While we don’t know when cotton Candy first appeared in Downtown Rogers, research tells us machine-spun cotton candy was invented in 1897 and was first introduced to a wide audience at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Mo. Sweet Spins is bringing this art form and bringing Animal and Cartoon Characters made out of Cotton Candy.

Laser engraved wood art, wooden earrings and crafts

Cool down with this landscape painting by Jim Mangold. This is Oil on board

J Bug Art uses Bright colors and highly texturized surfaces to create these hummingbirds, black-eyed Susan bouquets and birdhouses with a shout “Summertime in Arkansas.”

A schooner out for a sail on a summer day. 18″ x 24″

Wildwood Studio returns featuring unique Pottery and Antique Silverware Jewelry

Seed bead earrings with unique patterns and intricate designs.. all handmade in The Ozarks

Regardless of the subject matter human, animal, still life or abstract, I hope that it will invoke a temporary psychological effect. I prefer oil paint for its consistency, and that it is forgiving. Painting is a combination of technique and creativity, or working out how to get the desired effect on canvas or paper and being sensitive to your subject.

Elegant photo of a sunflower on canvas.

Living and working near Downtown Historic Rogers has given artist Elizabeth Pier the unique opportunity to connect with long time residents and newly arrived residents and visitors. Each has the same thing to say as they meet her in the Butterfly Park working in the flower beds or creating a new work of art.  Perhaps it’s spoken with different words, but the message is still the same, “This feels like home.” Pier has a keen connection to Downtown Rogers that is seen in her series, “Keeping on Track.” The charm of the brick streets, the craftsmanship of the buildings, the friendliness of the business owners, the lush green in the…