RESIDENT ARTISTS
Browse our vibrant collective of house artists below.
KATHRYN E. NOSKA / IMAGINAL ARTWORK
My intricate style creates illusions of reality. If you believe in it, my art reminds you to believe in yourself - not to stay unrefined, but to break thru what holds you back and be seen for who you are - your real self.
MCS limits choices due to chemical intolerance. When backed against a wall, I transcend inertia, doubt, and fear, choosing to find solutions.
From age 12 I used oil, then acrylic for many years, and back to walnut oil, but off gassing still affected my health. Now I’m using honey watercolor varnished with beeswax.
LESLIE CLEARWATER / GOLDSMITH
Ten Air Studios
Indie Phoenixville goldsmith Leslie Clearwater uses traditional metalsmithing techniques and a vast and ethical library of gemstones and minerals, including stones she herself has collected and cut.
She's been recognized globally in publications including Vogue and Vanity Fair, and was twice honored with a Best of Main Line award. She frequently hides pieces of her jewelry around Chester County as serendipitous "treasure hunts."
BOB HAKUN / ASSEMBLAGE ART
I collect old, discarded items: some natural like bones or wood, some man-made, like wheels or rusty wire. I look for old things that show the graphic effects of aging: the beauty and harshness of the breaking-down over time of all things. I collect objects that are burnt, broken, rusty, crushed, bent, and stained: these things naturally imply a history or narrative. I stitch or bolt them together in a very un-craftsmanlike manner, and assemble a relatively crude and unrefined piece of art. My assembled artwork is intended to tell a story or convey a message greater than the individual items would project separately. The interpretation of that message is left to the viewer.
RHONA CANDELORO / PAINTER
I am enthralled by light and the illumination of a single moment. I am enraptured by the colors of the sky, by how light bounces around the atmosphere, and the colors of darkness.
There are moments of awe, wonder, illumination and beauty — moments of light. The arts illuminate those moments through both the process and the product. My goal is to learn to paint and see not just the person, landscape or object, but the light and atmosphere emanating from them.
I have a painting degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to painting, I work as a teaching artist with the PA Council on the Arts and teach drawing and painting at Chester Springs Art Studio as well as privately.
DAVE YASENCHAK / PEN & INK
Hailing from Berks County, Pennsylvania, Dave Yasenchak is an ever-evolving illustrator, printmaker, and muralist typically working in a monochromatic, line-based neo-surrealist style. In his highly detailed work, Dave is drawn to subject matter that reveals the inseparability and inevitable clash of man and nature – the yin and the yang, the geometric and the organic.
HARRIET HILL
I paint bold, bright abstract designs in oil and gouache that increase the happiness factor in myself and others. We need all the happiness we can get!
My work speaks of the bold, bright energy of Africa, where I spent much of my life and where I learned how to embrace life and laughter even in the midst of challenges.