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Peter Hagerty

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Painting; Assemblage

Peter Hagerty is a Chicago-born artist and citizen of Ireland through ancestry. He has lived in this area his entire life. As a self taught artist, Hagerty turned to portraiture as a way to build his skill level. Completing portraits of both celebrities and common folk alike – especially Chicagoans – has become his passion for the past 30 years. He began his artistic endeavors using oil sticks and colored pencils on paper; eventually moving to his current medium of oil paint on board or plywood. His advice to other artists: When a piece does not turn out well, do not frivolously throw it away. An art work is a reflection of a certain period in your life, and it takes on a larger meaning - becoming a memento you will want to keep! You will love these less then perfect works, regardless of the quality, the way you love old family photos – Keep working, stay dedicated, don't give up and don't compare yourself to other's. Thank You

Marge Hall

Artist for Hire; Visual Arts: Instructor, Painting

Over the past 30 years, Marge Hall has emphasized the importance of following “your own direction” to her students … Advice she has used in creating a festival of color and texture with her own paintings … Her portraits represent a kaleidoscopic mixture of colors, shapes, and textures that cause her flowers to leap off the canvas, allowing the viewer to experience her art on both emotional and intellectual levels. Marge Hall has created a body of work that is bold and dramatic yet sensitive and intimate … Her vibrant colors and luscious textures capture the spiritual elements of nature … Her attention to detail is displayed in the subtle tonal qualities of each petal she paints. This nationally recognized artist has discovered her own color vocabulary based on a pallet that combines elements of strong but almost mystical light with drama and photo-like realism … When she paints white flowers, she is able to exaggerate the color subtleties as they shift in the shadows and areas of reflected light … When Marge captures the transparency of Petunias, or the velvet-like softness of Gladiolas, or the feel and texture of the veins and wrinkles of Hollyhocks, she has invited the viewer into her special world.

Carol Hamilton

Visual Arts: Painting

Carol Hamilton, an award-winning artist, decided she wanted to be an “artist” at nine years of age and has been following that path the rest of her life. Her aesthetic roots are in the western landscape, science and zen. Although she has worked in many media, her formal training is in oil painting with a secondary concentration in papermaking and printmaking. After receiving her MFA in painting from the University of Wyoming, Hamilton travelled and taught art in the western states at university and secondary levels. While living in the austere beauty of the Sonoran desert she began working in encaustic and experienced a transformation her work from figurative to abstraction. Encaustic’s luminosity allowed her to capture the “feeling” of the colors of the desert. Her work centers on the contemplative and is informed by her meditation practice. Hamilton is a member of the artist collective INTERSECT and is a resident artist at the Starline Factory Gallery in Harvard, Illinois. Carol’s work is in public collections and private collections.

Pam Hart

Visual Arts: Painting

Pamela was born in Leavenworth, Kansas, and as a child of an army officer grew up all over the world. She began drawing and painting at four. Her formal instruction took place at multiple schools, including the Art Institute of Kansas City; she received her Bachelor’s of Science, with a specialization in Painting, and her Masters of Art Education from Ball State University. She has focused professionally for many years showing at numerous museums, galleries, and art centers around the country. Partnering with galleries across the land her work has been collected by members of the past two administrations, rock musicians, and major corporations. She has received many awards and recognitions. She now markets her work primarly direct with her clients. She lives in the western suburbs of Chicago with her husband.

Jennifer Hauser

Artist for Hire; Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed Media

Professionally, I am an architect. I used my artistic skills and creativity while attaining my degree, but while pursuing other interests and other things throughout my life, art has been a constant. I have never, not created art. I currently live in Illinois in a suburb of Chicago, but I was raised in northern Wisconsin. I only mention where I grew up because the landscape had a profound influence on my sense of beauty. As a kid, I spent a lot of time outdoors playing in the woods, picking wild flowers and riding my bike out in the countryside. My mind still goes back to the fields and woods of Wisconsin when I think about what is beautiful in this world. I have been asked about how I developed my drawing style and how I arrived at my subject matter. When I write it down using terminology like "develop" and "subject matter", it starts to sound planned and scientific, a bit stuffy. The truth is, it's not. I am a self taught artist and my art is the natural result of years of drawing and discovering new methods and materials to express myself. Early on, I designed stained glass windows. Designing for glass begins with a line drawing so that a pattern can be created. Because the properties of glass are limiting and the soldered joints used to hold the glass together are large, the patterns need to be simple. While I started drawing more, my line drawings became more complex and I made an easy transition away from glass. I have always enjoyed drawing and for the last three years I have really focused on my current style of line drawing of trees and flowers. I describe this as my weird tree phase, but I don't think it’s a phase at all. My style of drawing is the culmination of my love of pattern, love of color and love of our natural surroundings. The process of drawing is a methodical calm, an intense relaxation where I can escape into trailing patterns, joyful colors and a little bit of humor. My most favorite drawings are large and intricately detailed so that the viewer can return multiple times and find something new.

Chris Hodge

Artist for Hire; Graphic Arts; Visual Arts: Illustration, Instructor

Chris Hodge has been working on art since a very early age. He works intuitively incorporating various symbols, and thoughts into his artwork. Influenced by such artists as Ivan Albright, Albrecht Durer, and Hieronymus Bosch, his art tells stories in great detail focused on the element of line. His body of work has been described as “obsessive narrative,” articulating his imagination while allowing for the work to take on a life of its own. Starting with sketches and very loose pencil lines, Chris Hodge prefers to render his artwork in ink, due to the high level of commitment that ink requires. Once a line in ink is placed there is no turning back, and if a mistake is made one must find a way to either cover the line, or incorporate it. This allows for his artwork to evolve as he creates it. “I believe the imagination to be a dream-like, fuzzy thing, and it isn’t able to be defined until it is born into some form of creation.” Chris Hodge started his art education at Waubonsee Community College, and continued his studies at North Central College where he received a Bachelor’s in Art Education. Chris Hodge is currently an art teacher in the Midwest. He also holds a Master’s in Curriculum & Instruction, and a Master’s in Educational Leadership & Administration from North Central College.

Evalyn Holy

Visual Arts: Mixed Media, Painting

I began my career as a chemistry teacher. This involved mixing chemicals as well as studying the intricacies of atoms and molecules that make up matter. After retirement, I decided to pursue my passion for drawing and painting. Now I spend my time mixing paints and experimenting with colors and textures. I am primarily a representational artist with a love of nature, especially animals. I work in many mediums; pen and ink, charcoal, pastel, gouache, acrylic, oil, and recently digital art. I plan to work on improving my artistic skills until it is no longer possible.

Lynette Hoy

Visual Arts: Painting

Lynette Hoy is an emerging artist who enjoys painting landscapes and pets. She has had various paintings exhibited at the Elmhurst Artists Guild, LaGrange Art League and the LaGrange Library in Illinois. She is a marriage and family counselor and anger management specialist.

Christopher Hughes

Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Painting

Median – Painting Acrylic, Oil, Pastels Fine Arts major at Utah State University before changing to a business major at Boston University. My experience living abroad and traveling has brought both ideas and inspiration to my works. My paintings have also traveled on special exhibits to both China and Russia as part of a fine arts cultural program. Chris has earned recognition and awards in competitions in Texas and Illinois. He is a member of the Naperville Art Leagure and the DuPage Art League and has earned many awards including Best of the Best nominations. He is part of an weekly art critique group as the co-leader in organizing and sending out newsletters and maintaing the group’s website palettetalk.net.

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