William A. Eyden Jr. (1893-1982), born and raised in Richmond, Indiana, was instructed and influenced by his father William Eyden, who was also a skilled and prominent artist. Eyden studied art and music at Earlham College (he was a skilled violinist in addition to being an excellent painter). Eyden followed the suggestion of his father… Read more »
Biographies
Biographies of our artists.
Connie Faye Cosby McGath
Connie Faye Cosby McGath (b. 1953) is an artist active in Nashville, Indiana and her family has resided in Brown County for more than 200 years. McGath was born in Elkinsville and her family relocated to Belmont when she was a mere ten years old. This home was just down the road from the T.C…. Read more »
David Shapiro
David Shapiro (1944-2014) was an American multimedia artist known for his abstract work rooted in symbols. Shapiro was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the Pratt Institute. Shapiro then received an MFA in 1968 from Indiana University. Shapiro incorporated Buddhist hand symbols, yoga pose motifs, circles, spirals, waves, and flames into his work… Read more »
Will Moses
Will Moses (born 1956) is the great grandson of Grandma Moses, and is a fourth generation folk painter. Moses was born in Eagle Bridge, New York and here creates paintings that reflect the quiet beauty of the tiny community nestled close to the Vermont border. Painting is a natural tradition for Moses, who began painting… Read more »
Jennifer Pantaléon
Jennifer Pantaléon is a documentary photographer who has lived and photographed the San Francisco Bay Area for over 25 years. Her projects began in the late 1980s and focused on photographing at-risk youth to be used for children’s advocacy agencies working to create after-school programs, playgrounds, schools, and the like. Jennifer has taught photography to… Read more »
Tom Killion
Artist Tom Killion was born in Mill Valley, California. The area, Marin County and northern California, was rugged and inspired Killion from an early age to represent those places in his art, mainly by using linoleum and wood prints. He was strongly influenced by the traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e style of Hokusai and Hiroshige. Killion earned… Read more »
Marcel Jacque
Marcel Jacque (French, 1906-1981) worked closely with the Barbizon school of artists, studying under Theodore Rousseau for several years. The Barbizon school was part of a movement towards Realism which was an effort to depict everyday subjects and situations in high detail, as is visible in the etching, La Leçon de Lecture.
Herbert Lewis Fink
Herbert Lewis Fink (1921-2006) was a painter, printmaker, and educator born in Providence, Rhode Island. Fink studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and earned his BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1949. He later earned his MFA from Yale University. He taught courses at both of his alma maters and also… Read more »
Abigail Rorer
Abigail Rorer (b. 1949) was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania and studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design. Following her graduation, Rorer worked as an illustrator for a number of commercial presses and publishing houses, illustrating works for many authors including Henry David Thoreau. In 1989, Rorer founded The Lone Oak Press saying that… Read more »
Martha Sherman
Martha Steinkamp Sherman (1911-2012) was a midwestern multidisciplinary artist whose work included fiber arts, applique, painting, and graphic design and printmaking. Sherman earned degrees in Applied Arts and Education at the University of Cincinnati and, at various points in her life, taught there was well. Martha was well known in the Ohio art community as… Read more »