Mixed Mediums
After an 18 year career in architecture I began to pursue being a full time artist. I enjoy creating original artwork that is bright, colorful, and full of whimsy but most importantly, functional.
Ann Marie Rausch — Monett, MO
I am a lover of paper, color, and lettering, and
my work begins and ends with my writing, set into a bricolage of papers
-- handmade, rice, silk, lace, and tissue papers, printed papers, and
papers I have painted, stamped, or printed.
Kay Foley — Columbia, MO
Carole creates folk art in the forms of Theorem
painting, Scherenschnitte and false-graining. She designs her own patterns
to have the look of the old.
Carole Behrer— Pacific, MO
Three decades of quilting and photography have
provided Priscilla Nokes and Diana Boston with invaluable experience
in the field of design. Their experience in mosaics is self-taught but
their love for the arts comes from deep within.
Crystal Pathways — St. Louis, MO
Stain glass made by combining my love of organic
form and pattern have become the objects of my creative energy.
Elizabeth Ann Jackson Brown — Ava, MO
When I began writing poetry into the constructions I had been doing, the book seemed a logical extension. I began by taking classes in book arts and my path continues.
M.J. Goerke — St. Louis, MO
Through experimentation with assorted rice and mulberry
papers Shirley has found a favored means of expressions using unryu
paper which is watercolored and cut or torn into the desired shpaes
to be blued onto watercolor paper.
Shirley Horacek — Sedalia, MO
Kathy Nolte Orf has been practicing the art of calligraphy for over 20 years. Beginning with a degree in graphic design, calligraphy became an outlet for her creativity as well as a way to work from home when her 3 boys were little.
Kathy Nolte Orf — St. Louis, MO
I have found the effect of color on people can bring joy, peace, happiness and even giddiness. At this point in time we only produce originals, some of which can be seen in banks and insurance companies.
Robert & Peggy Aebi — Lathrop, MO
The pressed botanical collages created come from
the gardens around my home and walks along the MIssouri River bluffs.
I incorporate pressed botanicals, assorted papers, fabrics, photographs,
and the written word. The natural world is my inspiration.
Dinise Mustain — Columbia, MO
Denise loves to paint water, especially the ocean.
Growing up in Oregon, she studied the physiology of ocean waves through
a program offered by Portland State University.
Denise Smith — Union, MO
Bill Merritt, doing business as Ozarklake Distinct Décor, makes copper garden art in his garage studio north of Camdenton, MO. His specialty is hummingbird feeders but his body of work includes various garden items..
Bill Merritt — Camdenton, MO
Local hunters have become the source of an iridescent canvas, the turkey feather. Capturing the essence of life on this 3-D form has become my latest format as an artist.
Regina Robertson — Ava, MO
Gathering materials from various sources, favoring antique ephemera and other unusual imagery and text, I collage and paint a layered story merging past and present.
Mary Beth Shaw — Wildwood, MO
Combining the clean lines of contemporary design with more flowing, nature-oriented elements creates tension and excitement in my work. Sometimes I add moveable parts for fun and surprise.
Nell Kobes — Manchester, MO
Through the origami peace cranes I have fused the
decorative nature of the exquisite Japanese papers with the crane's
message of hope and transcendence.
Sonya Nicholson — Columbia, MO
Collage became an interest several years ago when I experimented with texturing sheets of polymer clay. Combining it with handmade paper and other materials such as wire, beads, dichroic glass and found objects, a series of collage collections resulted. .
Shari Walton — Springfield, MO
