ArtWorks' Mary T. Paulin Gallery Presents: Echoes, a collaborative printmaking exhibit. ArtWorks partnered up with the Tucson Community Print Shop to create artwork inspired by each other.
Opening reception date: June 19, 2015.
Echoes
Featured Artists
Bradley
Brad has been coming to ArtWorks since 2010 and he is part of the ArtWorks Mary T. Paulin gallery program. His preferred mediums are acrylic paint and colored pencil. Brad draws much of his inspiration from books and landscapes. The reference images he finds become the focal point of his work; thus, he depicts mostly people and landscapes. His references are the first part of his process. After he draws everything out, Brad uses a mixed media approach to finish his pieces. Brad’s work can be best described with simplified figures, abstraction and color patches. As a leader at ArtWorks, he is our official tour guide and liaison between the U of A athletic teams and ArtWorks; he is always ready to give a tour and organizes athlete's invites to ArtWorks.
Chris
Chris has been coming to ArtWorks since 1996. He often works with a mix of paint, colored pencil and watercolor; he is a versatile and flexible artist and can work on any project in any medium. People are Chris’s inspiration and his work is abstract. He focuses on lines, shapes and mark making. Chris works by layering one medium at a time to create his energetic and colorful work. He is very social, funny, and loves to talk. As a people person, Chris loves everyone and it's impossible to be sad around him because he always has something funny to say. One of our artist’s commented, “he is like sunshine.”
Jack
Jack has been coming to ArtWorks since 2005 and he is part of the ArtWorks Mary T. Paulin gallery program. As an ArtWorks leader, he is a teacher’s assistant and enjoys helping fellow artists and guests. He creatively works in many forms of media including film, painting, cardboard and wire sculpture, costume-making and printmaking. His family is his greatest inspiration which is notable in his work that focuses on fantasy story telling and his family’s ranchers background. In his process, Jack first develops his idea and then determines the materials he will use. His work is very diverse, creative and conceptual. Jack says, “my life is a story,” and this is distinguishable part of Jack. He prides himself in helping his ArtWorks family and has a caring heart for his friends and loved ones.
Jen
Jen has been going to ArtWorks since 2004 and she is part of the ArtWorks Mary T. Paulin gallery program. As the lead member of the ArtWorks news group, Jen is interested in all of her fellow artists’ lives in and out of ArtWorks and records the news everyone reports each day. Jen is an amazing artist with fabrics, weavings and latch hook projects; her other mediums of choice are drawing and painting. Jen loves drawing hearts, flowers and animals; she says coloring the flowers and hearts fills her with joy, and this is clear when you see her work, which is best described as cheerful, colorful and positive. She has a good-natured attitude and will often let her friends know that she loves them.
Joe
Joe has been coming to ArtWorks since 2001. He is a great performer and is very knowledgeable in music trivia. He is also a talented musician who is able to listen to any song and follow along on his keyboard. In his visual artwork, his preferred mediums are colored pencil and paint. He draws inspiration from classical music and movies as well as as anything cultural; so his work often depicts portraits of important people and historical characters. Joe’s artwork can best be described as well-informed and unique linework, in his process he starts off with a drawing and then he adds his “wavy” and colorful linework to each of his pieces. Joe is a great conversationalist and has plenty of stories to tell.
Joey
Joey has been coming to ArtWorks since 2012 and is part of ArtWorks’ Mary T. Paulin gallery work program. Joey likes to work in a variety of mediums including collage, watercolor, and ceramics. His positive attitude reflects a lot in his work. Joey has many inspirations for his art work; one major inspiration is “Old Tucson” and the subjects of his work usually include cowboys, cowgirls and everything western. His process varies among projects but he is always a very open minded artist that likes to learn how to do new things. Joey’s work is best described as western and happy. He is a social butterfly; Every morning when Joey gets to ArtWorks he goes into every studio and says good morning to all the teachers and artists before he starts his work. He is always smiling and it radiates everywhere he goes to make anyone near him smile too.
Monica
Monica has been coming to ArtWorks since 2004. She is a multi-talented woman; she draws, writes poetry, sews, and dances among many other things. Monica loves to perform and becomes a star on stage; she may be quiet but in front of a crowd she lights up and entertains. Her preferred mediums when making art are embroidery and color pencils. She is a very family oriented individual; and much of her work is inspired by this. Pop culture and its imagery are also often present in her work; whether it is superheroes and comics, Michael Jackson or other music, classical movies or TV, you can find it here with Monica. Her work can best be described as meticulous and personal.
Paul
Paul has been coming to ArtWorks since 1997. He is a nice, happy person and hardworking artist. His inspiration is nature and his friends and family. He most enjoys working with yarn. Frequently, he uses yarn along with many mediums including wood panels, sand, and paper. Paul’s work can depict a variety of topics including insects, animals and nature. While working he is very concentrated and focused. Paul’s art can best be described as diverse and most is considered mixed media. Although always working, he finds time to be a helping hand to his fellow ArtWorks artists and teachers. Paul is like a big brother and always the well-informed voice of reason.
Tina
Tina Collazo has been coming to ArtWorks since 1994 and is very happy here. As part of the ArtWorks Mary T. Paulin gallery program she has enjoyed putting the gallery together and painting to get everything ready. Her favorite mediums are watercolor, acrylic paint and markers. In her artwork she is inspired by desert wild animals in their natural habitat and the landscape in which they live. She is very experimental in her process. She works with different mediums simultaneously to create mixed media pieces with various layers. Her work can best be described as a creative landscape. Outside of ArtWorks, Tina also works at a ceramics studio and on a ranch taking care of horses. She is a busy lady and likes to be part of the community.
Vicky
Vicky has been coming to ArtWorks since 2013 and she is part of the ArtWorks Mary T. Paulin Gallery work program. She is an artist that likes to work with all different mediums, from ceramics to rubber stamp prints, painting on canvas to 3D sculptures - she really does it all. But if there is one thing Vicky is known for, it’s her graphic-text signs. Her work is inspired by patterns, colors, shapes and her life. Vicky has a love and talent for her craft and that is very evident in the way she works. She is careful and precise with every mark. Her work is best described as illustrative, colorful patterns. Besides visual art, Vicky is an amazing dancer and singer and loves the performing arts. She always makes a lasting impression at the annual talent show.