NameDiane Jensen Business NameUpNortPhotoMedium/Art FormVisual When and how did you start making art? My father had a great appreciation for the arts, and I believe I inherited it from him. I fell in love with photography in my adolescent years, which of course was far different than it is today in our digital era, although …
Name Corey Dorrance Business Name BrownEyedAmusings Medium/Art Form Visual When and how did you start making art? I’ve made art my entire life. But as an art major at UW-Madison it became a central focus and driving passion — to always be creating. What inspires your work? Color inspires me; other artists inspire me; nature …
Medium/Art FormVisual When and how did you start making art? I started in 2016 after buying my first painting kit at Hobby Lobby. At the time, I was focusing on my mental health and my therapist recommended I find a creative outlet to help me cope with workplace-related stress, my anxiety and my depression. What …
NameElisia Lewis Business NameMcEleny Company Medium/Art FormVisual When and how did you start making art?I began creating clay art in December, 2020.I have been an artist since I was young, but had never worked with polymer before. During the beginning of the pandemic, I was looking for a way to relax, express myself and focus …
Medium/Art FormVisual When and how did you start making art? My earliest memory of making art is from kindergarten when I cut red, yellow and green circles out of construction paper and glued them to “vanilla” (manila) paper. A few years later, I began using my mom’s canning wax and egg beater to make candles. …
Medium/Art Form: Visual When and how did you start making art? I began my artistic career as a fiber artist, designing and creating pictorial quilts. I am in love with bright, pure color, both in my art pieces and in my own life. My formal degrees are in the math and sciences fields, and I …
Name Courtney Stiles Medium/Art Form Visual When and how did you start making art? Drawing and painting was an escape when I was a child. I continued to create art throughout my life and even studied at Pratt Institute for fine art in my undergraduate years. What inspires your work? I find inspiration in everyday …
Name:Sandi Noel Medium/Art Form:Visual When and how did you start making art?About 25 years ago, my friend encouraged me to put color in my drawings and I joined her in her art class with a local artist.The rest is history, I fell in love with oils.From there I took classes with well known artists in …
Name: Carol and Roy Toepke Business Name: of Collections by Carol Medium/Art Form: Visual When and how did you start making art? That’s a tough one… when did we know or realize what we did, saw or decided to make was a piece of art? When you brought home your first glue and salt christmas …
Name: Mike Riley Medium/Art Form: Visual When and how did you start making art? I’ve been creating art for as long as I can remember. What inspires your work? Originally I was inspired by my father whose art is wonderful. I’m inspired by other artists as well. It may either be by the genre, style …
