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Throughout the year, Good Neighbor features members of the Main Line community whose contributions make a difference. MainLine Neighbors is happy to give shout outs to local Art Ability volunteer Claire Larson, Newtown Square and artist Mimi Barclay Johnson, Haverford. Their efforts support Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s annual Art Ability program. This international juried exhibition and sale, created and implemented by Lois Levy in 1994, encourages those living with disabilities in our community to receive formal recognition for their creativity. In addition to advancing their artistic success, 80% of Art Ability sales and commissions benefit the artists. This year’s exhibition and sale begins with a preview party on November 2 and the show continues through January 26. It features 453 artworks, sculpture and jewelry by 186 artists from 30 states and 6 countries. Bryn Mawr Rehab acquired and displays over 300 Art Ability objects through the year and Art Ability artists are included in major corporate art collections. Claire and Mimi respond to a few questions about themselves and Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospitals’ Art Ability Program: Volunteer Claire Larson, Newtown Square: Is there a particular moment or experience that made you most proud of the program? Each year, the most exciting moment for me is the opening night of the annual art exhibition. At our Preview Party, artists join the festivities and have an opportunity to meet each other as well as patrons and guests. Hands down, the experience of serving as an artist liaison and being witness to artists realization that their artwork has been sold, is the most rewarding experience for me. They take such pride in their artwork and I love the opportunity to experience their joy. Have any of the artists become personal friends through the years? I have a unique connection to Art Ability artist Sal Panasci of Berywn because we volunteer together in horticultural therapy and we are both former patients on the brain injury unit at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. Sal and I both share a love of Art Ability. How long have you been involved with Art Ability? In 2002, I was an inpatient at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital after suffering from a brain aneurism and stroke. After months of intensive therapy, I started volunteering at the hospital in 2004. Thirteen years ago, I started volunteering with Art Ability and joined the committee. I currently volunteer at the hospital three days a week in many roles: patient transport, horticultural therapy, and Art Ability. Artist Mimi Barclay Johnson, Haverford: What motivates you to create artwork? I am motivated by the beauty I see everywhere and want to share that beauty not only through my own paintings but by inspiring others to see and create. I am still motivated to teach and help others by conducting watercolor workshops. When I paint, I become absorbed in my work and somehow don’t feel the pain. Not feeling pain can be motivating. There is still a lot to do and that motivates me. Painting is fun and full of color, like life. It is a gift for which I am truly grateful, and I must live to be 150 to accomplish all I want to do. What do you like about participating in the Art Ability exhibit? Participating in the Art Ability exhibit makes me feel I am not alone and that encourages me. The Art Ability team goes out of its way to promote disabled artists by showing the creative contributions of these artists to the world and in doing so, gives each artist a sense of worth. Art Ability – Exhibition and Sale Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital 414 Paoli Pike, Malvern Information: 484-596-5607 Art Ability preview party and exhibition information: Details

Andee Axe

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Painting

Andee Axe makes art that smiles at you. And it makes you want to smile back. No matter what color is on her brush, she paints from a palette of vivid emotions, happy memories, and pure joy. Whether familiar or famous, the subjects in her paintings aren’t afraid to have fun and take you along for the ride. They dance. They wink. They sparkle. They use bold pop colors to celebrate the brightest moments we share with the people who we love. Each painting sends a burst of happy into the world, and that’s something we can all appreciate. Andee is the kind of person who has never been able to sit and watch the paint dry. From an early age, she has always had her sleeves rolled up, always ready to enthusiastically make a splash on any canvas she could find. She studied two-dimensional fine arts at Moore College of Art and later worked as a licensed artist inside Philadelphia. Her independent work appears in numerous private collections and can be seen in Philadelphia Galleries and her private studio by appointment.

Deena S. Ball

Visual Arts: Painting

Deena S. Ball is a nationally renowned landscape painter known for her innovative use of watercolors in combination with textured ground and specialized surfaces. She received her BA in Art History and Studio Art from Colby College in Waterville, ME and continued her studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the Tyler School of Art. Deena’s work is exhibited extensively throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region, and can be found in issues of “Watercolor Artist” and annual publications of “Splash”. Amongst her most recent accolades are acceptance to the Plein Air Southwest Salon, first place in the Arts on the Avenue Gallery Landscape Show, the Daniel Smith Award at On Location: Artists at Brandywine, an honorable mention in the Small Works, Big Ideas – Beauty Gallery, Adirondack Award at the Saranac Lake Plein Air Festival, and being a featured Artist in Thos. Moser Philadelphia Showroom. She has participated in Bucks County Plein Air Festival, Castine Plein Air, Ocean Park Plein Air, Brandywine Plein Air and Farm to Table Plein Air festivals. Deena maintains an active career as a teaching artist for both adults and children. She also started a program at Wayne Art Center for adults with brain injuries. She is regularly invited to conduct workshops, classes and presentations for art centers and artist associations, such as the Community art Center, Wayne Art Center, Main Line Art Center, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen, Haverford Guild of Craftsmen, Delaware Valley Art League and the Howard Pyle Studio Group. Her workshops range from basic drawing to advanced and experimental watercolor techniques. Deena has been an artist in residence at the Please Touch Museum, Chester Charter School for the Arts, International School in Istanbul and the Erdenheim School. She was the founding art teacher at the St. James School in Philadelphia and is now mentoring the new art teacher. Deena is president of and a signature member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society. She is a signature member of The Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, and the Baltimore Watercolor Society, as well as a state juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. Deena is one of the founders and organizers of Farm to Table Plein Air: bringing art to the table which received a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts: Project Stream grant for 2017-2018. For more information regarding current exhibitions, upcoming shows, teaching engagements, and commissions, please visit www.deenasball.com

Sarah Baptist

Visual Arts: Painting

Sarah Baptist – Artist Statement The character and essence of city streets, alleys, train tracks and such, capture Sarah’s attention when she paints. She finds rhythms in the shapes of the urban landscape. Sarah finds the impact of man and nature co-existing a fascinating subject. Sarah is an urban landscape oil painter, who enjoys plein air painting. Being on location, responding and reacting to the light, color and atmosphere is a challenge and a joy. Recently, Sarah has started to use this plein air work, as well as many photos taken while out painting, to create larger urban landscapes and abstractions in her home studio. Sarah started out as a set designer because she loved creating the illusion of another world on the stage. That morphed into painting scenery for theater, opera and specialty events for 20+ years from Maine to Wisconsin to New Hampshire and finally Delaware. Now she creates worlds with oil paints rather than on the stage! Sarah is a self-taught artist. She has shown her work in numerous galleries in the area and has won a number of awards at regional plein air events. Sarah invites you to see more of her artwork at SarahBaptistArt.com and Instagram.com/sbaptistart

Siobhan Bedford

Visual Arts: Painting

Siobhan Bedford’s oil paintings, strive to capture the raw energy and complexity of creation, through explorations of rhythm in the chaos of flowing color. A bright focal point often emerges into ethereal atmospheres, revealing forms which are rooted in the earth’s elements and hint at a connection to the infinite. She paints sitting on the floor turning the canvas as she works. This allows a sense of floating above rather than the ordinary orientation of up and down. She sees painting as an extension of the self-revealing inner emotional energy states. It expresses a kind of consciousness in color and form that is both deeply personal yet finds a connection in viewers with a shared inner experience. She received her BFA, Illustration and Painting from Marywood College, Scranton, PA in 1995. Her most recent solo show “Emergence” was at the Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA in 2016. She has been participating in the Chester County Open Studio Tour since 2016. She shares her art making experience on her blog “Behind The Studio Door.” www.siobhanbedford.com

AMY BRUCKNER

Visual Arts: Mixed Media; Mosaics

Amy has always been involved with one art form or another, from pottery to watercolor painting but creating beautiful, original mosaics is what she loves to do most. She started out with ceramic tiles, moved on to glass which enables more intricate designs, then rocks (yes, rocks – she was a geologist in a former life) and now incorporates ceramic elements into her mosaics, a ceramic-mosaic mashup. Amy is a native of the Philadelphia suburbs, and began her career as a mosaic artist 13 years ago studying under Gina Hubler of Design Impact Studios of Miami. She continued honing her skills with award-winning mosaic artist Isaiah Zagar, best known for his brilliantly eclectic Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, as well as mosaic artists Cynthia Fisher, Laura Rendlen, Yulia Hanansen, Guilio Menossi and Rachel Sager. Amy works out of her home studio near Downingtown, PA, and teaches classes in the area. Her work has been shown in several juried art shows – Downingtown Fine Arts Festival 2106, Art in Autumn, Weaverville, NC 2015 and 2016, as well as galleries – Mala Galleria in Kennett Square, PA and Ivystone Studio in Downingtown, PA, and at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, PA.

Deb Delaney

Visual Arts: Illustration

Delaney Designs specializes in custom invitations, notecards & notepads, autograph books, Cubby Cards™, house and university drawings. What makes Delaney Designs fun is the ability of the client and designer to work together to create a personalized product for any occasion. We will draw just about anything you can dream up. All we need are photos, descriptions, and the text you’d like in your design, and we’ll do the rest. We also offer a line of Delaney Doodles, small hand-drawn icons that can be personalized with a name or other text on notecards, notepads, gift tags, or calling cards.

Shira Friedman

Visual Arts: Painting

I am a painter, living and working in Philadelphia. I received my B.F.A from Syracuse University and completed the Advanced Fine Arts Program at Studio Incamminati where I am currently a Fellow. My paintings reflect my belief that beauty is inherent in everyday people and objects.

Susanna W. Gold, PhD, Curator

Visual Arts: Film, Illustration, Mixed Media, Murals, Other, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture; video, installlation, new media

Susanna Gold is an art historian and curator on the Main Line with over 20 years of experience in the Greater Philadelphia art world. She works with private and corporate clients to build their collections, and organizes contemporary art exhibitions in museums, galleries, and other arts organizations. Her Bala Cynwyd gallery, NºBA Artspaces, offers rotating exhibitions with public receptions — all are invited to see new, cutting edge work by the area’s finest artists, re-visit work by familiar artists, and attend free programming events to connect with other collectors and art lovers. Please call, email, or visit to find out more about how to build your own collection for your home, office, or exterior spaces. NoBA Artspaces, 202 Bala Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004.

Linnie Greenberg

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Photography

I don’t know what compels me to get up each day and rifle though images and hand-painted papers to find the odds and ends I paste onto a canvas, board or piece of paper. I’m quite obsessed. I guess that selling vintage picturebooks for nearly two decades had a hand in this manic pursuit as I so love the illustrators of these books who greatly influenced my choice of subject matter – colorful, imaginary landscapes and creatures. Using painted papers and ephemera, I make whimsical worlds filled with critters, carnival whirligigs and joyous, playful people wearing funny hats and bow ties. If the result makes me laugh, I’m satisfied. If the result makes a viewer smile, I consider it a success. I’m playing photography. Oh my. What fun! Stephen Hawking said, “We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe.” I’m so grateful and cognizant of my one life and aim to fill it with laughter, love & fun. Making art is playful. It fills me with joy. It’s fun. It’s as simple as that.

Liz Griesser

Visual Arts: Painting

Liz Griesser is an Elverson, PA-based artist, and a member artist Oil Painters of America, Delaware Valley Art League, Artist Equity of Philadelphia, PAAG, and has been creating paintings of local scenes for over 10 years. She received an arts degree at Hussian School of Art (1986) and has run her own graphics company for over 30 years. Returning to her passion for painting 10 years ago, she studied with the Yellow Springs classes under David Knoecklin. Over the past few years, she has been in the Chester County Studio Tour, the Montgomery County Studio Tour, Brandywine Valley Plein Air, West Reading Plein Air, Philadelphia Sketch Club Between Two Rivers Plein Air, along with many juried competitions in the tri-state area. Traveling internationally over the past few years has given her a new appreciation of the incredible beauty of this area. With her paintings, she hopes to give others a view into her world and her love of animals. Her works are in numerous private collections throughout the Northeast regions of the United States.

Amy Iversen

Crafts: Jewelry; Visual Arts: Painting

I am a contemporary realist oil painter and metalsmith/enamelist working with sterling silver, fine silver and gold metals and semi-precious stones. I have an undergraduate degree from Towson State University in Studio Arts/Art History (1978) and a Master’s degree from the University of the Arts in Museum Studies (2004). I worked as an art conservation technician at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and volunteered at Winterthur/UDel Art Conservation program. I have been painting since the age of 9 and have studied at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia. I paint using the principles of Henry Hensche, a colorist with the Cape Cod School of Art. I am drawn to the impressionists and their interpretations of color and form. I took several metals and jewelry classes while attending Towson State and fell in love with enameling. It is an ancient craft that is currently being revived in a contemporary way. I love working with this medium and of creating small works of wearable art. I also work with sterling and fine silver, gold, and copper.

Jessica Libor

Visual Arts: Film, Illustration, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting

Born in 1987, Jessica Libor is from Philadelphia, PA and creates work that deal with fantasy, beauty, desire, nature, and feminine experience. Jessica also curates exhibitions through the pop-up gallery Era Contemporary. She has studied at the Florence Academy of Art, Grand Central Atelier and received her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2014. She currently divides her time between Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY. “Born in 1987, I spent my early years letting imagination run free; playing dress up and building fairy huts under the fruit orchards in the backyard. My earliest memory is with a pencil in my hand, drawing. My identity has always been as an artist. I received my Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2014. Since then I have been painting, curating and teaching. I am most inspired to capture portraits of humans and how we relate to the natural world around us. I strive to capture the energy in us that is so unique to each individual, but also universal; the elegant spark that unites all living things.” –Jessica Libor

Eileen Miller

Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting

I am an illustrator, paper doll artist, product designer and painter at my home studio, ERMiller Designs. I also have an online gift business called ArtLove Crate. Please visit my shops for gifts and paper dolls: https://www.etsy.com/shop/PaperDollsbyERMiller https://www.amazon.com/handmade/ArtLove-Crate https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtLoveCrate

Rinal Parikh

Visual Arts: Mixed Media; Indian Folk Inspired Paintings

Rinal is Bio-Chemist by profession and Artist by Passion. She draws on a childhood fascination with color and composition, portraying spontaneity and energy with saturated color in various media. Her subjects are influenced by life in India, and she studies the many different styles of Indian painting that vary from state to state: “Although they are from the same country,” she says, “they are very different from each other- I find it intriguing.” Rinal’s work has appeared in India in group exhibitions and on magazine covers. In the United States, she made her debut with a solo exhibit at The Creative Living Room in Swarthmore in 2009, and since then her work has been featured in many juried exhibits at venues like Demuth Art Museum, Rittenhouse Square Art Festival, Swarthmore Borough Hall, The Plastic club, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Wallingford Community Arts Center, Mainline Art Center, Chester County Art Association, Art Association of Harrisburg to name the few. Rinal has won several awards for her work including Loos award for Works on Paper at The Philadelphia Sketch Club and 1st place award for watercolor at Art Association of Harrisburg to name the few. She does Artist talks for adults on Indian folk art and her modern take on them. Recently, Rinal’s work has been published in Magazine like Philadelphia Stories and Rathalla Review. She teaches children’s and adult watercolor classes in Swarthmore.

Denise Pettit

Crafts: Jewelry, Other; Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Other

Denise Pettit is a local designer who makes colorful, fun, affordable jewelry, accessories, and mixed-media art. She participates in indoor juried shows in the suburban Philadelphia area throughout the and also has jewelry for sale at Xtra 101, a popular boutique in Ambler, PA.

Susan (Cloud Nine Painter) Reiser

Visual Arts: Painting

Susan Reiser, known as Cloud Nine Painter, is a professional artist in Malvern, PA. Susan paints with acrylic and oils and her practiced technique conveys a sense of peace and calm that we feel with the natural environment. Currently accepting commissions.

Sarah Ring-Kurtz

Crafts: Ceramics

Pottery has always been a passion of mine, a journey that began many years ago. Due to professional demands and life in general, that passion felt like a guilty pleasure that could only be indulged occasionally and was even relegated to long periods of hibernation. After deciding to leave my career in academia and clinical research, it was high time to get my hands back into clay with zeal. Most of my work is thrown on the wheel, sometimes with the accents of carving and/or hand-building. I create forms both functional and artistic with many mediums of clay, from dark earthenware, to stoneware, to porcelain. For me, working with clay is mesmerizing, challenging, therapeutic, inspirational, and ever-evolving. I find that I lose myself in the process as time zooms by, and at the end I have a creation to show for my effort. It is not always what I set out to make, but it is what the clay wanted to be. Sometimes we just have to listen to the clay… SRK Pottery has been shown and made available for purchase in galleries in the Philadelphia and Gettysburg areas of Pennsylvania. SRK Pottery can also be viewed via Instagram at @srkpottery

Jeff Schaller

Visual Arts: Painting

I paint using things that already exist, this is what feels true to me. I need to reflect on culture, past and present, as an arbiter of interpretation. Others have created and have only touched on, merely scratched the surface. I then explore the subtle nuances of language and life. I need to explore, as I begin to paint, I let my mind wander into a free association. I define my oeuvre with compositions, which are provocative and whimsical. It is my intent to propel the viewer into scenes of seemingly unrelated subjects, contained within a captivating and complex sonatas. The simultaneous expressions are pop and edgy, esoteric and direct, unrelated and curiously similar, creating a visual language of paradox and juxtaposition. I want to provoke an emotional response from the viewer. That is why I paint.

Lynnette Shelley

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Painting

Lynnette Shelley is an award-winning Pennsylvania artist specializing in contemporary mixed media animal and nature paintings. Having a great love of wildlife, patterns and archetypes, Shelley fuses these influences into her strikingly unique artworks. Her highly detailed and complex compositions are created using a sophisticated process developed from a buildup of multiple layers incorporating techniques in both drawing and painting – from crosshatching to ink splatter to linear painting. Some of Shelley’s work (her “fauxsaic” paintings) also incorporates elements of collage in which she adds hand-colored and cut watercolor paper to the artwork in a process that resembles mosaic tile. Shelley’s animal and nature themed artworks have been displayed nationally as well as regionally at museums, art galleries and other venues. In 2021, Shelley was awarded “Master Artisan” status by the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. Originally from Delaware, Shelley lives in Ambler, Pennsylvania, and maintains a private studio in Norristown.

Lynn Snyder

Visual Arts: Painting

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I was always interested in drawing and painting. I briefly attended the Philadelphia College of Art (now called the University of the Arts) and The Art Institute of Philadelphia. Unsatisfied with my progress after years of trial and error, I enrolled in the Advanced Fine Art Program at Studio Incamminati to obtain classical drawing and painting skills in representational art. Access to internationally recognized teachers and award winning professional artists such as Leona Shanks, Natalie Italiano, Lea Wight, Steve Early, Darren Kingsley, Kerry Dunn and Dan Thompson, have allowed me to gain the tools I needed to pursue career as a fine artist. Currently, I am a fellow at Studio Incamminati where I maintain a studio. Exhibitions & Awards 2017 Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, PA 2017 Honorable Mention, Beauty Arts, Newtown Square, PA 2016-2017 Union League of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 2015 Freeman’s Auction House, Philadelphia, PA

Wendy Wagner

Visual Arts: Painting

My aim as an artist is to strive for honesty. I believe it is key for communication through portrait, figure, or still life; to capture what is sincere and felt. I am inspired by interactions with people, and objects of personal meaning. Most of my portraits are alla prima, because I like the idea of preserving one moment with the model. Through still life, I can infuse meaning with seemingly random objects. I received my B.F.A. in Painting from Moore College of Art and Design. To further my studies, I completed the Advanced Fine Art Program at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, where I am currently a fellow.

Judy Wolinsky

Visual Arts: Photography

My prints reflect the way I see the world. From an abandoned building to a funny little praying mantis, I see the challenge of capturing the essence of my subject. Some of my prints are straight out of the camera, and others I have added textures to create the mood of how I envision the subject. Sometimes I get really inspired and create a composite print from several of my images. Regardless of the creative path I take, it is all driven from the passion I have for photography. I live in Thornton, Pennsylvania with my husband. Currently retired from my full time job as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist. My favorite pastimes are photography, gardening and reading. I have been into photography since a very young age. Every new advancement in the field of photography has offered a great challenge and learning experience. My main focus in photography is landscapes and nature. I love the challenge of photographing the breathtaking moments around us. From the little hummingbirds in my gardens to the majestic sunset down by the beach. To be able to capture a moment in time is exhilarating for me–it is my passion.

Scott Woyak

Visual Arts: Illustration, Painting

My artwork reflects intensity and strength. Pen and ink is an ideal medium for this purpose. Pure black sharply contrasted with white creates potential for direct and classical imagery. I enjoy the challenge of producing various textures and emotions using only the most basic tools: a black pen mark. I am currently exploring additional mediums with the intent of capturing the human spirit and my own personal journey. You can track my progress as I grow at Studio Incamminati through my Instagram account: @scottwoyakart. I am learning to draw the figure first using charcoal, then grisaille, and eventually full color. As I evolve, my resulting artwork will become an outlet for the fire that burns within. Let’s do this thing! – Scott Woyak

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