Stella’s Art, Inc. started as a mother/daughter team influenced by the family’s matriarch, Filomenia Stellabotte who was a painter, sculptor, and seamstress. The Mother/Daughter duo, Carol Pitts and Dani Klein, create unique pieces of handmade pottery and manage Stella’s Art Gallery. Today, Stella’s supports over 65 local artists from Northeast Ohio. From glass work, paintings, pottery, blacksmithing and jewelry, woodworking, up-cycling, photography, graphite, ink, and collages we have art for your homes, office, and gift giving needs.
Meet the Artists
Filomenia Stellabotte - Painter, Sculptor, Seamstress.
Filomemia Stellbotte (1915-2009), AKA Phyllis, was a very talented individual and the Inspiration for the family business . At the age of 16 she graduated from high school in Manhattan, New York and was recognized for her artistic talents. Phyllis was offered a full scholarship to a famous art college (during the early 19030s) of New York in Manhattan. But, at that time, women were not meant to be "scholarly" and she was not supported by her parents to continue her education. A few years of working in NYC, she fell in love, married, and moved with her newlywed husband, Joseph Stellabotte to Altoona Pennsylvania where they raised their family. During her years in PA she independently perfected her talents and passed them on to her children and grandchildren. She was an expert at oil painting, ceramics and sewing.
There was nothing Phyllis couldn’t do when it came to painting or sewing. I should know, she was my mom. -Carol Pitts
Filomemia Stellbotte (1915-2009), AKA Phyllis, was a very talented individual and the Inspiration for the family business . At the age of 16 she graduated from high school in Manhattan, New York and was recognized for her artistic talents. Phyllis was offered a full scholarship to a famous art college (during the early 19030s) of New York in Manhattan. But, at that time, women were not meant to be "scholarly" and she was not supported by her parents to continue her education. A few years of working in NYC, she fell in love, married, and moved with her newlywed husband, Joseph Stellabotte to Altoona Pennsylvania where they raised their family. During her years in PA she independently perfected her talents and passed them on to her children and grandchildren. She was an expert at oil painting, ceramics and sewing.
There was nothing Phyllis couldn’t do when it came to painting or sewing. I should know, she was my mom. -Carol Pitts
Featured at Stella's Art Gallery
Arin Altomare, Photography
Mark Badzik, Acrylic and Oil Paintings
Jodi Baldacci, Watercolor Painting and Glass
Candace Barr, Jewelry
Margie Branche, Fiber
Nancy Bruentz, Porcelain
Luanne Bole-Becker, Assemblage
Dwight Boyer, Photography
Cynthia Brewster, Oil painting, Charcoal, Pastels
Pat Carroll-Bonander, Watercolor Painting
Julie Cook, Acyrlic Painting
Francis Demaske, Illustration Design
Michael W. Dlugolecki
Ann Dumont, Oil Painting
Becky Grasser, Photography
Janeane Grisez, Acrylic Painting
Nathan Hager, Charcoal and Graphite
Helen Hayes, Glass
Christ Herakovic, Wood
Michelle Farnworth, Acrylic Painting
Tanya Hough, Acrylic
Diane Fleisch Hughes, Mixed Media
Linda Janosko, Mixed Media
Joseph John, Black and White Photography
Rachel Kabelitz, Collage
Tricia Kaman, Oil Painting
Liz Keller, Ink
Lisa Kenion, Bronze
Grace Klein, Fiber
Chris Koval, Photography
Jeni Lange, Watercolor and Acrylic Painting
Carol Leikala, Graphite and Ink
Perris Mackey, Collage
Juniper Mainelis, Acyrlic
MB Mathews, Mixed Media Metals
Delinda Mariani, Enamel
Barbara Martin, Scratchboard and Mixed Media
Dennis Masterangelo, Collage
Patricia Meyer, Silk and Watercolor Painting
Diane Montagino, Jewelry
Alice Mullins, Acrylic
Nancy Nelson-Brotz, Oil Pastel and Fiber
Tracy Parsons, Mixed Media Painting
John Plymak, Graphite and Colored Pencil
Susan Porges, Pastels
Anne Rose, Clay
Lisa Ruschman, Glass
Angela Schaal, Acrylic and Oil
Christine Siarka, Mixed Media
Cath Smith, Clay, Oil, and Soap
Angela Simone, Mixed Media
Earl Smith Jr. Graphite, Watercolor, Acrylic
Jeff Sivyer, Vinyl
Robin Steinbeck, Ink
Terri Verk, Porcelain
Joseph Weinpert, Wood
Anna Weisend, Paper and Mixed Media
Sam Weisend, Paper and Mixed Media
Robert Write, Mixed Media
Linda Zolten Wood, Mixed Media
David Yates, Photography
Tracy Zakraysek, Digital Paintings
Mark Badzik, Acrylic and Oil Paintings
Jodi Baldacci, Watercolor Painting and Glass
Candace Barr, Jewelry
Margie Branche, Fiber
Nancy Bruentz, Porcelain
Luanne Bole-Becker, Assemblage
Dwight Boyer, Photography
Cynthia Brewster, Oil painting, Charcoal, Pastels
Pat Carroll-Bonander, Watercolor Painting
Julie Cook, Acyrlic Painting
Francis Demaske, Illustration Design
Michael W. Dlugolecki
Ann Dumont, Oil Painting
Becky Grasser, Photography
Janeane Grisez, Acrylic Painting
Nathan Hager, Charcoal and Graphite
Helen Hayes, Glass
Christ Herakovic, Wood
Michelle Farnworth, Acrylic Painting
Tanya Hough, Acrylic
Diane Fleisch Hughes, Mixed Media
Linda Janosko, Mixed Media
Joseph John, Black and White Photography
Rachel Kabelitz, Collage
Tricia Kaman, Oil Painting
Liz Keller, Ink
Lisa Kenion, Bronze
Grace Klein, Fiber
Chris Koval, Photography
Jeni Lange, Watercolor and Acrylic Painting
Carol Leikala, Graphite and Ink
Perris Mackey, Collage
Juniper Mainelis, Acyrlic
MB Mathews, Mixed Media Metals
Delinda Mariani, Enamel
Barbara Martin, Scratchboard and Mixed Media
Dennis Masterangelo, Collage
Patricia Meyer, Silk and Watercolor Painting
Diane Montagino, Jewelry
Alice Mullins, Acrylic
Nancy Nelson-Brotz, Oil Pastel and Fiber
Tracy Parsons, Mixed Media Painting
John Plymak, Graphite and Colored Pencil
Susan Porges, Pastels
Anne Rose, Clay
Lisa Ruschman, Glass
Angela Schaal, Acrylic and Oil
Christine Siarka, Mixed Media
Cath Smith, Clay, Oil, and Soap
Angela Simone, Mixed Media
Earl Smith Jr. Graphite, Watercolor, Acrylic
Jeff Sivyer, Vinyl
Robin Steinbeck, Ink
Terri Verk, Porcelain
Joseph Weinpert, Wood
Anna Weisend, Paper and Mixed Media
Sam Weisend, Paper and Mixed Media
Robert Write, Mixed Media
Linda Zolten Wood, Mixed Media
David Yates, Photography
Tracy Zakraysek, Digital Paintings