Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Dave Mallarkey of Back Mountain Woodcraft! Dave has been a wood carver and sculptor for 20+ years. He started wood carving when he joined a carving club just to check it out. Just like that Dave was hooked! Dave creates wood carving and sculptures using various methods and tools including knives, chisels, and chainsaws. When working on his wood carvings and sculptures he tends to create backstories for all of…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Ashley Delaney of Beyondinfinitycreations! Ashley is a wife, a mom, as well as a fur-mom to two dogs, two cats, a rabbit, and a horse. She loves animals, but horses are her passion. She teaches riding lessons part-time, runs an Interscholastic Equestrian Association Team, and enjoys hiking when she has spare time. She’s always enjoyed DIY projects and has always been creative. Her woodworking journey started when her husband…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Aubrey Haskell of Vessels for Danu! Aubrey, the creator behind Vessels for Danu, is a contemporary ceramic artist based in Scranton. She has always been creative as well as a lover of nature and fantasy. For the past seven years, she has been creating functional pottery and sculptures inspired by the shades and ripples of nature and the feeling of forgetting reality and stepping into a fairytale. Aubrey grew…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Matt Kester! Matt is the drummer for NEPA based Pop-Rock band Nowhere Slow. He has been in the game for over 20 years. From corporate events and weddings to national level concerts, he’s done it all. Matt owns local event production company, Matt Kester Productions (MKP), where he asserts that there is no event too big or small for him and his team. Matt brings his vast wealth of…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Sarah Novroski! Sarah and her husband, Eric, run a local production company where she leads all things video. Sarah is a first-time mom trying to navigate the balance of creativity, work, and being the best mom she can be. She loves the outdoors and spending quality time with family and friends, especially over a good cup of coffee. Sarah considers herself a self-taught creative. From painting in the backyard…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Nick Bukofski! Nick works as a photographer based out of NEPA both for himself, as well as being a full-time editor and photographer at Knot Just Any Day, where he photographs everything from weddings to portraits. For Nick’s entire life, he was interested in art in any form. He never even considered photography until his senior year of high school, when he randomly decided to take a photography class.…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Christine Brown! Christine was born and raised in northeastern PA. She has traveled all over the country and to parts of the world, but considers Scranton as her home base. Christine has been interested in creating art ever since she was little. Her intuitive free flowing form of painting came about after she got sober almost 6 years ago. Christine works with acrylic paints on canvas. She waters the…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Carlee Williams! Carlee is a 19 year old soon-to-be Fine Arts graduate from Luzerne County Community College. She has been creating art ever since she could hold a pencil. She fondly looks back at her old sketchbooks and sees how much her skills have improved over time. Carlee works in a lot of mediums, but currently enjoys oil painting. However, when it comes to her commissions, her focus is…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Keith Kratz! Keith is a local graphic designer and illustrator born and raised in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He constantly doodled as a child, but it wasn’t until he took private lessons as a teenager that he became serious about art. In college, he studied graphic design and subsequently found work at a screen printing company. Keith considers drawing and painting to be his true passions, and often incorporates his love…
Every Sunday, we turn the spotlight on some great creatives. This week, we have Maximillian McNelis! Max is a big kid that sees the world in a unique way. He has a passion for creating a desire to share his work for others to enjoy. When he was younger, Max started drawing to help escape the bullying he would endure. The more he drew, the more his passion for creating grew and over time, he learned he wanted to share his creations with…