WAOW Artistry of the West
The WAOW Artistry is slowly being built to provide a page on our site to promote each artist. This project began late summer 2024. We have over 300 members to load here on their pages. You can search by name, location or by subject matter to find an artist.
Elise Mahaffie . Wyoming . waow
Being a graphic designer for a good part of her life has definitely influenced the way Elise interprets shapes and how she see things. Elise loves bold marks, strong colors, and unique, simplistic compositions. She believes this gives the viewer a feeling of easy discovery and controlled focus on the smaller details. Resides in Jackson, WY USA
Amber Scally . Montana . waow
Raised in Wyoming and living in Montana, Amber is at home in nature and enjoys capturing and drawing detailed, realistic works of art depicting the beauty of nature and ranch life. "Drawing the beauty of the West" Montana/USA
Ann Currey . Tennessee . waow
Ann developed a love for art from her Grandmother's influence who also instilled a great love of travel, both have remained treasured parts of her life. "Each painting is a recognition of thankfulness for the incredible beauty God has graciously bestowed upon us." Tennessee, USA
Cathryne Trachok . California . waow
Having grown up in Nevada, and California, Cathryne sees the world with a Western viewpoint. She uses that western foundation to look for inspiration in old and new experiences. She looks at art as communication across cultures, time and experiences!
Jill Webber . Oklahoma . waow
Loading up her bicycle's wire basket and checking off her list of Prang Watercolors, papers, a glass-jelly jar full of water, and a nice big rock to hold down the papers, seven-year-old Jill Webber was ready to ride!
Debra Keirce . Virginia . waow
Debra Keirce paints and draws the first few chapters, so art lovers can finish the story. Drawings and paintings that make your heart smile.
Shirley Quaid. Oklahoma Artist . waow
Stories of the Old West called to Shirley at an early age. It took her years to finally respond to her calling as an artist, to depict the people who had intrigued her as a child.
Linda Mutti. California Artist . waow
Linda Mutti has pursued her art from a young age, loving it as she created it. Retiring from her family Vet Clinic, her goal is to bring joy through her art.
Wei Zhang. Texas Artist . waow
Wei Zhang is a fine art oil painter with a focus on portraiture and figurative work. Her passion for art emerged early in life and built a classical foundation.
Ali Armstrong. Nevada Artist . waow
“Painting fur you want to reach out and touch is my absolute favorite thing to paint and my ultimate goal.” Ali is a wildlife artist living in Nevada.
Nora Koerber . California Artist . waow
Ms Koerber spent many years in the commercial illustration world and has recently turned to creating fine art paintings and winning awards for her work.
Bethany Stephan . Arizona Painter . waow
Bethany Stephan is an American painter born in Hawaii and now living in Arizona. She creates landscapes and figurative paintings, working in oil on panels.
Elaine Mathews . California Painter . waow
Elaine Mathews lives in California. She loves painting the San Gabriel Mountains.
Joey Frisillo . Oklahoma Artist . waow
Joey has immersed herself in painting and enjoys both pastel and oil as mediums for her realistic style
Kathy Falla Howard . Arizona
Only beginning my art journey 10 years ago, it was born out of a desire to capture the beauty before me, especially with the immersive experience of plein air painting.
Sheryl Knight . Central Pacific Coast
Sheryl Knight is an award-winning plein air artist.She is also known as the “Central Coast Vineyard Artist” and is best known for her vibrant oil paintings and strong expressive style.
Mary Frankel . Colorado/Texas
Mary Frankel grew up in the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains and studied architecture and design. In her early thirties, she moved with her family to London, where she traveled extensively throughout Europe in the incredibly rich artistic environment there. Frankel's artistic expression and desire was thus ignited into a passion for painting the landscapes and people passing through her world. Frankel now divides her time between Estes Park, Colorado and Texas.
Jan DeLipsey . New Mexico
Jan DeLipsey is an artist whose love of the land lives within each of her paintings. Her landscape work is elegantly honest. Simply put, Jan's paintings bring the viewer a feeling of intimate reverence of nature's quiet beauty though her language of light and color.
Julie Hayes . Arkansas
Julie Gowing Hayes creates oil and watercolor paintings of things and scenes found mostly in nature in a representational style sometimes with hints of impressionism. Growing up on a farm in Southwest Iowa was instrumental in her development of a deep-rooted love for the outdoors.
Stephanie Burk . Texas and Colorado
Scenes of the American west, Places Stephanie Burk loves, with animals she adores and people she loves. Between two points of home in Texas and her cabin in Colorado, she paints until her heart is full all the landscapes and culture of the area. I