Ellen Sachtschale who lives in Clayton California is best known for the natural forms of her Garden Vessels and Blessing Bowls. She shares her original ceramic techniques in workshops and in courses she teaches at Civic Arts Education in Walnut Creek, CA and at workshops throughout the U.S.
Donna Gordon works with glass and it is such an amazing material to work with. It can be transparent or completely opaque and any variation in between. It is resilient yet fragile, we use it for protection from the outside environments in our cars and homes, and it can be made so thin that it flexes as in fiber-optic cables and insulation or delicate like the finest thinnest blown goblet. Molten glass is a conductor of electricity and in its solid state it is an insulator. It is incredible that when this material is heated to 2100 degrees you can change it with a simple breath of air, but there is no direct contact, only tools. It can be worked in various stages, being hot, warm and cold. The possibilities are truly endless! Donna’s inspiration comes mainly just from living, it can be as simple as a texture, a color, the way the sun is casting a shadow, the crisp smell of fall. These gorgeous hearts come in several sizes, colors and they stand up to catch the light.
Heather’s paintings are the product of decades of observation of people, environments, animals and textiles. Although she was not able to obtain a formal education in art, all her studies of the natural world in addition to the works of great artists including the renaissance masters, the pre-raphaelites of the late 19th century and modern masters have influenced her work in a way she couldn’t imagine getting in a classroom.
Themes in her work include religious symbolism, fantasy realism, equine and wildlife, and bold reworking of Disney characters. Her process in painting is constantly morphing as she applies new techniques, but most often consist of a multitude layers of paint and glazes (as many as 20 or so in some cases) to reach the desired depth and detail that dominates her work.
Shared and collected around the world, Heather Edwards paintings are constructed in the midst of a bustling family with five children near Portland, Oregon. Regardless of the challenges, her art has gone on to get the attention of USA Today and the LA Times, garnered contracts with Disney Fine Art and Fantasy Con, and received international recognition and awards from respected organizations such as Lucca Comics & Games, Art Renewal Center, Artist’s Magazine and Spectrum, among others.
Hand-crafted rings by Sarda and their designer Janyl Adair are just stunning. Sarda creates with sterling silver, they also use semi precious and lab created stones, these stones have been faceted in such a way that their sparkle is stunning and flashes with the light as you move. Sarda also carves Mother of Pearl and sets these in sterling silver as well. Come see this amazing collection of beauties and see what one fits you perfectly.
Four Sisters Art Glass studio is in Monroe Oregon, master glass blower Primitivo Escobedo is the creator of these gorgeous pieces of functional glass. Primitivo started his glass blowing career in 2003 with Gazelle Glass, when it closed he created Four Sisters Art Glass, named after his four daughters.
Come take a look at these fun and functional salt and pepper shakers that can give your table a spark of color!
Deborah Childress creates minutely detailed frames, boxes and mirrors and each piece is created by hand, using a botanical or abstract themes in a contemporary style. Her frames, boxes and mirrors are individuality cast using a fiber reinforced gypsum cement that provides a structurally strong piece, that is relatively light.t. Each unique piece is finished by hand using four to six layers of metallic pigment. The tops of her boxes are cool the touch and feel like metal.
These gorgeous boxes are great for gifts and give dimension to a table or a nightstand, they can hold jewelry, change or something that is a precious keepsake. Come see this new collection and pick your favorite.
Monte Trevor Carlton was born in 1972 in Olympia, Washington State. Although he took up painting in high school, the first artistic passion that Trevor embraced was acting. He decided to forgo an art scholarship in favor of attending a dramatic arts scholarship at Skagit Valley College.
Trevor next attended the Lee Strasberg Acting Workshop. The following year he relocated to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Amidst the chaos of auditions and callbacks, Trevor paid the bills by working in a custom furniture store, specializing in antiquing and faux finish designs.
It was here that a style was born. Using reclaimed lumber as his "canvas", he started painting images of vintage Americana with subjects ranging from pop icon celebrity to the hey day of jazz.
After numerous gallery shows in Los Angeles and private commissions he has now combined his unique style to that most American of symbols, MICKEY MOUSE. Along with a series of classic lobby card paintings, he has also created a performance piece that has him painting a large canvas of our favorite Disney characters in a matter of minutes.
As a rising star in the art world, Tim Rogerson casts his artwork with an evident energy and passion. Inspired by Modern artists, from the Impressionist works of Degas to the Cubist paintings of Picasso, the North Carolina native has embarked on an artistic journey that has taken him from Degas to Disney to darling of the industry.
Born in Orlando, FL, Mr. Rogerson moved with his family to North Carolina at the age of four. His father, who at the time, was employed by Walt Disney World as Show Director in charge of managing the parades and performances in the Magic Kingdom, made every day a magical adventure for the future artist. “My father taught me how to draw Mickey as soon as I could hold a pencil and I’ve wanted to be a Disney artist ever since.” says the artist.
Mr. Rogerson was accepted into the prestigious Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, Florida. Early in his studies, Mr. Rogerson gained the reputation as an upcoming artist and influence in his own right. He studied the old masters approach to oil painting while at the same time, explored the expressive paintings of the modern masters. Bringing both approaches together of traditional and modern painting would earn him his spot in the Best of Ringling exhibitions in 2003 and 2004 which is the highest honor for a student.
After graduating from Ringling College of Art & Design in 2004 with a BFA, Mr. Rogerson began his career as a Character artist at Disney. He was the last artist to be hired and trained by Disney Legend, Ralph Kent, who was one of Mickey Mouse’s official handlers, also known as “The Keeper of the Mouse”. Rogerson says, “One of the best times of my life was getting to learn the Disney way of drawing from Ralph at the studio, even when he made me draw 1000 circles on my first day. It was a dream come true to work with an artist who worked with Walt.”
With the help of Collectors Editions, exclusive publisher of Disney Fine Art, Mr. Rogerson has been taking the art world by storm becoming one of the top collected Disney Fine Artists of today with his works selling in galleries all over the world. His modern twist to classic Disney characters has won critical acclaim by the trade and his peers. His art style, Contemporary Cubism, is a combination of all the masters from Picasso to Warhol to Basquiat. “My paintings are like a jigsaw puzzle with each piece being its own artistic movement”, says the artist. “One puzzle piece might be a row of vertical lines inspired by Lichtenstein next to another puzzle piece of impressionistic brushstrokes inspired by Monet. It’s a playground of styles and influences that all come together to capture these colorful characters we all love so dear.”
Mr. Rogerson’s first official title would come at 23 years old as the youngest artist ever named Official Artist of the Winter Olympics in 2006 alongside world renowned artists Peter Max and Alfred Gockel. In 2009, Mr. Rogerson was named Official Artist of Disney’s first ever D23 Expo where he created his most ambitious work, “In The Company of Legends,” which now hangs in the Disney archives as an original piece of Disney history. Mr. Rogerson has also been the Official Artist of Epcot’s International Food & Wine Festival, Disneyland’s 60th Anniversary, and Mickey’s 90th Celebration. For Mr. Rogerson, one of his highest honors came last year when he worked with Oprah Winfrey to paint her portrait as Mrs. Which from the film “A Wrinkle in Time.”
Disney and Sunglass Hut are currently filming a behind the scenes look from inside Mr. Rogerson’s studio as he paints the next exclusive work of art for the upcoming D23 Expo in 2019.
Floy has been fascinated with both drawing and nature studies since childhood. She majored in biology in Carleton College, MN, and became interested in watercolor painting and Asian art during a summer program in Japan. Her Master’s thesis in marine biology from University of the Pacific required learning scientific illustration techniques and this led to a career as a biological illustrator.Her paintings have won numerous awards in national shows and have been accepted twice into the prestigious “Birds in Art” exhibition at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin
With an emphasis on meticulous craftsmanship and timeless design, each one of Christine’s pieces is carefully handmade and imbued with the spirit of the ocean.
All of the sea glass used in her jewelry has been collected on the pristine beaches of Hawaii, Puerto Rico and California. She does not alter, cut or condition the sea glass in any way. Each piece looks exactly as it was found, its shape and surface created solely by the powerful force of the sea.
