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| Orsay Afternoon, Jennifer Padgett, oil on canvas |
Jennifer Padgett Jennifer Padgett is known for her
evocative, colorful oils
that make a captured scene intriguing and memorable. She likes to say that she
puts the mood of the moment into the gestures and that one brush stroke can
change everything: make a face happy or a figure slumped. Born in Nashville in
1973, Padgett earned her degree in fine art from Lipscomb University in 1995.
She has begun to periodically lead international art workshops, as she loves to
work with other artists who share her passion for expression.
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| Early Morning Hours, Provence; C. Gay Petach, oil on canvas |
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| Close Friends, C. Gay Petach, oil |
C. Gay Petach – Nashville
Nashville artist Gay Petach creates lush scenic pastels and oils featuring some of her favorite places on earth and from her
rich imagination. Whenever possible, she prefers to work outside because, as she puts it, “nature is the best model.”
The mood of her work often mirrors the seasons, and she is noted for using a full spectrum of color. Born in Lexington, Kentucky,
Gay received her formal training from the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida.
Bob Ransley -– New York State
Please see Ransley Art page.
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| Two for T, Tim Ross, acrylic on board |
Tim Ross – Nashville
Tim's high school principal once told him
he'd never make
a good living goofing off and talking too much. Tim took that as a
challenge. Thirty years later, he is still goofing off and talking too
much and making a pretty good living doing so. He is a popular TV weatherguy at
WSMV. Tim grew up in a family of very successful artists, and several tubes of
artistic DNA apparently squeezed out on him! He is well known for his
"very bright" TV neckties and as the author of several whimsical, rhyming
verse children's books.
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| Odyssey Vase, Marc Roux |
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| Queen Vase, Marc Roux |
Marc Roux – Nashville
Wood-turner Marc Roux's fascination with wood began with building a planter in an 8th-grade woodshop class, but his real passion
developed with the purchase of his first wood lathe in 2003. Marc turns a wide range of projects such as pens, lidded boxes,
vases and bowls. But his signature segmented works are his favorite. Creating these unique pieces can take anywhere from two
weeks to two months, depending on the complexity of each design. He taught at the Woodcraft University in 2006 where he enjoyed
helping others explore their imaginations through the world of woodturning.
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| Village, Jennifer Padgett, oil on canvas |
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| Oncoming Traffic, Jennifer Padgett, oil on canvas |
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| Divine Fulfillment, Jacek Rudnicki, oil on paper |
Jacek Rudnicki – Ontario, Canada
Focusing on the limits of experience and the thresholds that lead beyond imposed artistic codes, Jacek Rudnicki produces art
that reflects his philosophy of the dialectical discourse between the profane and the divine, the weird and the familiar,
the supernatural and the mundane. Textural qualities and the resolution of the painting are two fundamental characteristics
that dominate this artist’s work. He feels the creation of a painting is emotions transferred to canvas in the form
of materialized mental images.
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| Figurative Abstract, Irina Russkol, mixed media |
Irina Russkol – Chicago (formerly Ukraine)
Born in Kharkov, Ukraine, Irina Russkol began her formal training at Kharkov Fine Art Institute. She moved to St. Petersburg,
Russia, in 1994 to attend the Academy of Fine Art, part of the rigorous, former-Soviet system. In 1998, she came to the United
States to learn and study English as well as American culture and art. Irina incorporates mixed media and is always exploring
new techniques, which is evident in her wide range of styles, landscapes, still-life, figurative and abstract.
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| Hemisphere, Marc Roux |
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| Crisscrosss, Marc Roux |
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| Burgundy Grand, Marc Roux, Bubinga wood |
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