Sept 18, 2009
<p>[caption id="attachment_5008" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Kristin DeSantis"]<img class="size-full wpimage-5008" title="kristin desantis 150x150" src="http://www.lqaf.com/sandbox01/wp-content/uploads/kristindesantis-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" />[/caption]</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em> </em>Since I can remember, I’ve always been attracted to high places. My sights
were directed towards the highest mountains and gaining the physical strength to get there. Even then, getting to the
top was not enough. The reward was the downhill, whether on foot, skis or bike, going as fast as I could to resemble
flight.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">One day, I was climbing with my husband outside of Boulder, Colorado. I looked down
towards the birds that were flying below me and said aloud, “I used to be able to do that.” I then shook my head and
remembered that I am human. Birds and flight are a huge inspiration for my work, leading me to create images that are
not bound by human restrictions. My home and studio are located high in the Rocky Mountains at 8300’ in Allenspark,
Colorado. I thrive in this space along with my husband, Marc, our two boys, Storm, 13, Steel, 7, and two birds, Alice, an
African Grey and Sophie, a Green-Cheek Conure.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I started my career in art as an illustrator and graphic designer in advertising. I had always
painted on canvas in my spare time. On a quest for something new, exciting and of course, more physically challenging,
I started playing around with metal. At first my pieces were simple and monotone. Then I started adding color to give
the metal a more vibrant and luminous feel. As my color palette grew, so did my palette of power tools with which to
work the metal. Soon the painting process and metal working skills complimented each other and worked in unison.
This process continues to evolve with each new piece I create.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I am still climbing those mountains and flying back down with my husband as we train and
compete in road and off-road triathlons. After a hard day out on the race course, my studio welcomes me with a
familiar grounding. My work is influenced by the physical and mental demand of training/racing, teaching me to push
the limits of what is possible artistically with my medium.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whether participating in an art festival or athletic event, the kids and birds travel with us
when they can. We believe that the experiences our family has in our travels and with the people we meet, provide an
education that enriches all our lives.</p>
<p>Kristin DeSantis<br />
<a href="http://www.kristindesantis.com">KristinDeSantis.com</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Kristin DeSantis Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=71]</p>
Sept 1, 2008
<p>[caption id="attachment_412" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Jim Budish"]<img class="size-full wp-image412" title="Jim Budish" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/jim-budish.jpg" alt="Jim Budish" width="150"
height="161" />[/caption]</p>
<p>A Colorado native, I studied sculpture at the Art Students League of Denver and the Loveland Academy of Fine Arts,
as well as participating in ISC (International Sculpture Center) workshops at the Art Institute of Chicago.</p>
<p>I sculpt in clay on maquette size works and cast in bronze via the lost wax method. On life size and monumental
works I prefer to sculpt in low density foam with a hot-knife, applying clay to the surface before casting in bronze via the
lost wax method.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/jim-budish-at-work-in-his-studio.jpg"><img class="alignright
size-medium wp-image-3962" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/jim-budish-at-work-in-his-studio200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a>I began my artistic career sculpting representational, figurative
works, studying with and in the tradition of many of the highly regarded sculptors working in and around Loveland and
Denver, Colorado. I realized in time however, that it was neither my desire nor ambition to sculpt "photographs" in
bronze. Rather, I felt that I wanted to create my own new and unique direction in representing the human form and the
forms of the multitude of special creatures surrounding us, exploring the unique attitude, emotion and personality of
each, while attempting to capture the "Joie de Vivre" that I believe is "lurking" somewhere inside all of us. – Jim
Budish</p>
<p>Since 2000, Jim Budish's work was selected Best of Show, Best of Sculpture or 2nd place sculpture on 16 separate
occasions at nationally recognized exhibitions. In 2003, "Chauncey" (monumental sizing) was selected by the Loveland
High Plains Art Council for purchase and permanent installation in the Benson Sculpture Park, Loveland, Colorado.</p>
<p><strong>Jim Budish Studios</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.jimbudish.com" target="_blank">www.jimbudish.com</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Jim Budish Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=70]</p>
Nov 12, 2008 – 4 Hands – 1 Art
<p>[caption id="attachment_1435" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="James Babb <br />&amp; Philippe
Chambon"]<img class="size-full wp-image-1435" title="babb-and-chambon-artists150" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wpcontent/uploads/babb-and-chambon-artists150.jpg" alt="James Babb and Philippe Chambon" width="150"
height="150" />[/caption]</p>
<p>Studio Chambon originals are uniquely suited to one simple purpose: Bringing beauty into your home.</p>
<p>The artists’ open-air Studio takes advantage of the year-round mild climate of Palm Springs, California, where sunny
days and warm nights provide near-perfect conditions for working with clay. The Studio’s lush garden setting inspires
the artists to infuse natural beauty into their work.</p>
<p>Studio Chambon signature pieces are available at fine art shows, as well as direct from the Studio. A wide variety of
handmade original ceramic art pieces await you, ready to enhance your décor.</p>
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<p><strong>Philippe Chambon and James Babb</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.StudioChambon.com" target="_blank">StudioChambon.com</a></strong></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Philippe Chambon and James Babb Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=9]</p>
Jul 9, 2009, Clay Endures
<p>[caption id="attachment_3554" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Chris Bing &amp; Jan Wax"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/head-shot-of-both.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3554"
title="Wax &amp; Bing Headshot" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/head-shot-of-both-150x150.jpg"
alt="Chris Bing &amp; Jan Wax" width="150" height="150" /></a>[/caption]</p>
<p>Clay endures. Every museum displays objects of clay which have sprung from generations of potters' and sculptors'
hands - and because clay endures, we all know more about the culture from which these still-existing artifacts
arose.</p>
<p>We feel that we are part of this ancient tradition of creating things from clay, often for everyday use, and we
embellish wheel-thrown and hand built clay objects with portrait-like sculptures of creatures from the animal
world.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/chris-bing-sculpting-a-ceramic-piece.jpg"><img class="alignright
size-medium wp-image-3555" title="chris-bing-sculpting-a-ceramic-piece" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wpcontent/uploads/chris-bing-sculpting-a-ceramic-piece-300x266.jpg" alt="chris-bing-sculpting-a-ceramic-piece"
width="300" height="266" /></a>Chris is a keen observer of nature, and his desire to reveal the nature of the subjects
he chooses is evident in the detail of his work. Each piece is wholly original.</p>
<p>Jan came to clay after a career in teaching English and writing, and after a pottery course opened her up to the
pleasures of working with stoneware and porcelain. She worked her way through a ton of clay and learned to throw by
doing.</p>
<p>Moving to northern California, to a piece of land with tall redwoods, meadows and a creek, has inspired both of us
with the natural beauty of the area.</p>
<p>Our work can be seen at several galleries in Mendocino County, and at juried shows such as the La Quinta Arts
Festival - a favorite.</p>
<p>We also welcome visitors to our studio in the redwoods and you can call 707-895-2717 for easy directions.</p>
<p>We appreciate our patrons.</p>
<p><strong>Jan Wax &amp; Chris Bing<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.waxbing.com" target="_blank">www.waxbing.com</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Wax &amp; Bing Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=67]</p>
Nicholas Bernard form is everything
<p>[caption id="attachment_3112" align="alignleft" width="145" caption="Nicholas Bernard"]<a rel="attachment wpatt-3112" href="http://www.lqaf.com/sandbox01/artist-galleries/ceramic/nicholas-bernard/nick-head-shot/"><img
class="size-full wp-image-3112" title="Nicholas Bernard" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/nick-headshot.jpg" alt="Nicholas Bernard" width="145" height="150" /></a>[/caption]</p>
<p class="mceTemp">Form is everything; I stretch clay to make canvases for decoration. Texture, pattern and color are
successful additions when the shapes are impeccable.</p>
<p class="mceTemp">My inspirations are many, from the classic forms of antiquity to the simple, graceful pots made by
indigenous peoples and the work of modern studio potters. This current body of work deals with simple clean form.
Handles and other flourishes are conspicuously lacking.</p>
<p>Dramatic <a rel="attachment wp-att-3113" href="http://www.lqaf.com/sandbox01/artistgalleries/ceramic/nicholas-bernard/nick-working/"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3113" title="nick-working"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/nick-working.jpg" alt="nick-working" width="300" height="292"
/></a>color and subtle texture accentuate what I hope is a mastery of the traditional vessel form. I want to simplify the
visual experience. I seek to create flawless forms that speak of five thousand years of ceramic tradition.</p>
<p class="mceTemp">Technical Description:<br />
Thrown earthenware. Multiple firings with layers of colored slips and oxides. Gas fired in oxidation to cone 03.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Nicholas Bernard</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.nbernard.com" target="_blank">nbernard.com</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Nicholas Bernard Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=48]</p>
<p>[caption id="attachment_2823" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Rosiland &amp; Barry Hage"]<img
class="size-full wp-image-2823 " title="rb-hawaii-150-by-150" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/rbhawaii-150-by-150.jpg" alt="Rosiland and Barry Hage" width="150" height="147" />[/caption]</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Our lifestyle has a direct influence upon our work. We both grew up on the beaches of
Southern California and have traveled extensively for 40 years enjoying various tropical landscapes, sea life surroundings
and the desert in bloom.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In addition to our functional home and garden pieces, we created a series of murals, nonfunctional teapots, baskets, platters, fountains, and jars. The varied vessel forms are decorated with colors and surface
designs reminiscent of our favorite exotic locales.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2824" title="Rosiland Hage at work"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/gallery-shotsdec06-021-150x150.jpg" alt="Rosiland Hage at work"
width="150" height="150" />The process originates with low fire and high fire clay, glazes and stains. Each piece
combines wheel throwing and hand building sculpture. Metallic luster of 24-carat gold or platinum enhance the design
or lend an “attitude” to each piece. Some sculptures are embellished with cast clay symbolic objects, either hand carved
or collected from our adventures. Each completed clay sculpture is unique and entirely created by Barry and
Rosalind.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2825 alignleft" title="Barry Hage at work"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/gallery-shotsdec06-020-150x150.jpg" alt="Barry Hage at work"
width="150" height="150" />In 2006 we “retired” from wholesale and traveling to devote ourselves to our
studio/gallery/gardens and local museum exhibits and art festivals. Every year we host two annual studio open houses
in May and October… come join us!</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">We foresee and embrace the continuing evolution of our work through living, creating and
teaching.</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p><strong>Rosiland &amp; Barry Hage</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.galleryred.com" target="_blank">galleryred.com</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Rosiland &amp; Barry Hage Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=34]</p>
David Bjurstrom
<p>[caption id="attachment_2415" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="David Bjurstrom"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/davidbjurstrom-090436188721.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail
wp-image-2415" title="David Bjurstrom" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/davidbjurstrom090436188721.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>[/caption]</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">David Bjurstrom makes his home in Ashland, Oregon. Since first inspired to pursue art
as a career while in junior high school, he has spent over thirty-five years capturing the world around him.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">After early explorations in watercolor and oil painting, he came to settle on working
only in pencil. “It’s probably not the most glamorous of mediums but I find it endlessly fascinating and I’ve never felt
limited by that choice,” says David. “I am constantly challenged because there are no limits. There is a purity of
subject and a power in black and white that cannot be matched.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">His highly detailed drawings, though broadly defined as ‘western’, encompass a wide
range of subject matter from landscapes and animals to people and still lifes. “I don’t like to categorize my work or
style in any one genre. I’d rather let my collectors enjoy the work for what it is without some preconceived notion of
how it is classified.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Speaking of his technique, David explains, “While many artists draw with an emphasis
on lines, I use light and shadow—contrast—to delineate surfaces, much like a painter uses color. In that respect, my
approach to drawing is more like painting. The only lines visible are those used to portray a texture in my subjects.
They’re very rarely, if ever, used to separate one surface from another.“</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">“This approach mimics the way our eyes see the world. When one looks at an object,
there isn’t an outline that separates it from its background. The separation is achieved through variations in color,
light and shadow. Since, with the pencil, I have only black, white and shades of gray with which to work, I must rely
only on the light falling across the surfaces. It is also the light or, more correctly, the shadows created by the light that
reveals the textures of the subject.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">“A frequent comment is that my drawings look like photographs but they really go well
beyond what a photograph could be. Because, as an artist, I have the luxury to add or subtract details that a camera
cannot readily do, there is clarity in my subjects not easily possible in a photograph. There is also an undefined quality
in my drawings that, although nearly photographic in detail, adds an emotional response. That emotion is something
that comes from the artist’s hand. It results from the conscious and unconscious decisions made in the creation of the
artwork.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">David’s work is now recognized as among the very best and most innovative of
drawings in pencil., often winning ‘Best of Show’ and other top honors in some of the West’s most prestigious art
shows, including the La Quinta Arts Festival, Phippen Museum Western Art Show, Art in the Pearl, National Western
Art Show, Cherry Creek Arts Festival and the Peppertree Art Show. David Bjurstrom’s drawings and limited edition
prints can be found in private collections throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.</p>
<p><strong>David Bjurstrom</strong><a href="http://www.bjurstromstudio.com" target="_blank"><br />
bjurstromstudio.com</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">David Bjurstrom</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=20]</p>
Michael McKee
<p>[caption id="attachment_5312" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Michael McKee"]<img class="size-full wpimage-5312 " title="michael-mckee_150x150" src="http://www.lqaf.com/sandbox01/wp-content/uploads/michaelmckee_150x150.jpg" alt="Michael McKee" width="150" height="150" />[/caption]</p>
<p>My current work reflects a love for the medium of soft pastels, and an appreciation of the balance between color,
expression and technique. There is a connected energy I feel with this medium that I get from no others, and the fine
grain of pigment in my hands feels as if I am painting with the earth itself. This connection through bold expressions of
color and shape, give every stroke of my pastels purpose, bringing each piece to life. My ‘landscape’ and ‘City Light’
impressions are inspired from simple memories of moments and places, and are all created with a spirit of joy.</p>
<p>Growing up outside of Cleveland Ohio in a musical family, my Mom and Dad provided my three sisters and myself
with a strong appreciation for the joy of creative effort, and the value of art and music in the human experience. For
this, and much more I will always be grateful.</p>
<p>A National Scholastics Art Scholarship winner, and Honors graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, I have spent my
professional life as a portrait artist, Illustrator, Graphic designer/Art Director and for 15 years as Co-founder and Creative
Director of Successories Inc... the leading designer and marketer of inspirational and motivational wall decor in the
country.</p>
<p>Having accomplished all I wanted to in the commercial art world, It was time for me to embark on a new journey...
the journey of an artist whose expressions are more personal, and directed only from within. Over the last 12 years, my
wife and I had traveled often to New Mexico, and during these trips, became inspired by the range and density of color
found in the texture of the high desert landscape. For me, It was like seeing the world through new eyes, and helped
inspire my new use of color.</p>
<p>In the last 5 years I have been enjoying much success exhibiting in Art shows, Galleries and Art Festivals around the
country, showing and selling my ‘abstract impressionist’ landscapes. This success and the face to face relationships I am
able to develop with my collectors’ inspires me to paint even more enthusiastically than before.</p>
<p>On a more personal note, I am the proud father of a warm-hearted 18 year old girl named Taylor whose passion is
anything having to do with animals. Cassandra my wife, creative companion, and best friend has been my inspiration
since 1989, and we live in Wheaton Illinois with our 2 wise old dogs, Winston, and our newest member from the
greyhound rescue...‘Titleist’.</p>
<p><strong>Michael McKee</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.michaelmckeegallery.com" target="_blank">michaelmckeegallery.com</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Michael McKee Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=38]</p>
Bogucki
<p>[caption id="attachment_2481" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Bozenna Bogucki"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/bo.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2481" title="bo"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/bo-150x150.jpg" alt="Bozenna Bogucki" width="150" height="150"
/></a>[/caption]</p>
<p>[caption id="attachment_2483" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Lukasz Bogucki"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/l.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2483" title="Lukasz
Bogucki" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/l-150x150.jpg" alt="Lukasz Bogucki" width="150"
height="150" /></a>[/caption]</p>
<p>It was in 1999 when, working on a lighting design project, we got all exited about the stainless steel mesh and
discovered that it is a perfect material to use for handbags and that’s when Bo’s Art Studio was created.</p>
<p>It took us over a year to learn how to turn this very difficult material into handbags. Our first collection was purely
silver in colour thus very minimalistic. We wanted to emphasize the metal aspect of the line. At the same time, we were
afraid that this adventure can not be really a long ride because of the material limitation.</p>
<p>After a while, gradually we started to add other metals to bring some colours and later adapted number of other
techniques to bring more life and variety. We use various treatments involving ultrasounds, high temperature, pressure,
etc. In most models, multiple layers of mesh are used to create a moiré effect.Most amazing thing is, that now we have
more ideas and designs in the “pipelines” then we can realize.</p>
<p>Our line is called The Opera Collection – each model is named after a famous opera. We also design and make (of
stainless steel as well) belts, bracelets, necklaces and earrings as accompanying pieces.</p>
<p>Our newest addition is a line of larger bags, designed more for everyday use as oppose to the evening bags we
concentrated on in the past. We are based in Los Angeles, where all the work, from design to the finishing touches is
done. Every item is hand made to order. We can safely state, that there is nothing on the market even remotely
resembling The Opera Collection.</p>
<p>Trade shows: California Gift Show, Los Angeles, San Francisco International Gift Fair , New York International Gift
Fair (handmade), America’s Buyers Market, Philadelphia, Design Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Éclat de Mode, Paris, France,
Mipel, Milan, Italy</p>
<p>Art Shows: La Quinta Art Festival, La Jolla Festival of the Arts, One of the Kind Show, Chicago</p>
<p><strong>Bozenna and Lukasz Bogucki<br />
<a href="http://www.bosart.net" target="_blank">bosart.net</a></strong></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Bogucki Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=23]</p>
Patrick O’Neill
<p>[caption id="attachment_3248" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Patrick O&#39;Neill"]<a rel="attachment wpatt-3248" href="http://www.lqaf.com/sandbox01/artist-galleries/fiber-textile/patrick-oneill/2patrickoneill-
headshot/"><img class="size-full wp-image-3248" title="Patrick O'Neill headshot" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wpcontent/uploads/2patrickoneill-headshot.jpg" alt="Patrick O'Neill" width="150" height="150" /></a>[/caption]</p>
<p>As artists, designers and craftspeople, we try to cross over the borders of wearable art. We design many of the
fabrics by manipulating thread content, coloring and scale.</p>
<p>Each piece is handcrafted in our studio, keeping function and form on an equal plane.</p>
<p>For every piece; a pattern is drafted, parts are hand cut and a labor intensive process offusing on layers of interfacing
is done to give handbags their constructive form.</p>
<p><a rel="attachment wp-att-3220" href="http://www.lqaf.com/sandbox01/artist-galleries/fiber-textile/patrickoneill/patrickoneill-at-work/"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3220" title="Patrick Oneill at work"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/patrickoneill-at-work-225x300.jpg" alt="Patrick Oneill at work"
width="203" height="270" /></a></p>
<p>Each piece is sewn with hand dyed piping and unusual trim, then detailed with semi -precious stones and metal
findings. Art to wear and enjoy.</p>
<p><strong>Patrick O'Neill<br />
<a href="http://www.loneilldesign.com" target="_blank">loneilldesign.com</a></strong></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Patrick O'Neill Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=51]</p>
Peggotty Christensen
<p>[caption id="attachment_2786" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Peggotty Christensen"]<img class="size-full
wp-image-2786" title="peggotty-new-headshot" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/peggotty-newheadshot.jpg" alt="Peggotty Christensen" width="150" height="150" />[/caption]</p>
<p>Born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota my course as an artist became clear during college. I worked as a teaching
assistant at the University of Minnesota’s weaving department and studied jewelry making with Christian Schmidt at
the St. Paul Art Center. After completing a degree in Art Education in 1965, I worked as a metalsmith and jewelry
designer for 30 years. Married in 1967, I raised two children and have been a resident of Arizona since 1976.</p>
<p>The shift from jewelry to textiles began in 1986 with a series of colorful suede belts, complimented by sterling silver
buckles set with stones matching the colors of the belt. It was the first time I really got to experiment with color, and it
was addictive. I began by working my designs on cotton and from there made the transition to silk. I find that I am
incorporating many of the same design elements in my fabric that I used in my jewelry and that the layering of color on
the silk can be likened to the layering of different metals to create my designs.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2787" title="Peggotty Christensen" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wpcontent/uploads/peggotty-working.jpg" alt="Peggotty Christensen" width="240" height="277" />I create all of the fabric
by hand painting, discharge, resists, and washes. Each piece of fabric is treated like a blank canvas on which my ideas
and inspirations are portrayed. Painting each piece of fabric individually allows me to design not only a garment, but also
a wearable work of art. All of my garments begin as solid white silk. I stretch the piece of fabric like a canvas and hand
paint it using fiber reactive dyes. The fabric is steam set and washed. Then I cut and sew each piece of fabric into the
garment or scarf in my home studio, I have no employees or assistants to do the work for me. This assures that every
piece is truly one of a kind and created by my own hand. Painting on fabric has allowed me to transform the natural
images and colors that I see around me into functional pieces of art.</p>
<p>Although the creation of my art is a driving force in my life, there is a reason in my choice for designing wearable art.
For most of my life I have been fascinated and beguiled by clothing... the way it can change how a person is seen and
also the way it can change a person’s perception of themselves. One of the most exciting aspects of my art is seeing
what my garments do when people put them on.</p>
<p><strong>Peggotty Christensen</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.peggottyartwear.com" target="_blank">peggottyartwear.com</a></p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Peggotty Christensen Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=32]</p>
Virginia Louise Akin
[caption id="attachment_2667" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Virginia Louise Akin"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/work.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-2667" title="work"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/work.jpg" alt="Virginia Louise Akin" width="150" height="150"
/></a>[/caption]
I am a textile artist and designer and I personally create the imagery, color and design on the fabrics that I use in my
collection.
My canvas is a piece of white silk stretched drum tight and suspended in a frame. I apply hot beeswax resist with tools
that I create myself from copper tubes that I drill and shape into “tjantings” or wax pens. The wax lines that flow from
these tools are unique.
I primarily use the French steam set dyes to color my textiles. Artists and designers have used them for over a hundred
years. Chanel, Schaparelli, Pucci and Hermes created with them and they are still the colors of the couture. They are
glorious, breathtaking and transparent; they also allow the luminous beauty of the silk to shine through.
After each piece is finished, I roll it on a pole between layers of new print, bind it up like a big cigar and drop it into a sixfoot tall steam cooker where it will bathe in steam for five hours. Steaming will make the dyes permanent and cause the
colors to bloom. I then hand wash each one of my textiles to remove all fugitive color before personally cutting and
sewing each piece into one of my unique designs.
As I work, I visualize ancient rock walls covered in lichens and washed with minerals. I think of the earth pigments used
by ancient hands in sacred places. The movement of cloud, rain and shadow suggest pattern and texture. These
atmospheres blend with mysterious alphabets and the lost imagery of peoples long forgotten.
Each piece reflects my personal journey. I love to share this flow and process. I take inspiration from the thoughtful
commentary of those who love this art form and I look forward to creating in new ways.
<strong>Virginia Louise Akin</strong>
<a href="http://www.dalimama.com" target="_blank">dalimama.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Virginia Louise Akin Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=27]</p>
Elaine Hyde
[caption id="attachment_3506" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Elaine Hyde"]<a href="http://www.lqaf.com/wpcontent/uploads/elaine-cropped.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3506" title="Elaine Hyde Headshot"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/elaine-cropped.jpg" alt="Elaine Hyde" width="150" height="147"
/></a>[/caption]
<p style="text-align: justify;">Elaine Hyde is an internationally known glass artist. She began her career in 1969 at The
Brooks Institute of Fine Arts in California. After graduating with a BFA in 1972 she worked and trained at the Pilchuck
Glass Center under the direction of Dale Chihuly. At the time, the now-famous school was in the second year of
operation. In 1974 she opened her beachside studio in Santa Barbara. One of the very few women working in the maledominated field of blown glass, she has attained a reputation for her exquisite perfume bottles and signature silver
luster glassware.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/elaine-working.jpg"><img
class="alignright size-full wp-image-3509" title="elainehyde-working" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wpcontent/uploads/elaine-working.jpg" alt="elainehyde-working" width="288" height="216" /></a>Her work has been
exhibited around the world and she has won may awards including first place awards at the La Quinta Art Festival,
Sausalito Art Festival and The American Craft Exposition in Evanston, Ill. Her work has been published in The Corning
Museum of Glass "New Glass Review" and she recently sold one of her pieces to President Bill Clinton for the glass
collection of President and Mrs. Clinton.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>ARTIST STATEMENT:</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The current focus of my work is to combine blown glass vessels with precious metals
and gemstones. The glass base is made first then the tops are cast and fabricated to complement the piece and achieve
a total sculptural design. All glass and metal elements are created solely by myself.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em>The glass is blown, and sometimes iridized with an acid solution to create an
opalescent sheen. All of the metal is sterling silver and 14, 18, and 22 karat gold. I utilize both wax casting and soldering
techniques. The teapots are small one-of-a-kind sculptural pieces. Most of the objects are perfume bottles. Some
vessels contain wearable removable parts such as beads and pendants that slide off the tops of the bottles. These can be
worn as jewelry. I blow all of the glass, fabricate all of the metal work, and set all of the stones.</em></p>
<strong>Elaine Hyde</strong>
<a href="http://www.elainehyde.com" target="_blank">www.elainehyde.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Elaine Hyde Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=62]</p>
Josh Gelfand, Jul 1, 2009
[caption id="attachment_3502" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Josh Gelfand"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/img_9150_150x150px.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3502"
title="Josh Gelfand Headshot" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/img_9150_150x150px.jpg" alt="Josh
Gelfand" width="150" height="150" /></a>[/caption]
<p style="text-align: justify;">Glass artist Josh Gelfand lives and works in Los Angeles, where he operates Revolution
Glass Studio, specializing in hand-blown Italian-style glass pieces for interior design, architectural lighting and custom
commissions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gelfand takes a precise, personal approach to his work, and has focused for several years
on a uniquely Minimalist style. Each piece he produces captures the intrinsic properties of glass: light, form, fluidity and
color. Gelfand's work celebrates both the beauty and functionality of glass art.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/img_0561_working-withglass.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3498" title="Gelfand img_0561_working-with-glass"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/img_0561_working-with-glass-200x300.jpg" alt="Gelfand
img_0561_working-with-glass" width="200" height="300" /></a>Prior to opening Revolution Glass Studio in 2002,
Gelfand trained in glassblowing at San Francisco State University, Pilchuck Glass School and Penland School of Crafts. He
has been the recipient of several scholarships in glassblowing and in Summer 2001 apprenticed with artist Italo Scanga.
His work is exhibited at galleries throughout the United States.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Gelfand is personally dedicated to teaching the art of glass-blowing, and was a popular
teacher during his three years at Public Glass in San Francisco. He continues this tradition by offering group classes and
private lessons in his own studio.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Josh Gelfand's work is shown in galleries and retail stores throughout the United
States.</p>
<strong>Josh Gelfand
</strong><a href="http://www.revolutionglass.com" target="_blank">revolutionglass.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Josh Gelfand Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=63]</p>
Adam Neeley
[caption id="attachment_2681" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Adam Neeley"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2neeley-head-shot.jpg"><img title="2neeley-head-shot"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2neeley-head-shot.jpg" alt="Adam Neeley" width="150" height="150"
/></a>[/caption]
<p style="text-align: justify;">Beneath the richly textured surfaces of Colorado’s backcountry trails slept treasure, and
young Adam Neeley was drawn by its lure each time he went rock collecting. At twelve years of age, Adam started
teaching himself the rudiments of gemstone cutting and silversmithing. His emerging style of design showed an affinity
to Southwestern motifs and patterns. At fifteen, Adam participated in his first major art show, in Telluride, CO. It was a
successful debut, and the artist sold all of his pieces.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This experience heralded the start of an odyssey that crossed not only state lines but also
the parameters of style and fashion, as Neeley began to explore a more contemporary and less regional expression
stylistic. It was through his experience at the Telluride show, however, that Adam’s cherished pastime became his art,
and it was during this period that the lessons derived from countless youthful hours of rock hunting, cutting, and
polishing flowered into not just a skilled hobby but, rather, a personal and artistic vocation.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="adam-neeley_resize1-300x200"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/adam-neeley_resize1-300x200.jpg" alt="Adam Neeley, Fine Art
Jewelry" width="300" height="200" /></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Adam was accepted into the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in Carlsbad, CA,
considered the premier institute of gemology both nationally and internationally. Beginning his formal study of the
science of gemstones, GIA required the artist to become capable of identifying fourteen hundred different species of
colored gemstones, in addition to training him to grade diamonds. Adam was awarded a Graduate Gemologist (G.G.)
degree upon completion of his coursework, and he subsequently chose to explore the artistic nature of creation in
Florence, Italy.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There, he was accepted as a student at one of Europe’s top goldsmithing institutions, Le
Arti Orafe. Adam studied technical drawing and design, learning how to depict jewelry using many layers of watercolor
in order to create realistic models on paper. Adam is especially privileged in that he was given the opportunity of
working under the direction of highly respected Italian goldsmith, Gio Carbone.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">From this esteemed professor, Adam studied advanced and experimental goldsmithing
techniques. One of these included the closely guarded and not widely practiced technique of Iris gold alloy, which
creates a look characterized by how the metal gradually changes from royal yellow gold to white gold. Adam’s work in
Italy also covered the history of jewelry and art within their contexts of anthropology, culture, and evolution. The
richness of Italy is responsible for providing Adam with the capacity to create works that are not commercial but,
instead, jewelry art pieces.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The artist’s next stop, then, followed a logical progression to the metropolis. The bright
lights and the huge skyscrapers of New York represented an incredible change from the rural atmosphere of Colorado
and from the history-rich ambience of Florence. A favored memory includes the many hours he spent lost in the
Museum of Modern Art, wandering and observing. Standing in front of the plate glass building front and looking out
onto the traditional, turn of the century New York architecture in front of him brought to life the beauty found in
combinations of old and new, classical and contemporary.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In New York City, Neeley had occasion to refine his ability in the realm of platinumsmithing via hand fabrication of jewelry. Adding to his technical drawing work capabilities, the artist also learned
computer-aided design (CAD) from Professor Dominic Ventura of the Fashion Institute of Technology. Adam’s stay in the
big city was the opportunity to become familiar with the inner workings of the famous diamond district on 47th street.
Being in New York also introduced Neeley to the world of luxury, and it showed him how jewelry fit within that
particular center of glamour and fashion.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Adam opted to return to California and has chosen Laguna Beach to be his business center.
He proudly opened his first art jewelry gallery in July 2006 in Laguna's Gallery Row. Adam has received eight "Best in
Show” and “1st Place” awards, two Tahitian Pearl Trophies, and two Manufacturing Jewelers of America awards to date.
Adam continues to exhibit his work in art shows from San Francisco to Miami.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">His current offerings include eight different collections, and in every one, the gemstone
constitutes its focal point. More than ever, each work of contemporary art jewelry is like a small sculpture, and each
piece contains, intrinsic to its being, a narrative. In addition, these works tell the story of the artist himself, as he
expands the parameters of his creative voice through his explorations of the workings both of metal and of precious
gemstones.</p>
<strong>Adam Neeley
<a href="http://www.adamneeley.com/" target="_blank">adamneeley.com</a>
</strong>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Adam Neeley Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=21]</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/naumburg_head-shot.jpg"><img
class="size-full wp-image-1846 alignleft" title="naumburg_head-shot" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wpcontent/uploads/naumburg_head-shot.jpg" alt="Dorothee Naumburg" width="150" height="150" /></a><em>"Creating
and working with my hands has been a life long passion."</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dorothee’s passion evolved from drawing and sculpting in her early childhood into an
intense desire to become a "goldsmith" in her later teenage years. Nurtured in that quest by her painter mother
and<strong> </strong>engineer father, she embarked on a three year goldsmith apprenticeship under a Master jeweler
near Frankfurt, Germany, learning traditional goldsmith techniques of fabrication. "Convincing precious metal to
conform to my wishes by hammering, forging, sawing and soldering and the precision and patience needed to do it well,
appealed to me instantly"</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her journey brought her to the United States where she added wax carving, casting and
stone setting to her repertoire of techniques over the last 22 years. She lives in the beautiful town of Dana Point and has
become a proud citizen of the United States in 2003.</p>
[caption id="attachment_5367" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Dorothee Naumburg"]<img class="size-full wpimage-5367 " title="dorothee-naumburg_150x150" src="http://www.lqaf.com/sandbox01/wpcontent/uploads/dorothee-naumburg_150x150.jpg" alt="Dorothee Naumburg" width="150" height="150" />[/caption]
<p style="text-align: justify;">Dorothee’s jewelry boldly combines high karat gold interwoven with the rich colors of fine
gemstones and the muted hues of rare pearls. "I strive to create a sculptural feel for my jewelry. How the pieces visually
flow from all angles is important."</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Inspired by the shape and brilliance of a gemstone or the glow of a stunning pearl her
process starts sometimes with sketches, most often by using gold sheet. "Being very visual, I love to get right into it.
Working with metals and shaping them, helps me clarify my thoughts and design ideas."</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her work has been called understated and elegant and has won her 17 first place awards
at art shows throughout California.</p>
<strong>Dorothee Naumburg</strong>
<a href="http://www.dorotheenaumburg.com" target="_blank">dorotheenaumburg.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Dorothee Naumburg Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=15]</p>
Alan McNeil, Pop Culture Interpretation, Dec 4, 2008
[caption id="attachment_1483" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Alan McNiel"]<img class="size-medium wpimage-1483 " title="Alan McNiel" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/alan-mcniel.jpg" alt="Alan McNiel"
width="150" height="150" />[/caption]
<p style="text-align: justify;">Interest in art has always been a key aspect of my life. In college I realized this was a
career for which I'd have great enthusiasm, and graduated with degrees in Fine Art from Colorado State University (BFA
/1978) and the University of Montana (MA/1987).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I enjoy a wide variety of creative styles, but find my own work most influenced by modern
artists such as Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My most recent paintings involve contemporary urban landscape, and combine oil and
encaustic paint with photography. I begin by taking digital photographs, which I print in black &amp; white. These are
attached to portions of a canvas, and the entire surface is painted with combinations of oil, alkyd, and encaustic.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In working with this series I've become especially interested in advertising and popular
culture, and how those elements shape our visual environment. These paintings reflect my perception of our world
today - how it feels and might be remembered, more than how it actually appears in a photographic sense. Although
some viewpoints are reasonably correct as far as architecture is concerned, I hope the long-term effect will be as a
record of what these places felt like at this unique point in time.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">My studio overlooks the Yaak River, in the Purcell mountains of Northwest Montana. I
paint full-time during the winter months, and travel to about a dozen fine art festivals during the summer and fall. I also
work with galleries, museums, percent-for-art programs, and Artists-in-Schools residencies (funded by the National
Endowment for the Arts and the Montana Arts Council) which provide opportunities for students to work with
professional artists on short-term creative projects.</p>
Alan has been selected as the 2009 La Quinta Arts Festival Poster Artist.
<strong>Alan McNiel</strong><a href="http://www.alanmcniel.com" target="_blank">
alanmcniel.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Alan McNiel Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=12]</p>
Lisa Kristine, May 6, 2009, Dignity & Diversity
James LaCasse, The Patina of the Human, Aug 30, 2008
[caption id="attachment_395" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="James La Casse"]<img class="size-full wp-image395" title="James La Casse" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/lacasseheadshot.jpg" alt="James La Casse"
width="150" height="161" />[/caption]
Through my sculpture I reflect on the essence of what makes us human. To me, this is a realm that resembles a magical
kaleidoscope of feeling and emotion. It is the beauty, wonder, struggle, playfulness and connection that make up the
comedy and drama of the human experience. My sculpture aspires to make light of and give insight into this curious
world.
I am strongly influenced by both classical and contemporary artwork along with my study of metal fabrication, casting
and the human form. All of this helps to create an opportunity for me to physically translate my thoughts into bronze
sculpture.
This process usually flows through a certain evolution. An inspiration or idea is made into a clay “sketch” to be reflected
on. Upon reflection, I sometimes make changes to the form and it evolves with my thoughts. When the clay sketch is
ready I make a wire frame on which I press clay around while playing with the shape, form, and line. I refine these
qualities with both tools and hands until I reach a point that the sculpture is most expressive. It is then that the “lost
wax” process is followed.
<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-396" title="lacasseworking" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wpcontent/uploads/lacasseworking.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="193" />This is a system that takes the clay form
through a series of steps resulting in a cast bronze. It is then that the final creative process is realized, the patina. Heat
applied acids, chemicals and pigments are applied to the bronze surface creating colors and textures that compliment
the shapes and the sculpture as a whole. It is this quality of coloration, shape, form and line that breathes life into the
original inspiration, and allows me to share my ideas with others in the form of bronze sculptures.
<strong>James La Casse Studios</strong>
<a title="James La Casse Studios" href="http://www.lacassestudios.com" target="_blank">.lacassestudios.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">James La Casse Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=3]</p>
Youngbok Park, Jun 4, 2009, Serenity Revealed
[caption id="attachment_2929" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Youngbok Park"]<img class="size-thumbnail wpimage-2929" title="Youngbok Park" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/youngbok-park-headshot150x150.jpg" alt="Youngbok Park" width="150" height="150" />[/caption]
<p style="text-align: justify;">I was raised on a vegetable farm in Kim Po, about an hour south of Seoul, South Korea. For
many years, my three passions have been rock and mountain climbing, traveling, and outdoor photography. Having had
the good fortune to win the Korean National Rock Climbing Championship in 1983 and 1985, and to climb to the
summits of Mt. McKinley and El Capitan, I have been blessed with many opportunities to experience nature from her
most rare and serene vantage points.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">My photography combines three major elements.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The first is the tranquility of the environment itself. Each scene, whether a natural
American landscape, a Japanese seascape, or an everyday French or Italian cityscape, possesses the same zen-like
peacefulness that I experienced while growing up on my family's farm, and later in life when climbing and camping out
on remote mountaintops. I strive to capture and share this serenity with my images.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2931" title="Youngbok Park"
src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/youngbok-park-3-300x225.jpg" alt="Youngbok Park" width="300"
height="225" />The second element is the "picture within a picture" that is, a dominant abstract pattern which is
distinct from, yet related to the overall image. Because such patterns reveal themselves only through thoughtful and
patient observation, and because we frequently move through such scenes too quickly to recognize these patterns
consciously, it is my challenge to identify and capture these patterns for the viewer.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Technical excellence is the third element. First, I pre-visualize exposure values using the
Zone System, which I studied in Korea under a leading master photographer. I then compose and capture the scene with
a Contax 645 medium format film camera or a Linhof Master Technica large format(4X5) camera. Next, I personally
hand-process my exposures with the Jobo CPP-2 system, and then hand-print each image using either fiber- or resinbased archival papers. Finally, I mount, mat, sign, number and frame each piece by hand.</p>
I am happy and privileged to share my many images with fine art photography collectors from around the world.
<strong>Youngbok Park</strong><a href="http://www.youngbokpark.com" target="_blank">
youngbokpark.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Youngbok Park Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=41]</p>
Tanya Doskova, Image is Everything, May 22, 2009
[caption id="attachment_2748" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Tanya Doskova"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/tanyadoskova_head-shot.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image2748" title="tanyadoskova_head-shot" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/tanyadoskova_head-shot.jpg"
alt="Tanya Doskova" width="150" height="150" /></a>[/caption]
<p style="text-align: justify;">Image transcends trough time, space and techniques. The image that tells the story is
always to be remembered.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Tanya Doskova is a Bulgarian-born artist living in Vancouver, BC. She holds a Master of Arts
degree in printmaking. In 1990, Tanya moved from Sofia (Bulgaria) to London, UK, where she was featured in three solo
exhibitions in Soho and had her work presented in more than 20 group exhibitions.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In 1995, Tanya won the John Purcell Prize for best lithography (London, UK). The following
year her artwork won the Cannon Canada Gold and the Cannon Canada Merit Awards from the Canadian Association of
Photographers and Illustrators (CAPIC).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">In 1997, Tanya won three other major Canadian awards, including the Adobe Systems Gold
Award, the Cannon Canada Bronze Award, and the Readers Digest Merit Award for Editorial Illustration.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">From 1998 until 2002 she did computer animation and special effects for the film industry.
Tanya worked in U2 and Ridley Scott's post- production house, The Mill, and also in Jim Henson’s Creature Shop in
London UK creating special effects for the Hollywood motion pictures: 'Enemy of the State', 'Babe 2', and 'Pitch
Black'.</p>
<strong>Tanya Doskova</strong>
<a href="http://www.fineartoncanvas.com" target="_blank">www.fineartoncanvas.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Tanya Doskova Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=30]</p>
Jason Napier, Passion in Permanence, Dec 9, 2008
[caption id="attachment_1567" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Jason Napier"]<a
href="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/jason-napier-headshot1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1567"
title="jason-napier-headshot1" src="http://www.lqaf.com/wp-content/uploads/jason-napier-headshot1.jpg" alt="Jason
Napier" width="150" height="150" /></a>[/caption]
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jason first recognized he had a strong interest in sculpture while working at a bronze
casting foundry in 1993. Never before being exposed to art, he soon learned that this experience would change his life
forever. The process of casting and applying patina’s was so inspiring to him that he began spending late hours after
work creating and casting his own pieces.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Within a few years he had created a small body of work and most importantly established
his own recognizable style. Since wildlife had always been a strong influence in his life, he choose to focus on it and
show each animals character in a way no other artist had.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Today, Jason is known around the globe for his stylized collection of wildlife sculptures.
His smooth surfaces, graceful lines and carefully selected high polished areas accentuate motion and give life to some of
nature’s most beloved subjects. Jason applies a patina finish to suit each animal and are so unique they have given him
a reputation amongst his collectors and peers alike. His trademark patina finishes have taken years of experimentation
to develop and along with his distinct style have gained him notoriety in the art world.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Jason is even more passionate today about his work and strives to make an impact with
each new piece. The challenges of working in bronze, seems to be a driving force for Jason and continues to be his
medium of choice. Its strength, permanence and ability to produce color are important qualities. However, the
expression of the form and the feeling it portrays is crucial and must be presented in such a way that it evokes emotion
in all of us.</p>
<strong>Jason Napier</strong>
<a href="http://www.jasonnapier.com/" target="_blank">jasonnapier.com</a>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Jason Napier Gallery</h2>
<p style="text-align: center;">[nggallery id=13]</p>