Travis Garwood
First Friday Art Walk
December 2022
Travis, a Topeka native, utilizes a wide range of mediums to achieve his artistic vision. He typically works in photography, digital drawing, painting and colored pencils.
Lori Warren
First Friday Art Walk
January 2023
As an artist, Lori has experimented in many styles of art as well as mediums, painting human and animal portraits, landscapes, flowers as well as fantasy. Her prevailing style now is abstract acrylic, finding creativity in the freedom of the abstract form, as she translates the feelings to her paintings.
Gail Bean
First Friday Art Walk
February 2023
Art is Gail’s passion and life’s work. Her non-objective acrylic paintings show the relationships between colors and textures, from subtle change to strong contrast. Though acrylic painting is Gail’s main medium, she also works with digital art, using her own photographs and manipulating them digitally.
Hayden High School Art Students
First Friday Art Walk
March 2023
NexLynx Gallery showcases the works of 9th – 12th grade art students from Hayden Catholic High School. Displaying pieces in a variety of mediums including paintings, drawings, ceramics, and jewelry.
Ryan Ogle
First Friday Art Walk
April 2023
Local artist, Ryan Ogle, has an eccentric eye for detail, imagination, experimentation and above all, passion for photography. He boasts a diverse collection of work, ranging from landscapes, wildlife & nature, street photography, and reality-bending digital manipulations.
Hi Stockwell & Michael Bradley
First Friday Art Walk
May 2023
Hi will display oil paintings, using an ‘underpainting technique’, which involves painting a base layer acting as a foundation for other layers. Michael will exhibit clay pieces and etchings revealing his artistic talents and passion for the two styles.
Karen White
First Friday Art Walk
June 2023
A resident of Kansas City, Karen is passionate about creating artwork that expresses life in what she sees in people, wildlife and nature. Depicting emotion and capturing a unique moment in time with monochrome or vibrant colors using acrylic, pastel, color pencil, chalk graphite, oil pastel and pyrography.
Kathy Colon
First Friday Art Walk
July 2023
Kathy, a Kansas City artist, has been immersing herself in art for decades, working with mediums such as pastels, color pencils, acrylics, oil and watercolors. Her artwork includes pyrography, combining woodburning with acrylic paint.
Megan Leigh Kasper
First Friday Art Walk
August 2023
Megan, a full-time emerging artist as well as interior designer in the Kansas City area, loves connecting with people and making life more beautiful. Based on a quote that “butterflies can’t see their wings and how beautiful they are”, she paints butterfly wings that people resonate with because it's a visual of what their spirit and personality are.
Nancy Jones
First Friday Art Walk
September 2023
Nancy has been doing art for many years and truly loves all kinds of art. She enjoys drawing portraits with colorful pencils and painting with alcohol inks. Depending on the materials she uses, she either feels relaxed or free to explore vibrant colors and make abstract art.