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.

Sue Granskie . New Jersey . waow

I was born and raised in New Jersey. Even though I was brought up in a small New Jersey town, I have always been a lover of all art forms of the west. As a child, and the daughter of an artist, I could always be found creating art throughout my childhood. I felt destined to become an artist, and it has been my privilege to work in the arts during my lifetime.

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Carla Stroh . Wyoming . waow

She's the Annie Oakley to his Buffalo Bill!
Carla and her husband live totally off the grid on their cattle ranch in Wyoming. A seasoned cowgirl, Carla transitions easily from horse trainer to renowned western artist. There is music in her soul, family in her heart and her next big adventure on her mind. She prefers to see the world from the back of her treasured Arabian, Spook. 

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Margaret Drake . Texas

Margaret strives for accuracy as well as aesthetics when creating realistic figures of animals and humans. Originally from Northwestern Colorado ranching country, Margaret first learned she had a propensity for sculpting after she retired from working 30 years in research in the pharmaceutical industry.

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Brenda Morgan . Arkansas

Brenda Morgan works from her studio in Dardanelle, Arkansas.

She has always gravitated toward the western genre and artists such as James Bama and Carl Brenders inspired her to paint realism. Having a love of equine subjects, adding cowboys, cowgirls and Indigenous Americans seemed a natural progression.

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Laurie Pace . Texas

Laurie Pace aka Elle Pace is a contemporary painter from Texas. She is a member of WAOW and proud to be part of this incredible group of Women Painters. Together they bring their art to tell the story of yesterday and today of the west. This strong internationally collected artist from over 40 countries, enjoys painting Western Art. She has been an artist represented by Mirada Fine Art in Denver since it opened in 2010. Her past galleries were Jackson Hole, La Jolla, and in Park Cities. She loves doing commission paintings for her clients.

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