Kaye Abbott uses color and light to express feeling and action
in her watercolor portraits, flowers and landscape.
An award-winning artist, she exhibits regularly in
both solo and group shows.
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Shirley Akers, freelance artist and consultant,
specializes in mixed media 2-D paintings of her
Kansas roots. She is active in Topeka Art Guild,
Topeka Artists Associated, Osage County Artists and
Craftsmen, and Lawrence Art Guild. In addition, she
is an adjunct art instructor for Allen Co. Community
College.
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Charles R. Alexander is a woodworker
experienced in turning and lathe operations,
specializing in creating polychromatic segmented bowls
and other art objects from domestic and imported
woods. He is an active member of woodworking clubs in
Topeka.
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Ault Academy of Art - Bob Ault, an art therapist
and teacher for over 30 years, and students Donna
Allen, Geneve Owensby, and others will show their
original art. Work done by each reflects his/her own
unique interest and approach.
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Reggie Boyd - makes "concert and/or recording
quality" Native American style flutes. He has shown
his work locally and the international Native American
Flute Association.
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Lynn Burris is a ceramic artist who combines an interest in preserving the ancient carvings on canyon walls and a knowledge and appreciation of old and foreign cultures in his pottery. His love for working with clay is evident in the design and color of his beautiful clay pottery.
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Barry Busch brings his creative talent to life
in his watercolors and wearables in silk. He has
shown locally in the Collective, Topeka Art Guild,
office buildings and other galleries. For more
information , see www.Busch Enterprises.com.
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Jo Flager has been painting for over 25 years. She works in oil, acrylic and watercolor. Her subject matter is primarily local landscapes and flowers from her garden or gardens of friends and her husband's chickens. Her work may be seen at the Topeka Art Guild Gallery, Ottawa Carnegie Art Center and at her home studio by appointment.
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Orville Flager makes decorative and functional native wood bowls from trees growing on their farm. He also specializes in antique reproduction pieces such as pie safes and possom belly kitchen cabinets.
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D.W. (Don) Gates does "local" nature photography, mostly land, water, and sky scapes in Douglas and Shawnee Counties. Some of his favorite subjects are Clinton and Shawnee Lakes. You will find his work in local art galleries and shows.
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Karol D. Good makes her own glass beads and uses them in beautiful one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces. She will give demonstrations in bead making as you watch. Awesome!
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Ron Jones does pyrography and small copper sculpture He combines acrylic paints and colored stains to his wood burnings, then finishes with polyurethane and a hand rubbed wax. You will see his work at Topeka Art Guild, Vision Bank and other local businesses.
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Bob and Flossie Kinder have been woodcarving for more than 20 years, winning awards in Kansas and surrounding states. They have shown their work at Lecompton, Baker University, Silver Dollar City this year. Their carvings, in relief and in the round, are realistic as well as caricatures of human and animal figures making them lively favorites.
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Shirley Linn finds great satisfaction using fibers from her own animals, Angora goats and rabbits. Her unique approach results in distinctively different shawls, hats, vests and other creations. You will find her studio a treasure trove of surprises.
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George McCaskill has been a woodworker for over 30 ears. He builds a variety of furniture specializing in sturdy benches constructed with reclaimed oak and maple railroad boxcar flooring.
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Ron Warman has been working wood for years. He helps gently used furniture to last longer, makes reproductions of Arts and Crafts furniture. He has recently become addicted to the wood lathe and uses wood cut in his area of town to make bowls and hollow forms.
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Mike Weinbrecht specializes in silver point drawings. He sketches with a silver wire. Silver flakes off the painted surfaces. In time the metal tarnishes giving it warmth not found in any other medium. To this he adds soft color. The blend gives unique soft tones that please the eye and heart.
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Carolyn Young specializes in unique approaches to photography.
She takes the view from her lens and alters it minutely to change how one would anticipate the view. Her work is seen in local galleries and shows.
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