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.
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.
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."
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.
JAMES BROWNE
James Browne has been creating art for over 35 years and his work has been admired and collected throughout the world! His imagery is inspired by nature and people, created from the heart and the imagination. Through the years, James has also illustrated children's books and numerous commissions, as well as teach art. He resides in Phoenixville with his lovely wife and son.
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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.
JoAnn MOY
My work explores the quiet tension between structure and intuition. Through process-driven making, I am interested in how repetition, restraint, and subtle variation can hold emotional weight and invite sustained looking.
I approach each piece as an accumulation of decisions—some deliberate, others responsive to the moment. Rather than aiming for resolution, I allow ambiguity to remain present, creating space for viewers to bring their own associations and interpretations. The work often reflects an attention to rhythm, balance, and the passage of time, revealing traces of both control and vulnerability.
Materials and methods are central to my practice. I am drawn to processes that require patience and close observation, where small shifts become significant. These methods mirror my broader interest in how meaning is built gradually, through layers of experience rather than singular events.
Ultimately, my work is an invitation to slow down.
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