Size: 15" round
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas
Artist: LaSaundra Robinson
Inspired by: "We are Sisters" by Angela from Warner Girls Leadership Academy
Suggested Value: $350.00

"I chose this poem because it really connects with the themes of sisterhood and connections in my work."

LaSaundra Robinson is an artist living and working in the Cleveland area. She studied fine arts painting at Ohio University. She has a studio at Artful which is located on the Coventry Peace campus. She works mostly in oil and acrylic. A lot of her work is figurative or portraits of black women. Her work is about finding yourself and being comfortable in your own skin. Letting your inner self and a light show through. She feels a lot of people hide their true selves and stereotypes keep us from reaching our true potential. She lives her life wearing a lot of fake faces, and her art helps her to uncover them. The women are a reflection of themselves. The flowers give us growth, beauty, and Mother Nature. The lines and patterns in her work simply represent finding your way. She wants to make paintings that allow you to feel the person you want to be.

Size: 11" x 14"
Medium: Mixed Media
Artist: Diane Fleisch-Hughes
Inspired By: "We are Sister" by Angela from Warner Girls Leadership Academy
Suggested Value: $300.00

"The poem 'We Are Sisters' spoke to me due to its theme of sisterhood, support, and advocacy of sisters, friends, and teammates."

Diane Fleisch Hughes is a nationally board-certified Art Therapist and licensed Clinical Counselor. She works with special needs children to allow them to express themselves and tell their stories through visual art. She is also Adjunct Professor in the graduate Art Therapy and Counseling program at Ursuline College. As a working artist, Diane uses her art to express her feelings, whether it is about what is happening in her own environment or as a response to what she witnesses through therapy with clients.

Diane is a non-representational figurative artist. She allows the setting of her subject to dictate the color and texture of her mixed media paintings, including naturally found elements and various art media. Her work has been included in national and international exhibitions, featured in Spotlight magazine and Studio Visit magazine as well as included in Renee Phillips, Manhattan Arts articles, "Women Arts Who Help Others Heal Through Art "and "Artists from The Spirit of Resilience Exhibition Who Are World Changers."

Diane has participated in the 2019 Wildacres Residency - one-week residency in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Little Switzerland, NC as well as the 2018 Drawing Marathon, a two-week residency at the New York Studio School in New York City. She participates in service learning trips around the world and has painted murals that hang in places such as El Salvador, Japan, and South Dakota.
Diane works to provide a showcase for other artists by curating exhibitions and facilitating a bi-weekly life drawing session at Stella's Art Gallery in downtown Willoughby.