Carlene Holtz (Miss Car)

Fine Art - MC Art Studio Owner

"Autumn Glow" Acrylic on canvas. $950.00

​Carlene is a Chagrin Falls native and South Russell resident, a mother, artist, business owner, and current President of the Geauga Arts Council. Her works typically evoke a sense of reverence for the natural world through painting, sculpture and mixed media. Having previously owned and operated a landscape and garden design company, she now combines both art forms in her work. Visionary and founder of MC Art Studio, Carlene has been bringing the arts to her community since 1999 when she opened A Garden's Way Gallery in Burton. She has exhibited work in juried shows throughout Ohio, including the Russell Art Show, Fairmount Fine Arts Center, the Burton Art Show, and the Chagrin Valley Art Show. It is her dream to cultivate a space that welcomes artists to create, collaborate and share their artwork with the public. 

Brittany Selfe

Fine Art - Gallery Operations Manager

Brittany Selfe is an Ohio-based visual artist who paints with oils and watercolors. She illustrated the book series 'Inspired Birth- Affirmations for the Childbearing Year' in 2017. She travelled around South Africa, Chile, Peru and South Korea in her early twenties. From her hobby of combing the beach along Lake Erie, she creates her one-of-a-kind Beach Glass Suncatchers. In the last five years she has honed her technique by primarily producing large scale works depicting natural rock formations. Brittany endeavors to bring the art-making experience to her community through hosting workshops for painting and crafting.

"Hidden Ohio Paradise" oil on canvas, $2,600.00

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Alice Mullins

Two Ponys Inc.

Alice is a local artist who resides in the Chagrin Falls Area. She earned her BFA at University of Cincinnati, and has her masters in Art Education from Cincinnati as well as a masters in Psych Art Therapy from Ursuline College.  Her artwork is inspired by a deep love and respect for animals, nature, and Native American teachings, storytelling and wisdom. Her beautiful tie-dyes are inspired by the peace, happiness, fun, and smiles from the 60’s! She feels privileged to create many custom animal paintings that are in homes all over the U.S.! Her work has been displayed in galleries in Wellington Florida and locally in Ohio.
Alice loves teaching, painting, and inspiring artists of all ages. She ran the paint workshops and tie-dye sessions for multiple years at “Dazzle” in Chagrin Falls called, “When I Paint My Masterpiece”. She has been a vendor for over 20 years at art shows, festivals, and arts and crafts shows in south Florida and also locally! We welcome her into our space!

"Orange Sunset Horse" Acrylic on canvas. $350.00

Anzietta DiPierro

The Adorned Lady

Handmade Porcelain Owls

Anzietta DiPierro enjoys studio-time working in assemblage art, metals, glass, clay, and a variety of painting mediums when time allows.  She teaches visual arts  at Lakeside High School and has taken the slogan, “once a dragon always a dragon” as her high school mascot comes back into play.  She is one of the ceramics instructors at the Ashtabula arts center and is developing a ceramics program at LHS.  
Anzietta utilizes her Masters degree (Walden University,MD) in Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in everyday cross curricular instruction as well as continuing education credits (Dominican University of California) to organize and keep current with a battery of requirements for local/state/federal educational protocols.  
Her current work is a reflection of a lifetime of learning.  She found a love for clay while working toward a BFA (Edinboro University of PA) and earned a BS in education that would be utilized after many years of travel and apprenticing with artisans across the u.s. in many mediums.  
As an advocate of the arts, she incorporates her daily living, reflective notions, sacred spaces, emotional bonds, and a love of theology and of the earth to project her “self” in a series of “protective Ravens” that show her studies of saints and currently, Hindu goddesses.
As a teacher first, it is her belief that a well-rounded student who can create questions, not just answers, will be successful in finding a fulfilling career and be a catalyst for improvements within themselves an ultimately the communities in which they live.

Beth Nilges-Nehamkin

Painter

"Blue Randybird with Butterflies" acrylic painting, $2,200.00 and Greeting Cards, $3.50 each

"As a student at the Cleveland Institute of Art, I was encouraged to express my own artistic visions by my teacher, Mr. H. Carol Cassill. He gave me the support, wisdom, and ethical guidance which created an atmosphere of complete artistic freedom necessary to develop a completely personal style. It was here that my artistic journey of self-searching and discovery began.
Nature has always been a fundamental source of inspiration for work. From nature comes spirituality and an inner emotional vision. My favorite subjects are the things I love from the natural world: People, animals, birds and spiritual visions of yearning. My work is intuitive and spontaneously done. My inner spirit dictates and guides my brush and pen, choosing my color and form. As executor, my work is a spiritual and emotional experience for me- an intense revealing of inner reflection, universal as a river, which flows from executor to spectator.
When I create, I take a journey deep into the recesses of my innermost being. The creation takes shape in color, form, rhythm, and movement. I am then able to visualize what had previously been invisible and undiscovered.
In relating to our fellow human beings, so much of our total reality lies hidden and masked. Through the act of creating, the barriers which hide my most vulnerable self are dropped. I may totally share with the viewer my deepest ideas, visions and fantasies in relation to the world I live in, the time I live in, the ideas I come in contact with, the questions I ask, and the love that I give and receive."

Brigitte Fiorille

Ceramics artist

Ceramic dishes and bowls, $12.00 each

"Ceramics is my primary field of art as I am tuned into its innate relationship with the earth. I have a respect for its stability of existence. My creative styles are diverse, ranging from functional to sculptural. I find myself creating work in small series, but many pieces come out as "one-of-a-kind". It is a balance between exploring an idea or technique and allowing items to come as they do singularly. There is a moment of content joy when I hold each piece as dry, unfired greenware. It is fragile and beautiful in this state. Into the kiln it goes, and out comes ceramic. I see glaze on ceramics as actors on a stage."
Brigitte has always considered art as a true part of her life. Beginning with memorable early experiences, it has followed her on a lifelong path. Art has been a guiding force to the development of her personal life and career. She enjoys teaching classes in Ceramics, Children's Art, and independent events along with her current role as Art Director at Fairmount Center for the Arts. 

Caleb Zelch

Beaded Jewelry

"I’m a 7th grader at Chagrin Falls Middle School and I’ve been making jewelry since I was 11. I like to play the saxophone, hike, swim, and make lots of art. My family likes to travel a lot and everywhere we go I try to find stuff to use for making jewelry. I named my company after all my pets. We have dogs, cats, parrots, lizards, and snakes."​

Cyndi Konopka

Recycling Chix

A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, Cyndi has been working as a professional Artist/Photographer in the Northeast Ohio area, for the past 38 years. Her art career has encompassed many mediums, including photography, video, graphic design, jewelry, sculpture, up cycling, recycling, sewing, ceramics, painted rain barrels and most recently, epoxy resin and hypertufa, and she also dabbles in theater on occasion. 
 Cyndi has taught at many locations around the North Coast, sharing her vision and talent with curious students of all ages. You can find her work in several local galleries as well as local art and craft shows around Northeast Ohio. We are happy to have her work adorning our patio at MC Art Studio!
She has worked with the Collinwood Rain barrel Project for several years and created many barrels for art shows and clients.  Her inspiration comes from nature, which surrounds her amazing piece property out in Chardon Township which she calls Cynlandia. Always busy and never bored, she has a boundless supply of energy, always creating something in her magically delicious workshop.

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David Cvelbar

Rustic Forest, LLC.

Custom Furniture, Lighting and Woodworking

Dave runs his handmade furniture business in northeast Ohio. Each item he creates is truly one of a kind with most of his work being custom orders. Dave specializes in hard wood products, the wood for each project is hand selected for its uniqueness and beauty; wood such as Walnut, Maple, Hickory, Cherry, Oak, Cedar along with reclaimed lumber and drift wood.  He custom mills and kiln dries the wood on site to provide the most unique pieces of lumber possible.
   Dave has contacts through out the United States to provide customers with non local woods like Redwood, Cedar Mesquite  and more, but he prefers to harvest storm damaged and standing dead trees thus preserving our wood lots. A selection of home decor and furniture items are on display at MC Studios, but more can be viewed on his website.

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Erica Milligan

Peruse The Moon

Erica is a native of Cleveland, is a lover of coffee, creative photography, art and the music that takes you there. As a wife & Mom; her why and passion is her family. Creating "Peruse the Moon" has been a lifelong dream. 

The Inspiration behind Peruse the Moon: 
Peruse the Moon was named to represent its multi-faceted creations; brought together in the name of one quest; to illuminate the dark. Heart and soul goes into creating each original piece to bring the presence of light to wherever they find their new home. The collection includes eclectic custom artwork and designs with dynamic words and colors, often made by special request, original paintings, photographs & digital prints with overlay text. It is Erica's mission to create art that moves the soul and pursue the passion of presenting a light in the darkness. ​

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"Breathe" Acrylic on canvas. $175.00

Judy Campbell

Fine Art

Pen Ink on Canvas, $60.00 each

"Seasons" beach glass window decor, $100.00

Northeast Ohio Artist Judy Campbell has worked professionally for over 30 years. She has a background in various disciplines; painting, encaustic and ink, drawing in pencil, charcoal, and pastel. She has taught classes for public or private students in her studio and at the Ashtabula Arts Center and the Conneaut Arts Center. She also explores other disciplines, such as the upcyling of found objects into mosaics or paintings. Beach glass frames are her winter inspiration. Her hobbies are woodworking, perennial flowers and art in gardens. 
Judy is inspired by nature and the mystical world. Her work has been described as whimsical to inspirational. She explores various metaphorical themes on earth, atmospheric, inner conflicts of humans and nature. Her art incorporates exploration in various mediums and materials. Ranging from small to large mural scale, her work is displayed in homes and businesses throughout the USA. One piece was even displayed at the Pentagon to help returning officers from overseas deployment to deal with PTSD.

Lisa Alfidi-Lockemer

Oil Painter

"Laughing Sunflower" Oil on canvas. $325.00

"I have always loved how the shapes and colors of Mother Nature's personality are so deliciously teased together to provide me the most magical palette of inspiration! I have been blessed with eyes to see the glorious designs and vivacious colors in the world and just want to paint, paint, paint! 
Living in the South and along the Seashore allows a sparkling palette of opportunity to paint landscapes where I transfer my love of nature, coastal life and flowers into art using the impasto style of painting. I prefer the fluidity of oil paint as my medium and find it exotic enough to let me musically express my emotions in a medlet of visual and physical interpretation. Laying down paint with palette knives in some areas and brushes in others, allows me to blend and apply many colors in layers. Finally, working with a palette knife, I stoke and draw the heavy paint into a visual flow of movement. This particular style provides the texture which prompts the paint and colors to prance right off the canvas! Life is good, let us embrace and share it!"

Marilyn Dittoe

"Clustered Droplets" 11" x 14" $125.00

Painter

"Art is emotive. My art  -- in my paintings, illustrations and writing -- is instinctively so. Choices of word or hue flow from my feelings, memories, musings, impulses, whatever I feel best serves the work. Largely self-taught, with prompts from some very talented friends and inspiration from lovely images, I paint through this emotional filter. 
My choice of subject matter unerringly flows through the same filter. I have a fascination with faces and natural elements, primarily water. I especially love capturing the expressions of young children and animals, which are often more transparent that those of adults, though I also enjoy painting the mature face. With regard to water elements, my many years of living on a lakefront has certainly been inspiring. Interpreting a face or reproducing the qualities of water drops or mists on canvas is a satisfaction I’ve only recently discovered, a late-in-life joy. Lastly, I certainly won’t deny the humorous tone I employ in my writing, having published two books based on a humor column I wrote for fifteen years. It only follows that my paintings and illustrations are often informed by the snicker that always lurks below my surface."

Mary Ann Sedivy

Abstract Paintings

"Chickadee in Blue" $150.00

"Ovenbird" $100.00

Since the age of twelve, Mary Ann knew she wanted to be a painter.  Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, Mary Ann's art is informed by the natural beauty of northeast Ohio;  particularly of Geauga County.  Mary Ann's expressive paintings resonate with her love of the natural world. Her paintings emphasize the energy of the brushstroke and have an abundant use of color.  This energetic style and freedom with color is carried over into Mary Ann's abstract works.  Along with her landscapes, these paintings further emphasize her love of personal expression allowed through the painting process.
Mary Ann has her degree in Fine Arts from Hiram College and has been painting for 40 years. She has exhibited in Ohio in numerous juried exhibitions and has had several solo shows. Currently, her work is represented by the Artisan's Corner Gallery in Newbury, Ohio. Mary Ann’s work is also in private collections, most notably in that of television personality Patricia Heaton’s of Everybody Loves Raymond and The Middle and of local singer-songwriter Alex Bevan.

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Sandy Spinks

Multimedia Wall Art

"I love using my imagination and lots of textures to create unique pieces, and I love to make you feel like your traveling the world or through space when you gaze at my art. My technique is very special and unique to me, I have spent the past few years experimenting and expanding my application. Newer pieces appear to mimic pour art, but they are actually painted layer by layer by my hand."​

Xyl Lasersohn

Painter

“I create paintings that draw attention to separation and the resulting iterations and copies created from the act of separating. This effect is achieved through shifts in style, structure, and texture.  Through these separations I hope to create uncanny, humorous, and contradictory relationships between the objects and the landscapes they reside within. This is done in order to create problems within the painting. The problem implies that there are criteria for success and failure, with the painting posing problems to the viewer through the contradictions presented.  The landscape and objects are purposefully equivocal in the sense that there are multiple interpretations which are all equally valid, thus depriving the viewer of any concrete conclusion. Within the paintings there are attempts to recreate something and a resulting failure to do so. Objects are constantly repeating within the landscapes, deprived of their intended function. The landscapes themselves are fragmented, shifting between flatness and receding areas of space. The buildup of paint occurring only through the sheer number of layers applied, implying something has been covered up."

"White Flag on a Pale Sausage" Oil on canvas. $1200.00

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