Smith’s love of ceramics came early. Born and raised in Augusta, Georgia – what he calls “the epicenter of pre- and post-Civil War ceramic production” – Smith began throwing pots as a kid. His work caught on with local collectors, and he started selling his pieces at local art markets.
Ask Ariana Enriquez about creating an outdoor mural rendered in oil paint, and she’ll burst out laughing.
“I’ve been drawing and painting since before I could speak, really,” artist K. Nari says. “Back then, a set of crayons for Christmas was a really good thing.”
The Wisconsin native, whose oil paintings and jewelry will be exhibited in the Sonoran Arts League’s 29th annual Hidden in the Hills Artist Studio Tour this November, figures she’s been making art – and other things – her whole life.
“Everything that I’ve chosen for subject matter has been based off things I have read,” sculptor Phillip Payne says.
There’s something beautifully wrong with artist Luke Watson’s oil paintings. His landscapes are lush with pointy turquoise trees, wet with exquisitely violet rivers, and overgrown with paper-maze-like foliage.
Watts has spent the last 14 years immersed in petals and pistils as one of the most luxe and in-demand florists in Arizona.
Weller, who teaches art at the same Phoenix high school she attended as a kid, somehow managed to miss lessons on perspective and shading skills.
Since it opened last February, the laid-back Arcadia Lite cocktail lounge has garnered somewhat of a cult following for its dill pickle pizza,
Ulfers works in two disparate media, making gouache-and-pencil portraits of fantastical flying creatures and intricate clock-inspired assemblages he calls “timepieces.”
The start of a new year brings the joy of crisp, white calendar pages not yet filled with plans, but Phoenix artist Lauren Lee is bringing a vibrant twist to the tradition.
Her cactus-inspired pots and hyper-textured bowls are stamped with barnacles she applies one at a time using tools she’s made herself.
When she pulls out her film camera, photographer Chole Huls aims to capture the “little moments” of life.
He’s created everything from creative coffee tables to dramatic entry doors to striking display cabinets.
What does illustrator and graphic designer Stormy Nesbit do in her free time? She puts brush or pen – or, in some cases, scissors – to paper and she creates. “Art, when there are no clients involved, is where I can express myself freely,” says the Minnesota native, who earned her master’s degree in visual communication design from Arizona State University and has lived in the Valley for seven years. “No one is requesting anything...
