Artie's Eight
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” We’re all familiar with that saying, but Richard Curtner puts a clever twist on the adage with his one-of-a-kind collages. Armed with an X-Acto knife and an eye for detail, Richard blends visual beauty with verbal poetry, attracting clients from across the country — including at least one ...
Having worked in the music and medical journalism fields, Ian Macleod has had his photographs featured in The Boston Globe, The Tacoma News Tribune and even a few album covers. These days, this Seattleite is focused on documenting the city’s fast-changing architecture. He sees the urban landscape as a “cinematic experience” that, through photography, is ...
Some invaluable advice helped shape the artistic success of this former musician and marketing executive: “Your work is beautiful, but we can easily find beautiful work. Give us something narrative, something special.” Those aren’t exactly the words an artist yearns to hear. Fortunately, Bobby Baker allowed the critique—from a prestigious art society—to positively motivate him ...
Eighteen years of photography have taught Jack a few things. Like presenting familiar objects in new ways. But Jack Kosowsky will tell you that he spent 18 of the last 20 years taking “really crappy photos.” It all started when he wanted to capture his son playing ice hockey. Those first images may not have ...
Combining a love for outdoor photography with her interior design background,Cheryl Williver enjoys creating connections. From the day her pictures won Best in Show/Student Division in a local county expo, she has been smitten with the art of photography. Since then, this New Jersey girl has enjoyed capturing nature in the form of landscapes, waterscapes, ...
This western Montana artist embraces detail and simplicity at the same time. A former introvert, J Craig Platt was drawn out of his shell by his high school art teacher and by the University of Montana dance program. This art-loving panda is grateful to both of these sources, because they nudged him to become a ...
I’m an old-soul panda, and I recognize an old-soul human when I see one. What impresses me most about this young adult is that he’s not only a student of photography — he’s a student of people. As a photography student at UNT, Hudson Ingram is currently focused on relationships and the emotions that come with ...
From the colorful detail of her paintings to the haunting beauty of her solar etchings, Mindy Lighthipe is a force of nature — for nature. The call of the wild. When an artist can find beauty in a Round Tortoise Beetle, it’s hard to ignore. Especially when the artist imparts loveliness to an insect most ...
Variety is the spice of life for Joshua McCann, a commercial photographer and videographer in Michigan. “Sometimes it is the subject that finds the photographer,” he explains. Wedding photos and family portraits capture happy faces at milestone moments, while Joshua’s commercial videos record everything from synchronized skaters to the man behind a natural shoreline landscaping ...
Maybe it’s the precision and discipline of having spent his career in the military that influences the intricate, exacting detail in David Hoque’s work. Whatever it is, we admire the juxtaposition of reality with the rich jewel tones that come to life in his colored pencil drawings and watercolor paintings. They often cause viewers to ...