© Eric Beauchamp
Setting aside the traditional artist tools and replacing them with an energized stylus of his own design. the artist directs the application of a high voltage charge to capture the movement of electrical current on wood.
To enhance the captured burns the artist employs several different techniques to introduce color, depth and shading to the works. Gun powders, wood dyes, powdered metals, resins, and encaustic waxes are all utilized to complete the works.
Jackson, GA
https://kathrineallen.com/home.html
2023 Booth #5
© Kathrine Allen
I carve and print dozens of linoblocks on to rice paper and tissue papers. These prints are collaged on to canvas, finished with several layers of acrylic and finally stitched. I use embroidery floss as a final line of color and texture.
© Greg Brown
Each painting has a vintage Versace silk tie attached to the front. It's wrapped around and attached with glue after the gallery-wrapped canvas has been painted in corresponding acrylic colors. Gianni Versace was murdered in 1997 and each tie is pre-death which means he had a hand in the design.
Each color has to match and each line and shape from the tie has to line up on the canvas before the tie is glued on. The canvas and tie become one work.
The Versace label is removed from the back of the tie and is attached to the back of the painting for authenticity.
© Lisa Diamor Sanchez
I am a recreator. Each original piece starts with intention that the viewer feels more than sees. Using upcycle reclaimed wood and transforming it into art with layers of acrylic paint I enhance each piece with powerful words, original poetry, subtext, and imagery. Additionally, I create 3-dimensional mosaics cutting different original art pieces, layering them into a new unique piece.
© Kristin Schue
Krisitn Schue is known for her thoughtful incorporation of found ephemera and photographs in her mixed media work which evoke memories and familiar stories. Based in Minneapolis - St. Paul, Kristin has shown her work for two decades, developing several series of works utilizing materials from newspapers, and antique cabinet card photographs to View-Master reels. She finds her muse in anonymous discarded materials waiting to be rediscovered and take on a new life.
© Kristin Schue
My studio looks a bit like a cluttered antique store specializing in papers and photographs. I have always been drawn to these weathered items carrying stories we will never quite know. From these items I glimpse a hidden narrative, which I develop further by adding other materials to contribute to the story. I hope viewers find something strange yet familiar in my work that sparks their own memory, humor or sense of wonder.
© Connie Morrison
Acrylics and archival inks on various papers which are cut into shapes & adhered to panel with gel medium and nails
Roseville, MN
© Bradley Fritz
2021 Booth #10
I use acrylic paint, paper media, sterling and 22k leaf on canvas to create a kinetic assemblage.
© Inna Deriy
I am a developer of my own technique of painting with segmented polymer resins on canvas, wood and slate. Other mixed media is also used. Foils, metal powders, resins, stones and re-claimed wood. I apply materials to canvas in multiple layers, allowing them to dry sequentially, mixing in pigments of choice and other media. My creations have a 3-D feel to them due to raised textures.
I call my technique Liquid Mosaic.
Atlanta, GA
2020 Booth
With Black&White Film, I create Gelatin Silver Photographs in a wet darkroom. Each is hand-tinted with translucent oils. Last, they are framed in reworked salvaged materials making a one of a kind piece.
© Scott Swezy
2022 Booth #63
My mix media pieces are created on stretched canvas. Layers of plaster and cement are embedded with found objects. After drying layers of acrylic applied with rags and sponges complete the piece.
© Saya Winkler
I create unique Origami artwork. I use only natural materials such as Washi paper, Mizuhiki (paper string) and basswood.
Some of artworks are collaborating with other Japanese folk art techniques such as Kimekomi and Chigirie-E
© Randy and Lisa Lee
Impressionist style encaustic photography custom framed using reclaimed wood, metals and found objects. Each frame is handmade and crafted to complement and enhance the image rather than simply frame it. This combination of style & materials helps to create one-of-a-kind statement art pieces.
Palm Bay FL
© Jesse Kunerth
2021 Booth #60
I create pop art using a combination of hand drawn illustrations combined with various design elements (shapes, colors, texture). The goal is to create digital art with a story.
© Kayann Ausherman
Through representational abstract, I like to focus on the process of exploration of the world around me while using manmade papers, mediums, and patterns as the interface between the art I make and the world it represents.
I use magazine pages altered with a citrus based organic cleaner which alters the ink. The resulting paper is transformed from its original appearance, and combines well with other papers, paints, and inks. I design and cut my own stencils for use in many of my pieces and love including geometric patterns. I also enjoy 'hiding' elements and words into the layers that make up my artwork, inviting the viewers to take a closer look and rewarding those who do.
© Kayann Ausherman
While I have had a lifelong love of all things creative, I took up making 2D artwork rather late in life. I am largely self-taught, greatly influenced by a drive to experiment and explore different techniques and mediums. I especially love incorporating the discarded into my artwork.
My artwork is typified by a sense of whimsical fun and layers of paper, paint, and other assorted mediums.
© Christina Hankins
Each piece is created using a combinaton of acrylic paint and pastel on sanded paper.
© Beth Marcus
Hudson, WI
2020 Booth
Copper- I imprint my original drawing on copper sheet & build in texture by tooling top& backsides . Aluminum - hand cut ,painted & textured & used in a combination of appliqué & inlay . Wood - main substrate & somtimes left uncovered & painted with a verity of teniques . Paints - acrylic,sprays & stains.
Roseville, MN
© Jill Whitney-Birk
2023 Booth #141
I create mixed media collages using paint, inks, papers, vintage and contemporary photos, pencil, and often embroidery on wood panels or paper. My works contain many layers which draw the viewer in and encourage participation and joy. I explore the traditional and non-traditional roles of women, girl power, and contemporary feminism, iconography, and heroes.
© Elissa Brown
Dioramic illustration combining mixed media & acrylic on birchwood. Hand drawn & carved characters & environments are layered to raise stories off of their plane, creating dimension & texture. Resembling pop-up books, each piece is assembled to navigate the detail and physical depth of the work.
Overland Park KS
2019 Booth #10
© Kale Van Leeuwen
My work is digitally created and includes utilizing photos of the top of my painting table I have been working on for the last 10+ years as well as digitally created imagery.
© Naomi Hart
Naomi Hart grew up in the Northern Wilds of Minnesota where the natural world became her education and her refuge. Hart uses symbolism from nature to tell the story of humanity in a manner that bears witness to the connective threads we all share. While dark and introspective, Hart’s work maintains a sense of hopeful wonder and joy. The viewer is quickly pulled in to find their own story within the many layers of each piece. “My work is always an attempt to illustrate the elusive “now”, so ripe with potential; dark, mysterious, and fleeting.
Naomi uses a multitude of drawing and painting materials to render on birch panels, laboring over exquisitely detailed renderings and fantastical creatures. Ultimately each panel finds it way to her encaustic studio for a final application of hot wax. “Encaustic (hot wax) painting lends itself to the manner in which I tell my stories visually. It is a versatile and engaging process which produces a sensual warmth that enriches my story and gives history and grounding to each piece”
St Cloud MN
www.instagram.com/naomihart4art
2023 Booth #77
I am an encaustic artist, working in hot wax medium. I start with a birch panel or a panel of found wood, and sometimes stretched burlap. I often draw or paint directly onto the raw birch, and then build up layers of information through painting on and manipulating the wax. Often each piece also receives objects or hand drawn sketches imported into the wax. I love to have an extensive array of media at my disposal as I work. Oils, colored pencils, graphite, chalk, precious metals in a variety of states, rice papers, hand cut stencils, intaglio prints, and found materials all make there way into my pieces. They are rich with detail and mystery.
