WAOW Artistry of the West
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Laara Cassells • Canada • waow
Laara Cassells is a contemporary Canadian artist noted for her paintings of figurative and pet portraits, wildlife, western themes, and equine subjects executed primarily in acrylic. Her style is grounded in realism blended with storytelling, often highlighting the emotional and individual character in both people and animals. She lives and works on a ranch in central Alberta. This rustic setting especially inspires her paintings of wildlife and western scenes.
Jan McKay • Oklahoma • waow
Jan McKay feels her paintings of wildlife, pets, and nature, are the perfect subjects to display the beauty of creation, and the love we have been given from above. She was an interior designer for 26 years. This experience developed her natural eye for beauty and design. This skill translates into her paintings.
Beverly Endsley • Colorado • waow
Beverly Endsley’s art journey began with the isolation brought on by childhood illness and her bonding with a gentle friend — a pet rabbit. She developed a deep empathy for animals in that crucible that informs her paintings. She is a classically trained artist known for her expressive oil paintings, watercolors, and sketches that capture the unique spirit of pets and wildlife. Her impressionist style lends a sense of immediacy and mystique, encouraging viewer participation in discovering each animal's story. She specializes in commissioned pet portraits that honor the human–animal bond.
Christine Drewyer • Maryland • waow
Christine Drewyer takes great joy in painting the powerful tranquility of the Rural American landscape or the beautiful, peaceful beasts of our planet. She hopes we will always reside in a world where we can enjoy these simple pleasures. She seeks to create art that will transport the viewer beyond the senses, free of thought and self-consciousness. The paintings then become an Instrument through which the viewer and the artist glimpse the joyful oneness of which we are all a part.
Lori Cusick • Texas • waow
Lori Cusick loves to create art of the land. Her style is colorful and stylized. She received her Bachelors of Fine Art degree from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.
Her process begins on location with oil paints and canvas in tow. Leaving the studio behind and working in the great outdoors provides and endless source of inspiration.