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, Watercolors, Seascapes, En Plein Air, Cityscapes, Americana, Contemporary Western Art WAOW . Landscapes, Oil Paintings, Watercolors, Seascapes, En Plein Air, Cityscapes, Americana, Contemporary Western Art WAOW .

Janis Blayer • Arizona • waow

Janis Casco-Blayer’s studio and plein air paintings from the Northwest, Arizona, Hawaii and abroad reflect diversity in her paintings. She has worked in a variety of mediums including oil, watercolor, zinc plate etching and bronze sculpture among others. Blayer’s impressionistic style captures the spirit of animals, people and landscapes with uncanny precision and emotion. Her recent move to Buckeye, Arizona has ushered in a new era of creativity, infusing her artwork with captivating southwest landscapes, cowboys, horses, and rodeo scenes. 

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Horses, Animals, Landscape, Portraits, Still Life, Watercolor, Seascapes, Americana, Western, Pastels, Pencil WAOW . Horses, Animals, Landscape, Portraits, Still Life, Watercolor, Seascapes, Americana, Western, Pastels, Pencil WAOW .

Denise Horne-Kaplan • North Carolina & Florida • waow

Denise Horne-Kaplan started her professional career in 1983.  She has participated in exhibits and juried shows — over 74 national and International juried shows and eight solo shows to date.  She is in six international publications, including being a featured centerfold Artist with thirteen paintings in the 1999 Winter Issue of Watercolor magazine.  Horne-Kaplan is a signature member, one of only 130 in the country, of the Miniature Artists of America. 

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