic style from photographs.
Throughout his artistic explorations, he continued to add abstractions to his paintings, combining a balance of natural landscapes, precise geometric elements, and monochromatic colors.
Today, Lopez resides in Northern Arizona, working from his studio/home where he paints and publishes his artwork.  

 Transy Lopez was born and raised in the town of Chapala, Jalisco, México, next door to his uncle, Vicente Montano, who was a pre-Colombian art sculptor and dealer. Transy played there as a child with his cousins in the big house that seemed more like an art museum, and began working with his uncle as an apprentice in the sculpture workshop when he was 18 years old. At that time, there were 17 people, mostly family and friends, making pieces that resembled pre-Colombian sculptures. This is where Transy learned the art of sculpture. His uncle was the master and teacher running the workshop. 

All of my work is lamp-worked glass which means that it is made using a table mounted torch. I use different crushed and powdered glasses, clear and colored rods, as well as silver and gold fuming.

I have been working with glass since 2000 starting at age 18. being self-taught I learned through trial and error. I look to nature and biology for inspiration and to the medium itself.

Growing up in New York, Idaho, and Arizona, Jerome has been my home since 2007.

I find glass to be a very meditative process, tuning into the glass always moving. It is when I am fully consumed by fire and glass that my best work comes forth.

Jamalee is an educator who has a passion for the creative arts-theatre, dance and ceramics and currently lives in Jerome. 

A fearless color palette defines the work of Michele Cokl Naylor. She uses bold, vivid and seductive hues to prompt a reaction or to provoke a mood. Color, textures and unexpected patterns are the language she employs across a range of media. 

I was born in Wabash, Indiana. 

I am fascinated by history, It gives me an understanding of humans and my place within that species. With a photograph you actually hold a small piece of history in your hands. I combine photos with digital art to create the greeting cards. Some are haunting, others nostalgic but many are humorous. Humans are often ridiculous and we need to laugh at ourselves.

I design my work with simple lines, often inspired by classic shapes, to display the natural beauty of each piece of wood.

 Matthew M. Plaza is an artist in his late twenties, born in Southern California in 1995 and currently based in Prescott, Arizona. He creates expressionist works that explore both figurative and abstract means of communicating humanist themes.   

His figurative works seek to invoke a wide range of emotional states and human realities, though they often avoid endorsing any clear message. 

His abstract works and elements are known for their minimalist complexity and rhythmic patterns. These elements come together to create a sense of visual harmony and liberation from images and narratives.

Plaza's art reflects his dual life as a visual artist and musician/composer. He believes that art can be experienced through the senses, rather than analyzed solely with the mind. His work aims to return art to its human roots, offering a sensory experience that blends visual and musical elements, as well as provoking reflection upon psychological states we experience.

Corey is a native OregonIan and a commercial photographer who specializes in aerial photography. 

Fred  Reinhardt creates unique stained glass pieces using the copper foil  process. Incorporating an incredible array of specialized glass,  including dichroic, Fred's pieces capture light in a way that captivates  your senses.

Original watercolors inspired by nature and personality. To inspire your imagination and thunk outside the box. 

Bob is a dedicated believer in the power of landscape photography to instill a deep reverence for nature.