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...
Keeling, Mark

Keeling, Mark

I grew up in Albuquerque and made the transportation field my career for the majority of my adulthood. I moved around the country for 20 years and found my way home in 2010. I have had many hobbies, one of them was motorcycles. I gave up motorcycle riding about 6...
Vretenar, Natasa

Vretenar, Natasa

I was born and raised in Sarajevo, ex-Yugoslavia. I lived in a city, but spent many summer and winter breaks with my family in the country, breathing fresh air and surrounded by nature hardly touched by human hand. It was in the mountains of Bosnia that the seed for...