Artist: Dan Petrov
Title: Lemons on Green
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5"h x 13.5"w framed

Description: Dan Petrov, a widely exhibited, classically trained artist with more than 25 years of experience, teaches Renaissance and Flemish oil painting techniques at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Dan finds that, as he puts it, "Painting takes us in three directions: inside ourselves, outside into the world, and inside the process of painting itself. Paintings originate from a personal level of memories, dreams, feelings, and ideas." The paintings here demonstrate his mastery of still life, landscape, and figure painting.

Artist: Dan Petrov
Title: Favorite Cup
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11.5"h x 13.5"w framed

Description: Dan Petrov, a widely exhibited, classically trained artist with more than 25 years of experience, teaches Renaissance and Flemish oil painting techniques at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts. Dan finds that, as he puts it, "Painting takes us in three directions: inside ourselves, outside into the world, and inside the process of painting itself. Paintings originate from a personal level of memories, dreams, feelings, and ideas." The paintings here demonstrate his mastery of still life, landscape, and figure painting.

Artist: Catherine Hearding
Title: Light on the Ocean
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 24"h x 19.75"w framed

Description: Catherine Hearding, an award-winning self-taught artist with more than 40 years of experience in watercolor painting, has been teaching remotely during the pandemic. The pieces offered here began as demonstrations in her very popular virtual classes for MCFTA. Catherine is a past president of the Minnesota Watercolor Society and holds signature status in the American Watercolor Society. She has received many local and national awards, and her work is included in many private and public collections.

Artist: Sharon Miller-Thompson
Title: Cattail Garden Sculpture
Medium: Steel, copper
Size: 67.5"h

Description: Sharon Miller-Thompson creates custom gates, railings, tiles, and other commissions in addition to her popular lines of garden sculptures, such as these evocative cattails. Sharon has shown and sold her work in many MCFTA events, including the "Art of the Garden" exhibits and the "Arts of the Holidays" Show.

Artist: Laura Stamper
Title: Butterfly ring
Medium: Cloisonne on sterling silver
Size: enamel 1.13"w x .75"l

Description: Jewelry designer, creator, and teacher Laura Stamper advertises her designs as "the antidote to ordinary" and her work proves it! Artful settings, hand enameling, and unique design ensure that each piece is original.

Artist: Joseph Hautman
Title: 1992-1993 Spectacled Elder Federal Duck Stamp
Size: 17"h x 18"w framed

Description: Joe Hautman requires no introduction to followers of wildlife art; his paintings have taken top honors in the most prestigious wildlife art competitions. These artist-signed, limited edition prints of some of his past competition winners, custom framed with the stamps on which they appeared, offer a special chance to add to a collection or begin a new one! This print is #83/650 of the Artist Proof (AP) edition.

Artist: Joseph Hautman
Title: 2002-2003 Black Scoter Federal Duck Stamp
Size: 17"h x 18"w framed

Description: Joe Hautman requires no introduction to followers of wildlife art; his paintings have taken top honors in the most prestigious wildlife art competitions. These artist-signed, limited edition prints of some of his past competition winners, custom framed with the stamps on which they appeared, offer a special chance to add to a collection or begin a new one! This print is #16/650 of the Artist Proof (AP) edition.

Artist: Joseph Hautman
Title: 2012-2013 Wood Duck Federal Duck Stamp
Size: 17"h x 18"w framed

Description: Joe Hautman requires no introduction to followers of wildlife art; his paintings have taken top honors in the most prestigious wildlife art competitions. These artist-signed, limited edition prints of some of his past competition winners, custom framed with the stamps on which they appeared, offer a special chance to add to a collection or begin a new one! This print is #5120/10500.

Artist: Joseph Hautman
Title: 2003-2004 South Carolina Waterfowl Stamp
Size: 17"h x 18"w framed

Description: Joe Hautman requires no introduction to followers of wildlife art; his paintings have taken top honors in the most prestigious wildlife art competitions. These artist-signed, limited edition prints of some of his past competition winners, custom framed with the stamps on which they appeared, offer a special chance to add to a collection or begin a new one! This print is #16/50 of the Artist Proof (AP) edition.

Artist: Crissy Field
Title: Sure
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 16"h x 12"w

Description: Crissy Field is currently serving her second term on the board of MCFTA. Primarily self-taught as a painter, she explores a variety of styles with her work. She uses color to evoke mood, and embraces the way an artwork can display "An acceptance of the chaos, complexity and amorphous nature of the mind, transferred onto the canvas." She sums it all up perfectly: "Life is better with Art."

AArtist: Ernest Miller
Title: Platter
Medium: Stoneware
Size: 3"h x 15.5" diameter

Description: Ernest teaches at MCFTA in addition to running his pottery studio and exhibiting work. The broad rim and deep center well of this platter allow the glazes to break and flow beautifully, capturing the movement of the molten materials during firing.