jessica | owner and artist

far far too much art in storage spaces around the world. all the famous pieces, the brilliant and horrible art worth a fortune. not enough museums or galleries. not enough walls. i've had in my mind a hope for a space like this for a while. to offer two more walls on which to display the work of artists. books are meant to be read....art is meant to be seen. loved or hated. it doesn't matter. this is an art space...i paint and draw here, my studio is here. but it is also a space for theatre, yoga, gallery shows, art from every spectrum. i love art....so why not create a space for more of it.

gracie | socialite
prefers physical cont@ct

theres no way i'm writing as if I were gracie talking. she's a permanent fixture at the studio. she's a lover. of you and your dog...
so please feel free to drop by and say hello. bring milkbones.

janell | owner and artist

my creative outlet in life is photography through the use of medium format film, chemicals, paper and darkness. old school. the time spent behind the camera working with portrait work is just as important to me as time spent in the darkroom painting with light on paper canvas. i use textural technique to create images that hopefully convey the emotion of what it feels like in the image rather than what it looks like. umber˚ has provided a creative space for me to shoot, print, contemplate and interact with other artists of all mediums and for that i am thankful.

phil | member and artist

i was pleased to be asked to join umber˚studios as a partner because it was described to be a place where apprehension, insecurity, and uncertainty could rest at ease; and a place in which sharing, experience, education and enthusiasm could take its place. they were not lying.

note from jessica and janell: far to modest! phil is the mastermind behind many of the subtle necessities at umber˚studios..the idea of skylights in the windowseat? all phil. (photographer, brilliant mechanical mind, and much more, phil is impossible to have without.)

roger | member and artist

robots need art too.
many thanks to jjp
for letting me play in the dark.