Artists

"One of my earliest memories is of my being fascinated by the afternoon sunlight shining through the leaves of the old willow oak tree in our backyard. The limbs were low, at my eye level, and I could see so many shades of green through the overlapping leaves. Butterflies, bugs and flowers amazed me, too. I loved the outdoors and One who made it all.

I try to express my appreciation for God's creations with my watercolors. It has been both a privilege and fun to work with Ink & Join and their fine products.

Recently, I have married a pastor and moved from the East coast to the great Northwest. I am discovering huge mountains, towering fir trees, giant roses, loaded fruit trees and Stellar jays! Yet, much is the same, I think chickadees and gardeners are everywhere.

We travel a lot and are able to see many farms and barns with a variety of farm animals and other wildlife grazing in the pastures. "

"O Lord, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches." (Psalm 104:24 KJV)

Bonnie spent 30 years living on her family's horse farm in upstate New York. While her first love was horses, she always had an interest in art. If she wasn’t riding horses, she was sketching them. When the barn closed in 2000 and her youngest son began kindergarten, she began something she hadn't done for more than 20 years - paint. Life on the farm, the mountains, valleys, and historic villages that surround it, give her unlimited ideas.

Bonnie's paintings can be seen at juried craft shows, and galleries as well as on calendars, jigsaw puzzles, greeting cards, framed prints, and needlepoint. Her work has appeared in and on the covers of magazines and catalogs such as The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles, Early American Life, Berkshire Green and Berkshire Home & Style. Since 2006, she has been selected every year by "Early American Life's" magazine for their Directory of Traditional Crafts Holiday Directory. In 2007 Bonnie was chosen to design an ornament for the Blue Room Christmas tree. It remains in the White House's permanent collection.

Bonnie and her husband, Scott, reside on her family's Spring Gait Farm with their two cats, Mitty and Scooter and their dog Marley.

Dan Campanelli, in all facets of everyday live, subscribe completely to the traditional American aesthetic expressed his paintings, that he’s so able to convey and reaffirm the simple, luminous beauty of their subjects.

For nearly a quarter century, from his little stone house near Finesville, a few miles south of Phillipsburg near the Musconetcong River, Dan produced a succession of work which has come to be admired across America and around the world.

Much of the subject matter for his work lay literally within a stone's throw of his home; and all within an hour's drive. This is where he came to be near the subjects he loves to paint. In his hands, plainness transforms to crystal clarity, and austerity becomes majesty, evoking a powerful response from an expansive audience.

Powerful indeed. The chord he struck elevated their sales past one million sometime over the last decade. A Campanelli image is something you're likely to recognize, though the name may be one you're learning for the first time.

Even though Dan has passed; his legacy has remained a constant with his wife Marty and she continually keeps his work front and center within the art community.

Terry Kirkland Cook is a fine artist, a professional photographer and an all-around deep thinking energetically creative individual. She delights in the creative process and is humbly thankful for the many gifts God has entrusted her with. She was a licensed Interior Designer for 32 years with a name sake firm and while very sought after and successful she always yearned for the true passions of once again pursuing her original focus in the Fine Arts.

She completely changed that focus and direction a few years ago and relocated to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. It is here that this constant calling to the arts could be rekindled. In this new place she could be still and in the stillness see and hear our Creator's magnificence with new eyes, ears and heart. It was as if she was able to quietly absorb this stunning beauty for the first time. Here, surrounded by and inspired by horses and their inspirational majesty, she could renew and awaken all her creative energies. She and her family are able to shepherd a gentle breed of magical horses that have inspired every breath she takes toward her artistic passions. These horses have brought her to a new beginning point. A refocusing on what really is important and so often overlooked. A re-evaluating of priorities of the heart and the soul.

Here every day is viewed with a new importance and every ray of sunlight, every breeze and every season is embraced, studied and celebrated
with humble gratitude. She and her family raise and nurture many creatures and have so enjoyed the simple and natural lifestyle they have in the beautiful countryside. " We are so blessed! I thank the Lord for the gifts of these animals, this place and what each have brought forth in me. I am eternally thankful, exuberantly creative and deeply inspired because of Him..."

On a small farm in Pennsylvania, Terri lives with her husband in a restored farmhouse. She draws her inspiration from the farm animals and various perennial gardens throughout the property. Her familiarity with her subjects is apparent in her detailed paintings. Terri has 25 years of graphic design experience which has a strong influence in her sign work. She enjoys painting on vintage wood panels, shutters, and cupboard doors. On weekend excursions to antique shops and flea markets, Terri picks up one of a kind pieces to paint on. She paints with acrylics which make her original works suitable for indoor and outdoor use.

You can read more about Terri on her website: http://terripalmersigns.com/