Karri Jamison

The Art Of Karri Jamison
Hillsboro, WI
2023 Booth #68
www.etsy.com/shop/karrijamison

    Karri Jamison is a professional nature painter who’s unique style of art merges two painting genres: abstract expressionism and realism. She refers to her style of painting as “Whimsical Nature”.  Her work features stark black and white backgrounds combined with meticulously hand drawn and painted nature iconography.    Karri’s use of clean precise lines and highly detailed brush strokes gives her work a modern edge.  Her current series of paintings feature the birds and woodlands of the Midwest.  Each painting starts with an idea or scene inspired by Karri’s observation of nature and her imagination.  She doesn’t work from a photo. All of the scenes in Karri’s paintings are her own composition. Often, clients ask Karri if her work is digital or photography.  While flattering, the truth is, no.  Every inch of each painting is meticulously drawn and painted free hand.  The average time it takes Karri to create a painting is 200-600 hours.  It takes an enormous amount of dedication, patience, and skill to achieve each painting. The only tools she uses to create her highly detailed birds are:  acrylic paint, graphite pencil, and paint brushes only 3 to .5 millimeters in diameter.

Karri’s favorite subject matter to paint is birds and trees.  In fact, she considers herself a “bird-nerd” and often can be found traipsing through marshes, woodlands, and prairies looking for birds to study and paint. “Birds are a huge part of my life.  Each bird has a unique personality that I try to capture in my paintings. The patterns on their feathers are so intricate…I can’t help but enjoy the challenge and beauty each bird represents.” 

© Karri Jamison

© Karri Jamison

  Karri’s whimsical nature series has been well received by private, public, and corporate collectors.  Karri has received 11 awards in the past 2 years for her artwork.  Including, Best in Show at the Lakeville Art Festival, the Merit Award at the Uptown Art Festival, and the Award of Excellence at the Edina Art Fair. Karri graduated from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee-Peck School of The Arts in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Painting & Drawing.   Since graduation, Karri travels around the Midwest showing her artwork in museums, galleries and at fine art shows.  

Todd Voss

Detroit Lakes, MN
2019 Booth #51

Oil paintings on canvas or hardboard, using traditional methods and materials.

© Todd Voss

Marvin Wise

Marvin Wise Studio

St. Paul, MN
2022 Booth #39  

I primarily paint with oil on canvas and masonite. I also paint with water color and acrylic. My style varies from Black and White portraits, to surrealism, to abstracts. My focus is on past and future events that have impacted people and places.

© Marvin Wise

Jihyoon Yoon

Minneapolis, MN
2018 booth #134
www.jyoonstudio.com

Pen drawing with ink and acrylic painting on canvas.

© Jihyoon Yoon

Susan Davies

Buffalo, MN
2018 booth #37

www.susan-davies.fineartamerica.com

I paint with oil or acrylic paint on high quality gallery wrap canvas using a layering technique I have developed after studying under master painters from around the world and regular daily practice.

© Susan Davies

Ishrat Sharmin

Artistic Henna
Richmond, TX
2018 booth #A-5

I am a Henna Artist of Indian descent where Henna is part of our culture. I am a versatile henna artist and enjoy doing intricate traditional, modern and fusion designs. I enjoy doing intricate bridal and other celebratory designs as well as simple ones.

Henna is extracted from the leaf of a plant by drying and grinding. It is a temporary body art which can be applied with a tube or cone like icing on a cake.

Anne Hoffman

WithanE Designs
Golden Valley, MN
2018 booth #100
www.withanedesigns.com
 

My business developed from a passion for feeding and watching birds for over 50 years, and my artistic skills and talents in working with stained glass. Creating functional birdfeeders that are a work of art is a challenge: the challenge is not the size, but designing 3-dimensional pieces that are functional for the birds and hold up to the weather, especially in Minnesota. The process is to combine functionality and strength with the beauty of glass and copper. I create all of the designs myself then cut all of the glass and copper for the birdfeeders by hand and solder with lead-free solder. Colors of glass are selected that complement each other, yet make an artistic statement in a garden.
In the past 10 years I have gotten into kiln work, creating functional bird baths among other things. Dichroic and iridized glass has always fascinated me, and I have a lot of fun turning this magical glass into outdoor pieces of art.

© Anne Hoffman

Becky Streeter

Maplewood MN
2021 Booth #71

www.beckystreeterart.com

Canvases are built using several different types of materials: expanding foam, pieces of wire, wine cork shavings, Amazon boxes, even a bathrobe and a “secret recipe” glue. The finished paintings often have a whimsical slant and are generally painted with bright, eye-catching colors.

© Becky Streeter

Clayton Bell

Florence, TX
2020 Booth
www.goh2o.gallery
 

I use elements of earth such as stone, leaves, and metal to create THE ORIGINAL RAINMAKER and my oversized mosaics by attaching the elements to self built forms made of cement or wood. I cut it up, beat it up and then glue it back together the way God did not intend...or maybe He did.

© Clayton Bell

Janet Ahrens

Enclosures
Grinnell, IA
www.janetahrens.com

2018 booth #66

Handmade paper of flax and kozo created in Eastern and Western methods of papermaking incorporated with industrial materials to enhance tactile qualities, no two alike.

© Janet Ahrens

Adam Weiss

Fort Calhoun, NE

2018 booth #67C/D

www.adamweissart.com

Copper manipulated with different chemical reactions, heats to pull out colors naturally and grind strokes to bring back lustrous copper colors in painting form and 3-d outdoor sculpture as well.

© Adam Weiss

Peder Hegland

Sartell, MN 

2018 booth #25

www.pederhegland.com

Wheel thrown and handbuilt stoneware pottery.

© Peter Heglund

Sharon Johnston

Dallas, TX

2023 Booth #104

www.sharonjohnstonjeweler.com

I hand-fabricate my jewelry in sterling and 14k gold. Each piece is conceived, constructed and the metal treated in such a way that the gemstones are tension-set and exchangeable by the wearer.

© Sharon Johnston

Linda Banning

LB Originals
Minneapolis, MN
2020 Booth

© Linda Banning

www.lboriginalsstainedglass.com

I was raised in Wisconsin along the beautiful St. Croix River. At the University of Wisconsin,     I studied art and earned my Bachelor’s degree. Because of my longing for creative expression, I started working in stained glass in 2000 while living in St. Paul, MN. I was drawn to this medium because of the play of light and color and the use of line and texture. I began creating one-of–a-kind abstract window pieces. 

Each type of glass I use brings its own uniqueness and depth to the work. I use stained glass for variety in color and texture and started using bottle glass in 2007 after my local glass recycling program ended. I had a personal mission to save some bottles from the landfill. Plus, finding bottles with interesting enameled or embossed graphics is so much fun! So much fun that in 2016, I started incorporating aluminum cans and opened up a whole new world of possibilities!

I personally design and hand-craft each piece of jewelry. The glass is hand cut and ground smooth to shape and size. Stained glass is wrapped in copper foil and soldered. Bottles are ground smooth and drilled to affix findings. By cold-working the bottles, I’m able to retain the original graphics and natural curve. I hope you enjoy my work!

Phillip Troyer

ThunderSky Jewelry

Hillsboro, WI

2023 Booth #69

www.etsy.com/shop/thunderskyjewelry

Handmade, one of a kind, silver jewelry using self polished gem stones & original designs. I use piercing as my main technique. It's the process of cutting out a design in metal with a jewelers saw by hand. It is a lengthy process using a blade the size of a horse hair, but yields a cleaner, crisper image as apposed to etching or stamping. I learned this process in undergrad at the University of WI- Milwaukee where I got my Jewelry and Metalsmithing degree. I design in a style that is close to my heart. Inspired by the first people of this land and the spiritual elements that accompany that way of life. All of the work that features animalistic iconography has an ancient story behind it. A mythology that has been handed down for thousands of years. I accompany those images with polished gemstones. Connecting with a love that I have had since childhood. The first collection I ever had was a rock collection. Rocks and minerals have always fascinated and memorized me.

© Phillip Troyer

Jan Raven

Wausau, WI

2022 Booth #37

www.janraven.com

Argentium silver (a tarnish-resistant alloy of sterling) and 14 karat gold-fill wire: formed, hammered, fused, woven, and finished by hand.

© Jan Raven

Dawn Middleton

Greenville, IN

2020 Booth #

www.dawnmiddleton.com

Hand Fabricated from precious metals, stones and found objects. The metal is manipulated with hammer, torch, and kiln. Working with the tools and flame I create a connection between the stone and metal. Spirit and Earth inspire me.

© Dawn Middleton

Berry Davis and Colette Fortin

Celina, OH

2018 booth #57

www.neptunehotglass.com

Solid glass sculpture with an ocean theme. Individual interior parts are sculpted on the punty,assembled,encased in clear glass, and hand shaped while hot.[no paints or molds used] The materials used are glass, glass powders [for color] glass frit, precious metals, and gemstones. We grind, coldwork, and hand facet our pieces using high speed diamond wheels.

© Berry Davis

Neng Yang

Columbia Heights, MN

2023 Booth #38

I am a homemaker with a passion making Purses, Quilts, Table Runners, and Pillow Cases. My focus is to bring a unique Hmong-American style to each and every one of my hand sewn products.

All products made from locally obtained cotton fabrics which Hmong-American style patterns are hand traced, cut, and sewn into beautiful appliqués. Depending on application, polyester batting used.

© Neng Yang

Caitlin Dowling

HollyTree Studios
Apple Valley, MN

2021 Booth #149

http://www.hollytreestudios.com

© Caitlin Dowling

I work predominantly in stoneware, both white- and red-bodied clay, and fire in a mid-range (cone 5-6) oxidation atmosphere. I often alter the shape, surface and feel of a piece after throwing it on the wheel and use a variety of things to achieve color in my work: underglazes, colored slips, mason stains, and glazes. I also specialize in alternative firing techniques, particularly horse hair raku. First used by the Navajo Native Americans, this technique epitomizes to me the coalescing of function and artistic value while creating something lasting and cherishable. Due to the many uncontrollable variables inherent in the horsehair technique, exact replication is impossible. Thus, each piece is truly unique.