Diane Elmslie is a Rochester, New York native and has been active in the arts community for over 30 years. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the school of Art and Design at Rochester Institute of Technology; she has been producing award winning art ever since. Beyond her own artist explorations and compositions, she has produced commissioned paintings, portraits, and illustrations. She also teaches classes in watercolor painting and paper collage.

Diane is a member of the Rochester Art Club and has exhibited her work in many local Rochester galleries, venues, and shows, including the Finger Lakes Show at the Memorial Art Gallery. Her mediums include acrylic, oil, watercolor, mixed media, paper collage, batik, intaglio and silkscreen printing. Her photography currently serves as a springboard for new abstract oils and mixed media artworks. Diane drafts several versions of her images in Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator before she transposes the composition to canvas.

"I continue to research the tension and contradiction of opposing forces. My interest is in creating the overall dynamic that exists between strength and delicacy, through the use of line, form, and color" -- Diane Elmslie

Sherry Tulloch is a resident of the Churchville-Chili area in upstate New York and holds a fine arts degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology. As an active member of the Arena Art Group, Rochester Art Club, Print Club of Rochester and the Chili Art Group, she exhibits her artwork with these clubs in many local galleries. She also competes in juried national, state, and regional shows.

Sherry has been acknowledged with honors and awards for her signature, richly textured, abstract compositions and has received grants for her work in community arts projects. Her collaborations with other artists have produced complex installations, limited edition sculptures, and published book covers.

"I am inexplicably drawn to abstract – have been since…forever. Creating it is a self-guided venture, a search – not necessarily for answers - more for questions. I do what feels right in my mind and what feels good in my hand - with anticipation for whatever is around the bend."
-- Sherry Tulloch