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contemporary fine art

CFAI.coSeptember 2012Volume 1 No. 7

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I am an artist. I have been an artist on the inside, in my heart, for my whole life but I only gave myself permission to be one on the outside about twenty years ago. Even then, it was just part-time, because raising my children held my full attention. I tended to paint what my life was about: family and home – the simple things. I sold well at art auctions and through gallery representation. I have been commissioned to paint numerous family portraits over those years.

Now I am beginning a new chapter in my life. My chil-dren are raised. I am devoting myself fully to painting. My intention is to paint daily and to expand my painting experience. I want to paint out-of-doors and to do more still life and landscapes. http://www.cfai.co/maryannlu-cascas

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Features this month in Visual Language

Painter’s Keys - Robert GennPage 8

New Artists Pages 5-6

Art Challenge Pages 15-20

Best of Show

Colors on My Palette Pages 21-28

Featuring George DeChiara and Lorri Boydston

Features this month in Visual Language

Collection Starters under $200Pages 61-70

Barbara Haviland, Laurie Pace, Diane Whitehead, and Kimberly Conrad

Daily Painters Pages 59-60

Hall Groat II Art ReviewPages 37-38

Featuring Texas Artist Judy Crowe

Blog Review VirginiaPages 39-46

Features include Dottie Martz, Norma Wilson and Cathyann Burgess

ART TELLS THE STORY NEW ARTISTS ON CFAI.co

Stephanie Allison United States,Kentuckywww.cfai.co/stephanieallison

Maryann LeakeUnited States, Coloradowww.cfai.co/maryannleake

Beth Lenderman United States, Oklahoma, Arkansas www.cfai.co/bethlenderman

Stephanie Allison Beth Lenderman

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Arlene Brenner United States, Washingtonwww.cfai.co/kristinebyars

Jacquie McMullen United States, Texas www.cfai.co/jacquiemcmullen

Joshua ReyesUnited States, Texaswww.cfai.co/joshuareyes

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Visual Language Magazine Staff

EditorialEditor -in-Chief Laurie PaceExecutive Editor Diane WhiteheadManaging Editor Nancy MedinaDeputy Editor Debbie LincolnFeature Editor Art Reviews Hall Groat IIFeature Contributor Robert GennBlog Editor Kimberly ConradAssociate Editor Lisa Kreymborg

AdvertisingContact Kimberly Conrad

WebsiteWeb Design Scott Ellis, VSellis.comQuality Assurance Lisa KreymborgDaily Collectors Feed Lisa KreymborgJuried Shows Diane WhiteheadArt Challenge Laurie PaceWorkshops Lisa KreymborgColors on My Palette Diane WhiteheadIn the News Laurie PaceMembership Kimberly Conrad

International BlogsEditor Kimberly ConradJunior Editor Lisa Kreymborg

CFAI.co NewsletterEditor -in-Chief Diane WhiteheadExecutive Editor Laurie PaceManaging Editor Kimberly ConradDeputy Editor Debbie LincolnFeature Editor Art Reviews Hall Groat IIAssociate Editor Lisa KreymborgFeature Contributor Clint Watson FASOFeature Contributor -Robert Genn Painter’s Keys

MembershipDirector Kimberly ConradAssociate Director Lisa Kreymborg

Marketing and DevelopmentDirector Laurie PaceSenior Director Diane WhiteheadSenior Director Kimberly ConradJunior Director Lisa Kreymborg

FinanceDirector Andy WhiteheadSenior Director Diane WhiteheadJunior Director Kimberly Conrad

Board of DirectorsKimberly ConradLaurie Pace,Diane WhiteheadDebbie Lincoln,Mary Jo Zorad

All Artwork is Copyrighted by the Individual Artists. Visual Language Vol 1 No 7

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Out of the BlueJuly 30, 2012 Dear Artist,

Near the lodge in the late afternoon, I wandered to a hemlock bower on a secluded point. Pockets of multi-coloured needles lay between grey-green pillows of moss. The inlet was a silent diorama and rainbow lights shone on the dis-tant shore. Below, two otters were sharing an otter joke which only they could get.

For some reason I’d brought my iPad. While thinking I might go back for my paints, I lazily opened the device and noticed a weak Wi-Fi signal. In a minute I was checking my mail. Madeleine Wood, a fellow painter from another part of Vancouver Island, had sent a link to a speech by John Cleese. “This came out of the blue,” she wrote. “Why not,” I thought. He’s a bit bombastic, John Cleese, and you can’t stop seeing Basil Fawlty, but his points in this older 35-minute video on creativity, based on his own experience, are authoritative. In case you’re interested, I’ve asked our Painter’s Keys elves to put the video at the top of the current clickback. “To be creative we need five conditions,” Cleese says. “Space, Time, Time, Confidence and Humour.” Yep, “Time” comes twice. * Space away from your normal space--space to swing a cat. An open space--a place with the feeling and sensibility of play. * Time in a significant and undisturbed dollop that also includes enough preparatory time to pass through our nor-mally “closed” mode and into an “open” one. * Time to take the further time it takes to get through the early, obvious ideas and ponder further into more origi-nal material. * Confidence to allow spontaneity and audacity. To get properly into the creative mode, you need to pull up the tiresome anchor of reason. There are no mistakes, and nothing that you think or do in your confident state can, for the time being anyway, be wrong. * Humour, because it relaxes, is also a bridge to the “open mode.” Deliberately useless ideas that arise with the use of humour do not in themselves solve problems but serve as stepping-stones to the greater creative ideas. Disparate elements, suddenly combining into something new, are the very root of humour--and disparate elements, suddenly combining into something new, are the root of creativity. Best regards, Robert PS: “Creativity is not a talent; it’s a way of operating.” (John Cleese)

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Th e OrchidistHonorable Mention

CFAI Juried Show Figurative Summer 2012

Ms. Castillo’s entry the “Orchidist” received Honorable Mention in the CFAI Juried Showfor Figurative Art Summer 2012. Her paintingwas missed in the listing of show winners in last month’s Visual Language.

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“No Relief ”Artist: Sallie-Anne Swift

Wins Best in Show in the BOLD BRUSH June Competition 2012

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With a keen awareness of her environment, her great love of nature, wildlife and music, her work refl ects 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.

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When did you realize you loved art and wanted to be ‘an artist’? I can’t recall the exact time. I was always drawing and painting for as long as I can remember. In fact, I recently found a book from my child-hood (Dr Seuss’s My Book about Me) that I filled out when I was 5 or 6. One of the questions in the book is “What you want to be when you grow up?” and even at that early age I wrote artist. It’s something I’ve always assumed I’d do and now that I have that opportunity, I’m very grateful for it.

Who has been the greatest influence from your past to mentor you to this career? I think my life drawing teacher from art school, Bill Parks, was the biggest influence from my past. He was a wonderful teacher who always had something positive to say and encouragement for me. I can recall several times when he’d pull me aside and tell me to keep doing what I’m doing, that I’m on the right road and keep go-ing down it. All these years later am still listing to that advice and still trying to put everything he taught me into practice.

Who is your mentor today, or another artist you admire and why? Where to begin with this one... There are so many artists today that I admire and learn from. Richard Schmid is probably my favorite liv-ing artist. I really admire his use of color, edges and brushwork. I also love Scott Christensen’s work and his use of a very limited palette. I’m amazed at his ability to paint such large canvas with such freshness. I also admire the work by Quang Ho, Jennifer McChristian, Daniel Keys, Albert Handell, Kenn Backhaus, Marc Hanson and many, many others. I enjoy any work that has a strong composition and good use of color. Bold brush work and good use of edges doesn’t hurt anything either.

What is your favorite surface to paint on? Describe it if you make it yourself. I love Centurion Deluxe Oil Primed Linen Panels. These are very inexpensive panels, but one of my favorite surfaces to paint on. I believe the only place to get these is through Jerry’s Artarama.They have some limited size options when it comes to smaller panels, so I supplement them with RayMar panels. From RayMar, I like the smooth portrait cotton panels the best. I’ve also been looking into making my own panels out of Masonite, so in a few weeks my options may have changed.

What brand of paints do you use? I use a mixture of oil paints from Rembrandt and Winsor & Newton and Lefranc’s Titantium White.

Do you have a favorite color palette? Well, I use the same colors on my palette all the time. Over the years I’ve added and removed a few colors, but I keep it pretty consistent. My current palette is: Lemon Yellow, Cad. Yellow, Cad. Yellow Deep, Yellow Ochre, Cad. Scarlet, Cad. Red, Permanent Crimson, Terra Rosa, Transparent Oxide Red, Cobalt Blue Light, Ultramarine Deep, Viridian and Titanium White.

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When did you realize you loved art and wanted to be ‘an artist’? I knew I wanted to be an artist by the time I reached high school. I had many creative relatives that introduced me to many different art forms. My high school art teacher was fantastic and helped me apply for an art scholarship and influenced both my teaching and artistic styles.

Who has been the greatest influence from your past to mentor you to this career? One of my past mentors from my Master’s degree thesis work was Barry Anderson. He was a tremendous influence on my thesis development both visually and written. He was so insightful and generous with his time and thoughts. I am grateful to have been able to work with him. I was also fortunate to have the input of Maria Park, Elijah Gowin and Craig Subler. All of which were a tremendous help in developing my current trajectory.

Who is your mentor today, or another artist you admire and why? Other artists that I admire are Eric Fischl, Wayne Thiebaud, Rachel Whiteread, David Hockney, Andy Goldsworthy. One artist that remains in my mind always as I am working is Edward Hopper - not only for the energy and emotion he could bring to a typical scene or space but simply for the way he could paint sunlight on the side of a house.

What is your favorite surface to paint on? Describe it if you make it yourself. I paint on clear acrylic Plexiglas mainly for the smooth surface which allows my paint to flow freely with time to manipulate it before it dries. The clear Plexiglas also allows light to pass through which I have come to love -especially with my more recent abstract works.

What brand of paints do you use? I use Winsor Newton Flow Formula acrylics mostly and Liquitex medi-ums. I especially love the Liquitex Heavy Body Gel acrylic medium. Do you have a favorite color palette? I love bold color and use it whenever I can. However, I have learned to use more muted color such as taupe, gray, beige and other earth tones in my abstract works. These colors mimic the suburban house paint colors that I see everyday in my environment.

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Eye-catching, sublime, and joyful, are just a few of the words that Jill Saur’s patrons use to describe her original works of art. Although Jill lives in Atlanta, GA,she takes annual photography trips to the beautiful mountains of Colorado, where she captures fresh inspiration for her new paintings.

Although Jill uses her photographs as a reference point, she adds plenty of imagination, creativity, and artistic license to maximize her compositions and use of color. According to Jill, “Th e entire painting just has to feel right before I’ll say it’s fi nished. I’ll oft en walk away from my work, take a break and re-enter the room as if I’m seeing my painting for the fi rst time. Th at’s when I can usually tell if it’s fi nished”.

Having rendered aspen and birch trees for almost thirty years, Jill never tires of these lyrical beau-ties. A good number of her patrons return to buy a second and third painting because simply put, her art brings them great joy.

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Right Page: “Summers Path” 36”x36” Acrylic on Canvas (Green Aspens)Left Bottom: “Golden Vibrance” 18”x24” Acrylic on Canvas (Red Aspens)

Roxanne Steedwww.cfai.co/roxannesteed

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Contemporary Impressionist Palette KnifeHome schooling my daughters encouraged me to renew my childhood love of art. “Mom, teach us to draw” became the motivation to rededicate myself to drawing and painting. As a Navy wife for over twenty-fi ve years, I have been able to live in some of the most beautiful towns on the Atlantic and Pacifi c coasts as well as travel to Hawaii, Singapore, Italy, France, England and Ireland. I’ve pursued my formal art education along the way at Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT; Th e Art League School in Alexandria, VA; and Watts Atelier in Encinitas, CA. Recent studies with colorists Leif Nilsson, and Camille Przewodek, students of renowned teacher Henry Hensche have en-abled me to pursue this ever-intriguing study of the eff ects light.

My paintings are in private collections across the United States, as well as Canada, Ireland, UK, Germany, South Korea, Australia, and Dubai. My most recent corporate collector is Bank of Hampton Roads (Virginia).

Melody Cleary

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The visual arts have held great appeal to me since grade school. I watched my father who was very skilled at drawing and, at home, would draw a variety of designs for granite & marble memorials during his long engraving career in Portland. As he worked, I drew.

In the 70’s, my mother introduced me to our local art center and I studied drawing and oil painting with local professional artists there in Tigard OR, now long gone, and as a working adult, wife and mother, I moonlighted by taking classes at community college and local art schools in life drawing, oil painting, palette knife painting, watercolor, acrylic and a year of basic design. Since retirement in 2000, my concentration has been on continued media and color exploration, begin-ning with watercolors, but then, finding the most intrigue with acrylics.

Since 2005, my work has been juried into Watercolor Society of Oregon shows, Beaverton’s Visual Showcase, the former Kingstad Gallery in Beaverton, juried online exhibitions of the Int’l Society of Acrylic Painters, & Sequim Arts exhibition in Washington state. 2 works are in the permanent collection of City Hall in Beaverton and 4 works were acquired in 2010 by Samaritan Health Services in Albany OR. I have had three solo shows in my area and I currently have collectors in the US and Australia.

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I convey, through my art, my emotional response to color, texture and design in na-ture. I am usually inspired by my own photos taken at local areas, zooming in on a particular portion of the scene where I find a pleasing composition & design. On the computer, I might convert the photo to black & white to just see values, enhance colors to help me achieve a desired coloration, or blur it to just see shapes. I enjoy remaining as free as possible with the paint application via fluid negative brush painting or bold palette knife strokes and enhancing the lights and darks…I am so drawn to light and shadows. Water patterns and reflections are of particular interest to me lately due to the wonderful abstraction that is created. Also trees, grasses, and rock formations. I am deriving great pleasure from applying and scraping pigment with knives to achieve interesting texture and tones. My current work is leaning toward a more abstract rep-resentational style. I also enjoy experimenting with collage and acrylic stained papers which is a nice departure from my usual acrylic canvas works.

Texan artist, Judy Crowe, is a consummate ala-prima oil painter that works from direct observation, predomi-nantly exploring familiar subjects within the genres of landscape, still life and fi gure. She perceives her subjects within simple compositions, working with very direct and bold, planar brushwork. One of her strongest works is an intimate 12”x9” portrait, entitled Th e Jazz Musician. Th e restrained palate of middle toned grays within this piece places the focus on the forms, allowing the sophisticated background geometry to elegantly resonate with the facial planes. Th e bold, unself-conscious brushwork both defi ne and break forms throughout the passages of shared value, allowing the eye to move fl uidly throughout the composition. Mountain Man, another very subtle portrait study, is equally as solid. Th e alluring eyes of this white-bearded man on several levels are akin to the aesthetic nature of the late John Singer Sargent’s portraits. Th e form of the face is suggested through simple ges-tural brushstrokes. Th ese portraits indeed pose more questions than provide answers.

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Painter Hall Groat II, professor of fi ne and media arts at Broome Community College, teaches foundation courses in painting, drawing, color theory, and computer graphics. Groat earned a master of fi ne arts degree in painting and drawing from City University of New York at Brooklyn, a bachelor of arts in art history, minoring in studio art at Binghamton University, and attended graduate and certifi cate programs at Buffalo State Col-lege, Syracuse University, and Savannah College of Art and Design. He also attended summer sessions at Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY, and Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vt.

Ms. Crowe’s still life and landscape work is well done, but does not contain the same sophisticated sense of mystery, and do not seem as personal as the portraits. Th e still life work involving mostly fl owers, vessels does contain a beautiful sense of color and light that works to heightens nature, but tends to be is a bit conventional in composition and subject matter. Th is is not inherently nega-tive; however for a painter of Judy’s skill level, she owes it to herself to explore more innovative compositions and subjects.

Overall her ability to paint far exceeds her choices of subjects. Perhaps in the future we will see Judy paint an inanimate object that is less familiar to us within an unorthodox composition.

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www.cfai.co/debrahurdDebraHurd.comJazz and Cityscape Paintings “Art and music are my passions but it’s all art to me.”

Internationally acclaimed artist Debra Hurd studied art at both Southern University in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. For 15 years she was a graphic designer in Florida and Austin, Texas.

She is also an accomplished pianist, having studied music since early childhood. Debra’s wild boogie-woogie and honky-tonk style still finds her in the recording studios and at live performances in Austin. She loves jazz, classical, and salsa styles, too.

As a painter, Debra is famous for her insightful paintings of animals, her vivid city scenes and her passionate and perceptive depictions of jazz, rock, and blues musicians. Being a musician, she has both a great respect and a feel for the emotions of musicians of the past and present. She works in oils, using a knife to get bold and instant color. She finds the knife to be a great tool of expression. She reaches the observer through the use of dramatic color and texture.

Debra explains: “A very ordinary scene can be perceived differently when painted with a bit of exaggerated color and awareness of light. The ordinary then becomes the extraordinary. Color is critical. When I’m asked which color is my favorite, I tend to think in terms of which two or three colors I like in combination.”


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My paintings continuously explore the landscape as a means to create works that are both meditative and dramatic. I look to the landscape as a means of conveying a simpler perspective. Too oft en our lives seem consumed by our work, our tight schedules, our cluttered city streets; but in these paintings, the landscape has been reduced to the bare essentials: land, sky, light. Even in my abstract work, I look to the landscape, and attempt to distill images that move the viewer through the space and light of the painting, while invoking a sense of place and time. Both bodies of work are a continua-tion of the same vision: to distill the passing landscape into artworks that freeze a brief moment and allow the viewer to hold onto the calming qualities of the land, the space, and the light.

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Debra Hurd

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Felicia Marshall

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Kay SmithGerald Schwartz

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Nancy Eckels Rick Nilson

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Laurie Pacewww.cfai.co/lauriepaceLauriepace.blogspot.comEllepace.comRepresented by Rare Gallery Jackson Hole, Mirada Fine Art in Denver, KHadoure Art in Santa Fe, Dutch Art in Dallas and SR Gallery in Hong Kong,

Pace enjoys a large composition challenging the surface with her knife. Each of her representing galleries carries a variety of pieces from dimensional wolves to horses and fl orals.

This summer Laurie challenged herself to a small surface working with 8 x 8 inch and 8 x 10inch canvas. Not looking forward to the heat, she distracted herself with a challenge to create100 horse paintings in 100 days of Summer for $100 each. Doing this she opened the door up to many new collectors of her knife work with affordable collection starter paintings. To date ofthis interview every painting was sold.

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Represented by:Vertical Arts Gallery, Steamboat Springs, ColoradoBell Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Kimberly is a diverse artist who paints large scale abstracted landscapes for private and corporate collections, as well as small landscapes and fl orals for internet sales.

She is currently engaged in her annual online fundraiser for Breast Cancer.Art for the Cure 2012 consists of small paintings that are posted to her daily art blog. These little gems, priced at $79.00 are perfect for the new collector, as well as the discerning collector with small spaces to fi ll.Kimberly will conclude the online fundraiser in early October with an invitation only show at her Colorado Studio.

10% of the proceeds from the online event, and up to 30% of proceeds from selected pieces in the studio show, are donated to the Denver Chapter of the Susan G Komen foundation. Kimberly also donates a painting annually to the Denver Pink Tie Affair Auction.

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When Barbara was interviewed for this feature she teared up a bit. When her mother-in-law was ill, she was her full time caretaker each day. Part of their day was spent with a hot cup of coff ee feeding the birds and watching them socialize. Barbara has been a long time bird lover literally living in a bird sanctuary in deep east Texas, fi lled with many colorful species.

With the heat of the summer months the birds are just as reliant on Barbara’s special care as they are in the depth of winter. Her sketches and paintings led her to do a summer challenge of 50 bird paintings for $50 each.

Barbara is a world renowned artist, collected for her fl oral paintings, her landscapes and her birds.

Gold Cheek Warbler# 5 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

Pink Flamingo# 27 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

Mockingbird # 33 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

Robin# 34 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

Tit# 36 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

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When Barbara was interviewed for this feature she teared up a bit. When her mother-in-law was ill, she was her full time caretaker each day. Part of their day was spent with a hot cup of coff ee feeding the birds and watching them socialize. Barbara has been a long time bird lover literally living in a bird sanctuary in deep east Texas, fi lled with many colorful species.

With the heat of the summer months the birds are just as reliant on Barbara’s special care as they are in the depth of winter. Her sketches and paintings led her to do a summer challenge of 50 bird paintings for $50 each.

Barbara is a world renowned artist, collected for her fl oral paintings, her landscapes and her birds.

Pink Flamingo# 27 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

Vermillion Fly Catcher# 40

Himalyn Monai# 38 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

Blackbird# 32 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

Pelican# 39 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

Bald Eagle# 37 5 x 7 Oil on Canvas

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The ‘norm’ for Diane Whitehead is to paint on large surfaces ranging up to eight and ten feet in height. Creating her soft textures with large brush strokes is essential to her composition while weaving the spirit of the wildlife to her canvas.

For for the fi rst time ever, this year gives the new collector an opportunity to begin their White-head wildlife collection with a small painting as Diane Whitehead is challenging herself to a small brush-athon and will attempt to paint 100 small wildlife pieces - This is your chance to be a part of her wildlife adventure at an affordable price.

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Suzy Pal Powell Maryann Lucas Stephanie Allison

Pat Meyer Kimberly Conrad Patty Ann Sykes

Elizabeth Chapman

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Honorable MentionLiz Hillwww.cfai.co/lizhill

Honorable MentionLiz Hillwww.cfai.co/lizhill

Stephanie Allison Elizabeth Chapman Sunny Kay Marler

Patty Ann Sykes N A Bozeman Maryann Lucas

Stephanie Allison

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Judith Babcock As an artist I want to communicate visually the excitement I feel from color contrasts and the joy of painting. I am inspired by creating large shapes in a bold format. Painting is an opportunity for me to translate feelings and impressions onto canvas.

When painting I try to capture the essence of the moment while using my creative energy.

Each painting takes on its own personality of shape, color and style. Th e art of painting is a journey of learning.

“I love the smell of paint.”

http://www.cfai.co/judithbabcock/

JudithBabcock.com

Workshopshttp://www.cfai.co/workshops/

Check this page on our site for upcoming workshops by the CFAI.co artists.

Shows and Events

Art & Critique Rick Nilson Paintings: Aquatic Birds and Marine Fauna

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Check this page on our site for upcoming workshops by the CFAI.co artists.

W E N M O H ’S R A N C H

September 12-14 Vicky McMurryhttp://www.vickimcmurry.com/index.html

October 3-6 Georgia Mansurhttp://www.georgiamansur.com/index.html

October 11-14 Don Sahlihttp://paintersjourney.com/

October 26-28 Bob Rohmhttp://bobrohm.com/

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Amy Hillenbrand Soleful Paintingwww.cfai.co/amyhillenbrandwww.AmyHillenbran.blogspot.com

Amy Hillenbrand was born in Racine, Wisconsin and lived in several diff erent states before landing in her current home town of Austin, TX. Aft er receiving her B. S. from the University of Wisconsin in Madi-son, she began her career in the creative world as an Interior Designer. While living in Indianapolis, Indiana, she owned her own successful commercial interior design and architectural fi rm for fi ft een years. Th e small boutique design studio grew into the fi ft h largest design fi rm in Indiana and one of few that was a certifi ed Women Owned Business Enterprise (WBE). She combined her keen eye for color and composition and paired it with her excellent project management skills to spearhead many large mulit-million dollar projects. Her list of corporate clients included Otis Elevator, Ford Motor Company, Th e Hartford, Th omson Consumer Elec-tronics, Praxair, Comcast, McDonald’s and Columbia House. She received Th e Associated Builder and Con-tractor award for her design of the legal offi ces for Cinergy, the Public Utility Company serving Indiana and Ohio. Among her many healthcare projects, she is proudest of her work with the Indiana Surgery Centers. She worked closely with the Administrator to create warm, soothing environments primarily focused on the com-fort of the patient.

Patriotic Flats 8 x 10

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Winter Wear 24 x 12

Mr Leatherneck 5 x 7 Oil

Ready to Wear 24 x 12



Amy Hillenbrandwww.cfai.co/amyhillenbrandwww.AmyHillenbrand.blogspot.com

Rain Rain Go Away 6 x 6

Saddled and Well Worn 6 x 6

About Face 8 x 24


Boop Boop e Boot 8 x 8 Rain Rain Go Away 6 x 6

About Face 8 x 24


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LISA McKINNEYwww.cfai.co/lisamckinneyLMcKinneyGraphics.blogspot.comLisa-McKinney.artistwebsites.com

Hall Groat IIwww.cfai.co/hallgroathttp://www.nyartguide.net/groatii/

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Nancy Medina www.cfai.co/nancymedina

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Mary Jo Zorad Artist of Washington

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Mary Jo Zorad Artist of Washington

Debbie Grayson Lincoln Artist of Texas

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Debbie Grayson Lincoln Artist of Texas

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Our First CFAI.co BookWatch this fall for the fi rst International Art Book from CFAI.co

contemporary fi ne art international

visual language vol 1 no 7 cfai.co sept 2012

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