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Lindsey Waters

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Lindsey Waters is a contemporary abstract collage artist based in Shreveport, LA. She holds a BFA in Studio Art from Louisiana Tech University, graduating in 2012. Waters creates intricate and highly detailed collages from original paintings, which she meticulously cuts into strips no wider than ¼ inch. Her paintings are crafted using acrylics, watercolors, alcohol inks, and various textural materials on synthetic paper, which are then transformed into collage strips. The themes in Waters’ work revolve around change, reincarnation, impulsivity, and improvisation. Each collage represents a transformation, an exploration of beauty and creation emerging from destruction. 

Her collages often feature woven designs and spontaneous, seemingly random patterns, intended to capture life's impermanence and unpredictability. Every piece is a unique composition, born from multiple nonobjective paintings, each an individual study of color, shape, and texture. Waters’ process is highly intuitive and process-driven, with an emphasis on color as a psychological and emotional tool. The interplay of form and color in her work invites viewers to experience the dynamic tension between order and chaos, transformation and stasis. Through her art, she pushes the boundaries of abstraction, offering a space to contemplate the beauty of change and the fluidity of experience.

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Jessica sanders

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Ann Marie Gerhardt served as the gallery director at artspace from 2023 through 2025, bringing over a decade of experience in the art and design fields. She began her career with 4 years of art buying at One Kings Lane then worked with the start-up Neely & Chloe, stepping into a role as their in-house painter. Her journey in art began with hands-on painting experience at the Louvre during undergrad, enriching her appreciation for curatorial work. While serving at artspace, she curated 16 art exhibitions and organized dozens of classes, artist talks, panels, and events. Her work is currently featured at Waddell’s Gallery.

The artwork is imperfect, layered, and imbued with a little bit of folk style that makes Louisiana special.

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Erica Branch

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Lydia Thomas Craft is a Shreveport, Louisiana–based tattoo artist and business owner who runs Sweet Nothin’ Tattoo Shop, a woman-owned and operated studio. Beyond this, she is a local artist and creative deeply embedded in the community.

Jeremy Johnson

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New works by artist Jeremy Johnson, up now through July 2023.