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• We are interested in your thoughts and ideas.
  on Nov 10, 2012 in photography artist fine art
  We have been enhancing our site to make it even more useful to our members and now we want to know how you use the various benefits afforded all members. How often do you visit, what is your favorite section, have you taken advantage of connecting wi...
• This museum is dedicated to one artist....Clyfford Still
  on Oct 14, 2012 in photography artist fine art
  A new museum opened in November 2011, for the works of artist Clyfford Still in Denver, Colorado. Public Broadcasting produced a program about the museum and the art and artist and a great article was in the Denver Post about the opening. Clyfford St...
• Chuck DeHaan is a one of those artists that paints what he has always known, Western Life
  on Oct 7, 2012 in photography artist fine art
  Chuck DeHaan is a one of those artists that paints what he has always known, Western Life. He has said that if a person wants to paint a horse they have to know horses and what he knows from being a horse trainer and ex-rodeo hand is true realism and...
• Susan Bourdet has a lifelong love of nature
  on Sep 24, 2012
  SUSAN BOURDET According to everything I have read about artist Susan Bourdet she has a lifelong love of nature that allows her to paint with a detailed knowledge of birds and animals. She grew up in Montana and at an early age she attended a local w...
• One of our wildlife award winning artists is Guy Coheleach
  on Sep 3, 2012 in photography artist fine art
  One of our wildlife award winning artists is Guy Coheleach. As I researched his various biographies on the web I found just how desired his works are. His paintings have received the Society of Animal Artists Award of Excellence an unprecedented eigh...
• Aleah Koury has said that Ceramics started it all.
  on Aug 20, 2012
   In 1979, he took an image from a dream that inspired his first large, controlled environmental sculpture. This piece utilized the four basic earth elements, earth, fire, water and air. But sculpting is not his only talent. Koury was born in Be...
• Artist Wanda Gag was widely known for her children’s books
  on Aug 8, 2012 in photography artist fine art
  While researching Wanda Gag I found several different references to her background and history. One of them stated her name was pronounced like “bog”. She was born March 11, 1893, in New Ulm, Minnesota and was the oldest of seven children and bes...
• Artist Dino Paravano is famous for his portrayals of South Africa
  on Jul 28, 2012 in photography artist fine art
  Artist Dino Paravano was born in Rome, Italy in 1935, and immigrated to South Africa in 1947. It was his amateur-artist father that encouraged and tutored him in his art endeavors. His formal training consisted of a Fine Art Diploma from the Institut...
• Sandra Rast’s art training includes majoring in art at BYU
  on Jul 20, 2012
  Artist Sandra Rast’s paintings are greatly influenced by her religious faith and upbringing. Having grown up in a family of eight children, helping with younger brothers and sisters and working in the family produce business Sandra grew an apprecia...
• As a child Blaser saw rivers and the various marine vessels on them as symbols of escape
  on Jul 2, 2012 in artist fine art
  Michael Blaser thinks the Mississippi river is special because it is prettier than the Missouri. He said he believes everyone has a different view of the river, some see commerce and some recreation. Blaser sees the history, particularly the steamboa...

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