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The artistic achievements of Steve Anderson span huge dimensions. He has created and supervised visual effects for film and television, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Special Visual Effects” for ABC’s War and Remembrance in 1989. As Senior Concept/Show Designer for Walt Disney Imagineering, he designed Walt Disney World’s New Tomorrowland Astro-Orbiter and directed its installation, and his concept art for the S.S. Fantasia was described by Disney as “a clear winner in market research polls.”
Steve attended California State University, Fresno, obtaining his B.A. in Fine Arts, then his master’s in Painting and Sculpture. He went on to teach a wide variety of advanced art, sculpture, and ceramics classes at Fresno City College, California State University, Fresno, and Northland Pioneer College in Arizona. •
Award of Merit, American Society of Aviation Artists 2025 ASAA 37th Annual Aerospace Art Exhibition
•Award of Merit, American Society of Aviation Artists 2024 ASAA 36th Annual Aerospace Art Exhibition
• Finalist, August 2023, Faso Bold Brush Competition
• James V. Roy Award (Best of Show), 2022, American Society of Aviation Artists
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Rebecca Arguello (b. 1977) is a California-based oil painter renowned for her seascapes and coastal landscapes. She is a self taught artist with a degree in science from UCSB, she continues ongoing study through workshops with leading painters. Among her notable accolades are her selection as a current Semi-Finalist in the 18th ARC Salon and receipt of an Honorable Mention for the Almenara Art Prize. She was recognized as a Finalist in the 17th ARC Salon in 2024 and was awarded The Irvine Museum Award at the 112th California Art Club Gold Medal Exhibition in 2023. Additionally, she earned First Place in the California Dreaming exhibition for the California Art Club, as well as the Kinsman and American Art Collector Awards at the 24th LPAPA Invitational, among other distinguished honors. Mrs. Arguello exhibits internationally and is represented by Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara and Montecito, California. She currently serves as the active Co-chair of the California Art Club’s San Francisco Bay Area Chapter and also participates actively in the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, the American Society of Marine Artists, the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures, the Pleasanton Art League, and Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment
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Poppy Balser has always lived within walking distance of the ocean. She has been fascinated by the sea all her life, which guides the inspiration behind her work. Poppy began the pursuit of watercolour painting in 2000, following a path of self directed study interspersed with workshops from master painters in Canada and the US. She now paints in oil, watercolour and gouache. She is Signature Member of ASMA, OPA and an elected member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. Currently, one of her paintings is held in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle with a second to be added in 2026.
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Over 40 years ago, Serena Bates started her journey of exploration and interpretation of the world around her through art. Beginning probably at the age of 8 or 9, she started with pencil and paper and went on to study traditional figure painting and anatomy at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts and the Rhode Island School of Design.
Over the years she has explored many mediums including charcoal, pastel, oil and acrylic paint to name a few, but when she discovered clay, she went over to the “Dark Side” as she likes to say. She had finally found her soul mate and companion saying, “When you find a material that you can work with tirelessly for hours and think minutes have passed, and your excitement still bubbles over when you leave the studio for the day, you have found home.” The artist describes herself as a storyteller with an affinity for portraits and animals. “Life’s stories plant seeds in my mind, take shape in my soul, and are born through my sculptures.”
Clay, Bronze and Stone are her mediums of choice. Being non-traditional in her approach, she does not take measurements, but instead relies on her eye and sense of observation to interpret a subject. Trusting intuition and a connection to the subject are more important to her than static measurements. This approach breathes life into her work and produces what she calls a “wabi-sabi” affect, the Japanese term that literally means the beauty found in imperfection or “imperfectly perfect.”
Serena has exhibited in nationally known exhibitions and galleries across the United States and Canada. She has won many prestigious awards and honors during her career from the American Artists Professional League, Allied Artists of America, the Salmagundi Club, the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Club, the Academic Artist Association, Mystic Museum of Art to name only a few. The artist is also a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Artists for Conservation, Allied Artists of America, American Artists Professional League and Salmagundi Club.AWARDS:
2025
Center For American Marine Art 42nd Schaefer International Marine Art Exhibition
Sep 18 - Oct 11, 2025
The Mariner Gallery
Newport, RIJuror: Jane Schaefer
Award: "Survivor", Schaefer International Marine Wildlife Award
Allied Artists of America 111th Annual On-Line Exhibition
Sep 1, 2024 - Sep 1, 2025alliedartistsofamerica.orgJuror: Thomas Folk, PhD, Dr.
Award: Josephine Beardsley Sandor Memorial AwardWAFTA Contemporary Realism Competition and Exhibition
August 9 – August 30, 2025
Watson Gallery, Keeney Memorial Cultural Center, Wethersfield, CT
Jurors: Sandra Wakeen & Susan Wakeen
Award: Honor Award for Sculpture “An Elephant in the Room”
Allied Artists of America 112th Annual On-line Exhibition
Sept 1, 2024 - Sept 1, 2025
www.alliedartistsofamerica.org
Juror: Thomas Folk, PhD, Dr.
Award: Josephine Beardsley Sandor Memorial Award “Chameleon of the Sea”
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Members & Associates Exhibition
May 6 - Jun 21,2025
On-Line @ clwac.org
Juror: Debra Nadelhoffer, UPA, AIS, ASMA, SEPSSecond Place: “Muddy Waters”
Earthworks 52 Nd Open Juried Clay Annual
Apr 17 - May 10, 2025
South County Art Association
Kingston, RI
Juror: David Swenson
Award: Second Place, "Amun Ra"2025 Salmagundi Spring Auctions
March 18 – April 4, 2025
Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
Juror: William Jobson
Award: Third Place Award “Lotus”
2024
82nd Annual Audubon Online Exhibition
December 1, 2024 - December 1, 2025
Audubon Artists Inc. www.audubonartits.org
Juror: Jeffrey Wechler
Award: Gold Medal of Honor for Sculpture “Muddy Waters”
127th Anniversary Open Juried Exhibition
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
November 28 - December 7, 2024
Jurors: Jeffrey Spring, Modern Foundry; Janice Mauro, Sculptor
Award: Joseph Beardsley Sandor Charlotte Dunwiddie Memorial Award for "Joyful Ellie."
97th Members Annual
July 20 - August 10, 2024
South County Art Association
Juror: Deborah Baronas
Award: Visconti Sculpture Sward (best Sculpture) – “Archimedes”
The Crossings
May 11 – June 17, 2024
Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT
Juror: Dana Naumann
Award: Honorable Mention – “Precipice”
2024 Salmagundi Members Exhibition
Feb 26 – March 29, 2024
Salmagundi Club, NY, NY
Juror: Patricia Watwood
Award: Harry R. Ballinger Memorial Award “Preaching to the Choir”
2023
126th Annual Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Juried Exhibition
Nov 27- Dec 8, 2023
Salmagundi Club, NY
Jurors: Michael Keropian
Anna Hyatt Huntington Bronze Medal: “Shoo Fly”
Resilience
Oct 19 - Nov 11, 2023
South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
Juror: Ben Anderson
Honorable Mention: "My Precious"
SCNY Animals: Domestic and Working Exhibition
Aug 28 – Sept 28, 2023
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Robert Pilsbury
First Prize: “Zen Zen”
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts CAFA + 112th Annual Exhibition
June 10 – July 22, 2023
Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme CT
First Place Sculpture: "Emancipation"
73rd Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism
May 21 – June 18, 2022
Academic Artists Association
Arts Center East, Vernon, CT
Juror: Del Bourree Bach
Award of Honor: “Isjborns – Ice Bears”
2022
CLWAC Annual Members Exhibition
October 2022
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Lyme Art Association, Lyme CT
Juror: Robert Pilsbury
Honorable Mention: “My Precious”
SCAA All Media 2 Exhibition
Oct 20 – Nov 12
South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
Juror: Del-Bourree-Bach
Award: 3rd Place “Sirena & Octavious”
CLWAC 125th Annual Open Exhibition
June 20 – 30, 2022
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Joseph Beardsley Sandor Memorial Award:“Dolly on the Rocks”
72nd Annual Exhibition of Traditional Realism
May 12 – June 5, 2022
Academic Artists Association
Arts Center East, Vernon, CT
Juror: David Brega
Award of Merit: “Up Dog”
ACGOW Regional Art Exhibition
May 6 – 29, 2022
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, RI
Juror: Michael Rose, Manager, Providence Art Club
Katherine Forest Crafts Foundation Mabel Kingsbury Fentress Award:
“Love Story, Sirena & Octavius”
113th Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition
Nov 23, 2021 – Jan 1, 2022
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Robert Pilsbury
Alphaeus P. Cole Memorial Award: “Star Gazer”
Society of Connecticut Sculptors Exhibition
Nov 19 – Jan 2, 2022
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Norman Legasse
Third Prize: “Gemini”
2021
93rd Annual Grand National Exhibition of the
American Artists Professional League
Nov 8 – 19, 2021
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur
Barbara Newington Award for Traditional Sculpture:
"Miss Independence”
Audubon Artists 79th Annual Exhibition
Oct 25 – Nov 5, 2021
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Michael Cagno, Executive Director and Curator of Noyes
Museum of Art, NJ
Marion & Gill Roller Memorial Award: "Upward Dog”
Connected Land and Sea National Exhibition
June 17 – July 18, 2021
Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA
Juror: Don Demers
Second Place: “Leviathan”
Seaport, Small Works
May 6 – Aug 29, 2021
Copley Society of Boston, Boston, MA
Award of Excellence: “Sir Penguin”
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts CAFA + Members Exhibition
Feb 6 – Mar 20, 2021
Web: www.ctacedemy.org
Third Place: "I Am Woman"
2020
Salmagundi Club Annual Members Exhibition
Oct 20 – Nov 6, 2020
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Philip Isenberg Memorial Award: "Paradise Lost”
Land and Sea - Annual Elected Artists Exhibition
Oct 9 – Nov 19, 2020
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Juror: Robert Pilsbury Third Prize: "Shoo Fly”
Salmagundi Club Annual Members Exhibition
Aug 10 – 28, 2020
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Edmond Rochat, Mary Fitch Memorial Award: "Padawan”
107th Annual Associate Member Juried Exhibition (online)
Allied Artists of America
May 18, 2020 – Aug 21, 2021
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Excellence in Sculpture: "Amun Ra"
*Elected Artist Status Awarded*
2020 Annual Members Exhibition
May 20, 2020
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Claudia Seymour
Philip Isenberg Memorial Award: "Precipice”
Black & White Exhibition
Feb 3 – 21, 2020
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Robert Pilsbury
Margery Sorokava Award: "Miss Independence"
Mystic Museum of Art Members Exhibition
Jan 30 – Feb 29, 2020
Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Award of Merit: "Up Dog"
CLWAC 123rd Annual Open Exhibition
Jan 7 – 31, 2020
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
National Arts Club, New York, NY
Jurors: Norman Legassie and Marc Mellon
Charlotte Dunwoodie Award for Contemporary
Realism: "Miss Independence”
2019
Annual Artists for Conservation International Juried Exhibition
Sept 26 – 29, 2019
Artists for Conservation, Vancouver, Canada
Environmental Statement Award: "Survivor”
2019 Annual Members Exhibition
Apr 28 – May 8, 2019
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Award of Honor: "Enlightened”110th Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition
Dec 3, 2018 – Jan 1, 2019
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Philip Isenberg Memorial Award: "Putin on the Ritz"
2018
90th Grand National Exhibition
Nov 11 – 19, 2018
American Artists Professional League
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Stephanie L Heidrich
Marilyn Newmark Memorial Award: "Precipice”
2018 ACCOW Regional Exhibition
May 4 – 27, 2018
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, RI
Juror: Michael PeeryKatherine Forest Foundation Award: “Leviathan”
100th Duxbury Art Association Show
Feb 4 – Apr 22, 2018
Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Jurors: Crystal Duell, Julie Beck, Tim Ian Mitchell, Cindy Vallino, and Craig BloodgoodSecond Place for Sculpture: “Survivor”
CLWAC 121st Annual Open Exhibition
Jan 9 – 26, 2018
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
Jurors: Gwen Pier and Elizabeth Allison
Council of American Artist Society Award for Traditional Sculpture:
“Amun Ra”
2017
109th Annual Thumb-Box ExhibitionDec 8 – 31, 2017
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Alpheous P. Cole Award: "Hello Dolly"Society of Connecticut Sculptors Annual Members Exhibition
Oct 1 – Nov 29, 2017
Lime Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
People's Choice Award: "Head Over Heels"American Artists Professional League 89th Annual
Grand National Exhibition
Oct 20 – Dec 29, 2017
Online Exhibition, New York, NY
Jurors: David A. Leffel, Sherrie McGraw, Jacqueline Kamin
Helen G. Oehler Memorial Award: “Survivor”
South County Art Association’s All Media II Exhibition
Oct 19 – Nov 11, 2017
South County Art Association, South Kingstown, RI
Juror: Debra Lee Valeri
Honorable Mention: “Amun Ra”
Allied Artists of America 104th Annual Exhibition
Aug 31 – Sept 17, 2017
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Lisa Chalif, Curator Heckscher Museum of Art
Lindsey Morris Memorial Award: “The Game of Cat and Mouse”
South County Art Association’s All Media Exhibition
June 8 – July 8, 2017
South County Art Association, South Kingstown, RI
Juror: Kathy Hodge
Second Place: “Survivor”
What Scares You Most? Exhibition
March 4 – 26, 2017
DeBlois Gallery, Newport, RI
People’s Choice Award: “Gaia”
2016
67th National Exhibit of Contemporary Realism in Art
May 1 – 19, 2016
Academic Artists Association
Community Art Center, Vernon, CT
Juror: Robert Obrien AWS, NWS; John C. Traynor
Honorable Mention: “Amun Ra”
New England Landscape Invitational Exhibition
Sept 1 – Nov 5, 2016
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
People’s Choice Award: “Rapunzel”
Society of Connecticut Sculptors Annual Members Exhibition
Sept 1 – Nov 5, 2016
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Second Place: “Leviathan”
Society of Connecticut Sculptors Summer Exhibition
Aug 1 – 26, 2016
Acton Public Library, Acton, CT
Members Choice Award: “Spirit”
Third Place: “Spirit”
2015
On the Road Exhibit
Oct 3 – Nov 15, 2015
Courtyard Gallery, Mystic, CT
People’s Choice Award: “Go Ask Alice”
Second Place: “Go Ask Alice”
2014
CLWAC 119th Annual Open Exhibition
Dec 2 – 19, 2014
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
Jurors: Marilyn J. Friedman & Gwen Pier
Leila Garden Sawyer Award for Sculpture: “Bagheera”
Society of Connecticut Sculptors 20th Annual Members Exhibition
Aug 1 – Sept 20, 2014
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
Members Memorial Award: “Stubborn Is as Stubborn Does”
Salmagundi Club Annual Members Exhibition
Aug 11 – 29, 2014
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Members Memorial Award: “Dreamer”
Three Rivers College Art Show
April 12 – May 3, 2014
Bean and Leaf, New London, CT
Best in Show: “Green Goddess”
2013
Singular Visions Exhibition
Aug 26 – Sept 27, 2013
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Second Place: “Continuum”
2012
ACGOW Exhibition
May 2, 2012
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, RI
Katherine Forest Craft Foundation Award: “Stubborn Is
as Stubborn Does”
First Prize: “Stubborn Is as Stubborn Does”
62nd National Exhibit of Contemporary Realism in Art
April 29 – June 14, 2012
Jurors: Jane Lund, Arthur Scholtz
Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center, Springfield, MA
Carla Santa and Associates Award: “I Am Woman”
Annual Elected Artists Exhibition
Jan 13 – Feb 18, 2012
Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Honorable Mention: “Denizen of the Deep”
103rd Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition
Dec 7, 2011 – Jan 1, 2012
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Honorable Mention: “Wave Runner”
2011
101st Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition
Dec 7, 2011 – Jan 1, 2012
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Alphaeus P. Cole Memorial Award: “Revelation”
CLWAC 115th Annual Open Exhibition
Oct 4 – 28, 2011
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
National Arts Club, New York, NY
Juror: Barbara Lekberg
Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award: “I Am Woman”
61st National Exhibit of Contemporary Realism in Art
May 1 – June 14, 2011
Academic Artists Association
Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center, Springfield, MA
Jurors: Christopher Zhang & Maris Platis
Carla Santia & Associates Award: “Little Mermaid”
2010
127th Annual Members Exhibition
Oct 20 – Nov 22, 2010
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Juror: Michael Gormley
Philip Isenberg Memorial Award: “Green Goddess”
18th Annual Sculpture Exhibition
June 4 – July 30, 2010
Society of Connecticut Sculptors
Alexy Von Schlippee Gallery of Art, Groton, CT
Third Prize: “Stubborn Is as Stubborn Does”
2009
126th Annual Members Exhibition
Nov 16 – 27, 2009
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Harry R. Ballinger Memorial Award: “Hello Dolly”
ACGOW All Members Show
Oct 7 – 24, 2009
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, RI
People’s Choice Award: “Hello Dolly”
First Place: “Hello Dolly”
Those Delectable Vices Exhibition
Oct 5 – 30, 2009
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Award of Merit: “Living Large”
53rd Annual Juried Regional Art ShowAug 7 – Sept 26, 2009
Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Juror: Carolina Pedraza
Mabel Kingsbury Fentress Award: “Dolly on a Log”
2009 All Media Open Juried Exhibit
May 21 – June 6, 2009
South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
Juror: Julie Thomas Doran
Honorable Mention: “Poseidon’s Bride”
Elected Artists Exhibition
April 16 – May 17, 2009
Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Award for Excellence: “Poseidon’s Bride”
2008
100th Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition
Dec 8, 2008 – Jan 2, 2009
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Certificate of Merit: “Poseidon’s Bride”
Salmagundi Club Annual Summer Exhibition
Aug 4 – 22, 2008
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Members Memorial Award for Sculpture: “Just Another
Charlie Horse”
58th National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art
April 8 – May 18, 2008
Academic Artists Association
Karen Sprague Cultural Arts Center, Springfield, MA
Jurors: Robert K. Carsten and Robert O’Brien
Award for Excellence in Sculpture: “Zhen Zhen”
2007
99th Annual Thumb-Box Exhibition
Dec 3, 2007 – Jan 4, 2008
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Certificate of Merit: “Fallen Angel”
Annual Members Combined Exhibition
Jan 8 – Feb 2, 2007
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Honorable Mention Award for Sculpture: “BOXER”
2006 and Earlier
29th Annual Juried Paintings, Graphics & Sculpture Exhibition for Non-Members
June 19 – 30, 2006
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Joseph Hartley Memorial Award for Sculpture: “Shoo Fly”
2004 Members Annual
Aug 19 – Sept 11, 2004
South County Art Association, Kingston, RI
Juror: Kristin Street
Honorable Mention: “Poseidon’s Bride”
54th National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art
April 4 – 23, 2004
Academic Artists Association
First Church Street Gallery, Springfield, MA
Jurors: Paul Leveill and Sandra Wakeen
Second Place for Sculpture: “Charlie”
All Creatures Great and Small Exhibition
Jan 18 – Feb 4, 2004
Wickford Art Association, Wickford, RI
Juror: Douglas Peck
First Place: “Charlie”
53rd National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art
April 2003
Academic Artists Association
First Church Street Gallery, Springfield, MA
Council of American Societies Award for Traditional Sculpture:
“Sun Kissed”
Convergence 2001: Warwick
September 9 – 30, 2001
Warwick Arts Foundation, Warwick, RI
Second Place Award for Sculpture: “Bagheera”
Members Show
April 11 – May 18, 2001
Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
Members Excellence Award for Sculpture: “Nanook”
ACGOW 2001 Juried Regional Show
March 3 – 27, 2001
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, RI
Juror: Frank Federico
Third Place: “Stellar Expectations”
Convergence 2000: Warwick
Sept 9 – Oct 8, 2000
Warwick Arts Foundation, Warwick, RI
Second Place: “The Gloucester Man”
ACGOW 1998 Juried Regional Show
Feb 26 – March 23, 1998
Artists Cooperative Gallery of Westerly, Westerly, RI
Juror: Betsy Bessinger
Best in Show: "Gourmet Delight” (Pastel)
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Beebe grew up in Connecticut where he also majored in graphic design, graduating from Southern Connecticut State University. Over the years, Beebe has gained significant recognition from his peers in marine art, earning the status of signature member of the prestigious American Society of Marine Artists and gaining admission to the famed Salmagundi Art Club of New York City and the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association. Among his notable juried shows that his work has been selected for were the last eight shows presented by the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut including winning two of the coveted awards of excellence and the Rudolph J. Schaefer III Emerging Artist Award. Further, he has been featured in both the American Society of Marine Artists journal and Martha’s Vineyard Magazine.
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Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin November 30 1934
Education: Boys Technical High School 1945 to 1949
1957-1959 Military Service Army
1960-1980 Freelance Graphic Designer for Advertising
1981-1987 Partner, Creative Director of Advertising Agency, Marketing Group Inc.
1988-1990 Vise President, Art Director of Advertising Agency Hoffman York & Compton
1991 Moved to Cape Coral, Florida
1991-2000 Creatine Director of Advertising Agency, Tuzee Associates
2001-2002 Creative Director of Advertising Agency BVK McDonald
2003 Retired and started to paint watercolors full time
2021 Moved back to Milwaukee, Wisconsin
AWARDS
Signature Member American Watercolor Society
Distinguished Signature Member Florida Watercolor Society
Signature Member American Society Marine Artists
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Linda Besse received her geology bachelor’s degree from Colgate University, and a geology Master of Science degree from Eastern Washington University. Growing up in Rhode Island her love of the sea started at an early age, amplified with yearly visits to Martha’s Vineyard. She became a full-time artist in 1999 and water has featured prominently in her pieces.
Working from her field sketches and her photographs, she creates a composition designed to reflect the inherent artistry of the world around us. Linda has traveled to all seven continents to experience the light, color, and wildlife of the planet. She paints exclusively in oil because she appreciates its luminosity, depth, and intensity of color. Linda uses an alla prima technique to capture the immediacy of the image.
Gallery: Louisa Gould Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Awards (abbreviated)
Coos Art Museum 28th Maritime Exhibition, Director’s Choice Award 2022
OPA National Exhibit, Animal Award of Excellence 2021
NOAPS, Spring International Online Show Best in Show 2020
NOAPS Fall Int'l Merit Award 2021
NOAPS Spring Online Showcase, Award of Excellence 2022, Merit Award 2023
NOAPS Best of America Small Works, Award of Merit 2024
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Two years “Artist Apprentice” at Scheer Advertising Agency, Newark, New Jersey. Eight years USAF Illustrator, including one year tour of duty in Vietnam, 1967-1968. With much of my artwork going to the Air Force Academy, in Colorado.40 years Newspaper Advertising Art Department at Miami Herald and Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel, Florida. Many awards for my advertising Art over the years. Outdoor Art Shows from 1988 through 2018 all over the eastern United States. Many awards over the years. Numerous group and solo art exhibits around eastern United States from 1990 to present. Many galleries throughout eastern United States, mostly in Florida. I’m a Signature Member of both the American Society of Marine Artists and the Gold Coast Watercolor Society and a Distinguished Signature Member of the Florida Watercolor Society. I have also written an award winning, illustrated memoir called “Eleven Months and Nineteen Days”. It’s about my tour of duty in Vietnam as an artist graphically documenting Airlift Operations, plus how I dealt with it all after I came back! I self published it in 2013 and was awarded a Silver Medal from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association for it in 2014.
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Her work has been published in Northlight magazine and American Artist magazine. Her work was featured in the 2001 fall issue of Watercolor Magazine. She has produced four educational videos for the classroom. “Watercolor techniques”, “Line, Shape, Value”, “Aboriginal Art, Past, Present and Future”. and “the Molas of Panama”. . Her work is included in the book “Best of America Watercolors”. Books published are “Packets on Parade”, St. Louis in Watercolor” ,“Once Upon a Time in St. Louis” and “Lost Tables”. Interviews on National Broadcasting are listed in “Artists in America”, and “Next Ave”.
Marilynne received her BFA from Washington University, an MAT from Webster University and her MFA from Syracuse University. She is currently a full professor at Webster University . In the past she has instructed classes and workshops at the Kansas City Art Institute, St. Louis University, William Woods University, Columbia College, Washington University and many national watercolor societies. Besides presenting lectures and demonstrations she is in demand for jurying exhibits. School, she was a reader for the Advanced placement in Art History at Princeton University.
in the arts Recognition” in 2013. In 2017 Webster University awarded her with the “Outstanding Alumni. -
Growing up on 90 acres of farmland in Pavilion NY, Jay Brooks has always had the landscape as an integral part of his life and art. At the young age of 14, Brooks began painting under the classical apprenticeship of John Piesley and the plein air instruction of Charles Movalli.
In 1988, Brooks received his B.F.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University and in 1990 he received his M.F.A. from Columbia University. Being removed from his familiar bucolic surroundings, Brooks studied and painted the industrial environments of Pittsburgh and New York City.
After teaching art in New York City, Brooks moved back to upstate NY in 1993. Here, Brooks is surrounded by countless varieties of scenes from around the northeastern US. His paintings include a variety of images from depictions of the New England shore to the countryside and small towns of upstate New York.
Jay Brooks is currently showing at the River Gallery in Narrowsburg, NY. Brooks is a current member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society. -
Armand Cabrera lives in Palmyra, Virginia. He is represented by galleries in Virginia, Nantucket, Georgia, Florida, and California.
Armand spent 23 years in the entertainment industry as an artist creating book covers, album art, conceptual designs, background art, 3d modelling, and storyboarding.
Armand has been a featured artist in Southwest Art, Art of the West, Plein Air Magazine, International Artist, Art and Antiques, Art Business News and Modern Impressionist magazines.
Armand was commissioned in 2025 to create two 84 x 42 paintings of prominent rock formations in Luray Caverns by the Luray Caverns Corporation for permanent Display in their new Welcome Center.
Armand’s recent awards include, Best landscape Award Haggin Museum 2006, Havre De Grace Plein Air, Best of Show 2007, Riverbend Plein Air 2007, Best Architectural Award Plein Air Easton 2007, the Illuxcon 2014 Purchase Award Allentown Museum, 6x6 Higby gallery awards in 2022 and 2023, third Place award for Quickdraw Plein Air Abingdon 2023, Best use of light and Third Place Quickdraw Awards Harford Plein Air 2024 and Best of Show and Best Quickdraw Awards for Plein Air Abingdon 2024, Award of Merit Plein Air New Bern 2025, and an Honorable Mention American Impressionist Society National Show 2025. -
Laura Cooper has been painting maritime art for over 20 years. Her work combines a unique relationship between atmosphere and light while maintaining a painterly feel. The most recent awards include the Stobart Award at the 42nd Schaefer International Marine Art Exhibition in September 2025, the Alden Bryan Memorial Award for Best Landscape at the American Artists Professional League 94th Grand National Exhibition 2022 and Awards of Merit in the 2022 and 2023 New England Regional Juried Exhibition at the Guild of Boston Artists. She also won prestigious awards at the International Marine Art Exhibition, Mystic Seaport – Maritime Gallery: Rudolph J. Schaefer III Emerging Artists Award in 2015, Yachting Award in 2016, and the Thomas M Hoyne III Award in 2017. Laura has been in numerous shows across the country and her works are in private collections nationally and internationally. Her major influences in art are John Singer Sargent, John Stobart, and Richard Loud. She served as Treasurer of the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) and is currently a Signature Member in the ASMA. She resides in Quincy, MA.
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Debbie’s Website
I am a self taught oil painter who has been painting for more than 3 decades.
I am inspired by the natural beauty of the surroundings where I live in the San Juan Islands and on the gulf coast of Florida and will never tire of painting the sea.
I am a member of the Oil Painters of America and a signature member of the American Society of Marine Artists.
I have been in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the country.
My work has been published in Sea History magazine (summer, 2025), on the cover of the American Society of Marine Artists (summer 2022), in Southwest Art magazine (Dec. 2017) and Northlight Books, Strokes of Genius, Best of Drawing.
My work may be found in the permanent collection at hospitals and corporations across the US, most notably at Google in Seattle. From May to November, I work at my studio at Friday Harbor Atelier in Friday Harbor, WA. The other six months of the year, I work in my home studio in New Port Richey, FL.
I am represented by Trippe Gallery, Easton, MD; Cole Gallery, Edmonds, WA; Crow Valley, Orcas Island, WA; and VEFA Gallery, Torrance, CA -
Anthony’s website
Anthony Davis is a self-taught artist known mostly for his award-winning maritime scenes and seascapes in pastel and oil. He is a Signature member of the American Society of Marine Artists and artist member of both the Salmagundi Club and Lyme Art Association. Anthony’s seascape themed artwork has been shown nationally in numerous ASMA exhibitions, and his work has been featured in International Artist Magazine, and on the cover of Pastel Journal. His paintings have received dozens of awards, including multiple gold and silver medals for pastel at The Salmagundi Club’s Annual Members show. He has also taught his approach to seascape painting and given numerous demonstrations across the country, and currently teaches plein air painting through a local art school. Anthony is represented by numerous galleries on Long Island, New York, Connecticut and Martha’s Vineyard. When not painting, Anthony is a practicing physical therapist for 32 years and has recently published his first novel.
Most Recent Honors:
Charles Movalli Gold Medal/Excellence in Painting, “Land and Light” Show, Bryan Gallery, VT Top 100 Finalists, May 2024, Plein Air Salon Competition – Plein Air Magazine
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Rick J. Delanty is a national award-winning artist in plein air competitions around the West, and in exhibitions across the United States, including the California Art Club’s Gold Medal show.
The artist has practiced his craft and taught professionally for fifty years. His work is in the permanent collection of three prominent museums. Feature articles concerning his work have appeared in many national publications, as well as a book he authored entitled “Beauty Unites Us.” His work is included in many books about painting and art history, as published by the Irvine Museum, and Art Renewal Center, among others.
Rick is affiliated with several professional organizations, as Signature member of the American Society of Marine Artists, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, Pacific Institute of Marine Artists, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, the American Impressionist Society, and Artist member of the California Art Club and Oil Painters of America. The Art Renewal Center designated the artist as Associate Living Master. The artist has served as awards judge for several national organizations, as well as an instructor, demonstrator, moderator and speaker. -
Sara Jane is a Signature member of the Oil Painters of America and the American Women Artists. Her work has been included and won awards in prominent juried exhibitions across North America including the grand prize winner with the American Women Artists, Rockwell Museum Show. She has been featured in several publications, including Southwest Art's "21 Under 31", and “Start Your Collection”, American Art Collector, International Artist Magazine, Cape Cod Life and Shrimp Collards and Grits Magazine. Her work is represented by Addison Art Gallery in Orleans, MA, Dare Gallery in Charleston, SC and Troika Gallery in Easton, MD.
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Vlad Milan Duchev was born in 1965 in the small town of Pokrov (former Ordzhonikidze) in Ukraine. Growing up, he was impressed by the art of Russian-Ukrainian impressionists. At the age of 8, he entered an art school in the small town of Bila-Tserkov and began his artistic journey, aiming to join the Art Academy of Ukraine. At the age of 14, under pressure from his musical family, he decided to take a musical path. He studied at the Music College of Zhytomyr, the Music Academy of Kharkiv, and the National Conservatory of Ukraine in Kyiv, with a principal focus on classical performance on the double bass. However, at the same time, he continued to study painting. In 1994, he moved his family to the United States due to the unstable situation in Ukraine. He resides and works in Baltimore, MD.
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Austin Dwyer is a life member and past president of The Puget Sound Group of N.W. Painters. He is a signature member of the American Society of Marine Artists and was elected to the board in 2007. He is also a senior fellow with the Pacific Rim Institute of Marine Artists. He retired in 2005 from Cohen Dwyer Advertising and Marketing in Seattle.
He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland. and by the time he was sixteen, was a cadet in the British Merchant Marine.. Austin studied music, graduating from the Municipal School of Music in Dublin and studied art in London and Frankfurt, Germany. His travels finally brought him to America, where he joined the U.S.A.F. After the service, he arrived in Seattle and studied commercial art and illustration at the Burnley School of Professional Art where he taught for fourteen years. Besides being a painter, he is also a teacher, author and musician and has been a frequent guest lecturer at high schools and universities throughout the state. His art has won awards in America and the United Kingdom. Locally, his paintings frequently advertise the merits of Foss Tug and Olympic Tug companies for their calendars. His paintings have won many awards, including the Frye Museum and West Coast Paper Show. Since the creation of the Puget Sound Country Exhibit, he was awarded the West Coast Purchase Award three times and best of show in the Coos Bay Museum ASMA sponsored west coast Maritime Exhibition four times. -
John has been painting since he was a teenager. John attended the Kansas City Art Institute and the Maryland Institute College of Art – graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1981. John’s paintings have won numerous awards and have been accepted into many exhibitions regionally and nationally. Just in the last two years John's awards include: “Best in Show” at the 2025 Artists On Location Plein Air Festival at the Knoxville Museum of Art, “Best Water” at the 2025 Wayne Plein Air Festival outside Philadelphia, The “Best of Harbor Award” at the Paint Annapolis Festival in 2024; The “Best of Beaufort” award at the North Carolina Plein Air Festival in 2024; Best depiction of water, 2024 Shadows on the Teche - to name a few.
He is a member of the prestigious, historic Washington Society of Landscape Painters. John also writes narratives of his plein air adventures and has been published in Plein Air Magazine. John is currently represented Main Street Gallery in Annapolis, Md – and the Troika Gallery in Easton, Md. -
EDUCATION
Pensacola Christian College - MFA, BFA
Artist Mentorship - Greg Beecham
Artists Mentorship - Derek Penix
AWARDS
Emerging Marine Artist of the Year, 41st Schaeffer International
John Stobart Foundation Grant Recipient
Mystic Seaport Museum Residency Grant Recipient
Award of Excellence, Oil Painters of America Salon Exhibition
GALLERIES
Annapolis Marine Art Gallery, MD
Derubeis Collective Gallery, CA
Gupton Gallery, Big Island, Hawaii
Tabora Gallery, Kauai , Hawaii
Tabora Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
Tabora Gallery, Oahu , Hawaii
MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Marine Artists
Oil Painters of America
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Christopher Forrest’s background: multiple engineering degrees, 10 years service US Army officer ( command, Vietnam, ranger & airborne training), 10 years artist specializing in multicolor original lithographs & etchings, some 125 editions, 30 years business, and returning to art 2019 focusing on coastal scenes w/wildlife. Articles on his work have been published in ASMA Journal, Southwest Art, Hyperrealism Mag, Wildlife Art, and International Artist Magazine. He is a juried member of the International Guild of Realism, signature member of ASMA & SAA, and elected artist of American Artist Professional League. His work has been juried into 100+ national & international shows to include OPA, NOAPS-BOA, ASMA, AAPL, Academic Artists, Richeson75, ARC, Plein Air Salon, and Art&Color365.
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Lisa Gleim is an award-winning pastel artist and a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She is the Audubon Artists 2012 & 2016 Gold Medal of Honour for Pastel recipient, Audubon Artists 2013 Art Spirit Foundation's Gold Medal Award for Pastel, and the Audubon Artists 2019 Art Spirit Foundation’s Silver Medal Award for Pastel recipient. In 2016, she was named the Atlanta Branch of the National League of Pen Women's Artist of the Year. Her painting, "The Secret Keepers," was acquired by the Booth Western Art Museum in 2020 as part of its permanent collection. In 2022, she was elected as a Master Signature Artist in American Women Artists.
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I am an elected Signature Member and Board member of the American Society of Marine Artists, a member of the Art League of Long Island, National Art League, Art League of Hilton Head, International Guild of Realism, National Maritime Historical Society, Steamship Historical Society, and an elected member of the American Bureau of Shipping.
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West End Gallery Corning NY
Sherwood's Gallery Houston TX
Rockwell Museum of Western Art Permanent Collection
42nd Shaefer Marine Art International Exhibition
Paint the Parks Coutts Museum Juror's Award
Arts for the Parks Historical Art Award -
Obtaining a scuba certification when young, a fascination with the sea has been my passion. Curiosity for nature drove me to a deeper understanding, completing advanced degrees in biology. My art has since been driven by this love for the natural world and the dynamics of surf. Art is another way that I explore and interact with nature. I spent many years on the New Hampshire seacoast, where my love for rough and rocky coastlines became a dominant presence in my art. I am a signature member in the American Society of Marine Artists. My work has been exhibited in many national shows and gallery exhibitions and has won many awards, including the Schaefer Award at the 37th International Marine Art Exhibition at Mystic Seaport Museum. In 2022, I was an Artist in Residence at the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut. Currently, my paintings are on exhibit at the Simie Maryles Gallery in Provincetown MA, as well as Sheldon Fine Art in Newport RI and Naples Fl. My work is represented in many collections throughout the USA and Europe.
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"I choose to paint what is beautiful and meaningful, knowing that this act of celebrating and communicating the beauty in this world has the power to uplift and inspire."
American Contemporary artist Paula Holtzclaw has gained a national reputation for her ability to capture the drama of nature on canvas. Known for her luminous landscapes, these works reflect a deep connection to unspoiled nature, capturing atmosphere, mood and light. Growing up in the southeastern United States, Holtzclaw was surrounded by the natural beauty that would later inspire much of her artwork. She has carved a niche in the art world through her masterful use of color, light and composition.
Holtzclaw has garnered numerous awards from National and International Organizations such as Oil Painters of America, American Society of Marine Artists, Salmagundi Club of NY, National oil and Acrylic Painters Society and American Impressionist Society.
In addition to her artistic achievements, Holtzclaw has enjoyed serving as entry and awards juror for regional and national exhibitions. She is passionate about mentoring emerging artists and believes in giving back to the art community at large. Actively involved in many art organizations, she is always ready to lend a helping hand. -
Alina Hubarenko is a German-Ukrainian artist, born in Kyiv in 1991 and based near Kassel. After academic training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ukraine, she continued her education as an autodidact under the mentorship of international artists and curators. Since 2020, she works professionally as an artist alongside her part-time work as a physician.
Her hyper-realistic seascapes in oil reflect the emotional and psychological resonance of water, offering viewers moments of balance, slowness, and self-awareness through connection to the elemental. She describes her works as portals to genuine joy and inner abundance in contrast to today’s fast, digital world.
Alina Hubarenko has exhibited among others at the Royal Society of Marine Artists in London (2021, 2023, 2024), the Women’s Museum Bonn, The Sailing Museum Newport, the Arte Laguna Prize 2024 in Venice and 2025 in Shanghai, Beijing International Art Biennale 2025, and the documenta sites in Kassel. She was awarded residencies in Cyprus and Canada and is a member of the International Guild of Realism. -
A graduate of Indiana University, Debra Huse is a contemporary American Plein Air Oil Painter. She uses rich color and bold fluid strokes to capture the light and drama in her plein air and studio oil paintings. Huse and her husband Randy enjoy traveling on their sport fishing boat GROUPER where Debra often paints scenes from the water. Debra teaches painting workshops across the U.S. and in Italy and France.
Huse has been featured in Southwest Art Magazine, Plein Air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur & Art of the West Magazine. and has had work in over 25 museum Exhibitions.
Debra is a signature member of:
American Society of Marine Artists
American Impressionist Society
Laguna Plein Air Painters, Signature Member & Emeritus Board of Directors
Pastel Society of America, Signature Member , & Hoosier Salon
2025 Laguna Plein Air Invitational, “Best Seascape AWARD” & “Best body of Work”
2025 101st Annual Hoosier Salon Exhibition, Indiana State Museum
2025 Featured “Malibu On My Mind” in Modern Impressionist Magazine
2025 Featured Artist painting demo “Vixen”in Modern Impressionist Magazine July/August
2025 American Society of Marine Artists Coos Bay Museum 2025 Exhibition, “Martha’s Vineyard Maritime Charm”
2025 OPA National Exhibition
Featured Artist in the 2025 BOOK “Remembering Lahaina” -
Larry's formal art education began right after high school at the State University of New York at Buffalo, continued at SUNY Farmingdale, graduating with a degree in Advertising Art and Design. He then attended Southampton College on an art scholarship, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Larry worked for Grumman Aerospace Corporation (now Northrop Grumman) for 28 years, including 9 years as an illustrator for the Corporate Training department
In 1994 Larry and a group of friends opened an art gallery in Bellport, New York. Living on Long Island and having sailed the local waters, the coastal landscape was a natural choice of subject matter and his work immediately began to attract a following. Larry was represented by the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport from 2008 until its closing in 2020 and participated in the annual International Exhibition during that time. He is now represented by the William Ris Gallery in Jamesport, NY and the Louisa Gould Gallery in Vineyard Haven, MA on Martha's Vineyard Island.
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Jackie is an award-winning oil painter known for expressive seascapes and coastal landscapes inspired by a life spent along the eastern seaboard. Working in both plein air and the studio, she is drawn to the power of the ocean, the grace of sailing vessels, and the rugged authenticity of working harbors. Influences include Winslow Homer, Willard Metcalf, and Cape Ann painters such as Cecilia Beaux, Emile Gruppe, and Frederick J. Mulhaupt. She holds a BFA in Painting from Lyme Academy College of Fine Art and an Associate Degree in Graphic Design and Illustration from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.
A Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Jones is also an active member of American Women Artists, Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, and the historic Salmagundi Club in New York City. Her paintings—celebrated for capturing the spirit of coastal life and wide western vistas—are represented by Bayview Gallery in Maine, Demers Jones Gallery in Rockport, Massachusetts, The Gallery at Somes Sound on Mount Desert Island, and Finer Line Gallery in Cape Cod. Honors include First Prize for Outstanding Work (2017), the People’s Choice Award from The Brinton Museum (2020), and top recognition in the Salmagundi Club’s Nautical Exhibition. The Brinton Museum has also acquired one of her works for its permanent collection.
In addition to her studio practice, Jones is dedicated to teaching and mentorship. She leads plein air workshops and studio painting classes, and co-founded The Outdoor Studio with her husband, marine artist Don Demers, offering instruction in the United States and abroad. She serves on the Board of Governors and Education Committee of the Rockport Art Association & Museum, where she and Demers have been involved in reestablishing the historic Cape Ann Summer School of Art as part of the organization’s expanded educational programming.
The couple divides their time between South Berwick, Maine, and East Hampton, Connecticut, and together they own and operate the Demers Jones Gallery in Rockport, Massachusetts, where they are proud to contribute to Cape Ann’s thriving artistic community. -
Marty J. Kalb, a resident of Delaware, Ohio, USA, has been exhibiting his artwork in various media for over 60 years. The retired Ohio Wesleyan University professor of Fine Art is a graduate of Michigan State University, Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley. Kalb's artwork has been included in over 150 group and one person exhibitions, and is represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections. Most notable Kalb’s work is in collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Library of Congress and many other museums in Ohio and other states in the US. Marty Kalb's work has not been defined by one art form. Over his long career he has employed both abstract and realistic, styles to capture landscapes and seascapes. Since 2013 Kalb has been working on a series of highly realistic Ocean Paintings, exploring the dynamic interaction between waves rocks and sand.
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David Kizziar started drawing at the age of five and, despite having no formal art education progressed naturally from pencil to ink and then oils.
Moved by lighting, composition, and his love for the techniques of the Master’s, David Kizziar is inspired to create pieces which build from his natural artistic gift of portraying life-like movement and capturing tonal values to give perspective. Growing up on the California Coast, it is not a surprise to see that much of David’s work has been inspired by the ocean through his highly detailed seascape drawings. David’s Original drawings in monochromatic colored pencil, sanguine, graphite or ink can take hundreds of hours to complete with no room for mistakes.
Collectors often are surprised by the gentleness and realistic interpretations of a subject that David creates which makes them feel like they are right there in the moment as the artist himself was oftentimes, eliciting an unexpected outward emotional and sometimes tearful response. -
Al Kline is a self-taught Artist who began painting watercolor in April 2017. He is a signature member of the Southwestern Watercolor Society (SWS) and Watercolor Society of South Texas (WSST). He is also a member selected for exhibitions in the American Impressionist Society, American and National Watercolor Societies of America (AIS, AWS,NWS).
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Richard Lane is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in NYC. He is represented by numerous galleries along the estate coast including Sheldon Fine Art in Newport RI . He is a member of the Ship model Society of NJ and a signature member of American Society of Marine Artists .
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A self-taught artist who discovered art later in life, I found my authentic artistic voice working with graphite. Drawing directly onto a cradled Ampersand Claybord surface, I begin with a simple line drawing that serves as a contour map for the entire piece. Working from darkest dark to lightest light, I apply various forms of graphite, including water-soluble and powdered graphite, layer upon layer, building texture and depth, to tell a story.
The underlying story of a work of art becomes more poignant and arresting when the visual language is reduced to lines, shapes, and values. Absent the romance of color, working in shades of grey is like telling a short story versus writing a novel. I strive for my graphite art to evoke both story and emotion, to resonate with recollection and recognition.
My work is representational but not photorealistic. The maker’s mark is evident in my work, but the overall impact is that of a painting more than a drawing. My art is not about visual perfection. It is about visual perception.
AAPL, IGOR, Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi NRA, AFC, SAA -
A native Kansan, Susan Lynn earned her BFA from Kansas State University in 1985. After a fifteen year career as an architectural illustrator, she then shifted her focus entirely on fine art. Susan’s work has now been featured over twenty times in national art publications, including Plein Air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, and International Artist Magazine.
Accomplished in both watercolor and oil, she has earned signature membership status in the American Society of Marine Artists, American Women Artists, National Watercolor Society, Outdoor Painters Society, and is a past elected Artist Member of the historic Salmagundi Club. Her extensive list of awards include 3rd Place in the American Tonalist Society's Best in Tonalism 2024, the Elta Joyce Murphey Grand Prize at En Plein Air Texas, the Michael Willing Memorial Award from the National Watercolor Society, and the American Women Artists’s Award for Distinguished Achievement in Landscape Painting.
In 2018, Susan moved from her native Midwest to Rockport, Massachusetts, and in 2019 she opened her own gallery, the Susan Lynn Gallery & Studio on Main Street. Susan currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Rockport Art Association & Museum. -
I'm a fifth generation North Floridian who began a second career as an artist upon retirement from state government. Beginning with lessons at the local senior center, I studied with John Salminen, Suzanna Winton, Don Andrews, Don Taylor and others. I hold signature membership in 10 state and national watercolor societies
and have won awards in many of them. I'm represented by River's Edge Gallery in Apalachicola, FL and The Gadsden Arts Center and Museum in Quincy, FL. -
Jan Min is driven by the pleasure he finds in creating atmosphere and lights found in the
land and seascapes around him.
Using different tones and shadings, he commits the beauty, that inhabits the places he visits,
giving them a sensitivity that is doubled with a latent poetry, which he strives with the
viewer. Most of them are places he visit or visited and captivated his attention.
Sometimes the subjects are places he would love to be, being in his studio again.
As soon as there is a passionate feel about his subject, he has a strong urge to paint it and
share it. The emotion of making the painting goes beyond all for him , just as purity,
simplicity and the art of omission
Only then there will be a connection with the viewer. This is often remarked by the public
about his works
Since 2015 he is a co founder of IWS Holland and is since 2022 the President of it.
He shows his works world around in many exhibitions, is a much invited Master guest ,did
win numerous awards (latest :Fabriano International Watercolor certificate of Merit , a Top
25 International Award and a Merit Award in the NWS/RWS Exhibition in Edinburgh)), is an International jury member, gives many demo’s and workshops live and online, is a respected teacher , has many publications in well know magazines and published his book: Catch the Light.
Most of his joy in teaching is to inspire other painters, letting them feel the happiness of
creating, improving their techniques and levels, and loves to make connections between
people.
President IWS Holland
Signature Member San Diego Watercolor Society
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists
Signature Member of North West Watercolor Society
Signature Member of Pitssburgh Watercolor Society
Signature Member of the Pensylvania Watercolor Society
Brand Ambassador Daniel Smith
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Originally from Minsk, Belarus, I began my artistic journey as an art director in theater. A move to USA in 1995 opened new horizons and offered countless opportunities for creative growth. My work has received numerous awards from esteemed institutions such as the Salmagundi Art Club, AAPL, the Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society (MPSGS), and other prominent exhibitions. Additionally, I have been honored as a Finalist multiple times in the prestigious Art Renewal Center (ARC) International Salon Competition (2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2023, and 2024/2025). Member of the Salmagundi Club; IGOR (International Guild of Realism); ASMA; Signature member of The American Artists Professional League (AAPL);
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Brechin was born in New London, CT and spent summers on the beach in Waterford. At sixteen, he left school to live in Greenwich Village. He hitch-hiked twice across the US and through Mexico riding 1,000 miles in railroad boxcars. After crewing in the Virgin Islands, he studied painting at Silvermine College of Art with professors who trained at Yale with Josef Albers. After graduation he opened a sign company in South Norwalk and painted outdoor murals and billboards. In 1998 to fulfill a life-long dream he sailed from Block Island alone around the world spending four and a half years on his 27 foot cutter “Otter”. On his return to Block Island in 2003 he became the 232nd person to solo-circumnavigate since Joshua Slocum and received the Golden Circle Award from the Joshua Slocum Society. Brechin has a studio in Bridgeport, CT where he paints primarily marine subjects. He is a signature member of ASMA and is represented by the Jinishian Gallery, Thames River Gallery, Arnould Gallery. He has been Artist in Residence at Mystic Seaport three summers in conjunction with the Center for American Marine Art and has shown in two recent Schaefer International Marine Art Exhibits.
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Sculpting began as childhood whittling. I have always made things from natural materials beginning with wood. Making art has been a driving force for me. My adult years were spent designing and constructing musical instruments which sold through various dealers nationwide.
After moving to Maine, I began sculpting, first in granite and now in wood. The process of creating a realist whale, a magnificent creature, is a challenge. -
Natasha Ramras is a Washington artist that captures in oil the impressionistic landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. Her work has won numerous awards and has been collected worldwide. She has a formal art education. Her next solo show is at the Chessman Gallery in Lincoln City, OR, running from November through January.
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Robert J. Simone is a Signature Member of ASMA, OPA and NOAPS. His primary art education came from workshops with elite artists such as Scott L. Christensen, Stapleton Kearns, Anthony Ryder and Clayton Beck III. Robert received the Grand Prize at Plein Air Easton 2024 for his painting The Shipwright's Apprentice. He received Best In Show for his painting of the tall ship Elyssa at Plein Air Southwest in 2019. He is represented by Anderson Fine Art Gallery in St. Simons Island, Ga and Ken Knowles Gallery in Rockport Mass.
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Indiana artist, Jerry Smith, has had a life-long interest in art, although opting for a business degree in college. He began oil painting as a hobby in the early 1970’s, switching to watercolor shortly thereafter. Primarily through self-training and workshop study he left his business career behind and has been a full-time artist since the mid-seventies. Jerry was introduced to plein-air painting in a 1976 workshop taught by Don Stone in Rockport, MA. This trip also inspired a fascination with the painting opportunities offered by the New England coastline and has had a major impact on his work. Annual painting trips to the Maine coast complement his Indiana landscape painting. Jerry traveled to China the summer of 2023 with other international artists to paint with Chinese watercolor artists and to participate in the Qingdao International watercolor show and other exhibitions, plein air painting, watercolor demonstrations, and interactions with the art community. In May 2024 he was a Watermedia presenter at PACE (Plein Air Convention & Expo) in Cherokee, NC.
Signature Memberships
AWS – American Watercolor Society (Dolphin Fellow)
TWSA – Transparent Watercolor Society of America
NWS – National Watercolor Society (Master)
ASMA – American Society of Marine Artists
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A resident of Kansas City, Missouri, Richard Sneary started painting as a water- colorist, primarily en plein air in 2011, after 40 years as an Architect, architectural illustrator, and educator. He is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, American Impressionists Society, Missouri and Kansas Watercolor Society, and the Outdoor Painters Society, Faculty at the University of Kansas Department of Architecture 1977-1985, Faculty Artist at the 11th Annual Plein Air Convention & Expo 2024 & Plein Air Convention & Expo 2016, and Faculty Artist at Streamline’s 3rd Annual Watercolor Live 2023. He has been the Featured Artist in Plein Air Magazine, “Playing With- in the Lines”, February/March 2022; Special Feature in Plein AIr Magazine, “Deep In The Heart Of West Texas”, June/July 2020; Featured Artist in Plein Air Magazine, Aug/Sept 2014.
Recent awards include Grand Prize at Lighthouse Plein AIr 2022 and Artists Choice in 2024; Best Body Of Work at en Plein Air Texas 2021, Best Of Show at Stems Plein Air 2020 & 2011; 2nd Place Artists Choice at Telluride 2018. Richard is represented by Art Gallery Prudencia, San Antonio, TX, Studio B, Easton, MD, and McBride Galley, Annapolis, MD. -
Alexandra Telgmann is an internationally acclaimed German fine art painter renowned for her contemporary figurative and marine wildlife works. Her paintings, often enriched with real gold leaf, capture sunlight shimmering on water, reflecting the beauty and fragility of marine ecosystems.
She earned a Master’s degree in goldsmithing before refining her artistic voice through advanced studies in portrait and figure painting at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in the USA.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Mall Galleries in London, Salmagundi Art Club in New York, Broadmoor Galleries in Colorado Springs, Abend Gallery in Denver, Grand Bohemian Gallery in Charleston, MEAM Barcelona, and 33 Contemporary Gallery in Palm Beach. A solo exhibition, Laconella, was held at Pinnacle Gallery in Savannah. She has also contributed to stage design at the Oldenburgische Staatstheater and lectured at SCAD.
A member of the International Guild of Realism and recipient of the Best Animal and Wildlife Award, Telgmann’s art has appeared in American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, and Create! Magazine. She was shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Exhibition at the Russell-Cotes Museum, participated in "Women Beyond Borders" in Times Square, and her work is part of the Lunar Codex. -
Karl Terry is a British Painter born in 1967. He predominently paints en plein air in all weathers . He is a member of The Royal Society of Marine Artists, an Associate member of the Royal Institute of oil painters and a member of The Wapping Group of Artists. He exhibits in galleries through out the United Kingdom and has had his work shown in the USA with The Grenning Gallery in Sag Harbour, Trees Place in Massachusets and Galerie Gabrie in Pasadena.
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Anzhei Trubitski is a classically trained painter currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts, where he spent six years studying academic painting, drawing, and composition.
Anzhei’s work combines classical European technique with the vibrant atmosphere of American realism. Inspired by nature, architecture, and the play of light, he paints landscapes, still lifes, and coastal scenes that reflect both tradition and a fresh, modern sensibility.
His works have been juried into numerous national and international exhibitions, including those of the Oil Painters of America (OPA), National Oil & Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS), American Impressionist Society (AIS), and the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA). Among his recent honors are the William Schultz Memorial Award in Oils, BoldBrush Jury’s Favorite, and multiple Merit Awards.
Today, Anzhei focuses on creating paintings that evoke a quiet connection between light, landscape, and emotion. Each piece reflects his belief that art should capture not only what we see, but also what we feel when we pause to truly look. -
Sam is an elected member of The Guild Of Boston Artists and has won the designation of Copley Master from the Copley Society of Boston. He attended the R.H.Ives Gammell Atelier in Boston where he won a four year scholarship.
In 2025 Sam won the Frank Benson Award at the Guild Of Boston Artists for the third time. In 2023 Sam won the Alden Bryan Award for Best Landscape at the Guild Of Boston Artists and the Aldro T. Hibbard Award at the Rockport Art Association. He also won an Honorable Mention for his landscape Coastal Erosion in the National Juried Exhibition at RAA&M. In 2022 Sam won the Montanaro Award for Best Seascape in the National Juried Exhibition at the Rockport Art Association & Museum in Rockport, MA. In 2012, Sam received the Frank Benson Award at The Guild of Boston Artists for the second time. He has also won the R.H.Ives Gammell Award, and in 2009, he won the prestigious Edmund Tarbell Award, an honor given to first prize in painting at the annual All Members event held each spring. -
Painter and sculptor Frank Walsh was born and raised in San Francisco, California. Frank acquired his knowledge and skill through years of self-directed independent study. Throughout much of his art career, he has worked in the two dimensions, drawing and painting with pen and ink, acrylics and oils. Recently, Frank has added sculptures to his portfolio. Working with clay and casting with the lost wax method provides the high level of detail Frank requires for his bronze pieces. Instead of finishing with a chemical patina, Frank developed a painting style that enables him to give the impression of refracted light and depth of color.
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LuAnn Widergren works in oil, often in plein air or from plein air studies. She is drawn to old boats and shipyards, and enjoys the stories from those spending their lives working on the water. As a former Fine Arts Educator, M.S. in Art Educations and a Ed.S. degree. She pursued further study with artists: Joe Paquet, Don Demers, and Joe McGurl. Plein air competitions have included Easton Plein Air, Lighthouse Plein Air, Paint the Point, Mineral Point, WI, and a First Place at the Quick Draw at the Forgotten Coast Plein Air. Exhibits include Oil Painters of America National and Eastern Exhibits, American Impressionist Society, including an honorable mention, National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society. More about her and her work can be seen at www.LuAnnWidergren.com.
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Traveling along the Eastern Seaboard, I find inspiration in the charm of coastal towns, small fishing villages, and the natural beauty of the shoreline. Whether journeying by boat, walking the docks, or immersing myself in these communities, I paint the romantic essence of the coast and sea—balancing realism with impressionism.
My work combines luminous atmosphere with realistic draftsmanship, giving structure to boats, buoys, and lighthouses. Impressionistic skies and reflective seas allow the paintings to breathe with movement and light. This blend of expressive brushwork and natural radiance captures the rhythm and serenity of maritime life.
I’m honored to exhibit with the Mariner Gallery, Main Street Gallery, Salmagundi Club, American Society of Marine Artists, American Artists Professional League, and Guild of Creative Art. My most recent exhibitions include the Mariner Gallery Darien Plein Air Invitational, the American Artists Professional League 97th Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club, and Oil Painters of America’s Eastern Regional Exhibition, hosted by Beverly McNeil Gallery.
Each piece I create is rooted in my experience of the sea, aiming to transport the viewer to a moment of my connection with the marine world I love. -
Tatiana Zubova is a Czech-based oil painter. Trained in the classical Russian academic tradition and with over two decades of practice, she creates emotionally charged figurative and light-on-water works, in which light, atmosphere, and human perception serve as the central themes.
Her work has been selected for international juried exhibitions, including the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition 2025 at Mall Galleries in London, the NOAPS Best of America International Exhibition 2025 at James R. Ross Fine Art Gallery in Indianapolis, and the MEAM International Figure Painting Competition 2025–26 in Barcelona and Florence.
Her submitted work “The Day’s Haul” received the RSMA New Generation Award 2025. Two of her other submissions, “What He Will Remember” and “Into the Storm,” were recently acquired by collectors during the 2025 RSMA exhibition in London. She has also received the Merit Award from NOAPS (2025) and an Honourable Mention from the Federation of Canadian Artists for “Shimmering Shallows of Kalamalka.” Her painting “Contemplation” was featured on the cover of the official NOAPS 2025 exhibition catalogue.
Tatiana is the founder of Zartschool, an international online painting academy, and a recipient of the YouTube Silver Creator Award for her contribution to global art education.