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JOSHUA BEEN
Joshua Been, born in 1974, had no shortage of outdoor adventures that cultivated his appreciation for the natural world. Drawing since he could manage a pencil, he was captivated by animation and cartooning. This interest remained with him throughout high school and an active duty enlistment in the US Army. Been then went on to pursue his BA in Fine Art at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. As a Magna Cum Laude graduate from this small liberal arts college, Been found interest in more than just art classes. He was active in theatre and performing arts, while studying Earth Sciences as well. This interdisciplinary foundation is evident in the intricacies and truthful fascination of his landscape as well as his figurative work. After graduation, Been relocated to the Los Angeles area where he worked for several years in the entertainment industry as a Character Animator and Visual Development Artist. Cartoon Network, and Disney TV were some of the studios where he found work. It wasn’t long, however, before Been craved a more liberating artform, and enrolled in some figure painting classes at the California Art Institute. While simplifying his life in order to pursue the more nomadic life of a painter, Been moved back to his native land in Colorado. For a short time in order to get his feet on the ground and further hone his teaching ability, Been taught art and design to inmates at the Buena Vista Correctional Facility. He now lives and paints full time in Salida, a place known as the “Heart of the Rockies”.
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SHONTO BEGAY
Shonto Begay was born on a Navajo reservation sheep camp to his mother, a traditional rug weaver of Tonalea storm patterns and his father, a respected medicine man. In addition to being a prolific painter, lecturer and author, Shonto is a spokesperson for environmental rights. He uses acrylic paint on canvas to convey memories and his concerns about the environment and encroaching development. Shonto’s impressionistic brushstrokes depict moments in time. From images of hogans to the government boarding school he was forced to attend, to paintings of hitchhikers and mesas that seem to go on forever, his art balances the harsh realities of reservation life with the amazing beauty found among its people, canyons and mesas. A professional artist since 1983, Shonto spends his time painting and speaking to audiences of all ages. His art has been shown in more than 50 shows in galleries and museums including The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, the American Indian Contemporary Arts ‘s museum in San Francisco and Phoenix Art Museum.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
AMERY BOHLING
“Painting began with me as early as possible. No blank item has ever been safe. It wasn’t long till art became my profession. My love of the great outdoors and the quest to put it on canvas is a never-ending joy. Now I have been blessed with opening my own Fine Art Gallery on the famous Main Street in Scottsdale, AZ. The future looks bright and I will keep a brush in hand.” Born in Lincoln NE and raised in Arizona. Amery studied art at the Scottsdale Artists’ School where she now teaches. She has a BFA from the University of Arizona and she also spent a year studying at L’Ecole Marchutz in Southern France. Currently she is a member of OPA, CAC, and BAPA. Amery is also one of the 7 artists in the Grand Canyon 7 group.
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BETTY CARR
Betty Carr was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California, and developed a love of art from visiting museums. In 1980, she married landscape painter, Howard Carr, and they have devoted their lives to painting. She and her artist husband, Howard Carr, travel several months of each year, from Oregon to South Carolina in a specially equipped mobile home. In numerous locations, they teach artist workshops. She advises her students to draw continually because ‘drawing is critical to good painting.’ From the time she was a young girl, Carr has been represented by galleries. She has been featured in numerous publications including Art of the West, Southwest Art, American Artist, Art Talk, American Artist and Vitality magazines. She is extremely proud of her acceptance into the exclusive Knickerbocker Association of New York City. “What catches my eye is the effect light has on form in unique situations whether fleeting, spilling over, striking, subtlety changing, etc. I challenge myself when painting to capture the essence of the spirit of the light. The spontaneous qualities of watercolor and the quick moving action of the oil brush lends itself perfectly to my impressionistic style of painting when capturing light. I strive for confident, enthusiastic brushwork, the maximizing of color’s value and intensity range and a fresh painterly approach, the result appearing effortless. “
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BILL CRAMER
Growing up in southern California, Bill always had an interest in exploring nature and creating art. As an experienced rock climber, he spent much of his youth enjoying the more vertical places of the American west. This gave him a perspective of the world that few others would ever experience. He received a fine arts degree from California State University Long Beach in 1989, and later moved to Prescott, Arizona with his wife Michelle to be closer to the scenery they both enjoyed. It was there that Bill discovered the joys and challenges of landscape painting, his outdoor experiences providing much of the insight and inspiration expressed in his art. “Any landscape worth painting is more than the obvious visual elements. The push of an evening breeze, the feel of sun baked sandstone, the scent of sagebrush or the sound of a raven suddenly overhead are examples of the many unseen elements that inform my work. I’m satisfied when a painting is as rich as the landscape that inspired it. My goals are to keep exploring the southwest’s wild places, search for new ideas and express what I find exciting about landscapes and about painting.”
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ROBERT DALEGOWSKI
Robert Dalegowski was born in Flagstaff in 1948. The oldest of five brothers, he roamed the forests and canyons of Northern Arizona as a child, developing a deep love and respect for the solitude of wilderness which surrounded his rural home in Doney Park. At that time amenities were limited, without electricity, and water was pumped from a cistern. In this environment, his father instructed the boys in the practice of drawing as entertainment, using fireplace charcoal on old newspapers. From the earliest days, artistic expression was associated with family and relaxation, leading eventually to a very personal meditative process involving plein air watercolor painting. Many years of experimentation with watercolor and plein air painting has achieved a unique style of controlled and colorfully expressive brushwork to develop a final vibrant image. Combined with the inspiration and solitude of the wilderness, this technique can capture the essence and light of moment and place. Usually, a short day hike will reveal a compelling perspective, other times more extensive effort is expended. Nothing Robert paints is an exact representation of what is seen, rather an edited vision to express the glow of light and complexity of mood. Grand Canyon is a favorite place- rock, sky, water – a vast wilderness of intimate oases accessed by foot, rope, river, or art. Through his art, he shares the beauty, geology and mystery with others
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CARL DALIO
Carl Dalio is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, and Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Society. With a degree in architecture, he has sustained an interest in art and architecture through his work as a successful fine artist and free-lance illustrator. He has served as juror for exhibitions and has presented watercolor demonstrations and workshops in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and Indonesia. His paintings have received many awards and have been included in several national exhibitions including the American Watercolor Society in New York, National Watercolor Society in California, Rocky Mountain National, San Diego Watercolor Society and Watercolor Art Society-Houston. Carl’s paintings, six-times cover art and numerous articles have appeared in books and publications including American Artist, Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor Magic and Pastel Journal.
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CHRISTINE DEBROSKY
Encouraged by her parents at a young age, with oil painting lessons, and a professional water color set while growing up in NY’s Hudson Valley, Christine Debrosky always knew that she would be involved in art. Besides the access to world class museums and galleries for study and inspiration, living in the Northeast meant that she learned much about color. The blank canvas of snow over the winter landscape was a way to learn about the hues of light as it changes during the course of the day. In deep summer, surrounded by every shade of green imaginable, she learned how to work with this “difficult “ hue. Her work has been featured in several magazine articles,such as American Artist, the Pastel Journal, and Pratique des Artes, a French publication, as well as on a television and a movie set. Her work is published by Winn Devon, and is available world-wide. Wanting to share her accumulated experience, she has taught extensively in the US, as well as workshops in Tuscany, Venice, and Burgundy, France. Currently she lives in North Arizona, with her husband Wayne, in a completely renovated home , complete with a custom designed dream studio. There, overlooking the red rock glow of Sedona, the abundance of sunlight , richly hued shadows, and nuanced greys of the high desert allows for continued learning and inspiration.
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KATIE DOWLING
Katie grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. She discovered her love of painting at age 18 when a family friend invited her to paint out of doors with oil paint. For someone who had never considered painting before, she was excited to find that it came more naturally than anticipated. So when the same friend told her she must sign up for a workshop given by Don Sahli, a nationally recognized plein air painter, she did. On the third day the entire process clicked and there began a new love and a new career in the fine arts. Katie began to win awards in local art festivals and then was included in Southwest Art magazine’s section, “21 Young Artists To Collect Now.” Most recently she was featured in the exhibition “Legacy of the Russian Masters” with Filmmaker and painter George Gallo in connection with his film ‘Local Color.’ A collection of Katie’s paintings was displayed along side Don Sahli’s and George Gallo’s work to demonstrate the continuing legacy of Russian Impressionism. In earlier years Katie felt very strongly about painting only in the field or “plein air” but as she has grown, she has discovered the importance of both the outdoors and the studio. This has enabled her to explore the elements of design, structure and balance in pieces painted from her field studies. As a native of the Vail Valley in Colorado, she searches out places that are uniquely typical of the area. However, she equally enjoys painting the southwest, particularly Monument Valley in Utah, Santa Fe, New Mexico and Sedona, Arizona.
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TRACEY FRUGOLI
Born in 1966 in Chicago, oil painter and photographer Tracey Frugoli has always known she would be an artist. Growing up in a creative household, she enjoyed unusually intensive art training in her suburban high school. She went on to earn a BFA in fine art, and a MA in Art Therapy. She has been painting in her current style since 1998 and done portrait photography since 2011. Inspired by light and beauty, Frugoli apologetically eschews novelty and shock in favor of authenticity. She views the painting process as a humbling endeavor that seeks to reflect and, thereby, enhance the most noble of our ideals. Her painting and photography cross pollinate to keep her work fresh and vital. Frugoli has won numerous art awards including First Place “Wayne Plein Air” 2012 in PA along with Second Place Quick Draw and Award of Excellence “Sedona Plein Air” 2012 in AZ. In addition, she was awarded Artist’s Choice “Paint Annapolis” 2012; Second Place and People’s Choice “MAPAPA Dueling Brushes” 2009, Museum Purchase Award and Honorable Mention “Plein Air Easton” 2007; First Place “Havre de Grace Plein Air ” 2006; First Place Quick Draw and Best Architectural Painting “Plein Air Easton” 2005 all in MD. She has exhibited throughout the country, and has been accepted into Greenhouse Gallery’s “Salon International” 2005-6, and 2009-12 in San Antonio, TX and won Jury’s Top 50 award in 2011. Frugoli’s artwork hangs in the permanent collection at the Academy Art Museum in Easton and in numerous private collections. It has appeared in American Artist and Plein Air. She has written freelance for Workshop Magazine, Plein Air, and Fine Art Connoisseur (FAC). She is the current Illinois/Midwest Regional Editor for FAC, and her most recent article, about the 9th ANNUAL Hoosier Salon, appeared in the November/December issue. She is a founding member of the Central Illinois Artists Organization (CIAO) in Peoria, IL.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
CONI GRANT
Coni uses her design background, coupled with innovative color ideas, to express a distinctive view of the landscape. She has been an art professional most of her life and enjoyed an advertising design career, primarily in San Francisco, stretching over 20 years. As a painter, her niche is Plein Air and she is a member of Plein Air Artists Colorado (PAAC), Plein Air Painters New Mexico (PAPNM), a founding member of High Desert Painters, an international plein air group, and founder of the San Luis Valley Painters. Her paintings are in collections, public and private in the U.S, Canada, and abroad. She owns the PleinView Painting Studio in Alamosa, Colorado where she lives with her husband and 2 children, paints, and teaches Painting. “Plein air painting is its own reward - part meditation, part athletic event, - always an adventure. Any day painting out is a good day.� cg
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
BRUCE GÓMEZ
“Bruce A. Gómez has been working in pastels for twenty-six years and has been working solely with pastels full-time for the past seventeen years. Born in Denver in 1957, Gómez was educated at Colorado State University and the University of Colorado at Denver where he received his degree in political science as well as in Romance languages. Entirely self-taught in pastels, Bruce works exclusively in that medium on cold-pressed watercolour paper. His artistic influences include Maxfield Parrish, Gustav Klimt, and his cousin Ernic Gallegos. He has participated in more shows than he can recall and has been featured in Southwest Art’s Artist to Watch. Bruce has been with the Abend Gallery of Fine Art for around eighteen years and with the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art for twenty-five. His work has been featured on the Telluride Jazz Festival poster in 1991 and in 2000, as well as the Chamber Music Festival poster for the past four years. You can literally find Bruce often painting into the wee hours at Abend in Denver, where he lives, walks his grown children’s dogs, and waters the cat.”
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
CAROLYN HESSE-LOW
Nationally recognized artist Carolyn Hesse-Low graduated from University of California, Santa Barbara, and continued her training at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. In the style of the early California Impressionists, her plein air landscapes, figures and marine subjects capture the changing mood and rugged beauty of what she sees. “I am attracted to the feeling that a scene offers. What appeals to me is a subject that has depth to explore, one that can reveal the feelings within ourselves.” Carolyn’s paintings have been shown in over 60 museum exhibitions and in countless galleries and art institutes nationally, including the National Arts Club and the Salmagundi Club in New York. She has been selected to paint in plein invitational and juried events throughout the country. Featured in Southwest Art Magazine, her work also appears in several books, including California Light, A Century of Landscapes and Land of Sunlight: Paintings of San Diego County. Her work has received numerous awards, including Best of Show at San Luis Obispo Art Museum, Best Studio Landscape Award from PleinAir Salon, Publisher’s Choice Award from PleinAir Magazine, and Award of Excellence at Plein Air Southwest Salon. Carolyn Hesse-Low is a Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists, the National Watercolor Society, the American Impressionist Society, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, and the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. She is an Artist Member of the California Art Club. Her work 9th ANNUAL is represented in national and international collections.
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J. BRAD HOLT
J. Brad Holt grew up in Cedar City, Utah. He is a graduate of Cedar City High School and Southern Utah Universtiy. He spent childhood summers working on his grandfather’s ranch in Orderville, Utah, hauling hay and punching cows. At age seventeen he joined the Utah Army National Guard where he served for the next twenty years as a member of HHB 2/222 FABN. Brad is a musician specializing in Early Woodwinds. He spent several seasons as a musician/performer with the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City, Utah. Brads desire to become an artist began with a childhood facination with the images of the surrealists, particularly those of Yves Tanguay. Eventually he was mentored by the renowned landscape painter Jimmie Jones, who was a friend of the family. Jimmie gave him a lot of old paint and brushes, taught him how to stretch a canvas, and showed him how to lay out his palette. Brad recalls: “Raw Umber and Ultramarine were the core of Jimmie’s palette, and they remain the core of mine to this day. They allow a subtle interplay of temperature in the underpainting.”
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
HAI-OU HOU
Hai-Ou Hou was born in Beijing where she studied painting and ceramics at the prestigious Central Institute of Fine Art and Design. She accepted a teaching post at the Hubei Fine Art Institute where she taught painting and design. After immigrating to the United States, she received her Master of Fine Arts from Towson University. Hai-Ou’s work has been widely published and exhibited both nationally and internationally and hangs in many museum, corporate, and private collections. Hai-Ou has received numerous awards and acknowledgments for her landscape, and figurative oil paintings. Also a portrait artist, she designed a unique portrait style called Passport Portraits incorporating documents, seals, and personal memorabilia painted into the portrait to tell that person’s story of their journey to America.
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SUSIEHYER
Susiehyer has been drawing and painting since she was a child. “I remember drawing a pair of ceramic flamingos my mother used to keep on her dining room table when I was four years old”, she says. “I knew from that moment I would be an artist when I grew up.” Attending art programs at Moravian College, The Baum School of Art, and the University of West Florida in the 1970’s, she continues to study and expand her repertoire and abilities, attending the Art Students League of Denver and participating in workshops whenever she can, with artists such as Quang Ho, Kim English, Jay Moore, and Kevin Weckback. In 2001 she completed the Denver Botanical Gardens Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration. This award winning artist has been working professionally since 1976 and has been the recipient of a number of scholarships, grants, and awards for her work, including two international design awards. Her work has appeared in numerous galleries and national exhibitions, hangs in many private and corporate collections, and has been published in the celebrated book “Landscapes of Colorado”, Southwest Art Magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine as a feature artist, on the covers of Art Life, Evergreen Living , and Mountain Country Life. Most recently she was included in American Art Collector Series of books. She has been a National Vice President of the Women’s Caucus for Art, President of the New Orleans Chapter, and is involved in several other professional organizations such as Plein Air Artist of Colorado and Oil Painters of America.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
PEGGY IMMEL
A second generation Arizonan born in Phoenix, Peggy Immel spent her youth traveling the world as the daughter of a career Air Force veteran. Her art education began with painting lessons at ten and includes architectural studies at Arizona State University and classes at three major New England art schools. While living in Boston she became a rock and ice climber, a turning point where nature and adventure became her muse. Moving to Taos, New Mexico, with her husband brought her back to her western roots where her landscapes are inspired by her love of the outdoors and the Southwest’s exotic beauty. Her recent awards include the Artists’ Choice Awards at the 2010 New Mexico Art in the Parks Exhibition, the 2010 PAPNM Annual Juried Exhibition, and the 2010 Wyoming Plein Air in Cheyenne, Wyoming. In 2010 she was selected as one of the top 50 artists in Southwest Art Magazine’s “21 Over 31” competition. She is a member of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, Plein Air Artists Colorado, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, Oil Painters of America and is a Signature Member of Plein Air Painters of New Mexico.
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SHELBY KEEFE
Shelby Keefe is a contemporary impressionistic painter, teacher and performance artist. Born in Whitewater, WI, in 1958, she graduated in 1981 with a BFA from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, WI. After retiring from a career in graphic design in 2005, she operates her own art studio and exhibition space in Bay View, on the south side of Milwaukee. Her award-winning urban landscape paintings have earned her participation in prestigious national juried shows, plein air painting competitions, and arts festivals as well as garnering commission work for a variety of corporate clients and private collectors. Her oil paintings are found in collections such as The Bradley Foundation, Acuity, Northwestern Mutual, Ozaukee Country Club; WE Energies; University School of Milwaukee; and other businesses around Milwaukee, and in private collections in Wisconsin and around the country. “I am influenced by Impressionism and the brighter Fauvist palette and generally specialize in urban architectural subjects. I use my own photographs as reference as well as painting “en plein air”. My creative intentions are to put the viewer in the scene; transporting them to the location and transforming their mood through color and composition. I’m attracted to scenes where the subjects are dramatically lit, which adds a vibrancy and a sense of immediacy to the paintings. I like to apply the oils freely and liberally over brilliant acrylic underpaintings, creating a juxtaposition of contrasting colors that vibrate and illicit emotional engagement as well as excite the eye. I believe that a work of art has a longer lasting, “multigenerational wall life” when the viewer continually finds something new in the work, and the paint, itself, is allowed to do the “talking.”
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
SHANNA KUNZ
“As a contemporary landscape painter, my work is a conscious play of mood, light and color, but as a naturalist raised and rooted in the diverse landscapes of western America, a painting means more than that to me. Each location is an encounter with the land, the trees, and the waters that have always given me a sense of connection and order. When a location intrigues and inspires me, I will paint the scene into a series using a range of keys or themes, experimenting and searching to learn more about the natural threads that tie the landscape together with complexity, subtlety and - more importantly balance. I look for new ways to express spatial relationships and distance with layers of paint, brushwork, gradations, and diffusions of light. Hopefully, my study of the landscape will bring me somewhat closer to an honest translation - of both soul and land - as I push color and value into new compositions and continue a lifelong effort to communicate the emotional connection I feel with my environment.�
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
GRETCHEN LOPEZ
Gretchen majored in advertising and design, when she attended Ventura College, then went on to study fashion design and illustration at the Fashion Institute of Design and Mechandising in Los Angeles. She completed her studies at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. As a tenth generation native of California, Gretchen has a rich family heritage. She is a descendant of the first Spanish settlers of what was to become the Mexican Rancheros, her colorful family background includes Chumash and Apache Bloodlines. Gretchen’s works are greatly inspired by her ethnic heritage. Being experienced in many mediums and techniques allows her to express a feeling of freedom, vibrancy and spontaneity through color and design to depict the varied faces, fabrics and gentle beauty of Native and Hispanic women in her paintings. She combines traditional as well as comtemporary elements in her works, from the figurative to still lifes. Gretchen resides with her husband in Northern Arizona, where she pursues her love of painting. A teacher of painting, life drawing and portraiture at the Sedona Arts Center in Sedona, Arizona, Gretchen was nominated for the Viola Award for Excellence in Art Education. Her works are included in numerous private collections both nationally and internationally, and can be seen in select galleries throughout the Southwest.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
TOM LYNCH
Tom has been referred to as one of the nation’s premier watercolorists with over 35 years of experience. He has written seven books, and hosted several award winning PBS TV Art Series. He was recently listed as one of the nation’s “Top 20 Teachers” by a leading Art Magazine. Tom is represented by some of the nation’s leading Museums and Art Galleries. His paintings have garnered many awards, most recently for four U.S. Opens His numerous awards include “Landscape Artist of the Year”, one of “America’s Top 20 Teachers”, two “Lifetime Achievement Awards”, the first American selected for Honorary Membership in the “Canadian Watercolor Society”, he recently won the “Best of Show” Honorable Mention at the Sedona Plein Air Festival and “Best Architectural Painting” at the Easton Plein Air Festival . Tom has been the featured artist for the men’s, women’s and seniors U.S. Open and several PGA tournaments. It is no surprise that his paintings are included in public, private, and corporate collections around the world. “When considering subjects I try to search for something striking; like the color of the sky, the direction of natural light, pattern of shadows, or the glint of sunlight on water. My goal is to embellish those features so as to give the painting a truly dynamic appearance.”
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
LARRY MOORE
An award filled 25 year illustration career has lead to a highly successful painting career. I have been painting en plein air for the last 25 years. It is the most challenging and rewarding form of art I have experienced. My goal in painting, whether in studio or outdoors, is to achieve enough honesty in the work that the painting becomes a window to a new place for the viewer, a place of rest. “I’m an artist, for the most part I paint outdoors, what we call en plein air, which is a fancy french term that means “outdoors”. I’ve been doing this since the mid-80’s and have only recently started to feel like I am in the early stages of figuring it out. It’s a lifelong journey, this figuring it out thing. My background is in illustration where I worked in almost every medium and style you can think of… except maybe egg tempera and marble. I have a huge passion for nature having grown up on a river right next to the ocean with nothing but islands and wildlife behind my house. To paint the great outdoors is to give homage to nature and maybe give the viewers of the paintings a reminder of what was and what could still be.”
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MARSHALL NOICE
My paintings are made in response to things I see in the natural world. They capture a place at a particular time. And they capture a moment in my sensibility. My overriding goal as a painter is to create a work, an artifact if you will, that resonates with the spirit of the landscape that inspired me to begin painting. It’s hard for me to say exactly why one location inspires me to paint and another equally beautiful or seeming interesting location is easily passed by without a second look. But it’s impossible to resist the urge when the right subject matter comes before me. It’s almost a magnetic attraction. I’m instantly drawn in and I simply must paint. Sometimes it’s the color, sometimes the light, sometimes simply the line of a distant ridge. What ever it is that causes me to stop, to look, and perhaps to make a mark on paper or canvas, I’m deeply grateful for the gifts of inspiration that I’m given. Once the painting begins, my most important job is to keep my intellect out of the way and let the painting happen. Since I’m not concerned with making a literal rendition of the scene but rather an accurate record of what I sensed when looking at the landscape, my decision making process is necessarily different than that of most artists. I don’t need to make it look right. I need to make it feel right. Occasionally while I’m working on a painting in my studio I can almost smell the rain, feel the sun, or hear the wind. When that happens I know I’m on the right track. In the best of times the painting almost paints itself.
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CARL ORTMAN
Carl’s affinity for art began at an early age when he was accepted into Western Reserve Academy boarding school to study fine arts. Though his next step was to go to college, he knew from his initial moments there that he would not end up with his ideal life if he followed the predetermined degree outlines. He viewed college as a means to help sharpen who he was as an artist and person, not a place to follow a systematic course schedule en route to receipt of a degree. He proceeded to take an assortment of college classes dealing with psychology, design, and traditional art skills. After he finished his formal education, he pursued career paths in graphic, interior, and conceptual design and fulfilled entrepreneurial interests by starting two businesses. Carl also sought out mentors and life coaches over the next several years in an effort to continue bettering who he was as both an artist and a human being. These people’s gracious efforts and time investments have forever molded and shaped his life. His background in art and psychology, through formal education and mentored apprenticeships, has helped to form the artist you see now. In 2004, Carl had an epiphany that came when he found that he could couple all of his earlier pursuits into a single rewarding career by producing gallery quality art. The years since that breakthrough have demanded tremendous faith on his part that his work could succeed and that the path he took to follow his heart’s desire would be the right one. Looking back, Carl can honestly say with confidence that he made the right decision. His life has never been richer or fuller now that he has allowed himself to do what seems to be intrinsically a part of who he is. Carl spends part of the month in Salida colorado and the other half of the month in NYC where he studies at the New York Student Art League.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
SUSAN PITCAIRN
Susan Pitcairn’s light-filled imagery is both particular and universal, expressing special moments of insight in which the outer beauty of nature reflects the inner beauties of spirit. Raised in Arizona, Pitcairn paints the Southwest landscapes she has loved all her life. Fluent and versatile in several media — oils, acrylics and pastels, she also writes poetry to complement her paintings and has published two books and created a number of inspirational exhibits and events that combine these expressions. In addition, Pitcairn teaches studio and plein air classes for the Sedona Arts Center and has written “Awaken To Beauty,” a treatise on three core principles of art and life. She has participated for three years in the Sedona Plein Air Festival. Her paintings have won a number of awards, including recognition in the national Paint the Parks competition, and they hang in collections from Italy to New Zealand. Earlier in her life, she co-authored the best-selling Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats (Rodale Press, 1981), now in its third edition with over half a million copies sold.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
LORI PUTNAM
Recognized for her expressive brushwork, intelligent composition, and superb use of color, Nashville Tennessee native, Lori Putnam paints small to medium-sized works in plein air and creates large paintings in her studio. She travels extensively to paint, teach, and share her work around the world. Prior to becoming a full-time, fine artist in 2005, Putnam owned and managed a graphic design agency for 13 years. In 2008 and 2009, she and her husband sold all of their belongings and traveled to Italy to live for more than seven months with the sole purpose of the painter’s self-study and artistic growth. A catalyst for Putnam’s artistic career, the concentrated work accomplished during that period culminated in an impressive breakthrough. Advice from artist friends Scott Christensen, Quang Ho, and Dawn Whitelaw, has further impacted the artist’s development and success. Lori is a member of, and has exhibited with many respected organizations including the Salmagundi Club in New York City, the Oil Painters of America, Laguna Plein air Painters Association, the California Art Club, Plein Air Artists of Colorado, and is past Vice President of the American Impressionists Society. Additionally, Lori participates annually in several juried and invitational plein air events, and recently won awards in Virginia, Colorado, California, Wyoming, Florida, Georgia, and Ireland. Her studio work has also received many awards — most recently from the oldest art club in America, the Salmagundi Club in New York City, the Portrait Society of America, and the Oil Painters of America. Putnam’s art is in the permanent collection at The Academy Art Museum in Easton, Maryland, 9th ANNUAL the Jack Warner Collection, the collection of Plein Air Magazine, and in private and corporate collections, and galleries worldwide. She keeps a studio in Franklin, TN.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
DAVE SANTILLANES
A native of Colorado, Dave Santillanes began oil painting after graduating from Colorado State University with a BFA in graphic design. His early painting explorations quickly merged with his love of the outdoors and, naturally, oil paint and a field easel became part of his outdoor gear. His explorations into oil painting and the wilderness continue. Dave’s work is characterized by a realistic rendering of color, light and atmosphere. To capture these elusive elements, each studio painting begins in the field with a plein air study. This direct approach allows Dave to achieve a realism unattainable through photographic studies alone. And while direct observation is important to studying the physical aspects of color and light, Dave also believes that “painting outdoors brings a spiritual intimacy with the scene” allowing him to ‘speak’ with complete sincerity in the final painting. Dave’s passion for painting has led to a number of recent awards including the Bronze Medal at the 2010 Oil Painters of America National Show and the Judge’s Award at the 2010 Grand Canyon Celebration of Art.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
LORIANN SIGNORI
“I spend a considerable amount of time studying the landscape. I paint small plein air pieces and make color notes. My goal is to understand the essence of the landscape. Later, when I return to the studio, I allow this “information gathering” to work like a seed. I fertilize it by creating more small paintings - offshoots of the plein air piece. For me these new pieces, color harmony studies, work to help me understand the possibilities of color. Like a writer composing a poem, the colors are my words, and when I rearrange these words I hear/see a different experience. The studio is the place where the real work begins. I build my paintings on ideas, and the multitude of color combinations available to me is my language. My goal is never to record a place, rather to understand the poetry of color through the landscape. Each painting goes through a process that begins with an underpainting and progresses with thin layers of glaze. Oftentimes it is necessary to scrape, rub or sand the surface in order to maintain the translucence I desire. Like an opal, each layer of color affects the other layers. This constant alteration is not an intentional process but the byproduct of my striving to make something better. I find that after all my planning I must always surrender some measure of control and pursue the unanticipated. The painting speaks, and I respond.”
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
WILLIAMSON TAPIA
The landscape paintings of Williamson Tapia are primary examples of ‘definitive plein air’ ... that is to say, ‘open air’ compositions made via ‘direct-study’ means, without even minimal use of secondary reference material (cameras and such) to complete the work: “For me, the real challenge and lure of landscape painting has always been the ‘full experience’ of working at the point-of-view ... where my paint strokes are influenced directly by nature, start-to-finish, through active study of a living outdoor subject.” Most of Will’s work is produced over the course of days when the shadows and highlights on a given subject are recurring and similar ... during the same 2 to 4-hour period within a 24-hour cycle. Revisitation makes the full ‘direct-study’ aspect possible ... and depending on weather and other factors, the completion of up to 3 definitive ‘open-air’ compositions in a week’s worth of successful painting. Please ‘feel free’ to observe, and perhaps even ‘wish him well’ in his efforts ... do not mistake any silence for snobbery, however, as there is simply a limited amount of time for him to work as outdoor light is progressively changing. If you like, don’t hesitate to take pictures of Will working ... and as he does not carry or use cameras, please consider forwarding images to his email at willtapia50@gmail.com. Photos posted online, or ‘in print’ will credit the photographer ... and would also be very much appreciated!
WilliamsonTapia.com
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013
JIM WODARK
Jim Wodark is an award winning plein air artist who was born and raised in Colorado. Throughout childhood, his parents, both artistic in their own right, were incredibly encouraging of his creativity, but drew the line (so to speak) when he filled his 2nd grade teacher’s shoes with paint. He went on to earn his Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from University of Northern Colorado and attempted to fulfill his passion for art by taking an art class each semester. After several years of working real jobs, and trying to fit art around his schedule, it occurred to him that he either was or was not an artist. Luckily for his many fans and patrons, he chose the former. He started out putting his keen observation skills and humor to use as a cartoonist. Fourteen years later, attracted to the attitude and economy, He moved to Southern California. He found true love in Julie, now his wife of 14 years, and in fine art, as he began to explore the plein air technique, originally using watercolors and acrylics. “When you grow up in Colorado, it’s hard not to love the outdoors. For me, being outside and capturing the light, mood and atmosphere on a canvas for other people to enjoy, is just an incredible feeling.” His next breakthrough came with the birth of his first child, and his discovery of oil paints as his medium of choice. As his family grew (twin girls!!!) so did his commitment to being a great father, husband and prolific painter, painting out in the field or in the studio every single day. “I paint to express myself. I feel compelled to share the inspiration that I feel when I see a beautiful scene, to be inspired and inspire in return. I want to translate the beauty around me -- a fleeting moment -- into 9th ANNUAL something permanent and timeless that brings those same feelings to life for each viewer.
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OCTOBER 19-26, 2013