Bellefonte Artist Members
BA members exhibit a variety of artistic mediums and handcrafted work on Brandywine Boulevard in Bellefonte, DE, minutes from Philadelphia, PA, and a few seconds from Wilmington DE, Our artist members teach our classes, work in our gift shop, host our events such as Art Loop, Artist Meet and Greet, and Shop and Stroll, and many participate in our annual art festival. Take a few moments and learn more about our artist members.
Marsha Minutella -
Marsha Neal Studio, LLC
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Ceramic Clay, Sheep Wool, Beads, Fibers, Wire
Marsha enjoys the process of making shapes in ceramic clay, fibers, and beads. She finds it quite enjoyable creating textures with clay and colors with glazes and fibers to create her small pieces. Most of her work is small enough to sit on a windowsill or in a small special nook to be discovered when you take the time to look. She also really enjoys making beads for people to use in their own jewelry designs. She feels that her ceramic bead work in the hands of others allows for a sort of collaboration of vision for a finished items beyond her vision.
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MarshaNealStudio.com
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Kara Hinson
Fine Art
Watercolor
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Kara Hinson is visual artist based in New Castle, Delaware.
Her art prominently features portraits and illustrations of women in a variety of medium. Her most notable work is characterized by vivid, layered watercolor portraits. With surrealistic colors and details, her paintings focus on the diversity of women and often incorporate elements of nature and fantasy.
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Eric W Zippe
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​​Fine Art Photography, Photographs transfered on to wood and Laser Engraving
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Eric's involvement in fine art photography began in the early 1990’s. His work is conceptually based, relying heavily on the use of found locations, subjects and objects as equivalents. It is designed to invoke thought with emotion and to convey the viewer simultaneously into the physical space of the image and into the observer's own subconscious understanding. Working directly in reaction to the surrounding environment and visual everyday occurrences is the starting point of visual exploration that continues to the desired impression is captured in frame. Often these framed instances would go unnoticed in their original context and take on a minimalist or abstract quality. Once the process of photographing is concluded, he then works using various methods to hone the color, shapes and textures of the final image. Once complete the image is transferred, printed or engraved on to various substrates of paper, wood and metals.
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www.ezippe.com
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Khamari Smith
​Liquid Art Life
Khamari Smith is a mix media artist from Catonsville Maryland. As a young artist Khamari attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore Maryland where he graduated from in 2004. He has a variety of talents in multiple mediums such graphics arts, sculpture, resin and painting being his favorite of all due to its therapeutic nature. He has also worked on several large mural projects in Havre de Grace Md. His most recent work has a surrealism focus with an intense contrast of fluid colors to evoke one’s emotion. His work can be found in private collections all over the U.S.
and beyond. Khamari has been published in local publications as well as exhibited his work in the Delaware Contemporary Museum. He is truly a rising star.
Karen S. Furst
Trilby Works
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Mixed Media​​
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Karen Furst transforms found objects and household recycling items into radical robots, damaged dolls, quirky creatures, and maniacal monsters inspired by fantasy, folk tales, and dreams. Her work in assemblage and mixed media combines metal, hardware, resin, clay, and paint with a healthy dose of imagination.
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Dorothy P. Bobo
Bobeaux Jewelry Design
Jewelry
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Dorothy's love of nature is reflected in the palette of her jewelry designs, whether it is birds, flowers, leaves or the sea. She often finds vintage pieces to incorporate in her work, transforming them into a fresh new wearable work of art. She also uses elements of nature such as semi precious stones and shapes, to showcase the changing of the seasons.
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Stephanie Grant
Sassy Bee
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Stephanie, local beekeeper and owner of Sassy Bee, finds inspiration all around. She strives to mimic nature’s creativity, from delicate to bold, simple to complex and even odd and bizarre,in all the products she creates, including natural beeswax candles and bee hotels. Sassy Bee beeswax candles range from uniquely decorative candle tins, tapers, exquisite pillars and votives molded into decorative shapes so beautiful you may not desire to burn them! 100% beeswax candles emit a warm, bright light and provide a subtly sweet scent that comes from the honey and flora that are in the wax the honeybees have made. Beeswax is also known to be hypoallergenic and to cast negative ions while burning, assisting in air purification. Sassy Bee scented beeswax candles provide fun and unique scents to mix things up a bit.
Bee hotels? Do bees go on vacation? No, not like we do however, native bees such as the Mason or Leaf Cutter Bee do need a safe place to lay their eggs. They don't stay, just visit to lay eggs and the following year a baby bee emerges and flys away! Created with solitary bees in mind Sassy Bee Be Hotels are uniquely created in a variety of styles and colors and are predominantly made with natural components to provide a safe haven for our pollinators and beneficial insects. Add striking decor to your garden or yard and feel confident knowing you are supporting our native bee populations. Bee inspired!
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Lisa Lutwhyche
Whispering Light Creationss
Watercolor
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Lisa Lutwyche is a painter, poet, author, produced playwright, and actor. She has a BFA in painting and a BA in art history and studied at the University of the Arts, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Youngstown State University. She received her MFA in creative writing from Goddard College in 2013. Lisa has been selling her artwork for decades, and her watercolors have also been used as cover-art for published books, including the cover of her own full-length poetry collection, A Difficult Animal (which came out in 2016 from Saddle Road Press). Her poetry and fiction have been published in literary magazines across the US and the UK. Lisa is currently an adjunct Professor of English at Cecil College and at Delaware Technical Community College. She also still teaches watercolor. She lives with her British poet/actor husband and rescued cats in a quiet forest.
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Elves and Carrots
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Watercolor Stationary and home decor
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It all started with an Elf and a Carrot... Erin and Caroline met at William & Mary while completing their Masters of Higher Education. They knew they were destined to be best friends from their love for all things Christmas to any occasion to celebrate. Erin went by the nickname “ELF” because of her initials and Caroline went by “Carott”, a combination of her first and maiden name. Together, they loved hosting every holiday and birthday, really any excuse for their friends to come together. When discussing their business they knew their unique nicknames needed to play a role. Using watercolor, Erin and Caroline create whimsical and fun greeting cards, stationery sets, and home products to celebrate every occasion.
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Stephanie Przybylek
Creative Animal
Acrylics, gouache, colored pencils and mixed media of all kinds
Stephanie’s art is a colorful but carefully observed take on creatures, fueled by a love of nature and travel far and wide. Obsessed with animals as a child and fueled by trips to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, she even took taxidermy correspondence courses (as a pre-teen!) Stephanie has a BA in Art from Gettysburg College and an MA in Art History from University of Delaware.
After many years in the museum field as a curator, exhibit designer and administrator, Stephanie decided to return to creating her own art. She works in a wide variety of materials, from acrylics and gouache, colored pencils, and even to found objects and driftwood — anything to provide inspiration and appreciation of the natural world.
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Alice N. T. Reid
Etomi's Treasures
Jewelry, Textile Art,
Bath and Body products
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Etomi's Treasures is the outlet for the creative and imaginative items that Alice designs and crafts. These items include jewelry, textile art, and bath and body products. Her work tends to reflect her African and indigenous heritages, using natural materials: stone and gemstones, Akoya pearls, wood, metal, and organic beads. It also features materials from the Third World, which include clay, horn and bone beads, and - specifically from Africa - trade beads, sandcast and glass beads, Krobo beads, horn, woods, and brass. Polymer beads will be her next experiment; however, the inclusion of items from nature will always be the focus of everything Alice handcrafts.
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Arlene Finocchiaro
Polymer Clay, Jewelry,
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Every art piece Arlene creates is a journey, whether it’s combining beads into a one-of-a-kind necklace, forming polymer clay in to sculptural forms or crafting cards from memorable photos or stamped designs.She hopes to convey her excitement of combining colors, textures and forms to delight the eye and the spirit.
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Devronika DeNaye
Dvorak by Dva DeNaye
Devronika DeNaye aka Dva DeNaye is an artist that has been inspired by anime and black culture to create art and merchandise for all to enjoy. She is experienced in mixed media, but her main focus has been creating digital art that she then turns into merchandise for others to collect. Her art is a mixture of whimsical, sci-fi, anime-inspired, mythical, and empowerment. Her focus with her art is to contribute to black representation in the art world, but she also loves showcasing fun and unique Kawaii designs.
Dvorak by Dva DeNaye
Nancy Butler
Alley Cat Jewerly Studios
NancyButler is a Delaware jewelry artist who designs and handcrafts unique original one-of-akind beaded jewelry. Nancy works primarily with semi-precious stones, pearls, crystal, lampwork and Czech glass, sterling silver, vermeil, copper, base metal and lead-free pewter and she enjoys traveling around the country searching for unusual and great quality beads to incorporate into her designs. When designing jewelry, Nancy lets each piece develop naturally, often taking inspiration from the beads themselves. Nancy established AlleyCat Jewelry Studios in 2012. The AlleyCat name was inspired by her two real-life alley cats that she and her husband rescued from the streets of Wilmington several years ago. Both cats also love to play with beads and string and often accompany Nancy for hours at a time while working at the bead bench.
Alley Cat Jewelry Studios
Christi Chaos Art
Multimedia
Christi is a multimedia occasional artist, hobbyist, and crafter who works in whatever medium calls to her in the moment. Likewise, Christi's artistic style reflects that of her mood and ranges from realism to fanciful.
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Maureen T. Collins
Dovetail Designs
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Photography, Mosaics, Collage, Fabric Design, Wallpaper Design
Upon receiving her first camera at 8 years old, Maureen began a lifelong passion for the visual arts, and it changed her world. Her journey is woven through photography, painting, collage, mosaics, silver work and fabric design. An idea that is born through one medium often inspires and flows through the other media. Inspiration is everywhere: exceptional images evoke further exploration, intriguing sounds inspire a variety of visual patterns, a well turned phrase will echo in resonance with a variety of motifs and expressions. Creativity is a language that allows Maureen to share the beauty, uniqueness and Gratitude for each new day.
Through Dovetail Designs, many of Maureen's photographs and paintings are used in her collage work for fabric and wallpaper designs. She will layer several images of her photos or paintings to create unique and colorful artworks. These designs are either printed on metal as a unique expression or translated into various fabrics and wallpaper designs.
Colors, textures and tension of contrasts all contain kernels of revelation; re-interpreting each aspect allows Maureen to make them uniquely her own.
Some of her hundreds of fabric designs can be viewed here, along with many designs not yet released:
Dovetail Designs
Kristin McCourtney
Lucky Star Macrame
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Kristin’s journey with macrame began one knot at a time during the pandemic. She found a creative outlet in macrame and connected to its meditative qualities. Her knots eventually turned into gifts for family and friends who encouraged her to start Lucky Star Macrame. Using mostly cotton cord, Kristin’s knots are tied with an intention to bring beauty, peace, and happiness to others. Whether she’s made a large wall hanging, plant hanger or keychain all pieces are made with knots of love.
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Valerie M. White
Words and Water​​
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Valerie enjoys the liveliness that watercolor brings visually in expressing on paper her admiration of nature's beauty, often painting the ocean, the full moon, clouds, and sunsets. She is captivated by the evocotive expression of words and water. Her series of original minis and bookmarks combine the two loves. Valerie returned to art after a long hiatus when she began hosting a poetry reading at the Bellefonte Cafe called the Bellefonte Wordsmiths. Since then, she's created the Bellefonte Arts Festival and the collaborative art organization Bellefonte Arts.
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Holly Whitney
Holly's Tie Dye Designs
Holly considers tie dye her "creative sanity". She mainly works with ice dye, though won't hesitate to work in the liquid realm when it best fits the project. Nature and color are Holly's greatest inspirations, and the use of gravity and its flow, dye-splitting, and organic water-color feels can be found in her work. She has dyed all sorts of items, from clothing to scarves to tapestries to keyboard and wheel chair cushion covers.
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Nzuri Metope
Body Products
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Mallory and Dwayne Johnson create Shea based, handmade body products. They use a combination of essential oils, natural oils and butters to create soap and body butter. They offer appealing scent combinations and soaps are colored naturally with mica. The words Nzuri Metope mean beautiful mud.
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Andre Jones
Andre is a multi-disciplinary artist and native of Philadelphia, PA. A life long visual artist, he was inspired by comics as early as age 5, when he started to draw. As he grew older, Andre became an art major at Overbrook High School in Philadelphia. He majored in visual communications at the Art Institute of Philadelphia from which he graduated in 1990. From there he worked as a muralist for the city of Philadelphia’s Anti-Graffiti Network, (now known as the Mural Arts Program). He painted many murals and graphic projects while working there. He then went to Cheyney and used his artistic talents within the design concentration in their theater major. Designing for the stage, acting and learning about lighting for the stage were all tools Andre would add to his toolkit, by the time he graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cheyney in 1995. After graduation, Andre worked for Bushfire Theater as a scene designer, as well as a lighting tech at McManus Enterprises and as a Teaching Artist for various theaters around Philadelphia. He then went back to school to earn his Master of Fine Arts at Temple University in 2011. He graduated from Temple in 2016 and currently works for Philadelphia Young Playwrights in the role of Associate Director of Education and Programming. Along with writing plays and administration, Andre continues to do his artwork, painting on canvases, T-shirts and even producing his own comic book series. He is often quoted to say “Do what brings you joy, for when people witness your joy, you bring joy to others.” Mr. Jones wants to be guilty of bringing joy to others.
Sara Heintzelman
Bitty Bat Arts
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Always fascinated by fantasy, fictional creatures, bright colors, and collectible toys, Sara uses digital illustration and polymer clay to create bright and colorful creatures. Polymer clay and digital art are their main mediums, but they enjoy working in any medium they can try, including needle felting, 3d modeling, character design, costume making, sewing, dollmaking, and more.
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Todd Breitling
Paintings
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Todd is a self taught painter and photographer. Originally from Wayne, Pennsylvania. In addition to his various photography endeavors, Todd is also an accomplished painter. Most of his works are what have been termed "Organic Abstraction". These works are a study in lines and the space they reside in with regard to contrasting colors and the dimensions they create.
Todd creates detailed and intricate patterns within his paintings using a variety of painting knives and brushes. He also utilizes nontraditional techniques of painting with unusual tools such as syringes, pins, knives, toothbrushes and spatulas to create different textures, patterns and layers.
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Jennifer Davies-Reazor
Mixed media, Ceramics
Jennifer Davies-Reazor is a mixed media artist residing in Newark, Delaware. Her work is inspired by mythology, folklore, and the natural world. Her concentrations in art school were metals and painting, then she discovered ceramics - and now finds inspiration in the “mixed media” moniker, exploring ways to combine paper, metal, beads and clay.
Jenny began her career as an art educator in Charles County, Maryland teaching a wide variety of media, and art history, and ceramics. Always learning and experimenting as an artist, Jenny has worked with numerous national and international artists in workshops across the country: studying ceramics at Penland in North Carolina, bookbinding and printmaking in San Diego, and ceramics at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland.
As a full time working artist, Jenny divides her time between her studio practice, and teaching art journaling online, which she initiated in 2020. Jenny exhibits her work locally and in the region.
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Tanisha Bullock
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La Bella Bleu
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Tanisha is the owner of La Bella Bleu. An online boutique that was established in 2018 offering women's dresses in an array of styles and sizes and jewelry items covering classy to sassy. She has always made her own natural products for family and in 2021, with a suggestion from her sister, she added beauty products to the business. Some products consist of Body Butters, Beard Oils, Face Scrubs, and Foot Soaks. Her uniqueness is that because she is a scientist, she can create specialized formulas, which include carefully selected essential oils and key ingredients to encourage moisturization and hair growth. Her goal is to help men and women feel their best with our handmade all natural Beauty essentials.
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Jocelyn Vasta Kern
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VK Studio
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By mixing quality paints with spackle, Jocelyn is a pioneer to an innovative type of media that produces highly saturated and textured works. She views her impressionist and abstract style as a means of communication and therefore imbues each canvas with her experiences, memories, and sometimes personal collections or mementos that she is fond of. All of her works are done in forms of limited series and each of her paintings are one of a kind. Jocelyn also enjoys working in other various artforms including fine-art photography, writing, and crafting. Her goal is to continue imagining exciting ways to produce her artwork and to also support other emerging artists who share similar views.
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Kirsten Ashley
​Ugly Stepsister:
Artwork by Kirsten Ashley
Watercolor, acrylic, cut paper, mixed media
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Kirsten Ashley is a visual artist based in Wilmington, Delaware. She creates creepy, surrealist, and emotive artwork using a variety of mediums. Her tried and true motifs include girls and feminine goddess figures, skulls and skeletons with floral elements, trees, and portraiture. Some favorite mediums include watercolor, pastel, acrylic, and cut paper/silhouette cutting. However, she is constantly adding elements from trying new things including paint pouring and alcohol ink painting. She pulls inspiration from vintage Halloween imagery, literature and poetry, emotional distress, dreams, a love of libraries, and the natural world. You will find original works on paper and canvas, fine art prints, hand-drawn bookmarks, hand-painted wooden coasters, art jewelry, and vinyl stickers.
Michael Anthony
Ceramics
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Michael Anthony is a retired art teacher and ceramicist. He has been throwing on the wheel and hand building with clay for over 30 years. He moved from Florida to Newark, Delaware. He states that "Clay is a wonderful medium for an artist to work with. It can bend, twist and be molded in many directions." Michael has his work in a few galleries in Havre de Grace and displays at several art shows in Delaware.
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CHAOS + THE CAT
Mixed Media
CHAOS + THE CAT is a one-cryptid circus strung together by cat memes and anxiety with the occasional bump of coffee. Kristy runs around maniacally, with 15 projects half-finished until they whisper loud enough into the void that is her brain and tell her to finish the job. This brings to you a mash up of handcrafted jewelry, accessories, a dab of home decor, and multi-media wall art with an alternative vibe. While her styles change with her mood, one thing remains consistent- cat hair.
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Clare Consavage
Oils, Acrylic, Digital art, other various
mediums
Clare is an artist from Arden, Delaware, a community that is historically celebrated for its artistist heritage. She continues this tradition through her own fine, applied and wearable arts. Clare works in oil paints to achieve rich, detailed realism, while also using acrylics and other mediums to create more fluid or abstract expressions. By blending her passion for realism with her fluid techniques she crafts a captivating balance in her work.
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Svetlana Smorodinova
Paintings
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Svetlana is a local artist residing in Wilmington, Delaware. She draws her inspiration from nature and all things beautiful. She enjoys experimenting with various subjects: gardens and landscapes, flowers and still life, animals and pets, and marine and beach scenes. The life of her painting usually starts with a photo taken in a local state park or a garden, on a street, on a beach, or on a trip abroad. A pet portrait typically begins as a present to a family member or a friend.
Svetlana immigrated to the USA in 2007 and works full-time as a software engineer. Her passion for art comes from her father who was also an engineer and a self-taught artist. Svetlana participated in several art shows and festivals: the Brandywine Festival of the Arts, the Bellefonte Arts Festival, the Rose Squared Art Show at Chase Center, and the People's Choice Festival in PA.
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