| Andy Thomas |
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| Andy Thomas is not only an immensely talented painter, but also a storyteller with the images he creates. His subject matter consists of a variety of images from historical events to intimate moments of everyday life. The artist’s desire to create is funneled into the area of painting realism that...
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| Armani |
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| Giuseppe Armani was born in Calci, Italy, in 1935. From the moment young 'Bebe' could pick up a pencil, he drew. He drew everything he saw. He drew everyone he knew. He drew all day long. Armani's parents were amazed at Giuseppe's prodigious output and they recognized that their little boy's sketches...
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| Bill Anton |
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| Bill Anton was born in Chicago in 1957 and later moved to Prescott, Arizona. He graduated from Northern Arizona University. Later, after committing to painting full-time, he studied under Michael Lynch and Ned Jacob, who encouraged him to paint from life. “While the nature of my work necessitates...
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| Bob Wyngant |
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| Bob Wygant holds a special place in Texas and the Western heritage he has painted throughout his career. A quiet man of immense talent, his paintings come from his heart as much as from his brush. Breathtaking in his detailed and realistic approach, his images make time stand still….creating memories...
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| Bruce Greene |
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| Bruce Greene is a Western painter who has ridden trails and experienced the cowboy life he portrays in the very narrative images he creates. The artist is a native Texan who has reached the pinnacle of his profession through hard work and an extraordinary talent for painting the story of one of our...
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| Chris Owen |
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| Chris Owen's working cowboy themes are a representation of authentic operating ranch activities. He paints predominantly with gouache.
He majored in art at Montana State University. he was the recipient of a scholarship to the acclaimed Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, where he studied...
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| Christa Kieffer |
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| Christa Kieffer was born in Tubingen, Germany. As a child, her earliest memories are of “soaking up the atmosphere of a particular place or region.” An intuitive kindergarten teacher recognized Kieffer’s potential and provided her with a quiet place to draw and paint. The artist studied extensively...
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| David Mann |
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| David Mann’s life focus has been his interest in the Native American culture, horses, and art. As a child, the artist collected any Remington and Russell prints he found along with books illustrated by Will James, Paul Brown, and Wesly Dennis.
Mann knows his subjects well from studying the history...
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| Ebony Visions |
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| "I always knew I wanted to create Ebony Visions'. As an artist who happens to be black, I had distinct ideas about what I would like to see in the line." The elegant compeling figurines he created for the collection are a blen of both Art Nouveau and African culture, which Thomas calls "Afro-Nouveau."...
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| Edward Aldrich |
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| “My best paintings are based on animals I have seen in the wild…I’ll do paintings directly from those photographs - I want to keep the feel of the scene I saw.”
Edward Aldrich creates his oil paintings on masonite in a big open studio which is part of his home in a western suburb of Denver. Several...
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| Ernie Barnes |
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| Ernie Barnes was born July 15, 1938. Endowed with an innate sensitivity, he knew early in life that he wanted to become an artist. Initial impressions were fashioned in the rich soil of Durham, North Carolina, while his sensibilities were cultivated in a loving home by his parents, Ernest Sr. and...
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| Evan Wilson |
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| Evan Wilson was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1953. He showed interest in art at an early age when University of Alabama art professor and family friend Richard Brough provided him with painting materials and inspiration. In 1971, Wilson enrolled in the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts...
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| G Harvey |
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| G. Harvey grew up in the rugged hills north of San Antonio, Texas. His grandfather was a trail boss at 18 and helped create an American legend. So the American West is not only the artist’s passion but his birthright. Harvey and his wife still live near the hill country of Texas. Harvey’s early interest...
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| George Hallmark |
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| Born and raised in North Central Texas, George Hallmark identifies with life in the country and feels at home in a rural setting. Hallmark began drawing as a child and, discovering that he received praise for his artwork, continued and excelled at art in high school and college. For many years, he...
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| Giovani DiGuida |
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| Giovanni Di Guida was born in 1965 in Naples, Italy, where he still lives and works. He is a student of Vincenzo Laricchia and studied painting at the Art Institute in Naples.
Di Guida is an artist who knows how to put just that touch of imagination into a realistic theme to transfigure it and...
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| HongNian Zhang |
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| HongNian Zhang is an internationally known Chinese American artist who works in the Western academic tradition. His paintings are in private, corporate and museum collections in America, Europe and Asia. His work was included in Sotheby's first American auction of Chinese contemporary art, held...
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| James Seward |
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| James Seward was born in Alabama, and raised in Tennessee. He spent summers with his grandparents in the wild back-country of Alabama. When he was six, his grandfather bought him his first set of oil paints, and as a young child he often painted his grandparents by lamp-light, to their great astonishment....
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| Jim Hansel |
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| Jim Hansel, one of America’s premier wildlife, nature and landscape artists, is an artist with a twist. At the age of 12, Jim was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition called Stargardts. This eye condition has left him legally blind.In spite of his limited vision, he pursued his passion for...
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| Jim Rey |
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| Born and raised in northern California, Jim Rey’s interest and involvement in ranch life were fostered by his grandfather and uncle, both cattle ranchers.
After spending 25 years near the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, Jim Rey
and his wife Sharon recently moved to a small farm in...
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| Julia Rogers |
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| "If you've ever been to Africa, you are not likely to forget the experience," says wildlife artist Julia Rogers. And if you've never been to Africa, looking at a Rogers painting can make you homesick for places you've never seen. You can almost feel the heat, the sand and the beauty of the landscape.
Being...
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| Kadir Nelson |
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| Kadir Nelson is an award-winning artist and illustrator whose works have been published by Sports Illustrated, The New Yorker, Coca-Cola, The New York Times, Major League Baseball, and Nike, among others. In 1996, Nelson served as the lead "Conceptual Artist" for Steven Spielberg's feature film, "Amistad."
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| Kyle Polzin |
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| Born on January 16, 1974, Kyle Polzin grew up in South Texas, and began developing his artistic skills at a young age with the guidance of his father. Brought up around horses and the Gulf coast, Kyle grew to appreciate the beauty and heritage of his Texas surroundings which is reflected in his art....
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| Kyle Sims |
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| Kyle was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on June 12th, 1980. He is one of two sons born unto Jon and Beth Sims with his sibling named Blake, two years the younger. Kyle’s training with the arts began very early, but with no formal regimen in place. His talent was recognized and encouraged by his parents...
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| Larry Dyke |
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| Larry Dyke has devoted his life's work to the interpretation of the beauty he beholds in nature. His success as one of America's most beloved artists is proof of his distinctive ability to create a scene which captivates the imagination of the viewer. Dyke's genius lies in his construction of intricate...
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| Mark Lague |
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| Mark has developed an international reputation and has won numerous awards, both in his native Canada and in the United States. A dedicated painter, Mark Lague was born in Lachine Quebec in 1964 and he has had a fascination with drawing since childhood, a skill he practices constantly, even to this...
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| Martin Grelle |
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| Martin Grelle lives with his wife, Terri, and their children near the small, Central Texas town of Clifton, just a few miles from where he was born. Rich in beauty and history, the area has become a mecca for artists, which is one reason why the artist has spent his whole life there. Many of his closest...
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| Matthew Hillier |
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| Hillier was born in Buckinghamshire, England, grew up near Windsor Castle and was graduated with distinction from Dyfed College of Art in Carmarthen, West Wales.
He is a member of The Society of Animal Artists and his work is shown in the traveling exhibition of the Society; it has also been included...
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| Michael Dudash |
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| Michael Dudash is recognized nationally for his paintings of dramatic realism bathed in a mixture of light and shadows, creating a romantic atmosphere.
Although a very successful illustrator for many years, in 2002, Dudash began to focus on creating and selling his oil paintings, along with doing...
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| Nancy Glazier |
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| Always knowing she wanted to be an artist, Nancy Glazier's grandmother presented her with her first set of oil paints when she was eight. Her delighted father sold her first painting when she was twelve.
Her family moved to Wyoming when she was sixteen. Glazier was introduced to Cody Museum muralist,...
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| Norm Clasen |
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| It’s said that one picture is worth a thousand words….this is an apt description for every image shot by famed photographer Norm Clasen. As a free-lance photographer, Clasen has traveled the globe recording man, nature, and the world around us.
With a very successful career spanning four decades,...
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| Phillip_Philbeck |
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| Phillip Philbeck began doing limited-edition prints at the age of 24 with the 1992 release of "Winter's Lace" and is clearly among the most gifted and respected artists in North Carolina and the region.
Born in 1968, Philbeck grew up in rural Cleveland County, North Carolina. He now resides just...
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| Ragan Gennusa |
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| Ragan Gennusa grew up in East Texas enjoying the outdoors and sports, but he was drawn to art and could always be found using his pencils and brushes when he had an opportunity. “Art was just something I always enjoyed,” he recalls.
Gennusa took art classes in high school, along with being an All-State...
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| Robert Peters |
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| Robert Peters is a landscape and still life painter with a career spanning more than thirty years. He regularly contributes to museum exhibitions such as the Prix de West, Masters of the American West, and Quest for the West. Robert’s paintings have earned serious recognition by collectors. Museum...
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| Rod Chase |
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| Rod Chase takes hundreds of photographs of each of his subjects, combining them with historical photographs, to produce a timeless quality in each of his works. "Being a photo-realist, I am dependent on finding accurate reference material for each painting," the artist explains. Chase works with acrylics...
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| Tim Cox |
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| Tim Cox was born in 1957 in Arizona and grew up in the small farming and ranching community of Duncan, near the New Mexico state line. When only 5 years old, Tim Cox vowed he "was going to be a cowboy artist" when he grew up. He currently lives in northern New Mexico and is considered one of the great...
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| Tom Dubois |
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| Tom duBois has the gift of seeing the world through a child's eyes. This is perhaps why he is so fond of a quote by Picasso, "Every child is an artist, the problem is remaining a child once you grow up."
Graduating from Chicago's famed American Academy of Art, Tom earned a reputation as a gifted...
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| WALT DISNEY CLASSICS FIGURINES - The Classics Collection started in 1992 with three scenes, Bambi, Cinderella, and Fantasia's Sorcerer Apprentice. Many other series have since been introduced. Some figurines are limited, and some have been retired. Some of these figurines have risen high on the secondary...
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