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Nancy is a practicing artist working in mainly two media: mural painting and silk painting. Since receiving her BFA from Washington University School of Fine Arts in 1965 she has worked in many different media. In 1994 she took a class in painting silk. This began a fascination with the medium. She continues studying and experimenting with different techniques. She also paints murals, does faux painting, trompe l’oeil and re-creates furniture. She states: “I see my art as a journey that pushes me in new ways of seeing and creating and hope that I never stop finding new expressions for my work”. |
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Deborah Bazer
Deborahbazer@Hughes.net
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"Since 1992, I’ve been producing tiles, flowerpots and sculpture inspired by the natural world, as well as by mythology and folklore. My love of the ocean and the forest, weaves its way throughout my work in both image and feeling. One of my greatest joys is to create artwork that becomes a lasting part of the history of a house or garden.
My formal education includes a B. F. A. in ceramics from University of Massachusetts-Amherst, as well as an apprenticeship at Moravian Pottery and Tileworks in Pennsylvania and a Master of Education from Antioch New England Graduate School. "
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Joan Boryta
phone: Oct-June 246-436-8803 July-September 413-534-0120
websites: joanboryta.com pristinewatercolors.com
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Joan Boryta feels her command of watercolor comes from a natural ability to put all in order to make the work sing to the viewer. The work is representational, pristine, yet mpressionism flows through each piece. She likes to catch the eye of the viewer with strong color and let the viewer put the full painting together. It's all about mood and atmosphere. Joan shares time in New England and Barbados painting. She is an avid teacher of this complex medium and is a member of the New England Watercolor Society and many local organizations. |
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Sally Chaffee Maron
Amherst, MA
scmbead2@gmail.com
www.scm-bead.com
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Sally Chaffee Maron is a seed bead artist with over two decades of experience creating and teaching beaded jewelry. Before moving to Amherst in 2005, she taught at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan and the Art School at Old Church in NJ. She now teaches at the Fiber Art Center in Amherst, Snow Farm in Williamsburg and at Artspace in Greenfield. Sally’s work has been in juried exhibitions with the Bead Society of Greater New York, the Craft Students League in Manhattan and the Fiber Art Center in Amherst. She is on the Board of the Shelburne Arts Co-op.
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Jane Chang
Amherst, MA
jachang02@aol.com
paperarts-jane-chang.blogspot.com
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Jane has loved art since her first box of Crayolas and ream of manila paper. All her life she has played at recreating the colors and textures around her. When she discovered the bountiful world of specialty papers, Jane began using them to showcase whatever her environment inspired (paper quilts, decorative boxes, mixed-media collage). Incorporating found objects into her work is a reflection of the artist's respect for the earth. Jane says, "Above all, art should make you smile." |
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Christine Conniff
Shelburne Falls, MA
413-625-9389
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I have been making jewelry using beads for 7 years
now. Bored with the traditional round beads, I look for unusual shapes, vibrant colors, interesting center pieces, vintage, handmade, natural materials, etc. I have found preserved gingko leaves, a sterling silver ‘pea pod’, several antique pieces and even fossilized ammonites! My education and background in color and design has also inspired me to take chances and combine the unusual making each finished piece unique. I accept custom orders.
I also do photography, having learned and worked
in black and white in Cambridge in the 70’s. |
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Lynda Dashiell-Ohotnicky
P.O. Box 23
West Dover, VT 05356
ohot@together.net
www.wahinedesigns.com
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"I handform contemporary and classic jewelry using traditional metalsmithing materials and skills as well as utilizing a non-traditional new age material called Precious Metal Clay. Pure silver particles in an organic binder can be formed and textured, like clay, and then fired at 1650 F to create a pure silver product. My jewelry designs incorporate fine silver, sterling silver, beach glass, sea stones, pearls and other semiprecious gems and found items into interesting and unique, yet very wearable shapes.
I do all my own work, from the design of the original piece to fabrication, in which separate parts are hammered, sawed and assembled by soldering. Each piece is completed by extensive polishing and, if warranted, patina.
My designs go from fun to formal!" |
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Sandy Denis
denis@valinet.com
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A graduate of Mass.College of Art and workshops with well-known artists Sandra Denis has exhibited at galleries thoughout New England and the Southwest. Her paintings are in private and corporate collections and have won awards in juried competitions. Denis's work includes many varieties of wild life, domestic animals and birds as well as land and seascapes. Plein-air painting is a passion, especially to far off places. |
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Fabio Deponte
White Pickets Studio
95 North Main Street
Petersham, Ma 01366
(ph)978-724-8823
www.whitepicketsstudio.com
fabio@whitepicketsstudio.com |
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Oil,
Original paintings,
Limited Edition Giclee prints, Cards
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Sara Deponte
White Pickets Studio
95 North Main Street
Petersham, MA 01366
(ph) 978-724-8823
www.whitepicketsstudio.com
sara@whitepicketsstudio.com
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Watercolor
Original paintings,
Limited Editon Giclee prints, Cards
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Stephen Earp received his BFA in Ceramics from the University of Iowa in 1986. He served a traditional two-year apprenticeship under Richard Bresnahan at St. John's Pottery in Minnesota. Earp lived several years in Nicaragua, Central America, as Ceramic Technician for the craft support organization Potters for Peace. He worked at Old Sturbridge Village as Master Potter for four years. Earp has taught wheel throwing and glaze chemistry classes at Craft Centers throughout the Pioneer Valley. Stephen Earp has been included in the National Directory of Traditional Arts since 2007.
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Julie Hall Rocke
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Charlie Hertan
cehertan@rcn.com
413-320-7009
PO Box 60433
Florence, MA 01062 www.charliehertanphotography.com
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For me, the challenge and excitement of photography is the quest to create something new and striking, something that challenges the viewer's ordinary way of seeing and captivates the mind. By seeking new visions, I avoid the photographer's dilemma of "competing with nature". Since nature's wonders are free and open to all, the photographer's unique eye is the only tool one has to truly set his or her work apart. |
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Mark Majeski
majeskiphoto@verizon.net
www.webdogart.com
413-268-7800
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"I have been a visual artist since the 1970's.
Currently my work is in black and white photography using medium
format cameras. My most recent exhibits include the Forbes
Library and Alfredo's Photographic Gallery in
Northampton, Mass.
Even before putting an image on film I have already
determined the size of the final print and framing
possibilities. I hand-tint some of my photographs and
most recently have incorporated old salvaged wooden
windows into my work. I place a photograph behind the
window to depict what a viewer might see looking
through an ordinary window in their house." |
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Louise Minks never planned to become a professional artist and still finds it to be a surprise. With no art school training, she worked with other art friends, went to exhibits and museums and took some workshops with professional painters. Gradually, her art life became larger and larger, so in 1997, she left her part-time job and opened her gallery and working studio at The Montague Mill, where she works and exhibits today. Her colorful work ranges from expressive landscapes and still lifes to portraits and printmaking. |
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Regina and Dan St. John
Chena River Marblers
Regina and Dan St. John
Amherst, MA
(413) 253-2835
Regstjohn@comcast.net
www.chenarivermarblers.com
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Regina St. John has been a full-time professional fabric and paper marbler for the past 22 years. Her work is recognized nationally and she is frequently called upon by bookbinders and book artists to produce a wide range of specific traditional and original marbled papers. She and her husband, Daniel St.John, own and operate Chena River Marblers, a bookbindery and craft business selling marbled paper, silk scarves, ties and a variety of colorful book and stationary products in juried craft shows and shops. The St Johns teach both marbling and bookbinding. |
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Candace Silver was born in Missouri and raised in the Ozarks and other parts of the South. Today, she resides in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts. At a very early age Candace began drawing and knew by the age of three that she wanted to be an artist. Candace’s art would evolve into a variety of expressions. Her sensual watercolor paintings and digital photography celebrate her love of flowers, and her highly detailed art doll sculptures honor the needlework skills learned from her grandmother. “My goal is to reveal the inherent beauty of nature – that beauty that moves you.” |
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A quilter since 1999, Sandy has long been fascinated by the interplay of shapes and textures in fabric. Her real joy lies in bringing together fun, interesting and whimsical fabrics that play well together. Her “Heirloom Gifts Collection,” includes aprons, table runners/wall hangings and hot pads. These beautiful fabric creations are made to be used and handed down from generation to generation.
A member of the Arts Co-op since 2007, Sandy works out of her home in New Salem where she lives with her husband Tim. Their daughter, Meagan is an undergraduate studying English and Cognitive Science at UMass Amherst. |
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