NSAA - North Shore Arts Alliance

Samantha Aldrich
I am a self-taught artist from Kennedy, NY. I have been drawing since I was a kid and after learning several different mediums in high school, I mainly do acrylic landscape paintings on canvas. I have a more contemporary style to some of my landscapes, where I use very bright colors. Some of my flower or nature scenes are somewhat abstract. I also do realistic landscapes. I enjoy using reference photos that I've taken in the area and painting them. I also did a 24"×48" monotone blue elephant that I sold in December. I've sold at least 75 paintings over the last two decades. I was recently accepted to be featured in a new bar, restaurant, artisan market opening in Buffalo, NY this spring, called The Nickel Plate.
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Dale Anderson
I am a self-taught welder/artist who has been making garden art and whimsical sculptures from scrap metals for 20 years. I repurpose visually interesting metal shapes that would otherwise be destined for the smelter. The process involves cutting and welding scrap materials with no other manipulation. My work evolves from what kind of “junk” I’ll find next. My goal is to transform objects of little or no value into things that will make me, and hopefully others as well, smile.
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Diane Andrasik
As a portrait and landscape photographer for over 40 years, I have striven to create expressive landscapes, looking for nature’s ability to inspire, for the patterns nature offers, and for the connection present between man and nature. Whether a broad scene that includes desert, land, or water, a detail of an old building or abandoned car, each image reveals our place in the world we inhabit. I have served as photo instructor at Chautauqua Institution for 34 years, in reach class trying to pass on my love of photography to many others.
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Thomas Annear *
Adventure meets quiet contemplation in my paintings. From the snow capped peaks of the Tetons to the old growth forests of Western New York his paintings capture the grandeur and beauty of the American landscape. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, my career has shifted over the years from political and abstract pieces to paintings that focus on contemporary uses of the environment. For nearly twenty years, I have sought to capture the unique geography, weather patterns, and natural resources of Western New York through my plein air paintings.
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Wendy Bale
“My goal is to connect with people through nature and art.” —Wendy Bale
Wendy is a multi-disciplinary visual artist and environmentalist in Jamestown, New York. Through drawings and sculptures, she tells visual stories of life in local forests and waterways. Blending various mediums as part of her visual language, the work takes on an evolving, experimental nature. While she recently rekindled a love for ceramics, her favorite medium, paper sculpture continues to flourish. Always excited to share these discoveries, she enjoys leading workshops online and in person. Her artwork has been exhibited in International, regional, and local galleries and museums.
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Seri Beeson *
Curator Of Shiny Objects Studios
As long as I can remember, I’ve been collecting and making things. My training is informal and ongoing, with handmade items created from bits of fabric, glass, and stone. COSO Studios focuses on casual, everyday objects of adornment and holding. Current fixations are hand-crocheted jewelry with "found" pottery, glass, and stone and an assortment of handmade crossbody bags from upholstery fabrics. Just as birds collect fantastical found treasures, my goal is to create items you will enjoy gathering for your own personal collection, or share with those you love. 
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Marvin Bjurlin *
I have been a potter since 1965. Currently, I specialize in wood-fired stoneware. Most of my pieces are enhanced by a soda brine sprayed into the kiln at peak temperature. This process creates uniquely specialized effects on the pottery surfaces.
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Jessica Ellen Boice
My work is a glimpse into how I interpret the natural world through the medium of watercolor. Its interactive, transparent, luminous qualities make it ideal for my botanical work: water plus pigments derived from earth and plants, make watercolor itself the elemental essence of Nature. I typically compose my artwork from photos taken (often while foraging) around our region. I strive for painterly realism in my work to accurately crystallize my perception of Nature’s own artistry. A member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and the PA Wilds Cooperative, I actively exhibit, market original artwork and prints, and teach workshops.
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Doot Bokelman *
An artist should provide her audience with a unique experience by allowing it a glimpse into an enchanted world that is filled with magical objects, fantastic locations, and supernatural beings. I consistently challenge myself to express my ideas by exploring a variety of media (oil, watercolor, gauche, acrylic, pen and ink, charcoal, clay etc.). I feel that each material has its own unique characteristics, and I consider it a form of alchemy to change the media into a unique personal statement. I seek to express my own interest in the esoteric world of whimsy, superstition, mysticism, and magic.
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Elizabeth Booth
Cyanotype, a photographic process dating to the mid-1800s, is known for its distinctive Prussian blue tones. I reinterpret this historic process through a contemporary lens, creating work that bridges alternative photography, painting, and textile art. My pieces range from delicate botanical prints on paper to larger works on fabric. I create both traditional and experimental cyanotypes using multiple exposures and color manipulation. The process invites a balance between control and chance. Slow, tactile, and accessible, cyanotype uses sunlight and water to produce each image.
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Rachel Brown
“Bloom where you are planted” instructed a small plaque in my grandmother's barn. As a weaver, she filled her home with beautiful creations. This sowed the seeds for my mother's artistry; mixing remnants of the past with old photographs to tell stories of family, time and place. My father's job as a foreign correspondent meant I was uprooted many times. After living 20+ years in Chautauqua County, I continue exploring new avenues of artistic expression as I've grown deeper roots. Painting on canvas, furniture, rocks, clothespins and even old vinyl records, I now “bloom” where I am planted.
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Sarah Brown-Millspaw *
Born in a log cabin in rural Pennsylvania, self taught artist, Sarah Brown-Millspaw has been fascinated by nature and art since day one. Sarah now resides on a small farm outside of Westfield, New York where she spends her days painting, gardening, and planting over 600 trees to restore the balance of nature on her 8 acres of former pastured farm land. Passionate about nature, animals, and the joys of childhood, these themes often surface in her work. In recent years, turning her watercolor paintings into surface patterns and fabric designs has become an integral part of her creative process.
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Tony and June Burns *
We have been creating scroll saw art puzzles since 1984. All work is both our design and creation. Each puzzle is individually cut by hand on a scroll saw, sanded, stained and painted, resulting in a unique, three dimensional work of art. With respect to our natural world as well as human-kind our work is safe and non-toxic. Our designs reflect our love of nature as well as the people. Many new designs each year are inspired by the colors and shapes that surround us. It is our joy to share our journey and our mission to put a smile on the faces we meet. Art puzzles which are both the original design and creation of the artists. Each wood puzzle is individually cut by hand on a scroll saw; sanded, stained and painted, creating a unique 3 dimensional work of art.
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C. Burrows Art
Cathleen Burrows lives in Bemus Point, NY. Lake living provides a closeness to nature which she loves. Her work is that of a painter and her medium is acrylic paint. She is known for her paintings of birds, fish and domestic animals as well as landscapes and special requests. Her work can be purchased locally at Bemus Point Pottery on Alburtus Ave. in Bemus Point or via private showing at her home. She is also the published author of Jimmy the Crab’s Christmas. A delightful Christmas story with a relevant message for today’s youth.
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Leslie Calimeri
With 19 years of experience as a commercial artist, graphic designer, and web designer for various arts and non-profit organizations, Leslie Callimeri currently owns and manages Chautauqua Art Gallery and Custom Framing in Jamestown, NY, where she showcases her paintings alongside the work of other regional artists. Leslie is currently illustrating a children’s book, building custom frames, and managing public art projects through Chautauqua Art Gallery. She graduated many moons ago from RIT with a degree in commercial art and currently resides in Jamestown with her family.
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318 N. Main Street
Jamestown, NY 14701
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Paula Coats
I am Paula Coats of pc:) pottery. I fashion decorative and functional pottery using primarily hand-building techniques. I am fascinated with adding texture to the pieces because of the beautiful ways they accept the glazes that I use. My functional pottery is fired in an electric kiln to cone 6 with lead-free glazes. This functional pottery is microwave and dishwasher safe. I do not have a website or a presence on Face Book, but you can contact me at joepaulac@roadrunner.com

Jackie Damore *
I’m a painter, working exclusively with oil paint on linen or hard surface panels, constantly learning from other artists and my own experimentation. I enjoy painting a wide range of subjects either from life or photo references - and my objective is simple - I look for how to emphasize the beauty in what I see before me and share it through the lens of my painting. I'm not trying to make a statement or make the viewer understand the context of my art, but I do appreciate that sometimes a visual image triggers a connection with a feeling or a place and I love when my paintings find a home with someone that has that experience.
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Barbara Del Monte
I started my artistic endeavors shortly after we moved to Chautauqua County in 1996. Its overwhelming beauty inspired me to try to capture it. I began with photography and after retiring in 2013 I found new avenues of expression through painting and drawing. I took advantage of some of the wonderful learning opportunities this area has to offer such as classes through the CEPA gallery, the Patterson library and the Lovers of Art group. I’ve exhibited and sold works throughout the Western New York area at various shows and locations such as the Lewiston Art Festival and the Adams gallery.
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Patrick Del Monte
I started woodturning in 2005 after making furniture as a hobby for ten years. It soon became my passion. I’ve had lessons from a famous turner, David Ellsworth in Philadelphia. I’ve also had seminars with Jimmy Clews and Bill Grumbine. I have done many arts and crafts shows such as the 100 American Craftsmen show and the Elmwood Arts Festival. I’ve also had work at stores and galleries including the Burchfield Art Gallery gift shop. In addition to winning several awards I’ve sold over nineteen hundred bowls. They are currently in homes in eight countries and twenty five states.
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Audrey Kay Dowling *
I work daily in my clay, painting and printmaking studios. My artistic explorations flow inspired by all aspects of the natural world. It inspires me to tell my life story through my art. My work expresses visually stimulating form, color, texture, patterns and movement. I received a BS in Art Education from SUNY New Paltz and a MS from SUNY Fredonia. I have taken many professional workshops. I have received many awards for my work, including an Individual Artist Grant from New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA). Being part of the art collections of others brings me joy!
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Sandra J. Ebling-Maggio *
A native of Fredonia, NY, Sandra prefers a smartphone camera to reframe the natural world as she sees it, using minimal technological effects. Using this technique, nature is visualized in the mind’s eye of the artist, and then expressed through the photograph to create a dialogue with the viewer. Sandra has become a naturalist through her photography and continues to develop a laser focus on our world. Sandra operates a private studio and gallery “Elemental Encounters” located at 23 Pine Drive in Fredonia, NY. For an appointment phone (716) 725-1065
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Nancy Nixon Ensign *
I lived and interacted with my world. My dreams of life and sleep have turned a corner into the unexplored. While I paint, I walk into my past, my childhood, and my future so that I can tell a story through viewing my works. This is my journey as a painter, a librarian, a reader, and a traveler. Each sunrise brings a new canvas for creating, a new chapter for reading, and a heart ready to hold all that life gives.
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Lisa Ann Eppolito
I make functional wood and soda-fired pottery for everyday use. Each vessel I create considers the kiln and woodfiring process. Therefore, I acknowledge the fiery atmosphere by using clay and glazes that interact with flame, salt, and wood ash. Each firing brings me knowledge of the vessel’s journey, strengthening my relationship to the process. My interest with clay, wood, and fire provides me with a lifetime of endless exploration and possibilities.
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Kristina Faulkner
Receiving a degree is only the beginning of a life in the arts, Education: Art Schools: Spokane Art School Wash. Edinboro Warren, PA, JCC Jamestown, NY, Art Institute Pittsburgh, PA, Fredonia University, NY. Study courses: Life drawing, oil painting, Landscape, Commercial art, Air brush, Art History, Photography, Abstract, Ceramics, Gouache. I have been in many art shows: group shows, one man shows, won awards. Teaching: Children and adult art Three summers, I airbrushed street sculptures Frog, Erie, Bear, Warren, Squirrel, Olean. ART is my LIFE.
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Susan Forrester-Mackay
I am a child of the sixties when beauty, love and peace were going to change the world. I create artwork because the beauty of the process is the best mind- altering state I have ever known. The need to touch, feel, respond and communicate human emotions within the landscape of the human form is enormous. The subject of human beings and their interactions is an endless source of fascination for me; hence, most of my work is figurative and evocative, focusing on the variety of everyday human gesture.

Christine French
Christine French is a multimedia artist and photographer. A retired art teacher, from the Cleveland area, she moved to North East 20 years ago. She taught K-12 for 30 years. She has a BFA, MA ,and MFA all from Kent State University. She creates glass windows, baskets, fiber art, paintings, illustrations, jewelry, sculpture, photography, mandalas, and encaustics. She is a member of the NSAA,PASNWPA, LEFG,and Erie Art Museum. She teaches classes at the NEAC locally. Her art work is for sale at Lakeview Wine Cellars, Grape Discovery Center, The House of the Potter, and Glass Growers Gallery.
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Katherine Galbraith
Humanity in the Arts, American Women Artists, 2025-26; The President’s Choice Award, Oil Painters of America 2025 National Juried Exhibition; First Place, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition; and Best in Show, NOAPS Best of America Small Works. Katherine has been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur, Fine Art Today, American Art Collector, International Artist Magazine, Southwest Art, and The Art of the Portrait. Katherine teaches workshops at the Vero Beach Museum, Vero Beach, FL. Representation: Beverly McNeil Gallery, Birmingham, AL and Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA.
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Ken Gamble
Ken explores photography and painting. His painting is abstract expressionist, while his photos are often “landscapes” of simple or commercial settings. He has appreciated sharing his artwork at the Black Box Gallery in Portland, Meadville Fine Arts Gallery, NSAA Members 2021 Exhibit, Prendergast Library Art Auction, the ChocoL’Art Small Works – Big Ideas event and the Barber National Institute shows. A few works have appeared in publications, some with his creative writing pieces. He enjoys showing a splash of colors and lines in his paintings and the beauty of ordinary settings in his photos.

Hank Gerber *
Hank is a pastel painter based in Mayville, NY, who works en plein air to capture the light, atmosphere, and quiet beauty of local scenes throughout Chautauqua County.
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Dr. John Gerber *
John Gerber, author of Songs of the Serengeti, has been immersed in the arts all of his life even beginning in his early years growing up in rural Ohio. He played horn professionally in USA, Europe and South Africa. He was a senior curator of art at the Kennedy Museum of American Art specializing in Native American Art, Navajo Textiles and 20th Century American Prints. As an educator of music, art history and interdisciplinary studies, he has taught at a number of colleges and universities. Now retired spending his time traveling the globe as a photographer and a fly-fisherman from his farm in Western New York.
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Karen Glosser
Photographer Karen Glosser is inspired by the awe and wonder of nature, and spends much of her time exploring this wonder right here in her native Western New York State. Karen’s work centers on the idea of using her camera to create painterly images that capture the essence and emotion of these moments in the outdoors. She can often be found exploring her muses, the many lakeshores and woodlands of Chautauqua County. Karen’s most recent work has included creating fresh, new images for three of her long running series: Water, Woodlands and Wanderings, and Winter Dreams.
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Lynda Graham-Barber
Repurposed painted furniture & accessories/alcohol-spatter technique/watercolor/oil on wood/children’s books. A writer by profession, I had my first adult painting instruction at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where I stared at a single red rose, trying to replicate that velvety wonder. Over the next four decades, I experimented with several media. I take special pleasure in giving a makeover to forgotten furnishings and accessories, incorporating paper ephemera and painting techniques, everything from whiplashing paint from chopsticks to spraying water-based paint with alcohol to create a faux finish. I enjoy collaborating on pieces with my sculptor-husband, David, whose imaginative, fertile left brain always takes me in a new direction. Most of my work borders on the traditional with a dollop of whimsy. Think garnishing a sundae with a cherry.
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David Gregor *
David Gregor is a photographer who specializes in black and white photography. His work encompasses an array of genres and moods. His street photography emphasizes the human form contrasted against the urban backdrop’s rigid geometry. At the same time, he is also frequently drawn to more organic, whimsical and absurd themes. An avid traveler, David enjoys documenting the people and places he encounters around the globe. Prior to his photographic pursuits, David spent more than three decades working as a public finance professional. A career in public service taught David patience, craft, and generosity, attributes he hopes are evident in his photography. For David, each day with a camera is an opportunity for reinvention. David enjoys life with his wife Kimberly in Wilmington, DE and Point Chautauqua, NY.
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Susan Gutierrez *
I am an artist living in Jamestown, NY. Chautauqua County has been my home for over 40 years. Through my art I try to capture the life and energy that surrounds us. I use mostly a palette knife to pay tribute to the beauty that encompasses this region. My paintings are a way to share an experience; a recollection; a moment. I hope that my paintings can be a conduit for viewers to recall a memory, stir an emotion, or transport them somewhere familiar.
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Peter Hamilton *
Woodworking/Repurposed materials/Kinetic sculpture/Deco-functional fixtures/Eclectic furniture/Usable handheld items.
I like contrasts. And past tense. What was isn’t now. Discarded headboards; found lamps, table parts; old radios, cabinet doors, brass components, auto parts, piano workings, exotic hardwoods. Of course, various wood species from a nearby kiln-dried lumber mill. Selection, and keen attention to the grain color of wood is utmost. Steam-bent components. Much of my work reflects a mood at the time. Frivolous or pragmatic. Faux-instruments. Chairs request viewing and sitting. Or a particular detail that conflicts with another piece. A spontaneous impulse. Or a representative subject in sculpture. Kinetic. Works with motion. They spin and turn.
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Michael C. Hoerbelt
Michael’s work explores pressure — both physical and emotional. Painting since 2007, and holding an AAS in Fine Arts from Genesee Community College in Batavia, NY, he works primarily in oil to create images that prioritize feeling over subject. Whether through impressionistic landscapes or intimate moments, each piece seeks to hold tension, presence, and release. His process is grounded in the physical interaction between hand, paint, and surface, where force and restraint shape the final image. At its core, his work asks what it means for an image to truly carry emotional weight beyond what is simply seen.
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James Hoggard
In my photographs, the landscape itself is the art form. It is my goal to preserve fragments of it in the most appealing manner that I am able. All of the scenes represented by my photographs are real and remain undisturbed. I am a realist in my photography and try to create each image with a full range of tones from deep black to vibrant white while utilizing the middle tones in such a way to emphasize the luminosity of a scene. It is my hope that this feeling of light will invite the viewer into the scene, to be a part of the image. James Hoggard is originally from Santa Barbara, California, and spent 10 years in Salt Lake City, Utah. James earned a B.S. in Geology from CSU Chico in 1990 and then studied traditional photography at Truckee Meadows Community College in Truckee California. He has been using a large-format view camera for over 20 years and still uses it for the majority of his fine-art work seen at art festivals. James also uses of digital SLR cameras for art reproduction and product work for artists in the area.
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Tom Janik *
Tom is a retired chemistry professor. Along with his career in chemistry, Tom has had a lifelong interest in photography starting at the age of 11 with a Brownie camera. Tom’s photography is centered on landscapes and the natural world. Photography has the special quality of extracting, revealing and recording the beauty that oftentimes goes unnoticed. Tom is inspired by many great landscape photographers such as Elliot Porter, but also by photographers whose images have a graphic art quality, e.g., Pete Turner. Tom has a recent book of Lake Erie photographs available to see and/or purchase.

Katherine Kepner *
I’ve recently relocated here to Jamestown from rural Orleans County, the small town of Lyndonville near lake Ontario where I lived for 30 years. I mostly grew up in Kenmore (Buffalo) and raised my two daughters there. I have roots here. My father was born here and it’s here that I visited my Grandmother, Katherine Palmer. I’m a self taught and still learning watercolor painter. I mostly paint landscapes, sometimes from life, plein air, sometimes using photos as references but mostly from my imagination and memories of places that I find beautiful. Watercolor as a medium interests and challenges me, particularly how it flows and blends on wet paper, I’m a member of Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society and NSAA.
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King Decorative Birds
Paul Schonhart started carving in 1990. His many years in duck blinds provid him with the incentive to start carving. Desire and carving skills were mutually exclusive, so Paul enrolled in a few adult education carving classes at a local school. There he learned the basics and has improved over the years to the point where a few commissioned pieces are done each year. Birds are carved from either basswood or tupelo. Each bird starts out as a block of wood, then to the bandsaw to rough out the general form, next comes finer shaping with gouges and power tools.Each individual feather is then burned in with thousands of strokes with a burning pen. Painting finishes the piece.
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Mark Kirsch
transforms the world around us and reveals truths that are exposed only through patient observation. Through still life and landscapes I explore how the accumulation of memory can be represented in objects and places. I am drawn to subjects that bear witness to time's effects- the graceful decay of natural forms, the patina of use and history. In these images, I focus on the beauty inherent in impermanence and the stories embedded in erosion and change. Working primarily with a gelatin transfer process onto Arches Aquarelle paper, each original print is a unique artifact, bearing the marks of its own making. After more than thirty years as a photographic educator I've come to see teaching and art-making as intertwined practices. Both require sustained focus and attention, quiet patience, and a genuine belief in the transformative power of art.
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Kim Kloecker
Watercolor is my passion! My work encompasses a variety of subjects, watercolor techniques and styles. These wide varieties keeps my paintings fresh and enables me to capture a vast collection of moods and atmosphere. I have 40 years of professional teaching and painting experience and throughout my art career I have earned a few top honors in the region. I am a watercolor and drawing instructor in the Special Studies Program at Chautauqua Institution and at the Erie Art Museum. Finally, art is a gift from God which allows me to see the wonder in His creation then experience peace and joy in creating art to share with others.
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Nova Kowalski
Published 35mm photographer Nova Kowalski is based in WNY. Inspired by cinema and the feeling of nostalgia invoked by old film photographs from their own childhood, Nova has aimed to reflect these inspirations in their own work. It is their hope to continue growing as a photographer and reach as many people as possible with their art. Nova is also a staff live music and editorial photographer for The Petty Magazine.
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Kenneth Labuskes
My work explores the intersections of mythology and humor. Utilizing bold, bright colors and the medium of acrylic paints, I breathe life into whimsical narratives. My paintings are populated with animals, often depicted in anthropomorphic roles. These playful scenes offer a fresh lens. Each character and scene should amuse.Intrigued by patterns and symbols, I weave these elements into my work, creating layers of meaning. These recurring motifs serve as a visual language, adding depth and a touch of mystery to each piece. My artwork is an invitation to embark on a journey through the playful landscape of imagination.
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Ronnie Lafferty *
I work in transparent watercolor painting a variety of subject matter and utilizing a variety of techniques. A limited palette is used to create harmony in the painting. Since life itself is a miracle, always growing or changing, the majority of work incorporates life, nature or the interaction between buildings and the environment, man and nature. Landscapes, sea scapes, buildings, florals and figurative works are my favorites. For me- painting is playing with the pigments and water. I work primarily from photos in my studio. I do teach basic watercolor skills and I do accept commissioned work. I am amazed at what our creator provides in the world around us including color! I love what I see and feel, I love painting and sharing with you. When you’re feeling down, look up, look out! The sky is huge, the sea- strong and persistent. Variety is infinite and details are mind boggling. Nature is very entertaining. We are small and insignificant in the big picture. So much to paint and so little time.
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Terry Lair *
I’m Terry Lair, and I‘m thrilled to share a bit about myself with you. My work is about capturing the simplicity and ever-shifting dance between shadows and light that I find so captivating. I specialize in pastel paintings, with forays into charcoal drawing, acrylic and oil painting and,  often quite by accident, watercolor. Through my art, I try to tell a story that stirs something within you. Whether it's a sense of wonder, nostalgia, or peace, I hope my work evokes emotion and invites you to pause and appreciate the hidden narratives and stories in the seemingly mundane.
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Waldo Latimer *
I am inspired by colonial, biblical, Norse, shake and other historical craftsmen when I make my oval wooden boxes. The wood I use is sourced from significant local trees: the Forest Hill Cemetery, Eagle Street, George Weaver’s home, Temple One, the Post Office and the unbelievable figured and spalted maple planted by Squire White and his son Devillo in the early 1800’s at the White Inn. My work includes traditional bride’s box, presentation boxes for graduates, music boxes and I am always learning to create different styles of these beautiful wooden boxes.

Chad Lindstrom
Often, I feel more like a weaver than a painter. My colorful compositions are intricately woven together like a Turkish master of the loom or a composer of classical music. My work reflects the transformational processes of life. Processes where shape is becoming form, mental spaces where thoughts arise or outer space where stars and universes are born. I create bright, beautiful artwork because there is enough darkness in the world. My work is a celebration of the great gift of simply being alive. Primarily, I use acrylic paint, airbrush and collage on either canvas or board.
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Charles Freedom Long
I was born in 1944, three months after the D-Day Invasion, six days after the first V-2 rocket exploded in London, and one year before the atom bomb destroyed Hiroshima.  I became interested in military modeling in the 1950’s. Along with military history, it’s been a life-long fascination. As a psychologist, I have some understanding of what men and women undergo in warfare. To honor these men and women, I take great pride in building historically accurate models and dioramas that invoke the spirit of the time. 
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D’Arsie Mae *
D’Arsie Mae is a jewelry designer working out of her studio in Fredonia, NY. Her designs have been published in Beadwork, Stringing and Belle Armoire magazines and are collected worldwide. D’Arsie has designed custom pewter work for the Chautauqua Bookstore and taught jewelry making classes at the Chautauqua Institution as well as teaching jewelry making and pottery classes through the CREATE Project funded by a grant from the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation. Recent Shows include the Chautauqua Art Gallery’s ArtScape 2023 & 2024, Jamestown, NY and the Tri-County Arts Council’s Something Big show in Olean, NY. D’Arsie is a multidisciplinary artist frequently mixing and moving through the mediums of pottery, sculpture, paint and jewelry design. Her artwork is heavily inspired by classical motifs, pop culture and storybook romance.
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Janet Mandel *
Janet Mandel received her training in fine arts from Mercyhurst U. in Erie, PA. She began her career as a fashion illustrator, and received national acclaim in fashion, fiber arts and portraiture before focusing her work exclusively on wildlife. Her wildlife work has been published and sold by the National Audubon Society, National Geographic Society, Smithsonian Institution and HSUS among others. She has showcased her work for over 25 years at wildlife and fine art shows throughout the northeast U.S. and has recently opened her studio locally by appointment or special event.
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Myriam Mayshark *
As a member of the Pastel Society of America and Pastel Society of Western New York, I participant in juried exhibitions nationwide. I continue to learn and grow through mentorships and workshops with master artists. Each piece I create reflects a lifelong passion for storytelling, creativity, and connection. I am curious about nearly everything—behavior, beauty, color, nature, the firmament, bees, inventions, and more. When I paint, I am exploring both what I observe and what I imagine. I work primarily in watercolor and, more often, soft pastel, occasionally combining the two.
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Larissa McConnell *
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I am primarily a fiber artist who works in embroidery, but my work often expands into mixed media by incorporating watercolor, colored pencils, etc. My passion is fiber arts, but I tend not to limit myself artistically, so I also create paintings, jewelry, weavings, digital art, and more. My interests lean toward nature, textures, light, and contrasts. I find inspiration in photos, paintings, and my own experiences, which I then convert/distort/reimagine into my own aesthetic.
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Marcia Merrins *
Kniti Griti Works is the studio of Marcia Merrins. Working in clay, Merrins explores storytelling, whimsy, and expressive hand-built form. She creates sculptural footed bowls and raku-fired animals that blur the line between functional pottery and sculpture. Her works sculpted rather than thrown, allowing playful experimentation with proportion, texture, and character—often giving tach piece its own personality. Her animals, fired in electric and raku kilns, embrace the unpredictability of the process, with crackle glazes, carbon markings, and flashes of color making every piece unique. Merrins’ work reflects her belief that art should be approachable and joyful—objects that tell a story and spark a smile.
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Melissa Meyers *
Melissa’s passion for art is one that loves to explore new ideas, new media, and use materials in ways they were not intended for. Sometimes even with good results. Her inspiration is found mainly in nature, which abounds in Chautauqua County. She works in traditional mediums, as well as alcohol inks, photography and mixed media. She graduated from Buffalo State College with a degree in Design, and learned to transfer her skills to digital when art started moving into new platforms.
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Sara Baker Michalak
Sara Baker Michalak’s mixed media collage works reflect on our perceptions of place and time, and the realtionship between the natural and human-made environments. Her art is exhibited widely, including at the American Craft Museum (NYC), the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Burchfield Penny Art Center and Albright Knox in Buffalo. She holds a BFA from The School for American Crafts (Textile Arts) in Rochester, and MA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Art/Geoscience), SUNY Fredonia, NY. Sara lives and works in the Canadaway Creek watershed (in Fredonia) where she propagates endangered native wildflowers and, with her family, is involved in riverine habitat protection/restoration.
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Brian Millspaw *
Brian Millspaw is a furniture designer/maker specializing in wood seating. His passion for crafting high-quality and unique wood furniture pieces drives him to create exceptional seating solutions for modern living spaces. With a keen eye for detail and a commitment to excellence, he brings together craftsmanship and design to deliver furniture that stands out. His story is rooted in a deep appreciation for the art of woodworking and a dedication to creating functional yet beautiful furniture pieces.
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Peter Miraglia
Peter Miraglia is a self-taught landscape painter living in Jamestown, NY. He has painted landscapes and city scenes for nearly 50 years. His style is influenced by the American landscape artist George Innes. Pastoral settings in both winter and summer provide inspiration for his paintings. The buildings in Jamestown are also of particular interest to him. His work has been displayed and sold in galleries and shows in Northern Virginia and Cincinnati, OH. He returned to his hometown of Jamestown 13 years ago with his wife Melissa. Some of his work can be viewed on Facebook under Miraglia Gallery.

Cynthia Norton *
Cynthia Norton grew up in Chautauqua, NY and graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1969, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with honors and a major in sculpture. Her career has included a range of artistic pursuits. Since 1987 she has headed her own company, Cynthia Norton Designs, producing hand-painted textiles and specializing in hand-painted clothing for sophisticated, artistically inclined women (and sometimes men). The mission is to help people look their best with beautiful clothing that reveals the artist’s hand, imparts vitality, is comfortable and easy to care for, suits the individual and allows her (or him) to shine.
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Ellen Paquette
Ellen Paquette is a painter, fabric artist, harpist, and nature lover who works out of her rural studio in her hometown of Warren, Pennsylvania on the edge of the Allegheny National Forest. Along with earning a BA in Art, she spent time studying anthropology and archaeology. Ellen is a Juried Artist of the Wilds Cooperative of Pennsylvania. She specializes in painting Renaissance style portraits of endangered species and creating whimsical soft sculpture beings based on myth, folklore, cryptozoology, and Pennsylvania wildlife. Her goal in her work is to highlight the natural dignity and intelligence of wild creatures.
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Jim and Pat Reno *
Jim and Pat Reno have been making pottery for over 40 years at their location at 6007 Centralia-Hartfield Rd., Dewittville, NY. They are open daily by chance or appointment, and can be reached at 716-753-7551 or preno@fairpoint.net.

Their website is www.renopottery.com. Stop by to see their new, highly decorated designs, which include Woodpeckers, Dragons and Rhinos.

Alberto Rey
Alberto’s paintings and videos can be found in over twenty museum collections including the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Brooklyn Museum, Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Castellani Art Museum, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo (Burgos, Spain), El Museo del Barrio, (New York, NY), Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo (Badajoz, Spain), and the National Museum of Wildlife Art (Jackson, WY). His work has also been in over two hundred exhibitions, and he has written/illustrated or cowritten 7 books. He is also the 2021 Orvis Fly Fishing Guide of the Year. Studio visits are always welcome with an appointment.
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Carrie Sheffield *
My work is inspired by the natural world around me. I create pieces with an organic feel, using color and shape to intertwine a new story with lingering history. I create pieces that are constructed in layers, weaving together unique narratives that connect viewers to emotions past, present, and future. I am inspired by movement and view my creativity as a journey of exploration. As I find inspiration in the world around me, I also discover myself. My expression represents hope, determination, and second chances, as I pursue art in everything.
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Susan Simmons
Susan Simmons incorporates gentle yet powerful hues into her paintings. Driven by an intent to draw the viewer in, she thrives on the play of color and light, frequently backlighting the subjects in her oil and acrylic paintings. Her recent publication, PICTURING GRATITUDE, reflects her fifty-year journey through figurative, abstract, and landscape styles. Susan’s recent works often reflect a convergence of her Associate of Arts degree in Everett Community College in Everett, WA, and her fine arts training from the University of Texas at Austin. Today, she continues to surprise clients and admirers with her unique, evolving style that is as inspiring as it is intriguing. Susan resides in Jamestown, New York.
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Tim A Sivertsen *
I’m a working artist focusing on acrylic painting, digital photographs, pastels and drawing. I work out of the Philadelphia area and our summer cottage on Lake Erie in Chautauqua County.
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Patrick Stokes *
I consider myself a portrait photographer, whether my subject is a person or a landscape, and I approach both with wonder, curiosity, and awe. I began my photographic journey in the darkroom at age 14, and over the years I drifted in and out of image-making. As a technology enthusiast, I picked up my first digital camera in 2001, which reignited and steadily deepened my passion for photography. This is my fifth year on the art trail, and my work is shaped by a deep sense of exploration. I have traveled to 15 countries and 46 states, always drawn to the stories and moments that connect us across places and cultures.
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Lisa Summerfield *
I am a self-taught Watercolorist, inspired by the beauty, movement and quiet magic of nature. I work with bold color, fine detail, and both realistic and whimsical subjects, embracing the transparency and unpredictability of Watercolor - especially the dancing and blending of paint and water, even throwing in salt, brusho, watercolor pencil shavings or finishing with some ink at times. I'm now in my 5th year of painting in the woods of CHQ Co., NY. My work reflects the nature around me with its perfection and seemingly imperfections as well. Painting makes me feel vibrant, expressive, deeply at peace, sooths my soul, all while fueling my curiosity and sense of adventure and wonder!
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Karen Taverna *
Meet Karen Taverna, an enthusiastic jewelry designer and artist whose creations are as vibrant and diverse as the natural world itself. Karen finds endless inspiration in the earth’s raw beauty, channeling her reverence for the elements into her stunning enamel, copper, silver, and gemstone designs. Through her work, Karen hopes to inspire others to embrace their own creativity and to find beauty in the world. Her passion for art and jewelry is a matter of heart, reflecting a vibrant spirit, colorful palette and slightly bohemian style.
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Susan TeWinkle-Wolfe
Having a talent for drawing portraits and detecting beauty in any subject have been invaluable assets for a career as a portrait artist. I learned early while sketching a person at a fair, to ignore rude comments, as an admiring crowd had assembled when I was finishing the portrait. It has held me in good stead as I consider myself a resort artist. I have shown and sold my work in many areas of U.S. and Canada, including a 6-1/2 foot oil of Elvis I painted at the Las Vegas Hilton. My paintings nave attracted celebrity, foreign and corporate clients. My website shows my versatility.
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Bryan Toy
A lifelong resident of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Bryan Toy is well known regionally for his humorous illustration. His editorial drawings regularly appear in magazines and newspapers including Education Week, The Erie Times News and The Erie Reader, where he is the regular editorial cartoonist. Toy received his Bachelor of Fine Art from Alfred University in 1987 and his art teacher certification training from Edinboro University where he also earned a MA in Education in 1996. He is a retired art teacher. He lives in North East, PA, but his roots in Chautauqua County run deep: He on the faculty at Westfield Academy, has painted at plein aire events, serves wine at Five and 20, and was an art teacher at Chautauqua Institution for twenty years. He has three children who are all awesome and are going to change the world for the better.
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H.C. Videll
H.C. Videll is a versatile, experienced artist who creates large abstract paintings, and many kinds of sculpture from geometric shapes to faces using a variety of materials. He currently resides in Busti, NY, and has many connections in Memphis, TN. He is affiliated with Gallery 56 in Memphis, TN.  He also produces music which can be found on Spotify, Amazon, Apple music, iTunes, and Deezer. He has been in numerous exhibitions beginning in 2009 in Tennessee, with more recent shows in Lakewood, NY and the Octagon Gallery in Westfield. His no nonsense artist statement, “If you like it, make me an offer” speaks to an artist of few words and a lovely sense of humor.
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Nancy Wehr *
After a long hiatus, my passion for photography was reignited when I taught my daughter. My lifelong fascination with science and history influences and inspires my creation and landscape photography. Favorite subjects include: waterfalls, lighthouses, water, geological features, and wildlife. Combining any subject with an astronomical feature is the most exciting photography for me. I am thankful for the opportunities God has given me to capture images of His world to share with others. Through my lens, I endeavor to encourage others to enjoy the wonder of God’s awesome creation and His gorgeous color palette.
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Gaia Woolf-Nightingall *
Blessings to you! I am a British born organic horticulturist, Permaculture designer, creative writer and visual artist. Through my work I strive to inspire within the observer a richer, more intimate connection with the natural world. My powerful elemental mandala paintings, landscape designs and stories give us pause to observe, experience and acknowledge the fragility of the wild places. I find joy, inspiration and reverence in the complexities of earths sacred natural rhythms. The elemental forces of Air, Fire, Water and Earth, that swirls and flow within the great cauldron of creation, manifest the perfect vessels for spirit to comprehend and experience itself. This is the foundational motivation for my work.
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