Gallery Artists:

Angie Falstrom
In her delicate watercolors, Angie explores the effect that light and atmosphere can bring to a scene, whether the subject is a landscape, interior, or still life. A resident of Lyme, she finds much of her inspiration for painting there.
   She received her BA in Art, with a minor in Art History, from Connecticut College in New London, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In recent years she has received awards from the Connecticut Watercolor Society and the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC, where she took the 2nd Place Still Life Award at their 71st International Exhibition.
  Angie is a member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society, the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington DC, and the Lyme Art Association, where she is an Elected Artist Member and has served on the Board of Directors.

Christine Danilowicz
These paintings were inspired not only by the brilliant colors of autumn, but also by the mood of dusk, the interplay of dark form against a span of light mass, the drama of land against sea and sky.

Erica Vess
After years of serious and dedicated art study, Erica Vess has learned that what she really wants to make are paintings that make her happy. Her watercolor and acrylic paintings span a range of subjects and styles, from traditional to modern to whimsical. Erica lives in Richmond, Va where she works as a full-time artist for Old World Prints Ltd. and makes cute tiny paintings in her spare time.

Gary Jacobs
This season has been very much about finding a better balance as new people and potentials have become a big part of my life. With that has also come new inspiration and purpose. I have been working hard as ever with renewed intensity and a greater awareness of my place and passions. Change and risk, in moderate amounts, are good, and I must say I feel great!
    Now I see all art as being about transformation and change, identity and transcendence. There are no ideas that lie outside of simple poetry, sensation and sense.

Jackie Peterson
I’m a New Englander, born & raised in CT. The changes of the seasons offer numerous exciting compositions to paint. I graduated from Hartford Art School (BFA) in 1990 as a “middle-ager”. I enjoy sharing information with people of all ages through Continuing Education in Middletown & surrounding areas. 
    I am a recorder through my artwork of God’s beauty around me and I hope these images touch another heart.

John Golden
I have been involved in art since I was 11 or so, way back in the 80’s. In that time, I have created a large catalog of work in photography and illustration, and my commercial work in design and animation has been seen on Cartoon Network, Animal Planet, Nickelodeon, CBS, TNT, TBS, PBS, and TechTV.
    I create all my work digital, mostly starting with a blank screen and using the mouse or a pen and graphics tablet to create an image. I use scans in my collage work, but everything else is painted or drawn within the computer.

Josh Rayner
Born and raised in the Tri-town area of Connecticut. Formally trained in fine arts at The Art Institute of Boston. Inspired by beauty, love, and hate. Skateboarder for life, artist for life.

Karen Stevenson
A camera is an extension of my vision and my memory. It is able to capture and preserve the details and moments that I fear I will not remember. The world moves so fast and there are so many distractions around me, so I find peace in holding my camera knowing I can pause life whenever choose.

Ryan Lee
Photography is not just a form of art. It is not just a hobby, or a profession. Photography is a way to see the world. Or more directly the impetus behind being a photographer, for me anyway, is seeing the world through a lens even when the camera is not there.
   A great picture can be taken with any piece of photographic equipment. The newest technology allows for easier post production and larger prints from digital origins. But the image itself, the beauty that can be captured in that photographic rectangle, comes from a deep passion within the artist—not from the technology behind the shutter release. I feel my work is inspired by a passion for the world around me. Not just the pretty people or the colorful landscapes, but every single detail.
   In the grand scheme of everything we as humans know and are aware of, this planet we inhabit is an unbelievably marvelous environment and one that should not be taken for granted in any way. Beauty exits in a rusty bolt as much as it lives in young lovers gazing into each other's eyes while standing on the top of the world. The passion helps find these moments.
    And sometimes when I am lucky enough, the camera is indeed between that which I see out there, and that which I feel inside.

Aaron Palowitch
I’ve been making pottery since 1990. I trained in Minnesota with Rock Hard Stoneware from 1992-2000, making their staple items such as plates, mugs, bowls and baking dishes. Since then I’ve developed my own style by fusing traditional Japanese and Korean ceramics with altered square and rectangular shapes that reflect the human touch.
    My work is sturdy and meant for everyday use.

Allyson Hill
I am 29 years old. I graduated from RIT where I studied in the School for American Crafts with a major in Woodworking and Furniture Design. I run my own online shop and occasionally do craft fairs. Everything in my shop is carefully and thoughtfully handmade by me. I love math, numbers, shapes, measuring, sculpting, designing, inventing, the list could go on. I love my new sewing machine, but I love my 5-year-old son even more :)

Andrea Everman, Owly Shadow Puppets
Did you ever have one of those jobs that was hard to explain? I have one of those jobs. I'm a model maker--I build architectural models of buildings for a small company in Chicago. Everyone I meet thinks this is really neat, maybe because people tend to like anything reproduced in miniature. But my job requires a lot of computer work and I tend to doodle out of boredom when sitting at my desk.
    At my model-making job we use a laser cutter to cut out small parts. One day I tried cutting out one of my doodles on the laser...and not long after that I started drawing characters that became shadow puppets. Throwing all caution to the wind I bought my own laser cutter so that I could make and sell shadow puppets.

Angie Falstrom
In her delicate watercolors, Angie explores the effect that light and atmosphere can bring to a scene, whether the subject is a landscape, interior, or still life. A resident of Lyme, she finds much of her inspiration for painting there.
    She received her BA in Art, with a minor in Art History, from Connecticut College in New London, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In recent years she has received awards from the Connecticut Watercolor Society and the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, DC, where she took the 2nd Place Still Life Award at their 71st International Exhibition.
    Angie is a member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society, the Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington DC, and the Lyme Art Association, where she is an Elected Artist Member and has served on the Board of Directors.

Barbara Stevenson
Knitting is something I turn to at the end of a long day, when I just want to relax. My favorite projects to work on are those for other people. To be able to give something that has been made with love is a joy I never want to stop experiencing.

Bethany Shorb, Cyberoptix
Holding an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, New York area native Bethany Shorb has dabbled and excelled in disciplines ranging from sculpture, to fashion and graphic design, to photography, to multimedia and music. She has performed around the country as Toybreaker and as half of DethLab. As founder of Cyberoptix, she has designed a vast catalog of innovative couture, including the costumes for Skinny Puppy’s 2004 world tour.
    We’ve transformed the most maligned accessory into a highly coveted, luxurious object. Each elegantly subversive tie is handmade of the finest and some of the most unusual materials - all in our top-floor studio in downtown Detroit. Don't be afraid to tie one on.

Cathy Andresen
I work with Navajo-Churro fiber from the sheep on our farm, Dragon's Lair Farm. The fiber is hand-spun, knit and felted to form bags, and all of our colors are natural. Then handles and liners are attached by hand-stitching. Everything I make is truly one-of-a-kind, so please enjoy!

Chu Ling Lee, LingGlass
LingGlass, founded by Chu Ling Lee, is a home-based business in Singapore, part of the Asia continence. Chu Ling has over 10 years of experience in creating jewelries pieces with stained glass and has since also experience making jewelries with different materials like fused glass, pressed flowers, red envelopes, postage stamps etc.
    Doing craft has always been Chu Ling’s passion since young and her main inspiration for her stained glass comes from Art Nouveau pieces. Chu Ling hopes to bring across her passion to many who would share her works by creating exquisite jewelries.

Dawn Leipold, Little Tile Gnome
So I have a secret to share. I have a paper fetish. I just can't stop buying paper! I have piles and piles of the stuff. The good thing? I constantly have new coaster styles to show you guys.
My coasters are made from tiles, backed with cork to avoid scratching tables. Each tile is decoupaged with decorative papers (each tile will vary slightly from another, but the same general pattern carries through each set of 4) and sealed twice with a waterproof varnish to add shine, and protect against water damage. Therefore, these coasters are completely functional!

Erin McDonald, Caged Bird Sings
My name is Erin McDonald, I am 19, 20 in the fall and am currently attending the University of Northern Colorado with a double major. My majors consist of History with a secondary education emphasis, and Art with an emphasis in visual arts.
I love working with stained glass and the yarn that I buy in the stores. Creating something from scratch to become unique is... something else. Something I’d never sell or give away for anything. I love having a free range of ideas, no restrictions or people telling you “can’t”. I see the world in color and I adore it.

Erin Sansoucy, Gamiworks
I’m a Kansas City native, transplanted in Houston with dreams to retire in Antigua, Guatemala. I’m blessed to lead a wonderful life with my husband and love of my life, Mark, our 2 goofy dogs, Lucy and Murphy, and Bailey the cat. Our cozy home is our oasis, a refuge, and a place to be creative. Now I’m not really a girly-girl, which may be surprising when you browse my products and the majority are clearly designed for chicks. But, I always appreciate feminine and classic looks...never trendy. I love to create a hodge-podge of things...keeps my mind and hands busy. I enjoy my artsy solitude, love to laugh, drink wine with friends and a long, sweaty run followed by a big jump in the pool....ahhh paradise!

Jaimey D. Romanoff
Like many moms of the Home Ec. generation, Jaimey D. Romanoff has talents too numerous to mention. From Pine cone Christmas wreathes to hand sewn quilts she finds joy in the simple art of creation. No matter what the subject of her fancy you can always count on one main ingredient, Love. Here we have a series of Crazy Cat Mats for your feline friend. Simply open the velcro flap empty in a sizable amount of Catnip, sit back and enjoy the show. This gift will entertain both cat and owner for hours to come. Enjoy!

Jeffrey Blayman, Worship Skateboards
Remember when skateboards used to be worth saving? The problem with skateboarding these days is that it is driven by bottomline marketing which mandates if kids want blood, skulls and heart-a-grams, than give it to them. But whatever happened to the times when graphic designers and artists creatively fused social, political, personal and ironic meanings into their skateboard art? What Worship Skateboards hopes to offer is an alternative to the current graphic lull. As most companies guard their image that they have spent tons of money developing, we would rather offer change. Every series is artist driven or fueled by hidden meanings. What Worship Skateboards hopes to bring is an artistic aesthetic that offers the individual the opportunity to find a more personal attachment to skateboard art whether they choose to hang the board on their wall or skate it. Just like all the decks we saved when we were their age...back when graphics meant something.

John and Chandra, Favormakers
Favor Makers is based in South Florida. We are John and Chandra. We like to think of our boxes as decorative art.
All of our boxes are our own original designs. We put together every single box. The 65 pound cardstock paper we use comes from an environmentally friendly company using wind power.

JingDai, JingJingDesigns
I studied traditional art and modern techniques in China. Now I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I specialize in silk dye work and hand beaded jewelry. I like to combine classical balance with both Chinese Feng-Shui and Western methods.
I am the mom of 2 wonderful boys. When they’re in school, I spend time in my art world. So rewarding and a lot of fun.

Joom Klangsin
I was born and grew up in Bangkok, Thailand. I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Silpakorn University. After graduating in 1995, I became a graphic designer for the company 711 in Bangkok. Thenin 1996, I came to the U.S. to study graphic design at the Academy of Arts College, San Francisco. In 1998, I returned to Thailand to work with my father, who owns a shoe company. There I worked as a shoe designer and as a production manager.
    After getting married in 2002, I moved back to San Francisco, where I currently live and work on my paintings and pillow projects, finding inspiration in the environment and the world around me. I use my intuitive and humorous imagination to create a uniquely surreal pop world in my work. My style is full of color and unique shapes that I consider to be “insane”.

Karen Stevenson
A camera is an extension of my vision and my memory. It is able to capture and preserve the details and moments that I fear I will not remember. The world moves so fast and there are so many distractions around me, so I find peace in holding my camera knowing I can pause life whenever I want.

Keith Phillips, MudStuffing
I work as a freelance graphic designer and part time artist, father of two, happy husband. Working in the garage/studio behind our house, some days I’m throwing pots, other days I'm designing fabrics and quilts.

Kent Rogowski
Bears, the first book by Kent Rogowski, is a series of portraits of the most unusual sort: ordinary teddy bears that have been turned inside out and restuffed. Each animal’s appearance is determined by the necessities of the manufacturing process. Simple patterns and devices never meant to be seen are now prominent physical characteristics, giving each one a distinctly quirky personality: their fasteners become eyes, their seams become scars, and their stuffing creeps out in the most unexpected places. Together these images form a topology of strange yet oddly familiar creatures. They are at once hideous yet cuddly, disturbing yet endearing, absurd yet adorable, while offering a metaphor for us all to consider. These bears, which have lived and loved and lost as much as their owners, have suffered and endured through it all. It is by virtue of revealing their inner core might we better understand our own.

Kim Westad
While I rely heavily on my design background, my influences stem from many different sources. I am constantly studying my environment, noticing how even the most subtle shift in a line can change a form. I find beauty in details such as the the curves of the human body or the delicate layers within a flower blossom. I am also interested in both modern industrial design and architecture which inspire me to experiment with the alteration and reconstruction of traditional shapes. Form is the most important aspect of my work, the anchor and starting point of each piece. The goal is to create lines within the form that seamlessly interact together to create an aesthetically interesting and functional vessel which will elicit a closer inspection.

Maria Arnold, Scuddlebay Designs
Hi my name is Maria Arnold mother of the incredible John and curly-q Isabella both the inspiration to the birth of my business Scuddlebay Designs. I have been making everything from necklaces to handbags made with beautiful and natural colored woods! I simply live for art, apart from jewelry I also paint, sew, and sculpt! I hope you enjoy what I have to offer! Peace.

Mary Kruger, PearThreads
Pear was founded by me and my twin sister, Tracy. As avid sewing enthusiasts, we work together to design products that combine color and texture to create a unique look. Sewing allows me to express my love of colors, patterns, and textures into wearable art that can be used everyday.

Mike Libby, Insect Lab
Mike Libby is a multi-disciplinary artist who makes sculptures, models, collages and drawings. Boyishly conceptual, he utilizes strategies of remediation and reformation to reveal interpretive folly and tweaked optimism. Using diverse everyday materials and common images, Libby explores themes of science, nature, fantasy and autobiography; highlighting correspondences between the real and unreal.
    In addition to developing his main body of work, Libby has maintained the project of Insect Lab. In this widely acclaimed and extensive series, he integrates vintage watch parts with insect specimens. Borrowing from both science fiction and science fact, these customized insects present the confluences and contradictions between technology and nature.

Mona and Mikey, Tinymeat
We built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. Hell bent on world domination one pocket at a time.
    There are now over 30 artists from around the globe coming together for our exciting new artist series of wallets, passport cases, checkbook covers and more.

Rachel Collier, MysGarden
I started making Bath and Body products 6 years ago. Making skin care products came about do to necessity. I had a need to have items that didn’t irritate my skin and my daughters’ skin and a need to create.
    I can remember being a kid and my mom buying these amazing amber colored soaps from the health food store for me to bath with because everything irritated me. I have looked all over for these soaps as an adult and was unable to find them so I decided to find out what it would take to create them myself, and that began a new love of creating beautiful things that entice more than one of the five senses. To be able to feel it, smell it, see the beauty, and completely cover yourself in it, it doesn’t get any better than that. Making soaps, oils, balms, etc... Is an art form for me. The idea of bathing yourself in art..... I can’t even explain the feelings that invokes.

Ryan Kundrat
Stemming from an untraditional background for a jewelry designer, Ryan Kundrat graduated from Rhode Island School of Design’s industrial design department. Previous designs ranged from high-end, ready-to-assemble furniture, upholstered tables, and decorative yet functional lighting. Now creating jewelry, his handmade pieces mesh vividly colored industrial rubber with fine sterling silver. Kundrat’s designs utilize materials in unconventional methods resulting in sophisticated and elegant works of wearable art.

Sarah Asper Smith, Smack of Jellyfish
Born and raised in Alaska, Sarah Asper-Smith makes her home on a houseboat in Juneau. She loves color and good typography, form and function; curry and goat cheese and fresh herbs, the sound of waves and the sound of wind, word play and Scrabble and puns. She loves hot tea on cold days and surrounding herself with people she cares about. Spending time alone in her cabin in the woods, she came up with the idea for a children’s alphabet book. Using unusual collective nouns for groups of animals, she created this collection. She has seen a smack of jellyfish and hopes to avoid stumbling into a nest of vipers.

Sarah Rutan, Sarah Rutan Originals
I have been sewing and creating all of my life. My grandmother, who was a skilled and talented seamstress, taught me to sew when I was a child. I’ve been practicing ever since. I received my B.A. in Anthropology from URI in 1996 but the pull to be self-employed, and to keep my hands busy, led to the creation of Sarah Rutan Originals.
    I am in love with fabric. I love the feel, the texture, the colors, the patterns. I try to design my bags and quilts with this in mind. I want to showcase the inherent beauty I find in the fabric itself. I hope you find as much pleasure in my designs as I receive in making them.

sj, mary and jane
Making jewelry has been a journey of learning, discovering, and exploring not only materials and skills but also myself. I hope you enjoy my creations.

Susan Coppejans
Susan, born in Connecticut, worked for many years as a computer programmer, first in the US, later in England and the Netherlands. The longest time abroad she worked and lived in the Netherlands and it was there where she took up the art of painting on silk.
    Painting on silk is a wonderful relaxing craft and a welcome hobby after sometimes many stressful hours in front of a computer screen.
    Participating in many courses she learned to work with a variety of techniques and styles and the different materials that are being used. Susan mainly uses Chinese silk and traditional French dyes.
    Basically the silk is stretched on a frame, where the colors are brought on with a brush. With other techniques salt crystals are used, sometimes she works with wax or the Shibori technique a.k.a. tie-dying. At the end of the process the dyes are fixed by steaming.
    By using different types of silk the result may differ because each type of silk has its own characteristics, which sometimes causes surprising effects.
Susan mainly creates scarves, however she also does jewelry with silk, greeting cards, bookmarks and silk ties.
    In 1996 Susan returned to Connecticut and lives with her Dutch husband in Old Saybrook, she loves her hobby and hopes to keep it up many more years.

Tina and Brian, GudonyaToo
GudonyaToo, Bath and Body the way it should be… More that a tag line, this is our mission and philosophy of business. We want everyone to enjoy our natural, small batched, quality products that leave your skin, lips and your entire body feeling clean and sweet smelling. We only use the finest quality natural ingredients and most of our soaps are Vegan friendly (Nothing in our soaps and Floap is derived from animals or animal by-products) and nothing is tested on animals. We offer totally unique colors and scents in our products that are not found commercially, yet we still want to keep the price affordable so everyone can enjoy them! We consider each piece to be a work of art, each unique, but all sweet smelling and great on your body. We are located in the Midwest, where quality and pride of workmanship was passed on from generation to generation and we love what we do, and we hope it shows in our products.
    Floap is our best selling item; it is a light airy soap, and it floats in water (Float + Soap = Floap). Endless unique color combinations and scents make this totally different than the commercially available floating soap. It is so much fun to play with in the tub and shower! Gobs of colored lather that does not stain and rich scents make this a popular item for kids young and old. How could something so good for your skin, be so fun, and yet be affordable? This is the magic of Floap…

Trudy Lombard
Working with embroidery and fabric as always been a joy for me. The peaceful time spent is an escape from the hectic life we lead. And the colors, textures, patterns and beauty always inspire me to create more and more.