JAN SEEVERS - Graphic Artist/Photographer

World Travel.  No Passport Required.

Mama Janet as she is adoringly called has travelled the world.  In 1999 she has transformed her love of Afrika and photography  into AfrikanSpirit Cards. 

She produces a line of quality African-centered greeting cards and stationery items that proudly display the great motifs and ornamentations of the Afrikan World Diaspora.  She uses Afrikan images,  proverbs and the many languages of Afrika.

She has designed a new line exclusively  for SHOP. PLAY. LOVE. featuring Detroit-inspired graphics and sentiments.

NICK GRUNAS - Photographer

Through the Colorful Lens of a Detroit D.J.

Nick (also known as DJ Just Nick on the club circuit) is a photographer who focuses (no pun intended) on Detroit skylines, landscapes and iconic scenes.  He embellishes his photos with light and color and brings a new, dynamic view of local scenery.

Nick's graphic artistry transform everyday locations into magically radiant versions of the original.

ROBERT MONAGHAN - Photographer

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder...& the Photographer

 

Robert is a popular photographer who knows how to fill a frame.  His compositions and lighting      show Detroit life and its landmarks from a beautiful and intriguing viewpoint.  He has truly mastered a “you are here” perspective that submerges viewers and engages them with his subjects.

He says, “Whether trying to capture the grandeur of the city’s once mighty industrial power, or the melancholy of a long abandoned and silent mansion, my goal is to do more than just document. I try to present each photo as an interpretation of the moment; vivid, often visceral, and never contrived.”

“I try to instill emotion and aesthetic into the shot so that the viewer will feel immersed by what I saw as I put the camera to my eye.    I believe that the streets of Detroit will continue to provide plenty of visual raw imagery for many years to come, and I will continue to capture its unique mix of history and culture.”

SHOP. PLAY. LOVE.  offers a wide selection of Robert’s prints in variety of sizes and framing options.

BUDDY MORSELLO - Painter

Fine Arts meets Eastern Market

Buddy is a Masters of Fine Arts graduate of Wayne State University and is currently a full time professor of art at Oakland Community College. 

He started painting at the age of 18, painting the album covers of favorite musical artists and it just grew from there. He was moved to pursue fine arts and painting as his degree.

Buddy’s primary goal now is to capture places and faces in Detroit and to be solely supported by his Detroit-inspired art.  He describes his point of view as objective abstraction. “In other words I use what I see and abstract the subject matter”.

                               

FORBIDDEN 36X36

MUSEUM OF SHADOWS  40X30

RIA NORIEGA - Painter

Love Detroit Grafitti? Take some home.

I am a Detroit artist that spray paints vinyl albums, reclaimed items and stretched canvas.  I also paint live with the Detroit Art Collective.  Its a good chance you'll find me at one of Detroit's many music and art related events, as that is where I find a great of my inspirations.

ALIYA MOORE - Graphic Artist

Not your grandmother's stationery.

Aliya Moore is a painter and graphic artist, working with many mediums, watercolor being her favorite. Her work expresses originality, yet captures the simple themes of everyday life such as, Love, Beauty and Relationships.

Aliya refined her craft as an Arts & Crafts major at Detroit’s  renowned Cass Technical High School. 

Her works have been featured at many venues, including:

Wayne State University Arts Festival

The Shrine of the Black Madonna

The Iron Street Mural Project

African World Festival

The Concert of Colors

Aliya is a native Detroiter and mother to two beautiful daughters. She is now featuring her graphic designs on a line of greeting cards and stationery.

DENISE BILLUPS-WALKER - Lampwork Glass Artist

Lampwork Glass in Sculpture and Jewelry Design

Denise Billups-Walker is a lampwork glass artist and designer.  After retiring as a Detroit Public Schools teacher, Denise chose to delve into her love of glass arts.  She is the founder of  Fire Dance Studio. “Fire dance” was a term used by lampworkers of old to describe the movement of the mandrel and glass rods in and out of the flame.  

Denise is a member of International Society of Glass Bead Makers for 18 years and the Southeastern Michigan Glass Beadmakers Guild for 15 years, serving as President and Secretary.  She so loves her work that in September of 2010 she attended a weeklong glass workshop with Lucio Bubaco in Murano, Italy.

Galleries -          

Lawrence Street Gallery – Ferndale, MI

Arts Afire – Alexandria, VA

                Rubini Gallery, Benzonia, MI

Most recent exhibitions –

2015 -  “Creatures – Real or Imagined” - Grosse Pointe Art Center – Grosse Pointe, MI;

“Wanna Dance” – 2^nd Place; “Lolly” – Honorable Mention

2014 - “Small Works”, Riverside Gallery, Ypsilanti, MI – “Gilda Lilly”, Honorable Mention

                2012 – Synergy –“Yeah…Detroit, So Bead It! – 1^st co-winner, Wearable art

                2007 -2013 Our Town, Birmingham Community House, Birmingham, MI

                2004 – 2009 Lawrence Street Gallery, Invitational 

                2007 – University of Michigan Open Invitational