by Nickel Plate Arts | Oct 30, 2020 | Art & Culture, Artist Profile
Bobbi K Samples became an artist later in life, roughly 15 years ago. She took two lessons, and the rest was history! She ended up creating 85 paintings in her first year of painting. In Samples’ words, “I couldn’t stop — since then, my style has evolved with me. That...
by Nickel Plate Arts | Oct 30, 2020 | Art & Culture, Artist Profile
Dan Howell’s clay work began when he was a boy, making sculptures on the creek banks near the source of the White River on his father’s farm in central Indiana. With encouragement from his high school art teacher, he continued his foray into clay. He first earned a...
by Nickel Plate Arts | Oct 30, 2020 | Art & Culture, Artist Profile
Michael McGuire’s backstory as an artist is a poignant one. On October 10, 2015, Michael was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with Dural Venous Sinus Thrombosis, a very rare brain bleed. Two days later, he was rushed into emergency surgery to reduce severe swelling...
by Nickel Plate Arts | Oct 30, 2020 | Art & Culture, Artist Profile
“I developed an interest in the visual arts at an early age. That interest grew and became more intense during my high school years and while pursuing a Bachelor’s in Art Education at Taylor University and a Masters in Art Education at Ball State University. With each...
by Nickel Plate Arts | Oct 30, 2020 | Art & Culture, Artist Profile
John Dierdorf is the definition of modern impressionism. His abstract impressionist methods emerged as his preferred style and definition of work with the use of loose, spontaneous brushstrokes to capture the essence of a subject. Dierdorf says, “Spending time in the...
by Nickel Plate Arts | Oct 29, 2020 | Art & Culture, Artist Profile
Shakila Garugu is a self-taught artist and art instructor who believes in the importance of self-expression. Although she utilized her left-brain talents to receive her masters in mathematics, she later was inspired to focus on her right-brain talents by her mother’s...
