Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Derrick Snodgrass
San Francisco, London and Mexico City. He enjoys drawing and painting surreal kaleidoscopic landscapes, as if
seen from the passenger window on a trip to a fantasy world of somnambulation. Previously situated in the Bay
Area of California, he currently resides in Louisville, KY.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Evan Patterson
Monday, November 28, 2011
Lisa Austin
Lisa Austin has been a mixed media artist since 2003 after leaving a studio career as a potter. It was a difficult change because she had won many national and regional awards with clay but her health precluded her from continuing in that medium. She turned to mixed media assemblage as her new art form with the help of scholarship and grants. She has exhibited in international assemblage shows in Europe and America as well as participating in the International Wearable Arts Show in Los Angeles, California. She has also received numerous awards for her assemblage and has been featured in magazines and books about mixed media. She has work in private collections and has been featured in eighteen single and group shows both locally and nationally.
“I love the idea of encapsulating a moment in time with objects, words, and images: whether it is an emotion, a social commentary, a piece of history, a person, or a place. To capture that moment and to keep returning to it because it evokes a feeling is my purpose in making mixed media. I want the viewer to think about the piece, have feelings about the piece, and to make art part of the collective experience. It is leaving a piece of time and our world behind in its physical form as well as in memory.”
Friday, November 25, 2011
Glenna Pfeiffer
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tammy Burke
In the age of immaterial communication, Tammy Burke believes in the power and place of the static object. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Herron School of Art in Painting and a Master of Arts in Media Communications from Webster University. She works in varied two and three-dimensional media, including painting, textiles, sculpture, and photography and has exhibited regionally. She works and lives in the Louisville area.
"The Maker's Mark distillery experience begins long before reaching the property with the winding, somewhat dangerous, pastoral roads and I wanted to reflect that in "They wait." This perspective is a created one, informed by my own photographs, Google satellite images, and photographs and videos found on the web. This image references all of the elements important in the creation of Maker's Mark bourbon whisky and was inspired by multiple distillery visits."
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Nathan Morgan
Nathan Morgan launched his career in woodworking in Birmingham, England. A third generation woodworker, his experiences in the Cotswold craft traditions of masonry and woodworking strongly influenced his pursuit of fine art carpentry.
He relocated to Louisville, Kentucky in 2000, and has since built a reputation in modern custom design furniture, retail space, cabinetry, and historic renovation. Recent installations include the Wiltshire Pantry on Market, the Home-O-Rama at Locust Creek, the Waterfront Park Place Penthouse, Basa Restaurant, the green building Java, and the Louisville Visual Art Association.
Nathan is committed to utilizing sustainable, green building methods, featuring use of reclaimed and alternative materials locally sourced. His influences blend historic European craftsmanship and the Bauhaus movement in modern furniture design; while his work aims to showcases the seamless, organic beauty of objects forged with the form and function of both the organic material and design space in mind. He recently launched Salvo, a hand to home collective featuring handmade, functional art, which opened in July 2011.
Monday, November 21, 2011
David Metcalf
David Metcalf earned his BFA from the University of Louisville in 2001. His primary mediums are painting, sculpture, and photography. In 2002, he began designing and making furniture with Pattern Shop Design, a four man collective in Beloit, WI. His work at Pattern Shop centered on reclaiming wood and metal industrial patterns from an abandoned paper mill. He returned to Louisville in 2004, and joined Birdsquare Carpentry, where he focused on custom cabinetry and furniture from reclaimed materials.
Presently, he is maintaining a practice in studio art, custom furniture in Louisville, KY. His work has been exhibited in galleries in Chicago, Louisville, and throughout Wisconsin. In July 2011, David’s work is featured at Salvo, a hand to home collective featuring handmade, functional art.
“The inspiration for this piece primarily came from the maker's mark label paper. I responded to the warm tone and texture immediately. I decided to create a lamp that showcased the barrel staves and the label paper as the inherent Maker's Mark icons that they are. The minimal armature attempts to subtly suggest sculptural form without distraction. Choosing the red cloth wire just seemed obvious. “