Amy Staufenberg

From my earliest recollection, I knew I was to be an artist; but being from a very practical family, I was steered in other directions.

It wasn¹t until I was overcome with a serious personal crises that incapacitated me did I find creative outlets that helped me recover. Looking through beautiful magazine photos stimulated a creative spark, later turning into an intense flame when I started creating decoupage items. I took classes at Columbus College of Art and Design then later at the Lancaster Art Guild where I discovered my decoupage was very similar to collage. It was a natural progression; my ambition and artistic calling had finally become my reality.

I had very little control over my outside situation, but with my art I had control over all the fragments and could arrange things as I wanted. Here my internal emotions could find their way into physical expression. Here I could show others where I was and how I could externalize what I held so close inside for so many years.

My art is now the story of my inner life and my lifesaver on a very real level.

Carol Brusco

John A. Daniels

Rocky Dawson

Edward Green

George A. Halbert

Mary Evelyn Hammond

Connie Lally

Kristane Murray

Joshua Shremshock

Richard Simon

Gerry Smith

Judith Smith

Kathryn Smithson

Amy Staufenberg

Janet Waggoner

Ruth Wilt