Marilyn Palamara's work has been featured on KDKA TV's "KD Country" and has been mentioned favorably by several Pittsburgh Art Critics. She works in oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor. Her paintings have been accepted in the Butler Museum Regional Show and the Westmoreland Museum of Art. She has had six one-man shows and has received many awards.
Joyce Werwie Perry is the owner of le Poire, a fine art studio and gallery located in Crafton, 10 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. She has sold and won awards nationally for her knife work in oils, a technique she deveoped and which she teaches at the gallery and at Sweetwater Center for the Arts. Most recently, Joyce's piece, You Are Here was part of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's 96th Annual Exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art and was given a juror's award by Douglas Fogle, Curator of Contemporary Art.
Pat Rampolla discovered "Clay" after decades as a mother, educator,
counselor and spiritual director. Working with "Clay" has been a very
life-giving, and centering relationship, hence the name of her studio
Still Point. Becoming connected with "Clay" has given Pat a sense of
being part of the original, but ever-evolving and changing creation
story. She has recently been drawn to Raku Firing, an Ancient Japanese
Technique, because it is fast, exciting and full of mysterious results.
Ceres Rangos began weaving traditional basketry in the early 1990's. Over time, her baskets and gourds evolved into looser, more organic, forms. She has always been intrigued by the sense of movement created by color and design within a vessel, and the design takes precedence over its utilitarian purpose. A single row on her current pieces may take anywhere from one to three hours, depending on the size of the gourd or basket. "A vessel does not simply materialize, it evolves," and in some instances, a piece may have required several predecessors before emerging in its finished form. Her vessels can be found in private collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Ireland and Israel.
Betty Reid is a self taught artist who was an oil painter for many years until she converted to watercolors about 20 years ago. She enjoys painting landscapes, flowers from her own garden and figure painting. She is a member of South Hills Art League, McMurray Art League and The Pittsburgh Watercolor Society.
John Skoko creates art with a unique point of view. He is a Pittsburgh-born artist presently residing in the South Hills area, a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1973, where he studied "visual communications." Expressing his true love of "surrealistic art" through the acrylic-on-canvas media, has received numerous awards and honors in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area.
Carol Swed earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Southern Methodist University and worked as a graphic designer in Chicago for 13 years. Carol paints a variety a variety of subjects in her favorite medium, oil paint. "I love the buttery texture of the medium and the smell of linseed oil. I love the variety of effects I can produce with it, and its forgiving nature. While most of my paintings are realistic, they are never photographic: I want to see the stroke of the brush and the gesture of the hand."
John began his artistic career as an artist in pointillism while attending the University of Pittsburgh in 1986. In 1987 he was named Personality of America for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts. John's work has appeared in many publications, including travel and photography magazines as well as local newspapers.
John lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife, feline and K9.
A self-taught artist, Anne Trimble has been drawing since she could hold a pencil. Graphite is still her favorite medium, though she also works other media, including pastel, oil, and digital. Anne has created murals and backdrops for theater productions, portrait and commission work, and layout and graphics for CD covers and newsletters. Anne has illustrated one children's book, "The Crazy Adventure of Nicholas Mouse," and hopes to work more in children's illustration.
Paul Trimmer is a retired physicist who started painting when he was eleven years old. He has continued painting except for several years in the Army and when going to college. He studied oil painting with Joe Kelly and Miriam Roberts while living in the Washington, D.C. area. He tries to create paintings that when displayed in a home will enhance the attractiveness and tranquility.
Patrick is a landscape artist whose favorite subjects are usually found on old farm sites in Western Pennsylvania. He finds old oil wells, out-buildings and rusted, abandoned machinery. He paints mostly in his studio from photographs he takes on site. He studied art at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. His work has won numerous awards when shown locally and in Eastern Pennsylvania, Baltimore and West Virginia.
Diane White is an oil painter from Pittsburgh who loves to paint still lifes. "I love to take ordinary objects, fruits, vegetables, flowers,pottery, and arrange them with the light falling on them, to create interesting shadows and lost edges."
Diane has studied locally with Elizabeth Pruitt and Robert Daley and has taken workshops with Robert Johnson and David Leffel. She is also a member of Upper St Clair League for the Arts, McMurray Art League, Pittsburgh Society of Artists, and the Oil Painters of America.
Janet Woodcock sold her first screened painting, a small floral abstract, through one of the first regional shows at the Butler Museum. She majored in Art Education at Edinboro State Teacher's college (now Edinboro University), and finished her undergraduate education at the University of Pittsburgh, with a degree in Studio Arts. After many years, finishing a graduate degree, pursuing a career, and raising a family, she is now getting back to her previous peak of painting competence.
