Joy Gonzalez is a contemporary southern California artist.  She works in oils, watercolor and pastel.  Her work predominately centers on landscapes and seascapes — especially scenes from Coastal California, the Sierra Nevada, and Southwestern United States.  She prefers to paint en plein air to capture shifting light and atmosphere.  She will then expand those studies into larger studio works. Her style balances expressive brushwork with a strong sense of realism.

Grace Schlesier is a well-established American artist whose impressionistic oil paintings celebrate the beauty, mood and light of the natural world.  Her work focuses on western landscapes, coastal scenes, wilderness areas, rivers, and the sea, with an emphasis on the feeling and atmosphere of a place.  Her paintings are noted for a soft, luminous quality that evoke peace and tranquility.  Schlesier’s work draws on her direct experience with nature and a long career painting both en plein-air and in studio. 

Nancy Peach is an oil painter who creates luminous paintings of landscapes, nocturnes, marine and coastal scenes.  Her quiet, light-filled landscapes and coastal scenes reflect her deep connection to natural settings and the maritime environment of her youth. Her work bridges traditional realism with a luminist focus on light and atmosphere.

Ms Koerber spent many years in the commercial illustration world and has recently turned to creating fine art paintings and winning awards for her work.

Bethany Stephan is an American painter born in Hawaii and now living in Arizona. She creates landscapes and figurative paintings, working in oil on panels.