Featured Works By Local Artisans

Recent acquisitions include a large selection of books on local history and colorful hand-made autumn leaf and holiday Millefiore by Karen Bischof and beautifully crafted jewelry by Yanina Siana.

Since opening in 2008, the Shawnee Gallery has been featuring exhibits and works from all mediums of fine art including paintings, photography, literature, jewelry, sculptures, ink printing, with a focus on reaching out to local artisans of all trades.  Below are a sampling of some of the artists who have been on display and/or have given a local demonstration hosted by the Shawnee Gallery.

(Artists listed in alphabetical order)
    • Rita Baragona
      Peonies in Glass Vase by Rita BaragonaFloral Watercolors and Landscapes-Acrylic Landscapes and Florals-Rita’s motivation is to explore ways of getting the same luminosity into her paintings as seen in nature on a sunny day.   What is the connection between sun light and pigment color ? How do we see paint color?   When asked about her work Rita will describe the sensation of light in paint using the three properties of color; hue, value, and intensity interchangeably to create an overall glow of light and enhance object color .  Baragona uses chromatic color relationships along with   warm to cool colors, tonal value, and simultaneous contrast to create  a visual vocabulary with a range of naturalistic responses to observation.
    • Ingrid Blackert
      Ingrid Blackert creates inventive, unique jewelry of gemstones, silver and gold in diverse styles that range from whimsical to elegant. Many of her designs are inspired by nature whether fun and casual “shrimp” and insect pins, ladybug earrings or exotic floral and anemone necklaces. Colors are as varied as nature and the hues of the gemstones she uses: rubies, peridot, amethyst, lapis, turquoise, garnet – even anthracite coal earrings (with pearls) for the not-too-naughty lady.
    • Linda Davis
      Local Landscape Photograph
    • Rick Faas
      Local Landscape Photographer. View website
    • Lisa Fedon
      Metal Sculpture-Steel wire and sheet metal sculptures of figures.
    • Bill Hobbs
      Among Snowy Hemlocks, oil painting by local artist Bill HobbsLocal Landscape Oils on Canvas – Bill Hobbs envisions his art as a continuation and extension of the 19th century American Seascape and Landscape traditions known of as the Hudson River School.  Molded by inspiration from such classic painters as Frederick Church and John Frederick Kensett, Hobbs seeks to move the viewer by the intense power of the natural world.   Like the Hudson River School artists, Hobbs has grown skillful at depicting distance with the subtle moods created by atmosphere and lighting.
  • Frank Joest
    Frank Joest’s formal art training began at Music and Art High School in New York and The Academy of Creative Arts, Karlsruhe, Germany. He received his Pedagogic Degree from the University of Creative Arts, Berlin, Germany. Joest taught art in Berlin, Washington, D.C., Miami and the Poconos. He owned and operated an art gallery in Rockville, MD. He exhibited his art throughout Europe and the US and had one-man exhibits in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Florida and several cities in Germany. He received a fellowship to paint in Venice, Italy and created an 18 foot metal sculpture to honor Professor Whitenight. The sculpture stands outside the Koehler Fieldhouse at ESU.Joest spent his life working in painting, graphics, sculpture and pottery. He has been papercutting since 1987 and is a juried member in Papercutting of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. Joest can be reached at omarjet@ptd.net.
  • Claire Lukas
    Botanical Illustration
  • Beverly Neremberg
    Weaver
  • Abigail PorterHandcrafted Jewelry by Abigail Porter
    Jewelry-Contemporary and Classic combined with fine craftsmanship – that’s the jewelry designed by and made by Abby Porter. Inspired by nature, Abby’s jewelry is comfortable, sensual and always in style.
  • Linda Schwartz
    Ceramics-Graduating in printmaking from Tyler School of Art, Linda spent the last 10 years immersed in clay. She finds she uses many printmakers techniques in her approach to ceramics. Pressing into the clay she creates embossed images using type, handmade stamps and found objects. The use of engobes on the textured surfaces borrows from printmaking, and she sometimes work in a series, much like a suite of prints.
  • Original Jewelry Design by Yanina SianaYanina Siana
  • Originally from Kiev, creates limited edition and one-of-a-kind jewelry from seeded pearls and semi-precious stones in a variety of styles from understated elegance to, well, elegant.Many of the pearls are seeded from specific shapes like diamonds or ovals where the individual pearls are similar but unique with an eye to combining colors, shapes and textures to create truly stunning jewelry.Yanina also hand-knits woolen clothing accessories like hand-warmers, socks and hats.
  • Kathleen Sweeney
     Leather goods
  • Jim Wycoff
    Iron sculptures

     

  • Cullen Yates
    Oil Landscape Artist –     Cullen Yates achieved national prominence as a landscape painter during his lifetime. A native of Bryan, OH, Yates studied in New York and Paris, moving to Shawnee in 1908. His 1908 painting “March Day, Shawnee” was exhibited at the National Academy show and sold for $800, a grand sum at that time. An authentic Cullen Yates oil painting hangs at the Historic Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort on the landing of the inside main staircase.

Swords to Plough Shares, a sculpture by Jim Wyckoff

Postcard Prints

The Shawnee Gallery has a fine selection of 5″ x 7″ postcards featuring the work of local artists:

Gary Embich – Watercolor prints of florals, tea cups, and lanscapes.  Purchase a four-pk  for $4 or eight-pk for $8.

Linda Davis – Floral photo print copies. $5

each.

Frank Joest – The art of Scherenschnitte (hand cut postcards) in postcard size, available for $5 each.