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My Grandparents were photographers. They had a business in Martinsville, Virginia called Spencer Studio. As such I ‘enjoyed’ a childhood with many, many portraits and poses. I used to take cameras apart to see how they work and paid dearly for these experiences. It was my interest in astronomy and wanting to share the experience with others that brought out my fondness for photography.

I am likely to photograph just about anything. I’m not sure where I read it but sometimes you just have to take the picture to see what it will look like photographed. Painting with light is a good thing for me as you don’t want to put a paintbrush I my hand unless it has an undo. I’m prone to nature photography and the theme of ‘time/man against nature’ sort of thing. Distressed architecture especially old barns are among my favorites.

At present I’m a heating and air conditioning service technician in my day job and am trying to work into photography. You can visit my website at www.woaimaging.com.

Sincerely
Jerry Vaughn Jr.
WOA Imaging & Photography

All her life, Ann Marie Vaughn has found joy in sharing her art with others. Her first major recognition occurred as a high school student, when her drawing of a "Back Stage Scene" was selected to represent American art at the World's Fair in Brussels, Belgium. Now you may view her award winning paintings and prints in homes, galleries, and corporations throughout the United States and Europe.

Ann’s versatility enables her to accept commissions to paint any subject requested. From life or on location, realistic impressionism is her favorite style in painting flowers, figures, and landscapes. As a portraitist, she is known for ability to capture a fresh likeness while developing a fine art composition. She travels extensively and has discovered interesting people and motifs to paint in Hawaii, Mexico, Canada, Great Britain, France, Italy, and the United States. She works in oil, watercolor, pastel, charcoal and mixed media.

She holds a B.A. in art from Regis College, Weston, MA and a Master of Arts from Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Institute of Art. In 1989 she was certified to teach visual art K-12. Most of her teaching has been in the high school, community college, and private classes. Workshops and classes are now held in various parts of the country and in her studios in Goochland, VA.

Her biography has been selected for publication in the Millennium Edition of “Who’s Who in America” and “Who’s Who in the World”.

Please visit the artist's website at www.oakdaledesigns.com.

Always a lover of the arts, I am continuously learning from the great impressionists and the masters. A series of art class as well as practicing are my greatest helpers!
 
 

Allinda Photography consists of Al and Linda Warfield, a photographic team that strives for the utmost in quality, and hopefully a different approach from that of most nature or landscape photographers. We offer beautiful Fine Art photographic images in several flavors, and also several photographic services, such as digital slide shows of birding and scenic trips, and production of excellent Giclée copies of your own fine art paintings. We use several different approaches to create a variety of styles and products for your enjoyment and benefit.

Linda became a photographer at age 12 when she got a Kodak Brownie camera for Christmas. By the time the camera broke, adolescence, college, career, marriage, and children diverted her photographic interests until later. Al’s photographic experience began with a Konica camera when the kids were small. As they were growing up Al built a darkroom (black and white images) and entered some photo contests, with considerable success. He also tried wedding photography and bridal portraits, and was President of a photography club. Later both began recording trips with slides and using color negatives for family photographs.

Once the children were grown, both Al and Linda got more serious about photography again, just in time for the rise of digital cameras. Al’s darkroom experience came in handy when he began printing the photographs both took using the Giclée process. Viewers and colleagues at her exhibits say that Linda has a great eye for composition and artistic creation, while Al is somewhat more technical in his approach. The combination leads to innovative and professional quality images. Together they have had several very successful exhibits as part of a photo club group exhibit, and also some solo exhibits at various venues in Richmond, such as the James Center, Richmond Library, Capital One, the VA General Assembly building, the Science Museum of Virginia, and Richmond Camera. Over several years, our expertise in composition, digital photography, Photoshop, printing, matting and framing increased with each workshop attended. Photography is our main focus. We hope you will want to take advantage of that dedication and experience, and use our services to satisfy your photographic or artistic desires.

Art is, to me, very much a spiritual exercise. It is a kind of alchemy in which we take what we relate to, either within us or without, and transmute it to a higher state of being. This is done through a process in which we draw out the essence of the subject, purify it to a state of clarity, and then shape that clarity into a refined and nobler form. The completed work of art, in its own right, has the ability to transmute those who look upon it and feel its power. By radiating its very essence, purity, and truth, it teaches us what it means to stand centered in our own essence and truth. It shows the way to authenticity. Art is in fact a model of integrity. It illustrates what it means to be whole, to be one. Because in the well-crafted work of art, there is nothing that is not an integral part of the statement. Each element and each gesture is an essential participant, all united in the declaration of one single purpose. This journey of order out of chaos exemplifies the journey of all healing, evolution, and self-realization. As an artist, like every other artist, my objective is to learn this science of wholeness from the process of art, and to testify and represent it through the product of art.

As my Grandmother Gertrude opened her secret treasure box of jewelry that spanned from the Victorian era to the 60s, she awakened my artistic soul. I spent hours of my childhood studying each unique vintage jewel.

Upon my Grandma’s death, I inherited the collection which included broken fragments of an Art Deco Necklace. Rather than bury the remains, I unearthed its beauty to create a whimsical bracelet. On that day, my passion to design jewelry was unveiled. Taking a vintage component or discarded item for me is allowing it to time travel. My imagination is fueled when I transform an artifact from the past into a wearable piece of art that will live in the future.

Originally from California, Kathleen Westkaemper has lived and exhibited in Richmond for the past 20 years. She has exhibited her work at Capitol One, WRIC TV 8 Arboretum Gallery, Shockoe Bottom Arts Center and Artspace Gallery in Richmond, VA. Kathleen's work has been selected for juried exhibitions at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Muscarelle Museum at William and Mary College, The Charles Taylor Arts Center, Mary Washington College, The Fredericksburg Center for Creative Arts, Montpelier Arts Center, Longwood College and 1708 Gallery. She has received numerous awards of merit that include jurors choice at the American Drawing Biennial 2005 and Hampton Bay Days 2004. Kathleen’s work has been purchased for the collections of Capitol One, Virginia Resources Authority and by many private collectors.

Statement

My work in oil stick has been evolving over the past 17 years. I begin by drawing with graphite and oil stick, working the oil sticks with my fingers and blending and mixing the colors directly on paper. I love the immediacy of working with oil sticks and their intense and textural color. To me it is a direct and enjoyable physical process. I feel this medium is ideal for expressing the essence and emotion of the images I feel compelled to put on paper. In the last two years I have begun exploring some of the same imagery in printmaking. I find the element of surprise intrinsic to this process very refreshing.

Kathleen's web site: www.kathleenwestkaemper.com

About The Artist
Jose Williams is a Chicagoan who relocated to the Virginia area. For ten years he lived and worked in the Caribbean with International Labour Office of the United Nations as a textile screen-printing specialist. Williams’ involvements included developing crafts for government of the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba and Curacao, providing technical assistance to the Craft Foundations on the Island of Saba, implementing training programs in silk-screen design, printing and production for the government of the Turks and Caicos Island, Grand Turk.

If you are interested in attending a seminar regarding Serigraphy, please contact Jose’ at 779-2705.

Screen printing, also called “silk screen printing” or serigraphy, until recently was confined to the professional art world and poster making. Because of the development of special inks and other screen-printing materials, amateur artists and craftsmen began taking advantage of this inexpensive method of printing. Serigraphy demands patience, a careful hand, and an eye for artistic effects. If you have these qualities you are well on your way to making good serigraph prints. The process itself is not difficult however it can be time consuming. The basic principle in serigraphy is quite simple in execution. It is basically a stencil process where the designs are placed upon a piece of fine silk, which is tacked to a wooden frame. The wooden frame upon which the silk is stretched is made about two inches deep so that it forms a box (with the silk constituting the bottom) within which the ink can be conveniently manipulated with the squeegee. The stencil is painted on the screen with a special liquid, or cut from stencil paper and attached to the screen with an adhesive. The specially made ink in the correct semi-liquid consistency is poured into the frame, the frame is then placed in contact with the surface to be printed upon, and the ink is rapidly forced through the screen with a rubber squeegee to color both the screen and the printing surface beneath the screen, The stencil blocks the ink from coming through certain places on the screen, leaving portions of the printing surface free of ink. The pattern, which is printed in the screen process, is what you have stenciled as a design.

Serigraphy as it is used today is not very old. It was formally introduced as artist’s technique at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. Since then it has become a medium for artist’s original prints.

To see Jose's Serigraphy for sale, please click on this link

Portraitist Linda Leah Wolitz paints portraits and wildlife because “I delight in capturing the inner self of my subject. Each one is special, and my challenge is to bring forth that uniqueness. Every painting is a celebration of life.” Click on an image to enter a gallery. Gallery links are also to your left. Enjoy visting all the online galleries.

Working in pastels, colored pencil and graphite, Linda’s award winning paintings reproduce the spirit of her subjects in a style that is almost three dimensional in effect.

Since 1987 when she began painting full time, Linda has painted commissioned portraiture and wildlife paintings in Virginia and Florida in addition to being the official portrait artist at Cypress Gardens and is presently showing her work at Art Works Art Center and Crossroads Art Center, both in Richmond, Virginia.

Linda’s work has won many awards and has been published by the Virginia Museum of Natural History and Virginia Tech. Linda and her artwork were featured in Mature Outlook magazine. Three six foot statues of swans bear her artwork as part of Lakeland, Florida’s “Swansation” project.

Linda’s portraits and wildlife paintings hang in private and public collections from Florida to Alaska.

A word about pastels

Pastels are a dry form of pure pigment mixed with a binder to hold the color together. These sticks and pencils are of the same high quality materials that make oil paints and watercolors, only without the addition of liquid. Pastels are framed under glass and kept out of direct sunlight, as with any fine art work. Pastels have maintained their beauty and vibrancy for hundreds of years.

Please visit Linda's website at www.celebrationsinpastels.com.

"Sharing my spirit through art"

My art is my autobiography. Whether it is a piece that represents my Hispanic heritage or one that reflects my spirit as a woman, I believe I try to capture a memory, a desire or simply a feeling in each of my works. Many of my works are scenes from places I love. I first saw the ocean as an adult and fell in love with the serene nature of the beach. Many of my works, such as "footsteps", two canvases that depict these serene scenes. Others are memories from my youth growing up as a Mexican American with Yaqui Indian blood in Tucson Arizona." The Deer Dancer" superimposed over the San Javier Mission and "Mesa Para Dos", pictured above. I love color as well as black and white so you'll see in the drawing on the right. My series of women entitled "Senoritas" is intended to depict feminine women who are comfortable with their sexuality, yet strong and intelligent, capable and ready for whatever life throws at them. In many ways these works show both my Mexican and American sides.

Although teaching others was my profession for 21 years, I left teaching to pursue my real passion, creating art. I work in several different mediums, including oils, acrylics, watercolors, pencil and pastels. I stay in touch with my instructional roots by teaching seminars on "How to run a classroom in a cultural diverse atmosphere. I am proud of the fact that my work has been featured in "El Centro" the Spanish newspaper published by the Times Dispatch. I have participated in many art shows and have taught Native American Cultural Diversity at the Virginia Museum. My Seminars have been in Chesterfield Schools, Richmond City Schools and at St. Catherine's School. I do both gallery art and commission work. I enjoy all mediums.

Contact me at Crossroads Art Center, crossroadsartcenter.com: 804-278-8950, or at my home Studio: 804-744-2855, email: jennie.wyatt@yahoo.com

Christopher Wynn is a painter of contemporary realism who currently works exclusively in transparent watercolor.

Originally from California, he majored in fine art at the University of Washington, University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a BS, and Otis Parsons in Los Angeles.

For much of his career, Christopher has worked as an art director and creative director for numerous ad agencies on the west coast. As owner of Wynn Creative since 1991, he has garnered over 25 international and domestic awards for his design work; from ADDY, to SUMMIT Awards, along with being featured in numerous publications: Creativity Numbers 26 and 28, American Corporate I.D., Prints Best Logos, along with many more. He also developed design campaigns for many of Silicon Valley's best and biggest firms; including Adobe, Phillips, Cisco, and Sun Microsystems to name a few.

After participating in juried art shows of Open Studios in Santa Cruz, California, Christopher made the decision to pursue his passion for creating his visions in watercolor.

He states, "The effects of atmosphere and time of day in a landscape has always fascinated and moved me. The design and layout of each painting, the rhythm and placement of elements, is somewhat instinctual because of my design background. But on another level, the atmosphere of a piece, whether crisp and breezy or warm and hazy, is very important to me in each painting. I try to capture what I was feeling on my skin at the time, and to express that through the overall tone of a piece."

Recently, in 2005 and 2006, he circled the globe for seven months, solo, to paint watercolors plein aire. Currently, he is painting the series in the studio in Richmond, Virginia where the work has been winning awards and is in many fine art galleries, such as Crossroads and Art Center.

Please visit Christopher's personal website to view more work at: www.wynncreative.com
email: wynnart@cruzers.com
or call: 804.747.3446

Tired of Spending Your Time Mystified by the Digital World? And Still Getting Nowhere? Christopher Wynn has 25 years in advertising and design, my experience includes sizing and color correcting images for high-end output in magazines and corporate brochures. Turn Your Fine Art Paintings into Digital Files - Flyer opens to new window

Greg Youngs – Artist’s Biography

Greg Youngs was born in Syracuse, New York but considers himself a Richmond native after more than 30 years in the Richmond area.

After painting in different medias and genres, Greg now concentrates on portrait and still life work in watercolor and oil.

Greg states: “My goal as an artist is to convey my inner vision through paintings of people and nature. My specialty is children and animal portraits. I find it exciting to bring my subjects to life in my paintings.”

He currently teaches at the Crossroads Art Center and gives private lessons. He has taught watercolor at VCU’s MCV campus, Monument Senior Center and the Uptown Gallery.

His studio is located at the Crossroads Art Center and past exhibitions include works at the Gellman Room at the Richmond Public Library, MCV Downtown Campus, Massey Cancer Center, St. Mary’s Hospital, Uptown Gallery, Joe’s Inn Restaurants, The Visual Arts Center, St. Michael’s Church, Petersburg Regional Art Center, The Oaks Antique Shop, General Francis Marion Hotel in Marion, Virginia, St. Andrews School, the Virginia Museum Docent Show, The Omni Hotel, The James Center, Sun Trust, Tuckahoe Library and others.

He is currently a member of the Richmond Metropolitan Artists’ Association and the Bon Air Art Association.

Visit the artist's website at http://tinyurl.com/WNPGGreg. Greg can be reached at PaintingsByGreg@Verizon.net or by calling 804-502-0168.

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