Jan, Feb, Mar - Featured Artists

Thomas Ott
Thomas had an interest in art at an early age.  He began drawing and creating things from paper and wood while bedridden with rheumatic fever at a young age.  While in school, he advanced  his skills, built confidence and was inspired to further his art studies  In High School  he was awarded two scolastic Gold key awards for drawing. 
    As his career continued, he  worked at a local sign company which helped hone his skills.    He entered  a variety of local art shows and won numerous awards for drawing and painting.   His first "one man "art show featured watercolors.  He found pastels to be challenging and rewarding.  One of his paintings was accepted to a National exhibit in Pittsburgh, and later the same year he was accepted to the Degas Pastel Society and the Great Lakes Pastel Society.  His pieces have been exhibited by both organizations.  He continues to do commission work such as large murals.  His murals include scenery at two Sugarcreek Restaurants and at Quaker Steak & Lube in Sheffield, OH.  .
   He studied sculpture at the Cleveland Institute of Art.  One of his pieces was accepted to the MAY SHOW at the Cleveland Museum of Art.  Many of his early sculptures were welded steel, more recently his interest has turned to exploring other mediums such as stone, clay and concrete using new molding and casting techniques.

Richard Owens
Always searching for the colorful and unusual, Richard found himself painting what he wanted, truly one-of-a-kind contemporary, mixed-media abstract paintings.  He uses makers, spray paint, acrylic paint, and found objects on canvas, card stock, wood, exotic paper to create his work which leaves one to wonder and interpret whatever they feel.

Gary Zack

Gary Zack's Color Pot series involves rich, vibrant colors, dichroic inclusions ad 23 Karat gold leaf surface applications.  These forms require multiple layers of color in order to maintain the vivid contrast between exterior and interior surfaces.  The painterly application of black threads gives the vessels a sketchbook quality. 

Each Color Pot is individually handmade by Gary Zack, and is considered a One-of-a-kind vessel.  No two are alike.  The pieces are signed, cataloged with photograph, and studio registered.                    
                                          

Chuck Wimmer
The art work by Chuck is hand drawn on a computer using an electronic pen.  It is published as archival quality prints which are all ORIGINALS -- not scanned reproductions.

They are specifically designed to be produced in this manner, and as such, are the first physical representation of the art.  The computer is used as a very fancy drawing tool.  Technology now allows for extremely high quality printing with an archival life of approximately 100 years! 

Chuck has sold his work at shows in Ohio, New York and many other states across the country; collectors of his work are all over the world.

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Posted on 01 May 2009 by Rita Telaak