Artistas y artesanos en Gardner, MA

“Being an artist as well as business professional, creativity , on time, on budget makes for satisfied customer. Work ethic and customer input is valued I would highly recommend this professional”

“Everything I have graced my home and children's homes with has been wonderful and meaningful from window hangings, vase, chimes, wall hangings. There is heart and soul in each piece created and there in lies its special beauty.”

“Debra Bretton Robinson painted a lovely, colorful, image of my dog Rio. She used rich, vibrant colors to compliment the different tones of his unique, caramel and white fur. It was obvious she wanted to ad a bit of personality of the dog to the piece, by the addition of the diamond shaped name tag and tall grass he hides in at home. It is a painting that will be passed down in the family for years to come!”

“Love, love my painting by Brenda Cirioni…my second one! Just outstanding in my new dining room and the focal point of the space. My second "Cirioni"…the other at my office.”

“I met Arelys Jimenez at a showing of her beautiful artwork in a library in New Hampshire, with a friend who knew her. I am by no means an art critic, but I was completely awestruck by the incredible mix of gorgeous colors in Arelys's work. Put simply, her works are joyful. I bought her smallest piece of work available that day, which is about 10 inches by 9 inches. It has a bright yellow bottom background and somewhat lavender upper background. The painting is a riot of yellow, lavender, orange, pink, and blue spots, with sticks of plants shooting up from the bottom that remind me of brightly colored pussy willows. I have it hanging in my morning glory blue bedroom - and it is the first thing I see every morning. Needless to say, the painting brings me feelings of great joy AND peace every time I look at it. Arelys' own characteristic of serenity is expressed in everyone of her paintings. Our world certainly needs all the serenity we can find, and Arelys' paintings definitely bring both serenity and joy alive.”

“My husband and I decided to raze our 90 year old lake cottage rather than try to convert the seasonal building to year round. In the process we also wanted a more practical design. Because of State of NH rules for lakefront residents we were restricted to two bedrooms we wanted to make sure our floor plan was done well. My husband had the necessary background to do the construction design but I knew if left to him we would have a very sturdy box as our new cottage. I wanted one with some aesthetic appeal as well as a practical design inside. Paul was recommended to us by a past client. We met with him and gave him ideas of what we would like. He was great about listening especially to my ideas. This property had been my parents summer home so I had spent 60 summers there. Some thing about the new cottage were very firm in my plans because of what I was used to or wanted in the new place. Paul was great at incorporating all of them. Very shortly after that initial meeting he had the first draft of the outdoors design and the floor plans. We were delighted. There were a few minor tweaks that had to be done but they were minor and within a month of our first meeting we were starting the new cottage. It was simple. We did not want anything too fussy. But it had beautiful classy touches that just made it so rich looking without making the building too expensive. We were on a budget but did not want the building to look it. And boy did his design fill that bill. It looks so chic and elegant. The proof of this has been the overwhelming compliments we have gottten on the place. Not one of our neighbors, friends, workmen or just strangers going by ever have anything but raving compliments. We have never gotten a “gee that is really nice”. It is alway “ Wow your cottage is just fabulous. I love the..... fill in here so many of the nice details Paul incorporated. We are on the waterfront so the first summer we got so many boats slowing by and giving us the thumbs up or actually stopping and telling us how beautiful it was we were starting to feel like celebraties. It has calmed down now but we are about to start the garage that was designed at the same time. I am excited to see the reaction to it. I am prejudiced but I think it will be a hit as well. Needle to say I can say nothing negative about hiring Paul if you need a home design. He has excellent taste, is pleasant to work with and we found his fees more than reasonable. If I needed design services again I would not hesitate to call him again.”

“As a designer, it's important for me to develop positive relationships with different trades. I have had the pleasure of collaborating with Powers Gallery on different projects. In particular, I was scouting for art for a client and the staff at Powers was extremely helpful in assisting me. Their framing is top notch and they offer a variety of quality art pieces at different price points. Larry, the owner, is very knowledgeable and he has surrounded himself with skilled and extremely professional staff members (Evelyn and Elizabeth are always so helpful! ).”