Featured Artist Partnerships

Professional local artists and educators that we admire and are proud to feature.

In collaboration with Sluss Realty in Ontario, Ohio, these artists are currently displaying in their office building.

Their works are available for purchase on location, or through this site.

(See below for Gasser building artists)

10% of sales of these works will be donated to The Ontario Kids Festival:

Presented by Sluss Realty, this is a community event created to give children and families an opportunity for summer fun at little to no cost. With rides, inflatables, carnival games, vendors, food trucks, entertainment and more, the OKF is the premier event for youth in North Central Ohio! 

John Thrasher is an artist and a Professor in the Department of Art at The Ohio State University.  He teaches drawing, ceramics, two-dimensional art, and criticism on the Mansfield campus. His varied portfolio includes hand-formed ceramic sculpture, portraits, murals, drawing, painting, and calligraphy.  He has exhibited his work in local, regional, national, and international venues for over 35 years.

Mindy Duncan is a Mansfield High School art teacher and professional artist who has had numerous solo exhibits and collectors across the country. She has 10 works in Ashland University’s permanent art collection. She says, “Regardless of whether it’s a collage, layered with textures and objects, always hiding a much deeper meaning/story weaving through what’s visible on the surface, or a more straightforward painting that gives me just as much enjoyment, I just can’t not create. It’s like breathing.”

Tim Gorka: “I grew up in Ontario Ohio and discovered at an early age that my creative work was not only great fun but got the attention and support from the people around me. I also learned from the start that I could get paid for it. By the time I was twenty I decided that this would always be my path, and I have made a lifelong career creating commission work primarily in wood. Officially starting my carving business in 1982, I have spent my life creating hand carved sculptures of wildlife, architectural elements and for many years carousel figures.
Throughout this time, I have kept my own personal art in a separate and inviolate compartment where I could explore my own ideas and find my own voice as an artist, and now that has become my primary focus. My work has often explored themes of duality and paradox as they seem to appear in every situation and setting. I have a deep love of my craft and my work is often centered around pushing the limitations of what can be accomplished in materials and techniques. In the end I am usually about the business of having fun in my work and hope to bring that to the viewer.

Jo Westfall of NE Ohio is a multi-media artist and musician with a BA in Creative Writing.  She works in paint, assemblage, collaborations, coding, costuming, and clever language.  Her work has been shown nationally in academic, commercial, public, and private exhibitions.

Brittni Hall, owner of Cote Winery in Mt. Gilead, Ohio: "I work in oil for its complexity, boldness and richness. The movement in each piece enables me to create some paintings that are soft and light, and others that are bold and dynamic. Often times my pieces are derived from nature or natural events that are meant to evoke thought and emotion through the movement and color of each piece.  Some of my techniques include using a multitude of solvents with either the palette knife or catalyst wedge. Most recently I have been layering oil paint over textures. This not only gives the piece a bit more depth, but it also adds complexity that inspires the viewer to take a closer look. My painting surfaces range from canvas, linen, and wood panel which can change the look and feel of each piece." 

 

In collaboration with Project Digital, B Zimmerman Law, Milestone, and other businesses within the Gasser building in Canton, Ohio, we currently feature the following artists.

Robin Shoup of Mansfield, Ohio has been doing commission pieces for over 30 years. Her work is in residences all over the U.S. as well as in Puerto Rico. Robin's work has been featured in many art shows, festivals, art galleries, and at the Shawshank Redemtion 25 year reunion, in Mansfield, Ohio. Robin has been an art instructor in both classroom settings, and also one on one. She currently teaches at the Tin Can Chandelier in Ashland, Ohio. Robin is a lover of interior and exterior murals and has several of her own murals located in Mansfield as well as Bellville, Ohio. Robin continues to create portraits and other commission work for her clients, and is currently focusing on creating abstracts using mixed media for galleries and corporate businesses. 

Tony Contini was born in Northeast Ohio and graduated from the University of Mount Union studying Fine Art. Tony combines different types of media like oil, acrylic, auto spray paints combined with charcoal, chalk, ink, magazines and circuit boards. 
In recent works, he has been using a gesso relief process in his mixed media. Pulling images from 80's & 90's American Pulp culture to express emotion and stories through his art.