Kendle Design Collaborative

Sep 13, 2016 | Artist

Kendle Design Collaborative

Kendle Design Collaborative is proud to office at the Ellis property on Cattletrack Road. Far from the typical office environment the Ellis property is an artist's sanctuary hidden among the trees in Scottsdale.

Originally homesteaded by George Ellis in the 30's, the Ellis property is a serene refuge rich with hand-built homes and studios, 3 of which are now on the national historic registry. The entire property is full of history and art. Philip Curtis (cofounder of the Phoenix Art Museum) produced every major painting of his career here at the Ellis property. Visiting foreign dignitaries and artists frequently stayed here to be connected to the Phoenix art scene.

Moreover, nearly any type of art one might think of has been produced here at one time or another; sculpture, paintings, photography, drawings, metal work, bronze work, ceramics, costuming, puppetry, illustration, dance, woodwork, race car and small airplane construction all have been done here. This tradition continues and the work of the resident and visiting artists is continually on display in the gallery.

Kendle Design Collaborative is proud to make its creative contribution here amidst the peaceful setting that is the Ellis property

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CattleTrack Pottery

Apr 15, 2016 | Artist

Mary Van Dusen

is a retired teacher and tennis professional, but have always been interested in ceramics. Thirty years ago, she began studying the art of ceramics, taking classes, workshops, and traveling throughout the US, Europe, China, & Northern Africa to develop more of an understanding and appreciation of the rich heritage of clay art.

Mary moved into my studio at Cattle Track Pottery about sixteen years ago. For the first seven, years her pottery time was limited to weekends and evenings. Now immerse herself full-time in clay art. Most of Mary's work is on the wheel and functional in use, but she does some hand-building and altering for a fun variety. The pieces are high-fired stoneware and are dishwasher and microwave safe.

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Ron Hagerty

Apr 1, 2016 | Artist

Ron Hagerty

welded metal sculptures have been capturing the natural beauty of human nature in unusual, surrealistic and whimsical ways since 1969.  His handmade, one-of-a-kind sculptures are fabricated using oxygen and acetylene gas, with a white-hot flame and copper coated mild steel welding rods.  It takes a lot of patience puddling the hot-liquid metal, fusing with a precise hand.  Hagerty manipulates the metal with detailed welding techniques.  The sculpted artistic expressive images are both refined and primitive.

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Fritz Scholder

Apr 1, 2016 | Artist

Fritz Scholder

Controversial and prolific, Fritz Scholder embraced paradox. An enrolled memeber of the Luiseno tribe, he often said he was not Indian. Scholder's works were immediately recognized for their insight and powerful commentary on publicly held stereotypes of Native Americans and propelled Scholder into a position of prominence as an artist.

His revolutionary paintings broke away from stereotypical roles and forever changed the concept of "Indian artist".

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Scott Baxter

Apr 1, 2016 | Artist

Scott Baxter

has been a professional photographer for over 25 years. His fine art photography work of the American West has been exhibited in the Phoenix Art Museum, The Tucson Museum of Art, The Desert Caballeros Western Museum, and the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Museum. His work is in the permanent collections of, The Phoenix Art Museum, The Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Museum, and The Scottsdale Public Art Program.

Scott also recently completed 100 Years 100 Ranchers.  a ten year official Legacy Project for the Arizona Centennial. Arizona Highways Editor-In-Chief, Robert Stieve described the project as “the best photographs ever made of ranchers in Arizona” with “a historical importance that doesn’t exist anywhere else.  100 Years 100 Ranchers isn’t just a series of artful and captivating black and whites, it’s a permanent record of a way of life – a disappearing way of life – that has deep roots in our state.”

Scott’ s stark image of Rancher , Sam Udall entitled, First Snow was featured on the December 2011 Cover of Arizona Highways – 50 Greatest Photos.

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Philip C Curtis

Apr 1, 2016 | Artist

Philip C Curtis

is a unique artist, and American original whose life and work have spanned and absorbed the art history of virtually the entire twentieth century. His charming, exquisitely crafted paintings, in unique frames selected and integrated by the artist, present an imagined vision of Americana influenced by the magic world of the circus and entertainment and by the artists memories of his turn-of-the-century childhood in Michigan. They combine people (often in period costumes) and musical instruments with invented, isolated, boundless settings in intense colors and in moods that echo surrealism, magic realism, and realism.

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