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Touch the Paper

By Kristy G. Flick

Lois Jacobs loves working with her hands. Her love of working with paper began in her preschool years when her mother provided her with scissors, glue, magazines, and boxes. She worked for days creating paper designs and little paper worlds that she kept in a shoe box. “Even though I love to draw, paint, weave, and make stuff, I’ve tried to concentrate on my papers,” she explains. Lois likes working with paper best beca…... Read more >

Illness Promted Art

By Kristy G. Flick

Denis Smith grew up in the state of Oregon where dramatic natural landscapes abound. She moved to Missouri to pursue degrees in journalism, advertising, and graphics. After college, she settled in Union. Her motivation and inspiration came from her high school art teacher in Oregon. “She told us to never stop experimenting and investigating,” Smith says, “I took that to heart and love to try different mediums and techni…... Read more >

The Stork Brought Paints

Veronica Greene’s paintings on fabric and silk were born from her own pregnancy and a furniture-painting class. Born and raised in Mexico City, she discovered her talent and interest in art while expecting her first child.

“I was taking a furniture painting class,” Veronica says. “I felt like I needed a hobby after I had my baby.” She bought an art book and made copies of the masters in miniature, which she compares to having private art cl…... Read more >

A First Love

Linda J. Green/Metzler paints the beauty and wonder of the Missouri countryside and its colorful, distinctive towns with her watercolor skills.

She loved painting as a child, and her parents gave her the encouragement she needed. “They placed a high value on artistic pursuit,” Linda says, and they hung prints of great artwork throughout their home.

Before college, Linda took drawing and painting classes at the School of the Art Institute…... Read more >