Brande Arno
Fort Payne, Alabama Email: [email protected]
Phone: 585-330-6623 Website: www.brandearnofineart.com Instagram: @brande.arno.fine.art Facebook: @brande.arno YouTube: @brandearnofineart |
Thoughts from a Studio Gardener:
I can explain my artist’s journey as a gardener might. You see some years ago I planted and now, still care for a studio garden. Sometimes I paint well, but there will always be the weeds from weak paintings and I will always have to pull them from the studio garden.
When I recollect the amount of time and work involved as a studio gardener, what surfaces is years of days where I struggled with a painting that was almost finished, then doing some random and unknown thing that ruined it. So many nights I’d collapse on the studio floor in a heap and in mourning because I killed a painting. I ruined it, it
left me, I lost what I had, I’m not good enough and I’ll never get there were the daily soundtracks of my mind during this time.
But the next day, I went back to the easel. Still, I wanted better outcomes with my paintings. Desperate to discover secrets, I eagerly went to watch and hear real artists describe their process and haunted them as they demonstrated artistic prowess. I took copious notes – sure that I’d paint my masterpiece the next day. No good outcome followed that day, or the next and the next.
Then, I thought of books. With each book purchased, was the hope of discovering the secrets of making great art. So much hope became so much failure. But always waiting in the studio garden was the easel and learned practice. Which took hours of years, but now I have my process, my style. It was never about finding
secrets.
Now, I examine the day’s work. Does the painting show my process and style? If not, then what matters is the failed painting is weeded and added to the unseen hours of learned practice. I weed the studio garden for my patrons, both current and future. For my reputation both now and later and to keep the pathway to my best paintings uncluttered.
Brande Arno
I can explain my artist’s journey as a gardener might. You see some years ago I planted and now, still care for a studio garden. Sometimes I paint well, but there will always be the weeds from weak paintings and I will always have to pull them from the studio garden.
When I recollect the amount of time and work involved as a studio gardener, what surfaces is years of days where I struggled with a painting that was almost finished, then doing some random and unknown thing that ruined it. So many nights I’d collapse on the studio floor in a heap and in mourning because I killed a painting. I ruined it, it
left me, I lost what I had, I’m not good enough and I’ll never get there were the daily soundtracks of my mind during this time.
But the next day, I went back to the easel. Still, I wanted better outcomes with my paintings. Desperate to discover secrets, I eagerly went to watch and hear real artists describe their process and haunted them as they demonstrated artistic prowess. I took copious notes – sure that I’d paint my masterpiece the next day. No good outcome followed that day, or the next and the next.
Then, I thought of books. With each book purchased, was the hope of discovering the secrets of making great art. So much hope became so much failure. But always waiting in the studio garden was the easel and learned practice. Which took hours of years, but now I have my process, my style. It was never about finding
secrets.
Now, I examine the day’s work. Does the painting show my process and style? If not, then what matters is the failed painting is weeded and added to the unseen hours of learned practice. I weed the studio garden for my patrons, both current and future. For my reputation both now and later and to keep the pathway to my best paintings uncluttered.
Brande Arno
Leah Brumbeloe
Centre, Alabama
Centre, Alabama
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 8283712845 https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557998092722 https://www.knotandnookstore.etsy.com Instagram @knotandnookstore |
My name is Leah Brumbeloe and I do hand embroidery, sewing, and painting (watercolors & acrylic) my online store & social media is called Knot and Nook Store. I have been creating my whole life but have just recently went to the grindstone trying to make my dreams become a reality of making a living for myself through my art. I love to do shows and see people smile and what they have to say about my items.
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![]() Lacy Hope Dobbs
Fort Payne, AL [email protected] | 256-630-1078 LacyHopeArt.Etsy.com Facebook.com/LacyHopeArt Instagram.com/LacyHopeArt Lacy Hope Dobbs is an artist and muralist from Fort Payne, Alabama. Lacy creates happy, colorful paintings inspired by the art, music and home decor of the 1960's-70's as well as the food, people, and culture of Southern Appalachia. She paints in acrylics on canvas, wood, and upcycled objects, but she loves the opportunity to paint large and is always accepting both indoor and outdoor mural commissions. Lacy also paints windows for local businesses, hosts monthly paint nights at Jefferson's of Fort Payne, and offers in-home private lessons for children and beginners. You may have seen her mural work at Lookout Mountain Creamery and Desserts, The Groovy Goat, or Blueberry Falls Farm. She has been a board member of Little River Arts Council since 2020. Lacy can be found on Facebook at Facebook.com/LacyHopeArt and on Instagram @LacyHopeArt. She has artwork available for purchase at The Groovy Goat in Mentone and on her website at LacyHopeArt.com. |
Courtney Kinneman
Crossville, Alabama
Crossville, Alabama
I am a lifelong, self taught, Artist. I work in pretty much all mediums and styles with a special love for wildlife and nature. Art has always been important to me. I have spent the past few years really focusing on improving all of my skills. Always trying new things and continuing to learn.
Never stop learning. Never stop trying new things. Never believe that you've mastered your craft. There is always more to learn. The magnificent thing about Art is that there is limit to what you can do. |
Randell Summerford
Rainsville, Alabama
Rainsville, Alabama
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 256 899-2476 or 256 899-2476 Website: www.ransumed.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ransumed1/ |
I am a self-taught artist working in oils, graphite, charcoal, and colored pencil. As a child growing up I "wasted" lots of paper drawing people, cars, animals and whatever. As a young adult I started oil painting and then worked as a graphic artist in the screen print industry from 1992 until 2010. I have been married to a very special lady since 1986 who recently started painting. We live in Northeast Alabama where we enjoy church, the outdoors, our grandchildren, and of course art.
Art is much more meaningful if it tells a story. Art can take us somewhere else and give us peace in a world full of trouble. Art can help us appreciate God's creation, and art can also remind us how blessed we are. Ransumed Fine Arts offers original works as well as fine art prints. |