Arts & Craftsmen Guild

Progress on my current project on the Historic Roycroft Campus...

Juried Artist, Stephen Russ creates architectural drawings in pencil. You can find many drawings of local treasures like the Buffalo Central Terminal and more information about home or business commissions on his website: www.stephenmruss.com

Do you know The Rusty Button Shop ? Several of our Juried Artists are featured in this popular, new artisan gallery shop on Main Street in East Aurora, NY. The shop owner and multi-skilled artist, Melissa Majchrzak Buckley, is our next Guild meeting presenter! Invites for the Zoom meeting on Thursday, February 11 were sent to current members. If you can't make it then, you can always check it out later on our YouTube channel.

"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." -Twyla Tharp

Juried Artist Karen Carlton's studio is located in the Print Shop on the Roycroft Campus. She says "Landscapes are my primary subject matter, whether in an oil painting or a pen and ink drawing." "I love the ever changing fluidity and randomness of nature. Nature is not only beautiful but unpredictable. It is a joy to paint. Painting is my freedom of expression, and I love seeing my brushstrokes and emotionality on the canvas."... Her beautiful brushstrokes and emotionality can almost make us FEEL spring in this painting: "New Spring" 14" x 18" original oil painting is currently available on her website.