Size: 12"x12"
Medium: Mixed Media collage
Artist: Julie Cook
Inspired by: "Fall" by the 1st - 2ndgrade team at Marion C. Seltzer School
Suggested Value: $100.00

"I love to paint nature and I love trees."

Julie Cook is a self-taught artist who mainly works in acrylics and mixed media. Julie has lived in Madison Township for over 30 years. She enjoys experimenting with paint and products to see what new textures and techniques she can create. Julie uses traditional tools as well as unique items like scraps of wood, plastic, and recycled packaging material. Julie is deeply inspired by God's creation and is thankful for the ability He has given her.

Julie's artwork has been juried into several shows throughout Northeast Ohio, and she has had several solo shows including those at Penitentiary Glen, Fairmount Art Center, Solon Center for the Arts, and Holden Arboretum. She is an artist at Stella's Art Gallery in Willoughby where her work can be seen in Studio 1. A portion of the sale of each painting is sent to https://www.globaladvanceprojects.org/ an organization that helps at-risk children on the Thailand/Burma border where her daughter works. Julie's paintings are making a difference in the lives of those children, as well as bringing peace, joy, and contentment to many others.

Size: 16"x20" (framed)
Medium: Photography
Artist: Jim Baron
Inspired by: "Fall' by Marion Seltzer 1st -2nd Grade Team
Suggested Value: $125.00

"I enjoy hiking and photographing in the Fall and this poem fit for me"

Jim Baron has been involved with photography for over 40 years in the Northeast, Ohio area. He closed his downtown commercial photography studio last year and now enjoys taking photos during his travels with his wife Nancy.