Posts Tagged ‘Charleston’

Born in 1945, Sara Linda Poly lived in the Philadelphia area until 1977, when she relocated to Washington, D.C. She studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Arts, Montgomery College of Art and Design, NOVA Community College, and with various local and national artists. Her travels across the western United States and abroad inspired her focus…

“I paint what I find beautiful. I do not paint to be relevant, for an audience or make any statement other than the beauty to be found in the objects I choose to paint. If the viewer chooses to attach some meaning to my work, that would be their prerogative. I find that, in this…

Laura E. Pritchett began working as a fulltime artist at the age of sixteen, painting portraits and illustrating for publishers. Seven years later, Pritchett stepped away from commissions and focused fervently on developing her individual voice in fine art. Through this time of growth, she realized the value of photography to her painting process as…

The youngest of six children, Sergio Roffo was born in San Donato, Italy in 1953. His family immigrated to Boston where sometime after high school he attended Vesper George School of Art, majoring in Fine Arts and Illustration. After graduating, Roffo free-lanced as an illustrator from some time and became very successful after acquiring an…

Born and raised in Sicily, Rosso moved permanently to London in early 2000. She holds a MA in International Communications and Human Rights and worked in advertising before changing her direction to the visual arts. 
In her short but intense art career, she has won several art prizes, starting with the 2016 “Emerald Winter Pride…

“It fascinates me when art finds inspiration in art itself. Music, painting, and literature represent for me an essential nutrients to plan and to create work. I like to imagine also how a writer or a composer can be influenced by a painting to write or to compose. I often base myself on the sensations…

Kyle Stuckey began studying art during his high school years through private instruction from Lori Woodward Simons and various workshops. He later became a member of the Putney Painters where he was able to continue to hone his skills on the presence of some of the greatest artists today, including Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik.…

Nancy Tankersley began her career as a portraitist but entered the gallery scene with figurative paintings of people at work and at leisure. Currently as she searches for the unpredictable, Tankersley moves between landscape, figures and still life. Incorporating non- traditional tools , supports and technologies for her paintings she remains faithful to her impressionistic…

Steven S. Walker has been creating inspiring works of art for corporations and private collectors for over twenty years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in fine arts at Virginia Commonwealth University with a concentration in illustration. He would later earn his masters in fine arts from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Since making the switch…

Gary Weisman was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1952. He studied sculpture and drawing at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, The Art Institute of Chicago, and earned his BA from Columbia College. Weisman advanced his education through years of additional apprenticeships with notable sculptors such as, Jack Kearney, Evangelos Frudakis, and Leslie Posey. He…