Lorna Carlson

Mixed Media Sculptor, Photographer, Painter, and Graphic Designer Lorna Carlson resides in Harrisburg, PA and has won several awards for her Mixed Media Sculptures. Presently, you can see her CowParade Cow sculpture permanently on exhibit in front of the Patriot News Building located on Market Street. Her kite sculptures are on permanent display at the Rite Aid Corporate Headquarters lobby in Camp Hill and Strawberry Square. As a photographer, she has run several local exhibits and belongs to several online photography communities, including beyondsecond.com and flickr.com. You can also view some of her sculptures at the ArtsNetwork of Harrisburg.
 

Michael Moppin

Born in Harrisburg, local resident Michael Moppin has long been exploring our fine ability to dream and believe. He is the visionary behind Art Boy Products, a freelance illustration and design business based in Lemoyne. Michael's self described style "Technicolor Soul Pop" is shaped by numerous influences. These include artists from Salvador Dali to Keith Haring and the current underground/lowbrow art scene, growing up in the 70's, a cartoon filled youth, comic books, psychedelic poster art, the vast world of music and the exploration of our infinite inner self. In addition to his commercial ventures Michael occasionally exhibits paintings and other works of mixed media in area galleries and arts events.
 

Lee Muslin

Lee Muslin has been a fine art photographer for over 30 years and in 1995 she began to explore the mysteries of digital imaging. Lee's photographs capture the wonder and beauty of the world around us. In her digital images, the wonder is achieved by layering, combining and blending her photographs. The use of the computer as a tool enables Lee to create new artwork with the application of effects that could not be accomplished with traditional photography techniques.
 

Brian Nolet

Why didgeridoos? This is a question Baltimore native Brian Nolet is often asked when playing his handmade instruments. “Because I failed miserably at piano, drums and guitar.” A natural born noisemaker with no musical ability to speak of, Brian stumbled on “the instrument for the rest of us” while on vacation in Australia. The didgeridoo, made and played for centuries by the indigenous Australians, is a staple of aboriginal culture and ceremony. Years later Brian combined his love for didgeridoos and woodworking into an unusual hobby. With wood collected locally, Brian uses a “split and hollow” technique to achieve what would traditionally have been accomplished with the aid of some unlikely helpers—a colony of termites. Once hollowed, the didgeridoos are finished inside and out with a durable epoxy to create a true one-of-a-kind instrument. These unique hollow sticks are played with vibrating lips that resonate through the instrument’s shaft creating the signature “drone” sound. The “drone” is then manipulated with lips, cheeks, tongue, throat, lungs, and a host of vocalizations. Circular breathing is a must to sustain the music. Soothing and meditative, the primal sounds of the didgeridoo are limited only by one's imagination.
 

Jeff Wiles

Jeff Wiles’ fine art photos and photo montages have been exhibited widely throughout SouthCentral PA, including “Art of the State” in 2006 and 2008, “PhotoNational” at the Lancaster Museum of Art, “Photography as Fine Art II” at the Susquehanna Art Museum, the “Celebrate DOSHI Invitational” at Harrisburg’s DOSHI Gallery, and numerous showings at the Art Association of Harrisburg. A browse of Jeff’s portfolio is evidence that he likes “making” pictures as much as “taking” pictures. “I’m anything but a purist. As a photographer and imagemaker, I’m interested in making pictures that “speak,” through any means available. Enjoy the conversation.”
 

Jason Piper

My journey begins and ends within my soul. As I walk the Earth I am drawn to nature and it’s through nature that I perceive my world to be an honest and pure existance. As I push myself towards existentialism I find an inner peace that lifts me to a state of euphoria. The total lapse of reality — the feeling as if time stands still just long enough for you to breathe in and realize you exist in that moment as something powerful and insightful, connected and rooted to the Earth — is what I live for. It's creativity at it's most profound moment that propels my mind into a state of pure and incomprehensible ecstacy. It is this fervor that thrusts me zealously into my work. Art, for me, is a totally free expression of oneself that only the artist himself understands. It's therapy for the soul, an outlet for the mind. Art is something that evokes continuous thought while merely existing. It’s defined only by what moves you from the most inner part of your being, not what psuedo-scholars believe it to be on the outside. My quest to create a natural, peaceful, independent existance for myself through my art is well within reach. May the Great Spirit absorb the burdens of my soul so I may continue to praise His nature and all that is good through my art. Peace — PIPER, 2007
 

Ultimate Artists

Check out the finalists and the winner of our National Juried Exhibition: Ultimate Artist of the States. 22 Finalists were selected and only 14 were then eligible to win the $1,750 in award money plus the prestigious title of Ultimate Artist of the States!