GUEST ARTISTS
Our guest artists cycle through the gallery on a temporary basis.
DENISE VITOLLO
Denise Vitollo is a lifetime artist who sees the world as an exciting, magical place of vibrating colors and intoxicating senses. Her intention is to take her viewers on that experience.
Her pastel paintings are full of bold, alive, enhanced color that is a product of how she sees the world. Through observation, discovery, and heightened perceptions, she takes it all in, and she expresses those impressions through her work.
Denise has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Printmaking, a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Illustration, and a Master of Art Education Degree. Her medium of choice is pastel…pure pigment held together with a binder. Denise is the Vice President of the Philadelphia Pastel Society, where she has been awarded Signature Status. Four other art societies have granted her Signature Status as well…The Maryland Pastel Society, The Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, The Philadelphia Watercolor Society, and the Degas Pastel Society. She is an Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America.
She has exhibited her work in national and international shows, and has won a number of awards. Twice, she has been included in the Pastel Journal’s Annual Pastel 100. She is an experienced instructor, having taught up to and including the graduate school level. She now teaches privately.
Website: www.denisevitollo.com
ANNE MITCHEL REID
"I am a tapestry weaver and pastel artist. I use the same traditional techniques used in medieval tapestries, but incorporate geometric patterns and textures suggested by the yarns, and often add metals and found objects to create mixed media works. I also work in pastel, and often use that medium to inspire my weaving. In recent work I have been "painting" using mohair, and brushing it to mimic brush strokes, creating a tactile experience for the viewer as well as visual!"
Anne Mitchell Reid was born in Glasgow Scotland. She studied at the Scottish College of Textiles and received her BA and Postgraduate Degree in Design from Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland.
In 1976, she moved to the USA ,gained a reputation as a tapestry weaver, and regularly taught and exhibited with the Philadelphia Guild of Hand-weavers.
In 1980 returned to Scotland and established a tapestry studio in the NW.Highlands. Between 1980 and 1989 taught weaving skills to over 40 employees and apprentices. Designed award winning miniature tapestry collections, successfully marketed them worldwide, and exhibited throughout the USA, Europe and Japan.
By 1990 she had again emigrated with her family to the USA. She opened new studios in Northern Chester County PA, and nowadays works from the Spring City Mill Studios, PA.
Recent Shows include: Pennsylvania Art of the State" 2023, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading,2024, Pottstown Area Artist Guild Winter Show 2024 "People's Choice Award", Studio B, Boyertown, PA 2023, The Plastic Club, "Textures", Philadelphia, PA 2022.
CHERYL ELMO
Cheryl is a contemporary figural and portrait artist, a current member of the Salmagundi Club (NY), and a signature member of Pennsylvania and Baltimore Watercolor societies.
After graduating from Millersville University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Art, Cheryl taught art in high school at McCaskey High for six years, then moved into technology as a software engineer and technology strategist in a pharmaceutical company (GSK). At the same time, she built her art resume with exhibitions, solo and group shows.
Cheryl exhibits in national and international exhibitions and her work can be found in public and private collections.
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LISA G. FOX
I was born in Philadelphia in 1951 and lived there until I was 11. Our family moved to the countryside of Phoenixville in 1962. In my early 20s, I fell in love with art and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the University of the Arts. I exhibited my work at various galleries and was a member of Muse Gallery in Philadelphia and Pleiades Gallery in SoHo.​