Corina is a Romanian watercolor artist who concentrates on floral and botanical illustration.
She started painting in oil, landscapes, and still life at the age of ten. In 1995 Corina earned a degree in Biology at the West University of Timisoara, Romania. During her study years she developed a passion for Botany. For her license thesis she focused on the ecology of hardy orchids around Bocsa, a locality in the western part of Romania.
After graduation, Corina worked for one year at the Environmental Protection Agency in Timisoara and for another year as curator in Botany at the Natural History Museum in the same city. In 1998, Corina came to the USA following her husband who was accepted in a Ph.D. program at the University of Kansas.
After a break of ten years, Corina had time to return to one of her close to heart activities, the painting. She found herself painting in watercolor and striving as much as possible for a better botanical illustration. Finally she found what really wanted to do; she was able to blend two of her beloved passions into a single one. Self-taught in watercolor media but with the experience of a biologist, she is now totally devoted to painting.
Visit Corina's gallery www.greendorf.com
E-mail Corina corina@greendorf.com
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Yolanda was born and raised in Colombia S.A. where she studied Art and Decoration at the Sacred Heart Academy. Although she has not had a formal education in art, she has been painting in acrylic and pastel on her own. She came to the USA with her parents and family. Since then, she has made Miami her home.
She has won a number of awards in ceramics competitions for her hand sculpted Flowers and Birds. Recently she started painting in oil. All of her artistic skills have been self-taught. Her love for nature inspired most of her paintings and ceramics. Today she continues to express her love and passion in an ever-changing array of new work.
She had a group exhibition at The Schacknow Museum of Fine Arts from June 9 through August 5, 2001: 7080 N W 4th street, Plantation, FL, 33317.
She has a permanent exhibition in Sistarz Art Gallery in Matlacha, FL and a group exhibition in Period Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Karen was raised in Alabama, were she met and married her husband of 32 years. They had 3 sons and now have 2 beautiful grandchildren and a wonderful daughter-in-law in their family. She achieved her life-long dream of owning her own art gallery just 5 years ago and now has a joint interest in it with her husband since they added custom framing. She also teaches beginners' art to children and adults.
Karen developed her love of art watching her father sketch and do wood carving as a child. She began doing portraits for people while in high school as a hobby and went very briefly to Ringling School of Art after graduating. It wasn't until her gallery, Angel Wing Gallery, opened that she finally was able to devote full time to her love of drawing and painting. She enjoys trying all forms of arts and crafts from painting to sculpture and even painted floor cloths and glass painting and tries to instill that love of expression in her students.
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Ingrid Neuhofer Dohm was born and raised in Austria. Her love of nature, the mountains, valleys, forests and flora abundance has followed her to the United States as is evident in her landscapes and florals.
She was a featured artist in the September, 2000 issue of The Artists' Magazine, a finalist in the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Illinois Chapter, 2000 Millennium Show and an Easter Seals Campaign Artist for 2001 and 2002.
Visit Ingrid's gallery www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/i/ingepat
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Ursula Freer was born in Poland and came to this country as a young refugee after World War II. While raising four children and working at non-art jobs, she always kept in touch with the arts. Theater, dance and painting were her favorite activities.
Twenty years ago she devoted herself totally to painting and later to digital art. She works and lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico with her writer-husband, Neil. See more of her art on her website.
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Born in Poland during World War II, she was hidden from the Nazi’s rule in 5 different Orphans Homes until she was nine years old.
At the age of 14 she was surprised to discover that she was Jewish and that she was about to immigrate to Israel along with her mother. They started at transit camp, living with no hot water and electricity. In spite of all the difficulties and the need to provide, she finished Graphic school (1960 - 1963).
Until 1976, Anat worked at non-art jobs in order to provide for her growing family. In 1976 after the birth of her third child, Anat understood that she must fulfill herself and began to study oil painting at the Bat-Yam Institute of Art (1977 - 1981) and finished it with honor.
Since 1981, Anat began to devote the majority of her time to oil painting and teaching in her studio. In the last 20 years, she has participated in many individual and group exhibitions. Her paintings are filled with happiness, hope, exciting colors and her love of nature.
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Dragan Grkovic's work is dedicated to those impressed with colors and vivid art of nature. He lives and works in Belgrade-Yugoslavia. However, he has very poor health and could not do much to promote his work by himself.
He and his wife have a gallery and antique shop, called "Major" in Belgrade Yugoslavia. However, in their war-torn country for the last 12 years, everybody, including themselves, needed more money for food than for the art.
His sister, Marica Bakovic, appreciates his work and wants to help the world discover his art. She is his sponsor and volunteers to market and communicate his work via her gallery/shop. The work shown on the Internet is from her gallery "ProArte" 75 Keats Cr, Guelph, ON, Canada, N1G 3C9.
"I hope you will enjoy my work and inspire me to do more." --Dragan Grkovic
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After graduating in England, Jeremy worked as a geologist in East Africa. He returned to England as a town planner, and then immigrated to Australia as a geologist for BHP. He founded BHP’s information technology support services for Mining, Exploration, and Petroleum Divisions. He was seconded to Woodside to establish IT support for the world’s largest offshore gas project. As IT manager for a consortium of major oil companies, he travelled extensively. Leaving Woodside, he joined Ernst & Young as a management consultant.
From an early age, Jeremy had an interest in art and sketching. In 1985, while at Woodside, he took up art seriously and between 1988 and 1994, he studied for a Diploma of Art at Western Australia’s leading art school. In 1989, he moved to a commercial peach orchard in the Perth Hills and began to devote the majority of his time to painting.
Jeremy’s first exhibition was in 1992 and by 1994 he was holding annual solo exhibitions and his paintings were becoming sought after by collectors. In 1995, he established the first Internet gallery in Australia at www.peachtreegallery.com and in 1997 he held his first exhibition in the USA. Images of his paintings have been widely used for book, cassette, CD and magazine covers.
Jeremy is best known for his Australian landscapes in oil with exciting marks and colours, but his vibrant colourful oil pastel flower studies are also in great demand, together with figure studies ranging from strong colours to subtle tonal greys.
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Audrey resides in Hampton, New Hampshire where you'll catch her strolling along the shore with her Schipperke dogs, Rascal and Rogue. She says the motion, color and scents seem to give inspiration to her work.
Impressionistic to abstract design forms the basis of her work. Watercolor is her first choice; however, many of her pieces are mixed-media and collage.
Capturing a certain mood of a moment in time or fragile memories in her mind's eye is an element often found in her paintings. One can almost smell the perfume of her soft florals, which is her favorite subject. Another love is the restless sea; she portrays this wonder with power, emotion and exciting color.
Ms. Jordan is a member of The Copley Society of Boston, International Society Of Experimental Artists and New Hampshire Art Association. She has been painting and exhibiting her art since 1979. Her work is included in private and corporate collections across the United States.
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Judy Pamela Josey was born in 1953 in a province on the east coast of Canada in Nova Scotia called Halifax. She has always had an avid interest in art but never believed that she could paint until 1999 and started to self-teach by reading books and watching the great artist, Bob Ross, paint on T.V.
Although Judy developed her talent late in life, she learned a lot on the way. Her interests went from graphite to color pencil and then she fell in love with oils.
"The colors are so vibrant and alive" the artist says. She developed and has maintained her own website since April 2000 which has been well-visited and is an award-winning site.
Judy says that she strives for the 3D image. It has been said that her paintings are "haunting and also have a loneliness feel about them."
Her dream is be to be a career-independent artist.
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E-mail Judy refit@ns.sympatico.ca
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A transplanted eastern "mainlander," Joyce and her husband have been living in Maui, Hawaii for the past four years. She has an associate degree in commercial art, advertising and marketing, graduating from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.
For the past 25 years she has been designing logos, print media and signage. She is a member of the Hui No'Eau Visual Arts Society. "Painting is an obsession. While I feel that good design is imperative in painting, I don't feel like making all the decisions up front. Each painting is sort of a gift . . . or surprise at the end. I like to try and get a little abstract in the background sometimes, and try techniques like 'pouring.' I love brilliant colors, and try to make them work for each painting. I do about 30 - 40 paintings each year, this along with working full time as manager and designer in our sign shop. Living here offers much in the way of inspiration! The mountains are tremendous, as are the sunsets, sunrises, and the tropical flora and fauna. No wonder Maui is a haven for artists!"
Effective June 2002 she was accepted (by jury process) into the membership of the Lahaina Art Society.
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E-mail Joyce meckw001@hawaii.rr.com
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Kerry was born in Ontario, Canada and raised in Alberta. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree (Sociology) in 1991, and in 1993 returned to the University of Alberta to complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
After graduating, Kerry worked as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator with the Department of Environmental Protection. Kerry now dedicates her time to painting as a member of the Edmonton Art Club.
She enjoys painting landscape and botanical themes, alternating between abstract and representational imagery. Kerry's versatility allows her to work freely in watercolor, pastel, oil and acrylic. A selection of her work can be viewed on her website.
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Helen Musser was born in Wilson, Oklahoma, September 22, 1941. She is married with two grown sons and lives in Terrell, Texas. As she was busy with her familly in the 70's, she painted and took workshops when there was time. In 1986 she attended Eastfield Community College taking drawing under Brent Matzen in Mesquite, Texas. In 1999 she took painting classes at Southern Methodist University with several instructors there. In the fall of 1999, she was privileged to sit in on painting classes under Associate Professor, Barnaby Fitzgerald at SMU; in 2000, she studied encaustic painting under Juvenile Reis there.
She has exhibited in local art shows and in Dallas from the early 80's to 2002. Terrell Alliance for Education and the Arts sponsored her first individual exhibition in April, 2002. She received the Ramon Froman Award from Artist and Craftsmen Associated, an art guild in Dallas, Texas in 1995. She has been published in the Terrell Tribune. She currently exhibits at the Art Gallery in Plaza, Canton, Texas.
Her focus has been to project the spirit of man through her art work. She paints with watercolor, oil, and encaustic, painting a variety of subjects. She is currently working on a series of paintings entitled Basics, using said subjects to portray the basic needs and relationships in life.
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Ghassan is an artist and a geoscientist specialized in hydrocarbon exploration. It is an extremely demanding field as advances in technology are tremendous and the field is heavy in computers, mathematics, physics and geophysics.
Because of his demanding work schedule, Ghassan has little time to pursue painting which relaxes him and switches his mind from mathematical equations. His paintings are very representational in nature, because his scientific background is hindering his attempts to do abstract work.
He paints in oil and watercolor what he considers beautiful, relaxing, pleasant, and touches his heart for enjoyment but in a form enjoyed by others. His challenge to use both oil and watercolor continues.
As a geoscientist he has worked in Lebanon, Syria, Algeria, Belgium, England, Sudan, Abu Dhabi, Australia and Kuwait. In addition, he has traveled to many countries. Consequently, his paintings are influenced by his experiences in these countries and are found in many homes in them.
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Kemis Rodgers moved to coastal Maine from New Hampshire about ten years ago. She has a degree in Art Education from the University of New Hampshire and did postgraduate study at Portland School of Art in Maine. She taught in New Hampshire public schools and also taught painting for eight years to adults in Florida.
Kemis concentrates on watercolor painting and mixed media. She loves the excitement of the watercolor process and paints mostly flowers, although landscapes and architectural subjects also find their way into her portfolio. Maine provides endless inspiration with its variety of old and new architecture, colorful wildflowers and rocky coast.
Memberships include Art Guild of the Kennebunks, New Hampshire Art Association and International Society of Experimental Artists. Kemis has participated in shows in Florida and New England, where she has won a variety of awards. Gallery affiliation locations have included Florida, New Hampshire and Maine.
Visit Kemis's gallery www.artgallery12.com
E-mail Kemis kemis119@aol.com
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JERRY SCHWEHM
Born in the charming city of New Orleans in 1948, Jerry developed his interest
in art after watching a PBS program on Jackson Pollock. That inspired him
to do his first canvas of colorful lines and blotches that was displayed
in his family den for several years.
Over the years he experimented with other media--silk screen, photography,
and assemblage--but college, military, family, and work concerns took him
away from art. After his wife died of cancer, Jerry retired from his law
practice to do what he likes: cooking, canoeing, and art.
He began painting portraits of his children from photographs. With encouragement
from friends, he tried other subjects as well. Finally, Jerry found his
own personal style of painting, using acrylics in a Post-Impressionistic
flare of bold colors and wavy lines.
Generally he creates small images on paper but he also produces larger canvases.
He prefers painting from photos taken on his travels but also paints portraits
on commission.
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Kashifa Sohail was born in 1975 in Karachi Pakistan. She has started painting from the 6th grade. In 1992 she was selected by the Art Academy of Karachi, (Pakistan) for the Art study. For two Years 1992-1994, she studied art and was continuously selected in many juried shows and awarded twice for the Best Painting during her academic period.
1994 she got married and settled down in Sharjha, United Arabs Emirates. For the love of Art she joined Sharjha Art Museum, and in the inspiration of Arabic culture she painted them. She did many shows. She stayed 1994 to 2000. From the year 2000, as the new century started, she and her family migrated to New Jersey, United State of America. For starting her Art life once again. She joined her area Art association, “Art Association of Roxbury”. Her Art received many admirations in these new surroundings like before. She started participateing in Juried shows and she earns best painting award in Spring Show 2001, Morris County Collage. This began her carrier as a professional artist. Doing art demonstrations, workshops, and commissioning work. In all these years, she has improved her knowledge in the study of different techniques and colors.
Her Paintings can be found in many public and private collections in all over America, United Arab Emirates and her home country Pakistan.
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E-mail Kashifa kashifa2000@hotmail.com
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Barbara Stanton is a native Californian and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area all her life.
Specializing in miniature oil paintings and portraits (miniature and full size), her charming landscapes, still lifes and portraits are done in a very traditional, realist style, on fine silk canvases.
Her superb use of color and light make each piece glow. The precisely detailed compositions, some no larger than a postage stamp, call out to the viewer to step nearer and explore them more closely, to feel the moment.
Barbara's work has found its way into art collections and miniature collections around the world. Miniature collectors are her biggest fans because she paints in scale with the popular dollhouse scale 1/12 (one inch equals a foot) and they fit just right in their fine miniature collections.
Painting for more than twenty five years now, Barbara has mastered her technique and continues to seek new challenges. She is an IGMA Fellow (International Guild of Miniature Artisans). She is also an art instructor and is available for demonstrations and workshops. Come visit her website for more info and a peek into her tiny world.
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E-mail Barbara microangelo@earthlink.net
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Born and raised in Connecticut, Anthony Wallace has been an avid outdoorsman his entire life. This has given him the opportunity to experience first-hand the beauty and splendor of nature and to acquire a knowledge of wildlife anatomy and behavior.
This exposure has greatly influenced his oil paintings and has added an important degree of authenticity to the completed canvas. Throughout his childhood, and in later years, it was his Father (a CEO of a major corporation and top political leader in the state who championed the cause for conservation of its natural resources) who not only taught him how to hunt and fish but also to appreciate and preserve our precious environment.
A college graduate, Anthony has never had any formal training and is a totally self-taught artist. Over the years he has painted throughout New England and especially admires the styles of John Singer Sargent and Frank Benson.
When not painting the outdoors and its inhabitants, he has on occasion delved into portraiture. His most treasured work was a gift portrait that he did for President Ronald Reagan which today can be viewed at The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.
Some of Anthony Wallace's primary associations include: Oil Painters of America, Wildlife Artists Association, The Ninth Life Fine Art Gallery of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and The Kent Art Association and Watertown Art League of Connecticut.
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The artist, Mary Catherine Watson (Vance), first fell in love with color at two years of age. Catherine, who lived in Upper Peninsula Michigan at the time, played with little paint chips that her mother brought home from a local hardware store. The first word she can remember saying was "turquoise."
Though born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the experiences of Michigan were her first impressionable memories. She can remember laying in a fishing boat and looking up at the clouds. Then, of course, she wanted to know the names of every type of cloud. As she reached into the water, she traced the shapes of the clouds with her tiny little fingers.
As Catherine grew up, her love of art encompassed visual and performing arts, and her sensitivity to nature never left her. Catherine's works are a tribute to the beautiful side of life.
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