About Ann: Nature's vibrant colors and radiant light call me to paint. I concentrate on composition and use a loose, painterly approach, which allows the viewer to engage with the painting. My mediums of choice are both oil and ink with watercolor.

After receiving an Economics degree from Denison University, I continued my studies at Cleveland State University to develop my interest in art. More recently, I have advanced my technique with mentors including Joe Lombardo, Fred Fochtman and Steven Walker. I am a member of the Worthington Area Art League, Central Ohio Plein Air Society, Dublin Area Art League, Urban Sketchers of Columbus and Rick Dziak's "The Group".

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Britt Hallowell’s mixed media encaustic paintings are highly textural and usually focus on organic themes such as nature, animals and trees.  She uses beeswax, damar resin (a natural tree sap that acts as a hardening agent), oil paint, India inks, collage, and antique found objects.  Each layer is carefully applied and heated with a blowtorch to fuse the layers together.  The results are multi-dimensional and can never be duplicated. “I love creating heavy textures because it allows me to create minimalist designs with bold contrasts that are simple and yet very intricate in their nature.”

Her goal is to evoke positive emotions through use of imagery, color and tactile sensations.  Britt tries to create art that is warm and inviting for the viewer. Britt is a self-taught artist.  “I did not want to be taught someone else’s way to create.  I’m not constricted by rules, but instead I’m able to try anything and everything and learn from my own successes and failures rather than someone else’s.  Oftentimes it’s the mistakes that make something beautiful!

Britt lives in Columbus Ohio with her husband, daughter and two dogs.  When not painting or exhibiting at art festivals, she loves to travel the world, decorate and drink a good glass of wine (or two).

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The materials I work with are magazine collage, acrylic paint, charcoal and cloth. The patterns and odd configurations of things I stumble upon are an integral part of the process of changing my original design, always leaving a doorway open for an element of chance. A number of images have more of an emphasis of paint over cut paper. Though the collage elements are integrated sparingly, they often set the tone for the rest of the design.

Robert’s work will be on display from October 12 - November 6, 2018

Robert Coomer is an internationally recognized, award winning photographer who grew up on a farm in Brown County, Ohio. Art has always been a part of his life and in 1994 he graduated with a BS degree in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning.

He draws from his farm roots to shoot images of backyard wildlife, old barns, farmscapes, and scenic landscapes in Southwestern Ohio and Eastern Kentucky. His work is an exploration of light and subject, and discovering beauty in unexpected places.

I find beauty in age and decay, and then reproduce it in a way that maintains a sense of time and place. To do this, I use distressed steel as the basis of my pieces. It can take up to 3 months to build up the rust and patina patterns on each piece of steel and then up to 12 hours of surface work to strip and reveal the damage done. Once I have my surface, the image is printed to the metal with various techniques, and then float mounted on stained wood using distressed bolts that maintain the aged and worn appearance. Through this process I am able to create an emotional connection to the image, and produce a piece authentic enough to look as though it had been stolen from the scene and presented to the viewer as an artifact on display. The work is modern and industrial, but is equally at home among antiques and more traditional settings.

I am a self-taught multi-media artist. I experiment with different paint mediums on canvas to push my creative process. Rather than using brushes in my work, I use unconventional items to move and manipulate the paint. Water also is used in the creation of my work, which brings the fluid motions in my abstractions to life. I am inspired by work with movement and color, I strive to create similar movement and fluidity in my own work. I use nature as a direct influence in my work as my palette reflects a variation of blues and greens. I really hope you enjoy my work as much as I do creating it.

Adam Kolp was born in Westerville, Ohio, in 1978. As soon as he could hold a pencil, he started drawing and doodling. Adam’s desire to create led to a childhood dream of becoming an artist. When he was in high school, his vision started to decrease and he was diagnosed with Kerataconus, an eye disease that affects the structure of the cornea and causes vision issues. After graduating from high school, Adam continued his education at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, studying Visual Art.

Even though his vision became a constant struggle and he was placed on the cornea transplant list, he still continued on at Otterbein, taking classes and making artwork. After two cornea transplants and a pending graduation, Adam decided to return to Otterbein College and get a degree in education so he could share his love of art. Adam is a Middle School art teacher in New Albany. Adam enjoys sharing his passion for art with his middle school students so much that his job doesn’t feel like work. Adam also has established himself as a local professional artist, creating many original and commissioned pieces of art work.

The struggle that Adam endured with his loss of vision has given him a unique view on life and living. He is constantly creating; drawing, painting, wood burning, researching new ideas and techniques, finding a new life for reclaimed materials, or falling back to how he started in 1980, doodling in a sketchbook.

I received my undergraduate degree from Bluffton University and my Masters degree from the McGregor School of Antioch University. In addition, I have studied painting at the International School of Art in Umbria, Italy. I currently paint, teach high school art and live near Urbana, Ohio.

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Art is a part of who I am. Painting has always been my first passion followed closely by photography. For over twenty years, I have been creating works of art in both mediums, and I strive to become a better artist with each new painting and each new photograph. Over the last few years I have begun to infuse parts of each medium to create abstract paintings based on images found in nature. I never try to recreate exactly what I see, but to express the feelings I get from a scene. My goal is to portray the atmospheric qualities of a scene without giving away every detail.

When I show a piece I want the viewer to connect with the painting by adding their own feelings to it as well. I want it to remind them of something familiar. This makes it more of a personal experience for them. When I look at my work I want to be reminded of what originally inspired me about it. Whether it was late day sun creating long shadows over a field or simply the way a group of elements work together, if I look at the painting and get that same feeling, I have accomplished my goal.