Jurate Phillips - Grew up in Soviet occupied Lithuania. From her earliest memories she has studied art and developed her talents in that field. She graduated from Siauliu Universitetas, in Lithuania (1996), where she was classically trained in painting and design. She came to the United States in 1997 where she has since graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design (2002). She now resides in Columbus, Ohio with her husband and daughter. Since her earliest days, her passion has been for art in all forms. Jurate has partaken in the creation of many pieces from photography, to painting, and sculpture. Her work can be found all over the world in both residential and commercial settings. After working as an interior designer. freelance artist, and teaching art, she has returned to her first love, which is painting. She now focuses on painting regularly and exhibiting her work. She credits most of her aesthetics to her maternal grandmother, with whom she spent most of her summers. The natural beauty that surrounded her on her grandmother's farm has influenced the size, scope, and subject matter ever since. Her emotions dictate what she will paint. She might paint a landscape, an abstract, or she might even be inspired by a simple flower bloom.
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Dana Grubbe -My art reflects my experiences as an adult and as a child. I've been based in Ohio for a great part of my life and I love to travel. My fascination with landscapes and alternate worlds comes from both my travels and the diverse communities where I've lived such as: the Appalachian hills (WV & PA), the Sonoran Desert (AZ), the east coast (NJ), and India. I was a late bloomer - late to finish college, late to start a career and, when I retired, late to start at the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD). I don't think they offered art classes in my public schools and perhaps one of the best 'perks' that came with my AT&T Bell Labs ID was free admission to almost every museum in NYC. It took a few years before I was wondering "how hard can it be to make this ..." and that was my first step toward becoming a painter. Driven by my love of process as much as by my love of color and texture, I'm in my studio every day.
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