Ed Balda

First Friday Art Walk
June 2024
Edw. is an art educator and accomplished artist, known for his creativity, distinctive style and thought-provoking subject matter. Influenced by British painter, J.M.W Turner, Edw.’s style consists of avoiding hard edges; preferring soft luminescent layers and ambiguous forms that at times might suggest waves or mountains.

Sylvia Levings

First Friday Art Walk
May 2024
Over the years as an active quilter, Sylvia has created lots of unique designs. She uses techniques such as quilting around images to make them puff out and appliqueing by hand. When there isn’t a printed image on material available, appliqueing by hand is a way to create the quilt picture.

Barbara Schilling & Diane Wurzer

First Friday Art Walk
April 2024
Focusing on outdoor, natural subjects, Diane Wurzer, will be displaying Photographic Art – photography with a twist.
Recently completing a metalsmithing class, Barbara Schilling, will display her new edgy jewelry designs with a variety of pieces to choose from.

Washburn Rural High School Students

First Friday Art Walk
March 2024
NexLynx Gallery showcases the works of 9th – 12th grade students currently enrolled in advanced art classes at Washburn Rural High School. Students work in a variety of media including metals, clay, acrylic, charcoal, graphite and various mixed media applications.

Chuck Cranston

First Friday Art Walk
February 2024
A retired professor, filmmaker and photographer, Chuck seeks to find interesting locations to photograph, from abstract space to serene beauty found in nature. He often likes to create cinematic images with his photography that are both interpretive and dramatic.

Pradeep Bangalore

First Friday Art Walk
January 2024
A fascination with computer graphics and animation propelled Pradeep to delve into the realm of 3D computer modeling, which evolved into a unique artistic technique he coined “Lasered Layers.” This entails the painstaking assembly of intricately laser-cut sheets of paper, each layer meticulously crafted to create a captivating 3D relief effect.

Lisa LaRue-Baker

First Friday Art Walk
December 2023
Lisa, a traditional double-wall basket maker, explores various artistic media, including mobiography and digital manipulation, Cherokee twining, and other textile arts. Being a Native American artist, she not only specializes in crafting traditional art representing her tribe, but also delves into contemporary arts across diverse genres.

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.

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.

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.