vanWestrienen, Dana

vanWestrienen, Dana

Pencil on paper, paint and brush are the tools I use to make either an inner emotional landscape or to express the emotional way an actual landscape makes me feel.  The tension between these two real places prompts me to create, to imagine, to complete the vision I...
Baness, Stephanie

Baness, Stephanie

I grew up in Illinois, graduated with a BFA from Loyola University, Chicago (Mundelein College), and studied glass at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. Although my degree is in fine art, I did not fall in love with creating until I began to work with glass. When...
Kuhn, Betsy

Kuhn, Betsy

From my earliest memories, it was the image, rather than the words or even sensations, that captured and directed my energy to create. I explore color and value often with an interest in landscape. I find life drawing class is the best training for whatever I’m...
Bothne, Janet

Bothne, Janet

Janet Bothne has been ‘weaving’ color in her vibrant works for over 2 decades. Her focus on the paint itself being the subject matter has taken this former realist into a new practice that balances gut vs. brain, chaos vs. organization and a zen-like approach which...