We represent some of the finest artists in the mid-west in a variety of media including oil, watercolor, acrylic, linocut and woodcut prints, graphite, mixed media and sculpture. Many of these artists are featured in special shows in our upstairs gallery during the year.
BEN AGBEE
Ben Agbee is one of the most successful artists of Ghana. His acrylic paintings are in vibrant and earthy colors that often border on abstracts of figures, images and symbols. He is also known for his pen and ink and watercolor paintings.
BONNIE ARMSTRONG
Bonnie Armstrong is a traditional watercolorist who paints representational work with an emphasis on reflected light. A graduate of MSU, Bonnie has taught art on many levels and has won awards in National watercolor shows including Watercolor USA.
ABBIE BAHNEMANN
Abbie Bahnemann paints in both oils and watercolor/oil pastels. Images from nature provide the basis for her work. She uses powerful colors and varying qualities of light and bold value contrasts, always working for an element of mystery and drama.
Dean Curtis
Dean Curtis has over 40 years of experience as a photojournalist. Dean was a long time photo editor of the Springfield News-Leader and was inducted into the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame in 2015. He has been photographing the four herds of the wild horses of Shannon County Missouri since 2010.
KAREN DEEDS
Karen Deeds works in a variety of media, but watercolor is her favorite medium. She is a former high school art teacher and continues to teach adult classes and workshops.
RELIQUE DORCIS
Relique Dorcis is from the African state of Togo. He is particularly interested artistic traditions of Northeast and Southeast Africa. Relique sculpts in ebony and paints in a variety of media. His work reflects diverse cultures from his travels to many countries.
DEBY GILLEY
Deby Gilley works in the ancient art of printmaking. She is known for her woodcut and linocut prints and has been honored with many awards for her work. She is a retired adjunct professor of art at SBU in Bolivar, Missouri as well as director of the Driskill Gallery.
Mary Hamilton
Mary is a Springfield artist who paints large canvases in acrylic and pen and ink. Mary taught elementary and high school art for fifteen years in Springfield. She has been juried into two of the MOAK exhibitions at Springfield Art Museum and has created local advertisement and event posters.
JIM HECK
James C. (Jim) Heck, a Wyoming native, grew up surrounded by the rugged beauty of the mountains and the harsh plateaus of the high plains, which has heavily influenced his art. Heck carves and turns limestone and marble found and quarried in Missouri such as Phenix Marble, Ozark Southern Stone.
CINDY KOPENHAFER
Cindy Kopenhafer is a very versatile artist working in pastel, oil, silk and batik. She grew up in Montana and received her art and education degree from Western Montana College. The Ozarks are now Cindy's home, but the Montana wilderness still inspires some of her art.
Rita Orr
Rita Orr is an artist from Camdenton, Missouri. She uses heat transfer process to transfer her serigraphs to tiles featuring women in bright colors.
LINDA PASSERI
Linda Passeri is originally from Rochester, NY and now resides in Springfield, MO. She sculpts Steampunk Creatures, usually cats and birds with added found objects. Linda also paints mostly in acrylic. She has worked as a sign painter, muralist and graphic artist.
DAVID PLANK
With a lifelong passion for birds and a desire to translate that passion into art, David Plank creates award-winning watercolor paintings of Missouri birds. His work may be found at Springfield MO. Art Museum, as well as in many publications.
Cindy Quayle
Cindy Quayle has an extensive backgrou8nd in art history and fine art. Her love of Realism and Old Masters styles is reflected in her detailed architecture, landscape, portrait, and traditional still life paintings. Presently Cindy is the Exhibitions Manager at the Springfield Art Museum. Cindy paints almost exclusively in oil.
PATTY RIOS
Patty Rios works primarily in pastel and watercolor, but also enjoys oils, acrylics and colored pencil. Patty spent 28 years as a gemologist and goldsmith, but has turned to her creative roots and paints with focus on the environment whether it is a landscape, nightscape, cityscape or still life.
SUE SHIELDS
Sue Shields has been an artist for over 35 years, working in a variety of media. She is a member of the Oil Painters of America and has had her work selected for the cover of Springs Magazine, Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas. She works mainly in pastel and oil.
Brenda Viveiros
Brenda started her painting by painting theatre sets and murals in both Springfield and Branson MO. Brenda likes to capture tiny life moments in her watercolor and acrylic paintings.
STEPHANIE WITTE
Stephanie Witte is a Missouri artist who works in both pen and ink and mixed media. She has taught art and english in public and private schools and now devotes all of her time to creating her art.