Artists - Beyond Vision Art

Dee Char is a multidisciplinary artist whose works are inspired by found and recycled objects, with expression of the hues of nature. Dee’s work is most often of an abstract nature, and as she has been losing her vision, her art pieces are incorporating vibrancy and dimensionality in the form of contrasts of colors and textures.
You may have seen one of Dee’s public art pieces on Third Street in downtown Dayton between KeOwee and Webster. A 13 foot mural of Carrots on the concrete retaining wall created as part of a beautification project in the Fall of 2012. Dee envisioned and then executed the work with the help of a fellow artist after her entry submission was chosen for the project.

Emily holds a BFA from Wright State University in Design/Technology with a focus in Stage Management. She also has a certificate from Sinclair in Arts Management. As of 2021, she is in pursuit of an Associates in Painting from Sinclair. Since 2000, she has worked backstage in the shadows of Dayton's theaters. She is currently the Stage Production Manager at The Dayton Art Institute.Emily found a love for finger painting in oils after her husband introduced her to a few artists who did the same. The style allows the artist to connect to the art without an extension. A direct connect and intention. The artist/work connection becomes more personal and loving with each fingerprint.

Jing% (Ellen) Xu (b. 1987, Inner Mongolia, China)! holds a BA in Sculpture and Law from Xiamen University in Xiamen, China, and an MFA in Photomedia from the University of Washington in Seattle. Making art is the way to communicate with both my heart and the world surrounding me. My art practice is a combination of sculpture, drawing and installation creating an immersive, dreamlike environment to respond to the unique architectural features of space. My work is influenced by Chinese folk art. I use labor-intensive, repetitive methods to represent the history of Chinese working people and identity

Dean retired from the USAF in 2005 and has always had a fascination with computers, electronics in general, & how they work. He has built his own computers and is very good at troubleshooting also. His fascination began when the 3D technology showed up on the market, but it was really not affordable back then. In 2021, there was a vendor selling 3D printers at Traders World Flea Market, and Dean wanted in. So, (2) 3D printers later, he has been creating many things and enjoying it very much.

My mother and I came up with an idea to embroider a plain white bed sheet that I could then quilt. I was around 11 or 12 years of age. It took me close to 10 years to finish embroidering. When it came time to quilt, I didn't have the nerve to try. I put it away. I moved onto another idea. I saw an article in the Better Homes and Gardens regarding a bedspread made out of yoyos. Not the toy, but fabric cut in a circle and stitched to make a flower petal. I started then and there making the flowers or yoyos as they are called. I had no idea how many to make. I lost the article, I got married, twice, had kids and added two more kids. Life interrupted. I didn't stop finding time to make the petals, but time marched on.
When our nest emptied, we were able to use the rooms for other spaces than bedrooms. That's when I got my great-grandmother's quilting frame from my mother. I got brave and finished the first quilt and gave it to my daughter after close to 40 years. Now for the last 35 years I am about to complete my other quilt. This quilt has morphed from the original BH&G article to my own creation. I chose to applique the petals onto a plain white bed sheet and using colorful embroidery thread. Since it was picked up and put down so many times my technique changed over time. Some of the petals were nicer than others. I decided to hide my imperfections (which there are many) with buttons. But no ordinary buttons. Cloth covered metal buttons. By then the internet was created and I could go online and purchase metal buttons in bulk. As for other imperfections, you just have to look and touch.

Angel started being artistic at the tender age of seven. She won many many awards in creative drawing, painting & ceramics throughout her life in elementary, middle and high school years. Her artwork was often displayed on the RTA buses in Dayton Ohio as well as being one of the few candidates selected at just 12 years old for her Artwork to be displayed for several years at the prestigious Kettering towers in downtown Dayton. In her adult life, she put down her paint brush for more than a decade to raise her beautiful family. In 2016, Angel found a new inspirational desire to paint again when her mother took deathly ill in the hospital with colon cancer and a brain aneurysm. While waiting what seem to be endless hours and days in the hospital while the nurses were caring for her mother, she began to pick up her paint brush again. This seem to help her to cope through her pain, sorrow and devastation. To ease the feeling of grief Angel decided to give back to the nurses in the hospital that were taking such exceptional care of her mother during this very turbulent time. As each staff member would come into the room they began to request custom handmade pieces. The word spread all over the hospitals. From the emergency rooms to intensive care soon she began blessing each nurse in the hospital with free artwork. Each nurse would find appreciation, hope and inspiration to do their job with zeal. Currently she has created and opened Dayton Urban Street Dance Studio from her home where she now teaches children the love of art drawing and painting, music and dance.In her mother's legacy she continues to still give back to the community in which she lives. Painting and teach children at the Dayton public libraries, churches, recreational parks and the inner city streets of Dayton Ohio.

this mask-like weaving with different colored woven coils was GIFTED TO ELIZABETHS MOTHER by Martha Cowden.
Martha was a 1960 graduate of Oakwood High School. She attended Western College for Women, in Oxford, as a special student for four years and was elected an honorary member of the class of 1964. She later earned an Associate of Arts degree with honors at Sinclair Community College. She also studied at the Penland School of Crafts, in North Carolina, and at Arrowmont School of Crafts, in Tennessee. Martha gradually lost her sight as a young adult due to glaucoma. Martha was an artist. She worked principally with clay and natural fibers, with all of her work being tactual. With many of her pieces, she followed a Native American basketry technique that combined hand-built pottery with fiber coiling. Her pottery was created and fired at classes at Sinclair Community College. For her coiling, she wrapped yarn and other fibers around roping in inventive designs. She also made decorative wall-hangings on her loom.