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.
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Stephanie Burk • Texas & Colorado • waow
Scenes of the American west, Places Stephanie Burk loves, with animals she adores and people she loves. Between two points of home in Texas and her cabin in Colorado, she paints until her heart is full all the landscapes and culture of the area. I
Cheryl Harley Volz • Colorado • waow
I don’t know which I loved more as a child, my art supplies, or my stick horses. I blame television’s Roy Rogers and Trigger for the horse obsession.
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.
Margaret Drake • Texas • waow
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.