Painter Mary Lou Strode

Mary Lou Strode, a member of Valley Artisans Market since 1981, is a painter from Argyle, New York. Here is her journey in art in her own words. The painting shown is titled, Snowmobile Trail. In the Beginning I Drew “My earliest memory of drawing was sitting on...

Pulp painting

Handmade paper artist Martha Starke doesn’t paint on paper. She creates the paper as she paints. Using recycled paper that is blended with water to make a pulp, she thins the consistency of the paper pulp until she is able to spread it onto a screen. The water...

Grant awarded to local student

Valley Artisans Market is thrilled to present a $100 grant to Norah Moses of Greenwich High School who will be attending SUNY Adirondack this fall. Every year, the Market awards money to a senior with outstanding ability in art, who plans to major in art and to earn a...

One line of thread

Leslie Fuller’s new line of greeting cards carry on her tradition of using one line of uninterrupted thread in her artwork; she uses many different scraps of fabric and then connects them together in a pleasing way with a single line of uncut thread. While you...