Artist Adds Youthful Flair to Collingswood
Local art is always featured around town. But it's not every day the artist is a 7-year-old.
She's a locally-acclaimed artist whose work is recognized and applauded in the local arts community. Her in-demand pieces were even featured at the borough's Nov. 13 Second Saturday event. And she's only 7 years old. On Nov. 13, Collingswood frame shop The Traveling Framer featured and sold 24 pieces created by7-year-old Alexis Hochgertel, of Haddonfield. Alexis' portfolio debut was certainly a monumental day for her. But her Nov. 13 debut also marked a monumental day for The Traveling Framer 0wner Stan Demski–the debut made Alexis the first child artist ever featured in his shop. "We'd originally taken a couple of Alexis' pieces to Stan's shop to get them framed for our home," said the artist's father Robert Hochgertel. "While he had the…
