AZ Arts & Graphics of Mesa, Arizona is proud of the Artists and Photo Artists whose work we display on our Web Site, in our Catalogue and in our Thumbnails and Browsing CD available for Wholesale/Corporate Buyers.

We are pleased to continue to add to our Pictorial Biographies with the addition of one of our popular Photo Artists.

E. J. Roll. . .Ceramic tile design seemed a natural step when Elizabeth Jaffe Roll decided to concretize her poems into colors, forms and shapes. She wanted to use an ancient historic form and a medium of permanence. She was attracted to the flow of the glazes and the vibrancy of the colors in tile design.

Elizabeth memorializes Jewish life cycle events, and gives creative expression to historical events including the holocaust. She has a love of the Hebrew letters and a reverence for the wisdom of Judaism. She likes to think of her one-of-a-kind tiles floating throughout the country like Chagall images.

With an interest in diversity and cross-cultural inclusion, Elizabeth has done designs of the southwest and incorporated multiple religious themes in her work. Her tiles are sold at Felipe's Gallery in Old Town, Albuquerque (505.242.4784.

When not creating art, Elizabeth spends her time in the practice of psychotherapy. As a clinical psychologist, she has learned the transformative role of art in human lives.

The Studio of AZ Arts & Graphics of Mesa, Arizona, is most pleased to bring Elizabeth's work to your selective attention and to offer them to the world community. To view Elizabeth's initial offering for your purchase, please click here: 

E. J. Roll's "Garden of Judaica"

Look for more of E. J.'s work to be added to our On-Line Gallery in the very near future. 

Theodore David Cormier ( Ted ) joined the 'Family' of AZ Arts & Graphics in 1996 after graduating with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, FL.  His focus in college was in Illustration and he enjoys working with watercolors and acrylics.  Ted has over 20 pieces in the current AZ Arts & Graphics gallery ranging from Holiday cards to still life note cards to fruit and animal depictions for blank cards.  He enjoys painting still lifes and graphic images with his unique, acrylic style focusing on bold, bright colors and black line. Ted is a native of Boston, Massachusetts where he currently resides and he works in the non-profit sector helping raise money and awareness for youth groups in the Boston area.  He is available for custom jobs and commissioned work.  Animals, children’s book illustration, still lifes, watercolors of homes, florals and holiday cards are just some of the items Ted enjoys doing most.  Feel free to email him at ted.cormier@comcast.net . 

You may find A Variety of Designs from Ted's brushes by "clicking here".

Sharon Snow. . .is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, holding a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts along with a minor in English and over forty post-graduate hours in Education from the University of Phoenix and Chapman University. Areas of intense application included oil painting, sculpture, figure drawing, architectural design and art history.

Ryan Klemek. . .was born in Syracuse, New York, way back in 1975, and grew up in a town called Latham, just outside of Albany. Like many young boys, his interest in drawing had roots in comic books. However, the training he received in high school was very academic, and observational drawing directly from life replaced drawing from imagination. While at the time, it seemed that creativity was being stifled by rigorous "paying attention to detail", he later was very grateful for traditional "realistic" drawing skills he acquired under Mrs. Karen Fischer and Ms. Susan Stuart of Shaker High School. In college, he would find no such imposed discipline. At the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where Ryan studied from 1993-1998, students design their own studio curriculum. Ryan's endurance for observational drawing and painting waned and found himself "loosening up" with his technique. He also wanted to try some completely new things. Taking advantage of a Pro-Arts Consortium with Emerson College, Ryan studied acting and creative writing. He finally graduated with a BFA in Art Education from Tufts University (in affiliation with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts) in February of 1998. After a very hard semester of student teaching, he decided teaching high school on a full-time basis wasn't for him.

Since the summer of 1997, Ryan has been working on and off drawing caricatures for a novelty company called Fun Enterprises based in Weymouth, Massachusetts. The work he does on his own ranges from representational portraiture to absurd cartoons featured on greeting cards. The illustrations are done primarily with ink and watercolor, the content of which being much more notable that the technique. Few people have depicted Santa in such preposterous situations.

AZ Arts & Graphics is pleased to make available to our customers his "off-centered / humorous / contemporary / whimsical / funny" creations. They ARE different. . .non-traditional. . .and will make you smile!  Welcome to the "Family" of AZ Arts & Graphics.