"My core belief is that everyone is creative. Never doubt your creativity. Get bored, play, don't focus on the end product. It's a bout the process. If you just let yourself get creative and play, then you will surprise yourself. Doing this is essential to
Cynthia’s simple and sweet success story is one I find incredibly relatable, her story is of persistence, humility, hard work, and intentionality.
Emmanuel Irokanulo’s creative and academic pursuits are motivated by the desire to produce and sustain new works of culture and scholarship.
Phil was a decorated Aviator with a 20-year career flying almost every aircraft in the Army inventory. While stationed in Kansas, he began to take art classes. Thus, starting his career as a fine arts painter. Then, making his way to Santa Fe, where he
Her process is not simple, yet her work exudes a complex simplicity. Her multi-dimensional pieces hold bold, vibrant colors, sharp lines, and familiar abstract images akin to a mosaic.
"I always thought God's colors were browns and clays. And then one day I looked at the sunset, and I was like, Look at that neon pink! Wow, God made pink, too," and from that moment, she started seeing vibrant colors in people's faces and anatomy.
Anitra Lavanhar, like many artists, discovered her love of photography in high school but found the technical aspects of the Art to be intimidating. She explains that even though she loved it, she talked herself out of it because of the technically complicated learning curve
“In March 2020, I took my first oil painting class. I did a session with Marjorie Atwood, we bought six paints and some pallet paper, and she taught me how to paint and shade a sphere, then the world shut down."