Octopus Child’s Chair Sandra Garofalo is a painter and illustrator whose talents shine through a variety of mediums, with a primary focus on acrylics, gouache, photography and glass—both hot and cold. She began her artistic journey illustrating for Spotlight, Motorboat, and International Yacht magazines. During this time, her love for depicting fish and shorebirds truly […]
The Deer Ornament – Tigerwood – 4″x4″ Jim Doran was raised in Waterford, Connecticut. He graduated from Waterford High School in 1980. In 1984, after a less than stellar college career, Jim joined the Navy and spent 8 years serving on submarines as a Reactor Operator. Following his Naval service, Jim moved back to Waterford […]
Ocean Dreamer Growing up in New York City, Andy attended Parson’s School of Design at 17. He worked at finding a medium that fit, trying collage, sculpture, and painting. Eventually he became a carpenter and spent many years since doing art in various mediums as a hobby. He always enjoyed working with collage, wood sculpture, […]
Maple Bowl, watertight maple wood bowl, beaded base, tung oil finish, 5in h x 3in w See Dutch’s work available for purchase online Dutch took a basic wood turning course at the Brookfield (CT) Craft Center in 2006 and has been turning bowls and other items ever since. He has done commission work for architectural […]
Fulvous Whistling Duck Glen has been carving decorative wildfowl for over 30 years. He spends between 150 and 250 hours carving and painting each bird with intricate detail to achieve life-like accuracy. As visual reference for his work, Glen uses photographs of each species in its natural habitat as well as taxidermy specimens. Through the […]
Rustic Round Handled Kitchen Set “No power tools!” That’s what Glenn Paskiewicz said to himself as he started his journey. Paskiewicz truly enjoys making things with his hands. Carving spoons is a great way for him to express this because he makes things for people to use. With this in mind, Glenn has stopped using […]
In his fourth year of college Roger switched from mechanical engineering at the University of Texas to art. He directed the Craft Center at the student union until he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He was a potter and teacher on Cape Cod for 11 years and a goldsmith in Boston for eight. […]
Lovebirds Samuel Carlson has been woodworking as a hobby for 7 years and is now expanding into selling his artwork. He is self taught from his home garage and has spent 4 years working part time at a local cabinet shop in Connecticut. While being a hobbyist woodworker, Samuel has been attending McGill University as […]
Walnut and Teak Lidded Vessel Sergio moved from Rome, the Eternal City to a small town in CT after an early retirement from an academic life in Surgical Pathology. Sergio is a self-thought photographer. He often indulges in still life compositions where he can play with light and colors to give depth and vibrancy to […]
Short-billed Dowitcher, basswood, acrylic, carved oyster shell A carver/artist for over 30 years. He studied his paint detailing under Keith Meuller, who is a World Champion Artist/Carver. Most of his work is done using basswood which is a local wood exceptional straight grain. Each piece is hand carved using a very small carving knife and […]
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