Ann Painter has had a life-long love affair with art that began at a early growing up near New York City's great art collections. The road to becoming an artist included; a BA and MA in fine art and 20 years working as an Art Director before focusing on her art full time.

"My work is not bound by any particular subject matter or medium, as they reflect my personal experience of the world I live in"

Over the years Ann's work has evolved from realism to pure abstraction and most recently, a kind of abstract-realism that strives to express the hidden essence of her subject. Ann's work is held in private collections in the US and Europe. In addition to painting, she teaches annual drawing and painting workshops at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico.

http://www.annpainter.com

Patris traces her veneration for the landscape to when she was a child growing up in the northwest corner of Montana – “the Big Sky Country”- world renowned for its breathtaking beauty. After learning about the Barbizon painters in 19th century France and the early California Impressionists, her passion for painting landscapes en plein air ignited. Her work expresses an admiration for the natural world as well reverence for the One who created the land. From the country to the city, she regards the world as her studio.

Patris is a member of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association and California Art Club. She was appointed as commissioner to the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission by the Mayor and has served in the “Art In Public Places” program for Sacramento County.

http://www.artist-patris.com

Bruce Peil is primarily a landscape painter, living in Athens, Texas.  His paintings are in many private and corporate collections. 

He has been featured in such books and magazines as Art Talk, Art of the American West, The Artists’ Magazine, and Southwest Art Magazine, and was the cover artist on Southwest Art in Feb. 2004. He has been in numerous shows including the Thomas Gilcrease Museum, the Albuquerque Museum, Settlers West Gallery, Oil Painters of America, and Arts for the Parks Top 100.

Bruce is a signature member of the Oil Painters of America, and the co-founder and signature member of the Outdoor Painters Society.

http://www.brucepeilart.com

Through painting I see, understand, and embrace the world around me.    Seeking myriad forms of beauty, I am drawn to many subjects each with its own inspiration.   My work is more than literal representation.    I have an innate desire to express the intangible; that which eludes description.

I travel extensively in an endless search for the quintessential landscape.    For places part reality, part manifested from my dreams.    My landscapes blur the boundaries of the canvas so that you can hear the rustle of the leaves, feel the warmth of the sunshine, and inhale the fragrance on the breeze.

Within every scene there are elements that invariably catch my eye.  I love the play of color reflections, the dance of sunlight and shadow.  There is a natural symbiosis when the sky radiates onto the land spreading its warmth into the clouds.   I look for gesture in stillness and stillness in motion.

Painting is my lifelong journey of both expressing and creating my dream.

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Charles N. Pruitt enjoys painting primarily landscapes of the Southwest. In fact, he considers himself an “impressionist of the Southwest” because of his devotion to working from life, painting in oils directly from nature using the “alla prima” or plein air” method. Using close observation of nature, the effects of light and interpretation of values based on intuition, emotion and his experience, has led to a style described as spontaneous and honest.

He has won over 40 awards, locally and nationally, which includes 5 “Best of Shows”. He is a signature member of the “Oil Painters of America” (OPA), and a member of the Outdoor Painters Society (OPS)

He has studied under such well-known artist as Clyde Aspevig, Ted Goershner and Matt Smith.

http://www.charlesnpruitt.com

Interpreting the beauty of a moment where you stop to appreciate all that surrounds you is what gives Alisa Raines the passion to paint.  Since childhood, she has always expressed herself through drawing and painting.  In 2004, Alisa began her professional career as a painter.  Primarily working in pastel and oil, she has found a love of the landscape that she conveys in her award winning work.

Most of Alisa’s more recent experience has come from plein air painting.  She enjoys the challenges of being on location and capturing the ever changing light. “I have always wanted to represent the beauty of this world thorough painting.  When I am on location absorbing all of the beauty surrounding me, I find that interaction between my senses and the subject literally takes my breathe away.  This is why I paint.” 

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“I strive to create a vision that will encourage my viewers to be drawn to and into the painting. As a colorist, my emphasis is flowers, fauna, nostalgic still lives, children, the dance of light on landscapes and buildings, and travel worn faces of time as I travel and broaden my horizons with international travel. I try not to over-intellectualize my art, but instead, open myself and allow the energy to flow.  That’s the hardest part of painting, quieting the mind and opening the heart.  But when it happens, it’s magic and I fly.”

Mrs. Rodgers earned her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in Studio Arts from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1998 and Masters of Fine Art 2006, magna cum laude both.   Sketching and journaling helps her to incorporate more meaning into her work.

Bonnie is a natural teacher who is intuitive in helping each student develop his or her own natural voice.

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Mary Ann Stafford has always been involved in art as teacher, student, and professional artist.  Although she often works with watercolor, ink, collage, and mixed media, her chosen medium is pastel.  The brilliancy, versatility,  and immediacy of the medium are the main reasons.  Her main subject matter is the Arkansas landscape.

Mary Ann attended the Kansas City Art Institute and  the University of Arkansas, where she earned an EdD in Education with an emphasis in art.  She taught English, humanities, and art in  high school level before becoming an administrator.  Since her retirement, she has studied with  nationally recognized artists, and teaches pastel painting and drawing workshops throughout Arkansas.

Stafford is a signature member of the Pastel Society of the Southwest, and a charter member of the Arkansas Pastel Society.  Her work has won awards in  state, regional, and national competitions.  Galleries include Cox Gallery, Eurekan Art, and The Gallery in Harrison, Arkansas.  

http://www.www.staffordart.com

Mary Stahl is an award-winnng painter who strives to capture the beauty of the landscape. Living in the San Francisco Bay area, she marvels at California's golden hills and blue skies, foggy days at the ocean, winter rain clouds over the Bay, and is inspired by the endless variety of subject matter nature has to offer. Mary creates her paintings in pastels and oils.

Mary earned a B.A. in Art from West Liberty State College in West Virginia. In addition, she has studied with Brigitte Curt, Jim Smyth, Ted Goerschner, Alexander Zimin, Kim Fancher-Lordier, and Van Waldron, among others. She has participated in a number of one-person and group shows and plein air painting competitions. Her paintings are in private collections throughout the US and Europe.

http://www.marystahl.com

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