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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Rachel Brown
I am an artist working primarily in acrylics, painted on a variety of surfaces. Color and pattern are woven throughout my daily life; from painted furniture to vinyl records, to colorful wooden clothespins used to close bags of chips. My paintings reflect an emotional response to the wild and tamed landscapes of Chautauqua County. Though representational, they contain an element of the surreal. I want to capture the stillness of the moment, a sense of time passing, and promises of changes to come with the weather and the seasons.
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Sarah Brown-Millspaw *
Watercolor illustration artist Sarah Brown-Millspaw lives on a small farm outside of Westfield, New York. Passionate about nature, animals, and the joys of childhood, these themes often surface in her whimsical work. Sarah has been creating art her whole life and has been painting full time since 2020. In recent years, turning her watercolor paintings into surface patterns and fabric designs has become an integral part of her creative process. Sarah’s work can be found on Instagram, Facebook, Spoonflower, TikTok, Society6 @sarahgeebee

Tony and June Burns *
Tony and June Burns have been creating scroll saw art puzzles since 1984. All of our 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.

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.
Chautauqua Art Gallery
318 N. Main Street
Jamestown, NY 14701
716-294-3027 |Website

Keith Callen
The beauty and solace of texture and light inspires me to recreate joyous experiences of nature and humanity. Through our challenges and delights, our species grows with greater understanding and appreciation of the divine spark within us. In my work, I explore how pattern and color create visual dimension and an emotional response that is activating and illuminating. Through that response I present allegory and stories about the human experience in the small yet significant experiences of our daily lives. Whether in my hand-woven home décor or in my figurative painting, I seek to share my experience of the divine. Facebook

Jeff Crist
As an environmental artist, Jeff Crist’s art is about reconnectioning with nature, the reconnections of the ties that have unraveled in these times of the culture and world we live in. Through the creation of natural impermanent art that takes its place within the rhythms of nature, he creates encounters through art in nature that foster a dialogue between humans and the other-than-humans who inhabit a place. It is about rekindling our relationship with nature, which is meaningful to each of us personally, and to the places we live in. A native of the Chautauqua Region, he has created installations extensively along the estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay and is now refocusing on the Chautauqua Lake and Lake Erie Watersheds.  You may encounter him one day as he is out creating in nature.
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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 *
Chautauqua Lake, its birds and animals, its surrounding landscape, the changing seasons, and the changing weather and light of each day provide me with a never ending source of inspiration for making paintings that attempt to capture a unique combination of those elements. I've become most attracted recently to the aesthetics of tonalism and trying to incorporate this concept into my landscape and lakescape paintings. A limited color palette creates a sense of unity that appeals to me aesthetically and as I progress with this direction my paintings reflect this shift. Of course this doesn't apply to my bird paintings... I just love the variety and elegance of birds and try to paint them in whatever colors God made them.
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Denise de la Cerda *
Denise de la Cerda is an oil painter, illustrator and tattoo artist, specializing in paintings of dreamlike images based upon what is already familiar, from the natural world. Denise has done two paintings that were used as album cover art by the rock band Kansas, as well as a painting for the band's 50th anniversary poster and a backdrop that they have been using in their 2024-25 tour. With more than 30 years of tattooing behind her, there are by now thousands of people out there who have her work etched onto their skin.
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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 use my work to convey a deep appreciation of the natural world. Form is beautiful, color is exciting, movement is visually stimulating, and texture and patterns open inspire me to express myself. I enjoy using many different art mediums. I attended SUNY New Paltz where I received my BS in Art Education. I also have an MS degree from SUNY Fredonia. I continue to expand my artistic education through several ceramic, painting and printmaking workshops. After teaching for 30 years, I am now a full time award winning artist and gallery owner of Portage Hill Gallery.
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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. Through this technique, nature is visualized in the mind’s eye of the artist, then expressed through the photograph, to create a dialogue with the viewer.
County Art Trail (May)
Erie (PA) Art Museum – 101st Spring Show (March-August)
ArtScape, a Jamestown (NY) Renaissance Corporation Banner project (June-December)
Future exhibitions 2024:
NSAA Chautauqua
Octagon Art Gallery exhibits, Patterson Library, Westfield (NY) (May and November)
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Deb Eck
Debra Eck is a British artist living and working in the USA. She is an internationally exhibited mixed media artist whose work focuses on using thread, paper and text. Her work finds expression in repetitive making; most of her work requires tens, even hundreds, of hours of intensive hand labour to create; the meditative nature of this slow unfolding of the work allows for ideas to fully manifest, for the threads of thought to untangle and re-weave themselves into new forms.
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Nancy Nixon Ensign *
As a plein air and studio fine artist I reach into my dreams or borrow from the past to create the presence of my work. Being diagnosed with cancer changes how I interact in my world. My dreams of my life have turned a corner into the unknown. I walk a tightrope of uncertainty, yet straight ahead into the unknown. My home studio is filled with light and inspiration so that I can move in a positive direction as I navigate this next chapter of my life.
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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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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
Notable awards: First Place, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition, 2014; Best in Show at the NOAPS Best of America Small Works, 2019; Second Place, American Women Artists Online Exhibition, 2015; Finalist, ARC International Salon, 2024, 2021, 2020 and 2019; Third Place, Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition, 2015; Finalist in 3 categories in the Portrait Society of America Members Only Competition 2020, Plein Air Magazine, 2015. Katherine is a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America, the Portrait Society of America, American Women Artists, and the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society. Katherine exhibits in national competitions as well as the galleries that represent her.
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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.

Dr. John Gerber *
I am a photographer and believe a good photograph is a portal: sometimes to a different place, sometimes to a different time and sometimes into the soul of another person--or all those things together. I have had the good fortune to pursue a number of careers: professional orchestral musician, curator of Native American art, art history professor, fly-fishing instructor and most recently retired sheep farmer and sugar maple producer here in Western New York. All have informed my photography. Recently I renovated my sheep barn into a studio and gallery space. I spend my time traveling, fly-fishing and photographing the world.
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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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Joseph Grice
Joseph Grice is a wildlife illustrator currently working in Jamestown, NY. He earned his BFA from SUNY Fredonia in 2010, and has taught art at Infinity Visual & Performing Arts in Jamestown, and at Holt School of Fine Art in Charlotte, NC. He began painting watercolor birds as his primary subject matter in 2016, a tribute to his childhood where he grew up watching birds and spending time studying Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide books. His current work expands his use of media to include oils and digital illustration. It focuses on light and dark, limited color palettes, and movement.
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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.
Many of my wood pieces have been made from found materials: discarded cherry headboards; table parts; cabinet doors. Of course, various wood species from a kiln-dried lumber company nearby. Salvaged lamp parts. For the carpentry, selection, and keen attention to the grain color of wood is utmost. I like including steam-bent components to the work. Much of my work reflects a mood at the time, or a particular detail that carries onto another piece, or a frivolous impulse to make mock sticks of butter, or a representative subject in sculpture. Brass, copper. I have works with motion, they spin and turn.
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Miles Hilton
Each of my works draws viewers into a space of startling color, a disarmament that prepares them for a reorientation toward concepts of connection, personhood, and worth. Colors, lines, and chaos open a childlike space that the viewer can quest into. What creature takes form as you look more closely? Tension develops between recognized forms and unrecognized patterns. Where does the pattern stop? What does it feel like, passing through your body? How does the tangle of fiber resolve, what does it remind you of before it does?
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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. I’m thrilled to find a welcoming art community and great opportunities for local artists, and have been proud to have participated in Jamestown’s “ArtScape” and Roger Tory Peterson Institute’s Plein Air Festival as well as the NSAA member events.
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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
As a working photographer and photographic educator for over thirty-five years my focus has always been on learning as much as teaching. As such I have developed an expansive catalog of photographic techniques and processes. But stylistically my first love is and has always been the simple process of discovery and rediscovery from walking, camera in hand, down city streets, country roads, or even through my own backyard and its adjacent woodlands. Originally from Buffalo NY I have lived and taught in Jamestown since 1989. Presently I am a senior adjunct instructor at Jamestown Community College where last year was awarded the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching. Most recently I published a volume of my photos, and am currently producing platinum/palladium, salted paper, and cyanotype prints from the book’s images.
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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 am a watercolor artist painting in a realistic style. I use a limited palette to paint a variety of subject matter and approach each painting uniquely. Achieving a harmony within the painting is important. Life is a miracle, each life is unique and I hope the viewer sees that. Our world is always changing, especially the sky and seashore. I love the way the natural world reveals itself in different times of the day, different seasons and cycles and with varying human influences. My hope is that you will find them peaceful to view. I intend to honor the Creator in everything I do. Working primarily from photographs in my studio to create paintings from personal experience I also accept commissions. I hope to resume giving instruction in 2024 through the Art Start program at Fredonia First Church.
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Terry Lair
The intense textures and subtle colors of the natural world influence my art. Whether it is drawing or painting, my work usually starts with a personal emotional reaction. I often see a “story” and my work evolves into a narrative, in which mood and viewer response are the primary goal. I have been included in several local art exhibitions at 3rd on 3rd Gallery (Jamestown), as well as solo exhibitions at Lakewood Library & Ryder’s Cup (Lakewood) and a featured artist in the Taste of Toledo (Toledo Ohio). I have a Bachelor of Arts degree and I am currently the Art Facilitator at Aspire of WNY where I teach art to individuals with physical and developmental disabilities.
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Wally 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 1800s 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.

Brian LeBaron
With 25 years in marketing, I took my passion for art, commercial photography experience, and a big leap of faith to create LeBarron Studios in 2023. As an independent photography artist, I’m inspired by the peacefulness of the great outdoors and natural beauty that surrounds our region. That’s prevalent in creating landscape and wildlife photography art, many of which feature unique local locations captured in original perceptions. I enjoy pushing my talents and understanding of the natural world by experimenting with composition, light and time. Brian is a near life-long Chautauqua County resident and SUNY Fredonia graduate. Prints, wall art, and professional photography services available thru website.
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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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Trenton Lutes
Trenton graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY, cum laude with honors and departmental distinction with concentrations in painting, sculpture and glassblowing. In 2017, Trenton was the recipient of the NYSCA Decentralization Program, Artist in Community Grant, administered by the Tri-County Arts Council. His project, entitled My Town: An Exploration in Acrylic Paint Skins with Photographic Transfers of Westfield, NY, won him the 2018 Tri-County Arts Council Re-Grant Program of the Year award. Trenton continues to pursue and explore artistic works in abstract painting, photography and bonsai in his hometown of Westfield, NY.
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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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D’Arsie Mae Manzella
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 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.
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Jill Mattson
Jill’s creative spirit and her passion for deep spirituality define her artistic endeavors. Her award-winning books describe ancient mathematical color and design elements, which shine through her vivid and alluring works of art. She has an entire published book dedicated to the scientific, use of colors, lines, and shapes and their personal benefits. Mattson’s work graces the covers of numerous books and CDs; she is featured in hundreds of magazine articles and radio shows. With intriguing movement and composition, with bold but sublime colors, she creates magnetic pieces. Hypnotic images dance in and out of reality, making you a part of the painting.
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Myriam Mayshark *
My tribe is comprised of people that are inordinately curious. When I was a younger, I thought curiosity was a natural state for everyone but discovered not all of us are born with that burden. I am curious about almost everything, behavior, beauty, color, nature, the firmament, bees, inventions and so on. When I paint, I am exploring what I observe and what I imagine. I seem to be asking the viewer, “What about this?” My medium is watercolor but most often soft pastels. Sometimes, I combine the two. I often paint from memory or lucid dreaming.
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Marcia Merrins *
Marcia Merrins is a ceramic artist and president of the North Shore Arts Alliance. She has participated in several juried shows and exhibitions throughout the region. Her work has been juried for several prestigious craft shows throughout western New York. She recently launched a solo exhibition at the Octagon Gallery in Westfield NY and her work was the subject of an award-winning mini documentary produced by Ros Smith. Her work is sculpted or handbuilt. Marcia’s signature pieces are quirky themed “footed bowls” and raku fired or soda fired animals displaying the random action of fire on clay. Her newest body of work are puppies!
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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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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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Debbie Penley
I am a multimedia artist with a recent concentration in fiber art. With a focus on nature and wildlife animals, my work ranges from the realistic and lifelike to the abstract and whimsical. I enjoy the tactile qualities of my work, and am often amazed at the almost magical transformation of the raw materials from a fluid state into something more enduring and solid. I often imbue a spirit of play and joy into my pieces with the intention of inviting the audience along on the journey with me.
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Ashley Pickering
Ash Pickering (she/her) is an illustrator, painter, and teaching artist located in Western New York. She works in watercolor, pen, gouache, and acrylic paint. Her creative process begins with inspiration from lived experiences, stories, and dreams. A consistent source of this is time spent in nature, which fuels her passion for the environment, and desire to learn about the natural world. She is a graduate of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and Jamestown Community College, and a recipient of multiple artist grants including UAA of Chautauqua County, and NYSCA SCR.
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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.

Lisa Schultz
Photography, for me, started out as being a way to escape the negativity that was going on in my life and in the world around me. It has become a spiritual journey for me in which each shot is seen and felt. It excites me to share my photos, which represent my journey and has had such a positive impact on my life with others, so that they can be impacted with the “beauty” that can be seen. Every photo has a story.
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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 paints landscape, figurative and abstract paintings in oil, acrylic, and watercolor. She received her most recent award in Jamestown’s Roger Tory Peterson’s 2022 Inaugural Plein Air Festival. Susan paints from life, photos, and imagination, and is quite diverse in her styles. Her fine arts and graphic arts studies include Miami Made Community College, Everett Community College, and the University of Texas at Austin where she attained her bachelor's degree in fine art. Susan surprises her clients and admirers with unique artistry, utilizing both her fine arts and graphic arts backgrounds, and continually evolves to create inspiring and often intriguing artwork. Susan resides in Jamestown, New York.
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Tim A Sivertsen *
I’ve been working on several different tangents of late. There is a developing series of monochromatic pastel/charcoal landscapes on paper. There is also an ongoing series of fanciful figures in motion (pastel and acrylic). I’ve also pulled up a number of older, unfinished (unresolved) pieces out of my past and am attempting to rework them. It’s very interesting to pick up a piece put to the side years ago and revisit my thought processes at the time. I also have an ongoing series of monocromatic pastel portraits of females in the works.
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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 started my photographic journey in a dark room at 14 and over the years drifted in and out of capturing images over the years. Being a tech fan, I picked up my first digital camera in 2001 and progressively began to grow my passion for capturing images anew. With the advent of cell phone cameras and computational imagery I took the leap into fine art photography with the acquisition of state-of-the-art lenses and cameras. Photography to me is time traveling and as an avid traveler and sci-fi enthusiast I hope someday a millennium from now someone will discover one of my images and be transported back in time. Please follow my explorations on Instagram or visit my website.
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Lisa Summerfield *
I began painting four years ago at a local acrylic class with a friend, transitioning to watercolor after discovering its beauty. Coming from a family of crafters, I've always been surrounded by creativity. Though I initially considered art school, I pursued nursing, married and raised three children. Now, I'm reigniting my passion for art, particularly flowers and landscapes, inspired by nature. My high school art teacher Jean Stull, a published watercolorist, deeply influenced me, as do artists I admire globally. I paint in my home studio in Panama, NY, where my peaceful surroundings fuel my creativity and feed my soul.
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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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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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Denise Williams
The Living Glass Gallery is now located at 71 East Main Street, in the beautiful historic downtown of Westfield NY. Living Glass Gallery is a proud sponsor of the Chautauqua-Lake Erie Art Trail and features original glass work by artist and owner Denise Williams, along with displays of work by several local artists working in pottery, sea glass jewelry, photography, painting, soft sculpture and ceramic sculpture.
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Sarah Zielonka
Sarah Zielonka is a ceramic artist creating functional stoneware pottery in North Evans, New York. After earning a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics at Alfred University in 1991, she has honed her craft, producing beautiful handmade objects that speak directly to the user through everyday interaction.  With respect for traditional aesthetics, her goal is to employ the medium’s infinite flexibility to translate a story, a memory or feelings of joy, whimsy and play. Currently, she creates wheel thrown and hand built objects, then experiments with a variety of high firing techniques including wood, soda, gas and electric. 18 Mile Creek Pottery

Nancy Wehr *
Nancy Wehr is a photographer who lives in Westfield, NY.
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