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Brooklyn Mercantile is proud to support and showcase these selected talented and unique artists and craftspeople.
CARLYSLE VICENTI, Monoprint Artist, has been creating unique monoprints for over 25 years. The son of a full-blooded Jicarilla Apache and a Belgian émigré, he is a second generation artist influenced by extreme cross cultures. Mr. Vicenti developed his distinctive technique while attending Virginia Commonwealth University. By using handheld brayers he applies oil paint and printing pigments to a smooth surface. He then works to score into the wet medium creating open spaces that are once again rolled over to impart color in specific areas. Each work is printed on durable Japanese fiber paper, and each image is as individual as a painting – hence the name monoprint. His works are featured among numerous private, public and corporate collections in North America and abroad, but only available in this area through Brooklyn Mercantile.
DIANA VICENTI, Fabric Artist, was born and raised in Lancaster, PA where she was influenced by Amish quilt making. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in Painting and Printmaking, she is a decorative painter and window treatment fabricator. Ms. Vicenti became interested in fabric arts as a way to make use of left over scraps. Employing her painting background in the discovery process, she manipulates the fabrics and the relationship between them. Her unique reversible fabric bowls, colorful pillows and Christmas stockings are featured at Brooklyn Mercantile.
CLAIRE GODDARD, English mixed media artist, assembles her quietly evocative collages from found objects, among them as matchbooks, letters, book pages, recycled paper, stamps, used envelopes, tape, buttons and thread. By using reclaimed and commonplace materials, particularly those of a transitory, ephemeral nature, she explores ideas of sustainability, art in the community and individuality in design. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide and is represented in public and private collections. A fine selection of Ms. Goddard’s work is offered at Brooklyn Mercantile.
BARBARA ENSOR, Park Slope resident artist, educator and writer, has written extensively for websites and publications, among them New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Family Life and The Village Voice. Her illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, Harper's Magazine, Self and Graphis. She is the author and illustrator of Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story). Her latest book, Thumbelina, Tiny Runaway Bride, published by Random House Children's Books, will be available in June 2008. A selection of Ms. Ensor’s signature cut-out silhouettes, some of which illustrate both books, are available at Brooklyn Mercantile.
DEBRA WOOD, Park Slope resident artist, has been painting with acrylics on a variety of wood pieces for over 15 years. What began as a simple hobby has grown into a passion that has turned chests, chairs, step stools, rocking horses, wood letters, and interesting scrap wood into personalized folk art for family and friends. Select pieces by Ms. Wood are available at Brooklyn Mercantile.
