The members of the Electric Company Artists' Co-op (TECAC) include
Edrie has had the longest artistic relationships with photography and assemblage/collage. Although she has experimented with multiple media: oil, acrylic, watercolor, encaustic, clay, mosaic, and fiber -- she works mostly in oil, acrylic, and watercolor. She is on an art journey after teaching English, theatre, creative writing, and journalism for 33 years in Roanoke County and managing a farm since 2004. She is a native of Bedford County and returned here in 1998.
Nancy has been working and teaching oil painting for many years. She is a plein air painter, but she also enjoys working in her studio in Bedford. She is well-known for her colored pencil drawings of people's homes, buildings, and other structures. Nancy has won numerous awards and recognitions in the arts community.
Erni began painting in watercolor in the fall of 2008. After taking a class taught by Rod Adams, she was immediately hooked. She likes to paint realistically and credits her many years as a photographer and Adobe Photoshopper with helping her to visualize what she wishes to paint.
Shelley began painting in pastels and has now expanded to oils. She primarily paints vignettes of everyday life, focusing on figurative work as well as landscapes. Shelley's work has been showcased in regional and national juried shows, and she has won numerous awards.
Perri Mason is a watercolorist from Bedford who earned her degree in studio art with a minor in education in 1982. She has had an open studio in the Electric Company Building since its opening in 2008. The subjects of her work are varied but animals are a specialty and commissions are always welcome.
Nancy Ostroff taught art for a number of years and then decided to return to her love of painting. Her art reflects her extensive travels and life around her. She enjoys painting commissioned portraits of boars, planes, homes, pets, and especially people. She also does plein air paintings and still lifes, animals, scenery, flowers, and anything else that interests her. She paints in watercolor, oils, acrylics, pastels and ink. Email Address: nansart64@gmail.com
Suzanne works in oils in an expressive and sometimes surrealistic manner using a minimalist palette. Each painting tells a story as it explores ideas, questions, and emotions reflected from her own life experiences and influenced by spirituality found in different cultures both past and present. Originally from upstate New York, she has lived in Bedford County since early 2012.
Dan is a potter whose work is organic and earthy. He also creates Old Williamsburg reproductions from the Revolutionary period. Dan has many talents, another of which is caning chairs.
Martha Rhodes is an art education and design graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University. She has taught numerous classes and workshops in the Roanoke and surrounding areas and has paintings accepted in a number of national and regional juried shows and has won many awards for her artwork. She enjoys working with acrylic, watercolor, and collage, and experimenting with mixed media and found objects.
Jane is proficient in watercolor, acrylics, as well as mixed media. She has received several awards, most recently Second Place at the SMAC show for an acrylic piece, and First Place at the Bald Knob show for a watercolor. She recently retired from a prosperous career in physical therapy and is now devoting her time to art and gardening.
Bryan's whimsical editorial cartoons highlight political and social events in a humorous manner.
Dotti works in mosaics, and her work has been showcased in a number of regional and national juried shows. In addition to Dotti being a member of TECAC, her work is also featured at Cornerstone Gallery at the Bower Center in Bedford, Virginia.
As well as owning the Electric Company building and a quilting business, George is known for his whimsical digital artwork.
