PURCHASING ARTWORK SUPPORTS THE ARTISTS AND THE NSS FINE ARTS SALON. ENQUIRE HERE
 Insired by a photograph by Giovanni Badino (GSP) – Speleo Research & Film – during his exploration of Naica crystal cave (Mexico) in 2006. It will be shown at the Fine Arts Salon, Marengo Indiana 2007. |
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ANDY SOLD EVERY PAINTING HE SENT LAST YEAR! ALREADY ONE SOLD THIS YEAR! BEFORE CONVENTION! |
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Andy Komensky(8164RE) (FE) A caver for decades, Andy, retired Carlsbad Caverns Park Ranger, now paints his memories for all cavers to enjoy and shares with us that unmistakable enthusiasm for the ultimate trip to remember. Andy will be at Convention this year, so come meet our most popular artist!
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Michael Angelo Gagliardi(50298RE) |
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(47718RE) Meet Jacqui and see her work at the 2007 NSS Convention at Marengo,Indiana |
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Mindy has had an artistic flare most of her life, whether it be sewing clothes and costumes, photography, or mechanical gadgets. Her love of outdoors permeates most of her art, and she enjoys incorporating into it caving and nature. She has been working with stained glass for about 7 years, starting with the more traditional styles, but has branched out into less typical methods, using scrap throw-away pieces, hand-picked directly from the glass factory. "I love the way the glass bends and flows, and let the glass determine the scene rather than me forcefully doing so. I think the result gives a much more organic and powerful impression." Mindy also works as a Microbiologist, collecting soil and researching the bacteria for secondary metabolites for agricultural use. Known as "the Dirt Girl", her job allows a handy excuse to go caving and collect samples. |
Alice Rolfes-Curl (16673RL) Rane Curl (2247HM) (HM,FE) Vittoria Curl (23500RL) Stained glass and pewter on wood. 2006 Caver's Choice Ballot Box See the box at the 2007 Salon in Marengo, IN |
CAVER'S CHOICE AWARD 2006 . |
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Charles "Chuck" Acklin(27465RE)(FE) Chuck is the son of a caver who has been a member since the early days of the NSS. He is a musician, a writer and specializes in fine watecolors and detailed sketches. If you ever meet Chuck, you need to ask him about his journals. They are a work of art just by themselves. His sketches are a popular feature in the NSS News. Meet Chuck and see his new work at the 2007 NSS Convention at Marengo,Indiana |
MERIT AWARD PAINT/PASTEL 2006 |
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Carolina Shrewsbury, USA/Great Britain/Switzerland(SpeleoArt, ISSA) (46182FL) Born 18 June 1956 in Chatham, Kent GB. Spent formative years traveling around Europe with family. Diploma in Fashion Design, Plymouth College of Art & Design, 1977-80; C&G in Light Clothing Industry, 1979. Started caving with Plymouth Polytechnic Caving Club, 1978; Westminster Caving Club, 1980; Caving with AGH/SGH in Switzerland and France 1980-1997. Member of the National Speleological Society, NSS #48936. Moved permanently to the USA in 2000. Graduated B.Sc. Organizational Management, Bryan College, Dayton, TN, 2005. Moved to Florida 2006-7 on sailboat Dreamweaver. Carolina works from her studio at the Salt Creek Artworks in St Petersburg. Exhibited in Great Britain and throughout Europe and the United States since 1985. Many paintings in private collections. Founder Member of International Society of Speleological Art (ISSA) 1994. Initiated SpeleoArt in 1997 as an organization for international speleo-art workshops and exhibitions. Founding member of the NSS Fine Arts Salon 2000. SpeleoArt is the contact base for speleo-artists worldwide and others interested in seeing, selling and buying speleo-art. My pictures are stories of my trips in color. My depictions may not always be an existing cave. Instead, they are a caving trip in themselves!
Carolina is the Chairman and Coordinator of the NSS Fine Arts Salon.
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(31390RE) Winner 2006 Best Of Show (Flight of The Pierced Bat)
Michael has won awards in many art shows and craft shows locally and nationally, including several Best of Show awards. He has also judged several wood carving shows and has written for the American Woodturner, the journal of the American Association of Woodturners. Active in both local and national turning and carving clubs, he also demonstrates and teaches both woodcarving and woodturning in his studio. Michael has been turning and carving for 26 years and is self-taught. |
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Teddy began her training at the knees of her mother and professional artist Betty Davis at a very young age. In her twenties her main priority was raising her children however she continued to hone her skills (on a time available basis) and sell some work while moving from place to place and supporting her husbands’ military career.
 Her excitement and motivation to paint renewed when she joined the MVG grotto in 1994. New friends, underground wonders and conservation became a passion.
In 2000 she developed a traveling exhibit titled “ Introduction to caves through art.” for the Missouri Department of Conservation. With support of two other artists and a photographer 111 pieces toured the state from park to park from February 2001 until February 2002.
She works regularly in the Windy Ridge Studio she shares with her mother in Dittmer, Missouri displaying her work locally.
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(20805RE )(CM,LB,FE) (30176RE)(FE) Peter and Ann Bosted have been at helm of cave photography in the US and abroad. Ann is the Chairman of the Print Salon for the NSS. Their work has appeared in calendars, books, magazines, postcards and been exhibited in two museums - California and Canada. They have also each produced books, and calendars titled "CAVES" from 1995 to 1999. Photography becomes fine art when special effects enhance the power of a composition. |
MERIT AWARD (TEXTILE) |
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Mary started caving in Montana in the early 1960’s and was a charter member of the Shinning Mountains Grotto, Bozeman, Montana. She started working with clay in 1996. Caving and bats are included in much of her art work as caving and making pots just seem to go together.
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HONORABLE MENTION (TEXTILE) |
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Bill Greenwald(9146RL FE) Bill has been sketching and painting underground for several years. His enthusiasm has inspired many new artists and has been a consistent supporter of Speleoart. Annually, he holds classes for beginner speleoartists.
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Honorable Mention Award 2006 |
Kara Pivarski(54872RE) Kara says she is technically an amateur. She won many positive comments from the hundreds of visitors we had visiting the Fine Arts Salon 2005.
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Front Cover of NSS News July 2006 Issue |
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Ellis (Ian Chandler), Great Britain/Spain(Matienzo, Spain) Ellis moved, from the UK, to Northern Spain three years ago to develop his art. His art is based completely on the experience, physical and spiritual, of exploring caves, finding their language and seeking their essence. Ellis´s acrylic paintings look to the blackness of the caves and the colours of our existence. Figurative sculptures, in moulded hot glue and acrylic sheet investigate the relationships with our sexuality and consciousness. Using his digital recordings of the sounds in the caves, his movements in the caves and the use of percussion instruments Ellis creates sound images, some with poems, of the magic of caves. The film, with Antony Rohald, ¨¨In sight of light¨¨, achieved third prize at the 2005 ICS in Greece and first prize at the UK national conference film competitions. This film, through images and Ellis´s poetry, describes his encounters with the caves. There is much more to be discovered when exploring, through art, our unlit subterranean worlds.
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Alice Rolfes-Curl(16673RL) Alice is the 2004 SpeleoArt award winner. 2005 she won the Multimedia Merit award for her mosaic entitled "Kentucky Room" which sold very quickly.
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Marian McConnell(USA) Marian was chairman of the Fine Arts Salon from 2000 until 2005. Her work is exhibited every year in the Salon. Working in watercolor, she has produced striking images set in boxes with lighting set behind figures to produce a 3D effect. Her paintings often have a story behind them. She has used her work to illustrate her bestseller book entitled "Emergence".
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June MacLucas, Australia(ISSA, Cave Exploration Group of S.Australia) Born 1940 South Australia. Caving since 1992. BA in Fine Art 1984. Touring exhibitions to five Australian cities 1994-1996 called "Inside-Earth-Caves beneath the Nullarbor". Have received grants from S. Australia Visual Art Board for various solo exhibitions. Have caved extensively on the Nullarbor, South and West Australia. Caved also in England and India.
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Bonnie Curnock(NSS member) Bonnie works at Wind Cave and is the producer of some of the finest t-shirt designs for cavers. She spends some of her time painting film sets but is most famous for her fabulous portraits of famous cavers. Her award winning painting of Stephen Bishop, renowned mapper and explorer of Mammoth cave in the USA resides on the wall of William and Carolina Shrewsbury..
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Meet Carolina and see her new work at the 2007 NSS Convention at Marengo,Indiana 
Meet Lois, attend her Cavern Arts Project presentation and see her new work at the 2007 NSS Convention at Marengo,Indiana
Meet Michael and see this work at the 2007 NSS Convention at Marengo,Indiana 
Michael, from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has exhibited in several US shows, including Challenge V: International Lathe Turned Objects, the National Speleological Society’s Fine Art Salon. He turned an ornament for the Clinton White House during the “Year of the Craft.”
