Give Me a Hug!

is a mixed media artist who has been working in The Center for the Arts for many years. He has explored the studio in search of materials and inspiration for his sculptures, drawings, prints and paintings. John’s vibrant personality is reflected throughout his work, in the objects he uses, characters he creates and the resulting stories told. John has recently begun experimenting with computer-generated art.

Thank You Cat

's artwork reflects his interest in animals, politics, religion, women and footwear. Balancing personalized text with linear images. Jeff creates full and interesting stories about life issues. His colorful images tend to elevate his subject matter to iconic status, lending an unexpected importance to what would otherwise be mundane.

Abstract Rainbow

The late was one of the most prolific artists in The Center for the Arts. She worked with bright and colorful drawings, paintings, monoprints, sculptural work and dolls. She also hosted regular segments on the bimonthly “Kiss My TV Show” distributed nationally on public access cable TV and received a National Educational Media Network Golden Apple award for “On Our Way to Hollywood,” an independent video she co-wrote, co-produced and starred in.

Garden of Colors

is a prolific and diligent artist whose infectious laugh often fills the studio while she is working. She favors drawing media such as oil pastels and colored pencils, which she uses to saturate her working surface with areas of pure color. Sometimes velvety, sometimes glossy, the vibrant images she creates often have a tactile quality to them, owing to the rich and careful application of her medium of choice.

Green Circles

creates rich and intriguing artwork comprised of repetitious dots, circles and dashes. Even with such a small graphic vocabulary, she is able to achieve an astonishing variety in her artwork, ranging from forms which are hard edged and geometric, to forms which are free flowing and organic in feel. Although two-dimensional, the work is built up like a sculpture, with many layers of colored pencil and paint, often giving the impression that there are many other pictorial layers hidden beneath the visible surface.