Past Exhibits

Me, My Muse and I: Adult Fall 2022 Student and Member Showcase

Important dates:

Artwork Dropoff: October 10, 11, and 12, 2022

Exhibition Dates: October 15 – November 12

Gallery Viewing Hours: M-F 1:30-4:40, Sat. 10-2

Closing Reception: November 12, 6p-7:30p

Artwork Pickup Dates: November 12 (7:30pm), 14, 15 & 16(9a-5p)

Currently on view at the Johns Creek Arts Center, 6290 Abbotts Bridge Rd./Bldg 700, Johns Creek GA over 75 works from participating Students and Members. This bi-annual exhibition is a favorite of our Arts Center, it is a beautiful way to see the growth of our talented students and enjoy the works of our skilled members.

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Student Ceramics

Student 2D

Member 2D

Pradnva Venegurkar Noxolo 2nd Place Student Ceramics

Ceramic Sculpture 16" x 11” x 6” $900 Inspired by African art of body-painting and rare blue eyes.

Pradnva Venegurkar Noxolo 2nd Place Student Ceramics

Ceramic Sculpture 16" x 11” x 6” $900 Inspired by African art of body-painting and rare blue eyes.

Pradnya Venegurkar Hangu(Kashmari Stag)

Ceramic 21x21x24 inches nfs Hangul -This piece is inspired by and dedicated to the deer species found in Kashmir, India which is on the verge of extinction.

Alison Risinger Lighthouse

Ceramic 8x15x5 inches $500

Alison Risinger Lighthouse

Ceramic 8x5x15 tall $500

Cynthia Corbin Cactus Plate

Ceramic 9 inch diameter $40 I have just started my third year of hand building with KB. I love creating texture in the clay and she has encouraged me to experiment. I have many different ways to create and then enhance texture by using stains, under glazes and transparent final glazing.

Cynthia Corbin Striped Tray

Ceramic 14 inches nfs I have just started my third year of hand building with KB. I love creating texture in the clay and she has encouraged me to experiment. I have many different ways to create and then enhance texture by using stains, under glazes and transparent final glazing.

Janet Paskowski Great White Lotus of the Moon, Ode to Sidney Lanier I 1st Place Student Ceramics

Mid Fire Clay Vessel w/Underglazes & Cold Finishes 8.5” x 5” Price: nfs Artist Muse Statement: My current clay projects are inspired by the American Art Pottery Movement - 1870-1950s, and affiliated pottery designs created by the Saturday Evening Girls from the women-run Paul Revere Pottery (circa 1908-1942). In particular, I find one of their most celebrated artists, Sarah Galner’s (1894-1982), very enduring for her “story in clay” style that transcends functionality.

Janet Paskowski Like Summer Lightening Flickering in the West - Ode to Sydney Lanier II

Mid Fire Clay Vessel w/Underglaze & Cold Finishes 10” x 5.5” nfs

Rebecca Rahm Broken Dreams #1

Porcelain 8x14 inches nfs During Covid I chose to work from home. I attempted to teach myself how to work in Porcelain. KB warned me how difficult it was and predictably almost everything cracked. I colored the pieces anyway and began to build assemblages out of them, creating art from broken pieces and dreams. nfs

Rebecca Rahm Summer Dreams

Handbuilt Porcelain 8x12 inches $200

Lynn Pauley Sea Turtle

Ceramic nfs

Gretchin Jones Woman in Scarf

Ceramic 9x6 inches nfs

Lynn Pauley Small Tray

Ceramic nfs

Melissa Chavez The Wonders of Fall

Ceramic 9 inch diameter $150 This world we live in is full of beauty and wonder! I can’t help but be inspired when I step out into nature. The vibrant color of lichen on a rough, gray boulder, colorful mushrooms, and leaves that light up like fire in the fall, a cascading waterfall surrounded by rhododendron blossoms, a butterfly flitting through the backyard with gossamer wings, all of these things inspire me. There are an infinite number of things to be inspired by, and I am so grateful to have a way to express that inspiration through clay, and a paintbrush in my hands.

Debbie Devine Puffin' Puffins

Ceramic 12x5 inches nfs

Leigh-ann Devine The Winter House

Ceramic 14x6 inches nfs

Marya Kendall Owl Watching over Me

Ceramic mugs using sgraffito technique nfs The Owl is my Muse as I am seeking Wisdom. I’ve moved many times over the years. Sometimes running away from things, sometimes running to them and, of course, sometimes it’s been both. However, this time it involves an entire family, my offspring. It affects their well-being, not just my own. So far I believe with my whole being we made the best decision. As I contemplate the life we are building here in Georgia, I am grateful for the Owl and her quiet wisdom, shrewd judgement and love Hi Joan,

Chitra Radge Sgriffitto Mask

Ceramic nfs My enchantment, and admiration for African art, for its diversity with many mediums, rustic beauty, earthiness along with vibrant colors, & symbolisms, has always kept me mesmerized for a long while. This is my first attempt in making an African mask by carving an original design, using a “Sgraffito”tool on white clay, with few coats of black slip painted over it, for contrast. African masks especially, tell stories through specific designs, and have symbols that convey special messages that means a lot to the wearer of the mask. Sgraffito technique used to create, and carve out a design on the mask depicts African symbols

Deb Snow Suri Woman from Omo Valley Ethiopia

Ceramic 7x4 inches on a 12 inch stand $150 This sculpture was inspired by the traditional style of bodily adornment practiced amongst the Suri people who resid in the Omo Valley in Ethopia. Any income from this sculpture will be donated to a charity supporting the women of Ethiopia.

Corinne Rodgers Triple Twisted Bud Vase

Ceramic 15"tall x 9 1/2" wide nfs

Corinne Rodgers Pentalobe Platter with Mollusk Inserts 3rd Place Student Ceramics

Ceramic 12inches wide x3inches deep nfs

Cynthia Corbin Forest Glen Vase

Ceramic 12 inches $50

Karen Buhariwalla Daughter

Oil Pastel 18 x 24 inches

Karen Buhariwalla Daughter Photograph

Photographic Inspiration

Ruth Jones Peaceful Sunset

Acrylic on canvas 8x10 inches $175 The landscape, Peaceful Sunset", was inspired by my many years of vacationing in Cape Cod, where my in-laws own a home. There are so many beautiful places and amazing sunsets.

Ruth Jones Orange You Glad

Acrylic on canvas 8x10 inches $150 The still life, "Orange You Glad", was inspired by my love for food and pretty plates (this one I recently bought at Goodwill).

Ning Sun Lady Rainicorn

Colored Pencil 10x8 inches nfs Inspiration: Her name is Lady Rainicorn. She is a white cat of many colors. She was the runt of the litter, smaller and shyer than her brother and sister. She slowly found her place in the world. Now, she is a sassy and energetic one year-old. She will lie on her back and ask you to rub her belly, only to grab your arm and lock you in a trap. She can sit, stand up, shake, steal your food, and give you a high-five. What can’t she do!

Ning Sun The Grackle

Colored Pencil 6x8 inches nfs Inspiration: The color inspiration for the Grackle is the idea that colors are mysterious and never what they seem. Grackles are usually dark and yet colorful birds. Their feathers are mostly black with an iridescent quality to them that seems otherworldly. The color black is a union of all colors. The colors we see around us are never truly one singular color. Unraveling the layers of colors feels like an exciting adventure. No “black” was used in this piece.

Ning Sun Lighthouse by the Sea

Watercolor 9x12 inches Inspiration I want to marry a lighthouse keeper And keep him company I want to marry a lighthouse keeper And live by the side of the sea Original song by Sunforest. Performed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and Stephen Rennick in the 2014 movie, Frank.

This song is the inspiration behind Ning's Lighthouse watercolor painting. Click to enjoy the music

Michelle Cornwall Mythical Moose

Acrylic on canvas 48x36 inches nfs My inspiration was a recent trip to Yellowstone.

Ji Gu Contemplate

Acrylic on canvas 18 24 inches nfs

Ji Gu Quake

Acrylic on canvas 22x28 inches nfs

Gerald BurchThe Seeds of Our Descendants 1st Place Member

Mixed Media 28x34 inches $2900 This painting comes from my own memories. My mother and grandparents were migrant farmers. They hoed and plowed the fields. I have also been in the fields myself, albeit I was very young. They stayed on the Tallassee Plantation in a cabin that was similar to a old slave shack. The name of this piece comes from my seeing that not only were our foreparents planting seeds for the future vegetable harvest; but they were, through their hard work and sacrifice, planting the seeds for the future crops of their children, and their childrens children, and their childrens childrens childrens children. This composition is about planting seeds and picking weeds for another season. Hoping and praying that their posterity grow up straight and strong; and in turn, do the same thing for all of our future generations..

Gerald Burch Why

Mixed Media 47x36 inches $3200 The impetus for this composition is rooted in the question WHY. It is rooted in my childhood in the Jim Crow South in the 50's and 60's.

Rebecca Rahm Portland Red

Soft Pastel 9x12 inches nfs Nothing inspires me more than intimate , close up tangles of stems, roots and flowers. The changing of seasons leads to shriveled, dry petals and leaves with colors that are just as beautiful as the fresh colors of spring.

Rebecca Rahm White Flower

Soft Pastel 9x12 inches nfs

Virginia Watson Old Sailor Redoux

Encaustic 9.5 x 6.5 inches nfs This piece originated from a book called Evard Munch, Master Printmaker. Most of us associate Edvard Munch with The Scream, one of the most iconic paintings in art history. I was surprised and delighted to discover he was such an innovative artist and worked in a variety of mediums. He pushed the boundaries of what can be done, especially in printmaking. His woodcut, Old Sailor, captured me for the sense of weary resilience on his model’s face. I had never used carving tools before and it was a great opportunity to give it a try, especially since the layers of wax are so forgiving.

Orion Nebula

This print of the Orion Nebula served as the inspiration for Holly Ross' s Space Nebula

Hollie Ross Space Nebula

Acrylic on canvas 20x20 inches $225

Hollie Ross Clouds In The Sky

Acrylic on canvas 18x18 inches Inspiration for the piece: A quote by John Lubbock from ‘The Use Of Life’ “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water. Or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” $150

Amanda Carman Release the Ball, Trickster

Digital Painting 16x20 inches $230 I view creativity as a whimsical force, the closest thing we have to wielding magic. It is not transactional, its payoffs never guaranteed and rarely delivered in the form you expect. The fastest way to kill it is to strangle it with the leash of expectation, the demand of payoff or attention. All you can do is show up, put in the work, and see what happens. Embrace your trickster energy and do it, always, for the sheer joy of creating.

Karen Dvornek Heart Hole

This photograph named "Heart Hole" is the inspiration for my art. The photo symbolizes my love of nature. It is a unique photo of a sun hole in the organic shape of a heart filtering through the gingko tree outside my window.

Karen Dvornek Big Sur

Oil on canvas My favorite subject in nature are shores and coastlines, an example of which is my submission Big Sur one of the most beautiful coastal areas in central California.

Karen Dvornek Bursting

Oil on canvas This painting of sunflowers in called "Bursting" in support of Ukraine. It is their national flower as well as the colors of the Ukraine flag. Upon sale of the painting, the artist's portion of the proceeds will be donated to Ukraine aid. 400

Paromita Ghosh Seascape

Oil on canvas 24x30 inches nfs I was visiting the Arcadia National Park in Maine and this scene fascinated me. I loved the color of the rocks and how the waves broke against the rocks. Once back in class I just had to paint this scene. The lighthouse I added to this picture just to add a subject and enhance the power of the waves breaking on the rocks.

Zoe Koch Growth, Merrymaking, and Good Luck

Acrylic on canvas 24x48 inches nfs

Lori Morrollo SalkinJust Jake

Oil on canvas 36x48 inches nfs My Muse - He asked and I delivered! Jake, my 20 year old son at The University of Alabama, saw a painting at bar we were at in Tuscaloosa and asked me if I could paint it for him for his birthday. Jake said I feel like this some days. I tried and he was thrilled with the results. Thanks Catch22 bar for the inspiration.

Lori Morrollo-Salkin Snowy Egret 2nd Place Student Visual

Oil on canvas 30x40 inches nfs

Pat Tresness The Sentry

Pastel 9x12 inches nfs

Pat Tressness Gold Iris

Colored Pencil and Gold Leaf 16x13 inches nfs

Sarbari Ghosh Mustangs

Pastel 18x24 inches nfs

Dr. Anna Marie Kosa Tommy

Colored Pencil Size: 8x10 (framed 11x14) NFS My elder brother has been a renowned curmudgeon as long as I can remember. Smiles were rare, and never, ever in photos. Then along came Jan. They had worked together more than 40 years ago. Lost love found, it's one of those Facebook miracles! When I saw the smile in this reference photo, I had to draw it. To witness his joy inspires my own.

Michael Amos Loire Valley France 3rd Place Member

Photograph 30x36 inches $225 Muse: The blink of an eye at a moment in time. Never shall what I capture be exactly the same again.

Eileen Bodamer Wolfie in the Sun

Watercolor 14x17 inches This painting is inspired by the play of light beams on the subject. The subject of the painting is almost made invisible due to the light pointing the eye in different directions.

Eillen Bodamer Biggest Decision of the Day

Watercolor 12x14 inches nfs This painting is inspired by the play of light beams on the subject. The subject of the painting is almost made invisible due to the light pointing the eye in different directions.

Eileen Bodamer The Deer Proof Garden

Oil on canvas 12x12 inches nfs The Deer Proof Garden was inspired by the shape of the canvas which suggested a partial glimpse of a scene through a window. This is a side view of my garden peeked at from the garage where I do all my painting.

Eilen Bodamer Under the Utah Sun

Oil on canvas 12x24 inches $300 Under the Utah Sun was a happy accident. I was inspired by the blinding contrast between the sky and the ground. Except the painting was terrible. With nothing to lose, I used stencils to wed the light of the sky with the lush colors of the field.

Leslie Todder Beachcomber Shells

Dyes on silk de chine mounted on canvas with acrylic medium 18x24 inches $600

Summer Lowe Celestial Rose

Oil on canvas 20x20 inches $500 My quote is from Aldous Huxley; "There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception". I chose this quote because in my recent artwork, I am interested in conveying the disruptive coloration of camouflage in nature and how beautiful it is when one discovers the hidden animal, or plant within the background.

Summer Lowe Celestial Lily

Oil on canvas 20x20 inches $500 My quote is from Aldous Huxley; "There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception". I chose this quote because in my recent artwork, I am interested in conveying the disruptive coloration of camouflage in nature and how beautiful it is when one discovers the hidden animal, or plant within the background.

Ava Schisler Blue Period

Watercolor 10x14 inches nfs The anime Blue Period inspired me to to get back into art. It’s about a boy and his journey to art school and at the time I watched it I was so busy with work that I completely gave up on what I loved. I knew I had to find something to help me create again and that’s how I ended up at JCAC. I am very thankful for my my experience here and this is my little tribute to my journey getting here. Thank you!

Ava Schisler Ponyo

Watercolor 9x12 inches nfs Ponyo is my beloved muse, I found her as a 2 week old kitten and she’s been my everything ever since. She’s named after the movie Ponyo and I sing the theme song to her nearly everyday. She loves to help me with my art by stepping all over my wet watercolors paintings, she has made her mark on many of my projects. I am very thankful she walked into my life, I love her and her three black whiskers with all my heart.

Sushmita Bhattacharya Untitled

Acrylic on canvas nfs I found the photographic inspiration for this painting on Google. I love nature photography and I believe that nature has its own healing power. I am so thankful to my teacher, Leslie, for her support .

Ramona Ravazi The Queen of Iran

Oil on canvas 24x30 inches

Ramona Ravazi Santa Barbara Surf

Oil on canvas 18x24 inches nfs

Larry Willis Lemons and Oranges Still Life

Oil on canvas 9x12 inches nfs Both are small 9x12 oil on canvas panel, completed within 2 hours start to finish. “Currently I am into painting small quick paintings meant to capture my impressions of a recent scene or composition”.

Larry Willis Jekyll Island Sunrise

Oil on canvas 9x12 inches nfs Both are small 9x12 oil on canvas panel, completed within 2 hours start to finish. “Currently I am into painting small quick paintings meant to capture my impressions of a recent scene or composition”.

Virginia Watson Wings and a Prayer

Mixed media/Encaustic 8x10 inches $85 Inspiration: My friend Alicia and I went for a walk and a dragonfly joined us for part of the way. She was delighted because she said, “the dragonfly is my spirit animal.” Soon after, she was away at an important healing retreat, and I was thinking about her and about dragonflies, which represent transformation. I sketched and painted the original image used in this mixed media piece while continuing to think about Alicia and wishing her well, and it became a type of meditative prayer. Later I scanned the piece and printed it on paper to use in this encaustic collage.

Rita Bailon The Greatest Showman

OIl on canvas 11x14 inches nfs I'm inspired by the Renaissance Man who can do everything yet not take himself seriously.

Rita Bailon Macaw 3rd Place Student Visual

Colored Pencil and Pan Pastel 11x14 inches nfs Inspired by the colors of nature: " You have to believe in happiness, Or happiness never comes. Ah, that's the reason a bird can sing---on his darkest day he believes in spring" --Douglas Malloch

Ruma Das Traditional Tibetan Lady

Colored Pencil 21x27 inches nfs A happy and proud woman of the mountains in her beautiful traditional attire, holding a prayer wheel in her hand in front of a monastery.

Kennedy Carroll The Cycle

Silk and fabric dye 60x11 $200

Ketki Desai Floral Crossstitch

Fiber art nfs

Zoe Zhang Morgan Freeman1st Place Student Visual

Pencil 9x12 inches 1000

Zoe Zhang The Beauty and the Pride

Pencil 15x21 inches 1500

Amanda Jones The Swimmer

Encaustic 6x6 inches nfs

Monika Mittal Brazil rainforest flowers 2

$850 Rainforests are a colorful bonanza for your eyes. May shades of green that Liquitex can not create for an artist to paint are present in the scene. Small frogs and butterflies filled with color combinations that I didn't know possible, are flying and hopping around you. This scenery evolves every few moments and inspires one to create art, sing songs, and dance. Those colors and the fragrances of the rain in the forest have stayed in my senses for years and it shows up in my paintings from time to time.

Monika Mittal Lipi Script Red and Silver 2

$850 Scribbling while lazing was my favorite occupation growing up. I am still not sure how I ended up doodling scripts style or paisly style motifs, maybe because book were always a good immersion activity and this was my way of writing. This is another language to express my thoughts and still keep them hidden from the world. Maybe someday, a language will emerge from this script doodling.

Mary J Albert Proud as a Peacock

Oil on canvas 16 x 20 $1000 I took up painting to pass the time during the covid shutdown. After a time, I wanted to try something that was both brightly colored and highly detailed. Something like this very proud peacock.

Mary J Albert Eurasian Kingfisher

Oil on canvas, framed 12 x 12 inches nfs The bright and almost surrealistically intense coloration of the Eurasian Kingfisher put it on every birdwatcher’s must–see list. With the resumption of vacation travel, I hope to see it soon!

Deb Snow Checkmate

Ceramic 12 inches $100

Debbie Lynn Baxter

Ceramic 7 inches nfs

Debbie Lynn Three Little Biddies

Ceramic 7 inches nfs

Charlie Enscore A Soft Mountain Breeze 2nd Place Member

What inspired me to create this quilt? Simple, the astounding beauty of Colorado, my home state, Our family did not take vacations, as other families did. As owners of a neighborhood grocery store mom and dad worked 7 days a week until I was about 8 years old. At that time they took a single day off each week, Sunday. We would pile into the car on Saturday evening, drive into the night for what seemed like hours and spend the night in a tiny court motel or set up the tent next to a stream. On Sunday morning we would excitedly explore the woods, streams, mountains and sights of Colorado. As Sunday evening fell, once again we piled into that car for the trek home. Exhausted! We experienced so much of Colorado over the next few years and the aspen trees always held a special mystery for me—the rustling, the changing colors, the marred white bark. They provided me with ample inspiration to draw, color, and arrange cut papers to save my memories. This quilt is not for sale, it belongs to my aunt.

Major funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners. Special thanks to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, Fulton County Arts and Culture, Georgia Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Thank you to the volunteers and staff of the Johns Creek Arts Center for making this exhibition possible including: Stephanie Donaldson, Executive Director; Althea Foster, Program Director and Curator; Beau Raymond, Clay Studio Manager; Lillie Cipolla, Registrar; Amanda Jones, Guest Services and Kristen Lewkowitz, Website. Thank you most importantly to our Students and Members, without whom this showcase would not be possible.