Featured Artists: Painters, Mixed-media Artists, Photographers, and more

Vermont artist, Susan Abbott has a knack for creating bright, highly detailed, watercolor paintings. With degrees in painting and printmaking, Susan has been a professional artist since college and held exhibitions in galleries across the country. Susan’s extraordinary landscapes are. . . read more
It’s always interesting how an image of one thing can sometimes give you the illusion of another. This is the magic that Peter Travis Booth captures with his camera. . . his subject matter consists of man-made and naturally-created faces discovered in cracked walls, old trees and g. . . read more
Who knew that alleyways could be so beautiful? Today, Dale Knaak shows us the intriguing side of these often overlooked passages with his beautiful acrylic paintings. Currently living in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Dale has put his commercial art degree to good use. . . read more
Sometimes what you see is not exactly what you get. . . and Angela Emsen-West’s images create that double-take. They seem like richly colored oil paintings, but in fact are actually created with watercolor.. . . read more
Now that spring is finally here, I think it’s the perfect time to share Diana Stith Brennan’s stunning nature photography. Diana’s love of the outdoors blossomed during her childhood in Rhode Island. . . read more
Minnesota artist Deb Kirkeeide has a knack for creating enduring animal portraits full of personality and spirit. Deb originally started her career in commercial art and design, but shifted toward the fine arts while attending. . . read more
Brian Smith is an artist because the human form inspires him. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art on a full scholarship, and for almost 30 years he was a successful graphic designer. . . read more
I have always been in awe of artists that can create stunning images with just a knife and paper. My own experiences with this medium usually result in frayed edges, wrinkled paper and lots of frustration.. . . read more
Have you ever sat spellbound while looking out over a glorious landscape, and just wished you could somehow share it? Well Padraig McCaul feels this way about western Ireland, and it certainly shows in his rich oil paintings.. . . read more
Karen Ramsay is an artist who enjoys capturing the “everyday ordinary” through her ink and watercolor plein air paintings. She unites paint with a waterproof fine tip marker in a process that she calls . . . read more
When it comes to technique, Brian Cody is primarily a traditional watercolor artist. His subject matter and quirky compositions, however, take him a little farther off the beaten path.. . . read more
Samantha Liddell’s gorgeous photography has one purpose: to be an escape from the moments of despair that we all face at one time or another. At the age of 14 Samantha’s family made a life-changing move. . . read more
All too often, paintings are only visual. . . Michelle Hinz takes a different route by making hers as tactile as possible. Her textured acrylic paintings pop with so much depth and texture that they’ve even been confused with pottery! Michelle looks for “textures created by ordinary. . . read more
We all enjoy a good mystery, don’t we? Well, if today’s featured artist, Timur Tsaku, were a writer he would probably write mysteries. . . instead, as a painter, he puts a feeling of mystery into his artwork. . . read more



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