Artist Showcase, Winter 2019

Artist Showcase, Winter 2019 features a variety of artists and their favorite piece of art. Included are artist quotes and links to their websites.

Featured Artist Silke Cliatt

In my heart, I believe, I am an embellisher more than a quilter. My quilts are carriers for passionately executed embroidery and appliqué.

Licensed Art Goes to the Wholesale Marketplace

by Carolyn Edlund Two licensed artists recently represented their work at a wholesale trade show. Here’s how their designs evolved from idea to products sold in retail stores.     Inspired by her background in classical illustration, artist Cherish Flieder started painting abstracts to grow and explore artistically. One of her designs was spotted by Anne […]

Featured Artist Elke Daemmrich

In this sense, I translate cultures and visual worlds. I am an artist who celebrates nature and the world as an aesthetically fragile but indestructible martyrdom.

Featured Artist Monica Coyne

My work is an experiment in altering my own perception of what a bar of steel represents.

Featured Artist Juliana Coles

Based on my experience as an artist living a life subject to seizure, I developed and taught “Visual Journaling,” a process that combines journal writing with art making in a book for self-dialogue. I have been teaching this process around the world since 1992.

Featured Artist Clea Witte

I specialize in equine art—it’s the heart and soul of my work. Seldom do I paint anything else but horses, both commissions and paintings that are up for sale.

3 Website Updates Artists Need for the New Year

Even if you don’t have the latest greatest website design and a super current blog, your available works, bio and list of shows should be up to date.

Featured Artist Trevor Keen

I am drawn particularly to people and animals for my subject matter and my sketchbooks are full of faces and figures, both cartoony and realistic.

Featured Artist Susan Hurwitch

Artist Susan Hurwitch creates whimsical and colorful mixed media paintings and collages featuring animal and nature subjects.

Featured Artist Mishel Schwartz

Canadian artist Mishel Schwartz’s alcohol ink paintings are sensually rich with color, movement and form.

Art Business Planning with a Reality Check

Artist advocate, strategist and educator Elizabeth Hulings talks about dreaming big, trusting yourself and staying balanced in your art business.

Featured Artist Nikkie Markle

Artist Nikkie Markle expresses a deep appreciation for the environment and her love of nature through bright and joyful paintings.

Featured Artist Katia Bulbenko

Artist Katia Bulbenko creates intriguing mixed media assemblages using a variety of techniques that blur the line between painting and sculpture.