Cheryl Aldridge is an artist based in Boston’s
Beacon Hill. An active participant in Museum of Fine Arts Studio Art
Classes since 1994,
she has
studied with Bill Commerford, Judy Ryan, and Carmella Yager.
After a long and successful career in nonprofit management and development at Old North Church and Historic New England, her faithful Maine Coon cats, Paprika and Wiscky, inspired her to capture their unique personalities on paper, which led to concentrated efforts to do the same for your cherished friends. All portraits are sketched by brush, using rich, intense, French watercolors known for their permanence and lightfastness. Website: www.CatDogPortraits.com |
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Betsy Baker, Stonehouse Studio, Charlestown-- Betsy hand fabricates one of a kind and limited edition contemporary art jewelry in her Boston studio. She works primarily in polymer, a synthetic low fire clay that is remarkably versatile and colorful. Her polymer work incorporates a variety of mixed media surface techniques, including alcohol inks, acrylic paint, silkscreening and image transfers. She complements the polymer with hand forged fine and sterling silver that adds dimension and textural contrast to her pieces.
Stonehouse Studio jewelry has a serene feel, achieving a zen-like balance of
pattern, color and shape. The distinctlty asymmetric and organic pieces
are simple, elegant and very wearable.
Website:www.stonehouse-studio.com
Gary A. Blau, Cambridge -Just your everyday, ordinary Boston tax attorney, raised in Arkansas, educated at MIT, who likes insects, flowers and photography, discovering the beauties of nature wherever I go.
Medium: Digital Photography
Website: www.flickr.com/photos/gab57/
Jessica Burko-- Burko's mixed-media artwork incorporates found, recycled, and reclaimed materials with encaustic medium. The artwork brings together the past and the future, attached firmly at the seams. Stitching, collaging, and layering unifies discarded aspects of life, pieces of domestic space, and non-traditional portraits, both real and imagined, resulting in winding blends of dream, fantasy, illusion, and history.
Website: www.jessicaburko.com
Carol Crouch -Hand-dyed silk: scarves and framed fine art pieces. At The Blue Orchids Studio, art is a family affair, with a mother/daughter artist team, a husband/father (Ed) who frames our gallery pieces, and a husband (Ted) who hand crafts the lovely wall hangers for our artwork!
Website: www.TheBlueOrchidsStudio.com
Arlene Greenspan, South End--Arlene works in oil and watercolor. She uses a combination of bold colors and lively brushwork to highlight the natural beauty and intensity of her subject matter. Her work is represented in private and corporate collections and she has participated in numerous exhibitions, including juried shows. Her work has been exhibited at the Currier Museum of Art, Essex Art Center, The Whistler House Museum, and many other venues.She is currently on the Board of Directors of the United South End Artists.
Murray Kohn, Fenway-- Murray is a dedicated public defender and an accomplished jazz musician who loves hiking, kayaking, and camping in the great outdoors. His landscape photography evokes the feelings of freedom and transcendence born of communing intimately with nature.
Medium: Photography
Josie Lawrence--Studied at various institutions throughout the world, and artwork is representative of locations including China, England, Italy, France, Greece and Spain. Artwork has been exhibitedby the De Havilland Fine Art Gallery, Artana Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and the John F. Kennedy Library. Reviews of work featured in Harbus "Best of Boston Art", The Boston Globe "Three Art Associations Highlight Members' Works", The Boston Herald "The Collector Within" and the Patriot Ledger "Her Paintings Bring To Mind Another Time". Named in "Who's Who in America", "Who's Who of American Woman".
Medium: Representational painting in oil Website:www.josielawrence.com Josie's Gallery info |
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Aron Leaman, Gloucester
Medium: Hand blown glass
Website: www.aronleamanglass.com/Home.html
Nancy MacCallum-- hand-cut silver jewelry
Medium: Jewelry
Website:www.etsy.com/shop/nancyrosetta
Deborah MacFail, Brookline-Using sterling silver and gold-filled beads to accentuate the natural beauty of freshwater pearls, semi precious and opaque gemstones, my designs range from the small and delicate to the large and dramatic.
Medium: Handcrafted semi-precious gemstone jewlery.
Jen Matson, Back Bay-Original, fine art photographs of Boston, shot on film and hand-printed in the darkroom by the artist.
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Chikako Mukai, Arlington-
Chikako Designs offers you a line of unique designs that include handbags, accessories, clothing, men's neckties and infant clothing. All of Chikako's handmade designs are inspired by a combination of her Asian heritage and her Western upbringing. More info...
Medium: Textiles
Website:www.chikakodesigns.com
Bernal Murillo, Dorchester
Medium: Mixed-media paintings and copper jewelry
Karol Peralta- jewelry made from Swarovski crystals.
Carolina Portillo, Cambridge-- Carolina uses recycled glass to make earrings, necklaces, bracelets, dishes, and picture frames.
Medium: Jewelry
Website:www.recycledglassjewelry.com/
Jennifer Tang-- I am a full-time graduate student with a passion for jewelry-making! Crafting is my respite after a day full of classes and providing therapy for others. Thank you to those who support my shop and my education and my future in helping others in need!
I am a second generation Chinese American, and so I know what its like
to live in a hybrid world, so I try to infuse that influence into my
jewelry and art! Many of my pieces reflect Asian aesthetics with
contemporary jewelry designs. Many of our products are made using
vibrant Japanese washi paper that is both delicate and durable, vibrant
and intricate. Most of our items not only make beautiful accessories,
but they put the "fun" in FUNctional too! We make jewelry,
purse accessories, pillboxes, and handy trinkets that can be used as
stocking stuffers or party favors!
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Elizabeth Wolfson, Back Bay- Liz is a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan but now resides in Boston. She was a permanent exhibitor at J. Todd Gallery, Wellesley and a founder and exhibitor at the former Town Gallery, Longmeadow, Ma. Her work has been used by many interior designers.
Medium: Watercolor, acrylic and mixed media.
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Fran Corso -
Medium: Pastel painting
Website:www.corsopastels.com
John Monteiro--Pen and ink drawings & scratchboard drawings
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Chikako Mukai, Arlington-
Chikako Designs offers you a line of unique designs that include handbags, accessories, clothing, men's neckties and infant clothing. All of Chikako's handmade designs are inspired by a combination of her Asian heritage and her Western upbringing. More info...
Medium: Textiles
Website:www.chikakodesigns.com
Julia Purinton studied fine arts at Harvard College and at the School for Visual Arts in NYC. After many years of corporate & residential mural commissions, her primary focus has shifted to landscape painting. Narrative rather than purely descriptive in intent, her work often elicits emotional responses to changing seasons & shifting light, her preoccupation with transience a reminder that the natural world is both cyclic & impermanent, and our experience of it both fleeting & enduring.
Medium: Oil and mixed media landscapes.
Website:www.medusastudio.com