Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Phanatic Statue Design: "Liberty Bellie"

Statue Display: Independence Visitor Center

About the Artist: Bridgett graduated summa cum-laude from the Moore College of Art and Design in 2008. Trained in the fine arts with a focus in metal-smithing and sculpture, Bridgett designs and creates her art work from her home studio in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia.

Growing up a member of the military community and as a "Navy Brat", Bridgett developed an aesthetic reminiscent of military adornment blended with a modern feminine edge. Combining traditional jewelers' materials with found objects, such as millitaria, currencies, pure gold beads and historical memorabilia, Bridgett creates clever narrative objects that gracefully transcend their original purposes. The work is intimately personal and tightly woven into a larger framework of sociopolitical circumstances.

Hometown: Philadelphia native; resides in Tinton Falls, NJ

Phanatic Statue Design: "The Sound of Phillie Phanatic"

Statue Display: Thomas Paine Plaza at City Hall

About the Artist: Brian's work incorporates two of his passions: sports and art.

Brian showed an interest in art at an early age, in particular painting and drawing. He also excelled in sports, playing football and baseball.

His first commission was a highly-praised mural for the Widener Memorial School in Philadelphia.

Brian attended Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., where he studied art and played football. He graduated with a Bachelor in Fine Arts with a concentration in drawing and painting.

After college, Brian continued to hone his drawing techniques, receiving accolades for much of his work. Among them, a second place finish in 2001 and top honors in 2002 at the Wildwood Civic Association's annual art show and sale in Wildwood, NJ.

While Brian was attending memorabilia shows, he realized he enjoyed collecting images of childhood heroes and memorable moments in athletic history. As a result, he decided to combine his love of sports and art into his work.

Brian is now a commissioned artist, working out of his private studio in Tinton Falls, NJ. His art covers various subject matter, although his main interest remains concentrated in the marriage of sports and drawing.

Hometown: Avondale, PA

Phanatic Statue Design: "The Key to Golden Love"

Statue Display: John F. Kennedy Plaza/LOVE Park

About the Artist: For over 15 years, Jacqueline has balanced careers as a professional exhibiting fine artist and creative director in advertising. After the success of her first solo university show in 2002, she decided to devote her career exclusively to the fine art of encaustic painting. In 2003, she relocated her studio just south of Philadelphia to the Brandywine Valley. Since then, Jacqueline's work has been featured on HGTV, NBC and in numerous publications nationwide.

Today, Jacqueline exhibits nationally and resides on the board of directors on the Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Association in Philadelphia, PA. She also serves as President of the International Encaustic Association - East Coast Chapter. In 2008, Jacqueline, an educator on the arts, was honored with a partnership of education through the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She is also featured in a new book, "100 Artists of the Brandywine Valley," which was released this past spring.

Jacqueline was born in Perth Amboy, NJ. She has lived in New York, Virginia and most recently Pennsylvania. She holds a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.

Hometown: Bellmawr, New Jersey; resides in Lindenwold, New Jersey

Phanatic Statue Design: "Phrankenstein's Mascot"

Statue Display: Franklin Square

About the Artist: A Lucas-film approved artist, Ted has done a variety of commercial artwork for an impressive list of properties. Among them: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Marvel Entertainment, and Archie Comic. He is also excited to add the Phillies and the Phanatic Around Town public art project to the mix!

A self-taught sketch artist, Ted graduated with a degree in design and is a full-time graphic designer. His artwork also includes drawing and painting, and he works on a tremendous amount of private commissions.

Hometown: Northeast Philadelphia; resides in Warminster, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "Inside Out"

Statue Display: Philadelphia Zoo

About the Artist: Donnamarie's ties to the Phillies extend back to her great uncle, who helped build Connie Mack Stadium. Born into an artistic family (her grandparents were clothing designers and mother and uncle sang opera), Donnamarie carries on a family tradition of being involved in the arts. She attended the University of the Arts, winning many awards and participating in a variety of exhibitions. Most notably: one of her 3D paintings of a golden-headed Tamarin Lion was selected to raise money for the Philadelphia Zoo primate house when it burned down. She also received a Bronze Award in an international competition in New York. Her work was also placed in various private collections and exhibitions.

Donnamarie's career path took a turn while studying in England, where she helped a woman in an abusive relationship. This experience compelled her to become a lawyer to defend abused women and children. She attended Widener School of Law and currently represents children and adults with special needs. Donnamarie is also involved with helping to start The Peace Valley Holistic Center, a 501c3 non-profit soon to be a national prototype focusing on autism.

But despite all she has been involved with, Donnamarie's art remains a passion:"Like true love, having the heart of an artist is permanent, it never leaves you."

Hometown: Croatia native; resides in Philadelphia, PA

Phanatic Statue Design: "Philanatic" (co-artist with Ronnie Norpel)

Statue Display: The National Constitution Center

About the Artist: Lilliana's art is a reflection of her own compelling journey in life. Born in the former Yugoslavia, she escaped the war in her homeland of Sarajevo, Bosnia in 1992 and was granted political asylum in the United States for her and her family. En route to their exile in America, they stopped in Philadelphia - where Lilliana and her family found their new "place in the sun."

But while here, things took the turn for the worse for Lilliana's son, Gordan, who was only five years old and blind. After countless seizures, hours in emergency rooms, pneumonias, a liver transplant, trachea transplant, and life-threatening situations, it was discovered that Gordan suffered from FOP - an extremely rare disease where muscles and soft tissue turns into bones. Gordan's life was saved numerous times while at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - and she became forever grateful.

And then, five years ago when Gordan was "born yet again" while in the intensive care unit at CHOP, Lilliana was inspired to paint at her son's bedside - to thank the city that saved her son's life so many times. It was the first time she painted since living in Bosnia.

Today, her work continues to show her bright spirit and optimism about her son and his constant fight for his life - as well as pay tribute to Philadelphia. Her life, which has been full of surprises and sometimes very difficult, is visible in the colors she uses for her art: brave, dynamic and unpredictable. Done in acrylic, on canvas or black drawing paper, her paintings show a celebration of life and existence. Her art is on display all over the world, including private collections in Europe, Australia, South America, Israel, and Hong-Kong, China and throughout United States.

Locally, Lilliana's art can be found on display in Mayor Nutter's Office, where she painted Betsy Ross's House, and at the Smile Gallery, which is currently showcasing "The Big 5" exhibit.

Phanatic Statue Design: "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"

Statue Display: Citizens Bank

About the Artist: After spending several years working as a staff illustrator for Philco-Ford, Lit Brother's Department Stores and IAI Advertising, Dan started his career as freelance illustrator. Starting out by creating both editorial illustrations and product drawings for local and regional clients, and eventually illustrating for national clients and he has been published internationally. During his 30 plus years he has created Fashion, Editorial, Retail, Food, Book Covers, Text Book, Medical and Paleo Illustrations in both Pen and Ink and Color mediums and techniques. In addition, Dan has also created Executive Portraits, Celebrity Portraits, Limited Edition Poster Art and Mural Painting. As a freelance illustrator he has created Artwork for National Geographic Books, TV Guide Magazine, MaGraw-Hill Publishers, Macmillan Publishing, Saunders Medical Publishers, Goya Foods, Ortega Foods, Beech Nut Corporation, Union Bank, The Food Group and others.

Hometown: North Beach, Maryland

Phanatic Statue Design: "All-Star-ry Night"

Statue Display: Rittenhouse Square

About the Artist: Gary Jameson was born in Aurora, Illinois at the middle of the 20th century. Since the mid-1970's, his art has been influenced and inspired by America's industrial past and environmental present, recognizing an aesthetic legacy that includes an eclectic range of American artists.

Jameson currently is working on a series of drawings, paintings, and sculptures inspired by imagery of the Chesapeake Bay, as well as other images of the American landscape from Maine to California.

Other recent art includes site-specific sculptures based on a contemporary and classical interpretation of industrial/architectural ruins, and a series of "Urban/Industrial Fantasy Landscapes."

Jameson has a BFA degree from the University of Illinois, a MFA degree from Northern Illinois University and is an alumnus of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. Jameson presently is an Artist-in-Residence at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, and also teaches at the College of Southern Maryland.

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "Mad Hatter Phanatic"

Statue Display: Please Touch Museum

About the Artist: For the past twenty years, Lorna has worked at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. As the museum's staff artist, Lorna has painted various murals for countless exhibits and projects.

Lorna trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she received numerous awards for her drawing. She also received the highly acclaimed Hobson Pittman award for experimental painting.

Lorna has also exhibited in group shows and continues to work on developing her painting.

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "Patchwork Phanatic"

Statue Display: Betsy Ross House

About the Artist: Ginny, a South Philadelphia native, has been painting for over 20 years. Her love for painting and drawing began as a child, and continued while taking classes at Montgomery County Community College and Woodmere Art Museum.

Eventually Ginny found her niche in Traditional QuiltArt, where she incorporates traditional quilt patterns - dating back hundreds of years - into her artwork. Her collection also includes landscapes, pet portraits and Civil War general portraits, among others.

Ginny's work includes a quilt that models patchwork from Fanny Chamberlain, the wife of noted Civil War General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. This piece can be found in the permanent collection of the Pejepscot Museum in Brunswick, Maine. Also featured at the museum is a watercolor of Little Round Top, Gettysburg.

Her collection also includes quilt pieces that have been donated to various local non-profit organizations. Ginny's patchwork has been featured in area exhibits, including the Woodmere Museum, the Hill Tea Bar, Cheltenham Art Center and Oreland Art Center.

Hometown: Voorhees, NJ

Phanatic Statue Design: "P. Phanatic Star Voyager"

Statue Display: The Free Library of Philadelphia

About the Artist: Fans might recognize Cliff as the "unofficial NASA correspondent for the 610WIP sportsradio morning show". His lifetime interest in space and baseball has been combined into weekly appearances with Angelo Cataldi, where he explains the latest events and happenings in space and throws in an occasional Phillies comment.

Cliff was a painting student of the late Freida Reiter, known for many years as the courtroom artist for ABC national news. (Reiter was one of the first artists invited to Russia in the sixties and covered Watergate, among other major events.) Mentoring Cliff for years, Freida assisted him in getting accepted to the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts), where he graduated in 1975. During this time, he did various freelance projects for companies including the Philadelphia Flyers, and exhibited and sold his work at area shows.

Cliff also worked for several years at Hunt's Theaters & Pier in Wildwood, NJ, where he painted amusement rides and did various mural and design work. He also executed many interior art projects for area hotels, and did portrait work for private collectors.

After Cliff married, he relocated to the South Jersey/Philadelphia area, where he worked in the magazine and newspaper publishing design business with South Jersey Shopper's Guide newspapers and North American Publishing Company.

He continues to pursue art projects and work in the publishing business and maintains a steady schedule of personal drawing and painting projects.

As a longtime Phillies fan and season ticket holder, Cliff welcomes the opportunity to combine all his passions into one project.

Hometown: Columbus, Ohio; resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "GTPMC's With Love Statue"

Statue Display: The Market at Comcast Center

About the Artist: Thom Lessner is a painter and printmaker. He was raised in Columbus, Ohio and is now based in Philadelphia, where he is known for his drawings of people and music that inspire him. In 2001, Paul, from The Paul Green School of Rock Music convinced Thom to make his living by designing and printing rock school posters and doing other freelance art jobs. Since then he's done work for Enjoi, Snickers, Warner Brothers, Autumn Skateshop, Toyota, Obey and magazines like Thrasher, Vice, Swindle, and Spin.

Thom works at Space 1026.

Hometown: West Chester, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "The Phillie Phanatic"

Statue Display: Citizens Bank Park

About the Artist: Melissa has been the graphic artist for the Philadelphia Phillies for the past ten years. In her spare time, she teaches non-credit Photoshop classes at Delaware County Community College.

Melissa graduated from Delaware County Community College, and later transferred to Rosemont College, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in graphics design.

Hometown: Lincoln, Massachusetts; resides in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "Phanatic Phans"

Statue Display: Philadelphia International Airport

About the Artist: Max Mason (III) grew up in Lincoln, Massachusetts. After graduating from Vassar College with a degree in Geology in 1975 he came to Philadelphia to study at the University of Pennsylvania with Neil Welliver in 1981.

Max is represented by the Gross McCleaf Gallery where he has shown his landscape, still life and baseball paintings since 1985. He has painted several murals for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, City of Wilmington Delaware, and York Mural Arts Program. A 10'x 160' mural, "Pennsylvania Agriculture", greets visitors as they enter the State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, PA.

A life-long baseball fanatic, Max began painting baseball subjects at Penn and had a one-person show of baseball paintings at the Butler Institute of American Art in 1991. In 2003, he was commissioned by the Philadelphia Phillies to paint three 10'x 30' murals of Philadelphia baseball stadiums for their soon-to-open Citizens Bank Park. Max is currently at work on commissions for the Minnesota Twins and a painting of Petco Park in San Diego.

Max lives with his wife and two college-age children in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Hometown: Royersford, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "Tribute"

Statue Display: African American Museum

About the Artist: Tom has been a Phillies fan ever since he can remember, rooting for Johnny Callison, listening to radio broadcasts and taking church bus trips to Connie Mack Stadium. Though it was his father who took him to games, he attributes his mother as being the real Phillies fan.

Eventually Tom grew up and attended West Chester University, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in graphic design and printmaking. He later went back to school to teach. After his first year of being certified, he married his wife, Missy, had two daughters, Shannon and Laurel, and later adopted a son, Chris.

Tom now enters his 20th year as a teacher, and is currently a math instructor at Radnor Middle School. He returned to his love of painting several years ago, seeking relaxation and a creative outlet.

His inspiration for the Phanatic statue design came while on a school trip of the Philadelphia murals, where he was amazed to find a mural honoring the players of the Philadelphia Stars Negro League team.

"I hope this statue can bring honor to those men who played for the love of the game, years before Jackie Robinson helped pave the way for greater opportunities."

When not teaching or painting, Tom enjoys spending time with his family, working with his church's youth group, or just taking a walk with his wife.

Hometown: Bala Cynwyd, PA

Phanatic Statue Design: "Community Statue"

Statue Display: The Piazza at Schmidts

About the Artist: David has been painting for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program since 1996, and has completed over 75 murals in the Philadelphia area. Most of these murals are large outdoor community-based murals, which were painted as collaborations between specific neighborhoods and David. Besides offering input of ideas for themes and subjects for the murals, community members (and especially neighborhood children) also participated in community paint days and assisted with painting many of the murals.

David has served on the board of the Mural Arts Advocates, where he helped raise funds for the community projects and youth education programs that are such a vital part of the Mural Arts Program. He also teaches mural painting to potential mural artists for the Mural Arts Program. In addition, he teaches drawing at LaSalle University, and has taught drawing and mural painting at P.A.F.A. Outside of Philadelphia, David has received grants to create community murals in Coatesville, PA, Middletown Township, PA, Dublin, Ireland, and in the suburbs of Paris, France.

David also stays active in his studio, creating paintings on a smaller scale. In Philadelphia, David has shown his work at the P.A.F.A. Museum, the LaSalle University Art Museum, Artists' House Gallery, Temple Gallery of the Tyler School of Art, the University City Arts League, the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, the Philadelphia Office of Arts and Culture, Nexus Gallery, the Woodmere Art Museum, and in City Hall. In Florida he has shown at the Maitland Art Center, and in Missouri he has shown at the Studio Gallery of the Springfield Program for Public Art.

David received a bachelor's degree in biology (with a concentration in pre-med) from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, but decided to enroll in art school instead of medical school. He studied at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial and then at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (P.A.F.A.), where he received his M.F.A. in 1995. From 1991-1999 he served as the director of the P.A.F.A. School Gallery.

David is married to Eurhi Jones, fellow P.A.F.A. alumnus and mural painter. They have two daughters and live and have a studio in Belmont Hills, PA.

Hometown: Indian Mills, NJ

Phanatic Statue Design: "High Hopes"

Statue Display: Lloyd Hall

About the Artist: Norma is a professional graphic artist who enjoys participating in all kinds of artistic endeavors. She has won awards for her fine art paintings, decorative paintings, and graphic design. She has artwork housed in the permanent collection of The White House, Burlington County College, The City of Burlington (NJ), and several private collections.

Norma has participated in several public art projects such as Main Street Mount Holly's Chinese New Year sculpture exhibit and Burlington County's "The Eagles Have Landed."

She has a BS in Business Administration from The College of New Jersey and has attended Burlington County College for Art and Graphic Design.

Phanatic Statue Design: "Philanatic"; (co-artist with Lilliana DiDovic)

Statue Display: The National Constitution Center

About the Artist: Philadelphian Ronnie Norpel was honored to create PHILANATIC for the Phanatic Around Town project with painter Lilliana Didovic, a fellow member of DaVinci Art Alliance.

Ronnie is a dynamic storyteller, who uses various media to tell her tales: live performance, photography, journalism - and now a novel. Her book BASEBALL KARMA AND THE CONSTITUTION BLUES will be released in April on Three Rooms Press. Once upon a time, Norpel played ballgirl and season ticket sales champ for the Phillies and established their Fan Accommodations office. But after earning her Wharton degree, she went into poetry for the money.

While at Penn, Ronnie picked up a camera and has been shooting ever since. In New York, she was muse and collaborator of Warhol Factory superstar Gerard Malanga. Her graduate education further included acting with Aaron Speiser and stage time with Bruce Springsteen and Top Jimmy in Hollywood. A one-time trouper with Al's National Theatre in LA, Ronnie has recently performed in the cutting edge plays of Dr. Larry Myers of St. John's University.

She lives in New York, but will always bleed Phillies red!

Hometown: San Antonio, TX; resides in Mt. Airy, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "Phanatico Latino"

Statue Display: Independence Seaport Museum at Penn's Landing

About the Artist: Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, painter Marta Sanchez is deeply inspired by traditional Mexican folk art expressions.

Marta Sanchez is recognized primarily for her retablo paintings, an offspring of traditional Mexican prayer paintings on metal. Other avenues explored by Marta are the train yards of San Antonio that has led to narrative paintings of the Mexican experiences with the train yards. Her love of Latin American literature especially Chicano/a literature has led to a collaborative box set of serigraphs prints with poet Dr. Norma E. Cantú. Marta incorporates her history and culture to continue positive action with the Chicano/a movement. Her Cascarones Por La Vida annually invites the community to create hand painted confetti filled eggs to sell for an art fund for families affected by HIV/AIDS.

While studying in Rome, Italy and Philadelphia, PA, Marta earned her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the Tyler School of Art at Temple University. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Texas at Austin.

Her work is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Museum of Fine Art in St. Petersburg, FL, The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, PA, McNay Museum in San Antonio, The National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, The Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas in San Antonio, Texas. Private collectors such as Cheech Marin have purchased and exhibited her work nationally. Marta has participated in many various workshops, panels, and publications regarding her work and community outreach.

Marta teaches at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Springside School in Philadelphia. She resides in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia with her husband John and son Phillip Ignacio.

Hometown: Exton, Pennsylvania

Phanatic Statue Design: "Music Phanatic"

Statue Display: The Kimmel Center for Performing Arts

About the Artist: Dane Tilghman has taken his artwork towards new dimensions, starting with realism and moving towards a style that showcases his own interpretations of surrealism, impressionism and primitive elongation. His figurative paintings reflect a stylistic reference to artists Modigliani and Thomas Hart Benton.

A professional painter for over 20 years, Tilghman has also developed a distinctive and creative approach to depict artistic images of the common man, woman and child. Dane's images are inspired by African Americans depicted as "Everyday People" in and out of daily life, popular entertainment, and the world of sports. Over the years, his constant refinement and development of these images and styles of painting has helped to establish him as one of the premier painters of African American Golf Art and Negro League Baseball images. His mural commission paintings are readily visible at several professional sports stadiums throughout the country including Turner Stadium, Atlanta; Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia and Texas Stadium, Dallas.

Tilghman's paintings have consistently been exhibited throughout the country at various venues including the Black Fine Art Show, New York; International Art Expo, New York; Embrace, Atlanta; Art on the Riverfront, Delaware to name a few. Other select fine art exhibitions include Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania; the African American Museum Philadelphia; Howard University; Butler Institute of Fine Art, Ohio; University of Pennsylvania and West Chester University.

Dane's paintings are found in both private and corporate collections. Select collectors include: Dave Winfield, Nelson Mandela, Bill Cosby, the estate of Ossie Davis, Nabisco Corporation, Merck, Astra-Zeneca, MBNA and Prudential. In 2004 Kutztown University commissioned him for a commemorative poster for the 50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education.

Dane's creative philosophy is to bring the audience to his interpretative views of life on canvas. "For me, when I'm painting it's like the highest form of reality. When you're engaged in that artwork, this is it! You're in your zone".

Dane received his BFA at Kutztown University.

Hometown: Paupack, PA

Phanatic Statue Design: "Ben Phranklin"

Statue Display: The Franklin Institute

About the Artist: Deborah Waldron's works range in size from 11" x 14" individual pastel landscapes and portraits to 15' x 33' backdrops for local community theatre and high school theatre productions. Mostly a self-taught artist, beginning with private and professional instruction late in her career, Waldron loves the Philadelphia Phillies, attending as many games as possible each season. Waldron resides in Paupack with her husband and two children.