Art 4 Shelter

Ann’s abstract paintings incorporate vivid colors and textiles. Her life-long love of art was inspired by her mother, who was also a painter. Ann went back to Macalester College for […]

Marla Gamble has been a self–employed professional artist for nearly 50 years. “I decided I would be an artist in fifth grade, but when I helped a classmate complete a Picasso–inspired art project which won her the first […]

As an acclaimed fine art photographer, Annette’s work is influenced predominately by photography, both analogue and digital, and also by other media such as painting. Themes in her art include Wabi-sabi, longing, and currently the concept […]

Christopher Santer highlights the beauty and mystery of the natural world through drawings and paintings in arcylic, coal, and charcoal. “My work has always been connected to the landscape and man’s […]

As a professional graphic designer, Lisa Romanowski creates abstract digital paintings with pixels instead of paint. “I begin with a base photograph and layer on fields of color and visual texture that interplay with the classic […]

John Grancorvitz paints primarily in watercolor and sometimes in scratchboard art. His artistic talent emerged when he was young, and his artistic medium changed over the years. “From a very early age, maybe five or six, I started drawing […]

Bonnie’s artwork in acyrlic and watercolor is inspired by nature — plant life, landscapes, and many animals.  Bonnie’s appreciation of nature and art began in her early childhood as she worked beside her mother, an […]

Karen Anderson finds herself continually challenged and fascinated by watercolor. The landscapes of Minnesota’s North Shore are her inspiration. “My paintings are an attempt to understand God by trying to capture the […]

Minneapolis artist and Art 4 Shelter committee member Tom Baker has been donating his artwork to Art 4 Shelter since the inaugural event nine years ago. “The simple idea of […]