March 2024
Featured Artists
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Mike Dennis
I began my woodworking career as a framing carpenter in the early ’70s. I progressed to trim work and cabinets followed by a career as a general contractor specializing in custom home construction. I started turning in 2001 and joined the Tidewater Turners of VA, a club for wood turners. I have been an active member since, serving two terms on the board of directors, demonstrating turning techniques at meetings, and teaching classes for the club as well as Woodcraft Supply. For my art I use trees that have been insect-infested or diseased, giving each piece of wood many unique features. I try to visualize the form before I start. Sometimes that works, sometimes not! Each piece is a “one of a kind” creation, never to be duplicated by Mother Nature again. I really love turning wood and hope you enjoy the art.
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david gwaltney
An Unfortunate Series of Pots Gone Bad and Other Illusions
"Whimsical ceramics and iPad digital paintings reflect my ever-changing visions of work as an exhibiting artist." In 2018, I was honored as the featured artist for the Virginia Beach Boardwalk Art Show. Since 2019, my illustrations have won international awards from Graphis and are published in their yearly annuaIs. My paintings have been featured on banners, utility box, pylon and billboard for public art displays in the Va Beach’s ViBe district and in Norfolk’s Neon District. Contact: (757) 581-1701 [email protected] www.dGwaltneyArt.com www.facebook.com/dGwaltneyArt |
ralph thomas
Ralph Thomas originally of Durham, North Carolina, is a self-taught portrait artist who can take a photographic portrait and render a piece as if he was painting “by numbers” as he describes it. The ever-jubilant Thomas first fell in love with painting at the age of seven when his mother, on a summer visit from Detroit gave him a paint-by-numbers set. As stated before, Ralph is strictly self-taught, learning the source of light and technique of highlight, mid tone, shadow, reflected light and cast shadow by corresponding numbers to hues learned how to paint while spending time with his mother.
“We had so much fun during her visits south” said Thomas who was raised by his Aunt Cora and Uncle Charlie Jackson. Thomas has fond memories of trying to learn how cartoon artists drew Mickey Mouse, Woody Woodpecker, Donald Duck, all images that would eventually serve as a foundation for a self-taught portrait artist carving out his niche in the burgeoning art scene of Coastal Virginia. The 20 year Navy veteran with gregarious spirit. It was while serving in the Navy he found he could sell his paintings. Thomas has built a list of repeat clientele over the years. In 2017, Thomas painted a suite of jazz inspired pieces to benefit the Jazz Legacy Foundation, a non-profit organization that benefits high school music programs. He paints full time now with most of his portraits commissioned by request. (Excerpts of bio taken from “Paint By Numbers Elevated By “Folk Artist” written by Glenn Mason) |