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Spokane Creators

Drawing in Visual Art

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Heather March

I believe that art can and should be accessible to everyone.

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Sandra Kunkel

Sandra’s artwork is mainly cartoon/anime based.

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Ava Anderson

I have a varying range of mediums, including acrylics, oils, markers, and all types of digital art.

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Ari Raena

Like how a spider delicately spins an intricate web, Ari utilizes line and texture in her work to craft an image that not only tells a story but also elicits emotion from the viewer.

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Keith Harrop

Life can be so hard for us all sometimes. I want to bring something new and magical to people. Bring back a sense of wonderment and charm.

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Em Jackson (Marilyn Jackson Runyan)

There is some paranoia in my work, but also a lot of irony, and some (dark) humor.

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T Kurtz

T has been working in soft pastels for approximately 15 years. She is looking forward to the future as she continues in her medium.

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Bernadette Beeman

I enjoy exploring abstract acrylic work, sharpening my hyper-realism pencil skills, and growing in overall creativity.

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Brittany Anderson

I make sure to only create what I am passionate to make, with my heart and soul. Art creates reality!

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Blue Klein

I love drawing with graphite and charcoal, and nothing makes me more excited than the opportunity to cover a wall with a mural.

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Megan Martens-Haworth

I am a painter, drawer, printmaker, and occasional ceramic sculptor.

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Gordon Henry

Ledger Art original drawings and collages, commission orders, pencil drawings , airbrushing and acrylic painting and mixed media

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Rachel E Strauch

Rachel's work uses nature, the human body, and intense complimentary colors to depict themes of mental health, growth, and vulnerability.

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Jane Sutherland-Farstrider

My work has taken many directions and evolved as much as I have over the years.

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Megan Jones

I create original, hand drawn pieces with abstract designs and bright colors to instill happiness and peace. Each creation is meticulously drawn, colors are carefully chosen and a clear gloss finish is added for shine and protection.

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Olyvia Babinski

Olyvia creates cartoons, characters for book illustrations, and home décor using upcycled items.

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Karen Sutula

I am a children's book author and illustrator. My process is to sketch on paper then draw in Adobe Illustrator and finishing up with lighting and details in Adobe Photoshop. I have recently started using Procreate also. I have 2 books with 3 more in the works.

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Steve Merryman

Steve Merryman is a writer, artist, and retired graphic designer living a reclusive life in the forests near the WA/Idaho border.

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Gareth Scott

Artist with visionary and unique artworks, which portray emotions, impressions, and stories with a classical style.

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Star Belina Ryan

I love to draw just about anything but I specialize in Portraits and nature with surrealistic undertones. I am a multimedia artist working with watercolors, graphite pencil, color pencil, acrylic, oil paint, Copic markers and digital art.

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Crystal L Buck

She is inspired by artistic creations that focus on her Native roots, modern art techniques, Zentangle, vibrant and various uses of colors, lines and patterns.

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Lenora Jesus Lopez Schindler

Lenora J. Lopez Schindler is a multi-material artist. Her work includes painting and drawings using layers of oil paint, spray paint, watercolor on traditional painting grounds and sometimes surfaces of sculptures. She has shown regionally and nationally.

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Ari October

Ari dabbles in many art styles and media, wanting to try everything at least once.

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Skylar Sypher

Hello, I do visual arts, such as portraits, sketches, murals, paintings, and ETC. As a minor, and someone who is rather in-experienced upon events alike as this, it is difficult to get my work to where people can see it. Please take time to check out my work!!

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Slava Demin

Slava has been creating artworks since he was a child and went through a very interesting life. His style might be called “Russian avant-garde".

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Olivia Ralye Hilton

I am a sketch artist currently exploring avenues of hyperrealism.

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Becky Busi

We have a choice not only in what we see, but how we see. Utilizing mediums to reposition our human gaze in the natural world, I create precise renderings that share space with mysterious forms, suggesting that we can inhabit more than one world view at a time.

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Courtney Marshall

I create art to express my feelings and I want to encourage viewers to interpret my art in their own way based off of how they feel.

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Tim Bovey

Tim's artwork is crafted free-hand, from direct-observation, and has not been digitally manipulated.

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Foolstario Ghesexia

I love to draw for money and fame and power and cool masks to wear.

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Spokane Pen and Ink Art by Michael Edwards

I'm a local artist specializing in Spokane's historical architecture, landmarks, popular attractions and monuments. My medium is pen and ink. It is uncluttered which allows me to showcase my work in fine detail.

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Kel Magnuson

Kel explores the chaos of consciousness through a variety of mediums, including film photography, drawing, painting, and written word.

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Nanette Cloud

Nanette is a shapeshifting webwitch who makes intimate and otherworldly comics.

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Emily Hawkins

Emily Hawkins holds a BFA from The University of Utah. Currently based in Spokane, Washington, she is a visual artist who explores family life through abstract and antisentimental lenses, questioning the expectations placed on mothers as family historians.

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dick ibach

It is my intention to speak of the dichotomy of the human condition.

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Jessica Berge

Nature has been a theme of my design along with stories and how we make meaning of the world around us.

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LorraineFire

I am an Artist, Jewelry Maker, and Cosplayer. My drawing style is close to anime style. I make wire elf ears, and other designs like dragon, angel wings, and demon wings. I also sew for cosplay and I've been making dragon plushies.

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Caleb Walsh

Combining whimsy and humor, and primarily working with acrylic, Caleb creates visual art that spans the full range of emotional responses from heartbreak to hope.

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Luis Brigman

Freddy Throne art works with different kinds of medium and content. As a freelance artist Luis Brigman of Freddy Throne art has designed posters, billboards, logos, and custom designs.

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Olivia Evans

Olivia Evans is a multidisciplinary visual artist based in Spokane, WA, working in video, photography, drawing, and film.

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Mike Scott

I’m an illustrator/designer living in Spokane.

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Rick Harpman Hatter Bocook

Spokane chalk artist and street musician

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Jansen Niccals

I work in a variety of mediums, traditionally; acrylic and watercolor painting, graphic design and illustration, character concept designs, and comic panels. I also dabble in digital illustrations and paintings.

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Sindhu Surapaneni

Sindhu Surapaneni is a young cultural enthusiast & an international storyteller. You will find that most of her artwork is very unique to represent different cultures and diversity.

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Sally Jablonsky

Sally Jablonsky is a painter, illustrator, and traditional oldtime fiddle player and teacher. Through a range of media including drawing, painting, soft sculpture, and ceramics, Sally's work investigates what it means to have an animal body, and how it feels to be on the Earth.

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Alissa "AJ" Lott

I am a lesbian teen who loves photography, art, and fashion. I customize military jackets and shoes. I also do jeans. My current work is pointed towards the BLM Movement, I do know a few local artists, Shantell Jackson, and Amber Hoit.

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Mallory Battista

Mallory Battista is a visual artist and writer who especially loves painting murals, blacksmithing, creating block prints, and making comics.

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Victoria Coronado

Hello! I'm Victoria Coronado, a graphic designer and aspiring illustrator based in Spokane, WA. My motto for all of the work I do is "Design is storytelling, what story will you tell?" I believe that everyone has a story to tell.

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Joe Kimmel

With an aspiration to illustrate children's books, Joe's sketchbooks are filled with illustrations of the fanciful and fun.

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Nicole Locker

I strive to connect others and create the most value for the viewer through my intricate levels of detail. I enjoy telling a story through added music with my series of artwork within a piece. All have hidden meanings.

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Jamie Thompson

Fine Artist Jamie Thompson has exhibited in various galleries located in the United States as well as internationally. She works with a combination of printmaking, drawing, painting and collage, which deal with themes of memory, family, home, nature and the ephemeral.

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Stefanie Meade

Stefanie Meade is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and former military brat who now resides in Spokane. She does illustrations and paintings in a variety of mediums, makes wire wrapped jewelry, and pours her own resin pieces.

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Kristine Renfro

Kristine Renfro is the creator and owner of Finding Nature. She hand makes jewelry of all different styles and vibes, and is a multi-media artists who loves creating one of kind pieces.

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Christina Deubel

Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, adventure is in Christina's blood. If she is not off hitting a trail, she is buried in her studio making her best attempt to show you the world through her eyes.

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Bear Creek Mercantile

We are a non-profit Artist Co-op, founded in 2016 to serve the local community in the Chattaroy / Elk, WA area.

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Kaitlin Nuetzmann

Nuetzmann loves creating art in her spare time including complex geometric drawings, playing piano and makeup artistry.

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Derrick Freeland

Derrick Freeland is a local illustrator, author, and educator, the founder and editor in chief of Spokane Sequential and Bottlecrow Publications.

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Debbie Hughbanks

Debbie is an artist that is passionate about the creation of art and finds her inspiration all around her studio located in northeastern Washington State.

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Hannah Pomante

Born in Spokane, Washington, Hannah Pomante is an environmental artist who explores the various ways in which to portray the natural world around us. She specializes in printmaking and public art, exhibiting her work throughout the Northwest.

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Tiffany Patterson

My work is playful and uses repetition of patterns as visual texture and meditation. All mediums are fair game. I regularly bounce between mixed media painting, illustration, murals, ceramics, and installation art and I’m always ready to embrace the next sparkly thing.

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Antonio Romero

Antonio continually challenges himself by experimenting in different styles, techniques, mediums including acrylic painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and now digital art.

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Anna Shawver

Anna is a happily married mom of three who began creating her work while she was a stay-at-home-mom in 2016. She now creates to spread joy with her art.

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Larry Bergman

Larry has dabbled in various art media over many years but prefers drawing in pencil and finishing in ink.

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Ildiko Kalapacs

Ildikó grew up in socialist Hungary in the 70s under Soviet occupation. She studied in Hungary and at Eastern Washington University and has worked in the folk dance/research field in the US and Hungary. Her work is greatly influenced by both cultures.

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Janelle Cordero

Janelle Cordero is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in the seventh most hipster city in the U.S. Both her writing and her paintings are sparse narratives that emphasize the disconnected nature of the human condition.

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Serenity Williams

I hope my art, and my writing, can help inspire others who are struggling through various obstacles in life. A reminder to... Never give up.

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Megan Perkins

Megan Perkins is an artist, teacher, and native of the Pacific Northwest. She lives in Deer Park, WA and works primarily in watercolor with a love of color and expressive line.