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, En Plein Air, Watercolors, Still Life, Interiors WAOW . Landscapes, En Plein Air, Watercolors, Still Life, Interiors WAOW .

Margie Hildreth • Texas • waow

Margie Hildreth is a watercolor artist who loves the way the medium moves and blends.  It is a medium that requires a collaboration of sorts — a dance between artistic control and then allowing the serendipitous play of water and pigment to surprise and delight.  She uses vibrant color to show the contrast of light and shadow and likes to drop in unexpected colors or splatter to evoke a sense of casual fun in her paintings. 

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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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