Anita Rummage: Professional Artist
for Multi-Media and Portrait Art

Anita Rummage

Anita Rummage

Is a multi-media, self-taught artist. Inspiration and encouragement from her high school art teacher led her to become a professional artist at a young age. She specializes in portraits.

Her favorite media include watercolors, alcohol inks, oils, acrylics, chalk pastels, graphite, and liquid charcoals.

Cindy Barber: Rosary jeweler

Cindy Barber

Cindy Barber

All of Cindy’s Rosaries are made with utmost care. She uses fine materials so that each finished Rosary is of heirloom quality. She also is a commission artist.

Cindy Young - Oil Painter

Cindy Young

Cindy Young

Once Cindy started painting, she knew she would do it for the rest of her life. She finds people fascinating and tries to capture their spirit in painting. Other interests include travel which provides inspiration for her work.

Chris Collett - Potter

Chris Collett

Chris Collett

Chris Collett is a multimedia artist working with ceramics, metals, and painting.  Often taking inspiration from nature, more often than not making work based off of the ocean.  She has been working with paints for over four years, as well as ceramics and metals for two years.

Daphne Seaman: Polymer Clay Artist

Daphne Seaman

Daphne Seaman

Daphne’s use of polymer clay in her art is the most recent means of expression in her life that began with ceramics and fiber arts. She is passionate about “junk,” scraps, and found objects, and loves to recycle these into her art. The range of color possibilities in polymer clay and the intricate patterns millefiori techniques constantly amaze and excite her. Polymer clay gives her a voice to a playfulness in her spirit and captures her delight in life, in color, in texture and in form.

David Moore: Potter/Oil Painter

David Moore

David Moore

David Moore, local potter and painter, has always been drawn to earthy subjects, materials and colors. His finely crafted functional pottery, whether mugs, bowls, or casserole dishes, often display a tiny tree and moon on their surface beneath a subdued glaze.

Oil paintings of Kentucky landscapes, abandoned buildings and farm equipment are meticulously rendered in ochres, umbers, grays and greens. They are characterized by generous textural detail...and often a tiny hidden animal. His work speaks about the heart of rural Kentucky.

Denise Glaser: Glass Artist

Denise Glaser

Denise Glaser

Denise works with kiln formed glass.  She enjoys melting the glass at different temperatures for a variety of results, then finding unique ways to display it.

Donna Eaves: Talented Artist
Specializing in Mixed-Media Art

Donna Eaves

Donna Eaves

Donna Eaves is a self-taught artist who has been producing art from a very early age. She is a mixed-media artist, which includes paintings, jewelry, barrel art, greeting cards, 3-D art, and much more.

Evelyn Silliman: Potter

Evelyn Silliman

Evelyn Silliman

Working in clay allows Evelyn to find inspiration in the everyday environment, for instance-trees, leaves, bark, fossils, etc. The medium of clay also offers the satisfaction of creating pieces of both beauty and function, allowing her to stretch her imagination, reaching daily for new forms, colors and self-expression.

Evy Schnee: Beading jeweler

Evy Schnee

Evy Schnee

Beading is the most diverse of any creative medium Evy has attempted in sixty years. She continues to take classes and has mastered peyote, herringbone, right-angle weave, albion, netting, African helix, brick, square, ladder, cellini spiral, dutch spiral and bead embroidery, which involves another slew of stitches. She uses Swarovski crystals, either Toho or Miyuki seed beads, assorted gemstones and quality glass beads.

Fred Hagan: Woodworking Artist

Fred Hagan

Fred Hagan

Fred’s woodworking creations are almost exclusively from reclaimed material: old growth pine from hundred year-old floor joists, bourbon warehouse flooring, barn wood, school chalkboard slate, salvaged redwood, American chestnut, piano key ivory, bourbon barrel stave, etc.  Most of his pieces are his own designs.

Indigo Friedlander - Potter

Indigo Friedlander

Indigo Friedlander

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Indigo's work is inspired by the woods surrounding her home near Bloomfield KY. She uses various hand building techniques including Kohiki and pit firing to create one of a kind organic forms. She often embellishes her pieces with grapevine, driftwood, deer antlers or bones that are found on her property. Each piece is an extension of her love of nature and the beauty that surrounds her community in Kentucky.

Janet and Richard Rosenbaum: Jewelry Artists

Janet and Richard Rosenbaum

Janet and Richard Rosenbaum

Richard enjoys working with unique, tumbled, polished natural gemstones, skillfully wrapping them with wire to create one of a kind pendants and earrings.

Janet coordinates natural stone bracelets, earrings and children’s bracelets.  Her collection includes unusual holiday themed pieces.

Jason Royse - Copper Jewelry

Jason Royse

Jason Royse

I value copper's historical and holistic significance, as many wearers believe it helps alleviate joint pain and enhances personal energy flow.

Finally, using copper is a sustainable and affordable choice that makes high-quality, handcrafted jewelry accessible, while supporting eco-friendly and recyclable art practices.

Jerry Robertson - Woodturner

Jerry Robertson

Jerry Robertson

Information coming soon.

Jim Silliman: Photographer and Woodworker

Jim Silliman

Jim Silliman

Jim has been a Kentucky artisan for nearly 40 years. His artistic interests are in woodworking and photography. As a woodworker, he specializes in handcrafted pens, Shaker Oval Boxes and Vintage Mountain Dulcimers. As a photographer, he specializes in close-up nature and landscape images. Although his main interest is large format black and white photography, he enjoys the mobility of 35 mm digital imagery.

June Pearce: Alcohol Ink Artist

June Pearce

June Pearce

June Pearce has been painting her entire life.  She recently started using alcohol ink.  It has a quality and personality of its own that enables her to create art on a variety of surfaces, using an endless array of unique techniques and vibrant colors.  Alcohol ink is the epitome of freedom in art!

Kelsey Berryman: Digital Artist

Kelsey Berryman

Kelsey Berryman

Kelsey loves creating digital artwork, printed on notecards. She is inspired by the connection that art can make between people, and the joy of finding that “just right” gift for loved ones.

Kathryn Wilson: Sculptor/Painter

Kathryn Wilson

Kathryn Wilson

All of Kathryn’s sculptures begin with an idea and a lump of porcelain clay.  She kneads and pushes the mound of soft clay into roughly the shape she has in mind—then carves in the details.  She hollows just enough for the piece to dry properly before adding the finishing touches.  Kathryn started as a stone carver, so she leaves the walls thick, enabling the sculpture to be solid and heavy.

Kay Rust: Fine Art-Oil Painter

Kay Rust

Kay Rust

Kay enjoys painting in oils, specializing in stunning portraits and landscapes.

Kem Cotton: Oil Painter

Kem Cotton

Kem Cotton

Kem is a graphic design artist.  Drawing and painting have always been a part of his life.  He started oil painting at age 13 and is self-taught.  Kem’s philosophy of painting is in creating the illusion of depth, placing tint and shade colors beside each other, capturing the viewer’s emotional feeling. He enjoys watching people express different emotions that what he sees.  

Kim Perry: Oil Painter

Kim Perry

Kim Perry

Kim’s ability to create paintings that reflect who she is and what she loves, is an amazing blessing in her life. Her creative process is mainly in the medium of oils with an impressionistic representation. She feels honored to create original paintings from the heart, using an array of bright, intense colors with a unique palette knife format.

J. Lee Hutchins, Jr. - Photographer and Artist

J. Lee Hutchins, Jr.

J. Lee Hutchins, Jr.

J. Lee Hutchins, Jr. is a photographer and artist.  His subjects include nature scenes at Bernheim Forest, just outside of Bardstown, KY. Volunteering at Bernheim enables Lee to be out in nature more often, capturing images as the days and seasons move past.

Leah Royse

Leah Royse, Goat Milk Handmade Soap

Leah Royse, Goat Milk Handmade Soap

Information is coming soon.

Linda Thompson, Gourd Artist

Linda Thompson, Gourd Artist

Linda Thompson, Gourd Artist

More information coming soon.

Mary Moore: Fiber Artist

Mary Moore

Mary Moore

Mary’s love of fiber arts began when her Kindergarten teacher showed her  how to knit.  As a teen, she learned to spin wool.  She’s never without a knitting project, it seems.  

Ten years ago, she learned to weave, and became enamored with working with selvedge to make rugs.  She loves to play with different textures and colors and make something that others can enjoy.

Melissa Crase - Equine

Melissa Crase

Melissa Crase

More information to come.

Ricki Stevens Cole: Mult-Media Artist

Ricki Stevens Cole

Ricki Stevens Cole

Ricki’s art path began as a child when she melted crayons on a hot sidewalk.  The colors made such rich, vivid swirls of color.  As an adult, she hopes to share this fascination with others.  It is the combination of colors, contrasts, and that special something that makes the subject so unique and beautiful.

Ron Perrin, Professional Photographer

Ron Perrin, Professional Photographer

Ron Perrin, Professional Photographer

Information coming soon to this page.

Sam Lawson

Samuel Lawson

Samuel Lawson

Samuel Lawson is an Artist Printmaker

(more information to come)

Sharon Milliner: Fiber Artist, Fine Arts Artist

Sharon Milliner

Sharon Milliner

Sharon is a creative fiber artist, making silks and nuno felt scarves, vests, and other accessories. She is also an excellent fine arts watercolor painter.

Steve Hagan: Woodturner

Steve Hagan

Steve Hagan

Being a woodturner, Steve believes that every piece of wood has value but it can be hidden.  Wood is, of course, a natural material.  One never knows what beauty can be behind the bark or in the timber of a piece of wood.  Deciding the correct approach to bring out the best result is a challenging and rewarding experience.

Steve Rixman: Stained Glass Artist

Steve Rixman

Steve Rixman

Steve started working in stained glass in 1994.  Most of his work is in the copper foil technique, but he also does leaded work and mosaics.  Glass comes in virtually any color so it’s easy to draw, or find a pattern, of most any design.

Susan Christensen: Watercolor Artist

Susan Christensen

Susan Christensen

Each time Susan begins a watercolor painting, the challenge begins.  With the juicy intuitive process of watercolor, she loves to transform a page into a new way in seeing a scene or image.  Susan likes to play with the color, dramatizing the picture in some way that appeals to her.  Watercolor is always surprising, and every painting is a little journey into the unexpected.  Watercolor is a welcome and unpredictable partner in Susan’s adventure!

Susan Crum-Cox: Pottery Artist

Susan Crum-Cox

Susan Crum-Cox

Susan is a Kentucky artist working in a variety of media.  Her Kentucky Christmas ornaments feature shapes that reflect the Kentucky experience.  Ornaments are made by hand using stoneware clay, fired in a kiln, and completed with a beautifully glazed finish.  One of her ornaments was chosen for display on the White House Christmas tree in 1993.

Susan Gunning: Basket Weaver

Susan Gunning

Susan Gunning

Susan has been making baskets for 40 years, enjoying it as a hobby as she learned new techniques.  Her creative pieces are gallery favorites!

Susan Simpson: Multi-media Artist

Susan Simpson

Susan Simpson

Susan is not a life-long artist but has taken a few classes and has traveled to France various times to paint the beautiful and bright colors found in the French countryside and seascapes, the flowers (especially sunflowers), and still-life settings she creates. Bright, bold colors make up her palette. She loves to see a blank canvas gradually take on the evolving details of a completed work, to hopefully please and inspire others. She paints in oils, acrylics and watercolor and ink.