Amber Lofty
Plymouth Artist Collective Founder
I’m a Plymouth based artist working with clay to create functional pieces. I draw inspiration from nature and the process of using a potter’s wheel. I love to create pieces that will be used and appreciated in life’s big and small moments.
After 8 years of working in studios of all kinds, I now own and operate Central PARC Art Studios.
Finding a home base in Plymouth and my experience in shared studios gave me the inspiration to create the Plymouth Artist Collective. I wanted to create a place where artists could create their own work while interacting with each other and sharing ideas.
It’s amazing what happens when artists come together in community and creativity.
loftyamber@gmail.com
Instagram: @amberlofty
amberloftypottery.etsy.com
Alessandra Lipman
I am a mixed media artist, working primarily with fused fabric collage. My focus is mainly on figurative art, and I am fascinated by ephemera from the past, miniatures, dolls and assemblage.
I am a 1991 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Art + Design.
Instagram: @melmorestreetstudio
Email: alipman68@gmail.com
Amy Fell
Amy Fell is a contemporary realist oil painter with a particular fondness for presenting her work in large scale presentation, although she offers many of her pieces in life scale presentation as well. You can find her happily working out of her studio located at the Plymouth Artist Collective.
Fell chooses the subjects she does to connect with people. She is particularly drawn to iconic imagery from American Life and finds everyday objects we take for granted to be rich in character, history and beauty. These objects include beat up baseballs, gumball machines, rotary dial phones and squirt guns.
Fell has participated in countless juried shows in the Detroit area, receiving numerous awards for her work. She has also been honored to be invited to participate in many group shows as well as presenting several solo shows, at venues including the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center and The University of Michigan Hospital. She is currently represented by The Northville Gallery (Northville, Michigan) and The Button Gallery (Douglass, Michigan).
Visit AmyFellArt.com to learn more about Fell and her work.
Joan Witte
Plymouth Artist Collective Manager
I am a visual artist. My preferred medium is oil paint and my styles span a number of genres, from realism to abstracts (representational and expressionism).
I live to paint. It is a meditative experience. When I dip my brush into the paint, time ceases to exist. Some people call this the zone or being in the flow. Whatever you label it, I think Cecil B. DeMille’s quote says it best for me, “Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.”
Heavily influenced by my rural Michigan upbringing, my work focuses on nature and includes rich colors.
Flowers are one of my favorite subjects. Since the 1800s, flowers have been symbolic of our feelings. I love to paint them, because for me, they are a way to share positive vibes with our crazy world.
Unfortunately, life isn't all hearts and flowers, I also express my voice through special projects; I paint and write about mental illness and addiction.
Visit ArtbyJoanWitte to view her work.
Email: ArtbyJoanWitte@gmail.com
Instagram: @Art_by_JoanWitte
Facebook: facebook.com/ArtbyJoanWitte.
Molly Bell
My work is evolving as I return from a decades-long hiatus necessitated by life events. Educated as an artist at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, in my 20s I maintained a studio, reviewed exhibits for an arts publication where I was the visual arts editor, and taught art. Simultaneously I worked at an art gallery, assisting artists in selling their work and installing exhibitions and installations in homes and businesses. Now, decades later, I am resuming my art career, focused on producing my own art.
Currently my work is primarily oil on canvas. Subjects that have always intrigued me – nature, human relationships with nature, and the sacred beauty of all living things – continue to come to the fore in my landscapes, still lifes and portraiture. Most people recognize symbolism in my work, sometimes before I do myself, with the result that each viewer may have a different and personal interpretation of my paintings.
I seek to take the media of an artist’s craft – wood, canvas, paint and nails – and create something that speaks to the soul.
Email: molly.bell.lovinlife@gmail.com