Passion Works Studio

Please join Atco and Passion Works staff in welcoming our newest staff member, Amy Fronek! Amy’s is our new Customer Service Representative for online and call-in orders. She has a rich background in customer care and has taken to her new assignments with ease and grace. We’re so pleased to have Amy with us as part of the Passion Works Team. Amy will be there to help should you need assistance with online or call-in orders!

Contact Amy at 1-800-784-9843 ext. 212 or orders@passionworks.org

Kudos to Mr. Cardon Smith, our featured artist for the month of July! Prolific and passionate, Cardon uses layering and richly mixed color to build his paintings which often feature an architectural focus. Cardon frequently brings a portfolio of house plans with him to the studio where he seamlessly incorporates them into his art. Color-saturated geometric shapes dance on his canvases and 3-dimensional creations. He also likes to incorporate images created by friend and fellow artist, John Marquis into his work. The result is modern and vibrant with that fresh essence so typified in the fine art from Passion Works. Stop by the studio to view and purchase one or more of Cardon’s creations. His artistic genius is sure to brighten your home or office. Congratulations to Cardon Smith! We truly value your warm personality and great talent!

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Now’s the time to buy that special piece of Passion Works fine art you’ve been dreaming of. You know you’ve wanted that one of a kind painting, purse or sculpture. The barren wall across from your bed leaves you feeling bleak and unmotivated when you wake. Sure, you painted the living room walls two years ago and still can’t commit to driving in nails for the picture hangers. It’s time to take the bull by the horns! Yooo-Hooo! 15% off all Passion Works Fine Art should be the deal maker! Come by to view lots of beautiful new art, all packaged and ready for you to take home. Your home ambiance will benefit as you choose to support the fabulous Passion Works Artists and Studio. You know how much we genuinely appreciate your enthusiastic support!

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The Passion Works website is always changing. One visit can never cover all the new stories and information that Todd Jacops, our graphic designer, is adding on a daily basis. Along with new products this month, you can also meet the Passion Works Artists-in-residence and Art Production Assistants. These are the studio choreographers; the people who assist our artists with disabilities, by spotting their strengths, encouraging collaboration and helping to finish art and art products.

Bruce Dalzell, accomplished singer-songwriter and Athens native, has experienced the endless possibilities created through collaborative art firsthand.

Producing both of the Passion Works musical albums, My Little Pancake Button and Get Up and Fly, Bruce helped Passion Works Artists embrace the art of putting words to music. Passion Works Artist and Hocking College students have been writing poetry together since 2000. But a partnership among local Athens musicians, Hocking College students and Passion Works Artists, and Bruce allowed the studio to embrace its inner songwriter.

“It was quite rewarding,” Bruce said. “Collaboration is what Passion Works is all about.”

And the result of that collaboration was two very original albums, which were as rich and colorful as the Passion Flower itself.

In addition to Bruce’s efforts to help pilot Passion Works musical ambitions, he greatly admires much of the fine art sold in the studio. His favorite artist is Harry Grimm. Harry painted an original portrait of Bruce, which currently hangs in his home.

“Passion Works would work anywhere,” Bruce said. “Most of what is perceived about Athens is centered around the University. And it is nice to have something that Athens is known for that is independent of that.”