Category Archives: Amateur Artists
Bad girl Margie Kinsley has creativity that goes boom-boom-pow
For Margie, the wires that she uses to furl together her jewelry design have been a short fuse for the detonation of great artistic combustion. She’s not wary of blowing sky high the conceptions of herself as an artist or of experimenting with foreign mediums until they become comfortable old friends. Continue reading
Uncle Dreg adds a technicolor gleam coat to the world of photography
It makes sense that our first hearted artist of the the New Year is unbound by convention, unrestricted by fear and unwilling to ignore the compulsion to experiment. Craig “Uncle Dreg” Booth might claim not to have a clue what he’s doing, and maybe he doesn’t, but the result sure is cool! Continue reading
Thom Metz takes us to the edge of the world, and the devil may care
Try as he might, photographer Thom Metz couldn’t seem to escape his fate as a photographer of people, places and things, despite his best efforts to shift careers. It takes a daring eye to capture moments like he does. And he does it while weaving a fastidious story into what appears in the viewfinder. Continue reading
One pot, two pot, gold pot, Raku pot, courtesy of Diann Adams
Canton ceramic artist Diann Adams shows off diverse, traditional textures in modern molds. Gentle, early morning pastures slope the curves of some pieces, where others are richly swathed in an iridescent speckle. Continue reading