Alma Thomas

The next Artist You Need To Know is Alma Thomas (1891 – 1978). Thomas was an African-American artist and art teacher who spent the majority of her life and career in Washington, D.C.. She is considered one of the most significant painters from the United States...

Brenda Goodman

The next Artist You Need To Know is Brenda Goodman. Goodman is an American artist based in Pine Hill, New York, who is primarily known for her paintings but also works in collage and sculpture. The critic John Yau offers that “…Goodman had absorbed lessons...

Alice Crawley

The next Artist You Need To Know is Alice Crawley (1915 – 2011). Crawley was a painter, sculptor and designer of stage sets as well as a founding member of Niagara Artists Centre in St. Catharines. Stephen Remus, Director at NAC, offered the following about...

Vanessa Baird

The next Artist You Need To Know is Vanessa Baird. Baird is a Norwegian artist who works mostly in drawing but also has mounted large scale installations of her works. She has carved out a space for herself as one of Norway’s foremost visual artists since the 1990s...

K. M. Graham

The next Artist You Need To Know is K. M. Graham (1913–2008). K. M. (Kathleen Margaret) Graham was a Canadian artist who worked primarily in abstraction who began to paint at the age of 50: her colourful patterned works – executed primarily in paint – were...