Painter Nan Morrison works in oil, acrylic and mixed media. Self taught, her paintings express a love of color, texture, line and free form. She is a member of the Columbia Pike Artist Studios in South Arlington.
Instagram: nanmorrison
Website: www.nanmorrison.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
Glass is a beautiful luminescent medium, which is amazing to experience visually. The play of light through the glass changing its color and consistency creates visual sensations that are rarely paralleled in other materials. This play of light on glass also emphasizes the amazing textures of glass. I am drawn to the beauty in glass that comes out in its changing colors and textures. I strive to call attention to the texture and color of glass by creating a three dimensional experience for both the eyes and the hands. By layering handmade glass dots, pulled cane, and cast images on my work, I create realms of texture and layers of color that can be seen with the eyes and felt with your hands.
ARTIST BIO
Buddha Kitty Glass is the fused glass art of Steena Fullmer-Anderson. Steena has a life-long passion and fascination with all types of glass. She was raised in a small town in the San Juan Islands in Washington State, where she collected beach glass as a child. A trip to Europe in college spurred a fascination with stained glass. After returning home, Steena took her first class in glass art at a stained glass workshop. This workshop began a long and diverse journey through the numerous glass art disciplines. As a resident of Seattle, Washington Steena was surrounded by glass art. The Seattle area in renowned for its glass art community. While living in Seattle, Steena studied with many of the phenomenal glass artists in the area. After a decade of working with glass in her free time, Steena decided to leave work for the government and pursue glass art full-time. In 2008, Steena launched Buddha Kitty Glass, named after her cat who would sit at her feet while she worked on her first stained glass window. Steena is represented by Gallery Underground and GalleryClarendon in Arlington, Virginia where she also serves as Deputy Director of both Galleries.
GALLERY AND ARTIST COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIPS:
AFFILIATIONS:
Waterford Homes Tour and Crafts Exhibition, Co-Chair January 2012 – January 2013.
SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS:
“The Pratt Fine Art Center Holiday Fair” Seattle, Washington, December 2009.
WEBSITES:
Buddhakittyglass.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakittyglass/
Email: Jane.Coonce@verizon.net
Website: www.jmcelvany.com
Jane McElvany Coonce has been in the art field for over 30 years. She works primarily in oil, pastel, and terra cotta. Her favorite subjects are children, seascapes, and bridge scenes. She is particularly skillful at capturing the luminescent quality of sunlight reflecting on water and on the interplay of water and sky.
Her works are held by private and corporate collectors. Her corporate collectors include the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland and the International Country Club, Fairfax, Virginia and the Rickover Academy in Chicago. She has won numerous awards for both her paintings and her sculptures.
She has been an art instructor for Arlington County Adult Education since 1980.
Born in Washington, DC, Jane McElvany Coonce lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and three sons.
Email: kerrybritton001@gmail.com
Kerry Britton is a textile artist striving to share insights about light, shape, color and texture through wall hangings that capture her experiences in natural settings. An avid photographer, she often uses multiple photographs to create unique compositions that capture essence of place, interesting botanical structures, and the play of light on surfaces. She uses commercial and hand-dyed fabrics as well as original paintings on cotton which she embellishes with stitchwork and mixed media.
Website: http://mindfulartcreations.com
Ilona Lantos is an educator and artist, whose passion can be summed up in a few words, “art is for everyone.” Teaching and art making have been part of her whole life. She taught languages, computer graphics, music and jewelry making. When her only child, Chris died from cancer when he was 12, Ilona was devastated. Her heart broke into million pieces and she could not see any purpose of her life. She not only lost her son, she also lost her role as a mother. When she was introduced to silk painting a tiny light entered her heart. She immediately became seriously interested in learning more about painting, so she attended several workshops. With the brushes and paints she was able to express what is hard to say in words. She committed to rebuilding herself as an artist. She has studied Intentional Creativity with Shiloh Sophia McCloud, acrylic painting with Flora Aube, silk painting with Clara Graves, mandala art with Kathryn Costa and Cassia Cogger. She and her husband established the Chris Lantos Foundation in memory of their son to help kids with cancer and their families. Ilona hopes that art making will be integral part in her personal and professional life. She is a member in the Intentional Creativity Teacher and Guild and the Arlington Artists Allience.
Artist Statement
I enjoy making art that activates a sense of being in touch with my deeper self and wisdom. My work centers around the old stories that we have been telling ourselves while they control our lives unconsciously yet when we bring them into consciousness we can transform them into new legends on the canvas.
My process is based on intuition, intention and inquiry. I love to dig deep into my heart and mind until the unconscious essence of me becomes conscious and materializes into something physical to touch and see and have a dialog with. I love to express feelings with symbols and patterns.
Making art is part of cultivating self-love and learning about myself at a deeper level and authentically.