WAOW Artistry of the West
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Kim Shaklee • Colorado • waow
Kim Shaklee is an American sculptor best known for her wildlife and marine sculptures. Her work is a blend of representational realism with contemporary flair and subtle abstraction. She strives to convey each animal’s spirit and movement through smooth, fluid shapes in bronze.
Syri Hall • Arizona • waow
Syri Hall is a contemporary visual artist known for her oil paintings and bronze sculptures. Plein air painting in the Sedona area has been Hall’s interest for the last several years. Her passion for the breathtaking paradise she lives in translates beautifully on canvas, captured with dynamic color, depth, and movement.
Christy Daniels • Montana • waow
Christy Daniels is a respected bronze sculptor known for her depictions of real life western and wildlife experiences. Her exceptional understanding of animal body language and emotions, not only flow through her pieces but help her tell a story forever preserved in a three– dimensional snapshot. As well as the body language and necessary conformation, Christy feels "the look in the eye" of her animals is key to drawing the viewer into the story.
Ann Sherman • Washington • waow
Ann Sherman is a contemporary painter and sculptor of horses and the human figure. Her work blends representational accuracy with artistic expression and freshness — capturing the essence of her subjects. She works in bronze, charcoal and oil.
Angela Mía • Texas • waow
Exalting the human spirit through expressive faces and natural body movement has become the recognized trademark of Angela Mia’s figurative bronze sculpture. Her work’s greatest inspiration is the ever-changing individuality of her children.
Felicia • Colorado • waow
A nationally noted, award winning sculptress, specializing in miniature to monumental work. Felicia’s portraiture and figurative Southwest manner demonstrate the uniqueness of her elegant, recognizable style. Felicia appeared in publications and books such as Women Leaders of Colorado, Sculpture of the Rockies, and many news and magazine articles. Felicia was recognized as one of the top women leaders in Colorado.
Phyllis Mantik de Quevedo • Oklahoma • waow
Phyllis Mantik de Quevedo is a sculptor and painter. She is most widely known for her figurative sculptures. The inspiration for her current figurative series is flora and focuses on representing botanical forms through metaphors as they relate to human forms and human experiences. Both human beings and flora contribute color and vibrancy and she is moved to capture and share expressive brief moments in time.
Pokey Park • Arizona & Massachusetts • waow
Pokey Park is a sculptor extraordinaire whose early and endearing love of both nature and art are the foundation for her whimsical, magical creations. Her kinship and communion with nature and its inhabitants results in uniquely stylized bronzes of animals of every size, shape and species. Pokey studies wildlife in natural habitats so she can get a feel for their personalities, not just their anatomy. Their personalities are extremely important for her to be able to give her sculpture a unique attitude. The environment they live in sets the mood for the finished sculpture.
Lori Kiplinger Pandy • Colorado • waow
Artist Lori Kiplinger Pandy sculpts with empathy and energy. She diligently researches and gets to know and understand her subjects before creating sculptures in stylized realism. She then brings a unique understanding of anatomy and balance to her subjects. With subtle changes in posture, gesture or weight distribution she conjures up feelings of tension, anticipation or repose, which tells a story with the image that captures the spirit of a person or of nature.
Heather R. Kaiser • Oklahoma • waow
Heather R. Kaiser is an accomplished artist, renowned for her award-winning sculptures. Her work is primarily rendered in bronze. She often depicts Native Americans and historical Western scenes. She captures the layers of attitude, emotion and personality of her subjects, showcasing her deep appreciation for their strength of spirit.
Burneta Venosdel • Oklahoma • waow
Burneta Venosdel is a national, award-winning bronze sculptor and pastel painter. Many of her sculpture subjects are inspired by her surroundings and life on her Oklahoma ranch. She paints the landscapes of western Oklahoma and the wildflowers from the mountains west of Gunnison that she has trod for over 20 years.