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Rose Hip

Peter Winberg

Bronze - Signature - Member

Painting is simply my hobby, my favorite hobby actually. I am self-taught and have painted since 1995. I work exclusively in oil. I am perhaps a bit single-tracked regarding the art I like myself. I prefer art where I can see what it is, i.e. art within the genre realism. I do not like such art where it is up to me as a beholder to interpret. Some critics have said "what you do is trying to copy photos, one can just as well magnify the photo and put it on the wall instead". Well, they are right. I will probably never reach that far, but if the painting in the end looks almost the same as the photo, then, in my eyes, I have succeeded. That is the challenge for me.

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Let's Have a Ball

Cathy Ehrler

Gold - Signature Member

Web Site U.S.A

Cathy is an award-winning artist who now lives in Georgia after a 2 year stay in San Diego, CA. Her paintings are primarily still lifes in watercolors and acrylic. "I look for things around the house that would make good subjects to paint and since I've been a vegetarian for most of my life there is usually an abundance of fruits and vegetables Cathy’s paintings are studies in value similar to the old masters. She uses very dark pigments while at the same time keeping some of the white paper shining through to give her works a very luminous quality. You will sometimes find her dogs painted in her large acrylic works giving the paintings a humorous quality. The titles also add humor to otherwise serious still life subjects. "I can't take myself too seriously and I find myself playing with words while I paint. My father always made up silly rhymes and funny stories that played on words and I must have inherited some of his humor." Recently she has gained national recognition for her work. She has won numerous awards and has been accepted in many national juried exhibits. Her work is in many private and corporate collections.

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Tucked Away off the Back Roads

Christine Wasankari

Web Site United States

Christine Wasankari has an extensive art background and majored in both Illustration and Advertising Graphic Design at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, Colorado

She has exhibited in Washington, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming and her original paintings and prints are in private and corporate collections in many parts of the US and Europe. She specializes in landscapes, still life, floral and abstract expressionism while utilizing a wide range of media. She is currently living in Washington State near the beautiful and inspiring Olympic National Park

I am constantly inspired by life and my surroundings. I find that abstract expressionism and experimentation suits me best though I enjoy working representational as well. It depends on my mood. I use a wide range of media including Pen and Ink, Acrylics, Watercolors, Colored Pencils, Pastels, Collage, Sand, Found Objects, Homemade Papers...almost anything I can get my hands on.

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