Melanie London’s artistic journey has been a winding path. For years, her personal artistic pursuits took a back seat as she navigated a successful career in the fashion world, first as a fashion coordinator and design director in the shoe and accessory industry, and later as a photo stylist and production coordinator. These roles served ...
Meet Annie Brown, an LA-based artist who gives the mundane a major makeover. Through watercolors, charcoals, and colored pencils, Annie has a talent for transforming everyday objects, places, and creatures into captivating works of art. And she does it all with a smile — because for Annie, her purpose as an artist is to make ...
From The Ritz-Carlton to Norwegian Cruise Lines, Kim Knoll’s work has found its way into some swanky locations. While her success as an artist came relatively quickly — within a year of pursuing painting — it was built on a solid foundation. The 19 years Kim spent as a graphic designer before turning to fine ...
Laura Hunt’s artistic journey began at age 16 when she responded to a “Draw Me Talent Test” ad. After working as a graphic designer for 30 years, the native Texan now focuses on the human form as she explores the nuances of emotion through portraiture and figurative art. Moments and Postures Laura starts her creative ...
Charles “Dennis” McKelroy has been honing his love of nature for a lifetime. Spending his childhood summers scouting and camping, he worked as a sea captain for much of his adult life, traveling the world with a camera in hand. Along the way, he developed an appreciation for the outdoors that he continues to express ...
From city streets to Death Valley dunes, the fine art photography of Eric Renard covers a lot of ground. Lately, he has focused on capturing the City of Angels, where he currently lives, with an eye on poking fun at the ’80s tune “Walking in L.A.” Stroll, Saunter, Strut If you know the song by ...
Many people would prefer to forget their cancer experience, especially one that includes misdiagnoses, chemotherapy, radiation, and a terminal prognosis. But visual artist David Brady records — and redeems — his experience via sketchbook, imagination, and a ballpoint pen. “In the Pain Cave” While going through stage 3 throat cancer, David chronicled his journey via ...
First, it was showing horses. Later, it was raising kids. After several decades of deferring her classical art education, Diane Simmons now happily portrays pets, wildlife, and people with colored pencils. She even found a way to keep her new favorite medium from fading. “Pugs and Pencils” When Diane returned to creating art, she wasn’t ...
One look at Alan Chimacoff’s photographs and it’s obvious that his architecture career shapes his work. Fascinated by everyday urban landscapes, this Princeton, New Jersey, photographer explores the real and illusory space of the manmade world — revealing humanity’s presence despite the absence of people in his photography. Geometric Cohesion As Alan captures city life ...
When John Chehak graduated with a degree in pharmacy, he couldn’t have guessed that 25 years later he would become a professional artist. Now, as he travels to juried fine art fairs throughout the Midwest, this acrylic artist blends playful, colorful creativity with sensible decisions around framing and production. Marshmallow Clouds One magazine editor described ...
For Veronica Winters, the road from Russia to Naples, Florida, was rocky yet fruitful. This prolific artist studied classical art traditions at three schools (earning a BFA and an MFA), using art to process her emotional journey. Along the way, she learned how to handle creative blocks according to their root causes. Secrets of the ...
Have you ever felt the sting of a critical remark about your artwork? When a fellow artist told Alison Thomas that her photography looked like everyone else’s, she was taken aback. But then the Louisa, Virginia, artist used that feedback as fuel, finding a way to differentiate her art and raise it to a new ...