TERI

glass goddess

Teri Bastable-Podsiki’s creative process is driven by exploring the combined use of reactive glass colors that contain copper sulfur, lead, and non-reactive colors.

TOM

virtuoso

Photography is Tom Ganner’s way of pursuing the world’s natural beauty in hopes of discovering the smaller secrets contained therein.

DONNA

contemporary realist

This is an unusual time with no tourists, and galleries closing. For Donna Catotti, things are not so different; artists keep their own company when working. In the studio, Donna Catotti has numerous projects going including paintings and a sculpture she plans to take to the foundry.

JOHN

extreme dreamer

From marbleizing cremated ashes to walking a razor ridge precipice with a 5,000 foot drop, John Svenson’s glass works and watercolors pull us into his wild ride of art and adventure.

LARRY

deadtree designer

Larry (“Lars”) Larson worked for decades designing, rendering, and illustrating architectural projects before delving into painting and digital art. That history carries forward into works that often attempt to integrate the built environment with the imperiled natural world.

LINDSAY

water woman

Gyotaku- Japanese for fish rubbing- is Lindsay Johnson’s way of honoring the magnificent marine life she pulls up from the deep, as well as passing the time when catching is slow.

BRIAN

spirit catcher

Many people only have visions of animals in zoos. Brian Staurseth hopes that people who see his wildlife photography will appreciate the wonderful beauty and complexities of nature and help preserve it.

DEBI

maven of the heart

Studying with master carver, Duane Pasco and the carvers of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe of Little Boston introduced Debi Knight Kennedy to Northwest Coast Native art. That experience instilled in her the discipline it takes to make art for a living, and gave her the freedom to explore, experiment, and to be her authentic self.

ROB

guitar hero

A versatile artist, Rob Goldberg paints landscapes in watercolor and acrylic, hand-pulls serigraph prints, does architectural etched glass, and builds custom guitars, violins, cellos, and mandolins.

SHARON

mistress of mosaics

Sharon Svenson is renowned for her custom stained-glass mosaic installations in public institutions across Alaska. Her decades of weaving experience translated seamlessly to the qualities of glass mosaics.