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.

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.

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Laura Pollak • North Carolina • waow

Laura Pollak is an award–winning, fulltime, professional fine artist.  She works primarily in oil and pastel.  Her art practice explores landscapes of the earth and constellations, as a continual search for her place in the universe.  Her artworks run the gamut from realism to explorations of the abstract.

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