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.

Pastels, Landscape, Oils, Watercolor, Acrylics, Interiors, Nocturnes, People, En Plein Air, Animals and Birds, Wildlife WAOW . Pastels, Landscape, Oils, Watercolor, Acrylics, Interiors, Nocturnes, People, En Plein Air, Animals and Birds, Wildlife WAOW .

Jill Banks • Virginia • waow

Oil painter, JILL BANKS, teaches multiple classes a week over three semesters each year; exhibits at  top fine art festivals; sends work off to juried exhibitions; paints in juried and invitational plein air competitions; takes on a small number of portrait commissions; and travels for personal painting trips and inspiration. Stylistically, she continues to evolve from realism with feeling to impressionism with even more emotion and simplification.

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Landscapes, Figurative, Flowers, Trees, Still Life, Animals and Birds WAOW . Landscapes, Figurative, Flowers, Trees, Still Life, Animals and Birds WAOW .

Jody Martin • Texas • waow

Born in Lubbock, Texas, Jody is the daughter of the late Conny Martin, artist, and C.B. Martin, builder, photographer, and watercolorist. Always passionate about art, Jody never doubted that she would become an artist. She earned her degree in art from Abilene Christian University, and went on to study painting under Hall of Fame artists, Daniel Greene and Emily Guthrie Smith. She values most the education she received from her mother, Conny Martin. Under Conny's tutelage she learned classical drawing and contemporary design. 

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