Rediscover 16 Stark County Artists at Heart Stark Art!

We’re taking a week off this week to give you the opportunity to REDISCOVER the 16 talented Stark County-based artists that we’ve hearted to date. So far, Heart Stark Art has recognized fine, professional artists as well as emerging, amateur artists representing a variety of artistic media – and there’s more in store in the coming weeks!

Visit the gallery and browse the collections of these artists, and be sure to spend some time revisiting their feature articles. Take the time to rate them, or leave a comment so they know what you think of their craft. And keep in mind that the holiday gift-giving season is almost upon us – there’s no better gift than the gift of unique local art.

Do you know an awesome artist who is living, learning and creating in Stark County, Ohio? One that should be represented at Heart Stark Art? Spread the word and send them our way, it only takes a few minutes to submit a portfolio online.

Tune in next week as we unveil artist No. 17 in our Stark County arts family.

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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 these moments like he does. There’s no “fortunate accident” in his shutter work, he photographs while weaving a fastidious story into what appears in the viewfinder.

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Renie Britenbucher packs a powerful palette of whimsy, quirk and euphoria

Imagine channeling the sum total of a person’s inner peace and love onto a canvas. Imagine bright, raw hope coloring the sun, and the landscape being dappled by generosity and jubilation.

North Canton artist Renie Britenbucher packs a powerful palette of whimsy, quirk and euphoria into all she brushes.

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Lynn Digby paints your essence and she does not miss a thing

John Keats said “the excellence of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeables evaporate, from their being in close relationship with beauty and truth.”

Alliance artist Lynn Digby’s intensity is outshone only by her ability to evaporate the features of her subjects, reconstituting them with an aura of true merit that we can take along with us.

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