Primed Smooth
Featured artist: Sharon Schock
Based in Santa Barbara, CA, Sharon Schock paints light-filled scenes inspired by her surroundings. Her alla prima, wet-on-wet technique allows her to capture each moment in a single, expressive sitting.
Featured artist: Tina Figarelli
Tina Figarelli is a realistic figurative painter working from her home studio near Chicago, IL. Inspired by a childhood love of storytelling, she creates narrative-driven works exploring grief, love, and memory through figurative and still-life subjects.
Featured artist: Kelley Mogilka
Kelley Mogilka is drawn to the specific shapes and colors that make up a person’s features. She thinks it’s fascinating how those abstract qualities, when translated into two dimensions by being painted or drawn, can reflect and even amplify the essence of a person.
Featured artist: Hester Berry
At first glance, Hester Berry's oil landscapes on Ampersand Primed Smooth seem abstract. Yet, the more you take in her paintings, the more detailed they become. Her distinct style shows her ability to capture light and use tools for adding detail.
Student artist profiles with Micah Goguen
Artist Micah Goguen teaches about 50 students atelier style in weekly classes in the Middle Georgia Area. His overall vision is to focus and rededicate back to a "buy-local, shop-local" mentality that strengthens community through unity and purpose. Here are a few stories Micah wanted to share with us.
