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#258 Naomi Vona: Altering Vintage and Contemporary Found Images

Naomi is an Italian artist based in London. You may know her by her Instagram name, which is @mariko_koda. Her artwork combines her many interests, including photography, collage, and illustration. She uses found vintage and contemporary photos, which she alters, creating a new interpretation of the original shots. Using paint pens, paper, washi tape and stickers, she gives each image a new life. Naomi also offers art classes online and prints of her art.

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Naomi Vona

Naomi’s website is naomivona.art

Her Instagram is @mariko_koda

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#257 Tamara Laporte: Mixed Media and Wellness with Willowing Arts

Tamara Laporte is a celebrated mixed media artist and art teacher with Willowing Arts who has been running her own creative business since 2008. Her work can be described as mixed media folk art with a focus on magical realism. Her art classes are a combination of art techniques as well as self-development. Tam is the inventor and creator of Life Book a year-long art course that includes some of the most celebrated mixed media and personal development teachers out there. Since its inception it’s been joined by over 21,000 people who’ve gained tremendous artistic and personal skills through it. Life Book 2022 features a year of courses from 31 different instructors.

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Tamara Laporte

Tamara’s website is willowing.org.

You can information about the latest Life Book group of classes on her website here.

She can also be found on Instagram @willowing.

Her Facebook group is Willowing and Friends.

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#256 Rachelle Eason: Maker of Pottery, Plant-Stained Paper, and Books

Florida artist Rachelle Eason makes two kinds of art. She makes hand-built and wheel-thrown pottery. Her stoneware is both functional and decorative. Rachelle also makes handmade plant-stained paper. She developed the techniques for this unusual art form herself. The paper is then used for handmade books, stationery, and paper packets. With over 25 years of teaching experience, Rachelle also offers online classes that introduce fundaments in art, writing, and pottery making. Recently, Rachelle started a podcast with book artist Ali Manning that they call Our Creative Well.

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Rachelle Eason

Rachelle’s website is rachelleeason.com

Her classes are found on her website here.

She can be found on Instagram @rachelle_eason_artist and Facebook.

Her podcast with Ali Manning of Vintage Page Designs is called Our Creative Well and it can be found on most podcast apps.

You can hear my interview with Ali Manning on Episode #224 of The Left Brain Artist podcast.

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#255 Lacey Crime: Mural Artist

Lacey Crime is a mural artist who lives in Maine. She previously lived in North Carolina, and that’s where she got her start painting murals. Lacey brings your visions to life through custom murals, either at your home or inside or outside your business. She specializes in interactive murals, where the viewer can be a part of the scene, capturing themselves in a souvenir photo. Lacey is also a master at lettering in her murals or copying your business logo. In a short time, she has already painted over 100 murals.

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Lacey Crime

Lacey’s website is laceycrimeart.com

Her Instagram is @laceycrimeart

Her Facebook is Lacey Crime Art.

We mentioned mural artist Andrea Ehrhardt during this episode. You can hear my interview with Andrea in Episode 206 of The Left Brain Artist podcast.

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Nathalie's book: Artful Adventures in Mixed Media

#254 Nathalie Kalbach: Creative Jumpstarts and Artful Adventures

Nathalie is from Germany but has lived in the U.S. for 9 years. She’s a painter with a favorite subject of old buildings. Nathalie researches the building, its history, and who may have lived or worked there. This research affects her color and design choices. She also uses an art journal, to test out ideas, try new techniques, and play. Nathalie also teaches online workshops, and has put together the group of online videos called Creative Jumpstart. For this year’s Jumpstart, she has 38 artists who have shared a technique or project that you can do to jumpstart your year. Nathalie is also the author of the book Artful Adventures in Mixed Media.