Artist of the Month for March 2007 is:

Hello, I'm Janis Holler, the art and soul behind Loco Lobo Designs. I've been doing the "art thing" since I was old enough to hold a crayon. I drew and painted everything I could think of, which early on was horses, horses and more horses.

But then, about 20 some years ago, I stumbled across this incredible medium, polymer clay. Needless to say, I'm still trying to see what all you can do with this stuff, and have yet to run out of ideas!

I'm asked quite a bit about my creative process, since as you can tell as you view my work, I make many different types of pieces. My answer is that I'm blessed (or cursed) with creative ADD (attention deficit disorder). I have such a plethora of ideas of what to make, that often while I'm in the process of making one design, I stop what I'm doing to suddenly focus on the "blazing" new idea that pops into my head.

I constantly strive to push my creativity to new limits and techniques. Whatever message is trying to project through me in my art, will not be denied. I truly believe that my mission is to bring beauty into the lives of others and connect them with long lost or just ignored emotions through my art.
As you can probably tell from my art, I have an affinity for animals, nature and other art forms. I have also done time as an Electrical Engineer in both R&D Science and High Tech environments.

Yes, in other words, I've been a geek. But nothing comes close to art!

I sell my work at Trimble Court Artisans Coop Gallery in Ft. Collins CO, Sage Moon Originals Gallery in Loveland CO and various bead shows across the country and have written articles for Bead & Button, Art Jewelry and Step-By-Step Beads magazines.

My work has also appeared in these wonderful books on polymer clay, “Celebrations With Polymer Clay” by Sarajane Helm and “Polymer Clay Creative Traditions” by Judy Belcher, and will appear in two more books due out next year from polymer clay diva Donna Kato and bead embroidery artists extraordinaire Heidi Kummli & Sherri Serafini. I am also teaching classes at the Bead Lounge bead store in Longmont, Colorado. My webpage is found at LocoLoboDesigns.com

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Bead Lounge
previous Artist of the Month & Special Features include:
January 2006--Danielle Furman
February 2006--Shankari
March 2006--Katy Diver
April 2006--Peggy Houchin & Diana Davis
May 2006--Bryan & Sarajane Helm with Judith Skinner
June/July 2006--Heidi Kummli
August 2006--Holly Burger 
September 2006--Bonnie Rodgers
October/November 2006--Fara Shimbo
December 2006--Margie Drake
January 2007--Laura Humenik
February 2007--Phyllis Kenyon
March 2007--Janis Holler

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