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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Cindy Compert • California • waow

Born and educated in New York, Cindy has been painting as long as she’s been holding a paintbrush. She did her first commission at age 15 and after a long career in IT, she is now painting full time as she travels around the world with her partner Kevin in their Jeep. Getting off-road enables her to access unspoiled places that few will ever experience. Her goal is to share that beauty and inspire others.

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Judy Sprague • Colorado • waow

Judy is a fine artist working in the mediums of oil, pastel, and ink,  and live in the beautiful state of Colorado. She has been drawing or painting since she was a child in Tennessee, finally earning an art degree in her late thirties, but didn't pursue painting professionally until the last 25 years when she retired from a career in Education. Tosday she is pleased to have earned the recognition of  Associate Member Women Artists of the West, Master Signature Member  of the Pastel Society of Colorado and a Signature Member of the Arizona Pastel Artists Association.  Her art is exhibited in galleries, juried art exhibitions throughout the United States, and on her web site.

 

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Mary Arnold • Idaho • waow

Jessie Rasche is a professional artist who paints in her Brookings home studio, and out on dusty farm roads. 

Growing up in Seattle as the only child of an artist, Jessie got a lot of encouragement for her creative endeavors, and studied Fine Art at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. 

Even so, a career path as an artist wasn’t clear and Jessie went back to school in Psychology and general sciences before a short career in social work, and then as an illustrator and media developer.

16 years ago, with family encouragement, Jessie followed her dreams of becoming a professional artist, and began selling her small paintings online and through galleries.

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Ann Currey • Tennessee • waow

Ann developed a love for art from her Grandmother's influence who also instilled a great love of travel, both have remained treasured parts of her life. "Each painting is a recognition of thankfulness for the incredible beauty God has graciously bestowed upon us." Tennessee, USA

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Cathryne Trachok • California • waow

Having grown up in Nevada, and California, Cathryne sees the world with a Western viewpoint. She uses that western foundation to look for inspiration in old and new experiences. She looks at art as communication across cultures, time and experiences!

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Brenda Morgan • Arkansas • waow

Brenda Morgan works from her studio in Dardanelle, Arkansas.

She has always gravitated toward the western genre and artists such as James Bama and Carl Brenders inspired her to paint realism. Having a love of equine subjects, adding cowboys, cowgirls and Indigenous Americans seemed a natural progression.

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