Furniture Art

Artists Describing Their Art:

Daniel Wend - In my work, I've drawn from nature in visceral ways to explore my connection to the natural world. Art is yet another way of discovering new vistas and learning new things about places familiar. Much of my current work is done in oil pastel, which I prefer for thier brilliance and versatility (I use them on a wide variety of surfaces). Oil pastels also allow me to weave back and forth between the disciplines of painting and illustrating. I use up to 10 different types of oil pastel in some of my paintings, because of the variations in softness, opacity or color selection that allows me to build, transform and evolve a work....

Paul Carbo - I started messing round with wood in 1999 while still working as a graphic artist for the Los Angeles Times. We all worked on computers at that time and I was craving to do art with my hands like we used to back in the "dim time" before computers. I initially started to build small functional art pieces for children. Things like paper and pencil holders. I then progressed to larger caricatures of famous people I thought kids should be aware of like Abe Lincoln and Mark Twain, still intended as furniture for children. I would store the finished cabinets in my living room. They mingled well with my other furniture and and found I using them to store CD's,books ans such. At that point I said to myself " Why wouldn't grown-ups like this kinda thing"? I left my job at the newspaper, forged on and continued to build....

Rick Garner - Garner Furniture & Design builds primarily custom Heart Pine furniture. I often use this antique wood which is salvaged from historic buildings such as cotton mills in the Columbus area. Although Heart Pine is the most requested wood at present, I also use walnut, cherry, oak, mahogany, alder, birch and poplar, and some exotic woods as well. While I have been working with wood for over twenty years, the past eight years have been dedicated to the art of furniture. I incorporate traditional design with innovation and function, using only solid wood--no particle or fiber board, ever. Each piece is hand crafted and hand finished to bring out the natural beauty of the wood....

Michelle Scott - Michelle Scott has been a visual artist since the 4th grade when her teacher introduced her to its "magic". She attended American River College in Sacramento and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena majoring in Illustration. Please visit her personal website at:

Elizabeth Ansel - I love what I do so I must do what I love. As a published author and professional artist I have the ability to do what I believe in and that is important to me. Creating beautiful things that make other people happy is my aim. Always giving the subject a pleasing grace and celebrating life is important for all of us...

Stephen Maresco - My STORY OwnerArtist Stephen Maresco has spent his entire career working with woods and metals, from the automotive prototype manufacturing shops in DetroitaEUR|to the world of Sculpture and Art in New Mexico. His artistic custom designs and fabrications are unique, influenced by mid-century modern and todayaEURtms contemporary styles. Maresco Steel Designs utilize natural materials such as wood, leather, bamboo, as well as contemporary state-of the art glass and metals. Custom Furniture Maresco Steel specializes in custom designs, offering customers the potential to possess one of a kind artistic furniture created especially for their distinct style and space. All work is hand made using wood, leather, bamboo, glass and metals and includes chairs, benches, bar stools, coffee tables, end tables, kitchen islands and more. Sculptures Structures Stephen Maresco has a passion for crafting metal art, designing unique pieces for both inside and outside of the home. The designs are one of a kind, using various techniques and metals such as steel, copper, and stainless steel. The resilience of metals and their malleable nature has made them one of the best materials to make beautiful works of art. His woks include metal wall art, table top sculptures, outdoor ...