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.
Mary Leslie • Colorado • waow
Mary Leslie’s paintings are the embodiment of her passion for ranching, wild spaces, and the grand vistas of the Sawatch and Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges where she lives and works. Her oil paintings combine the expansive feel of murals with the vibrant, lively colors she gravitates to. Her tendency to anthropomorphize animals grew out of her desire to share her artistic conversation between painting and subject. Leslie’s horses, donkeys, and dogs on the ranch frequently make cameo appearances along with the surrounding wildlife and flora of the desert, all of which reflect her deep-rooted affection for the inhabitants and untamed beauty of the West.
Corey Garman • Arizona • waow
Corey Garman paints the sweeping landscapes of the southwest in oils. She views landscape painting as a doorway that is open to let the viewer see inside and encourages one to feel that place, smell it and maybe even hear it. She creates her works primarily in the studio with an occasional venture into plein air.
Terri Wagner • Oklahoma • waow
Terri Wagner is an award-winning artist living on a small farm in Kiefer, Oklahoma. At four years old she was drawing horses, seeing the world through an artist's eye. Her love of horses, animals and the outdoors inspires her to paint, responding to the amazing world around her. "I like to paint realism, but strive to keep it loose with bold brushstrokes and vibrant colors."
Kelly Sooter • Utah • waow
Many say that Kelly Sooter’s paintings are peaceful - depicting calm in the midst of a storm, or show where wild mountains or wilderness meets with the more tamed prairie or farmland. When viewing her landscapes, she hopes you begin to recall landscapes from your past that have been buried deep down for too many years – still waiting to come to the surface.