WAOW Artistry of the West
The WAOW Artistry is slowly being built to provide a page on our site to promote each artist* You can search by name, location or by subject matter to find an artist.
*Artist Source Acknowledgment: Content on these pages is shared with permission and is sourced from the featured member artist’s website and professional biography. All rights remain with the artist.
Katrina Rae • Michigan • waow
Katrina Rae found her passion for creating art working in soft pastel, mixed media, and oils. She explores representational subjects, with a strong focus on culturally significant themes — especially those involving Native American traditions, people, and ceremonial regalia; western themes and animals. One of her notable technical innovations is using protective clear coatings that eliminate the need for glass over her pastel and mixed media works.
Karen O’Brien • Washington • waow
Karen O’Brien is a contemporary abstract colorist. She uses a unique layering technique to create her non-objective, abstracted landscapes that creates an interplay of texture, color and form to create visual vibration.