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Allison Glancey
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Brett Mason
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Craig Peterson
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David Wadsworth
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Dawn Johnson
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Diane Seeman
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Eddie Maier
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Gabriela Ortiz
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Hiromi Katayama
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Jana Scott
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John Maurer
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Joshua Hoffman
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Lisa Arkus
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Megan Walker
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Michael Miller
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Mike Schiavone
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Ray Becker
Allison Glancey
Hello! strawberryluna is a wife & husband design, illustration, and printmaking duo. We illustrate and design our work and hand pull our silkscreen art prints and rock posters the old fashioned way; one color layer at a time with care and craft in our studio. <br><br>Working in this age-old process allows for a very hand on approach and feel to our work. We use non-toxic, water based acrylic inks, biodegradable emulsions, paper with a post-consumer recycled content that is made in the USA using certified eco-friendly and sustainable practices as recognized by international environmental organizations.<br><br>Our approach to our work is simple. We love clean, joyful, modern, and accessible design and artwork that appeals to those who consider themselves well-educated in art & design, as well as those who simply “Like what they like”, because we feel a strong kinship to the Mid-Century Modern belief that good design and art should be available to everyone, for every home. We are firmly rooted in the DIY & Handmade movements and embrace the traditions of modern craft in every day life.
www.strawberryluna.com
Brett Mason
Brett Mason seeks to establish a glimpse of a scene using the most minimal elements, in either watercolor or oil. Subject matter is often landscapes composed on the scene or from memory or imagination. You can see Brett’s work on set in the Hollywood films A good Person(2022) starring Morgan Freeman and A Beautiful Day..(2019)..starring Tom Hanks. Brett is a Pittsburgh Native.
Craig Peterson
I use watercolor, coffee and pens to create outdoor related paintings on watercolor paper that I mount on poplar wood or wood panels. My subjects range from landscapes, animals and mountains.
https://www.artworkontherun.com
David Wadsworth
David Wadsworth is an emerging local artist who grew up in Pittsburgh’s South Hills. His paintings feature cityscapes and landscapes, many of which are scenes from his surrounding community of Pittsburgh. Taking advantage of the flexibility of oil paints, Wadsworth uses palette knives as often as brushes in the application to the canvas. Using quick, thick brushstrokes he seeks to make his paintings alive with light, color and energy. Following an impressionistic approach he brings attention to the qualities of light and mood that first drew him to the subject. While his subjects are not limited to Pittsburgh scenes, Wadsworth describes his approach as “following the light” around his home city of Pittsburgh. The area’s diversity of people, architecture and landscapes guarantees an endless source of inspiration. In addition to being inspired by his city and other artists, Wadsworth’s art is influenced by his occupation assisting those seeking recovery from addiction and homelessness. The courage and creativity witnessed in this community continually informs and inspires his own creative outlets. Wadsworth has participated in local art workshops and enjoys the challenge of commissions. His work has been part of local exhibitions and can be seen in area businesses.
https://www.davidwadsworthartwork.com
Dawn Johnson
Dawn Johnson considers herself a self-taught artist since she decided to obtain a degree in music rather than art upon graduating from High School. She never let her art and her creative spirit behind. Always drawing as a child, taking High School art classes in the summer while still in elementary school, and continuing to take formal, informal classes and experimenting throughout her life have keep her love of creating alive. She worked as apprentice to painter Ben Howatt in Houston Texas, studied drawing at the Glassell School of Art and studied watercolor painting with Mary Louis Verrilla in Pittsburgh. Her current works are expressive abstracts using ink and acrylic mediums that enable her to represent emotions through flow and color.
http://www.coolauntdesigns.com
Diane Seeman
Chaotic energy on the canvas is developed with a layer of handmade paper that I build a foundation with, then acrylic paint and paste are added then sanded then painted on again. I alternately add watercolor crayons and pencils for geometric definition in contrast to the organic texture.
http://dianeseemanartist.com
Eddie Maier
Eddie “Spaghetti” Maier uses his creative talents to share Mother Nature’s bountiful gifts of beauty. While he predominately works as a printmaker, he is also adept in other mediums including pottery, batik, mural painting, and just about anything art related. Eddie also loves to share his talents by teaching and holding art workshops. He has a reverence for nature and love of the outdoors. His activities include canoeing, camping, hiking and travel, primarily in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia where he calls Morgantown, WV his home. Eddie feels blessed and grateful for his artistic talents but his success has come from years of hard work and dedication. He grew up feeling most connected with clay and making pottery on the wheel. But, after learning woodcut printmaking while on a study abroad to Australia, he found his calling. Even after 20 years of making woodcuts, he still says, “I can’t stop carving. I’ve become obsessed with the process. I love printmaking.” …and his passion shows in his work. His decision to make art become his lively hood is worth mentioning. After the death of his brother Erich, he realized the sacred meaning of life is to live it. He felt it was time to pursue his passion. Kathy Martinez, an artist friend from Johnstown, PA turned Eddie on to selling his art at music festivals and arts and craft fairs. He can often be found traveling with his family to places all over the USA. His wife Talia and children Zealon and Zuri also make art to be shared and sold while they are on the road together. He boasts, “I love seeing places across our country, “We’ve got brothers and sisters all over. That’s what makes an artist’s life so special.
www.eddiespaghettiart.com
Gabriela Ortiz
Gabriela Ortiz is a Hispanic artist living in Pittsburgh. She uses her art to share her culture and life experiences with others. Her goal is to invite collectors to travel with her via art; and feel that sense of communal connection that you can only have when you share a part of yourself with another. Her paintings are done mostly in Oil on Canvas in a style that she calls figurative expressionism.
https://www.gabrielaortizart.com
Hiromi Katayama
Hiromi Katayama, a native of Ibarki, Japan, is a professional artist currently working from her private studio in Houston, Pennsylvania. Hiromi's love for creative art was founded in the studio of her mentor, Renjoin Sensei, from the age of nine years old. Before she came to the United States, Hiromi received her BFA in Japanese Traditional Painting from Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan, in the spring of 2008. In the summer of 2008, Hiromi traveled to Pennsylvania, where she studied for her MFA in the painting program at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, graduating in May of 2012. At the close of her personal academic journey, Hiromi gained representation and found success as her galleries’ clientele received her art. Hiromi continues to create work using traditional Japanese pigments and techniques; through traditional methods and materials, and her belief in cultural foundations in nature, she hopes to share her culture and a little bit of herself with her audience. Through international exhibition and public displays of her work, Hiromi strives to influence, inspire, and educate. This vision has resulted in the permanent exhibition of Hiromi’s work in museums, corporations, and esteemed private collections.
www.hiromikatayama.com
Jana Scott
I have been taking photographs since I was a little girl, but more recently, I started creating images. This body of work started with an anxious adventure to photograph something, anything. Like much of my serendipitous life, I was at a very ordinary location that had been photographed hundreds of times. It was then I began to see, really see, the fading beauty. Rust was my first subject, exploring the temporal nature of our material goods and how our identity is often tied to possessions. Now I am exploring our clothes’ impermanence and the identity we create from wearing them. Moths that destroy our fabrics seemed like the perfect subject to blend in a double exposure with silks. A biblical principle inspired the message, and ultimately the development, of this collection I was reminded of: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will also be.” Matthew 6: 19,21 All of the image titles relate to this principle in some way. I pursue my passion for creating images in Lemont, PA.
www.janascottfineart.com
John Maurer
John Maurer’s oil and acrylic paintings are primarily scenes from Europe where he has travelled for nearly twenty years. His work is vibrant and spontaneous, with loose expressive strokes of impasto color. Pigment is applied in layers using palette knives, brushes and towels. He primarily exhibits in top juried art festivals across the United States. Some of those include: La Quinta Art Festival in La Quinta, CA, Winter Park Art Festival in Winter Park, FL, Plaza Art Fair in Kansas City, MO, Outdoor Art Festival of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, Coconut Grove Art Show in Miami, FL, Art on the Square in Belleville, IL, Old Town Art Fair in Chicago, Uptown Art Festival in Minneapolis, MN, Naples National Art Festival in Naples, FL, The Atlanta Dogwood Festival and the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in Tampa, FL. His paintings are in numerous private collections in the United States and abroad. He is currently living and working in St. Petersburg, FL and travels whenever possible. Artist Statement : An early affinity with the French impressionists and expressionists continues to influence my work along with several contemporary artists whom I find inspiring. I try to approach each new work with a fresh eye for color, line and textural variation. My choice of tools is primarily the palette knife but this has grown to include a greater use of brushes and paper towels into the painting process as well as charcoal and pastel. The subject matter is unlimited as I continue to travel in search of fresh, inspiring views.
https://www.johnmaurer-art.com/
Joshua Hoffman
I have been studying art for over 15 years. I began oil painting in college where I quickly fell in love with landscape and plein air painting. There is something special about the connection a painter develops with their surroundings when they are routinely practicing plein air painting, Through utilizing this process, I have learned to reflect not only my physical surroundings, but also my personal experiences, which often are expressed through my use of enhanced colors and bold brush strokes.
https://www.joshuahoffmanart.com/
Lisa Arkus
As a self-taught artist I use my own techniques and imagination to create my art. A combination of paints, pens, and vintage papers and other ephemeras are used on my canvases to create my stories. My love of the woods and animals find their way into my art, cats and rabbits in paper dresses, my intention is for these paintings to represent our youth and innocence. The mountains that surround my home, the darkest skies in the east coast for star gazing, have found their way into my art. From traveling birds to flying saucers the night skies is full of life.
Megan Walker
Michael Miller
My work is a never ending quest to find the beauty and truth that lies in the simplicity of rural America. Growing up, my parents took me to many Civil War battlefields. Even at a young age, the barns and wide open well manicured fields made a huge impression on me. They seemed to be frozen in time and there was something sacred woven into those places. I started painting landscapes because I didn’t know how to express my love for them in any other form. It is my hope that my work freezes a way of life that is passing, beckoning all viewers to reflect on some distant memory.
www.michaelmillerfineart.net
Mike Schiavone
Mike Schiavone is a painter that lives and works in the North Side of Pittsburgh. His hyper-realistic work is inspired by the transformative nature of light’s interaction with glass and other common, everyday objects, encouraging the viewer to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Mike also creates work that celebrates the history and cultural heritage of Western Pennsylvania.
Ray Becker
Traditional Black and White Film Photography, Wet Dark Room, Limited Edition 100.
www.throughmyeyesraybecker.com
