Diane has always been an artist, starting out drawing as a tiny child. Though you could say all artists have been ‘artists all their lives’. Some just don’t realize it for a while. Diane worked as a graphic designer for 10 years, working on children’s books for the...
Meet Carol Harlan, this month’s Featured Artist. She began painting when she was 50, first making use of how to books then studying with local teachers and workshops. She works in acrylics, pastels and watercolor, but is currently focusing on mixed media. Carol enjoys...
Chad Nelson is this month’s Featured Artist. He was born in Modesto, CA and grew up in the foothills west of Yosemite National Park, in the small old west town of Coulterville. He loved to draw as a child, and though he showed promise all through high school and was...
Meet Becca, an Illinois artist relatively new at The PAPA Gallery. After we installed her show, I asked her some questions. Becca, a retired high school Social Studies teacher, paints lively images in oil and acrylic. She loved art as a child and returned to it when...
A Paducah native and graduate of the Lone Oak School System, Danna Gardner is our 1st Featured Artist here at The PAPA Gallery. She started painting in oils, but once she tried acrylics she never looked back, enjoying the fast-drying paint. Danna started painting in...
