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Barbara Hansen  -  Fine Art Photography

Barbara has seriously pursued photography for over 15 years.  She has taken numerous courses and workshops, the longest being a ten week Summer Intensive at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography.  She has had one and two person shows at several galleries, including the Artists Workshop in Hot Springs and Canal Frame Craft in Washington Crossing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  The latter gallery has carried her work for over ten years.  Her work has also been exhibited at the Las Cruces, NM Museum of Fine Art.  She is currently displaying at the Attitudes Gallery in Hot Springs. 

  Email Barbara at:     bjhandclm@aristotle.net

Visit Barbara's Website:  www.attitudesstudio.com

Carol Hannon – Watermedia Artist

Carol is a watermedia artist from Plano Texas and a current member of the Mid-Southern Watercolorists in Little Rock.  She and her husband Jim, moved to Diamondhead in June of 2005.  Her work is displayed at the Artists Galleria in Hot Springs. Carol has taught watercolor in Texas and has won two awards in juried competition for the Plano Art Association.  Collage' is her favorite medium.  She studied under Jane A. Jones of Colorado and Texas and attended classes at the Collin County Community college in Plano.  Canadian born, she is pleased to be living in beautiful Arkansas.

  Email Carol at:   xmascarol@peoplepc.com

Marilyn Horner  -  Creative Jewelry

Marilyn and her husband, Howard, have lived in The Diamondhead Community for fifteen years.  Before retiring, Marilyn worked for a prominent Hot Springs jewelry store selling jewelry and stringing pearls.  She currently creates beads jewelry, which she calls “ Creative Finishing Touches ”.  The jewelry is “Created” (new jewelry), “Redeemed” (old cast away jewelry re-created in a new up-to-date style) and “Restored” (good jewelry re-strung and repaired).  She has a great time with all of her new jewelry projects.  Marilyn looks forward to meeting you personally.

Email Marilyn at:   mhorner@hsnp.com

Donna Hutchinson  -  Watercolor Artist

Formerly a teacher of studio art and art history and Roy’s wife,  Donna is originally from northern New York.  She has been a watercolorist for many years.  Painting in her home studio, she works mostly on commission.  Her paintings often reflect her interest in tonality, with images seeming to emerge out of a mysterious darkness.  Because of Roy’s work with Indian artifacts and associated culture, Donna also developed an interest in native American art that is reflected in her painting.  Additionally, her favorite subjects include water lilies, children and still lifes of fruits and flowers.

Email Donna at:     yth20@hotsprings.net

Roy Hutchison  -  Indian Reproduction Pottery

A Diamondhead resident for ten years, Roy Hutchinson was born in northeast Arkansas.  The son of a farmer, and later a farmer himself, he has been fascinated by Indian relics all his life.  As a boy, he surface collected arrowheads; as an adult he began to restore artifacts.  He has worked for many collectors and museums across the country.  Out of his skill at repairing and restoring authentic Caddo, Quapaw or Mississippian vessels, he began to construct reproductions.  Roy uses wild local clays and organic pigments on his pieces he pit fires them just as the local Indians would have done.  Each piece is an original, but each one authentically reproduces the fine pottery vessels of the Indians who inhabited Arkansas.

Email Roy at:     yth20@hotsprings.net

Diane Jones  -  Collector of Dollhouse Miniatures

Diane moved to Diamondhead with her husband Bob in February 2001.  Prior to their move, she had been involved in making miniatures for collectors, specializing in miniature reproductions of folk art toys made of wood.  She sold items through a number of miniature dealers across the country and at miniature conventions and shows.  Diane is very well known in the miniature community for her many handmade wooden toys.  One of her best known, and most sought after toys, is her version of Pinocchio, complete with Jiminy Cricket.  She also makes a variety of ‘working’ miniature nut crackers as well as many different Matroyska (nesting) dolls.  Diane’s work is mostly done in 1” scale, but she also does some ½” scale and some ¼” scale pieces.  All of her work is done by hand, including the intricate and detailed painting.  Although she is now

Email Diane at:     bobndani@wmconnect.com

Joanne Kunath  -  Pastel Artist

Joanne is a pastel artist enjoying living in our beautiful state where there are so many choices to inspire the creation of a painting.  She said “This state is an artist’s paradise.”  She recently retired and moved here from California.  She is actively involved in the art scene and in exhibiting locally.

 Email Joanne at:     ronniekunath@sbcglobal.net

Ronnie Kunath  -  Photography

Ronnie, an amateur art photographer who recently retired here from California, is in awe of ‘The Natural State’.  He is looking forward to the vast opportunities that Arkansas offers to photograph God’s wildlife and outdoor beauty.

  Email Ronnie at:     ronniekunath@sbcglobal.net

Jim Lewis  -  Sculptor, Painting in Oils

A retired builder, contractor and architect, Jim has shown in the Heston Design Group studio in Tulsa, Oklahoma,  Zeigler’s Showroom, also in Tulsa, Tulsa Parade of Homes, Wilson Fine Art Gallery in Hot Springs, and is currently working out of Attitudes Studio and displaying in the Attitudes Gallery in Hot Springs.  His medium of choice is bronze or stainless steel.  He also creates metal fabrications for indoor and outdoor display.

Email Jim at:         jim@attitudesstudio.com

Visit Jim's Website:     www.attitudesstudio.com

Martha Maples - Quilter

Martha is a quilt designer and creator who for the past 18 years has created quilts for family and friends as well as conducting beginner and intermediate classes in quilting.  Currently she is teaching techniques to all levels of quilters in the Diamondhead Quilters Club.  She received an award for a Moda Challenge quilt and has participated in several shows.  Martha says, “Quilting has been a great form of creative expression, and I hope my enthusiasm will cause others to follow in my path.”

Email Martha at:     rhodanannie@yahoo.com

Gloria McGinn  -  Sculpture, painting in acrylics

Gloria says “Art has been a journey starting in my childhood.”  She has taken part in numerous workshops in Chicago and in Hot Springs, and has studied at the Art Institute in Chicago.  She has done private commissions in graphic design, original fashion design, acrylic paintings and murals.  Her work has been in the Chicago Public Library, the Sinclair Oil Building in Chicago, and Art Mart Studio in Hot Springs.  She is presently working and displaying at the Attitudes Studio and Gallery in Hot Springs.  Her medium of choice is bronze.

Email Gloria at:     gloria@attitudesstudio.com

Visit Gloria's Website:     www.attitudesstudio.com

Diane Porterfield  -  Quilting & Needlework

I have loved needlework and sewing projects most of my life.  The creative people I have met since moving to Diamondhead have inspired me to develop my skills in quilting design.  I recently designed a dress for my 3-year-old granddaughter and am currently consumed with a baby quilt for a good friend’s first grandchild.  It is a joy to live in a community with so much talent and grace to share with others.  Thank you to the Diamondhead Quilters and to this growing Art community.

Email Diane at:  Dianerdh@earthlink.net

Judy Thye - Bronze Sculptor and Watercolor Artist

Judy is a hair stylist who has lived in Diamondhead for 15 years.  She has been in this profession for 40 years, and currently is the owner of the Patio Hair Salon, located just outside the gates of Diamondhead.  She has attended art classes at Henderson State.  Her interests lie in sculpting. Water colors and pastels.

                 Telephone Judy at:    (501)  262-4506

Gordon Webb  -  Wood Carvings of Birds

Gordon is a wood carver specializing in carvings of birds.  He does decoys, song birds, hummingbirds and raptors.  Gordon says “If it has feathers, I’ll imitate it in wood.”  He has been carving since he retired from family practice medicine in 1985.  Born in Canada, he is now proudly an American citizen.

Contact Gordon Through the Art Guild: ronniekunath@sbcglobal.net