Lea Lichty
I have studied art since grade school earning an undergraduate from UMC in the 80's in General Studies. My first gallery show was in Austin, Texas in the 1980's and was all computer paintings. Since then I have been a member of CAL, MMAA, and the Fulton Art House. Art and life change continuously. I constantly strive to test and grow my abilities by showing up and participating. Experimentation is a big part of my art. I recently started producing nonrepresentational art. In 2015 I attended a Jam session in Washington State by Diana Sanford. Then I started learning encaustics (hot wax) with Elise Rugolo. The piece I have submitted is a result of these experiences.
James Reese
I returned to making art after my retirement in 2017 after nearly 40 years in graphic design, printing and publishing. I learned to weld and form steel in 2016 and added that skill to my fine art degree(CSUF 1979) with an emphasis in sculpture. I have always had a interest in nature and using my art degree and new found skills began creating fish, frogs, bees and small animals in steel and bronze. I enjoy creating nature and environmental subjects in steel, bronze and wood and have began, in the last two years, working in fabric, making quilts or fabric illustrations as well.
Kerry Hirth
I create visual representations of music. The painting that I have contributed to the Patron's Party is based on a Baroque Keyboard sonata by Domenico Scarlatti, known by its catalog number K533. The title is The Boundary Layer. The pattern of colors tracks the harmony in a section of the sonata. Though true to their placement in the sonata, the colors of the harmonies have been enhanced to depict an imaginary layer between a bird's wing and the air it flies through during a summer day. This boundary layer has an aerodynamic function and although it can be studied, explored, and imagined, it permanently separates the bird from the sky.
Mike Seat
Mike Seat is an oil painter, who has a studio at the Orr Street Studios. He specializes in portraits, landscapes, figures, and still lifes. You can find Mike on Facebook and at mikeseat.com
Carrie Yonley
Carrie is a Mid-Missouri photographer that is known for sharing her vision of nature’s beauty and man’s creations through her images. As an avid photographer and lover of the outdoors, she has recorded the natural world around her for decades. In her day-to-day life, and during her widespread travels and adventures, Carrie has produced an extensive library of images from across America, capturing the spirit of the moment - of the light - of the texture, of the mood. In her portfolio, she showcases the diversity of our land – landscapes from the intimate to the panoramic, delicate Ozarkian flora, majestic images of the West, and abstractions of color and light. In addition to her nature images, one of Carrie's hallmarks is portraying dramatic cityscapes and the character of American cities and towns.
Sara Fletcher
Sara Fletcher is a figurative painter based in Boonville, Missouri, originally from western New York. Fletcher’s solo show, "Preparations", was at Prince Street Gallery in October 2019 and she has also exhibited in group shows at Prince Street Gallery. She will exhibit in a 2 person faculty show at Missouri Valley College February 18 - March 18 this year. Fletcher's painting was awarded honorable mention by Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic, at the 58th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY. She has recently shown at Small Works Invitational at Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY, in a two-person show at Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art, Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO, and at group exhibits in New York, Virginia, Missouri, and Kentucky. Fletcher earned her MFA in Painting from the University of Iowa, and a post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting from Brandeis University. Fletcher is Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Missouri Valley College. Fletcher's website is www.sarafletcherpaintings.com.
Kay Foley
When I was a child, I dreamed that my head was a railway station, filled with conductors, ticket-sellers, and people coming and going to faraway places, with trains rolling in and chugging out. My head is even more full now, much like an old woman’s closet, cluttered with boxes, pots, and jars holding all the colors, shapes, and (sometimes) words that make up my work. Spilling out onto the floor (and into my work) are my love of my three sons, the romantic movies of the ‘30s and ‘40s, my admiration for the great French artists, my accumulated hopes, dreams, and beliefs, my love of the natural world and its changing seasons, and oh yes, that place in my brain where I swear I can feel color and light.
I live in a house that needs work (help!) in Columbia MO with my two dogs &, when they are in town, my incredible sons.
Janet Mehmert
Quilter fabric artist. I come from generations of quilters. Needles thread and fabric are in my blood , I use quilting as an artistic expression in ways my ancestors would never have imagined.
Gloria Gaus
Fine Art Drawings and Oil Paintings
I feel blessed to have been born to create. My passion is color, line, pattern and contrast. My medium of choice is oil paint at this time but I also enjoy the line of graphite and charcoal. I reside in the Midwest but love to paint nearly anywhere during any season. I primarily choose the landscape as my subject since nothing compares to the freedom and intimacy of painting outdoors, on location. The moment captures all of my attention and senses. It can only be truly savored when I allow all distractions to fall away and I become enmeshed in the present moment with my subject before me. It's during these moments painting is pure joy.
Nancy Torbitt-Stewart
Nancy has lived and made art in Southern California her entire life. One result is her fascination with weather. She works in encaustic and acrylics and is currently on a streak of portraiture in both mediums. Her work has been shown throughout Southern California and she had a piece in the International Encaustic show in Santa Fe.
Larry Mehmert
Use wood as primary medium to create various decorative boxes, wall art and sculpture often enhanced with mixed media of metal, fiber and glass and finished with acrylics, stains, dyes, epoxys and lacquer.
Emily Theroff
A native of Missouri Ozark Mountains, I learned to card wool in a one room school house at Delaware, Missouri. I have been painting only a few years after semi retiring as a nurse. In the Summer of 2019 I was drawn to wool art and gave it a try. I quickly realized a special love for creating with wool, (perhaps carding wool as a child had left a place in the heart).
Lisa Bartlett
Being of a restless, creative nature, I generally have multiple projects going at once. I bounce between media, and I love to experiment. Sometimes I like to paint on very large canvases and include collage and gold leaf in the composition. I also enjoy working in three dimensions, using such found objects as old clock cases, broken ceramics, and Victorian hardware. My work often tells a story, since I'm fascinated by human nature and by what history has to teach us. Old photographs, old letters, and other memorabilia are major sources of inspiration. Finding the beauty in brokenness is the goal. I'm always looking for new ideas, new construction techniques, and new projects to get excited about. Anything that involves experimentation, anything complicated, and finally just the act of creation itself--that's what I love. Artistic History I received a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree from Columbia College, Columbia Missouri in 1988 For ten years I was the graphic designer for KOMU-TV an NBC affiliate television station. In 2001 I opened an antique store called The Vintage Shop in downtown Columbia. In 2007 I was part owner of Spare Parts Gallery. Since 2014 I have been the artistic director of installations for the roots n blues festival. Since 2009- I Own and Operate Artlandish Gallery, Manage the North Village Art Studios and am on the board for the North Village Arts District in Columbia Missouri.
Barry Gainor
Ruthie Moccia
An artist in many different mediums that have been applied to many creative endeavors; currently choosing to work in oil.
Amanda Harms
Amanda Harms is an artist living and working in the Columbia area. Her works come in various styles and mediums, but they always tell a story. Amanda is a graduate of Columbia College, and her creative focus is in writing and illustrating children’s literature.
Deni Cary Phillips
Deni Cary Phillips began shooting film, Polaroid film, at age 15 and has been at it ever since, working her way through black and white, 35mm film, all the way into the digital age. She studied photography to become a better artist with an Arcanum Mentorship, multiple online classes with Don Giannatti, and as a member of several photography groups in the Columbia area. She began showing art in galleries and exhibitions in Columbia and St. Louis in 2015, including the Tiger Hotel 'Dali' opening, and at one-woman shows at Talking Horse Theatre, Main Squeeze Cafe, and the North Village Arts District. Her favorite subjects are outdoors--nature, US and European travel, and landscape--which helps get her off the computer and into the forsaken realm of exercise. You can see more of Deni's photography on her website, 'denicaryphillipsphotographs.com', where you can also find contact information, or through the Columbia Art League's Online Artist Village, and in the CAL Community Exhibit Program.
Curtis Hendricks
Curtis Hendricks creates computer-based art using a photograph as a base. His work covers a range of style from extreme color abstract to black and white noir, often produced on metal plates. He characterizes his work as 'abstract realism'. He began as a film-based photographer, and remains grounded in composition and lighting as his aesthetic fundamentals.
Yukari Kashihara
Yukari Kashihara was born in Osaka, Japan. From a very young age she began her artful journey-- by drawing, sketching, & crafting to express herself. Art became the outlet for sharing her joy, devotion, & passion! Her interest in ceramics was introduced by her father who loved and appreciated pottery. Since she was young, her father accompanied her to ceramics galleries and shops quite often. These experiences throughout her childhood built the foundation for her aesthetics. She received a Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2003. She currently works as a professional, full-time artist, producing work at her studio in Rocheport, Missouri.
