Our Artists
Randy Brienen
Randy Brienen is a self-taught artist working in acrylic. He favors an impressionistic and abstract style, using vibrant colors and bold textures as creative interpretations of his subjects and surroundings. Randy serves on Lemoyne Center for the Visual Arts board of directors and is the current Vice President of the Tallahassee Area Watercolor Society.
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Thornton Kirby
It was Thornton Kirby’s love of the underwater world that inspired him to capture nature’s wonder on film. His travel allowed him to explore new subjects above and below the waterline. From the intricate details of an Arizona Agave plant to the historic wrought iron of Charleston, it’s no wonder Thornton’s work has changed viewers’ perspectives.
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Debra Brienen
Debra Brienen is a self-taught artist working in acrylic. Her work typically expresses the joy and happiness she finds in living, favoring idyllic moments, real or remembered, home landscape, nature, and florals. Her work has been exhibited in many juried shows and received the “People’s Choice” award for the Lemoyne’s 2008 Pillars Project. Debra, a cancer survivor, donates a portion of each sale to the prevention and treatment of cancer.
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Phil Gleissner
Phil Gleissner is a Fine Art Photographer with over 15 years experience specializing in Floral photography. His images are unique in perspective, color, and lighting, and present ordinary subjects in a unique manner without being overtly abstract. Phil’s goal in creating a photograph is to convey a positive feeling to the viewer, whether that be simply of beauty, or of calm, or wonder. Phil resides in North Central Indiana and does a lot of his photography there, in fact, many of the Floral images in this portfolio were taken of flowers growing in his own garden.
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Karen Willes
Karen is an avid nature photographer from Tallahassee, Florida, who has photographed plants, animals, natural features, landscapes, and seascapes from coast to coast, including Alaska. Her images, recognized in juried shows and photography contests, have been included in publications and websites for wildlife conservation organizations.
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Marguerite J Foxon
Marguerite hails from “Downunder”, having grown up and lived in New Zealand and Australia. Although always interested in photography, Marguerite became serious about it in 2006, and then discovered macro photography. Since then she has developed her own signature style of macro abstract photography, particularly based on shots of dumpsters.
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Byron Jorjorian
A fine art photographer who has been capturing the natural world on film for over 30 years. With over 170,000 images on file, his photographs have been published nationally in calendars, magazines, posters and advertising.
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Clark Carroll
Award-winning artist Clark Carroll studied Painting and Art History at Drake University and was conferred a BFA degree in 1972. His work favors realistic interpretations of landscapes in the United States and its surrounding areas, building drama with use of light. His art reflects a variety of styles, depicting places seen in quiet moments, away from the everyday confusion of Life.
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Emily Chapman
Emily Chapman’s work communicates the simple elegance and natural serenity of landscapes all over the country…an old rickety shed affront a silhouette of mountains in Montana to a gray dilapidated bridge over a bubbling creek in Georgia. Since 2003, Emily has transformed herself from business woman to artist and has refined her eye for beauty. Her art invites you to see the country through her eyes, to see the natural beauty most often overlooked.
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