ART TELLS THE STORY
Summer Has Arrived by Texas Artist Liana Yarckin Copyright Š2009 - 2013 Visual Language - International Voices Each Artist presented in this publication holds their individual copyrights to their work. Published by Graphics One Design 2012 Printing by Lulu Inc. www.lulu.com For more information on the individual Artists, please visit the individual artist’s sites listed on their pages. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the written permission of each artist as well as permission of Visual Language.
Visual Language - International Voices
The Many “Face-ts” of Visual Language Mary Jo Zorad - Laurie Pace - Kimberly Conrad - Diane Whitehead - Debbie Lincoln
Art tells the whole story. For as long as mankind has played a role in this world, artists have recorded that role. Historians and archaeologists study art to learn about past civilizations and the individuals within them. Every era in our history has been recorded, defined, refined, and enhanced by its artists… and today is no exception. Not a moment slips by that isn’t being translated, somewhere, by someone, into a work of art. Every second holds a lifetime of inspiration, and in our fast-paced world this means that capturing the essence of the era requires a veritable army, millions strong and wielding their chosen implements of creation. Right now there are untold numbers of artists channeling their situations, their conflicts, their passions, their grievances—their lives and the lives of those around them—into their work. Transforming their energy into what matters. Using their art to tell the whole story.
Three’s A Crowd by Texas Artist Suzy Pal Powell
ART TELLS THE STORY Rae Andrews - Mary Arneson - Lee Baggs Logan Bauer - Barbara Churchley Kimberly Conrad - Bob Coonts - Melissa Doron Annie O’Brien Gonzalez - Anthony A. González Barbara Haviland -Ann Hoffpauir - Sheri Jones Kristine Kainer - Debbie Lincoln - Barbara Mason Laurie Pace - Nancy Standlee - D J Stone Suzy Pal Powell - Sallie-Anne Swift - Melissa Torres Bonny C White - Diane Whitehead - Leada Wood Liana Yarckin - Rebecca Zook -Mary Jo Zorad
Rae Andrews
RaeAndrewsGallery.blogspot.com
Texas
Australian Expatriate Painter of Color and Movement Australian expatriate, Rae Andrews has a BA in Visual Arts and a Post Graduate degree in Professional Art Studies from the NSW University, in Sydney Australia. A teacher of art for over 35 years, Rae owned a 400 student art school in Australia before moving to Maui, Hawaii in 1991 where she established two art galleries and continued teaching workshops and demonstrating on the island. She travels back to Australia periodically where she conducts workshops and is a guest lecturer at Charles Sturt University in NSW Australia. In 2002 she moved to Austin Texas, where she quickly began her classes and workshops throughout mainland USA. Rae is a published and well collected artist and has won many prizes for her work. A Glass of Wine and Island Time 47 x 19 Right: Cassis Castaways 16 x 20
Pastel
Acrylic
Rae Andrews Texas
Walk With Me 24 x 36 Oil
RaeAndrewsGallery.blogspot.com
Rae Andrews Rae works in all mediums, watercolor, pastel, oils and acrylics. Her subject matter will vary extensively and she considers herself a colorist, always searching for the drama and excitement in her work. In Austin, Rae is a member of Capitol Art Society, Waterloo Watercolor Group, and Austin Pastel Society. Rae is represented at Griffith Gallery, Salado TX , North Hills Gallery Austin and Stingers Gallery, Georgetown TX.
Escarpment 24 x 48 Acrylic
Fireglow 24 x 48 Acrylic
Rae Andrews Texas
Rainbow Patterns 10 x 21 Pastels
Right: White Water Tumble 30 x 40 Acrylic
RaeAndrewsGallery.blogspot.com
Rae Andrews
Ethereal Koi 1 30 x 40 Acrylic
Mary Arneson Colorado
Apples a Day Watercolor
www.Brush-It-On.com www.MaryArnesonFineArt.blogspot.com www.MaryArneson.FineArtStudioOnline.com http://www.xanadugallery.com/Artists/index.asp
Mary Arneson
Becoming an artist through self-direction and exploration has its challenges... and that is what makes the learning and growing experience so much fun and rewarding. I began painting in December 2005 after a life altering incident and very quickly fell in love with the feel of the paint as it glides across whatever surface I’ve chosen as my canvas. In my short career as an artist, I have been blessed to be a part of various art shows and have my own web sites to display my art. My pieces have also been shown and sold through a juried exhibition at a Denver Gallery and an exhibition in a New York City Gallery. Additionally, I have sold pieces through several other galleries and am one of the online Studio Artists with Arizona’s Xanadu Gallery, Daily Painters of Colorado and Contemporary Fine Art International.
Family Ties
Mary Arneson Colorado
www.Brush-It-On.com www.MaryArnesonFineArt.blogspot.com www.MaryArneson.FineArtStudioOnline.com http://www.xanadugallery.com/Artists/index.asp
There are times when I wish I had discovered the joy of painting at a younger age, but my motto has become the proverbial “Better Late, Than Never”!! I don’t know what the future has in store for me as an artist, but whatever it is I welcome it with open arms. As I continue on this path of creativity, I hope my pieces evoke some special feelings or emotions within you. When you view my pieces it is like you are sharing a part of this journey with me.
Angel Wings
Mary Arneson
Garden Parrot
Life’s Pleasure
Colorado Skies
Lee Baggs
LeeBaggsFineArt.com LeeBaggsArt.blogspot.com
Texas
Lee was interested in drawing and studying beautiful art and natural scenery, at six to eight years of age. He has always felt blessed with gifts of awareness, appreciation, and talent that he has striven to improve in to reach the fine art ability. After serving in the U. S. Marine Corps, Lee Baggs became a graduate of the Dallas art institute, Dallas, Texas. He then became a technical illustrator in the aerospace industry.
White Lillies 18 x 14
Feeling strongly for the traditions of fine art, Lee Baggs receives inspiration from American figure artists John Singer Sargent, William Merrit Chase, and contemporary Daniel E. Greene. From Russian figure artists Repin and Kramskoy, inspiration comes from the landscapes of the Hudson River School, Bierstadt, Cole, Moran, and Gifford, as well as contemporary, Clyde Aspevig. Still-life inspiration comes from Sherrie McGraw, David Leffel, Jie-Wei Zhou, and Elizabeth Robbins Pruitt. About There 9 x 12
Lee Baggs Lee has received numerous fine art awards including Best of Show, and the Gold Medal. He has been accepted as a member of the Oil painters of America, the Portrait Society of America, and the Outdoor Painters’ Society, as well as the Pastel Society of The Southwest, and Artists of Texas. Recognition has come from The Artist’s and International Artist magazines.
Oriental Vase with Blossoms 20 x 16
Lee Baggs Texas
LeeBaggsFineArt.com LeeBaggsArt.blogspot.com
Lee Baggs
Above: Duet 20 x 19 Left Top: Magnolia 10 x 14 Left Bottom: Helen’s Sunrise 20 x 30
Logan Bauer
LoganBauer.com
Arizona
Logan Bauer was born in Grand Forks, North Dakota, though much of his formative years were spent overseas. As a result, he took his first painting class in London, England at the age of 13. He graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas with a BA in education and a minor in history and political science. During his last year at Trinity he took the majority of his coursework in the fine arts department where he devoted much of his time to painting. Settling in Arizona he continued his art education at Phoenix College and Arizona State University while pursuing other professional goals. Only recently have circumstances permitted him to transform what had been a pastime into a full-time commitment.
A figurative and landscape artist, Bauer’s impressionistic and contemporary abstract imagery is imbued with a vivid sense of color, light, and emotion informed by the vistas of his lifelong travels. His oil paintings are characterized by years of watercolor techniques that blend color in ethereal and unsuspecting ways and that add to the narratives he depicts on canvas. Initially Bauer’s work was painted in the watercolor medium. However, by the fall of 2009 he ventured back into painting with oil on canvas, which was his first love. Bauer continues to study life drawing and painting in classroom and workshop settings and is a member of the Arizona Artists Guild (AAG), and a juried member of the Arizona Art Alliance (AAA). Recent works have been shown at the Herberger Theatre Center in Phoenix, Arizona and the Arizona Art Alliance’s Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition, he will be seen in the 2013 publication “International Contemporary Masters VI” the subsequent exhibition by that name in Las Vegas from March to June 2013.
The Look #4
Logan Bauer
The Morning Paper
Threading The Eye of the Needle
Boy With The Bougainvillea
Barbara Churchley Colorado
BarbaraChurchley.com BarbaraChurchleyFineArt.blogspot.com
Creating a work of art is, for me, an act of adventure, immersion into the unknown, a celebration at times, and a challenge always. It is fulfilling as only an act of creation can be. I throw off the bowlines and set sail with canvas, color, brush, and palette knife to see where my journey will take me. At The Casita 18 x 14
Autumn Oaks 6 x 12
Barbara Churchley
Summer Sage 6 x 12
The best of adventures is always “en plein air� where I am free to observe my natural surroundings as deeply and fully as I wish. If I have truly immersed myself into the world around me, then I face the challenge of capturing it so that both you and I recognize it when we look at the painting. Celebration occurs when that same thread that exists in you and me and the world around us is caught somewhere in that canvas covered with brushstrokes of color.
Canyon Rim 16 x 12
Taos Country 16 x 12
Barbara Churchley Colorado
Barns in Summer 11 x 14
Aspens 11 x 14
BarbaraChurchley.com BarbaraChurchleyFineArt.blogspot.com
Approaching Storm 11 x 14
Barbara Churchley
Above Left: Bronze and Oranges 11 x 14 Bottom Right: Valentine’s Day 11 x 9 Bottom Left: Summer Trail 24 x 24
Kimberly Conrad Colorado
Below: Red Sky Warning 30 x 40 Right Page: Harmonious 30 x 30
KimberlyConradFineArt.com KimberlyConradDailyPainting.blogspot.com
Kimberly Conrad is a full time artist, dividing her time between painting and teaching in her Colorado studio. Having painted on most every surface imaginable, at this time she works primarily on canvas, board, and paper. Though her style remains quite diverse, Conrad believes she has the heart of an Abstract Expressionist, or even more accurately, an Action Expressionist, as she is most definitely an action painter. Her preferred application, is to pour the paint, manipulating the flow with water and body movement. The artist uses no sketches or brushes, but rather allows the paint to move freely and tell it’s own story. Each painting is a journey, says Conrad, dictated by primarily by her current thoughts and emotions, be they happy, sad, peaceful or frenzied. “ It is a mysterious relationship” says the artist, “and is thrilling when the painting finally reveals itself, and our private journey becomes a story to share” Conrad is best known for her bold colored contemporary landscapes as well as seascapes and aspens, all POURED.
Kimberly Conrad “Art and music are to my soul, as food and water are to my body. I believe that they are two of God’s most precious gifts to His children. As the author and giver of creativity, through these gifts, He has given us a portion of Himself. He created the very first canvas, magnificently painted it, and brought it to life”
Kimberly Conrad Colorado
Days of Summer 36 x 48
KimberlyConradFineArt.com KimberlyConradDailyPainting.blogspot.com
Kimberly Conrad
Red Sky Reflected 24 x 30
Bob Coonts Colorado
BobCoonts.com BobCoonts.blogspot.com
In 1963 Bob Coonts earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in graphic design and painting from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado where he also served as affiliate faculty from 1971 to 2003. To enrich his years of experience and previous education, Bob steeped himself in workshops, seminars and classed during the 1990’s. In 1994, following 31 successful years in graphic design and illustration, Bob launched his fine art career. He paints, sculpts and dreams in his home studio north of Fort Collins where he and his wife Sallie live near a lake with a view of the magnificent Rocky Mountains.
Colorful Glen
Bob Coonts
Pepa
North From Here
Pepa
Bob Coonts Colorado
Rose Bud
BobCoonts.com BobCoonts.blogspot.com
Bob Coonts
Best of Show
Melissa Doron Texas
ArtistDoron.com MelissaDoron.blogspot.com
Melissa Doron was born in 1976 in Houston, Texas. She studied Art at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey and received her BFA in 2000. Doron is a colorist who celebrates the subtle, natural beauty of ordinary scenes in a way that is both intense and dramatic. She paints in both oil and acrylic and has a diverse portfolio - from brilliant beach and forest landscapes to abstract color works. Doron has travelled extensively internationally and is noted for her bold use of color, the world over. Much in demand for commissioned artwork, Melissa Doron has completed paintings for Luby’s Restaurants, G.S.D. International, and murals for numerous schools and dozens of homes in the Houston Area. Melissa’s paintings sell quickly, appealing to those who love landscapes and of course, her use of color. Doron is also well known for her use of 5 stars in her landscapes, noting one for each member of her family. Melissa Doron is very active in community service and her art has benefited more than a dozen charities and schools which used the art for auctions to benefit the children of Houston. Melissa Doron currently works and lives in the Houston area. The international award winning Melissa Doron is a member of such fine societies as The Artists of Texas; Contemporary Fine Arts International; Oil Painters of America; American Women Artists; The Art League of Houston and The Houston Civic Arts Association.
Melissa Doron
Left Page: Houston State of Mind Above Right: Night Lights Bottom Right: Stargazer
Melissa Doron Texas
ArtistDoron.com MelissaDoron.blogspot.com
Melissa Doron
Left Page Top: African Savanah Left Page Bottom: Jungle Close Up Above: Savage Seas Right: Abiquiu Valley
Annie O’Brien Gonzales
AnnieOBrienGonzales.com
New Mexico
Annie O’Brien Gonzales was born and raised in Oklahoma and now lives in Santa Fe, NM. She received BS and MS degrees from the University of Oklahoma and a PhD from the University of Northern Colorado. She also studied for a BFA at Oregon State University. Annie has always loved drawing and all types of creativity. Her artistic influences span a broad range including Matisse, Thiebaud, Hockney and Close. Through her role as docent at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, she has developed an intense interest in American Modernist painters. She is attracted to images of the natural world and enjoys painting in oil, acrylic, and mixed media. She has recently focused on the allure of still life. Her work has appeared in numerous shows throughout the West and is in private collections across the country.
Moon Glow
Annie O’Brien Gonzales
A Sigh is Still
Mid Summer
Anthony A. González Texas
obra-de-gonzalez.com AnthonyAGonzalez.blogspot.com
Anthony A. González, a native of San Antonio, Texas has been painting professionally for the past 30 years. He currently works from his studio located north of San Antonio in the Texas Hill Country. His paintings extend across many traditional subjects in landscape, still life, portraiture and figurative. He works primarily in oils and his work is representational with the female figure as the primary subject matter. His work is focused on the expressions and attitudes of women. The models he hires for his paintings must be able to express these attitudes. Gonzalez says, “Each woman has a uniqueness of her own and with the use of form and color my goal is to capture her expression and attitude and convey that to the viewer. Their expressions and attitudes present me with endless creative possibilities and this is what inspires me to paint.”
In addition to his main body of work, Anthony accepts portrait commissions: most notables have been San Antonio mayors, Howard Peak and Nelson Wolff. In his portraits he also strives to capture the personal expressions and attitudes of the individual to make it unique. He is featured in the Best of Portrait Paintings, published by North Light Books. His works are in collections in the United States, England, Europe and Mexico. Viewers of his work often praise the natural expressions captured in his paintings. And the technical skill of his work and his sense of beauty are greatly admired by collectors and fans. Anthony takes every opportunity to expand and develop his skills and personal style. He draws and paints from life often to continually perfect his skills. He attended The Art Institute in Texas and Academia Atrium in Madrid, Spain and taken numerous workshops with nationally know artists although much of his technique is self-taught. Anthony shares his knowledge and skill with other aspiring artists and students by conducting demonstrations in oil, drawing and watercolor. He also puts his energy into conducting workshops in and around San Antonio as well as in Spain and Italy. His mission is to paint and enjoy the passion of painting expressions and attitudes and hope that others will enjoy the results of that passion.
Right Page: Back Stage 36 x 24
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Anthony A. Gonzรกlez Texas
It May Be So 16 x 12
Anthony A. Gonzรกlez
La Espera 24 x 18
Barbara Haviland
BarbaraHavilandFineArt.com
Texas
Barbara Haviland has been creating fine art for over 37 years. She is mostly a self-taught, raw artist who draws inspiration from the world around her. Dalhart Windberg is her favorite artist. Workshops allow Barbara to further her learning as well as discover new techniques and applications. Usually Barbara paints from her own photos with rich bold bright colors filling her compositions. “I feel satisfied when someone can see the love I have put into the piece that I have created whether it is a landscape, a floral, a portrait, or a seascape. At this stage in my art career, I enjoy painting in Plein Air. It is exciting as well as frustrating. Light changes, and shadows move, but I love it!” A paint brush is Barbara’s favorite tool. A brush allows you to paint anything with a little bit of paint and painting brings out her passion for life. She comparies it to reading a book; you can go anywhere. It is an escape. The problems of the world fade away. For a few moments, she is living in her canvas. “I feel as though I am meant to create art. GOD has blessed me in this way.”
Barbara Haviland “I create in oils and usually paint on a canvas. I stretch my own canvas. Winsor Newton paints are my personal preference. Everything about painting just makes my day. I never get bored. Now that I am retired, I paint every day. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with an idea and must get it sketched on a canvas. I start with a vision and go from there. It just flows. Painting fills me with joy.� B Haviland
Left Page Bottom: Southern Magnolia Right Top: Winding Road Right: Walker Bayou
Ann Hoffpauir
ArtworkbyAnn.com
Texas
Ann Hoffpauir is a full-time artist from Orange, Texas where she lives. Ms. Hoffpauir paints in a realistic style. Major themes in her work in addition to her depiction of the landscape include animals, with an interaction with nature. Her painting style blends with a love of nature and its forms, floral displays, animals and people, with brilliant lights and strong darks. Ms. Hoffpauir finds the spontaneous qualities of watercolors lend it very well to a fresh painterly approach, appearing effortless. The same can be said for her oil paintings. She has taught at many local organizations and private schools and has conducted several workshops and teaches weekly art classes at her home studio. Ann has been featured in Western Art Collector, Southwest Art and Art of the West magazines. She was recently featured in Western Art Collector’s – Art of the Horse. For more information she may be contacted at 409-745-2473 or email her at ahoffpauir26@yahoo.com
Purple Splendor
Preparation
Ann Hoffpauir
Tulip Magnolia
Tough Job Gentle Hands
The Golden Boys
Sheri Jones Texas
Sheriart.net Sheriart.blogspot.com I have studied and painted for 30 years, constantly learning from many diverse artists through workshops and classes. I consider myself an impressionist painter and strive to create an accurate but painterly look. I want you to see my brush stroke or wave of my palette knife. My goal is to push boundaries, growing through experimentation, variety and brush mileage. I have grown to love the process of painting from life, whether it be outdoors or from a set up in the studio. Painting in the great outdoors creates an excitement within me that results in a fun dance with the brush or palette knife. Creating still life’s in the studio gives me control over color shape, form and design. My result is an explosion of color and energy. It’s an exhilarating and challenging adventure. I am inspired with the process and my gratitude to God for the artistic ability He has given me.
Below: Sun Up Along the Brazos Right Page Top: Mighty Red Oak Right Page Bottom: Emerging Light
I currently have paintings in Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas, Texas; Rising Star’s Gallery in Mineral Wells, Texas; the VITAS Inpatient unit at Baylor All Saints Hospital; VITAS Hospice, Dallas office and VITAS Hospice, Ft. Worth office. Original artwork brings beauty and warmth to the sterile environment and provides a nice respite to the staff and patients.
Sheri Jones
Kristine Kainer
KristineKainer.com
Texas
Artist Kristine Kainer is an East Coast native who earned her B.A. from The College of William and Mary and her M.Ed. from George Mason University. While teaching mathematics, Kristine began painting in 2005 “for fun.” With the encouragement of family, friends, and students, she changed career paths, devoting herself full-time to artistic pursuits. A member of the Artists of Texas and CFAI, Kristine’s work is in both private and public collections throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. She resides with her husband and daughter in Georgetown and Schulenburg, TX. Commissions are welcome.
Right Page: Cracked Egg Right Page Bottom: Canning Jars Bottom Left: Mango Bottom Right: Uncrated Pear
Kristine Kainer
Debbie Lincoln Texas
DebbieLincoln.com Nowornever-Debbie.blogspot.com
A 30 year resident of Erath County, Texas, Debbie Grayson Lincoln does not have to go far to find inspiration for her paintings. Most are found in her own backyard in Morgan Mill, Texas. RV trips to a Wyoming rendezvous, Yellowstone National Park and Cuchara, Colorado provide further inspiration. But her favorite subjects are the real cowboys and cowgirls who work with livestock on a daily basis in Erath and surrounding counties. A member of the Colorado based “Daily Painters� group since 2007 and a founding member of the Artists of Texas in 2009, Debbie devotes as much time promoting the art of other talented people as she does her own. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, cooking, caring for assorted farm animals (including chickens), playing with her grandbaby, quilting and riding one of the 3 horses that still reside at her farm.
Future Fear
Debbie Lincoln
Patience
Kindergartners
Debbie Lincoln Texas
Above: Loss of Leadership Right Page: When Momma’s Not Happy
DebbieLincoln.com Nowornever-Debbie.blogspot.com
Debbie Lincoln
Barbara J. Mason
DragonflyStudioCreations.com
Texas
My art is a living testament to the fact that life can be difficult, that God is good, love conquers all, and that friendship sees us through, that kindness persists.... especially, in our day and times. I paint for and from the soul. My intent is to convey an experience, a story or emotion. I enjoy painting in a photo-realistic style, whether I’m using watercolor or pastels. I achieve the vibrancy of depth and rich color of each painting by adding numerous layers of color juxtapose an often darker background. I am blessed to travel and exhibit my artwork nationally and internationally. Bottom: Pink Glow Right Page: Show Stopper
Barbara J. Mason
When painting, I want you the viewer to experience the emotions that inspire me. I choose subjects with poise, attitude and uniqueness. I invite you to follow the storyline in each painting and absorb the richness of the colors as they come alive on paper. I have learned that there are no mistakes in painting only new adventures to the process. Each painting is one step in my journey as an artist. Enjoy the vibrant palette of my life!
Barbara J. Mason Texas
DragonflyStudioCreations.com
Barbara J. Mason
Right Page: Strawberry Fusion Above: Submerged
Laurie Pace Texas
EllePace.com LauriePace.blogspot.com As splintering light fractions into thousands of colors, Laurie Pace’s journey has encompassed many careers from runaway model to graphic artist, musician to singer, and teacher to artist. She believes the greatest influence in her life is the beauty God provides.
Bottom: Appaloosa Snow Right Page Top: Into the Light Right Page Bottom Left: Summer Horse 100 Right Page Bottom Right: Summer Horse 73
A degree in Art, eight years with an advertising agency and twenty nine years teaching art has come full circle to honors yearly at international art shows. Viewing a Pace painting is a rich experience dripping with color and emotion. Her passionate works are alive with movement, boldly created with a wide brush and a palette knife. She loves working with oils, dramatically carving out the paint and transferring the energy to the canvas and ultimately on to the viewer. Pareidolia is the name for what happens when Ms. Pace gazes at her thickly applied strokes of oil paint and begins to visualize equine forms. It’s the same term used to describe the phenomena of seeing animals in clouds or faces in the moon.
Laurie Pace
You can find her work in: The Rare Gallery, Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Mirada Fine Art, Denver Colorado; The Dutch Art Gallery, Dallas Texas; Earthworks Art Gallery, New York; SR Gallery, Hong Kong; and Adieb Khadoure Fine Art in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Laurie Pace Summer Heat 30 x 40
Suzy Pal Powell Texas
SuzyPal.com SuzyPal.blogspot.com
Before ever starting to school, Suzy was making and creating things- embroidery and doll clothes. She had always drawn and doodled on everything in the house. She is married to a cotton farmer, lives in West Texas and has 2 children and 4 grandchildren. She paints mainly with watercolor on traditional watercolor paper. She has recently started using some of the different synthetic papers and is also branching off with acrylics and gouache. In 2010 she started doing some torn paper collage in addition to quilting and constructing mosaics.
Below: Fashion Statement Right Page Bottom Right: Ken Right Page Bottom Left: Garden Chair
She has been featured in Watercolor Magic Magazine website three times, and Artists Sketchbook Magazine with some of her sketches. She was also featured in North Light Magazine with her Christmas designs and once with a postcard design, and member page. She is included in the book ‘The Artistic Touch 4’, ‘The Artistic Touch 5’ by Chris Unwin, and ‘Best of America Watercolor Artist’, and ‘Best of America’s Landscapes’ by Kennedy Publishing.
Suzy Pal Powell Her work was featured on Historical Society of Plains Calendar Cover for 2002, and also the cover for Lea County Electric annual report. She also painted western and Christmas scenes to be used as labels for Coffee City USA in Tyler, TX. She has designed the Yoakum County Connection T-shirt Design for 2002- 2005 and participated in a “One Woman Show� at Barnes and Nobles Bookstore in Lubbock, Texas in both December 2003 and July 2004. She had 2 solo shows at Asbury Gallery in Lubbock in 2005 and a solo show at the Clovis Community College in 2009. She has received her signature status with Wyoming Watercolor Society, as well as Southwestern Watercolor Society, Dallas, TX. Three of her collage images were sold by Kohls department stores. She can be reached at 806-456-3411 and her website address is www.suzypal.com and blog address is www. suzypal.blogspot.com. Suzy is also a member of Artcolony. www.artcolony.blogspot.com, and Artists of Texas http://artistsoftexas.org/
Nancy Standlee Texas
NancyStandlee.com NancyStandlee.blogspot.com
Pump up the Volume Right Top: Sweet Summer Roses Right Center: Social Gathering, Feel Beautiful Right Bottom Page: Polka Dot
Nancy Johnson Standlee, a native Texan from Arlington, loves working in a variety of mediums and taking art workshops and travel. She has lived in California and Virginia and retired in 2000 from the Keller ISD. Since her retirement she has taken art workshops in Europe, Mexico and the United States in watercolor, acrylic, oil, plein air and collage. Her personal work has evolved to acrylic semi-abstract still life and figurative painting and mixed media paintings with torn paper collage. Nancy uses found papers, magazine pages and hand painted and stamped papers in the collage paintings. She has recently added landscape pieces while painting plein air in New Mexico and California. In January 2012 she traveled to California to take her first oil workshop. Her focus is on bright colors and impressionist techniques in her paintings seen on her blog and website. She is an internationally collected artist and has recently had 3 of her works published in Painting with Mixed Media, Guhin and Greenman, @2012. Nancy’s paintings can be viewed and purchased at her online gallery: Daily Paintworks, http://dailypaintworks.com She maintains a website and an active art blog and contributes to several other blogs. During the past years she has begun keeping personal and travel journals and enjoys sharing her love of the process with art journal workshops and collage workshops. Nancy paints with a group of 8 artists who paint collaboratively, Canvas by Canvas. Inspiration comes from a library of art books, viewing other artists’ work, painting with friends, art workshops, museums, travel, photos – all that she sees and experiences is a potential for a painting or a journal entry.
Nancy Standlee
D.J. Stone
DJStoneArt.com
Arkansas
D.J. Stone embraces spiritual expressionism and mainly conveys that through impressionistic landscapes and figures worked in oil. A lifelong seeker - she has kayaked off the coast of Mexico under primitive conditions, walked the ancient pilgrimage road, El Camino, in Spain, and practices silent retreats - D.J. considers the quiet places she discovers as sacrosanct to reflection and the renewal of the creative force within. She has an interest in “interpreting” Americana poetry on canvas.’ Sculpturally speaking, D.J.’s installments also carry over the theme of peace as with the 1,000 origami crane mobile piece entitled Wings of Peace. Additionally, she uses mannequins to make light hearted commentary on the social reality of misplaced priorities. Winner of the J. Peterman Company’s first national talent search, D.J. was named the 2010 Visual Artist of the Year and inducted into the Arkansas River Valley Art Center’s Beaux Arts Academy. Her artwork has been featured in regional publications and has won inclusion into national art shows. Her paintings hang in private and corporate locations from Hawaii to Puerto Rico.
Ozark Autumn
D. J. Stone
D.J. Stone Arkansas
Crossing Over
DJStoneArt.com
D. J. Stone
Peace in the Valley
Sallie-Anne Swift
SallieSwiftArt.com
Australia - California
Sallie-Anne has been drawing ever since she can remember, “I always had a pencil in my hand”, she recalls. At the age of 14 an opportunity arose for her to travel abroad to the USA where she spent 12 months schooling in Bountiful, Utah. Her art teacher, Roger Cushing, encouraged the young artist with her illustration and advanced her from her sophomore art class into the senior class. At the conclusion of that year she won an art scholarship to the University of Utah but with a 1 year study visa and only 15 years old she returned to Australia where she began work as a Junior Graphic Designer for All Graphics Pty Ltd. Her employer paid for her tuition in Graphic Design and she completed her diploma at night school while still working as a full time designer. With a keen awareness of her environment, her great love of nature, wildlife and music, her work reflects our extraordinary environment. Clever use of mixed media and texture convey an immediate message and feeling. Bold brush strokes that are harmonious and well balanced, her work speaks for itself in strength, color and vitality. She has exhibited in Art Galleries throughout Melbourne, Australia and acquired commissions for her paintings both Australia wide and Internationally. She feels her greatest achievement was in 2001 when The Equestrian Federation of Australia commissioned the artist to do an oil painting of world cup dressage winner, “Kyra Kirkland” which was presented to Emirates Airlines, sponsors of the elite “Dressage With The Stars” competition held in Melbourne, Australia each year.
Sallie-Anne Swift
Heat Summer One
Sallie-Anne Swift Australia - California
Heat Summer Two
SallieSwiftArt.com
Sallie-Anne Swift
Relentless
Reflection
Melissa Torres
MelissaATorresArt.com
Texas
Melissa A. Torres is registered nurse, originally from Newburgh, NY, with no formal art education. She began taking an acrylic art class in March of 2011, but has been painting and drawing since childhood. Most of her work so far has been commissioned pieces. She loves to transform a photograph of a person’s loved one(s) or pet(s) into a work of art. Sometimes she paints it exactly like the photo, but at times she changes the background or several things to individualize the painting to her style. She is most comfortable working with acrylic, but has done work in water color, pastel, and charcoal, and recently began working with water mixable oil. Melissa finds inspiration in just about anything, but usually nature, people, and pets. Paintings that aren’t commissions are usually as a result of a desire for her to challenge herself and to learn more. Melissa presently lives in San Antonio, TX, and works as an Emergency Room Nurse. She is the girlfriend to a wonderful man, the mother to a lovely son and two dogs, and the grandmother of a little angel. You can see her complete portfolio on her website, www.melissaatorresart.com.
Above: Poised Right Page: Passion Flower
Melissa Torres
Melissa Torres
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Texas
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Left Page Top Right: Old Barn Left Page Top Left: Bluebonnet Left Page Bottom: Texas
Melissa Torres
Bonny C White Texas
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“I strive to capture the beauty that God created in as simple and direct way as I possibly can while maintaining a true representation of my subject. Painting from life refreshes my work in a way that I find hard to achieve from a photo. Learning the craft is just one part of the artistic puzzle, one must also learn to see.” Since 1970 the south Texas painter has studied to achieve the skills and insight she needs to use her God given talent to create her art. Beginning with just a high school art class and then on to a class taught by local artist Marlene Dunkin, Bonny has continued her pursuit of artistic knowledge taking classes and workshops from such great artists as Janice Yow Hindes, Matt Smith, Scott Burdick, Kevin Macpherson, Ron Rencher, Kim English, George Strickland, John Budicin and many others from whom she has learned so much. While Bonny has a passion for plein air landscapes, you can also find her in the studio working on a still life or doing a portrait from time to time. She enjoys dabbling in watercolor for fun, but oil is her medium of choice for her most serious work. Bonny has varied interests and her artwork reflects that.
Bonny has entered many regional art shows, earning several awards including Best of Show. Her works are in many private collections across our nation from Virginia to California. You can view some of her work at Cactus Jack’s in Gruene, TX or on her website at www.bonnycwhite.com. “I find that creating art, though mentally draining, relaxes me and gives me great joy and fulfillment. Having the opportunity to live on a ranch allows me to see God’s hand at work in the spring flowers, fall colors, the birth of a baby calf, among many other gifts He gives us.” Left Page: The Love Song Right Page Top: Morning Blues Right Page Bottom: San Juan Glow
Bonny C White
Diane Whitehead
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Utah - Montana
Right Page: Wolf Below: Nosey Bear
Diane Whitehead is an avid outdoors woman and a self-taught artist. She is highly praised for her strong brush strokes and bold use of color; both of which make her work come alive. Diane paints what she loves best; nature and animals. Her flowers and landscapes reflect the moods of the western mountains she calls home and her animals look you in the eye with a majesty and gentleness that create an instant bond. At once elegant and whimsical, Diane’s animals touch our soul and our sense of humor. Born in Spokane, Washington, Diane began to paint earnestly when an uncle gave her his set of oil paints. One of eight children, she found painting to be her most treasured “quiet time”. Originally determined to be a veterinarian, Diane feels she has combined her love of animals and oil paint to make the perfect marriage of creativity. Diane is a full-time artist working from her studio in Park City and when the weather allows, a Plein-air painter in the mountains she loves. She has participated in workshops with Reid Galey, Carolyn Anderson and Jove Wang and continues to pursue new techniques for her creative expression.
Diane Whitehead
Diane Whitehead Utah - Montana
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Diane Whitehead
Above: Fox Left Page: Moon Owl
Leada Wood
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Texas
Leada Wood is a fourth generation Texan, born in Abilene into a creative and loving family of five. She now resides in Colorado City with her husband Don and they have three grown children and 13 grandchildren. Leada owns Studio Twenty, a consignment gallery. It is also the home of her personal studio where friends come together to paint and exchange ideas. Leada also enjoys doing demos, workshops and teaching. Leada is an award winning contemporary artist who loves to experiment with new methods. She enjoys exploring new ideas, layering textures and color, intriguing her viewer to take a closer look. She rises to the challenge of watercolor as well as the creativity of collage and mixed media. Leada is constantly pushing the limits to see where the next painting will take her. She enjoys the process and journey of the painting. She uses symbolism, texture and color to communicate with her viewers. Her works are often noted for their original and unique style, whimsical subject matter, rich textures and vivid colors. Emotions, lingering insights or dreams spark her imagination. Reaching within,- Leada releases her desire to create. She strives to bring a smile to your face and take you into the world she imagines. Fragments of time and pieces of her life go into each creation. Leada hopes her art brightens your day and makes life a little more beautiful. Leada is actively involved with various art groups within the state. You can see her work on the following online galleries: Contemporary Fine Art International, West Texas Watercolor Society, Artists of Texas, Mixed Media International, Caboose Watercolor Society as well as her personal website and blog.
Left Page Top: Earth Wind and Fire Right Page Top Right: Paper Geisha Right Page Top Left: Ranch Dressin Right Page Bottom: Evening Glow
Leada Wood
Leada Wood Texas
Left Page Top: Totems Left Page Bottom: Boot Scootin Boogie Right Page Top: Shades of Gray Right Page Bottom: Rhapsody in Blue
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Leada Wood
Liana Yarckin Texas
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From receiving her first set of watercolors from her aunt when she was four to being obsessed with drawing floor plans of homes in her youth, art has always been part of Liana’s life. Liana’s love of drawing and design led her to study architecture at Texas A&M University. There, her passion for art, architecture and life grew, especially, on a study abroad program to Italy. Liana’s career in architecture and interior design have provided her with extensive experience in color, composition and design which she now applies to her art. Due to her husband’s encouragement, Liana rediscovered her love for watercolors and has been painting for the last 15 years. Her love for the beach, architecture and life is evident in her choices of subject matter. Liana’s watercolors are consistently bright and cheerful with clean color. She continues to grow as an artist by painting daily, taking a variety of workshops and classes, participating in local art groups and reading about her favorite artists. Liana shows and sells her artwork in galleries and online. She accepts commissions for children’s portraits and home portraits. These commissions can be seen collectively on her Facebook page, Liana Yarckin Watercolors or her website, www.lianayarckin.com. Additionally, over 50 of her paintings have been printed on greeting cards, which are sold successfully nationwide. Liana would like to recognize the artists that she has studied under: Jane Jones, Naomi Brotherton, Cecy Turner, Pat Kochan, Ted Nuttal, Andy Evansen and Frank Francese. Liana is currently a member of Southwestern Watercolor Society, Artists of Texas, Highland Park Arts Board and the Texas Women’s Caucus for Art.
Left Page Top: Lobster Rolls at JTs Right Page Top: Regatta Right Page Bottom: Mid Day on Main
Liana Yarckin
Rebecca Zook Texas
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Rather than focusing on a specific subject matter, Rebecca relies on a high level of detail and a strong sense of light to tie her work together. Viewers often comment that they feel as if they could step into her paintings; as if the frame was a window to another world. With work appearing in 2011 in an article on the state of the arts in Texas in the national art magazine “Western Art Collector,” and in an “American Art Collector” article on miniature works, Granbury artist, Rebecca Zook, is definitely an artist worth watching. She has several successful solo shows under her belt as well as many local and national level awards. In 2011 she was also granted Signature status in the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society.
Top Left: Jack in January Snow Top Right: Texas Textures Bottom: Late Lunch Right Page: The Lawman
Rebecca Zook
Mary Jo Zorad
ZoradArt.com
Washington
Mary Jo Zorad has been drawing and painting since a young child. She always wanted to be an artist. Her first teacher was her father who spent time drawing while he tutored her in math. Her first solo art presentation occurred in High School. She has painted and sold art for over 20 years. Her career took a turn into Psychology and Art away from a full time artist after Junior College where she studied art and art history. While in graduate school she continued painting and drawing. She sold and gave away many of her paintings while studying psychology and art therapy. During that time her graphic design drawings were included in mail order catalogues and her paintings in business offices. Mary Jo’s subjects vary from domestic animals such as cats and dogs, to landscapes, people, still life, horses and wildlife. She paints in oils, watercolors and pastels.
Above: Floral Right Page: Spring Flowers
Mary Jo Zorad
She was born in Indiana, moved to California, where she studies and now lives in Washington on a 5 acre organic farm. She states “I enjoy playing with the colors of nature and recreating the beauty or wildlife and animals on the canvas. Nature – closest to our soul, creates the vibrant colors that sparks the eye and warm the heart. My work is found in homes and businesses around the world”.
Mary Jo Zorad Washington
Above: Two Whites Right Page: Small Horse
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Mary Jo Zorad