Past Artist Gallery
On the side of Shop E, behind the fenceline, is a gallery of artwork that has managed to maintain its vibrancy past the one year mark.
Below are the ones still viewable, and a collection of our past artists whose artwork can no longer be seen in-person.
Shop E Side Gallery
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Cheryn Bolasci
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Cara Copeland (2024)
Cara Copeland is a Visual Arts Major at Raritan Valley Community College from Pittstown, NJ. She studied oil painting and charcoal drawing for seven years before completing a gap-year residency at The Art Academy in Somerset, where she developed a passion for Neoclassicism and Romanticism, inspired by John William Waterhouse and William A. Bouguereau. Cara has completed personal commissions in portraiture and tattoo design, and created artwork for musical projects, including Phil Laeger’s 2023 EP “kohelet.”
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Sue and Bob Haake and Sarah Switlick (2025)
Susan Haake graduated from Washington University School of Fine Arts many years ago majoring in painting and graphic design and then spent 20 years as an Art Director in various ad agencies in NY and NJ. But in 2009, she got out of the dog eat dog world and moved into the sunny world of horticulture. Starting as a Master Gardener she completed over 2,500 hours of service and then combined her love for art, design and plants by studying landscape design. Mentored by two NJ Landscape Architects she learned how to design and draw landscape plans while merging her knowledge of plants. In 2016 she became a Chapter Leader in the Native Plant Society of NJ and started to focus her attention on native plants.
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Tiffany Jarrett (2024)
Tiffany Jarrett is an abstract artist from New Jersey. She has studied art at the San Francisco Art Institute and has shown her work in San Francisco, New York and New Jersey.Fascinated by nature and inspired by spiritual transformation, Tiffany is compelled to create art to inspire all who seek beauty, reflection and a deeper connection to the world around them by painting a variety of subjective imagery.
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Jacklyn Karpinski (2025)
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Gina Miller (2024)
Gina moved to High Bridge with her husband in 2020 and loves the community feel of this small town. She's a part time creative who enjoys woodburning, painting, and writing in her free time.
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Tina Nixon (2025)
Tina Nixon was trained independently & at Parsons School of Design/Mason Gross (Rutgers). She is a lifelong artist and lover of all things secondhand, especially for making art.
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Michelle Saxton (2025)
Michelle Saxton is a Hunterdon County-based visual artist and the creator behind Shellyville, a colorful, ever-evolving art world she has been building for more than fifteen years. After more than a decade of creating alongside other work, she took the leap into making art full-time six years ago.
Her work is rooted in a love of color, imagination, and the simple joy of making everyday life a little more vibrant.
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Maya Sorhage (2025)
I am a Stop Motion animator and fabricator. I recently completed my degree at Maryland Institute College of Art, where I earned my BFA in Animation with a minor in Game Design.
I like to create whimsical narratives that combine comedy and cuteness for people of all ages. My characters come in all shapes and sizes but they are usually creatures that are doing their best but just can’t quite get it right.
In addition to animation, I am an artist and a sculptor who loves to explore and work with an assortment of mediums including stained glass, fiber arts, and ceramics.
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Sarah Switlyk (2024)
My Name is Sarah Switlyk and I am an Illustrator based in New Jersey. I have a BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. I specialize in literary illustration, but also have interests beyond, including other story telling avenues, murals, and fine art. My art entails an interest in capturing human emotion, creating memorable characters, and adding humor or absurdity to my work.
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Jonathan Robert Bleibdrey (2025)
Bleibdrey is a mixed-media artist, somatic practitioner, and the creator of OurNaturalState. My mission is: "To wake people up with art." To interrupt the noise long enough for people to return to the present moment or reconnect with themselves, through art. Art can help people in many ways, and one of those ways is getting stress off my chest, destroying perfectionism, or just creating for the sake of creating with no strings attached. Art will help you unravel a lot of unwanted baggage, and stories. Basically I found a starting point for all humans and I found it through art, through play, through a butt load of personal growth, patience, and practicality. Some call it presence, some call it the now, but i like to call: Our-Natural-State.
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Joe Wax (2025)
Joe Waks is a Bayonne, New Jersey painter, muralist, and printmaker. His creations underscore his passion for politics and popular culture. Waks has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in New Jersey, New York City and Philadelphia. He was a visiting artist at Lafayette College’s Experimental Printmaking Institute and a New Jersey Print and Paper Fellow at Rutgers University’s Brodsky Center. Joe Waks’ works are in the permanent collections of several corporations, museums, and colleges. You can see his large-scale public murals in Jersey City and North Bergen, Hudson County.
Past Artwork
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Ava and Liz
Ava and Liz are a student/teacher duo who are putting their creative talents in collaboration for the High Bridge Wall Installation. Ava and Liz have worked side by side since 2021 when Ava entered Morristown High School as a freshman. As time has moved on, Ava has become a talented artist that inspires Liz just as much as Liz has inspired her. This dynamic duo has created an installation that combines both of their love of nature and also playing with various glaze combinations.
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Darren Auck
Darren has always loved comics, cartoons and other pop culture. He started creating comics at five years old and self published comics in high school. After graduating from The Joe Kubert School in 1983 he did a range of professional work including writing and drawing comics, production, graphic design and caricature. Darren worked for Marvel Comics for ten years, serving as a Bullpen letterer, logo artist, writer, artist and Art Director. Joe invited him to teach at The Joe Kubert School in 2000 and he served there as an instructor for nineteen years. Other clients include, Nickelodeon (Ren & Stimpy and Rocko's Modern Life comics), DC Comics, the rock band AC/DC and various trading card companies. Darren is currently working on creator owned projects, JERSEY DEVIL VS BIGFOOT, UNCLE SAMSON AND SON and private art commissions.
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Mia Baldwin - Wild High Bridge
Moving to High Bridge was unexpected for me, but I immediately fell in love with its wild spaces. High Bridge open spaces feed my insatiable need to connect with nature as well as my passion for using my hands. The Monarch Butterfly’s presence in High Bridge has provided the opportunity to create wildlife habitat and now the opportunity to create art. My GFA piece honoring the iconic Monarch Butterfly will hopefully provide a moment of peace and happiness to all viewers, just as Monarch butterflies have provided my forever racing mind many moments of peace and harmony.
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Susan Bleignier
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The Bolasci Family
Long time High Bridge residents, the Bolasci family has always been strong supporters of art and creativity in the community. Each of them artists, with their hands in many mediums - from music to jewelry making, photography to makeup arts, pottery to graphic arts - they are almost always creating something. Scott, Cheryn, Layna, Naia, and Serene's art contribution to the grounds is a collaborative work, with symbolic meaning and using repurposed materials.
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Rob Borkowski, High Bridge Middle School
Rob Borkowski
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Gail Boykewich
I’m a NJ based painter and sculptor who traditionally shows in indoor venues and galleries but I’d love to be more involved in public art and festivals. This seems like a really special and fun event that friends have participated in and had great experiences.
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Nicole Gorka
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Amanda Henriksen
The Carpenter's Lady is a local business rooted in Lebanon Township, NJ, with a unique journey. My diverse creative background, from knitting to painting, expanded when I met my carpenter husband, igniting a passion for woodworking. I craft captivating pieces using recycled materials with a scroll saw, which demands precision and care. My artistic techniques include fretworking, carefully removing wood for negative space images, and segmentation, assembling cut wood for intricate designs. Despite the challenges of working with temperamental wood, the process is therapeutic and allows complete focus. Nature and animals inspire most of my work, reflecting my deep admiration for their beauty.
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Michele Iervolino
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Hunterdon County Library
Our library fence line artist entry continues the enchanting crochet fence project, building on Dorothy's wonderful work from last year. This year, we present a collaborative "Fantasy Garden," where several employees will join forces to expand this fiber art installation. The garden will grow with interactive elements, inviting community members to attach pre-made leaves and flowers or learn simple fiber arts techniques on-site to create their own unique additions. Join us in this ongoing celebration of creativity and community as we transform the fence line into an ever-evolving work of art.
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Rachel Magee
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Sam Matthews
Sam Matthews is an “artrepreneur” located in Phillipsburg, NJ. She has traveled all over the world seeking beauty and it was overseas where she discovered her passion for developing creative outlets for others. This has taken shape in the form of her business That’s So Sam through which she uses her mobile art studio, the 1971 VW transporter “Frankie”. She has also opened a second business called Propagate Studio through which she hosts workshops, events, and an art supply thrift store in Stewartsville, NJ. She believes that the process of art making opens up doors that can truly change a person’s life, no matter their age or skill or ability. She has painted over 20 murals that can be found throughout the state!
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Alex Maxwell
Alex Maxwell is a local artist who works in a multitude of mediums. He has studied at New York's School of Visual Arts as well as recently obtaining his MFA in design at Marywood University. Besides working in his Main Street studio, Alex is an educator of digital media at North Hunterdon High School. For more of his work please visit his website www.theaxmax.com or look for him on tiktok or instagram at @theaxmax
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Gina Miller
Gina moved to High Bridge with her husband in 2020 and loves the community feel of this small town. She's a part time creative who enjoys woodburning, painting, and writing in her free time.
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Aiden Mirowsky
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Cole Norberg
Cole is a sophomore at Voorhees High School who has had a passion for art since he was young. He has taken classes both in school and at the Art Academy of Hunterdon. Notable achievements for Cole include participating in the High Bridge Paint Out, having his artwork featured in the Middle School Yearbook, and receiving an art achievement award from the High Bridge PTO. He’s very excited to share his fence line artwork at this event.
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Peter Ritter
“Recycled Bicycle Rack”
Peter Ritter, High Bridge's local “junk man,” created this fully functional bike rack from 100% reclaimed bicycle parts. Welded with care, it’s sturdy, safe to use, and free of sharp edges- giving discarded metal new life with purpose.
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Annie Vasquez
Hunterdon County Quilting Guild