Available for Purchase
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Christine Gold
$350"Golden Fields at Days End"
Oil on panel
12"x16" framed
2021
ARTIST BIO
Chris Gold, from York, PA, started painting later in life. Her informal art education was gained by taking regional professionals' workshops and classes. Gold's creative journey began when her daughter brought home a coffee mug from her school's ceramics class in 1999. The pair decided to take private lessons together and Chris discovered the joy of creating functional pieces from a lump of clay. After 15 years of occasional frustrating unfixable failures coming from her kiln, Chris wanted a new medium for her creative outlet. Gold had memories of watching, with fascination, her father paint with colorful, creamy oil paints. Assuming she had not inherited his DNA art gene, she did not pick up a brush until 2013, when in her mid-50's. Oils are now Chris's chosen medium. They allow flexibility to change a work, bringing her aesthetic to completion. Painting has become a better vehicle to express her appreciation of the strength God gives and Nature's abundant beauty.
Gold classifies herself as a representational painter, leaning into Impressionism. Now a retired women's health nurse practitioner, she has more time to devote to the canvas. This artist's creations can be seen in area galleries, as well as online social media. Her first oil painting exhibition prize was awarded in 2015. In 2022 her art was awarded best of show in a regional exhibit. Her creations have been accepted into juried exhibits through the York Art Association and shows at the York Jewish Community Center, along with other area venues. Gold is a member of Creative York and is a juried member of the Oil Painters of America. She also serves as the Gallery committee's chairperson and is a member of the Board of Directors for the York Art Association.
FB: Art-of-Gold
118
Terri Yacovelli
$125"Midnight Moon"
Encaustic
6"x6" unframed
2023
ARTIST BIO
Terri Yacovelli began her art journey at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design when it was located in historic Marietta. She holds an undergraduate degree from Millersville University, and a Masters of Liberal Arts degree from Western Maryland College. Her work has been included in solo and juried exhibits across the east coast in Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey and Maryland. Recent work has been featured in the International Encaustic Artists juried exhibition held at the San Luis-Obispo Museum of Art, California. An avid traveler and gardener, she resides in York Pennsylvania. An advocate for all things local, she makes her encaustic medium from beeswax that has been harvested in York County.
https://www.instagram.com/tyacovelli/
125
Elaina Posey
$250"Winter Landscape"
Acrylic on canvas
16" x 20" unframed
2024
ARTIST BIO
Elaina received a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from The Pennsylvania College of Art And Design in 2009. While pursuing her bachelor's degree, Posey also interned at the Charles Demuth Foundation located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In 2010, she studied under Professor Robert Andriulli at Millersville University participating in the Emerging Artists in Residency Program. She received her Masters of Fine Arts at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pa in 2013. She is currently a member of the Cerulean Arts Artist Coop in Philadelphia and maintains a studio practice at home in Lancaster.
Her pieces have been exhibited in many galleries in Pennsylvania and the East Coast including Millersville University (Millersville, Pa.), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.), Elizabethtown College and Cerulean Arts (Philadelphia, Pa.).
Recent Awards include an Academy Scholarship from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, an Honorable Mention in the 2017 F.A.M.E Show at PAFA (Philadelphia, Pa.), Best in Show in 2017 at the York Art Association's Juried Exhibition and Second Place at the 2017 Juried Exhibition at the Art Association of Harrisburg.
Her website is www.elainaposeyart.com, and you can also view her work, and get updated on any shows she will be involved in on her facebook page; http://www.facebook.com/ElainaPoseyArt.
www.elainaposey.com
https://instagram.com/elaina.poseyart
Email: elainaposey@gmail.com
141
Susan Benigni Landis
$600"Sailing Before Storm"
Oil
11" X 14" framed
2022
ARTIST BIO
Susan is a Pennsylvania artist and has been involved in art throughout her life, whether drawing, painting, working in clay or teaching and counseling through art. Her formal training includes a dual Bachelors degree in fine arts and psychology with art therapy concentration, Masters degree in education, and continued studies in landscape painting, illustration, and design.
She is inspired by nature, particularly the colors and shapes in the landscape and the emotional response to the environment. Therefore, she often paints en plein air, striving to portray the "feel of the day", sifting through the layers of natural color and the play of light. Susan enjoys a variety of media, but has mainly been working in oil. In the studio, she frequently uses plein air, pen, ink, watercolor or colored pencil sketches to create larger oil paintings. Her studio work also includes still life, human and animal portraiture. Susan has studied landscape painting abroad, including Italy and Ireland, and painted across the USA, gaining inspiration from her travels. She has exhibited in Pennsylvania, New York City and the US east coast in many juried shows and has won awards regionally, recently including four Best of Show awards, several People's Choice awards, awards for Plein air/Impressionism and for her works in clay. She recently added book illustration to her art endeavors, for the children's book, "Goodbye Yellow House". She also teaches adult beginning oil painting and select children's projects. Her work is in private and corporate collections. She is a member of the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters, Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters, American Impressionist Society and local art associations. Through her work, she hopes to share a blend of appreciation for the natural world and the wonder of the human spirit.
sbenignilandis@yahoo.com
Website: www.sbenignilandis.com
Instagram: @sunsanbenignilandisart
142
Lindsey Maverick
$400"Studio Brain 2"
Silver Gelatin Print
8"x10" framed
2021
ARTIST BIO
Lindsey Maverick is a film photographer residing in York, PA. They love to capture the breadth of human emotion through their work. Mav has been creating silver gelatin prints for years and is now on the Grotto Commons team to create a community darkroom in York. They do freelance photography in the central PA area as well as Chicago, IL.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindsey_maverick/
154
Patricia L. Caulfield
$250"Time Lapse"
Acrylic on board
12"x12" framed
2021
ARTIST BIO
An artist with a focus on abstract art including land and seascapes, Patricia is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art. She is a member of Creative York and The York Art Association, both in York PA and the Harrisburg Art Association, Harrisburg PA. She is a resident artist at the Garth Gallery, Columbia PA. She has shown and sold her work in all locations.
Always drawing from the power of nature, her vision of depth and space is brought to the forefront in her work. Patricia works in mixed media on cradleboard and paper using acrylic paint, collage, oil pastel, oil sticks and vine charcoal along with sanding and distressing.
She is a recipient of the Rottler Award of Excellence 2021 Annual Juried Show at the York Art Association, York PA. She also received the Award of Excellence at the 50th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, York Art Association. In 2021 Patricia completed a series of four seascape paintings that are now a part of the permanent collection at the Wellspan York Campus Cancer Center, York PA.
Visually impaired from Glaucoma for the past ten years, Patricia was awarded the role of Chair for an upcoming art show and auction for visually impaired artists by the Glaucoma Research Foundation in San Francisco, CA. The event will be held in conjunction with their annual event, Glaucoma 360, in San Francisco CA February 2022. Patricia curated artwork from visually impaired artists from around the world. Patricia was also a recent panelist for the Glaucoma Research Foundation's webinar on the emotional aspect of dealing with glaucoma. The webinar can be found on www.glaucoma.org.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Clouds have always been a fascination for Patricia L Caulfield. By constantly studying their form, movement and light Patricia creates atmospheric paintings without using photographic reference. Her focus is on abstract art that includes both land and seascapes.
www.patricialcaulfield.com
www.patcfield@patricialcaulfield.com
https://www.instagram.com/patricialcaulfield.art/
www.facebook.com/PatriciaLCaulfieldArt
Email: patcfield@gmail.com
157
Lindsey Maverick
$600"Juni & Anissa"
Silver Gelatin print
8"x10" framed
2021
ARTIST BIO
Lindsey Maverick is a film photographer residing in York, PA. They love to capture the breadth of human emotion through their work. Mav has been creating silver gelatin prints for years and is now on the Grotto Commons team to create a community darkroom in York. They do freelance photography in the central PA area as well as Chicago, IL.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindsey_maverick/
166
Michael Hower
$200"The Instrumentalists"
Digital Photograph
14"x18" framed
2019
ARTIST BIO
Michael Hower is a photographer from Central Pennsylvania where he resides with his wife and two boys. His digital photography experience began nine years ago. Over that time, he has amassed a resume of over a two hundred exhibitions and publications. His work has been featured in shows at the Pennsylvania State Museum, PA; Masur Museum of Art, LA; Marshall University, WV; and Penn College, PA.
Mike's work focuses on historical themes portraying human objects/structures in modified environments now devoid of human activity, conveying themes of wear, deterioration, and nature's reclamation of manmade environments via architecture and landscape.
www.michaelhowerphotography.com
https://instagram.com/michaelhowerphotography
Email: MEHower@comcast.net
172
Carol Little
$175"Stormy Sunset"
Oil and cold wax
9"x12" unframed
2023
ARTIST STATEMENT
I enjoy the challenge of trying to capture the beauty of the world around us, always trying to invite the viewer to enter and explore the view. My landscapes are generally of places I have visited, and I try to re-create the mood of the moment with color, light and shadows.
In these stressful times, I have found solace in nature in all seasons. On daily walks, I find the changing of the seasons a solid refuge from conflict. Spring always follows even the roughest winter, and summer's heat gives way to the coolness and colors of autumn.
I seek to find beauty in the ordinary things around us. I paint because I love to paint. So, there is no great social or philosophical message in my paintings; I just want to make the viewer feel good when they look at my art. If it has made you happy, I am happy!
ARTIST BIO
Carol Robertson Little began painting in 2009, taking her first art class at York (PA) Art Association in the winter of 2010. Painting primarily in oils, she has been influenced by instructors Phyllis Disher Fredericks, Anita Williams, Susan Nicholas Gephart and Barbara Buchanan. While most of her work is realistic, she has executed some paintings in an impressionistic style. She paints both in York, PA, and Benson, VT.
She has won awards in York Art Association exhibits, and has been juried into exhibits there, as well as at Farm and Natural Lands Trust. Freedom Seekers at William Goodridge Freedom Center and Framers Workshop in York. She recently was featured in a solo exhibit in the Danyo Gallery of YAA.
She participates in Creative York exhibits, York Art Association exhibits, with the Gallery Group of YAA at various venues, and with the Orwell Artists group and the Stratford House Gallery in Orwell, Vermont.
https://www.facebook.com/carollittlepaintings
Email: carollittle47@comcast.net
176
Terri Yacovelli
$125"Here Comes The Sun"
Encaustic
6"x6" unframed
2023
ARTIST BIO
Terri Yacovelli began her art journey at Pennsylvania College of Art and Design when it was located in historic Marietta. She holds an undergraduate degree from Millersville University, and a Masters of Liberal Arts degree from Western Maryland College. Her work has been included in solo and juried exhibits across the east coast in Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey and Maryland. Recent work has been featured in the International Encaustic Artists juried exhibition held at the San Luis-Obispo Museum of Art, California. An avid traveler and gardener, she resides in York Pennsylvania. An advocate for all things local, she makes her encaustic medium from beeswax that has been harvested in York County.
185
Joanna Tice-Trainor
$320"Quiet Evening"
Oil on canvas
20"x16" framed
2024
ARTIST BIO
Joanna Tice-Trainor is an aspiring Artist from York Pennsylvania, and a Graduate from Temple University's Tyler School of Art Class of 2015. She received a BFA in Painting and Drawing with a Minor in General Business Studies. She prefers to go by the name "Joey" and her art business on social media is named Only1joey Art to play into that name.
She has resided in her current studio space since August of 2019 located on the third floor of The Handsome Cab in downtown York. A studio space shared among 5 other working Artists. Today she is also a member of the York Art Association and strives to have her work displayed in art shows and events surrounding York.
She loves animals, peaceful nature, hiking, and traveling to new & old places, which is often depicted in her work. She grew up with a twin sister. The sibling rivalry and competitiveness is truly what pushed her to begin her journey as an Artist, but her love and enjoyment that painting brings her is what keeps her motivated to grow her Artist name and get her name recognized in the community.
BFA Painting & Drawing from Tyler School of Art
186
Jen Haefeli
$900"Flora & Fauna"
Acrylic, watercolor, ink on canvas
36"x 24" unframed
2023
ARTIST BIO
Jen Haefeli is an InterArtist residing in Pittsburgh, PA. Jen became George Mason University's first InterArts graduate and received the College of Visual and Performing Arts Award. She has exhibited work in galleries internationally. Jen is a member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, The Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh, as well as Creative York. Jen is a United Way of Southwest Pennsylvania member and she is on the Board of Harvest107, which aims to create sustainable food sources in developing countries like Haiti. Her work is in private collections and can be requested via her website: www.WildRootCreations.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
As an InterArtist, I work in most studio arts and I am passionate about helping others build their understanding of the arts as they build their own artistic individual skill sets. I hope that I am a part of broadening their understanding of the cultural and historical significance behind the art forms studied. I believe the holistic aspect of our work involves both the aesthetic, and the inspiration behind the visual features, or "Beneficial Tertiary Creativity" as I call it. Understanding the timeframe, and location, and knowing more about why artists create or how an art form came about is critical. Learning the brush stroke or application of color is a mere aspect of creation. Understanding the historical impact of the work, and why it has withstood time is the true information and appreciation behind the creation. This helps develop a fluent creative language. For those who find passion in art, it is the means to communicate throughout their lifetime. Art can fuel the soul, and replenish us. We adorn our spaces, and our bodies and comfort ourselves with decor. Art can be cathartic and therapeutic in nature. We make an impact on this world by leaving our marks, however brief they may be. It is an exciting experience to inspire others in the process of doing so and thus I appreciate each individual who allows me the opportunity to be a part of their time here by collecting my work and learning from me.
Shopify: www.jenhaefeli.com
Additional work can be found on:
Instagram: @Wildlyrooted1
FB: WildRootCreations
187
Carol Little
$250"Winter Shadows"
Oil
12"x16" unframed
2020
ARTIST STATEMENT
I enjoy the challenge of trying to capture the beauty of the world around us, always trying to invite the viewer to enter and explore the view. My landscapes are generally of places I have visited, and I try to re-create the mood of the moment with color, light and shadows.
In these stressful times, I have found solace in nature in all seasons. On daily walks, I find the changing of the seasons a solid refuge from conflict. Spring always follows even the roughest winter, and summer's heat gives way to the coolness and colors of autumn.
I seek to find beauty in the ordinary things around us. I paint because I love to paint. So, there is no great social or philosophical message in my paintings; I just want to make the viewer feel good when they look at my art. If it has made you happy, I am happy!
ARTIST BIO
Carol Robertson Little began painting in 2009, taking her first art class at York (PA) Art Association in the winter of 2010. Painting primarily in oils, she has been influenced by instructors Phyllis Disher Fredericks, Anita Williams, Susan Nicholas Gephart and Barbara Buchanan. While most of her work is realistic, she has executed some paintings in an impressionistic style. She paints both in York, PA, and Benson, VT.
She has won awards in York Art Association exhibits, and has been juried into exhibits there, as well as at Farm and Natural Lands Trust. Freedom Seekers at William Goodridge Freedom Center and Framers Workshop in York. She recently was featured in a solo exhibit in the Danyo Gallery of YAA.
She participates in Creative York exhibits, York Art Association exhibits, with the Gallery Group of YAA at various venues, and with the Orwell Artists group and the Stratford House Gallery in Orwell, Vermont.
https://www.facebook.com/carollittlepaintings
Email: carollittle47@comcast.net
191
Susan Benigi Landis
$360"Lemon Light on the Creek"
Oil
8"x10" framed
2023
ARTIST BIO
Susan is a Pennsylvania artist and has been involved in art throughout her life, whether drawing, painting, working in clay or teaching and counseling through art. Her formal training includes a dual Bachelors degree in fine arts and psychology with art therapy concentration, Masters degree in education, and continued studies in landscape painting, illustration, and design.
She is inspired by nature, particularly the colors and shapes in the landscape and the emotional response to the environment. Therefore, she often paints en plein air, striving to portray the "feel of the day", sifting through the layers of natural color and the play of light. Susan enjoys a variety of media, but has mainly been working in oil. In the studio, she frequently uses plein air, pen, ink, watercolor or colored pencil sketches to create larger oil paintings. Her studio work also includes still life, human and animal portraiture. Susan has studied landscape painting abroad, including Italy and Ireland, and painted across the USA, gaining inspiration from her travels. She has exhibited in Pennsylvania, New York City and the US east coast in many juried shows and has won awards regionally, recently including four Best of Show awards, several People's Choice awards, awards for Plein air/Impressionism and for her works in clay. She recently added book illustration to her art endeavors, for the children's book, "Goodbye Yellow House". She also teaches adult beginning oil painting and select children's projects. Her work is in private and corporate collections. She is a member of the Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters, Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters, American Impressionist Society and local art associations. Through her work, she hopes to share a blend of appreciation for the natural world and the wonder of the human spirit.
sbenignilandis@yahoo.com
Website: www.sbenignilandis.com
Instagram: @sunsanbenignilandisart