The Old Bakery and Emporium presents five strong women
Shannon Fannin, Brenda Armistead, Christy Stallop, Stephanie Estrin, & Rhea Pettit
Shannon Fannin
Shannon Fannin is a realist vehicle painter that uses a combination of abstraction and photorealism to bring cars, motorcycles, and other forms of transportation to life. She has been a professional artist since February 2015.
Shannon has shown her art in national and international exhibitions, international publications, podcasts, blogs, and television.
Enjoy more of Shannon's art at www.shanfannin.com
Brenda Armistead
"I am Brenda Armistead, a local sculptor and functional ceramic artist, creating "Absurdly Expressive Clay" in my home studio. Mostly self-taught, I read, study videos, and seek out training with great clay sculptors for guidance and technique. I have followed my intuition, steadily developing my skills for about ten years. This pursuit led me to expressive portrait and narrative animal sculpture. It is my goal to create work that connects with viewers and stirs their feelings for the better".
Brenda Armistead’s animal and fantasy-inspired sculptures each tell a visual story while striving to comfort, amuse, and intrigue the viewer.
Brenda's sculpture and larger dishes are not always listed on Etsy due to postage costs, but she will be glad to arrange sale and shipment if you wish. Her durable tableware is dishwasher, microwave, and oven-safe. She uses only lead-free glazes.
Brenda's art can be seen at her Granny Goodfish website http://www.grannygoodfish.com/index.htm
Christy Stollop
"The title High Five is a celebration of five emerging women artists. Our style and subject matter vary greatly, but our goal is the same. We strive to learn, grow, and work towards excellence."
Influenced by design and balance, her work often shifts perspective into unique directions. Christy’s primary focus is creating work that delights and elevates the mood of the viewer.
"I’ve been painting off and on for my entire life. Four years ago I took a sabbatical from teaching and started to focus on a career in the arts".
"What is my training? Trial and error, mostly error has been my biggest teacher. I have a BA in Art Education but that didn’t allow for high level art courses. Daily painting as well as studying other artist’s work helps me improve on my technique and develop my own personal style".
Check for more by Christy on her website www.christystallop.com
Stephanie Estrin
"My work explores color, shape, and the relationship of human nature and emotion that I capture on canvas to create a visual story. With the use of layered paint and transparencies in my compositions, I seek to provide depth to entice the viewer to look closer under the surface in order to be delighted or intrigued by what they see".
'My biggest motivation in creating art is connection. To me, painting is about connecting to my inner self and to the viewer. I am fully present and what emerges is a spontaneous eruption of color and form that leaves me with a child-like wonder and excitement. With the use of color, I strive to make statements through my art that are positive and uplifting; providing my viewer a glimpse into my world. I enjoy exploring color to provoke emotional responses and expression'.
Stephanie exhibits her art in group and juried exhibitions in the greater Austin area as well as in online exhibitions. Her work is collected throughout the U.S and internationally.
"I enjoy exploring color to provoke emotional responses and expression".
View more art by Stephanie at https://www.stephanieestrin.com/
Rhea Pettit
"A consistent thread through my works is the concept that we are connected to each other, to other species, and to the natural world. I often paint dual portraits, combining 2 people, or people/other animals".
"My subjects are mostly people and animals; they inspire me. I'm also inspired by contemporary masters, as well as the great masters (Sargent and Zorn are 2 favorites) who came before us".
Realist figurative painter Rhea Pettit explores the beauty and connection between people, other species, and nature. Something that at first seems incongruous actually makes sense upon deeper reflection.
Her preferred medium is oil, and favorite subjects are people and animals. Her style is realism, sometimes loose and painterly, sometimes more tightly rendered. Part of her practice is painting from life regularly, because it improves her skills in observation.
Rhea's website is https://www.rgpettit.com/the-artist.html