Mary Kate Johnson

As promised we are working on this space.  Slowly but diligently you will notice a few links over there to the right.  First section is Art links.  They are links of other Artists that Mary keeps up on and people we have bought pieces from.   Those are just a few.  There are others that we need to verify and see if they have a web page of their own.  So watch that section, as it will inevitably grow with time.

The artists over there are…Vena from New Orleans.  We are very happy to see him growing and expanding, as we were unsure of what happened to him after Katrina hit.  For our honeymoon we went to New Orleans; as we were walking around Market Square we saw his work.  We were not able to meet Vena himself, but his wife was his selling his work.  He captured New Orleans exactly the way we saw it.  So we picked three paintings and brought them home.  Shortly after Katrina we scoured the net to find him, as we wanted to get more of his work but could never find him.  However while we were in New Orleans this past summer; we stopped at another artist’s booth, bought a couple of prints and an original.  This artist was very similar in style so we asked if he had remembered Vena.  And to our surprise he had, and told us that he had a Gallery near by.  Unfortunately we did not have the time to make the walk up there.  But next time we will.  Now that we have a website for him you can bet we will be buying more work from him.

The next artist is Natasha Wescoat.  She is a contemporary modern-pop inspired artist.  So far we have not seen anything of hers that we did not like.  Mary was introduced to her work through a co-worker.  Mary instantly liked what she saw.  We acquired our first Wescoat for Christmas and have since have bought many prints and three other originals.  Check her out.  In her work you can see similarities to Gustav Klimt’s “Tree of life”.  Shown here. Which is another favorite of Mary’s.  Natasha does all of her own marketing, shipping, and selling of her work, yet has time to upkeep her Website and care for two young boys.  She is a very hard working and wonderful artist.  Make sure you check her out and order a couple of prints.  You wont regret it.

Finally there is Kristen Stein, another contemporary artist.  We have yet to acquire any of her paintings.  However Mary does keep up with her latest works and news.  One of her favorite series of paintings is the “Enchanted Garden” series of paintings.

So while you are waiting for Mary to get more of her work displayed here.  Take some time and go visit those other artists.  We will have a lot more work displayed shortly.