b.1990 To view Ted Hamel’s artwork is to enter a strange and delightful world of fictional characters from the silver screen interacting with political figures, current events, train lines and locomotives. Ted finds meaning in his artwork by exploring his emotions through subject matter and color in his narrative based artwork. “It helps me feel […]
Born in 1991, Yordan Yanev joined Arts of Life in 2013. He works successfully across mediums whether painting, drawing or working with sculptural materials and has built a body of work utilizing these skills. Yanev’s patterns and graphic figures are suggestive of folk art, but he brings his personal approach to make them fresh and
b.1958 Whimsy, charm, and joy are captured across Carol Pyes’ colored pencil drawings. Her artistic style emerges through softly rendered hues within pared-down settings. Pyes moves adeptly across a variety of mediums —often mixing them to increase the depth and complexity of her artwork. Regardless of medium, she stays true to her preferred subjects: loved
Born in 1967, Chris Austin studied mechanics at Ferris State University; a background that is evident in his meticulous art making process. Thoughtfully composed works emerge from methodical planning that manifests through research, sketching, and assembling source materials. Austin alternates between painting on canvas and hand-cut cardboard imbuing his work with a fresh viewpoint. Austin’s mechanical
Susie was an important member of the Arts of Life community from 2018 until her passing in 2020. She will be remembered for the joyous expression of her heart as manifested into her artwork. Susie amassed a large body of work during her time at Arts of Life. Distinctive was her use of colored pencil
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