Featured Artists

CHERYL PIPERBERG grew up in Harrisburg and then earned a fine art degree from Moore College of Art. Over the years since then she has had her own poster company, Carrot Prints, providing nourishing images for children. She has also taught art to all ages from pre-school to college students.

“ What inspires me as an artist is the interplay of color and texture. I know I am on the right track when there is a feeling of weaving the parts and pieces together…My goal is to create something that is lively and interesting to look at…whether the piece is a complex mandala with lots of images to balance and incorporate, or a collage of painted paper embellished beads and feathers...” says Piperberg about her work.

Piperberg combines inspiring words with her art, as in her blessing bowls filled with prayers and inspiring messages. Magic wands or clearing sticks carry lettered beads, and collages contain a quote and expand from that.

CLARE MARGARET arrived in Harrisburg in 1990 after a decade in New York City. She was born in England where she studied art at Brixton College and then continued her studies at the Art Students League in New York. She worked as a freelance artist under contract as mural painter, set construction, installation and exhibition display for several NYC design studios.

Her work for this “Simply Inspiring” exhibit includes paintings in oil and acrylic, papercuttings, and silkscreen prints. Her work is uncomplicated and intended to make people happy, drawing inspiration from Henri Matisse. Her images of peaceful animals are inspiring. “I have learned to simplify everything through silkscreen, eliminating things that complicate,” says Clare. Her creative focus is evident in the paintings and prints she produces, and her favorite tool is an exacto knife.

ROXANNE TOSER’s bead weaving has grown from simple charms to experimentation and development of new one-of-a kind designs. “Weaving a combination of flower and seed beads to make necklaces is my favorite design,” according to Roxanne.