The nature of industry: sculpture by Michael Fernambucq
Moss Rock Festival ARTIST SPOTLIGHT SERIES Michael Fernambucq, Sculpture What artists have influenced you? Its not so much any particular artist themselves or their works that influence me but more their persistence & drive that pushes & drives me. My greatest source of inspiration is nature for nature holds a great deal of subtle wisdom that one ...
Loose interpretations of landscape – Carolyn Warren
Moss Rock Festival ARTIST SPOTLIGHT SERIES Carolyn Warren, Painting What artists have influenced you? I am influenced daily! As an art teacher I am always searching for new, fun art projects for my students. And my students inspire me, as well as challenge me. What exposure to art as a child influenced your career path? ...
Every piece of wood is different
Moss Rock Festival ARTIST SPOTLIGHT SERIES Craig Showronek/Lula Woodworks, Wood What artists have influenced you? Though always a creative person, it was a few years into a life changing experience a decade ago that the true artist in me finally came out. My wife Lula is the inspiration for all I do. I chose the ...
“steampunk inspired” jewelry
Moss Rock Festival ARTIST SPOTLIGHT SERIES Max Dawson, Jewelry What artists have influenced you? I have always liked and admired Jackson Pollock. Much like some of my work with gears, they can sometimes look like they’re just thrown together randomly, but if there is one mistake, one gear or watch hand out of place, I have to scrap ...
Patterned ceramics to paintings of lily pads. Susan Gordon’s art is even getting some Hollywood play!
Moss Rock Festival’s ARTIST SPOTLIGHT BLOG SERIES: Susan Dennis Gordon, Painting & Ceramics What artists have influenced you? Willem de Kooning, Lynda Benglis, and George Baselitz. Also my mom. She doesn’t really think of herself as an artist, but she has a super sharp eye. Maybe even better than mine. What exposure to art as ...
Kevin Irwin’s clay squirrels are nut hoarders!
Moss Rock Festival’s ARTIST SPOTLIGHT BLOG SERIES: Kevin Irwin, Clay & Glass What artists have influenced you? Gaudi was my first big influence when young and the ancient Egyptian art I saw at the Met. I always did art as far back as I can remember, painting rocks, drawing in the sand, making candles, wood ...
Natural dyestuffs that color from nature
Moss Rock Festival’s ARTIST SPOTLIGHT BLOG SERIES: Jennifer Ingram, Fiber What artists have influenced you? As a fiber/textile artist, the artists who have influenced me are the nameless women and men of prehistory who discovered that spinning a plant or animal fiber could make a usable thread that could then be woven into bags and ...
Gemstones in harmony with electrical wire
Moss Rock Festival’s ARTIST SPOTLIGHT BLOG SERIES: Joanna Sanders, Jewelry What artists have influenced you? Oh, so many!!! Right now I am obsessed with the work of a local artist by the name of Barbra Hamel. She makes amazing spoon jewelry! What exposure to art as a child influenced your career path? I don’t ...
Picturesque nature scapes, architecture and design by Butch Oglesby
Moss Rock Festival’s ARTIST SPOTLIGHT BLOG SERIES: Butch Ogelsby, Photography What artists have influenced you? The great photographers of the past such as, Edward Weston, Edward Steichen and What exposure to art as a child influenced your career path? There were not real influences for me as a child other than in elementary school one ...
Tangled Animals & Insects – The paintings of Chiharu Roach
Moss Rock Festival’s ARTIST SPOTLIGHT BLOG SERIES: Chiharu Roach, Painting What artists have influenced you? Kiki Smith, Kuniyoshi Utagawa, Walton Ford, Arthur Ganson What exposure to art as a child influenced your career path? In Japan, everyone has to take art classes in school. I can remember being drawn to purple. I just made everything purple. ...
