Wetlands Reach to the Lake

Oil

16"x20" framed

2023

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.

Hope and Resilience

Acrylic on wood

1"x18" round

2025

ARTIST BIO

As a Latina immigrant from Peru, Rosa Luz Catterall expresses a curiosity to understand people, cultures and community. This led her to pursue careers as a social worker, an art therapist and a self taught artist. Rosa Luz grew up in the U.S. from the age of nine in Queens, New York. She graduated from Queens College with a B.A. in Sociology. Rosa Luz completed her graduate education at N.Y.U. and practices as a bilingual licensed social worker and a registered art therapist. She is an independent contractor for Penn State Hershey Medical Health Center - Briarcrest Eating Disorder Program, Conewago Place Drug and Alcohol Residential Treatment for Men, WellSpan Health and various other local organizations.

Rosa Luz has an art studio/gallery at MarketView Arts where she paints, plans community art projects and coordinates art wellness groups. Her artwork in the community as well as her clinical work focuses on themes that address trauma, cultural diversity, self esteem, and grief, as well as creating safe spaces that promote support, hope and healing. The unique qualities that she brings to her practice help connect with people on a human level.

She has volunteered as an art therapist at York County Prison Women's Wing and participated on mission trips to Guatemala and Ethiopia. She has served as a board member of Creative York. In addition, she is a member of the York County Hispanic Coalition, volunteers in the WellSpan Covid Hope Squad, and volunteered as a Spanish translator at the York County Food Bank.

ARTIST STATEMENT
I believe that we all experience the world in our own unique way. My paintings allow me to go on a journey and recapture experiences through different media. As I cross the bridge between thinking and feeling, I am able to enter a state of existence that revives the place, time, and all my five senses of that moment. I always go back to my reference pictures and sketches, but it is really what is in my heart that gets translated into each of my paintings.
As an immigrant Latino woman whose experience has been about relocating from a small town to a big city and then to a smaller city, I find my themes reflect cultural diversity, movement and growth. I find nature grounds me and helps me move forward in my art. My desire is to connect on a human level with the community. I envision myself growing as a painter and inspiring others to be free and to celebrate their own creativity and identity.

Cada uno de nosotros tenemos una experiencia unica sobre nuestra existencia en este mundo. Mis pinturas me permiten ir en una jornada y captar experiencias usando diferentes medio de arte. El arte me ayuda cruzar el puente entre mis pensamientos y mis emociones. Yo siempro regreso a mis fotos y dibujos como referencia, pero en realidad es lo que esta en mi corazon lo que es transmitido en mi pintura. Como una mujer latina imigrante, crezi mudandome y escondida en mi silencio, yo capto temas que reflejan diversidad cultural, movimiento y desarrollo personal.

Yo encuentro que la naturaleza me ancla/ estabiliza y me ayuda a seguir adelante en mi arte y mi vida. Hay luz en mis pinturas porque capta la esperanza que guia mi vida y mi creatividad. Mi vision es inspirar y celebrar la creatividad e identidad de nuestra comunidad.

Beneath the Surface, Still Singing

Mixed Media

12"x12" unframed

2025

ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a Bronx raised Puerto Rican Mixed Media Artist based in Pennsylvania.

What keeps you going? I asked a group of "Abuelitas". There stories stir up emotions in me that remind me why I create art.

I create art because it allows me to express visually what is in my mind, my heart, what I observe in people, their stories, the world around me, from travels, and especially the significance of my Puerto Rican identity in the diaspora.

For instance, in language, the "Taino Emergence" painting of my Puerto Rican Princes series, is an expression of embracing my identity with Taino indigenous language, a legacy I reminisce from my grandmother. She used Taino words like "batey" and "ditas" and "jicotea".

I reflect on importance of relationships within groups and community and explore human interaction, connection, cultural identity and being Puerto Rican and American, symbols of the island.

In my process for sculptures, I generally start something I witnessed, like the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the effects I witnessed in Nicaraguan youth from the civil uprising, an image I saw of a homeless man with his head down, or a worship activity so expressive in body movement.

I also use environmentally friendly medium and organic material as in the piece, "Buscando Agua Después de Maria" with egg cartons Flamboyán Tree flower and depict what many Puerto Ricans had to do after Hurricane María: fetch water in streams which I could relate to since I had to go through similar experience in childhood when I migrated back to Puerto Rico.

Whether sculpture or paintings, I strive to deliver a poignant reflect on human resiliency, continuously exploring and reflecting on the human experience and our grit to keep going, on what makes us drive forward, hope, faith, love.

Lucy studied Studio Art in City University of New York, obtained a B.S. in Applied Behavioral Science from Penn State Harrisburg. She worked as an Art Instructor in the Bronx, New York City. Her Journey has taken her in Logistics Management and Mixed Media Art Sculpture and Paintings.

She has been featured in The Burg, her award-winning sculptures and other paintings have been featured in PA Latino Hispanic Conventions, Capitol Rotunda, Pennsylvania State Library, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, and area Exhibitions.

Lucy made the Harrisburg/York area her home where she and her husband David, raised their four children who also dabble in the Visual Arts.

Lucy is looking forward to showing her work in her native land of Puerto Rico.

Duet

Digital Photograph/Archival print

12"x19" framed

2023

ARTIST BIO

Michael Hower is a photographer and installation artist based in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area. His formal artistic education began in high school with coursework at Lebanon Valley College and the Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, followed by studies at Harrisburg Area Community College and the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he focused on painting, design, and ceramics. After first working with a digital camera thirteen years ago, Hower became self-taught in photography, rediscovering a sustained commitment to art through the medium.

His work examines historical and social themes through human-made structures in altered environments now devoid of human activity. He is particularly drawn to sites of abandonment, including industrial facilities, prisons, and graffiti-covered spaces. Through photography and installation, his work addresses wear, deterioration, and nature's reclamation of built environments, approaching these sites as carriers of collective memory and lived experience.

Hower's work has been featured in over two hundred exhibitions and publications. He is a two-time award winner at the Pennsylvania State Museum and has exhibited at institutions including the Biggs Museum of Art, Masur Museum of Art, Marshall University, the Banana Factory, and the Maryland State House of Representatives. His publication credits include Pennsylvania Magazine, Central PA Magazine, The Santa Clara Review, Penn Review of the University of Pennsylvania, and Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology. His solo exhibition Graffiti Scapes at Penn College in Williamsport featured nearly fifty photographs and installations.

MEHower@comcast.net

Blackboard Jungle

Mixed Media

21.5"x21.5" framed

2020

ARTIST BIO

Like many artists, Thom Kulp has always engaged in some sort of creative endeavor. His journey began with crayons and pencils as a child and progressed to water colors, oils and acrylics later in life. Along the way there were other explorations and forays into collage, collagraphy, encaustic, block printing, and mandala drawing. Some of his latest pieces are venturing into the three dimensional realm, but have not as of yet become true sculptures. They are more akin to bas reliefs.

Thom studied painting and drawing at Harrisburg Area Community College with the colorist painter, Edith Socolow who influenced him in the realm of abstract art. Color as subject matter was a revelation to him and his current work is still highly influenced by this. After studying Experimental Mixed Media with Linda McCloskey for several years at the Art Association of Harrisburg, he took over that class and taught it for several years there as well as at the York Art Association in York, PA. In addition to studying with Linda, Thom has taken classed with Julie Yontz-Rupp, Phyllis Disher-Fredericks and Ron Schloyer. He has conducted various workshops in Experimental Mixed Media, Collagraphic Printing, Mandala Making, and Painting in the style of Jackson Pollock. Currently he teaches students in his home studio located in Linglestown, PA. He has participated in many local shows and won numerous awards for his art.

Succulents

Acrylic on canvas

16"x20" unframed

2025

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.

Courtyard Cafe

Oil on linen panel- Plein Air

12"x9" framed

2019

ARTIST STATEMENT

I consider myself primarily an observational painter, painting mostly from life, and often outside 'en plein air'. Painting in one session, "Alla prima" keeps the surface fresh. I like to look for interesting compositions and often don't know what I will choose to paint until I get to a location. Sometimes what attracts me is simply a light effect and, though my work is representational, it is often the abstract patterns of shadows that get me started. I paint a vast range of subjects, and am always looking for a new challenge.

ARTIST BIO

White Iris, Teal Curtain

Oil

24"x18" unframed

2025

ARTIST STATEMENT
Sara seeks to capture the beauty and feeling of a time and place through color. Her work features floral studies, landscapes, and cityscapes; the subjects found in her backyard or gleaned from her travels. Painting helps her with two seemingly juxtaposed ideas: remaining present and connecting with places and people from her past. Self-expression and communication are at the core of Sara's values: through words as a linguist, through dance, or through the color in painting.

ARTIST BIO

Lancaster-based artist Sara Stichler works in watercolors and oils. Born and raised nearby on Lebanon's Northside, she was originally a Fine Arts major, recently returning to painting after a two-decade hiatus. Thinking the world didn't need another artist, she had put painting on hold to travel and begin career and family-- realizing only much later that regardless of whether the world did or did not need her art, she needed to create.

After earning a spot as an emerging artist at the Mt. Gretna Art Show in 2022, she continued to exhibit her work at outdoor shows, receiving awards at Landis Wood's Outdoor Art Show in 2024 and the Lititz Outdoor Fine Art Show in 2025. Sara was voted winner of Lancaster Art Battle in October of 2025, securing her spot as the featured artist for the Lancaster Art Battle in January of 2026. Her work has been accepted to the Baltimore Watercolor Society's 2025 Mid-Atlantic Regional Watercolor Exhibition. She enjoys new opportunities that challenge her to improve her craft.

Favoring landscapes and florals, Sara seeks to capture the beauty, feeling, and fleetingness of time and place; the subjects found in her backyard or gleaned from travels.

TusenTakk (a thousand thanks)

Acrylic on canvas

24"x36" framed

2025

Inscribed on back:

"Thank you trees for routing us

Thank you earth for grounding us

Thank you mountains for raising us

We are all connected to the Earth as we breathe the sky

We are all one

In Lakota ' Mitakuye Oyasin'

"All my relatives"

ARTIST BIO:

A retired floral designer currently residing in Dover, PA, LisaAnn settled in Southeast Pennsylvania after graduating from Penn State in 1984. The Arts have always been part of her education. Drawing, painting, and sculpture classes were taken alongside biochemistry, agronomy, and physics classes. In finalizing her Bachelor of Science degree by choosing Horticulture specializing in floral design and greenhouse flower crops, LisaAnn found a way to blend her scientific education with her intuitive artistic expression. LisaAnn works primarily in acrylic on canvas, yet has been known to dabble in watercolor and ink, fabrics, even learning to solder working in copper pipe when inspiration strikes. Her growth as an artist broke loose in the early 2000's when she stepped onto the stage of local theaters as an actor and costumer, creating fantastical characters and scenes that became movable art. While her greatest achievements by far have been her 3 daughters, she continues to seek to create work that captures a feeling of connection - to the earth, to the forest; as well as a sense of place - sometimes out of time.

Rise

Mixed Media

15"x 5.75"x 5.75"

2021

ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a Bronx raised Puerto Rican Mixed Media Artist based in Pennsylvania.

What keeps you going? I asked a group of "Abuelitas". There stories stir up emotions in me that remind me why I create art.

I create art because it allows me to express visually what is in my mind, my heart, what I observe in people, their stories, the world around me, from travels, and especially the significance of my Puerto Rican identity in the diaspora.

For instance, in language, the "Taino Emergence" painting of my Puerto Rican Princes series, is an expression of embracing my identity with Taino indigenous language, a legacy I reminisce from my grandmother. She used Taino words like "batey" and "ditas" and "jicotea".

I reflect on importance of relationships within groups and community and explore human interaction, connection, cultural identity and being Puerto Rican and American, symbols of the island.

In my process for sculptures, I generally start something I witnessed, like the Aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the effects I witnessed in Nicaraguan youth from the civil uprising, an image I saw of a homeless man with his head down, or a worship activity so expressive in body movement.

I also use environmentally friendly medium and organic material as in the piece, "Buscando Agua Después de Maria" with egg cartons Flamboyán Tree flower and depict what many Puerto Ricans had to do after Hurricane María: fetch water in streams which I could relate to since I had to go through similar experience in childhood when I migrated back to Puerto Rico.

Whether sculpture or paintings, I strive to deliver a poignant reflect on human resiliency, continuously exploring and reflecting on the human experience and our grit to keep going, on what makes us drive forward, hope, faith, love.

Lucy studied Studio Art in City University of New York, obtained a B.S. in Applied Behavioral Science from Penn State Harrisburg. She worked as an Art Instructor in the Bronx, New York City. Her Journey has taken her in Logistics Management and Mixed Media Art Sculpture and Paintings.

She has been featured in The Burg, her award-winning sculptures and other paintings have been featured in PA Latino Hispanic Conventions, Capitol Rotunda, Pennsylvania State Library, Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, and area Exhibitions.

Lucy made the Harrisburg/York area her home where she and her husband David, raised their four children who also dabble in the Visual Arts.

Lucy is looking forward to showing her work in her native land of Puerto Rico.

Over the River

Oil on paper

9"x9" framed

2018

ARTIST BIO

Maria Maneos is a Philadelphia-area visual artist working in painting, sculpture, and mixed media. She holds a BFA from Arcadia University and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her work has been exhibited nationally in galleries, universities, and museums, including the State Museum of Pennsylvania, which holds her work in its permanent collection. Maria is an alumna of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists Fellowship and the recipient of multiple awards and grants. She continues to create and exhibit work while supporting arts initiatives and nonprofit organizations.

Evening in the Woods

Acrylic & Ink

18"x24" unframed

2025

ARTIST BIO/STATEMENT

My name is Robin Hotaling and I live in York, PA. As an artist, I try to capture the dream-like images of my own aspirations in paint.

The Creek Awakens

Oil, plein air

8"x10" framed

2023

ARTIST BIO

Susan 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 and Masters degree in education, with 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 and sees benefit in engaging in 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, including two Best of Show awards, awards for Plein air/Impressionism and for her works in clay. She recently added book illustration to her art endeavors, for the childrens' book, "Goodbye Yellow House". Her work is in private and corporate collections. Through her work, she hopes to share a blend of appreciation for the natural world and the wonder of the human spirit.

Snow at the Farmhouse #1

Acrylic on panel

12"x24" framed

2025

ARTIST BIO

I am an artist located in York County, PA. Previously located in Baltimore City. The small farm I live on is a constant source of inspiration for my landscape paintings. I paint in acrylic and am always looking for the colors in between. In addition to my own art making practice, I have the great privilege of teaching photography and graphic design at a local high school in Baltimore County. Watching my students learn the digital camera and discover the joy of taking that "perfect shot" is one of my true passions.

Caution is Advised

Mixed Media

18"x24" unframed

2024

ARTIST BIO

I am a freelance illustrator and mixed media artist, focusing on pet portraits and collages, based in Hanover, PA, working as a
Behavioral Health Technician with autistic kids part-time. I graduated from Ball State University in 2024 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree in Drawing, working towards my master's in Art Therapy. My artwork explores themes of colorful nostalgia and interpersonal
relationships from family experiences and childhood memories. I am influenced mainly by Pop Art, early 2000s children's books, and
1960s-70s media. My processes include mixed media, collage, ceramics, and digital. I've exhibited in a few group exhibitions, such
as at The Ned and Gloria Griner Art Gallery, The Kennedy Art Center, and The Hanover Area Arts Guild, as well as solo exhibitions
at The Glatfelter Memorial Library in 2026, 2025, 2024, and 2019.

M1

Digital Photograph/Archival Print

19"x14" framed

2021

ARTIST BIO

Michael Hower is a photographer and installation artist based in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania area. His formal artistic education began in high school with coursework at Lebanon Valley College and the Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, followed by studies at Harrisburg Area Community College and the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he focused on painting, design, and ceramics. After first working with a digital camera thirteen years ago, Hower became self-taught in photography, rediscovering a sustained commitment to art through the medium.

His work examines historical and social themes through human-made structures in altered environments now devoid of human activity. He is particularly drawn to sites of abandonment, including industrial facilities, prisons, and graffiti-covered spaces. Through photography and installation, his work addresses wear, deterioration, and nature's reclamation of built environments, approaching these sites as carriers of collective memory and lived experience.

Hower's work has been featured in over two hundred exhibitions and publications. He is a two-time award winner at the Pennsylvania State Museum and has exhibited at institutions including the Biggs Museum of Art, Masur Museum of Art, Marshall University, the Banana Factory, and the Maryland State House of Representatives. His publication credits include Pennsylvania Magazine, Central PA Magazine, The Santa Clara Review, Penn Review of the University of Pennsylvania, and Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology. His solo exhibition Graffiti Scapes at Penn College in Williamsport featured nearly fifty photographs and installations.

MEHower@comcast.net

Golden Wind

Oil

18"x24" framed

2025

ARTIST STATEMENT

I find 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 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 places I have visited, and I try to re-create the mood of the moment with color, light and shadows.

"Golden Wind" is from a visit to Scotland on a windy day with fields of golden barley in September. I thought of the song "Fields of Gold" by Sting.

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, and galleries in Vermont.

She participates in York Art Association exhibits, with the Gallery Group of YAA at various venues, Creative York exhibits, and with the Orwell Artists group, the Stratford House Gallery in Orwell, Vermont, and at Sparrow Art in Middlebury, Vermont.

If Ur Lost

Mixed Media Printmaking

22"x 30" framed

2025

ARTIST BIO

Dara Lorenzo is a Baltimore based multimedia Artist. She holds a BFA from Towson University 2008 in Printmaking, an MFA in 2012 from San Francisco Art Institute in Printmaking and Interdisciplinary Studies. Currently residing in Baltimore, MD she has her own art practice and owns Zo Gallery, a multi media art gallery. She currently exhibits her work nationally and internationally. She also is a professor of the arts currently at Towson University, Goucher College and CCBC.

Plant Portrait

Acrylic on canvas

16"x20" unframed

2025

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.

Glide

Oil on linen

17"x13" framed

2022

ARTIST BIO

Currently Living and working near York, PA, Judeth Pekala Hawkins was born in Detroit, Michigan. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Judeth's intensely personal work and unmistakable style has been recognized and awarded throughout the mid Atlantic United States. Her work is in many private collections and has been represented by galleries in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Beaufort, SC.

Unfolding Tulip II

Pastel

10"x16" framed

2025

ARTIST BIO

Karen Fornadel, M.Ed. has been working as an art teacher and artist for twenty-five years.

Karen's portfolio of artwork focuses on drawings and paintings of landscapes and nature. Her work is influenced by the works of Eduoard Manet and Georgia O'Keeffe. She enjoys doing commissioned drawings and paintings of bridal bouquets. She is inspired by the beauty of nature and the joy of sharing art with her students and her family.

Karen's work was featured in an exhibit entitled Searching for Self at the YorkArts@CityArt Gallery in 2013. She received a Creative York Award in 2014 and participated MonsterDraw Fundraising Rallies at YorkArts in 2015. In 2016, she participated in York College's Faculty Biennial Exhibition and Creative York's CSA (Community Supported Art) program. In 2018, Karen's work was included in the Art in Industry: Rutter's - A York Icon exhibit. She has also been a featured artist at Kaletta's Boutique in Downtown York. Most recently her work was a part of the Hope & Resilience and 100 Under 100 Shows at Creative York. Creative York plays a vital role in bringing art programming to our community.

Awaken the Aboriginies

Acrylic & Mixed Media

30"x15" unframed

2025

ARTIST BIO

Tina is a mixed media artist living and working in Harrisburg, Pa. Her primary focus is acrylic as an abstract expressionist, but she also enjoys working with collage, found objects and assemblage, and digital art.

Tina believes that most art has meaning to both the creator and viewer. She is a storyteller and uses her connection to nature as a spring board to her art. She also loves the mythos and patterns and textures of other cultures and looks to those things for inspiration. She feels this brings a tension to her work somewhere between meaning and beauty.

Tina maintains her studio space at The Millworks with her trio known as "Three Ring Circus". She has also exhibited and won awards at Creative York, Hive Artspace, York Art association, Harrisburg Art Association, Café 1500, Gallery at 2nd, Tutoni's in York and Brain Vessel.

She is also currently a part of the "Nothing Pretty Group" whose focus is on low brow and pop art.

She has a college age daughter and searching for a new canine best friend.

Cibo, Vino, E Amore

Found Objects

12"x10"x3"

2025

ARTIST BIO

Linda Popp is originally from Chicago but has lived in the Baltimore area since 1974.
She retired in 2016 after a 41-year career, teaching visual arts with Baltimore County Public Schools (30 years in secondary art and 11 years as the Visual ArtsCoordinator). She then taught in the Maryland Institute, College of Art MAT Program for one year. Linda supervised art education student teachers at Towson University, and then retired again in 2021. She is on the Maryland Art Education Association Council and even has an MAEA Leadership Award named in her honor. Linda has served on the National Art Education Association Council as the Secondary Division Director and Eastern Region Vice-President and is a NAEA Distinguished Fellow.
Since retiring, she has been able to shift her focus full-time to her studio work. Linda exhibits her work in several galleries in Maryland and on the East Coast. She maintains a website, www.lindapopp.com, and www.bakerartists.org/portfolio/linda-popp and presents her work on Instagram @lpoppart. She has had solo exhibits at Gallery Blue Door in Baltimore, and the Leu Gallery, Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee and was invited to participate in the Baltimore Assemblage Exhibit at Hamilton Art Gallery. Linda was selected for the "Constructed Stories & Fabricated Forms" Exhibit, Assemblage Sculpture by Eight Regional Artists, January 2024, at Gallery 220 in Havre de Grace. She has created several videos documenting aspects of her assemblage process on her YouTube channel that have been used in classrooms and by individuals. Linda continues to host assemblage workshops in-person and via zoom from her studio. This past year, she presented workshops at Frederick Community College, Towson University, Stevenson University, Belmont University, and the National Art Education Association Conference. This school year, she will be the guest artist at St. James Academy, Monkton, MD.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I create narrative found object assemblage sculptures I use artifacts and symbolic objects to convey stories about relationships with family, place, love, faith, nature, self, time, and other themes. During the process, I go beyond my personal stories and the narrative becomes universal as I feel our stories are all connected. Some objects/symbols are obvious; others may be interpreted by viewers differently as they bring their own experiences to the work. I enjoy the idea that something from my story may cause others to reflect on their own narrative. Reflection on personal narratives in order to better understand self and others is a very powerful experience that continues to draw me to the studio and my work. I have come to trust my collecting and allow objects to come to me during the art-making process. Many of the titles of my work come from music, books, and poetry that then guide my intention as I assemble my found objects.

As Zora Neale Hurston states, we are each "a jumble of small things priceless and worthless." We can share our experiences, our hopes and dreams, our fears and loves, through objects we collect along the way. Being a woman and of a certain age, I attempt to share my unique perspective in my work. I am resilient and have first-hand knowledge to share. In the "Blue Zones" where people live the longest, one of the characteristics that they share is a sense of purpose. I am extremely grateful for the sense of purpose my artmaking gives me.

Summer Tomato

Oil

8" round

2026

ARTIST BIO

Tatyana Nadtochey was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine and moved to York, Pennsylvania when she was 8 years old. She is a graduate of York College of Pennsylvania's Fine Art Program. Her artwork explores dualities through texture, color and composition. Her inspiration comes from nature, found objects and various materials.