Artist Members

We are honored to present the work of emerging, established, local, and regional artists who reflect the diverse cultural and artistic makeup of our community. Learn more about how to become an Artist Member …

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Clara Beym 1-clara-sue-beym.pixels.com

Clara Sue Beym likes to interpret the beauty of nature in bright colors, bold brush strokes and is very influenced by Impressionism. Clara Sue is a Signature Member of the Garden State Watercolor Society, is an active member at Ocean County Artist Guild, Pine Shores Art Association, Toms River Artists and West Windsor Arts Council.

Charu Bountra

Charubountra@gmail.com

I am a self taught artist who believes that art has to be created from the soul and speak to the soul. I am an impressionist and expressionist who loves to create happy vibrant positive paintings on canvas via acrylics and/or mixed media.i believe that out of the box is always within reach.

Karen Brodsky savtawatercolors@gmail.com

I discovered watercolor painting at the start of COVID and immersed myself in its study from an initial online class, YouTube, Patreon, and Skillshare tutorials. I painted in oils when I was in college and am grateful to have rediscovered painting now that my children are grown. My painting style is mixed as I learn how to master the brush, but always representational.

Thomas Chiola

"Tom Chiola currently resides in the small suburban neighborhood known as Glen Afton part of the West Ward in Trenton. A retired educator at the age of 68, he is a self-taught artist but has had the opportunity to paint on sight with many other of Trenton’s fine artists. His work rides the cusp between abstract and expressionistic."

Connie Cruser princetonphotoclub.org/connie-cruser

Connie Cruser is a self taught artist who enjoys working with different media. In recent years, she primarily creates paper quilled mosaics. She also enjoys photography and uses various digital arts software to manipulate the photos. Connie has exhibited her work at venues including West Windsor Arts Council, Lakefront Gallery at RWJ-Hamilton, Straube Center Galleries and Mercer County Artists, among others.

Ilene Dube theartfulblogger1.wordpress.com

Ilene Dube is a writer, artist, filmmaker and curator. By playing with paint and crayons she hopes to remain a child forever.

Anna Eppel
annaeppel.com

My art is about constant response. Every brush stroke or act has a very specific way it has to be done. It has to feel fresh and precise. Unexpected combinations often lead to a mystic effect. Painting, sculpting, photographing, video or performance, are all used to create my work.

Jayme Fahrer www.jaymepoursout.com

Have you ever felt so excited that screaming with joy did not express your excitement enough? Have you ever felt so angry that going to the gym and punching a punching bag for an hour did not exhaust all your anger? If not joy or anger, maybe fear, sadness, envy or doubt. Those over-the-too, mind numbingly over powering feelings are what ignite my artwork.

Janet Felton

janetfelton.com

As a former graphic designer my interest in the arts in not only 2D. I love to draw as well as work in ceramics. The forms I create in porcelain are functional and refined. I also have created a whimsical population of porcelain polar bears in order to call attention to the plight of their loss of habitat. My drawings are my attempt to capture the personality/essence of the animal or subject.

Gary David Fournier
gfournier.faso.com

I am motivated and inspired by love of the natural world, color, texture and composition. I love how my work gives me the opportunity to express myself in a variety of ways. Landscape, winter scenes, boats, rivers, seascapes, still life and architecture are my typical subjects.

Adriana Groza
adrianagroza.art

Adriana is a visual artist born in Transylvania, Romania, currently living and working in Hamilton, NJ. She has worked in fluid acrylics since late 2017, focusing on creating abstract paintings on gallery-wrapped canvas. Her best works are active and imply movement across the space, or they emerge from, or descend into space for the observer. Her work has been included in public and private collections as well as publications in the US and Romania.

Marilyn Hansen

I received my degree in Fine Arts and have studied art, both in the U.S. and abroad. I work in pastel, watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil, with pastel as my favorite medium. As a dancer and equestrian, my artwork is inspired by my love of ballet, horses, music and nature. I also enjoys doing pet portraits. I feel I can get into the soul of the animal I paint, and bring so much joy to the owner. Being able to paint a variety of subjects is what truly motivates me. I am a member of the Pastel Society of America.

D.J. Haslett
djhaslett.com

D.J. Haslett is an award-winning artist, published poet, photographer and musician. Haslett is self-taught and started his art career in 1999. His work has been shown extensively in the regional area, The Da Vinci Gallery in Philadelphia, and in an International Exhibition in New York. View more artwork at djhaslett.com

Carole Jury
carolejury.com

Carole Jury is a French born artist from Lyon and lives in Princeton. Working mainly in oils, she likes to play with materials to express herself. Her abstract paintings can be found in private collections in Europe, USA and is exhibited in major art fairs.

Margaret Kalvar-Bushnell facebook.com/catsnhorses

Margaret has studied art throughout her working and retired life: Watercolor at SUNY/Purchase, charcoal and pastel drawing and painting in oils and acrylics at Artworks/Trenton and the Arts Council of Princeton. Rendering landscapes, still lifes and portraits, she attempts to convey form and mood through color and composition.

Joy Kreves instagram.com/joykrevesart

Joy Kreves creates about the human – earth connection, in many media. Kreves is a member of the Princeton Artist Alliance, and Roots Artist Collective. She has exhibited actively, and works from a home studio, The Suburban Frontier.

Sneha M Kulkarni www.nrutyarpan.com

Sneha is West Windsor based Bharatanatyam Dancer and Guru. Sneha has been practicing Bharatanatyam for more than 20 years and performed in India and in the US. She has been teaching Bharatanatyam through her school - Nrutyarpan Dance School LLC which is also located in West Windsor

Yun Li

www.yunlifineart.com

My subject matter ranges from landscapes, animals, to figures. Although I work primarily with oils, I’m not tethered to any particular medium of expression. On my journey of becoming an artist, I found the tremendous joy in expressing myself through colors, shapes, and brush strokes.

Eleni Litt
facebook.com/elenizl

Eleni’s art practice focuses on drawing, painting, and collage. As a teaching artist she loves to make art in community, sharing her unique approach that incorporates poetry and builds creative confidence. She has a PhD in Anthropology, and Certificates in Fine Arts and Creative Arts Therapies. She serves as the Artist-in-Residence at RHI.

Judith A Mazzucco www.judymazzucco.com

Judith is an interdisciplinary artist working in mixed media, film, photography and words. Her praxis investigates interspecies relationships, the marginalizing effect of domestication and its effect upon creativity. She was an Art educator, Monmouth University alumna, M.F.A., New Media, Transart Institute, Danube University, Austria. Judith exhibits nationally and internationally.

Hetal Mistry www.hetalmistry.com

Hetal's art uses various mediums like pencil colors and dry pastels on paper and acrylics on canvas. Her understanding of healing colors and love of nature’s abstraction has culminated in a unique style employing a self-taught ink-drop technique which forms the surrealistic, vibrant backgrounds of her work.

HeirloomCards by Tamerra Moeller

I make iris-folded cards for all occasions. Iris folding resembles the opening of the eye's iris or the eye of a camera. Washi (Japanese paper produced in cold, running water) composes each figure. The resulting paperwork is delicate and intricate.

Tatiana Oles www.artoles.com

Tatiana Oles was born in Chishinau, the Capital of Moldova. She graduated from Academic School of Fine Arts in Chisinau in 1979 and received a degree in Russian Language & Literature from the Moldova State University in 1989. She came to the United States in 2002. Her art including oil, acrylic, watercolor paintings, decorative art, children soft toys, ceramics, quilts, and wearable art has been sold to customers in more than 16 countries.

Helene Plank facebook.com/All-Buttoned-Up-by-Helene-Plank

Helene is a visual artist currently working in mixed media, specifically mosaics created from recycled buttons and beads hand-sewn onto canvas. She has exhibited in venues including West Windsor Arts Center, Mercer County Artists, New Hope Arts Center, Artists of Yardley, Capital Health at Hopewell, and others.

William Plank facebook.com/Paintings-by-Bill-Plank

William Plank is a acrylic painter whose work explores a wide range of emotions and themes. He has exhibited at Educational Testing Service in Princeton, Capital Health - Hopewell, West Windsor Arts Center, D & R Greenway Land Trust in Princeton, Grounds for Sculpture and Phillips' Mill.

Dhruti Rathi
dhrutirathistudio.com

Photographer with a passion for art, outdoors, creativity and words. She experiments with different mediums to gain new perspective. She has juried art show, is an active volunteer in community organizations. Work displayed at Richmond International Airport, Princeton University Art Museum, Valentine Museum, First Freedom Center and University of Richmond.

Karen Schoenitz https://www.instagram.com/woodlandc

Karen Schoenitz is a nonprofit administrator and visual artist who lives in West Windsor. Her work is primarily abstract with a focus on process and experimentation.

Christine Seo www.christineseo.com

Christine enjoys painting and her passion is the fine arts of equine, floral, and landscape. Painting and drawing has always been her most effective way to process experiences. Horses regularly appear in her paintings as they are both familiar and strange; awe-inspiring and elemental.

Margaret Simpson margaretsimpson-art.com

Margaret is a graphic artist and painter. She has exhibited with: Artworks Trenton, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Garden State Watercolor Society, Gourgaud Gallery, Lambertville Shad Fest, Mercer County Artists, NJ State History Fair, Ocean County Artists Guild, Phillips Mill, Prallsville Mills, West Windsor Arts Center, William Trent House, among others.

Chanika Svetvilas chanikasvetvilas.com

Chanika Svetvilas is an interdisciplinary artist who self-identifies as having a disability of bipolar disorder who shares lived experience as a way to create safe spaces, to disrupt stereotypes and to reflect on contemporary issues.