Nicholas Clark’s work is a direct reflection of his optimistic personality. From vivid oranges to metallic silvers and golds highlighted by passionate reds, his art displays a mastery of color that cannot be taught. His mediums vary from acrylics to oils and focus on creating depth through layering and application of rich texture. As Clark notes, “I pull my inspiration from fashion family, friends and music and I love working with figures because they are always so challenging — the detail of a hand, the curves of a body and the capturing of natural movement and expression.

“My journey as an artist began with the simplest of mediums; blank paper, pencil, and pen. I quickly discovered my attraction to something I consider both cathartic and magical; the transformation of a blank sheet of paper into something aesthetically pleasing, a work of art, an 8 x 11” window of beauty in our oftentimes mundane world. Over time, the introduction of acrylics, oils, and watercolors into my work only further enhanced this process, and resultantly began my chromatic passion. Color is now the key to my creative process, and is something that remains constant throughout the continuous variance of my subject matter. Through the manipulation of color, both in its’ absence and abundance, I am able to most purely express myself and establish an authentic, personal connection with all of my artwork.”

Mark Housel a Kansas native, currently in Parsons KS, has always drawn. He cannot recall a time he did not. Painting followed in his teens. Pottery came late for some reason, despite an interest in ceramics, it was only in 2022 that he began learning about clay. From the first there was a connection. The wheel, that took time.

Mark’s work is functional, everyday pottery. Working in porcelain and stoneware he is exploring the form along with the firing. Woodfiring, soda firing, and oxidation. What can each bring to the table. The community it takes to even make it possible is just as important. Mark has taken classes and workshops at the KC Clay Guild, and recently began participating in the woodfiring’s at Big Magic Anagama in Spring Hill Kansas. Mark has been minimizing glaze application to show off the clay body and environmental
reactions. There is so much to discover in each and Mark is excited to keep learning more.

Paige Ledom is an artist based in Kansas City. Once a painter, she traded in her paint brush for scissors to create intricately arranged collages using everyday materials, like paint swatches, cardboard, aluminum foil, painted paper, cut up photographs, product packaging and whatever else she finds interesting to envision new possibilities for these materials we interact with on a daily basis. Many initially mistake her work for a painting when walking by, but upon closer inspection are in for a surprise when they begin to recognize some of the materials used to create the art.

Ledom focuses on subjects and scenes from everyday life, depicting each one in great detail feels like a meditation on each one. Slowly building up the surface, reflecting on what brings us joy and what we are inexplicably drawn to.

https://www.paigeledomstudio.com/

ART OPENING RECEPTION — Open Studio/Gallery – FIRST FRIDAY – OCTOBER 3rd — Landscape Paintings by Anne Garney – 4:30PM – 8PM — 1920 Wyandotte St., Unit 5, KCMO 64108 (entrance — NW corner of the building)

Hope you can stop by!

www.annegarneypaintings.com

Studios Inc and Hadley Clark present “This Water”, a solo exhibition opening September 12th, through October 25th 2025. Studios Inc will host an opening reception on Friday, September 12th from 5 – 8 pm with an Artist Talk on September 20th from 12 – 1 pm.

Hadley Clark walks an ever-expanding circuit connecting her life and her studio practice; from sewing table to home closet to backyard compost to garden beds to kitchen stovetop, and changing with the seasons, and back again, and a little wider next time. Functionally, this belief system results in work that is made slowly and humbly with plant-dyed, found, and donated textiles, often incorporating discarded cuts from the floor of Clark’s studio, and leans in the direction of the emotional, psychological, and memorializing qualities of a garment in the life of its wearer. This exhibition captures the artist as she eschews garments’ utility on the body in favor of the personal and spiritual signifiers they carry on the wall.

“This Water” is a summative exhibition of sculptural works made by Hadley Clark during her time as a resident at Studios Inc, 2023 – 25.

Launched to serve mid-career artists, Studios Inc is Kansas City’s only nonprofit arts organization offering pivotal three-year residencies to mid-career artists who are poised to significantly expand their careers. Studios Inc offers a unique immersive experience for resident artists, who use their studio and exhibition space to produce and exhibit work, network and learn from one another, and attract and cultivate relationships with art patrons, collectors, and arts professionals.

“This Water” will be on view in the Studios Inc Exhibition Hall September 12th through October 25th. Exhibition hours are Wednesday through Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday 12 – 4pm.