Studio Stories from our WAOW Artists

Painter Destiny Bowman
Women Artists of the West, landscape, Mountains, Native American, Buffalo, Figurative painting WAOW . Women Artists of the West, landscape, Mountains, Native American, Buffalo, Figurative painting WAOW .

Painter Destiny Bowman

My studio is my favorite place to be.  It’s where ideas flourish, problems get worked out, colors move on the canvas, and my many objects that I’ve collected gets put into my paintings.  I have collected skulls, bugs, vases, books, bowls, flowers and contraptions to use in my still life work.

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From an Exta Bedroom to a Studio . Painter Mary Russell
Women Artists of the West, Mary Russell, landscape, figurative, Still Life, Oklahoma Artist WAOW . Women Artists of the West, Mary Russell, landscape, figurative, Still Life, Oklahoma Artist WAOW .

From an Exta Bedroom to a Studio . Painter Mary Russell

“My first studio space was in an extra bedroom when my daughter was eleven.  I would get her off to school, walk over piles of laundry, and get right to my easel. I loved it!

In time, I had an opportunity to have a studio away from the house which I shared with another artist. It was a huge space in an old shopping center. ” Mary

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