OUR ARTISTS

We are pleased to highlight our talented artists and hope you will enjoy learning more about them and their work.  They are amazing people creating outstanding imagery that we are very proud to be able to share with the world through our greeting cards.

• Al Argueta ~ Texas
  Al  is a Guetmalan-American photographer specializing in travel images of Latin America.  Watch Al's video about his newest travel book on Guatemala
  
  
• Anders Sjoberg ~ Sweden
  Hailing from Valbo, Sweden, Anders mostly concentrates on the small things in life, bugs and spiders and the like.  He likes to catch the ordinary in not so ordinary ways. 
  
  
• Anne Keller ~ Colorado
  Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, she now calls Fruita, Colorado home. Anne began shooting photos as a way to express the excitement and exhilaration she felt while riding her bike.  She was recently featured at Mountain Film in Telluride speaking with Tara Llanes. Anne spent nine months closely chronicling the rehabilitation of Tara, a world-class downhill bike racer after a racing crash paralyzed her from the waist down. 
  
  
• Chantal E.Y. Bethel ~ Bahamas
  Born in Haiti and schooled in Belgium, Chantal is both a painter and a pioneer sculptor of the Royal Palm tree.  Chantal believes to be an artist requires her to look inside herself with openness, humility, integrity, love and the courage to feel and take risks.
  
  
• Chris Kayler ~ Virginia
  Nature and wildlife photographer Chris Kayler first became fascinated with animal and plant life in upstate New York where he spent his early childhood. His appreciation for the natural world and a desire to show others its magic led Chris to develop a love for photography.
  
  
• Chris Pethick ~ England
  Hailing from the UK,  Chris has loved making Art since he was old enough to pick up a pencil. He mostly likes to make graphical images, which are often quirky, happy and full of dynamism. By working mainly digitally, he aims to make images, which have universal appeal and use.
  
  
• Claudette Dean ~ Bahamas
  “To be able to share my particular brand of beauty, through my art, with a world that is so much in need of beauty, is a privilege that I hold near and dear to my heart.” She continues to contribute through her art to the Endowment of the Preforming Arts in the Bahamas and to the Bahamas Aids Foundation.
  
  
• Dan Barham ~ Canada
  Originally from Manchester, U.K., but now living in Western Canada, Dan shoots mountain bike photography in Canada, North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. Dan has been featured in numerous biking magazines.
  
  
• David Troyer ~ California
  Photographer David Troyer grew up on the sunny beaches of southern California and first picked up a camera in his high school years. Since then he has never looked back and now travels around the world with many of the top professional surfers looking for perfect waves in exotic locations and specializes in wide angle water photography.
  
  
• Denise Basche ~ Wisconsin
  From Green Bay, Wisconsin, Denise's images reflect her world - the places she's gone to renew and learn, the flowers she's grown or have been given and the precious souls she has connected with on her journey through life.
  
  
• Eileen Benjamin ~ Colorado
  Aesthetically, by choosing to work in black-and-white, Benjamin is able to reveal the full spectrum of visual potential in her natural and human subjects. From the deepest black shadows, through a complexity of grey tones, to an almost blinding white, every element of the photograph has time to unfold to the viewer.
  
  
• Gabriela Wischermann ~ New Mexico
  A self-taught watercolor artist, she has found inspiration in many parts of the world for her vibrant and colorful paintings. While she is primarily a painter of flowers, the deserts of the American southwest especially move her.  The special way the light of the region illuminates and bathes the landscape, it has become an endless source of passion for her to paint.
  
  
• Gayla Hodson ~ Indiana
  The juxtaposition of organic shapes in nature against the industrial and angular positioning of urban spaces is quite provocative to Gayla in that the integration can be both strong and fragile simultaneously. The softness of nature beautifies hard-edged contemporary edifices, while those buildings provide stability and protection to organic beings.  
  
  
• Gladys Oberlin ~ Indiana
  Creative artist; experienced instructor in drawing and painting; advanced formal educational background in fine arts; producer, judge and participant in numerous fine art exhibits and programs. "I feel I've achieved color and movement; sometimes the process is tortuous, sometimes electrifying-always fulfilling." Gladys lost her fight against cancer in September of 2007. She will be missed by the many who knew and loved her.  Proceeds from the sale of Gladys' cards are made to the Chesterton Arts Center. As in life, Gladys work will continue to give back to the community she loved promoting arts and access to the arts.
  
  
• Harvey Edwards~ Connecticut
  At the age of ten, Mr. Edwards was given his first photography lesson. He was immediately fascinated by his ability to express feelings and emotions through this medium and ultimately create what he now calls his LITHOGRAPHIC MONTAGE, which is the process of creating his image as parts of a puzzle. Each piece is as important as the next, from the initial sketch to the final printing, there are myriad's of steps in achieving the image as a fine art print. 
  
  
• Holly Jackson ~ Indiana
  Cat fancier and painter Holly Jackson of Indiana brings her two loves together to create whimsical cat images that often serve as a source of humor for the artist. A fine arts painter for twenty-four years, Holly creates bold and colorful paintings from abstract to whimsical message paintings. 
  
  
• Jay Patel ~ Ohio
  Seeds of Jay Patel's appreciation for beautiful places were planted early in his childhood on numerous trips to some of the most breathtaking locations on the Indian subcontinent. His passion for such magnificent places now manifests itself in a continuous search to capture nature's majestic beauty with his camera. 
  
  
• Kris Cahill ~ California
  Painting with acrylic paints on vinyl allows for a freedom I don't experience on canvas. It is not always possible to see exactly what is happening, because of painting backwards. The results are often magical to me, and I am amazed sometimes at what happens while working this way. What is most important is that I am present while working.  Watch Kris paint in reverse!
  
  
• Lance Rosenfield ~ Texas
  Photographer Lance Rosenfield harnesses his passion for seeing unique perspectives of our surroundings by capturing graceful and elegant photographs. With each photograph, he shares his perception of a place and time with us, in hopes that each interpretation of his images will broaden our own perceptions and appreciation of our surroundings.
  
  
• Newton Yost ~ Illinois
  Born in Newport Beach, California, Newton has lived in many beautiful places across the United States. His appreciation of the outdoors has influenced the subjects he photographs. While conversely, he loves the vibrancy and geometry of a city. Whether city or country, most of all, simplicity in the image is his guiding force. 
  
  
• Nobuhide Torii ~ Japan
  Born and raised in Aichi, Japan.  Aichi is also the hometown of many great and famous Japanese Samurai and the main office of the Toyota Corporation. Nobuhide searches out the individual personality of the objects he photographs. He hopes everyone finds joy and happiness in his images.
  
  
• Robyn Kessler ~ California
  Even though Robyn received a degree in photography early in her adult life, it wasn’t until some ten years after that she really considered treating photography as a career. She officially opened her San Francisco-based photography business in 2005, specializing in both pets and weddings, and currently travels throughout Northern California documenting a day in the life of pets and their people.
  
  
• Romulo de Luna Freire, Jr. ~ Italy
  He got his first camera when he was nine years old, and it can be said that he has never stopped taking pictures ever since.  For him, photography is not just about composing and freezing time, but it is more about excluding.  It is by excluding all the elements that are extraneous in the world of the photo that the true subject can reveal itself.  
  
  
• Sue Nueckel - Australia
  Sue considers herself a portrait and close-up photographer. She also enjoys photographing flowers and nature, so it is natural that her interests include: portrait, macro and landscape.
  She was born and lives in Adelaide, South Australia. She's been interested in photography since the age of 12 and currently enjoys taking photographs of her twin daughters.