[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Jill Calver Blue Springs, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.crookedfingersstudio.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Bio: Jill Calvert is the artist behind Crooked Fingers Studio. She knew from a very young age that art was her passion! Shestarted her career almost 50 years ago as a large-market fashion advertising artist and has enjoyed the many twists and turns living a creative...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Lori Huddleston-Morris Decatur, IL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.lulusdesignsjewelry.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Bio: I use bead embroidery to frame and elevate a semiprecious stone by stitching beads around each focal to highlight its beauty using the stone to guide the composition.  My work blends...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Debbie & Jon Thompson Lampe, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.etsy.com/shop/debbiesbirdhouses [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: High fired stoneware clay. The houses and feeders are thrown on the wheel. The cat faces and toads faces are added after. The nests are clay and added...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Yuliya & Ari Wolf Hartford, WI [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.wolfleathers.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: Oil-tanned leather is handpicked specifically to gather unique colors and imperfections. I cut this leather to my designs and match it to accents that create a dialog between...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Jack Walker Jr St. Louis, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: jacksartstudio.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Bio: I began drawing at a young age and I received some attention for my drawings very early in life.  This fueled my passion for art and drawing became a...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Adam Weiss Fort Calhoun, NE [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: www.adamweissart.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: Copper patina paintings using chemical reactions, heats and a grinder to pull out coppers natural beauty. Outdoor sculptures are similarly created mimicking nature’s beauty and abstract forms.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="100px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Dominique Cloutier Independence, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Bio: Dominique Cloutier is an insect taxidermy artist who repurposes vintage and antique clocks and other items to create a beautiful forever resting place for nature's relics. [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: Butterfly and insect taxidermy art in repurposed...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Philippe Laine Palm Beach Gardens, FL [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: 100% original hand painted silk no print or screen involved since 1986 no employé ,created by myself[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="100px"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] David Hoffman Saint Peters, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Artist Website: hoffmancustompens.com [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: I design and handcraft fine writing instruments, functional art. This is a combination of unique materials and skilled workmanship. The material I use are figured woods, acrylics, and mammoth...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Emily Cross St. Louis, MO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""]Artist Statement: I use a standard #11 x-acto knife to hand-cut paper artworks. Everything begins as a solid sheet of paper, and I cut out areas until I reach the finished piece. All materials...