artists
Using found objects from her junkyard, now her American Folk Art Museum, Missionary Mary crafts three dimensional assembled works from buttons, mirrors, jewelry and other trinkets. Some works are inspired by bible scripture and others by memories of her grandmother or her childhood and most include written messages of spiritual truths or life lessons.		Missionary Mary Proctor
Chris Hubbard, aka CHUB			With no formal art training since grade school, Kentucky native, now Athens, GA resident, Chris Hubbard left a 20 year career as a scientist (microbiologist and environmental consultant) in 1998 to be "BORN AGAIN" as an artist. This transformation began with his decision to make an art car and participate in the art car scene currently spreading around the nation. His driven-daily car, the "HEAVEN AND HELL CAR", is a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek expression of the good vs. bad dichotomy of self, other people, and life in general. The car is decorated with his first attempts at primitve carvings made from found wood, sheet metal, and other objects. Depicting saints, angels, and devils, these pieces are influenced by his Catholic upbringing
Ultimately we make art about the vision and the message. The vision is about making your dreams come alive and the message is about love. We make our art out of whatever materials we can get cheap or free and we experiment with new ways of working all the time. We both have been artists since we were small children, but only in the last ten years of awakening from addiction and going through several life changing tragedies have we really found our true purpose. We have strong intentions to create something from the heart which has meaning and is hopefully healing to others. Not art to hide away. Nor is it art which is to needlessly shock. But we are not opposed to presenting a strong message of warning to people about avoiding hidden pitfalls from vices and other dangers in an often troubled world.				C.M. and Grace Kelly Laster
Bryan Cunningham, aka MUTIE			Bryan Cunningham a.k.a MUTIE is a Detroit / Chicago based artist, whose work has recieved both National attention and Congressional recognition. His raw images have appeared on album covers, Juxtapoz magazine, murals and in galleries accross the country. Self taught in wood working, painting, silk screening and welding, Bryan combines his talents into edgy Mixed Media assemblages. Drawing on influnences such as religions, comics, pop culture and nature
George’s folk artwork is easily identifiable by a glorious use of dots, dashes and squiggles. He works mostly with a bold palette of primary colors but his patriotic sense is reflected in his regular use of red, white and blue stars and striped themes. He is color blind and many times it shows up in unusual color combinations. He does flat work, assemblages, cutouts, and his “signature signposts” and also applies his whimsy to objects like tables, chairs, birdhouses, coffee pots, globes, boxes, bottles and jugs.
	George Borum, aka MUROB
Philo Northrup					Bay Area artist Philo Northrup is co-founder of ArtCarFest and frequent visitor to the high desert. His work is a very personal expression that extols good beatnik values of honesty and immediacy. The common thread running through it all is humor, joy and sadness derived from discovering the true secret meaning of flotsam and jetsam.
Cathy Allen’s artistic career has spanned more than twenty years. During this time, she has explored a variety of traditional and nontraditional media. Her favorite mediums are the combination of wood and fire. Though primarily an assemblage sculptor, she has also been involved with performance and installation art. Her work has been displayed in galleries and venues in San Diego, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and Palm Springs. It is privately owned regionally and internationally.					Cathy Allen
Tina Bluefield					Painting is my way of communicating my fascination with the mystery and complexity of our planet and of the inner worlds of the human psyche. While living in the mountains of Colorado, the desert called to me for years as I traveled and painted the red rocks of northern Arizona and the enchanted hills of New Mexico. In 2006 I moved my studio and home to Landers to immerse myself in the beauty and drama of the high desert. My challenge is to bring the subtle voice and vision of the inner and outer landscapes of the Mohave to my work. I have been called here to paint and that is what I do.
My first memory is of color. Red, yellow, and blue later became known as the buttons on a ceramic clown cookie jar. While growing up in southern California, I was exposed to vibrant colorful Latino Art, sixties psychedelia, and pop culture imagery. When attending Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, CA, where I received my MFA, color dictated my painting thesis. The alchemy of color continues to direct my work. Light and hue become a metaphorical current to express emotion and content.					Luther Broome
Fred Fulmer					The cactus flower motif epitomizes the magical life affirming power of the desert.  I created a sculptural simplification of the form incorporating obtainium from the desert landscape.  This series was partially inspired by O'Keefe flowers and Warholian pop floral images of the sixties Frederick's work is currently being exhibited in Venice, New York, Korea & Joshua Tree.
Audrey Gillick, known for her desert landscape watercolors, has visited Ireland many times. In April 2006 she and her husband Owen spent a month in the West of Ireland. Her Irish paintings reflect the rugged nature of the land and sea and the ever changing skies.					Audrey Gillick
William Loveless	This work grew like a weed from studio experiments with raw materials and methods of application. I was playing with the idea of giving spontaneous, disordered shapes a sense of order and structure by mirroring them with symmetrical repetition. In this process, the paint is dropped onto unstretched canvas, which is then folded vertically or horizontally to produce symmetrical blots that are gradually accumulated in layers. The goal of the activity is to produce a patterned surface that holds meaning for the eye itself, inviting contemplation of the interlocking resonances within its seeming randomness.
Art has always been my voice and self expression a necessity. My creations come from my inner visions, needs and longings. Madonnas, icons and symbols from the cultures of the world have always been my inspiration. My colors are always bold and in the last six years I have been hand sewing beads, pearls, crystals and semiprecious stones onto my canvases.					Mary Kinninger
Drew Reese					My photographs are about the landscape of the desert. I continually challenge myself to see "the familiar" in a unique way. Recently I've been working at the Big Morongo Wildlife Preserve and Joshua Tree National Park using a soft focus technique. The resulting photographs are more of a "painterly view" of the present landscape with a nod to the artists of the past.
Born and raised in White Plains, New York, Richard fell in love with photography in high school. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan in 2002 with a degree in photography. After joining the Navy in June of 2003, he served aboard the USS Rentz, FFG 46, out of San Diego and deployed to Iraq with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines from July 2005 to January 2006. He currently lives in Joshua Tree, California.					Richard Hayden
Rosanna Salonia					Rosanna Salonia’s gelatin silver prints are manipulated with a variety of photographic and household materials - pure beeswax allows her to encapsulate, preserve and solidify the photographic objects she creates. Hailing from Milan, Italy, Rosanna received a BFA in Fine Art Photography and a BA in Art History from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 2000. Her works can be found in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Fine Art in Houston, The University of Arizona Special Collections, the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, and the International Center of Photography in Verona, Italy.
KATHLEEN PEARSON is a Pop Folk Artist. Pearson's work includes bright colorful paintings in acrylic, watercolor, gouache, and collage. She also creates mixed media sculpture using wood, plaster, and plastics and designs Pop-Icon fashions from cotton Turkish tapestries, and all sorts of other fabrics. She is famous for creating art cars, and has created 9 to date. Pearson is also a poet and writer and fills journals with collages and drawings during her journeys. Pearson is featured in two documentaries, DRIVING THE DREAM and AUTOMORPHOSIS lots of newspaper and magazine articles, and four published books.					Kate Pearson