"If you have a vision of how you would like to bring artists together and art to your community, then please consider joining our Board."
Board Members
Jill Drllevich, President
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I have been plagued my entire life with an inquiring mind. Every passion, desire, and interest I pursued led me down a multitude of diverse paths. I have come to learn that my curse is also my gift and that I possess the soul of a “Renaissance
man”. When I am creating, my mind wanders to the“what would happen if...”Which is why I have a glass studio, metal
shop, painting and ceramics spaces. I am a collector of the unusual. Every place I travel, I leave my belongings behind and fill my bags with; rusty metal, dump site finds and beach wash up.
My majors in school were Sociology and Education. All my pieces reflect that. I like to imagine what it would be like if humanity and nature could dissolve the walls that separate them. What is life was a dance, not a struggle? What would happen if we could embrace empathy and walk in the minds of others? That one thought is the ultimate inspiration for my art. I call myself an abstract realist because I create realistic forms and morph them in various ways to depict either, emergence, unity, or a transformation.
My life dream is to be able to travel to as many different places as possible and to disappear into the artistic fabric that each culture weaves and to know when I leave that I have left something of me behind and replaced it with something of them ,to continue on this journey until there is only US.
Greg Bartol, Vice President
My art is often inspired by nature. I have welded pieces that look like wood, rocks, clouds, rain, water, animals and
human figures. Capturing the essence is more important to me than strict realism.
Steel is my choice of material, because of its fluidity and forgiveness. Once the design process begins, clarity comes from handling the metal. Many of my materials for functional pieces include rusty steel, discarded parts or scraps from the
welding certification processes…repurposed.
Margaret Landry, Secretary
I’ve always looked better on paper, or so I’ve been told. In person, I feel like a stumbling, conflicted and uninteresting
mushroom, garnished with heavy moss and hit with perpetual drizzle. Okay, so I’m not that bad. But, there are days; and those days have always led me to writing and art, the document and the drawing board. I am a writer, more than I am an artist. And I am an art appreciator and adorer, more than an artist. I suppose I represent the business end of art, as much as, the creative; I’d get as much satisfaction, probably, marketing and selling a piece, for a truly talented artist, as I would painting my own piece.
To be a bit more specific about my experience, I have been trained in oils and have, only recently, taken to making multi-dimensional, multi-media pieces from wire, bird feathers, shredded gift cards, or anything else I can find in one of the Ravenstone Art drawers. That has been the miracle, the awakening, I’ve experienced at the monthly “Art Parties”- you come in with no creative ambition or direction, in mind, but are drawn to the drawers, as if by magnets. As you sift through every material known to man, all the pieces start to put themselves together and you hope, in the end, you had some small part in it.
I’ve been serving on the Ravenstone Art Board, since June 2012, and have found myself surrounded by tremendous stewards of the creative process. There is true talent lurking around every corner, at one of the art parties or events. But, what I find most extraordinary is that each artist stands in support, not in competition or judgement of the other. This undercurrent of
praise, enthusiasm, constructive feedback and positivity is what, I think, keeps everyone coming back and brings outsiders, in…it keeps the moss off the mushrooms and the drizzle feels a little less perpetual.
Olivia Figueiredo, Treasurer
Belinda Ferguson
Sally Hudak
[email protected]
I have been plagued my entire life with an inquiring mind. Every passion, desire, and interest I pursued led me down a multitude of diverse paths. I have come to learn that my curse is also my gift and that I possess the soul of a “Renaissance
man”. When I am creating, my mind wanders to the“what would happen if...”Which is why I have a glass studio, metal
shop, painting and ceramics spaces. I am a collector of the unusual. Every place I travel, I leave my belongings behind and fill my bags with; rusty metal, dump site finds and beach wash up.
My majors in school were Sociology and Education. All my pieces reflect that. I like to imagine what it would be like if humanity and nature could dissolve the walls that separate them. What is life was a dance, not a struggle? What would happen if we could embrace empathy and walk in the minds of others? That one thought is the ultimate inspiration for my art. I call myself an abstract realist because I create realistic forms and morph them in various ways to depict either, emergence, unity, or a transformation.
My life dream is to be able to travel to as many different places as possible and to disappear into the artistic fabric that each culture weaves and to know when I leave that I have left something of me behind and replaced it with something of them ,to continue on this journey until there is only US.
Greg Bartol, Vice President
My art is often inspired by nature. I have welded pieces that look like wood, rocks, clouds, rain, water, animals and
human figures. Capturing the essence is more important to me than strict realism.
Steel is my choice of material, because of its fluidity and forgiveness. Once the design process begins, clarity comes from handling the metal. Many of my materials for functional pieces include rusty steel, discarded parts or scraps from the
welding certification processes…repurposed.
Margaret Landry, Secretary
I’ve always looked better on paper, or so I’ve been told. In person, I feel like a stumbling, conflicted and uninteresting
mushroom, garnished with heavy moss and hit with perpetual drizzle. Okay, so I’m not that bad. But, there are days; and those days have always led me to writing and art, the document and the drawing board. I am a writer, more than I am an artist. And I am an art appreciator and adorer, more than an artist. I suppose I represent the business end of art, as much as, the creative; I’d get as much satisfaction, probably, marketing and selling a piece, for a truly talented artist, as I would painting my own piece.
To be a bit more specific about my experience, I have been trained in oils and have, only recently, taken to making multi-dimensional, multi-media pieces from wire, bird feathers, shredded gift cards, or anything else I can find in one of the Ravenstone Art drawers. That has been the miracle, the awakening, I’ve experienced at the monthly “Art Parties”- you come in with no creative ambition or direction, in mind, but are drawn to the drawers, as if by magnets. As you sift through every material known to man, all the pieces start to put themselves together and you hope, in the end, you had some small part in it.
I’ve been serving on the Ravenstone Art Board, since June 2012, and have found myself surrounded by tremendous stewards of the creative process. There is true talent lurking around every corner, at one of the art parties or events. But, what I find most extraordinary is that each artist stands in support, not in competition or judgement of the other. This undercurrent of
praise, enthusiasm, constructive feedback and positivity is what, I think, keeps everyone coming back and brings outsiders, in…it keeps the moss off the mushrooms and the drizzle feels a little less perpetual.
Olivia Figueiredo, Treasurer
Belinda Ferguson
Sally Hudak
Advisory Board Members
Dan Drllevich
Venise Cunningham
Belinda Kelly
Venise Cunningham
Belinda Kelly
