Meet Rogue Artists From Around The World

I am always astonished by the talented and amazing creatives that we have met. Artists are some of the most eye-opening and unique individuals to color the planet. I am proud to say that I am part of a community of Rogue Artists that support each other. This is a diverse and multi-cultural group of multi-talented individuals who are blazing their own artistic careers in their own way. I am blessed and honored to call them my rogue family, and excited to share their stories and talents with you, because we LURVE them… like… a lot…

This is just a glimpse of some of our rogue family from all around the world.

Every once in awhile, I’ll be introducing them to you throughout the year, but I wanted to let them introduce themselves by answering a series of five questions:

1. What is your name (Name you want to share) and where are you from?

2. What kind of art or arts do you enjoy working on? 

3. What else would you like to say about yourself or your art?

4. What is next for you? (this question is optional)

5. What is your website or social media pages where we can find you?

So, hold out your hand and prepare yourself for awesomeness, luckily it is online so we don’t have to worry about social distancing 🙂

DANA ELLIS

My name is Dana Ellis from Crawfordsville, IN
I enjoy mostly oils and portrait painting.
I did my first painting in 1996 in a little local craft store and I’ve loved creating ever since. Although I have moved through many levels and mediums I found my home in painting faces.
You can find me on Facebook: Dana Ellis Art
Instagram: Dana_Ellis_Art
https://danaellisarts.wixsite.com/website

TINA COLBOURNE

1. My name is Tina Colbourne and I’m from Toronto, Ontario Canada but my parents are from Newfoundland, Canada so I say I’m a Newfie.
2. I enjoy most all art but I mainly paint wildlife, landscapes, and some still life. I like to paint in realism with acrylics.
3. I am self-taught or rather I learned very young from my father, and my uncle who lived with us for a short while. My father is a landscape artist and he still paints today.
4. Right now I have to step back from art a little and just paint in my spare time because I am remodeling my house. I am looking to sell in the next two years. I want to move to the country and have either a barn or large workshop/outbuilding to turn into a studio space and a small gallery open to the public. My father will stay with me during the winter and also paint with me.
5. You can find me on Facebook or Instagram @tinacolbourneart

MELISSA PEACOCK

1. Melissa Peacock – Surrey, BC, Canada
2. Big huge watercolour fan, aiming for “magical semi-realism” I guess you could say.
3. I’m also an anxious bee open for commissions, though plants and animals suit best!
4. I have an utterly jam-packed website at www.yellowmellearts.com, insta/twitter: @yellowmelle, and surely hundreds of videos on youtube.

MEGAN MCFADDEN

1. My name is Megan McFadden
2. The art I enjoy creating is sureal, fantasy sci -fi, anime
3. I like playing around with different mediums. I mostly work in ink and colored pencil. I have been playing around a little bit with digital.
4. What is next for me. Putting myself out there more. I would like to publish a coloring book. I would like to create art full time.
5. What is your website or social media pages where we can find you?

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/azurasmallpaws/
Deviant art https://www.deviantart.com/ravenflyingabove
Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/valorff

MICHELLE

1. My name is Michelle, and I am from Adelaide, South Australia.
2. I create original artworks in handwoven tapestry, and also make handwoven scarves on my floor loom.
3. My art is a combination of my dark/goth aesthetic, and phrases used during my growing up years … these are mostly around my parents wanting me to be ‘normal’ and conform to the rest of society. I am also obsessed with x-rays – as well as creating a whole series of tapestries of x-rays, now I am experimenting with drawing on them …
4. Next for me is my first solo exhibition opening 24 September!
5. My website is https://www.threefolddesigns.com.au/art , Instagram @threefolddesigns, YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpkVSLm0car2sQWoHxOOYtw

KELLY STERR

Kelly Sterr from Bedminster Pennsylvania. I have taken a liking to acrylics however I love doing anything creative. Can not wait till I can do this full time. My daughter and I went shopping at IKEA and they had loom for $20 I decided to get it and give it a whirl and see what tapestry I come up with. You can find me on my website at Kellysterrgallery.com – ksterr64 on Instagram- and Kelly Sterr Gallery on etsy and I sell on Amazon under Kelly Sterr Gallery.

CHARITY

1) Charity From Northern Minnesota

2) I enjoy working on many different arts!! I’ve always enjoyed painting, working with wood, working with rocks, wire, and jewelry things, working with glass, working with paper, working with clay… basically almost every kind of medium you can work with, I love it!! I love to create with anything I can get my hands on!! right now I’ve been focusing on painting. couple years ago I focused on wood & few years before that I focused on melting glass

3) My art is for me I guess. I hope others will like it and appreciate it. But it is never bothered me if they don’t. Because my art is an outlet for me. A form of therapy if you will for me. always has been since I was a little kid.

4) what’s next for me??
The picture is of me in my current studio, which is my minivan that I’m converting into a mini camper for myself. My husband and I just became official empty-nesters a week ago. So the studio that I had put together is actually going to be moving to a bigger room in the next couple of weeks. We are rearranging things in our home. it’s gonna take a little bit. I’m also gonna try to get camping a few times before winter sets in. And once my studio in the house is moved and set up. I am just gonna keep creating things that I want to create using mediums that I maybe not have used before. I just enjoy trying new things!

5) Twitter: @EWWBD

Instagram: EveryWhichWayButDown

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ8EuSU7XfL_pUmBIzqQFvQ

EVERETTE STANTON

• My name is Everett Stanton, I previously created work under the pseudonym J.H. Everett. I currently live with my wife, mother-in-law, and two sons (and our corgi, Lucy) in Mission Viejo, California.
• I really enjoy working on puppetry, illustration, and animation
• I like to create active art that people can interact with, do crazy things with, and have fun with. I like art that makes people happy. I tend to gravitate to bright colors, interesting lines, and large shapes.
• What’s next for me is to get brave, and really believe in my place in the art form that I have chosen to be a part of – without hesitation. I am starting to build puppets once again, and I am jumping back into animating and illustration. The feature film that I designed costumes and puppets for just finished in editing, and is going into post-production. And today, I agreed to work on an online puppet show for Reddit and Tick Toc with some professional puppeteer friends. I have also started working with two other artists to Livestream on Reddit, while we work together to create a couple of new kid’s books.
• My website is at www.everettstantonstudio.com – I will update news of my Reddit and Tick Toc puppet adventures soon!

JENNIFER LINDQUIST

Jennifer Lindquist in Longwood, FL, I paint in acrylics mostly surf art, surfer girls, curls, beaches. I love the springs, surfing, and I work in I.T. full time. I’m trying to get my online art sales going since festivals have stopped. I have a website, www.artisticsurf.net
Facebook: jennclindquist.artist
Instagram: @jennclindquist

JO CLARK

Name: Jo Clark living in Maryland, USA

Type of art: I paint, crochet, draw and refurbish furniture when I have the time.

Something about yourself: I love escaping in books. With how busy I’ve become with my art career I listen to audiobooks, but in the past, you could count on finding me in a secluded place with my nose in a book.

What is next for you: Growing my family art business. We want to get our children involved as much as possible.

Website/social media:
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tishjohannoncreations
Instagram: Instagram.com/tishjohannon

LINDA URSIN

My name is Linda Ursin, Swedish living in Norway. My art is inspired by folklore, mythology, and the Scandinavian landscape and wildlife. I enjoy experimenting with media and texture but for the most part, there’s some form of realism in the end result. I make art because it’s part of who I am. I’m a multi-passionate creative. Next for me is to get back into what I love after about a year of things getting in the way and draining the little energy I have. Living with chronic pain means I have less of it.

You can find me at lindaursin.net and as @lindaursin on most social media. On youtube it’s easier to search my name.

MARILYN SAVAGE

Hi! My name is Marilyn Savage and I’m from Reno, NV. I like working with glass and I do stained glass and etched glass panels. I plan on learning to do fused glass sometime soon (I bought a glass kiln about a year ago but haven’t used it yet). It’s been too hot lately to work in my workshop but I read somewhere that I should do artwork daily so I’ve been designing glass panels on paper every day. I do it everyday at lunchtime while I’m at my day job and I really enjoy that break from all the paper pushing. Retirement is just a couple years away and that’s when I plan to try to have an actual art business. I think having fun with it is the most important thing. I can be found at https://www.gabrielleartsnv.com and I have a Facebook page too….https://www.facebook.com/Gabrielle-Arts-NV

KASSANDRA ALFARO

Hi, I’m Kassandra Alfaro from Del Rio, Texas but everyone calls me Kas.

My current go to art is digital art and acrylics on canvas, but I love creating in general.

Although I am super camera and voice shy, I have been creating since I was little (I’m currently 19). My dad has always told me to share my creations with the world, so I do.

As an artist, I enjoy drawing, painting, and gaming. I also do graphic design work for a couple of local businesses and take on commission work when I have a chance. I also have an apprenticeship as a tattoo artist.

✪Here’s where to find me!✪
Website: https://www.kolorfulkas.com/
Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KolorfulKasArt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KolorfulKas/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kolorfulkas/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KolorfulKas
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVwFpRC2ycilThgeKlX-lkw?
Artstation: https://kolorfulkas.artstation.com/
Deviant Art: https://www.deviantart.com/kolorfulkas

NATALIE CALLWOOD

Hi all I’m Natalie from Nataliecallwoodart I live and work in BC Canada with my family with 3 almost out of the house kids and my husband.Im originally from Switzerland.My goal is to one day soon to have a studio by the sea be it on Canadas West Coast or somewhere else in the world ! I also would like to travel part of the year as a traveling artist with a base at my studio by the sea !!

I’m working mostly as a painter in abstract using all kinds of mediums like acrylics, watercolors, encaustics, Inks, I do not like oils lol.
My roots are in ceramics I went to school for it I hope to have a big enough studio by the sea to incorporate a ceramic area as well !!
Short term goal is to make a living from my passion because I can’t think of doing anything else for now /my second part of my life !!
My website:
https://www.nataliecallwoodart.com/
I also have a YouTube channel that could use some attention lol
nataliecallwoodart!
FB https://m.facebook.com/nataliecallwoodart/
IG
https://www.instagram.com/nataliecallwoodartist/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/VBy6sw18ZxM
That’s all for now! Cheers Natalie

RHONDA YOUNG

Hi! My name is Rhonda Young, and I’m from Oklahoma, USA.
I started doing pencil portraiture years ago, then I gradually moved into doing sculpture and stone carving. Right now, I’m very interested in, and trying (for the first time), watercolor painting.
I don’t really have a business, per se, though I have sold a few sculptures in the past, and I don’t really have a good, designated studio. I just work in a corner of my living room. No website, but you can see some of my art here:
https://www.deviantart.com/rhondayoungart

I’m the single mother of two young adults with Autism.

KYLE WOOD

Hello, it’s Kyle at Kyle Wood Creations. I enjoy painting, printmaking, and experimenting. My work is mostly dream time leaning into the surreal. I enjoy expressing my mental projections and discoveries. What is next for me is an increase in creating more art. I can be found at kylewoodcreations.com and on Instagram as kylewoodcreations. Currently, my studio is the space between the living room and kitchen.

CHANTAL DUPUIS

1. What is your name (Name you want to share) and where are you from? Chantal Dupuis, Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)
2. What kind of art or arts do you enjoy working on? Watercolour and oil paintings mostly wildlife or landscape.
3. What else would you like to say about yourself or your art? Art is therapy for me, journey started 5 years ago when diagnosed with cornea dystrophy. Was lucky to get a donor transplant in 2018 and now it is just an addiction, can’t go a day without painting!
4. What is next for you? (this question is optional) Keep painting. I registered (and got accepted) in a gallery and a few associations as I am hoping to be able to sell enough so that I can pay for my supplies but otherwise, it would be cool to try to do a solo show but not sure if I am ready for that… I need to “grow more” in my heart and art!
5. What is your website or social media pages where we can find you?

Web: chantaldupuis.art

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChantalArtJourney/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chantaldupuis.art/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSxVqWOK61zoBcIkiF-g4vg

HOLLY WONG

Holly Wong lives and works in San Francisco, California. She was educated at the San Francisco Art Institute where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in New Genres. Holly creates installations, assemblages and works on paper, integrating non-traditional approaches with more traditional sewing techniques associated with the history of women. Her approach is both non-conventional but also deeply rooted in her history and culture. She has been awarded visual arts grants from the Integrity: Arts and Culture Association, Barbara Deming Memorial fund, the George Sugarman Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, and a Gerbode Foundation purchase award.

“This is a picture of me working on an installation called “Spiral Dance” which was constructed of multiple layers of drafting film with colored pencil drawings. The pieces are large so I end up working on the floor sometimes.”

Visit Holly Wong And Check Out More Work On Her Website

KLEE ANGELIE

1. What is your name (Name you want to share) and where are you from? 

My name is Klee Angelie, and I originally hail from Joliet, Illinois. I’ve spent the last decade living and creating in Pensacola, Florida. It’s hot here and we don’t have any lightning bugs (fail!) but it’s a great place full of amazing people.

2. What kind of art or arts do you enjoy working on?

I love creating jewelry. Working with stones and metals is endlessly fascinating and fun. I also love music (my first love, as a kid I could most often be found with my hot pink boombox on full blast, singing into a hairbrush) and my specialty is singing/songwriting. I recently picked up needle-felting, and have a general love for fabrics and fibers.

3. What else would you like to say about yourself or your art?

Oh, geez… nice question “Tell us more about yourself”

Me: “Uh…” (types long paragraph, deletes it, tries again, deletes that… stares at computer screen… closes eyes and screams while typing.)

I often joke with people~ “Nothin but rocks and song lyrics up here in the ol’ noggin.” but it’s kinda true… 

I was always “that kid…” You know that kid, the one off in the other room doing their own thing, usually something creative or lost in their imagination. I’m still that kid, but now I have another awesome kid to share my studio space with (my best friend and husband, Rafi), as well as a community of equally unique and weirdly wonderful kids that I’m proud to call my friends. I’m one happy kid. Still mostly into rocks and song lyrics.

4. What is next for you? (this question is optional)

This is always sort of open-ended for me and ever evolving, but lately with one solid criteria: to have fun. Fun is a lot to manage, but luckily I have protocols in place to help manage and organize the fun.

5. What is your website or social media pages where we can find you?

Website: www.rafiandklee.com

Instagram: @Klee Angelie 

RAFI PEREZ

Hey look! It’s me! (Klee says I get a passing grade, but no more, as I didn’t answer my own questions).

I hope you enjoyed meeting some of the most amazing humans I have had the pleasure of meeting! Check out their art and follow them online, you will be happy you did.