ARTISTS REPRESENTED AT ART IMPRESSIONS GALLERY
Art Impressions Gallery adds flavor to the local art scene by representing the work of emerging to internationally known artists from the Sedalia, MO area and regional Missouri artists. Our mission is to help build the local arts culture.
To learn more about our artists, click on any links below or come in and browse our entire gallery in person!
David Bain retired from a long career as a mechanical engineer, IT professional, and manager in 2016. Although he has been a woodworking hobbyist all his life, he began woodturning after seeing some extraordinary examples at a local woodworking guild exhibition. David is drawn to segmented work, where the turned object starts as a blank built up of many precisely cut small pieces of wood.…
Angel Brame’s initial love of art was paint. After years of painting, she took a local pottery class. Angel loves the challenge of transforming a lump of mud into something useful with a wheel and her ability. Once done with the creation process, she reverts to her love of color and texture with slip and glazes.…
A mid-Missouri natural light photographer, Kim Carr specializes in “on location” pet photography, farm portraits, and rural historical themes. She has a bachelor’s degree in animal science and a small farm of her own. Kim blends her love for the outdoors and animals with a passion for photography. She is a juried member of The Best of Missouri Hands.
Douglas Kiburz, M.D. is a Doane College graduate with medical education at the University of Nebraska, Kansas University, and the University of Virginia in Orthopaedic Surgery. Just for fun, Doug enjoys writing children’s books and also writes and performs Cowboy Poetry. He’s also well known as a Wheelmen member and rides 1880 high-wheel bicycles. As a visual artist/sculptor, he presides over Cave Folk Creations, a company creating beautiful copper wire trees.…
My inspiration for wood started when I saw a gun brought back from Germany by a WWII veteran. The stock was beautifully carved and inlaid, yet it had lovingly been used for hunting instead of being displayed in a cabinet. My wood works are made to last, be aesthetically pleasing and hopefully lovingly used.
Sam Davisson creates wonderful pieces of hand blown glass from shot glasses to large globes. He also creates beautiful flame-painted copper pins and sculptures. His personality is as colorful as his art!
Jennifer Farr took her first pottery class while in junior high school at the Springfield Art Museum. Her love for pottery grew while in high school as she took more classes. After high school, while working at Silver Dollar City, Jennifer learned the production side of the pottery business. In 2009, J. Rae Pottery opened for business.…
Ed Fenendael began his art career over 35 years ago. He has studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the University of Wisconsin and graduated from Marquette University. Art is Ed’s life. His appreciation for nature, family art influences, and discovering the art of the Impressionists and American painters such as Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth inspired Ed to find his way as an artist.…
Karen Golmer is a representational watercolor artist focusing on people and places- “slices of life” that stir memories and emotions. Her work is found in galleries in Kansas City, Atlanta, Georgia; Sedalia, Missouri; Homer, Alaska; and Ajijic, Mexico, and corporate offices and private collections worldwide. Many of Karen’s paintings are available as Giclee reproductions.
Carol Harbaugh grew up near LaMonte, Missouri, and now lies in Lee’s Summit, where she collects things that inspire her: books, quotations, vintage fabric and trims, and happy memories. Like Carol, each “Who Said Sew?” bag is fun, unique, and quirky and might have a tiny flaw here or there – which we’ve decided to find charming.
A glassblower of elegant style, Shawn’s creations are many and varied, vying from the traditional grace of softly curved vases and bowls to the more imaginative motif of glass sculpture. Shawn received a Bachelor’s Degree from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas.
Collage-making is a metaphor for life — fitting pieces together in a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. The subject matter is drawn from scenes in everyday life and recreated into colorful images through the medium of hand-colored papers. Shirley wishes you to enjoy the simple beauty in her carefully crafted pieces.
A prolific artist and ambitious world traveler, Paul Jackson is one of today’s most versatile and visible contemporary watercolorists. Whether his subject is landscape, cityscape, portrait, architecture, still life, or abstract, Paul captivates his audience with genuine emotion, intensity, and finesse that energize each of his creations.
Josephine Jacobsmeyer was trained as a metalsmith at the Rochester Institute of Technology, School of American Craftsmen in Rochester, NY. Then she opened her studio, creating one-of-a-kind and limited-production jewelry. She considers her jewelry as units or elements created separately and combined to form a beautiful and harmonious hole. She mixes graphic or architectural shapes and forms from her earlier education and training in interior design with organic forms, which influence her daily.…
Valery Johnson is Fabulously Fuzzy! Valery’s creations range from felted fiber nest bowls to handy little tea bag holders for your purse. You’ll quickly see her heart and soul poured into every piece she creates.
A favorite for our shoppers is her colorful felted soaps. They are scrumptious soaps enveloped by wool felting to be used in the shower as a washcloth.…
Tresa’s pottery is functional and can be used in the oven, microwave, and dishwasher, and it is created without lead glazes. Tresa desires you to enjoy her pottery–the function of the piece and the artistic value molded into each work by her talented, creative touch. Tresa is a juried member of The Best of Missouri Hands.
Matthew Kurz is a talented Sedalia, MO, artist who has overcome many obstacles. He was involved in an automobile accident in 2006 and sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Matthew lost the use of his right hand, which—before his accident—he used to draw and paint. But through his determination to continue creating the art he loves, Matthew learned to paint using his left hand.…
Tom and Cathy Kush are a husband/wife team who create one-of-a-kind fused glass jewelry. After taking a class in glass fusing together, they formed a partnership, resulting in Rainbow Fusion art glass designs. As artists, they enjoy individual creativity and derive great satisfaction from sharing this unique medium in their jewelry. They are juried members of The Best of Missouri Hands.
Kathryn Marshall is a fine art photographer. She became interested in photography when she enrolled in a 4-H project as a teenager. However, her passion for photography did not blossom until 2011, in her retirement years. Kathryn likes to find and bring out the beauty of nature through her photographs, and she especially likes to take pictures of flowers.…
Abstract expression and non-objective subjects are primary themes in Kaden Myers’ work with nature, suggested by organic forms and flowing lines to create the movement often found in nature. The viewer’s interpretation of his art is based on their own experiences in life. I hope to evoke memories and an emotional response that is pleasant and full of life and positive energy.
Shirley Nachtrieb is a graduate of Fontbonne College and has been a freelance artist and teacher for over 30 years. Her painting mediums include watercolor, pastel, acrylics, mixed media, fiber, and handmade books. She teaches and paints throughout the United States.
Shirley is a distinguished member of the St. Louis Artist Guild. She is a signature member of the Society of Layerists in Multimedia, the St.…
Each original iron sculpture is hand wrought by Don Nichols using old-world forging techniques, hand tools, and a coal-fired forge. Don produces each of his creations from start to finish for a truly unique piece of art. Iron, coal, steel, and muscle power have been combined to create a functional and decorative piece of wrought iron that will last for generations.
John Preus has been a studio potter since 1974, and he delights in making pots for daily use. Much of his work is thrown, altered, and then assembled with hand-built additions. John often works in a series, with the form being his central interest. He is intrigued by the interplay of changing form, proportion, and volume within the framework of the functional pot.…
An oil painter of imaginative and exquisite style, Garnetta Sullivan’s creations, whether objective or non-objective, are about color, texture, and mood. She holds a bachelor’s degree in commercial art (summa cum laude) from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg, MO.
Garnetta is an accomplished artist in painting, photography, warm glass, and digital art. She is a juried member of The Best of Missouri Hands in painting, glass, photography, and digital categories.
Janet grew up in Wichita Falls, Texas, surrounded by creative influences. She learned to appreciate the arts in many forms from her grandmother, aunt, and father. Janet’s grandmother and aunt introduced her to the visual arts through painting, photography, and other mediums. Her father was a pastor and passed along an appreciation and talent for vocal art.…