The Ohio Artist Registry (OAR) is an exciting opportunity for artists to share their work, connect with the creative community, and establish an online presence—all on a free, virtual platform! The OAR encourages artists working in all art forms, throughout Ohio and beyond, to create a profile, which allows them to better promote themselves and their work. Being listed in the OAR provides artists with new opportunities to share their work with clients, galleries, patrons, and audiences. A listing in the OAR does not confer an endorsement, approval, or verification by the Ohio Arts Council.
For more information, contact Kathy Signorino, artist programs director, at kathy.signorino@oac.ohio.gov or 614-728-6140.
Thomas Trusty
Visual Artist
I’ve been making photographs since the 70’s when I studied photography and printmaking at The Ohio State University. I work almost exclusively with black and white film using a variety of cameras. I do all my own darkroom work producing silver gelatin prints on fiber-based photographic papers. Each print is processed to exacting archival standards, then mounted and matted using museum quality materials.…
Mia Turi is an Ohio-born painter working in oils who recently relocated back to her home state after living in Nevada for over 25 years. Those years were critical in her growth as a plein air artist as she painted the dramatic desert expanses, mountains and explored extreme atmospheric perspective. She is now focusing on retooling that experience to paint the geography and geology of Ohio.
Graduated from the Ohio state University in 1980 and 81 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Arts Education degree. I also worked on a Masters of Fine Arts degree at OSU but did not complete the program. Instead I pursued an entrepreneurial effort in the area of adult continuing education. This effort took me to Chicago where I managed the Discovery Center and Roosevelt University’s Computer Learning Centers. I then pursued a career in information technology where I worked for several different companies including CompuServ, Worldcom and Nationwide Insurance. I retired in 2017.
Primarily I am a landscape photographer, though I love including people in my work enjoying the natural world around them, as well as street photography when I am in new or exciting locations. I also enjoy night photography, so I try to find places where light pollution is minimal to better bring out the majesty of the night sky.…
Linda Turvy
Visual artist
Linda Turvy is a Central Ohio artist creating 2D and 3D work using acrylics, mixed media, and found objects. In an attempt to have a minimal impact on the environment in her art practice, she often repurposes paint, paper and objects that may be destined for the landfill. Turvy’s art is sometimes serious and thoughtful but often whimsical or quirky with texture being a common theme.
Timothy Tyree
Professional visual artist
Timothy is a lifelong artist living and working out of Point Place Studio in Toledo, Ohio. He received a Bachelor’s of Art Education degree from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. While there, his studio majors included oil painting and drawing from life. He studied under fine art professors Thomas Hilty, Robert Mazur and Ronald Bandy. …