Studio Artists
Our studio artists come from a wide range of backgrounds and styles. Browse their individual listings to learn more about them individually.
Studio 1
Carole Jolly
Carole is a painter of people, landscapes, objects, and abstracts. She joined the Art Hive as part of living a creative life, and to experiment with new ideas and processes with other artists.
"I paint my internal world, my experience, as much as I paint the external world. My paintings reveal the vibrant color I feel as I connect to what I see."
Studio 2
Newt Lynn
Studio 3
Sallie Cross Shore
My Paintings often reflect that of emotion, combining thought-provoking Wonder. My work falls under expressionist, abstract and surrealism. Although my paintings tend to be colorful, the subject matter may be that of thoughtfulness and uncertainty. My intension is to get people wondering and thinking. If I somehow provoke and emotion in the viewer, I have done my job.
Listening to music while I create can have a tremendous impact on the outcome of my paintings, thus, the eclectic style due to my love of many genres of music.
My Studio 3 provides an inspiring environment for me to be amongst other artists as well as greet the public wandering into the Art Hive to explore.
contact me at crosssallie@yahoo.com
928-451-2490
Studio 4 - Pat Warwick
Studio 5
Jeff Daverman
Studio 6
SwigART Studio
by Anna Swigart
SwigArt Studio is the studio home of acrylic painter Anna Swigart. She is a contemporary artist who paints with a retro flare. Anna is inspired by the great artists Edward Hopper and Norman Rockwell and many of her paintings can leave you with a frivolous and joyful mood.
Anna typically paints on canvas, but you may also see her rock art displayed throughout Prescott’s City nature trails and parks.
Stop by and chat with the Artist at the Art Hive Mon-Wed 12-2pm or any fourth Friday Artwalk OR you can reach Anna directly via the information below.
928-864-8748 | annaswig@gmail.com
Celeste Holly
Celeste Holly is a self-taught jewelry artist who began her exploration of jewelry making in 2004. It all started with taking a jewelry class and evolved into becoming an artist and teacher in her own right. Celeste does basic bead work, wire wrapping and detailed beaded pendants, earrings, bracelets, and belts. She uses quality materials like semi-precious stones, sterling silver and Myuki seed beads. Most of her patterns have developed into original designs and beautiful expressions of her artistry.
Celeste shares space with Anna Swiegert in Studio 6. She can be found in the studio on Tuesday or Wednesday by appointment and during open hours most often on Thursday, during events and Fourth Friday Art Walk. She also enjoys being there on Friday – Sunday as time permits.
Celeste enjoys teaching basic beading, wire wrapping and basic bead stitching. Look for upcoming classes at the Hive or you can schedule a class for groups in outside settings.
Contact Information:
Phone: (920)858-2966
Email: ccholly@gmail.com
Studio 7
Dawn Reeves Elliot
I’m a collector at heart, who loves tinkering with things and ultimately changing them up. I originally secured Studio 7 at the Art Hive to create garments out of antique linens. To conjure up something new out of something old. To surround myself with choice vintage treasures, and have the space to spread out and work with my hands, which literally feeds my soul.
So far, I’ve been focusing on my wood and metal Alter Ego Mexicana folk art assemblages and my hand-embellished Stitchery Doo Dah denim and linen pieces.
Sometime soon, I intend to embark on the vintage fabric projects. But for now, this is my playroom…nestled in beside other inspiring artists…full of passion and endless possibilities.
Studio 8
Carol Russell
Figure, still life, and landscape painter
I work primarily in oils. In my Art Hive studio, I am immersed in exploring narrative painting. I find my subjects in our community and on the land. What gives each of us a sense of connection and a feeling of belonging to a place?
I began my creative life as an architect, then worked for many years as a sculptor, before becoming a painter. This background shapes how I paint; often it is the structure, volume, interrelationships, and contrasting light and shadow of a composition that get my attention.
My work can be found at the Art Hive and Van Gogh’s Ear Fine Art Gallery on Whiskey Row.
Studio 9
Aurora OBrien
Gina Foreste
Michaela Carter
I’m an oil painter and a writer of novels. For me, the two go hand in hand. I especially love the way that painting frees me from words and thought. I joined the Hive for inspiration and to further my commitment to making art. I work from my imagination and find joy in the discoveries and surprises which accompany the process of creation. My inspirations include the painters Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini, and I am a great admirer of Hilma af Klint.
Michaelacarter.com
Studio 19 - Janel Garza
Interconnection, transformation, and cyclical systems found throughout micro and macrocosms inspire my creative practice. As a self taught painter and trained herbalist, my curiosity for botany, holistic ecology, and modernist architecture direct my compositions. By utilizing abstract geometric symbolism and patterns in my compositions, I can give form to thoughts and feelings that are insufficiently expressed through language. The clean line work and soft muted tones of my color palette help to create a sense of balance and harmony throughout the work.
I aim to take the audience from a thinking analytical perspective to a feeling intuitive sense of perception. The goal of my work is to bring forth the numinous nature of all things and counteract the disenchantment of daily modern life.
Janel Garza Studio 19
JanelJuliaGarza.com
@Janel_Garza
Studio 11
Steve Mason
Learning to paint what I see has been my goal since high school. I focused on the aesthetic, the psychological, and in the past twenty years, on brain processing, trying to understand better how I process what comes through my eyes. The recent original dye-infused aluminum prints seen at the studio stem from the drastic manipulation of snapshots of family and close friends. The beauty I find using the computer is not a natural one, yet it draws me in and takes me to places I could never have dreamed of, allowing me a platform to challenge the effects of algorithmic thinking.
I work an image in Photoshop until I find a visual connection with my feelings and on-going events, usually through color and gestural shape. I develop a series that allows me, through drastic abstraction, to discover hitherto never before conceived of imagery that traces its roots back to the original photo. Much of the resulting imagery is reduced to a system of colored pixelated shapes and lines, a somewhat disconcerting melding of deep emotion with technology.
Studio 12
Anna Fallon
I am a landscape painter using oil paints. I also photograph, landscapes and use those as templates for a painting , or print and frame them as stand alone art.
Color is a joy to me. I see color in the landscape that other people may not see. Yes, I am an impressionist.
Studio 13 -
Coleen Bornschegel
I am a collage mixed media artist and printmaker with interests in zero waste spaces and repurposing used supplies and materials to create new art.
I create my work based on materials and colors available along with what I am inspired by visually - usually nature and stunning scapes or concepts of our world.
I like to play with different materials and spin my endless idea machine, but what I love most is to create space for others to be creative - for me, that’s where real magic happens.
Here is my media info:
Info@mcvariety.com
WEBSITE PENDING
www.mcvariety.com
Megan Merchant
Megan Merchant (she/her) is the owner of www.shiversong.com and holds an M.F.A. degree from UNLV. She is a visual artist who enjoys creating mixed media pieces for cover image art, gallery display, and as part of the Embedded Art Program at the FOUND:RE in Phoenix, Az. She is also, most recently, the author of “A Slow Indwelling” (Harbor Publications) and “Hortensia, in winter” (Winner of the New American Poetry Prize).
Studio 14
Joshua Broadbent
Looking at the universe to see if there's anything there.
“Accept the good and bad in yourself. Empathize with and respect others. You cannot receive what you do not give.”
Studio 15 - Kaleigh Kennedy and Jacob Armand
Studio 16 - Lisa Griest
I have been making, studying, and collecting dolls, puppets, and other figures for over twenty years. The word dollimmediately calls to mind a kind of saccharine childhood toy; but dolls can also evoke feelings of strangeness, uncanniness, even dread. Along those lines, someone once told me that my dolls scared her. I'll take that as a compliment (though it was not meant as one). I let my imagination lead the way, and it’s not always pretty.
I’ll use any material at hand. I recently found an old zipper on the ground that makes perfect teeth for some of my puppets (after washing it, of course!). My primary materials are paper clay, wood, encaustic, and oil paint.
Why dolls? People often ask me that. I think I am drawn to creating them because even dolls not made for children are a nod to childhood—to that rare and tragic (because it is so brief) time when, to quote Thales, the world is alive, has soul in it, and is full of gods.
IG: #lisagriestart
Gary Griest - Calabooza Press
Apart from the work of Joseph Cornell and Robert Parke-Harrison, Gary Griest’s photomontages were inspired by Goya’s Caprichos and Aby Warburg’s Mnemosyne Atlas (which functions as an analog montage of culture and even as a way of thinking). Although most cut-and-paste compositions are now digital, Griest was influenced by John Heartfield’s now classic agit-Dada techniques. Unlike Heartfield, however, who described himself as a non-artist photomonteur, Griest’s intentions are not limited to a Photoshop’d disregard for aesthetic categories. Rather, attentive of the “crisis of representation” in the visual arts, he sees montage as a method of picturing the “psychical latencies and symptomal explosions” of contemporary life.
Studio 17
Laurie Silver
An artist working in multiple mediums including stained glass, handmade books and paper arts, textile dyeing, mixed media, and Zentangle drawing, which she is certified to teach. She is inspired by color, pattern, and design as her creative process unfolds organically.
Phone 650-787-4170
Email musthavepurple@gmail.com
Studio 18
Damian Nunez
Damian Daniels is at Prescott based oil painter originally from Illinois and Missouri, whose creative path was sparked by solitude and deepened through meditation. His work explores his attention between modern disconnection and ancient inner wisdom drawing from spiritual insight and the subconscious through vivid symbolic imagery, Damian invites viewers to return to stillness reconnect with the inner world and move through life with greater clarity, balance and intention
Studio working hours: Deep in the night when no one is around.
website :
DamianDaniels.com
Insta: @damiandaniels
A best way to contact me: 4174964502 or dm me via insta
Studio 19
Currently available for rent
Studio 20
Toyful Toy Shoppe
by Brad James & Alice Ross
Toyful is a magical, whimsical toy shoppe where people of all ages, especially children, can find something unique and exciting to brighten their day. Our goal is to inspire creativity, interactivity, and the use of all senses and intelligences. Our belief is that play is an important part of learning, developing, and living which are achieved with access to new and nostalgic toys and games that connect generations and inspire tradition.
Toyful hopes to inspire local artisans (woodworkers, leatherworkers, fiber artists, 3D print artists, etc.) in creating unique toys. We hope to provide an expanding locally-sourced inventory for our shoppe visitors to enjoy!
Shoppe Hours: Wednesday through Monday, 10:00am - 6:00pm. Closed Tuesdays.
Studio 23
Omniversal Love Exchange
by B.E.Long
Medium: refuse and natural material.
Goal: convince the rest that this is already heaven. At the art hive to be amongst other lovelies doing the same.
Creative process: my lifestyle. My studio will be used as the headquarters for the Omniversal Love Exchange as well as an empathy pod for those in need and deemed worthy of complete attention. Amongst many, many other things. Essentially a constantly changing installation/ office/ gallery /library in the sky.
Studio 24
Framing by Clementine
Clementine Giordano
Custom Picture Framing has been my livelihood for over 40 years I’ve always considered framing as a function of practicality Housing of an object of art Having a shop/studio at the ART HIVE has brought a new dimension to the world of framing for me Where framing becomes an art Simple or elaborate, silk or cardboard, glass or plastic, wood or metal, large or small — you name it, I’ll frame it.
Services: Basic Framing Conservation framing, archival quality materials and procedures Textiles Shadowboxes, collections and 3 dimensional works Canvas floater Frames, Gallery Wrapped Canvases Repairs and refreshing of older pieces, upgrading glass for UV protection Custom mirrors Children’s Artwork Encouragement of recycled frames
Shop Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 12-5:00pm. Preferred hours available by appointment (contact info below).
Studio 25 - Cloud Oakes
I began creating the Art Hive in January of 2023 and have a vested interest in creating a sustainable and thriving art community of varied artists in the Hive. I am thrilled to put two passions, art and community, under one roof and this is one dynamic duo!
In addition to being the Art Hive Director I am also a figurative oil painter. I have studied with Paul Abbott and Steve Mason for many years and use my figurative work to express my own life process on the panel. My work is always evolving according to my current curiosities and life experiences but remains a telling of my exploration into self, emotions, and my interpersonal relationships.
Infinitecloudoakes.com
Studio 26 - Scott Gust
Scott Gustke is a fine art digital artist whose work explores the intersection of technology and human emotion through
richly textured compositions and immersive visual storytelling. By blending classic art principles with contemporary digital techniques
Scott's work attempts to evoke a sense of timelessness while engaging with the aesthetic language of the digital age.
Drawing from a diverse range of influences including surrealism, architecture, natural and supernatural forms, Scott's creative process
begins with a vision which is then made manifest through meticulous digital manipulation using tools such as, Adobe Creative Suite, Lightroom
Illustrator, 3D Modeling Platforms, Open Source AI Tools, Compositing Software and Custom Trained Diffusion Models.
email: scottgustke@gmail.com tel: 928 856 2321
Studio 26 - Janet Bontrager
I'm Janet Bontrager, and I'm a SEWIST, which means that I love sewing and creating things with fabric and fiber. I am also a Theater director and guitarist. Creating art in any form brings me closer to the universal source, and when I sew, I find myself in my ultimate happy place. I do not do alterations.
Studio 25 - Jenny T
Jenny T. is an art instructor, therapeutic art teacher, and an elementary art teacher.
Jenny is also a watercolor, mixed media, acrylic, collage artist and illustrator.
She also loves running in the forest