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.

Landscapes, Oil Paintings, En Plein Air, Animals, Pastels, Pen and Ink, Graphite, Wildlife, Native American WAOW . Landscapes, Oil Paintings, En Plein Air, Animals, Pastels, Pen and Ink, Graphite, Wildlife, Native American WAOW .

Molly Moore • Wyoming • waow

Molly Moore draws and paints the stunning beauty and wildlife of the West.  She especially seeks to portray the souls of wild animals from real life experience. Molly divides her time between creating in her studio and exploring outdoors to observe wildlife, often painting en plein air to capture the beautiful habitat they live in.   

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Animals, Colored Pencil, Graphite, Wildlife, Horses WAOW . Animals, Colored Pencil, Graphite, Wildlife, Horses WAOW .

Jeanne Cardana • Oregon • waow

Jeanne Cardana’s biological, wildlife, and medical illustration artworks have been featured in textbooks, and scientific and domestic publications, including National Wildlife, Mother Earth News, and Fins and Feathers.  Her career has spanned fifty years—and counting!  Her mediums of choice are colored pencil and graphite pencil on Claire Fontaine Pastelmatte paper, Bristol Vellum paper, and archival illustration boards.  She has produced award winning original works and continues to take private commissions.

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Landscapes, Figurative Art, Animals, Watercolor, Graphite, Architecture, Western art WAOW . Landscapes, Figurative Art, Animals, Watercolor, Graphite, Architecture, Western art WAOW .

Nancy Harkins • Oklahoma • waow

Nancy Harkins is a watercolorist and graphite artist from Oklahoma.  Her style is realist and her subjects are wide ranging.  Her award–winning works have been featured in the watercolor anthology, Splash 19:  The Illusion of Light, and featured in two books, Seasons of Life and Seasons of Love. Her paintings are avidly sought for private and corporate collections.

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Watercolor, Print Making, Pencil, Cowboy, Cowgirl, Cows, Graphite WAOW . Watercolor, Print Making, Pencil, Cowboy, Cowgirl, Cows, Graphite WAOW .

Kathy Harder • California • waow

For the last fifteen years California artist, Kathy Harder has been fulfilling her dream as a land steward on her mountain ranch in the old oak forests of California. With the stabilization of her homestead she has found "a return to source" in her artwork, a reconnection with her materials and a "spirit journey" with the animals she documents. Her subject matter has come from her strong link to both the wonder and power of nature.

Her current medium is the monotype, know as the most painterly method among printmaking techniques. Kathy gently pulls depth and dimension into her subject by utilizing her own versatile method. The result is stunningly captured by the vibrant colors in her works detail. This "light field" of mixed media could be described as an attempt to demonstrate the "other worldly quality" that is sometimes present when "spirit" enters material form.

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