Lynn Johnson

Lynn began her artistic journey in 1991.  She started her art education with continuing education courses and carried on with seminars and workshops from local and internationally acclaimed artists.    She finds inspiration in the simple things around her.  Things that go from routine to stunning for a moment in time when the light hits a certain way.  Her mission is to capture those moments on canvas.   She works in acrylics, using glazing techniques to achieve depth and luminosity in her pieces.   Her favorite subjects are nature, still life, and water scenes.  She particularly loves painting glass and water as there is limitless potential to create depth through transparency.   

Lynn started to exhibit her work in the 1990's with local art groups.    She held a booth in the Dalhousie University juried art/craft show for twelve years.  Simultaneously, she sold her art and art products in a wholesale environment, filling orders to gift shops and museums throughout the Maritimes.    More recently, she has been represented by commercial galleries.  She has had solo shows at various galleries from 2010 – 2022.    

She takes on commissioned works as well and enjoys bringing a client’s photo to life whether it be anything from a pet portrait to a family homestead or boat.

We went to Falmouth Friday to stay. We went to Falmouth Friday to stay.

www.lynnjohnsonart.ca

Diane Gelman

I am a mixed media artist, layering together images, designs, and fantasy. My artworks showcase the beauty of nature, interesting people, and exciting food. I strive to create works of art that are rich with light, color, and details. I choose expressive subjects to evoke strong emotional connections. I find inspiration everywhere, in shadows, in the way light hits an object, and in colorful displays of delicious baked goods. I start with an idea and let the piece evolve organically from inspiration to a full blown creation. My paintings are improvisations on realistic images fused onto fanciful and imaginative themes. I use additive and reductive processes in creating my work, removing or embellishing images, and often carving into them, to find the real, hidden story underneath each painting.

www.dianegelman.com

Sandra Belitza-Vazquez

Sandra Belitza-Vazquez's spirit of adventure and curiosity about the world has taken her on a lifelong journey exploring the human condition, discovering the endless beauty of nature, and understanding the awesome constructs of man that define the world we inhabit. While pursuing her Master's degree in Anthropology at the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico, she began documenting life in indigenous communities. Her exploration of nature and wildlife and her continued interest in the world's cultures has taken her on travels through Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, and the United States. She has participated in over 76 solo and juried group art exhibits in Mexico and the U.S., including winning excellence awards in Manhattan Arts online juried exhibitions. Her work has been exhibited at the National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City, Alliance Francaise in Mexico City, Federal Hall in New York City; Oxford Arts Alliance Gallery in Pennsylvania, The Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, N.Y; the Cooperstown Art Association in Cooperstown, N.Y; The Garrison Art Center in Garrison, N.Y; Arts Society of Kingston in Kingston, NY; Gallery 40 in Poughkeepsie, NY; Womenswork Art and Arts Mid-Hudson in Poughkeepsie, and Emerge Gallery in Saugerties, NY. Between October 2020 and March 2021, she wrote and self-published three bilingual children's books about the birds and insects visiting her backyard. Preview the books here: https://www.sbvaz.com/books/. She has recently found a way to extend her curiosity and artistic sensitivity through scanner photography by creating new worlds using this mechanical process to obtain creations full of life and beauty. Her scanographs explore and invite the discovery of nature's wonders.

https://www.sbvaz.com

https://www.sandyscan.com

Andrea Hellman

Andrea Hellman, Ed.D., is an associate professor of English at Missouri State University. She studied studio art at the School of the Worcester Art Museum with masters of painting and printmaking like Tom Lewis, Sally Bishop, and Ella Delyanis. She holds a doctorate in Language, Literacy, and Cultural Studies from Boston University. She is best known for her publications in TESOL and directs a National Professional Development grant project called Show Me Multiliteracy (multiliteracy.net). Andrea is a prolific fine artist, who maintains an online gallery of her works (https://www.andreahellman.com/). Her preferred medium is digital painting although she has worked in oil painting, watercolor, etching, collage, mixed media, and photography. The artworks that Andrea selected for Eat! were inspired by her 2023 summer trip to Uzbekistan to train English teachers. She was thrilled to spend five weeks immersed in the mythical and artistic Uzbek culture, where bread is revered and where breadmaking is an art form. Each baker punctures their unique bread with their own bread stamps to give this food its recognizable embroidery-like design. Bakers line the markets and streets with their hot loaves wrapped in thick blankets so that everyone can eat the freshest, most delectable bread every day. The artworks feature patterns that are Andrea's own but which are reconfigurations of traditional Uzbek tile work, textiles, and embroidery. The bread images are preserved as the original (albeit non-copyrighted) art of each baker.

Leddy Sullivan

Leddy is an artist working in upstate New York. Her work explores the rituals, memories, and connections around eating and food. Creating pieces that are larger than life, Leddy's work invites the viewer to romanticize the everyday and find magic in our world through the moments captured in her paintings.

https://www.leddysullivanportfolio.com/