GUEST ARTISTS
Our guest artists cycle through the gallery on a temporary basis.
MICHAEL RILEY-HILL / PAINTER
Michael Riley-Hill grew up in a small rural town outside of Easton PA. This is where he found his appreciation of nature. He was fascinated by architecture and buildings he would spend hours sketching and painting in his youth. Michael attended Kutztown University where he developed his talent for painting. His unique method of painting one small area of the canvas at a time was questioned, but discovered to be part of his innate talent for detailed paintings.
Michael works primarily in watercolors and acrylics. People are often fascinated by the detail of his work. There is so much to be seen. His watercolors are rich and vibrant accounts of ordinary life, sometimes gritty, sometimes picturesque. Michael is a truly diversified artist.
ANNIE PATRIZI / PAINTER
Annie Patrizi has always been driven to find outlets for her creativity - whether she is creating lush landscapes through her gardening and landscaping business, or covering canvas with elegant oils with her paint brush, she sees and celebrates the beauty of the natural world and enjoys painting the plants and creatures that call it home.
She says, "I am in perpetual awe of the wildlife I encounter, almost daily, while I’m working as a gardener or hiking for pleasure the wooded trails and open fields of my beloved Pennsylvania and Maine." She feels a personal connection with the living beings she finds and is acutely aware of the diversity of life as well as the individuality of each creature she sees. "If I can use my ability as an artist to capture the distinct personality of a particular Barn Owl, Timber Wolf, Red-Winged Blackbird, or Brook Trout and convey the connection I’ve felt with my subject then I’m in Heaven!"
Annie find the perfect outlet for sharing her respect and awe of nature through her art.
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JILL PEARSON / CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT ART
Philadelphia area native Jill Pearson received her BFA from UArts in 2001 and began her career as an illustrator and graphic designer before shifting to fine art. She creates her mixed media abstracts by building layers of acrylic paint, collage and drawing media. Her colorful work has sold in shows across the region including Historic Yellow Springs, Wayne Art Center, The Art Trust and more. Jill was awarded 1st place in mixed media at the 2024 Lititz Art Fair, and has received a 2nd place abstract award from the nationally juried Boldbrush contest. For more info visit her website at: www.jillpearsonart.com
MICHAEL KENNY / IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER
Stemming from work with relief printing, I use water-soluble mediums to create works inspired by nature. Deconstructed images, handmade prints and drawings, hand draw patterns and textures, as well as traditional painting techniques and colored papers are used and reused to explore images rooted in pattern, line, and color, often incorporating floral or vegetative motifs. Heavily influenced by early modernist painting movements, my paintings are slowly developed conversations with snapshot images of my mind’s eye. Similar conversations allowed to develop, exploration and discovery regarding the topic reveals itself during the process, sometimes leading to unexpected or unintended places. This is the essence of painting, to me. The discovery of new, sometimes surprising, conclusions about the world around you, often found in the small details.