A•Chroma: Works on Paper

Joseph Pfeiffer-Herbert was born and raised in Olympia, Washington. The first influential artist in Joseph's life, his college art instructor, once said ”The human figure is the most complex subject to draw or paint. If you can draw a realistic figure, you can draw anything.”

These words have created the foundation for Joseph's career, allowing him to focus his studies on figure drawing, painting, and portraiture. He studied with master artists Dana Levin in Providence and Cindy MacMillan in Boston. While he continually refines his ability to realistically depict the human figure, Joseph deepens his understanding of the arts on a daily basis. Currently, Joseph is focusing mainly on figurative work and commissioned work, in his studio in Galloway, New Jersey.

Joseph Pfeiffer-Herbert was born and raised in Olympia, Washington. The first influential artist in Joseph's life, his college art instructor, once said ”The human figure is the most complex subject to draw or paint. If you can draw a realistic figure, you can draw anything.”

These words have created the foundation for Joseph's career, allowing him to focus his studies on figure drawing, painting, and portraiture. He studied with master artists Dana Levin in Providence and Cindy MacMillan in Boston. While he continually refines his ability to realistically depict the human figure, Joseph deepens his understanding of the arts on a daily basis. Currently, Joseph is focusing mainly on figurative work and commissioned work, in his studio in Galloway, New Jersey.

J.S. Weis graduated from James Madison University in 2005 with a BFA and a concentration in printmaking. Weis began exhibiting his artwork internationally as well as across the United States in 2014. His current works mix flora, fauna, and little artifacts of human production, exploring the space between the idealized purity of nature and the day-to-day consumption that threatens it. The artist currently live in Portland, OR.

Alex Louisa graduated with a degree in Journalism and Creative Writing, before the need to create firmly pulled her attention back to her art. Having worked as a graphic artist for eight years, she now focuses solely on her personal work.

In 2008 she had her first solo exhibition at Jugglers Art Space in Brisbane, and has been involved in a number of group shows throughout Australia since then. Her work is now reaching an international audience as a member of  the PRISMA Collective, showing with a selection of 30 artists from around the world. Her work has been published in Curvy and Semi-Permanent.

Often experimenting with mixed media, especially in the backgrounds of her works, Alex mainly works with drawing materials or oils, currently with a shift towards larger works. She focuses on elements of the natural world that grab her attention - discovering the intricacies of a leaf or flower, or trying to capture an animal's individual personality, especially those of the avian kind.

Alex grabs every moment she can to work on her artwork, throwing herself into her painting or drawing any moment that her twin baby boys are asleep.

Chelsea Brown draws and paints sword wielding, horde-leading badass ladies bent on revenge and wreaking havoc. Working mainly in oil paint and graphite, she is inspired by all things epic, legendary and womanly. With a background in costume design, her work is heavily character driven portraiture infused with narrative. She both creates characters and re-imagines historical figures geared towards emulating female heroes of fiery self-assuredness and primal combative natures.