Artist Spotlight – Debra Groesser – Plein Air Painter By Jay Worden Debra has been drawing ever since she can remember. She began drawing as a small child and her very first public art display was at age 3 when one of her drawings was shown on “The Romper Room” television show. At age 12, [...]
Artist Spotlight – Tom Pauley – Stained Glass Artist By Jay Worden Tom Pauley of Papillion, Nebraska became fascinated with stained glass over thirty years ago when he attended some area auctions and saw a number of stained glass windows for sale. After purchasing a couple of those windows, Tom decided to take a class [...]
Artist Spotlight – Christian J. Lind – Concrete Expressions By Jay Worden Christian Lind of Papillion is a network engineer by day, but does street/chalk art as a hobby. He calls his beautiful artwork “Concrete Expressions” and he is becoming well known for his work in the metro area. The first thought that comes to [...]
Paul and Sandi Nichols—Prairie Potter(s) By Jay Worden Paul Nichols and his wife Sandi, from Bellevue, Nebraska are co-creators of the “Prairie Potter”. As a team, they specialize in creating things with their hands and over the years both have been recognized for their very unique functional and decorative one-of-a-kind pottery. What started out as [...]
Artist Spotlight – Pheasant Feather Artist – Rajaena Appleby By Jay Worden Rajaena Appleby from Papillion, Nebraska specializes in Pheather Artistry where she designs and creates extremely unique works made from the feathers of the ring-neck pheasant. Her appreciation for the natural beauty of the male pheasant and its feathers began early in [...]
Artist Spotlight – Madalyn McGrath Bruning By Jay Worden Professional local artist, Madalyn McGrath Bruning was born and raised in South Omaha and has lived in Bellevue, Nebraska for over 40 years. She specializes in water color and acrylic painting. Madalyn attributes her love and early interest in art to her mother who was always [...]
Artist Spotlight – Walter D. Plank By Jay Worden Artist Walker D. Plank, of Papillion, Nebraska was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. As a painter, Walker prefers to work in oils, but he has done commissioned work in acrylic and drawings in graphite and charcoal. He also enjoys making and selling plaster [...]
Artist Spotlight – Marea Whitaker Bishop By Jay Worden Professional, local and international photographer, Marea Whitaker Bishop, was born in Atlanta, Georgia but actually grew up in Europe. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in English from the University of Maryland in Heidelberg, Germany. Marea’s early interest in photography began shortly after her high school graduation [...]
Artistic Spotlight – Sculptor Susanne Bradley By Jay Worden Award winning sculptor, Susanne Bradley, from Papillion, Nebraska first discovered her love for sculpting almost 24 years ago when she accidentally visited a sculpting class at a local art center that her parents were both taking at the time and invited her to come [...]
