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.
Martha Inman Lorch • California • waow
Martha Inman Lorch is known for watercolors of her favorite places. She is inspired by her international travels, as well as her experiences closer to home. Her style is representational, with a touch of abstract expressionism. She uses layering, wet-in-wet techniques, and visual texture to express the soulfulness she feels for her subjects.
Cecy Turner • Texas & Colorado • waow
Cecy Turner is an award-winning artist who works in both watercolor and oil. She prefers to paint en plein air, and does so almost daily since she began spending half of every year in Colorado. The effects of light and atmosphere are her favorite things to capture in paint.
Turner graduated from Vanderbilt University and did post-graduate study in art at University of North Texas. She has additionally studied under numerous accomplished artists in both oil and watercolor
Linda Star Landon • Arizona • waow
Linda Star Landon, has always created art in one form or another. Her oil paintings are distinguished by her signature style use of vivid colors and bold textures created using a palette knife technique.
Landon’s creations have been exhibited at juried art shows and have been recognized as Best of Show and won awards. The artworks are loved by their collectors all over the United States. Some have gone to other countries including Canada and China.
Karen Ann Hitt • Florida • waow
Karen Ann Hitt is an award-winning artist, classically trained at Parson’s School of Design in New York. That classic background is ever evident in her style, along with her love of capturing the figure and the effects of light in all of her scenes. Her paintings are noted to accentuate the effects of light, adding to their luminosity. Her landscapes and skyscapes reflect the essence of the landmark.
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.
Carolyn C. Bell • Texas • waow
Carolyn C. Bell, an award–winning Texas artist, fell in love with the southwest’s vast landscape upon moving to Texas at the age of eight. Her love of the southwest landscape has been translated into many artworks that depict the myriad colors, rocks, and foliage that has caught her eye and heart. Southwestern Spanish architecture and the Spanish missions of Texas and New Mexico are also cherished subjects, along with florals, wildlife and still life.