| Greg Beecham |
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| The son of the artist Tom Beecham, Greg grew up hunting, fishing, observing
nature and learning to draw—always aware of a yearning to follow in his
father’s footsteps. He remembers standing for hours with his dad, studying the
movements of whitetail deer in the woods behind their home....
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| William Phillips |
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| "Phillips grew up loving art but never thought he could make it his
livelihood. At college he majored in criminology and had been accepted into
law school when four of his paintings were sold at an airport restaurant.
That was all the incentive he needed to begin his work as a fine art painter....
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| Tom Sierak |
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| Painting tomorrow’s memories today”... that’s how Tom Sierak likes to describe his pastel paintings.
He says, “People often talk about the good ol’ days and how nice it would be to return to them. I believe that the times
we live in and have lived in, are always the 'good ol’days. Although...
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| Ken Auster |
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| "Ken grew up with his feet deeply planted in the surfing culture where he first
learned to express his art talent. Caught up in the ground swell of the 1960s
surfing culture, Ken not only plunged into the sport of surfing but into the
art and graphics of surfing as well.
While working his way...
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| James Bama |
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| "James Bama was born in 1926 and grew up in the Northeast. He followed his
early interest in art through New York’s specialized High School of Music and
Art and the Art Students League. As a professional, Bama has earned a
reputation for several facets of his talent. He freelanced briefly before...
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| Cassandra Barney |
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"Cassandra Christensen Barney was born and raised in Orem, Utah. She received
her Master’s degree in Fine Arts from Brigham Young University in 2000. “I've
had a passion for the craft of the portrait since I was a child. As a young
girl, I visited museums around the world with my...
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| Alan Bean |
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"Twelve people have walked on the moon. Only one was an explorer artist, Alan
Bean—Apollo XII astronaut, commander of Skylab II and artist. Born in 1932 in
Wheeler, Texas and in 1950, Alan was selected for an NROTC scholarship at the
University of Texas at Austin. Alan was commissioned...
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| Greg Beecham |
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| "The son of the artist Tom Beecham, Greg grew up hunting, fishing, observing
nature and learning to draw—always aware of a yearning to follow in his
father’s footsteps. He remembers standing for hours with his dad, studying the
movements of whitetail deer in the woods behind their home.
His...
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| Christopher Blossom |
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| "When a child has a father and grandfather who are both well known
illustrators, it is likely the offspring will also become an artist. And when
a boy starts to sail at the age of six, it is also likely that the artist
might choose the sea and sailing ships as his subject. Such was the case...
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| Nelson Boren |
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| "Born and raised in Tempe, Arizona, Nelson studied to be an architect earning a
degree from Arizona State University. After practicing for 15 years, during
which time he owned a successful firm and won numerous awards, Nelson made the
pivotal decision to leave the field in 1980 to pursue his...
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| Braldt Braldt |
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"Some of Bralds' most beloved works are his fanciful renditions of cats with
their humorous, human-like traits. There’s mystery behind a cat’s eyes in the
divinely inspired art of Braldt Bralds. Masterfully creating art that is “of
this world, but not in this world,” is his unique...
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| Will Bullas |
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| "Born in Ohio and raised in the Southwest, Will Bullas enrolled at Arizona
State University and was majoring in fine arts with a minor in dramatic arts
when he was drafted. In Vietnam, his first professional pieces were pencil
portraits of fellow soldiers, which were sent to loved ones back...
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| John Buxton |
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| "John Buxton was born in the small southern town of Oxford, North Carolina. He
excelled at art from childhood. After two years of general college in his
home state, he earned his art degree from the Art Center College of Design in
Los Angeles, California.
He was a successful illustrator...
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| June Carey |
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| "The little farmhouse in Pennsylvania where I grew up was always alive with
singing, laughter and a love of the arts. My father, a voice instructor,
introduced us to the steady flow of eccentric, larger-than-life characters
found in his greatest passion – the dramatic world of the Italian opera....
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| James Christensen |
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| "James C. Christensen was born in 1942 and raised in Culver City, California.
He studied painting at Brigham Young University as well as the University of
California at Los Angeles before finishing his formal education at BYU. Since
then he has had one-man shows in the West and the Northeast...
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| Richard Clifton |
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| "Richard Clifton, a Delaware native, is a self-taught artist who has chosen the
classic genre of waterfowl as his specialty. His success has been marked by
numerous accolades. Since 1991, when he won his first duck stamp contest,
Clifton has accumulated nineteen state stamps in just eight years—placing...
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| Simon Combes |
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| "In 1940, Simon Combes was born in "Wilderness Cottage ," in Shaftsbury,
England, and from that day in June, the wilderness always attracted him. His
first adventures began early when, in 1946, his parents immigrated to farm in
Kenya’s Great Rift Valley, a magical place for a young boy.
Simon...
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| Bob Coronato |
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"We are at a clash of two different times: the traditional cowboy'n' ways are
being overridden by the modern, quicker technologies. This is the focus of my
paintings,” Coronato says. “I try to document moments in time that show the
ways of a fading lifestyle that so many people have...
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| Don Crowley |
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| "Born in Redlands, California, Don Crowley got started in the world of art at
such an early age that he couldn’t remember a time when he wasn’t drawing.
During his school years in Santa Ana, he read everything he could about art
and spent every spare moment developing his skill. Service in the...
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| Jim Daley |
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| "Soft-spoken and modest, Jim Daly would seem a reluctant celebrity. Still, his
tender and nostalgic portrayals of children have earned him a wide and ardent
following among collectors. Born in Oklahoma and raised throughout the West,
Jim developed an early appreciation for the art of Norman...
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| Curt Walters |
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| Artist Curt Walters of Sedona, Arizona, is best known as a plein-aire impressionist. Recognized worldwide for his impeccable interpretation of the Grand Canyon, Art of the West magazine was first to herald him as the "Greatest Living Grand Canyon Artist" in 1997. Since then, Art of the West has gone...
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| Keith Ferris |
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| "An artist's career can rest on the simplest of things. For Keith Ferris, it was
an allergic condition which kept him from becoming a pilot for the Air Force.
But he didn’t let that stop him from making his love of aviation his life.
Instead, he channeled his energy and enthusiasm into becoming...
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| Sally Calwell Fisher |
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| "Sally Caldwell Fisher has gained international recognition for her portrayal
of New England coastal life. Painting her surroundings, favorite locales or
fond recollections, she illustrates everyday life in rural America with humor.
Caldwell Fisher uses the phrase ""willing suspension of disbelief""...
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| Luke Fraziers |
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| "Born in Provo, Utah, and raised in the Salt Lake City area, Luke spent
countless hours sketching and sculpting wildlife during his childhood. He
studied engineering at Dixie College before pursuing art at Utah State
University—where he earned a bachelor’s degree in painting and then a master’s...
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| Rod Frederick |
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| "The serene outdoors seem at odds with the wild and crazy character of this
artist, who is as famous for his paintings as he is for his sense of humor and
gaudy shirts! If seen on his constant excursions into the wilds, many a
collector would tell of an eccentric pirate come to life, only this...
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| Scott Gustafson |
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| "Storytelling through pictures has always held a certain fascination for Scott
Gustafson; be they the moving images in animated cartoons, or the epic
illustrations of N. C. Wyeth. Upon entering the Chicago Academy of Fine Art,
Scott was 99% sure that he wanted to become an animator, but it was...
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| Jessica Holm |
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| "Pets are charming. The English country side is charming. Together they are
disarming, combined and in the art of Jessica Holm. Even more interesting is
that, in America, Holm is known for her quaint and pleasing images of animals
living in merrie old England, but in her home country, she is...
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| Scott Kennedy |
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| "From the glories of nature to the playfulness of sled dogs to the smile of a
child, Scott Kennedy has journeyed all over the American and Canadian
wilderness to discover there’s no place like home. Beginning his artistic
career capturing watercolor adventure in the wilds, he made a purposeful...
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| Craig Kodera |
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| "Aviation is this artist's living. Painting is a joy and a choice; not his
career. Craig Kodera career is as an airline pilot, so each of his paintings
reflect an intimate knowledge of how it feels to fly and what it looks like out
the cockpit. ""I paint what I see,"" he says,""and my office...
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| Paul Landry |
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| "A delight to both the eye and the heart, a Landry painting is an invitation to
the peace and beauty of nostalgic memories. Come home to his romantic imagery
of widow’s walks and white picket fences, schooners and sloops, carousels and
striped awnings, quaint verandahs, window boxes bursting...
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| Judy Larson |
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| "Look Closer...
The time-consuming art of scratchboard is unparalleled in its detail, allowing
Judy Larson’s seamless concealment of imagery within her subject. To view the
extraordinary hidden images within Larson’s work,
Click here.
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| Tom Lovell |
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| "1909 - 1997
A Native American finding a Raggedy Ann doll on a lonely western road. A man
teaching his blonde, gingham-dressed, settler wife how to shoot a rifle. A trio
of Indians warming their hands over the chimney of a snow-buried cabin in an
otherwise empty landscape. These are just three...
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| Stephen Lyman |
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| " He paints the wilderness with a knowledge and genuineness that can only be
expressed by someone who has ‘been there’.” – Bev Doolittle
Through Lyman’s art, you can travel into a wilderness very few have
experienced. You can share the sensation of being in the true outdoors –
exploring,...
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| Bonnie Marris |
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"Wildlife artist Bonnie Marris' fascination with animals began at an early age
when, at the age of two, she spent hours in front of the wolf cage at the zoo,
enraptured by the animals within. The attention to detail evident in her work
is a consequence of long hours studying her...
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| Frank McCarthy |
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| "Frank McCarthy knew from an early age that his passion was art, copying from
his favorite comic strips. Encouraged by his parents and art teachers, he
enrolled at fourteen in New York’s Art Students League, studying first under
George Bridgeman and then under Reginald Marsh. After high school...
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| Jean Monti |
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| "A daughter, waiting at the door to welcome you home; a son, presenting you with
a handpicked bouquet of wildflowers; a granddaughter, lying on your couch,
engrossed in a favorite fairy tale—these are Jean Monti’s Memories of the
Heart™. Jean captures these simple, timeless moments in her paintings...
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| Dean Morrisey |
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| "Dean Morrissey has been drawing and creating characters since his childhood in
Boston. Inspired by Disney matte paintings and comic book heroes early on, he
grew to appreciate the works of the masters, such as Rembrandt, Vermeer, Pyle
and N.C. Wyeth.
Morrissey worked a variety of job until...
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| Tom Palmore |
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| Tom Palmore's art defies easy classification. It's wildlife but, to say the
least, it’s whimsical wildlife. With titles like Bart the Bear, Leopard at
Twilight and Gunsmoke (picturing a bison against a classic Western backdrop),
Tom takes a different look at fauna, fowl and farm animals as well...
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| Ron Parker |
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| "How does someone become an artist when they hadn't been drawing instinctively
from an early age? In the case of Ron Parker, it was simply a matter of self-
preservation. Wildlife became so familiar to him while on nature walks with his
son that they pressed the issue. ""When the animals started...
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| Pomm |
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| "Is that her real name? ," people always ask. "Yes," Pomm explains. Her mother,
born in Paris, read a novel by the French author Colette in which one of the
characters was a little girl named Pomme, which means apple in French.
(The “e” was dropped to ensure correct pronunciation...
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| Heide Presse |
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| "Through the use of dramatic lighting and rich color, the images that Heide
paints weave a story of the places and people that are most important to her.
Sprinkled throughout these images are the objects that she enjoys collecting.
There is something about the character of older things that...
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| Jim Reynolds |
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| "James Reynolds was born in a Standard Oil lease house in 1926 and raised in
Taft, California. As a boy, he spent summers at his grandmother’s Nevada City
hotel, which was situated just beyond the infamous Donner Pass and literally
above the south fork of the Yuba River, supported by stilts....
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| Ron S. Riddick |
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| Born and raised in sunny Santa Monica, California, Ron was the son of an art
director at Prudential Insurance—so he had access to the tools of commercial
art. While in high school, he took the extra challenge of night classes at the
Los Angeles Art Center and College of Design, where he...
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| Ken Riley |
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| "Kenneth Riley is dedicated not only to authenticity, ethnography and history,
but also to allegory and spirituality. His work has been called classical,
sophisticated, gentle and sensitive.
Descended from Irish immigrants on his father’s side and Dutch farmers on his
mother’s, he was born...
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| Howard Terpning |
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| "Quite simply, Howard Terpning is one of the most lauded painters of Western
art. His awards are so numerous and he is honored with them so often, that to
list them would require changing the count every few months. To name three
would be to cite the highest prizes awarded to Western art: countless...
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| John Weiss |
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| "My career is a love affair says John Weiss.†The love of God and the talent
He’s given me, the love of life, the love of my subject matter. And the love
of sharing all of these gifts with others through paintings and the stories
they tell.”
Weiss developed his appreciation for man’s...
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| Chris Young |
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| "Chris Young was introduced to The Greenwich Workshop by veteran Greenwich
artist James C. Christensen who elegantly describes the striking uniqueness of
Young’s art this way: “Chris’ art allows us to see the ordinary in an
extraordinary way.” His ‘ultra-realistic’ paintings are actually abstractions...
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| Thomas Blackshear Greenwich |
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| "THOMAS BLACKSHEAR II, the son of an Air Force captain, was born in Waco, Texas,
and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. “Drawing was all I ever liked to do,” he
says. “While all the other guys were playing baseball or basketball, I was in
my house, drawing.” He pursued an interest in art throughout...
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| Mian Situ |
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| "Born in Southern China, Mian Situ received his formal art training in his
native homeland of Guangdong, formerly Canton. He graduated with a Bachelor of
Fine Arts from the prestigious Guangzhou Institute of Fine Art. After
instructing for six years, he earned a Masters in Fine Art.
Immigrating...
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| Flick Ford |
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| "Flick Ford fell in love with fishing at age five. His father, an accomplished
fly-fisherman and talented commercial artist/copywriter, instilled in him a
deep respect for nature and nurtured his early creativity.
Born in 1954 in Atlanta, Flick was raised in Westchester County, New York.
Throughout...
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| Don Demers |
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| "Donald Demers was born in 1956 in the small rural community of Lunenburg,
Massachusetts. His interest in painting maritime subjects began while spending
his summers on the coast of Maine near Boothbay Harbor. Crewing aboard
schooners, square-riggers and other traditional craft have provided...
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| Donna Howell Sickles |
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| "They have energy, wit, wisdom and self-awareness. They have charm, style,
independence and a love of animals that goes beyond the mythic. They are the
cowgirls of Donna Howell-Sickles.
It all started with a postcard. Howell-Sickles came upon a 40’s-era, hand-
tinted postcard of a woman dressed...
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| Steve Hanks |
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| Although teachers often cited his artistic ability, Steve Hanks’ main interest
while growing up around San Francisco was sports. As a young teenager, Hanks
pursued surfing and tennis with passion. He eventually tired of a steady diet
of competitive tennis, but continued to surf, finding...
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| Charles Wysocki |
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| Love, patriotism, celebration, and the good old days are vibrant descriptives, of the whimsical and spiritual art of Charles Wysocki.
charles wysocki biographyCharles Wysocki is a prime example of 'The American Dream." A first generation American, Wysocki, of Polish heritage, was born in Detroit...
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| Daniel Smith |
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| Painter Daniel Smith, who is equal parts hermit, aesthete, and explorer of the outback, has never thought of himself as being a visual provocateur.
Who could have thought that classical wildlife art would one day be considered simultaneously accessible and avant-garde? Who would have guessed that...
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| Dean Mitchell |
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| mily C. McPhie’s life revolves around family, faith, and art, and her paintings reflect the tenderness and toil of these things. Her art explores motherhood and avenues for gathering strength, beauty and wisdom from life.
Emily was born and raised in Orem, Utah. She graduated with a BFA from Brigham...
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| James Reynolds |
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| ames Reynolds played out the adventures of childhood away from the sprawl of the cities, in the shadow of California's High Sierras. He fell under the spell of the mountains, of uncrowded country, and reveled in stories of wild times and bonanza gold. His initial interest in art centered upon a Frank...
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| Jill Charuk |
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| "I paint the colours that I see in landscapes and surroundings. The greys and greens of where I live are too cool for me, I pump them up, in my paintings. You can still 'read' them even though you know that a road isn't purple."
Born on the west coast, Jill pursued careers in fashion design and...
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| Joshua Spies |
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| Joshua Spies, a national and international award-winning artist, grew up spending countless days observing wildlife on the vast prairies near Watertown, South Dakota.
His artistic abilities were obvious and came to the attention of Watertown native and nationally known wildlife artist, Terry Redlin....
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| Kim Wiggins |
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| The bold, brilliant and heavily impastoed paintings of Kim Douglas Wiggins (b. 1959, living in New Mexico) have been eagerly acquired by private collectors, corporations and museums for almost three decades. Yet his oeuvre continues to unfold like a time-lapse film of flowers, undulating with the...
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| Sally Caldwell Fisher |
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| I was born in 1951, in Philadelphia. My sisters and brothers and I grew up in Birmingham , Michigan. Our mother was a gifted watercolorist who never had the time to pursue her own creative passion. She transferred those desires to my sister and me, who took them up almost dutifully. Our mother provided...
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| Z.S. Liang |
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| Z.S. Liang, born in China in 1953 and raised in a family of artists, published his first painting at age 6 in a children's magazine. His art education spanned two continents, beginning at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing and continuing to the Massachusetts College of Art and Boston University....
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| R. Tom Gilleon |
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| Gilleon's interpretations of the American West are genuine, provocative and have a serious gravitational effect on the senses. He understands the places where the human heart and soul dwell. Those pieces of terra firma are part of his own identity and they literally occupy a corner of his visual landscape.
His...
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| Linda Hartough |
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| Since focusing her skills as a landscape painter to recreate some of the world's most beautiful golf holes, Linda Hartough has become recognized as one of golf's leading artists. So extraordinary and realistic is her attention to detail that her oil paintings seem to come alive with a clarity that...
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| Guy Combes |
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| GUY COMBES was born in Kenya in 1971, the son of the late wildlife artist, Simon Combes. At the age of eight, Guy moved to school in England for the remainder of his education. His interest in art developed throughout this schooling and at home where he began to learn technique from his father. After...
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| Christina Penescu |
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| Cristina Penescu was born in Bucharest, Romania, 1988. Her family relocated to California when Cristina was a year old. Since early childhood, her passion for art and nature was very apparent. As a child she loved to collect books about animals and spend her time outside in nature. Cristina has experimented...
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