Artists
Also, we try to keep
in stock the complete
line of 3-D sculpture
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Betty Dortch Russell McMath
Becca Bennett was born in Paragould, AR, but due to a military background, was raised in Virginia. She graduated from high school in Murnberg, Germany. Becca never had any formal training in art, but loves to paint what comes naturally to her. The subject matter she prefers is animals, especially primates. She works in acrylic and oil. Becca won first place in an art contest in Paragould several years ago. She is married to Ken Bennett and they have three children: K.K., Brent and Meagan.
Debie Deaton was born in Jackson/ Mississippi. Debie enrolled in her first art class at 8 years old. She studied color and design at Hinds Jr. College and went on to study drawing at Millsaps College in Jackson. In 1986 she married and moved to Dallas, Texas where she studied oil painting with Dr. Julius Zohars. Since moving to Little Rock in 1989, she has attended various classes at the Arkansas Art Center Museum School and workshops with MaryAnn Stafford and Carole Katchen. She currently teaches art at Central Arkansas Christian School's Pleasant Valley campus and is a member of the Arkansas League of Artists.
John William Deering, Sr. was born in 1956 in Little Rock and lived his childhood in Cammack Village, a suburb of Little Rock. He attended Christian High School & Alston Art Center both in Fort Worth, Texas. He later attended the University of Arkansas @ Little Rock and studied fine art and has been employed with the Arkansas Democrat Gazette since 1981. As Editorial Cartoonist, he has won numerous state and national awards. Weekly, he does acrylic painting art for the "Perspective" Cover for the Ark Democrat Gazette. He is a nationally syndicated Editorial Cartoonist as well as an artist for 2 comics, "Strange Brew" and " Zack Hill ".
Jerry Burrow obtained a BSE in Art Education at Henderson State University in 1973. He first started out teaching in the Arkadelphia public school system during the 1973/1974 school year. He later moved to Little Rock and taught Interior Design and Fashion Merchandising at South Central Career College, he also worked at the Design Exchange in North Little Rock during this period. In 1980 he was the owner and principle designer for J. L. Burrow, Inc., Custom Interior Design. In 2005 Jerry closed his successful business so that he could return to his hometown of Arkadelphia and to his first love of teaching. Jerry teaches Art as well as Interior Design and Landscape Design in the Delight Public School System. Jerry works in a variety of art mediums. He is passionate about encaustic oil painting (the artist paints with hot wax and oil pigment to create a finished painting) as well as traditional oil painting. He has worked in pottery, collage', box sculpture and most recently, with fused glass.
Rhonda Hicks is a native Arkansas artist. She is mostly self-taught but has studied with a number of well known teachers in a workshop setting. Over the years she has shown in a number of galleries in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Tennessee. She is the owner of Backwoods Art and Frame in El Dorado, Arkansas and displays and sells for twenty regional artists. Rhonda has worked in many mediums over the last twenty years including watercolor, acrylics, and assemblage.
Virginia Williamson
is an elementary school art teacher, and also teaches private art classes.
Artist Statement: The images that I create are representative of my life – they are a “sort of self-portrait". They are an inward look at what I really am and an outward look at what I want to be… As I begin to paint these ‘visions’, I am not aware of their meaning. I only know that I have an urgent need to paint these pieces. Many times ideas come to me (all at once) and I am absorbed in painting them, and I begin to sort them out as they tell their story… time takes it’s toll, and things happen to each of us, no matter how invincible we think we are. I feel that through my art I am able to depict my dreams, and the visions that come to me.
Kae Barron was born in Florida and has lived in Arkansas with her husband, Danny, since the late '70s. She works as a machine-embroidery designer and digitizer and continues to enjoy drawing, painting, and sculpture, which she has been interested and involved in most of her life. Kae simply wants to express something about the way it is in this world. Though we each have one unique perspective, we can find resonance and connection through works of art, and Kae hopes her art may do for someone else what others' has done for her.
Ovita Goolsby holds a bachelor's degree from Henderson State University and a master's degree from the University of Arkansas. A great deal of her portrait training was acquired in New York at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design, School of Fine Arts. A summer of study in France, under scholarship, further enhanced her skill and knowledge of figure painting.
Her work experience includes teaching, commercial art and museum exhibit design, but the artist's talent and popularity as a portraitist have always brought her back to the easel.
Thom Hall's work is generally figurative - usually triggered by photographs and memories of his more dramatic alter-ego Sylvia Moskowitz. He uses the photos as a compositional aid then puts them aside and the drawing becomes more of an emotional journey with a specific interest in exploring vibrating line and energy.
Hall made small paintings with cloisonné enamel for about 20 years - similar images but certainly more colorful. He worked in very thin layers and often fired a work 40 to 50 times with lots of hand polishing and finishing. Each time the enamel went into the kiln everything was at risk and he learned to like that. Thom switched to working on paper after having a hip replaced in about 1996 - thinking healthier materials might serve him better. He also felt the need to work on paper since his job at the Arkansas Arts Center is so involved with drawings. Hall works on paper in a risky way similar to the enamels - using water media and working in many layers - dry, then wet, back and forth - often using his hands - occasionally spraying water over the entire sheet to momentarily activate the dry media.
“Who I Really Am" by LeeNora Parlor
Artist Statement:
I create paintings of my family (ancestors), other beings and abstracts that reflect ‘glimpses’ of life and depict ‘who I really am”. The ‘Transforming Power’ of art, gifts each piece in my collection with a compelling record of individuality yet illustrates a oneness with all humanity. My work is embedded with fragmented scenes of the distant and not so distant past, and gives expression to my inner vision of ‘who I really am’. By portraying ‘different moments’ in life, I hope to show joy peace, and delicate sadness mixed with pure emotion; creating a truly spiritual sense to the art of ‘simple living’. I believe that my art is a healing medium because it invokes nostalgia and inspires a feeling that ‘time is suspended’. As a self-taught artist, I have discovered that the lessons taught to me by the Universe leave an indelible impression; enabling me to draw from that source at anytime, allowing for a freedom of expression that is completely pure
We carry the complete line of the limited edition William McNamara prints, including the 3 new giclee's. Click his name to see the McNamara website, and all of the images available - but come by our gallery to see them in person, and to make purchases! Prices range from $50. - $375. 
This is a listing of most of the local/regional artists that we represent. There are links to websites of the artists who's names are underlined - just click their name. Most of the other artists have an example piece below with a brief bio or artist statement. Please contact us for more information.
Lange Cheek is an Arkansas native, living in Little Rock all of her life. Ever since she was a young child, she had a passion to paint and draw. Lange attended high school at Mt. St. Mary Academy. As a senior she received the Governor’s Award for Best in Show at the Arkansas Young Artists Exhibit. She attended the University of Arkansas where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree. While in college, Lange spent a summer studying at Parson’s School of Design in New York. After graduating, she worked as a graphic designer for a Little Rock advertising agency. In 1989 she married her husband, Richard, and began a career as a freelance artist working primarily on commissions. In 1991 their first child was born and her studio became a nursery! The paintbrushes and pencils were retired for eight years while Lange became a mother to three beautiful children Richard, Catherine, and Barron. In 1997 Lange returned to her artwork by taking a pastel class at the Arkansas Arts Center, studying with Dominique Simmons. That started her into a career of painting portraits, working in both oil and pastel. In November of 2002 she began attending workshops offered by master painter Nelson Shanks. Today, Lange enjoys painting still lifes, landscapes and portraits. You can see her work on exhibit at Cantrell Gallery.
Woodland paths, secret gardens and the open countryside all beckon Megan Lewis' attention. The fascinating beauty of God’s creation, as it merges with ordinary life, provides an infinite resource for Megan’s work.
“I was blessed with parents who wanted their children to see and experience all this great country has to offer. Our hometown of Kansas City served as a wonderful jumping off point for our many adventures. By the time I graduated from high school we had camped in every state except Alaska and Hawaii, backpacked over miles of mountain trails and sailed most of the lakes in the Midwest. These experiences became a great source of inspiration for me.”
In 1982 Megan graduated from the University of Kansas with a BFA in painting. She spent the next three months exploring Europe and it’s many art treasures before packing up and moving west to Colorado. It was there that she began to pursue her love of painting full time. Megan currently lives in central Arkansas with her husband and their son, where she has her studio. When the weather allows, she enjoys painting the Arkansas countryside plein air.
