Artist Stories

Accountant by day, painter by night. Robin Westacott does both. Robin’s been a freelance CPA for 12 years and has been help Simpson Housing Services with contracted accounting work for […]

When Marilyn Jacobson starts a panting, she puts paint on the paper and then looks for what it will become. She prefers watercolors to acrylic because she sees the figures […]

Larry Welo’s mother came from Norway and filled his childhood home with paintings, weavings and Norwegian crafts. This strong influence led to, what he describes as an “intense interest” in […]

Kate Heegaard Hartfiel has always drawn, painted and made jewelry. “As a little kid I would draw on everything,” she says. “I would add more pictures to picture books. That […]

“I try to look for the unique in the ordinary,” Steve Lackore says about his work. Currently working exclusively with transparent watercolors, Steve paints realistic depictions of landscapes and still […]

Since she was a very young child Rita Beyer Corrigan has always had an interest in drawing and painting. “It’s all I ever wanted to do,” she says. Rita discovered […]

Otters. If you ask artist Kat Corrigan about the themes she’s currently pursuing, she’ll tell you about the series of otter paintings she’s working on. “I see them as go-betweens […]

Pat officially started painting in 2009 and has always loved the creative process. After retiring from teaching, she took classes and began to work with watercolors. She describes her style […]