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.
Diana Reuter–Twining • Virginia • waow
Diana Reuter-Twining, an award–winning sculptor and architect, attributes her focus on the natural world to having been raised on a family farm in Virginia and living in rural communities throughout the American West and South. Her primary training as an architect gave her the tools she needed to understand form” in the round” and to look at sculpture from the ground up. She primarily works in bronze.
Janel Maher • Tennessee • waow
Janel Maher's sculptures are known for capturing the heart, soul and very essence of one of our greatest treasures — the horse. Maher's sculptures can be found among collections throughout the United States, Europe and South America with two perpetual trophies in England and South Africa.
Jenifer Cline • Colorado • waow
It is the connection, the joy – the reluctance to leave the scene that inspires Jenifer Cline to paint. She considers the sense of place, the effects of light and the linkage of heart and soul to the earth as the most important aspects of her work. She paints exclusively in oils en plein air.
Kathy Falla Howard • Arizona • waow
Only beginning my art journey 10 years ago, it was born out of a desire to capture the beauty before me, especially with the immersive experience of plein air painting.
Donna Merchant Crooks • Colorado • waow
Donna Merchant-Crooks has a kinship with nature, where she finds solace and inspiration. She spent years cooking and pulling mule strings in Idaho’s wilderness, developing an appreciation for the rare and untouched.