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Local Color: Robin Crowley is a people person

Robin Crowley, a Doylestown-area artist for nearly 50 years, likes painting people. “When I was in kindergarten or so, I drew my brother with red hair pushing a lawn mower.

Some artists follow a straight line to their career; others travel a more colorful route. Matt DeProspero’s first- and second-grade teachers recognized his talent and had him decorate the …

What Makes Helena van Emmerik-Finn successful?

“At four years old, I knew I wanted to be an artist! My sister drew and I wanted to do that too.” Helena van Emmerik-Finn’s early intention had to wait for junior high and then high school when …

Shawn Campbell is Naturally Expressive

“I always want to keep learning!” exclaims Shawn Campbell, an experienced sculptor with a studio in Milford, NJ. She is all about the future. “I have to evolve,” she says. You can tell from …

Local Color: Lynn Levin is Writing for Her Life

“As a child, I was encouraged to write poems and rhymes. I found it fun. It gave me the greatest pleasure,” Lynn Levin recounted. This early spur has been life-shaping. At last count, the …

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“It’s in him, and it got to come out,” bluesman John Lee Hooker sang, and Perkasie-based photographer Reed Mitchell says that’s how he feels about his artistic impulses. For him, there’s …

LOCAL COLOR: Reed Mitchell follows his intuition

“It’s in him, and it got to come out,” bluesman John Lee Hooker sang, and Perkasie-based photographer Reed Mitchell says that’s how he feels about his artistic impulses. For him, there’s …

LOCAL COLOR: Janet Schuler is a Pet’s Best Friend

“How much do I love drawing and making art? I get mad when I have to give up even an hour or so to make my family dinner! That’s how much.” Warrington’s Janet Borroccini Schuler makes it crystal clear that …

Christi Hetrick lets the paintings find her

Bucks County native, fine artist and graphic designer Christi Hetrick chooses joy. She finds inspiration in farmlands hemmed in by trees, covered bridges, fields, barns, farm implements, and the …

LOCAL COLOR: Pat Proniewski always looks on the light side of life

When you look at a landscape painting, perhaps you see a meadow, trees and maybe a building. But what did the artist see? What made her want to paint that particular scene? “For me, it’s always …

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