Studio Stories from our WAOW Artists

Watercolor with Judy Thompson
Women Artists of the West, landscape, Mountains, Texture, watercolor, colorist, countryside, patterns WAOW . Women Artists of the West, landscape, Mountains, Texture, watercolor, colorist, countryside, patterns WAOW .

Watercolor with Judy Thompson

One of the most meaningful projects to emerge from this studio is a collaboration with my daughter, Kristin Gifford, a published poet. Together, we’ve merged our two art forms into Becoming Midwest, Life Between, an exhibition at the Visual Arts Center at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls featuring 27 artworks and 12 poems.

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Painter Nori Thorne
Women Artists of the West, landscape, Mountains, Native American, Horses, Buffalo, Clouds WAOW . Women Artists of the West, landscape, Mountains, Native American, Horses, Buffalo, Clouds WAOW .

Painter Nori Thorne

I love to paint in the American Southwest where time and erosion reveal the bones of the earth and ancient artists left their marks in the remotest canyons.  In my canyonscapes I try to capture the strong sense of place, of secrets suddenly revealed—a vista glimpsed through a redrock window, a water pocket shining on slickrock, the cold walls of a slot canyon reflected in a black pool. 

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Rotating Canvas . Painter Sara Bloodwolf
Women Artists of the West, landscape, Waterscape, Lake, Night Sky, Daylight, Mountains, Rivers, Native American, Stars, Sun, Tattoo Artist, Horses, Buffalo, Ravens, Birds, Clouds WAOW . Women Artists of the West, landscape, Waterscape, Lake, Night Sky, Daylight, Mountains, Rivers, Native American, Stars, Sun, Tattoo Artist, Horses, Buffalo, Ravens, Birds, Clouds WAOW .

Rotating Canvas . Painter Sara Bloodwolf

I work on several paintings at once using one large palette.I rotate the canvases on the easel as they dry and as my inspiration and patience changes on each day.Even though i paint every single day I take a long time on each, my average painting is 3x3 feet and takes a month of daily painting and i mean every day. 

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Ever Changing Studio . Painter Amy Evans
Women Artists of the West, landscape, Still Life, Waterscape, Dogs, Ocean, Lake WAOW . Women Artists of the West, landscape, Still Life, Waterscape, Dogs, Ocean, Lake WAOW .

Ever Changing Studio . Painter Amy Evans

“My studio has changed according to where I live. One constant is that I have a portable one for occasions when I am in the outdoors. My outdoor studio is the one I frequent the most since I love painting the landscape. I use my indoor studio for large paintings as well as studio paintings derived from my references.” Amy Evans

“Before it Hits” by Amy Evans 20 × 16

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