Art Walk
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Photography by Brent Umphlett
Brent was born in Cody, WY and spent the first 14 years of his childhood living in the small town of Basin, WY. After that his family moved to Artesia, NM, where he spent the next four years before going to the University of Oklahoma to study meteorology. He spent the subsequent 14 years in the Oklahoma City metro area. In late 2021 he made the move to northwest Arkansas (NWA) and now calls Springdale, AR home. Brent found his passion for photography after receiving a DSLR as a Christmas gift in 2007, after his first semester of college. Although a bit overwhelming at first, he slowly learned how to…
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Recycled Box Art
Mixed media artist, Melissa Milton, makes the most of her Amazon shipping boxes by converting them into cardboard sculptures that she then varnishes to create striking works of art.
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Recycled work
Janie Baber uses repurposed fence pickets, blocks of wood, magazine pages, buttons, seashells and other used and natural items to create her work. Her highly texturized and colorful acrylic paint creates a wide variety of works of whimsical and natural subjects.
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introspective
Since 2000, the Summer of the Pandemic, Trevor Segraves’ paintings have become introspective and nostalgic with recurring themes of childhood and childhood dreams. At times they reference the disturbing absurdity of curret affairs. Images of his childhood toys, notebook origami, memories of pop culture and classic art come together to create a new narrative. Notebook origami is used to evoke schoolboy dreams of far off adventures and journeys, while the toy paintings, many depicting the death of Howdy Doody, represent the death of American innocence or a change in the collective knowledge of what America is. Contact trevorhts@hotmail.com
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20/20: Through the lens of an artist, mother, and art educator
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent shut-down resulted in my two daughters, ages 16 and 20, being confined with me at home attempting to navigate online learning, social distancing and protecting the older members of our close-knit family. At the time, I was a full-time student studying art education and almost enjoyed distance learning, but neither of my girls made the adjustment well. As time went on and I watched them become more and more depressed, unmotivated, and borderline hopeless, I not only became depressed myself, but angry because of the time and experiences that we all lost because of this virus. My studio became my space for healing and my…
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Whimsical art
My work is created with a bit of whimsy and a touch of my inner child . I love creating work that invokes a smile, a sense of wonder and happiness!
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Woo Pig SOOIE
Karen Wagaman is a watercolor, digital and mixed media artist. She has worked in watercolor and graphic design since earning her degree in studio art and business. Her dual love for animals and painting evolved into a fun hobby creating custom pet portraits. And now living in Arkansas of course she is a fan of calling and designing hogs. In addition to creating her own art, she is a promoter of the creative economy in NW Arkansas. She serves as VP of Downtown Development for the Rogers Lowell Chamber and has the opportunity to interact with creative business owners and artists and makers from throughout the region. She is co-founded…
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Katlyn
This is a portrait of my granddaughter. Oil medium on 11×14 Panel. Captured the weaving of her hair.
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Blue Eyes
Her eye color is the attraction. 16×20 canvas, oil medium. scoxart.com
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I dreamt I had breakfast
A short collection of oil and acrylic paintings of 1950s female swimmers combined with breakfast foods.
