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Leila
Ashton
www.LeilaAshton.com
Leila Ashton's portraits are currently held in numerous collections
throughout the nation. A prize-winner and frequent finalist in national
and international juried exhibitions, she was recently a finalist
in the Portrait Society of America's 'Members Only Competition',
placing in the top ten of over 250 entries. Mrs. Ashton has studied
with some of today's finest portrait artists. For several years,
a full-time artist, her work is in demand for its accuracy and sensitivity.
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Sandra
Anderson
www.SandraAndersonArt.com
Sandra Anderson earned a BFA from the University of California at
Fullerton and works directly from life painting portraits, figures
and landscapes in the plein air tradition. A versatile artist, Anderson
paints in oils and pastels. She has served as a contractor to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and has organized and participated
in plein air events across the country. Sandra is a member of the
Plein Air Painters of Georgia and exhibits regularly across the
Southeast. A resident of Marietta, Anderson is represented by several
galleries and her work is awarded and collected nationally. |
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Elizabeth
Bame
www.paintingsbyelizabeth.com
Elizabeth Bame graduated from Andrews University, in Berrien Springs,
MI with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in 1989. She studied with
internationally trained artist Chris di Domizio for over eight years,
as well as taking several workshops. Her work has been widely exhibited,
and has won a numerous awards including acceptance into the Red
Cinder Artist-in-Residence program in 2003. |
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Keith
Barnett
www.KABarnett.com
Keith Barnett is a graduate of Georgia State University. He is an
award winning artist that has been creating and displaying his art
for over 15 years. Originally trained as an oil painter, he developed
a sever allergy to oils; and has since, developed a portfolio in
other mediums including acrylics, color pencils, watercolor, and
paper collage. His interests are diverse in subject matter, but
his passion lies in the classics of portraiture, landscapes, and
still-lifes. |
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Thomas
Bateman, Jr
www.ThomasBateman.net
Thomas Bateman was born in Augusta, Georgia and began drawing and
painting at age five. His formal training in art began at the Gertude
Herbert Memorial Institute of Art. Mr. Bateman is a graduate of
the Art Institute of Atlanta where he received Best Portfolio Award.
Mr. Bateman offers Traditional Oil Paintings and Graphite Drawings
for commission. His work has been shown in Skirt Magazine, The Atlanta
Journal and Constitution and The Augusta Chronicle Herald.
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Tim Beacham
www.BeachamArtStudio.com
A native of Atlanta; married since 1970; two adult children; Tim
painted his first oil in
1962, but began in earnest in the 1990s. Virtually self-taught,
he began working with a local artist, Gregory Johnson, in 1999.
He is currently studying with Jim Schell and Marc Chatov. His
favorite and most challenging works are portraits but enjoys still
life, landscapes, and anything else that catches his eye.
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Evelyn
Mayers Breit
breitart@bellsouth.net
Evelyn
grew up in New York and won her first citywide competitive art award
in sixth
grade. She has a BFA degree and art teaching certification from
SUNY at Buffalo. In
1980, Evelyn moved to Atlanta and worked as a graphic designer,
eventually returning to figure painting in oils and pastels. She
currently paints commissioned portraits, figures, and landscapes.
Her work has won many awards and hangs in private collections across
the country. |
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Carole
Chalmers
www.CarolesArtPlace.com
Carole
Chalmers majored in Fine Art at Converse College in SC. She attended
the Atlanta College of Art and the Art Students League. She is listed
in Who's Who of American Women. She is a founding member of the
Portrait Society of America and is an active member in other professional
organizations. Carole lives in Bogart, Georgia where she works and
teaches in her home studio. Some of her notable instructors are
Robert Brackman, Burton Silverman, Everette Raymond Kinstler, and
Nelson Shanks. |
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Donna
Williams Colleran
www.DonnaColleranPortraits.com
Donna Williams Colleran is a painter of traditional classical portraits.
She began her career as a Graphic Designer, Art Director and Freelance
Illustrator in Washington, DC. After moving to Atlanta in 1982 Donna
began studying portrait painting with nationally renowned artists
such as Nelson Shanks, Everett Kinstler and Daniel Greene. Donna
is an award winning member of the Portrait Society of Atlanta, the
Atlanta Fine Arts League and the Portrait Society of America. |
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Dede
Collicott
rbcoll@bellsouth.net
Originally
from Florida, Dede graduated from the University of Denver with
a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Painting, and a Degree in Art
Education from the University of Colorado. Over the years, she has
continued to study painting through classes and workshops. She is
a member of the Atlanta Artists Center and Atlanta Fine Arts League.
Working in watercolor, oil and acrylic, Dede has exhibited in juried
shows in Colorado and Georgia.
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Jennifer Stewart Day
Jennifer, a native of Savannah, Georgia, has been featured in magazines worldwide. Renown for artwork and design for rugs, textiles and home furnishing accessories, she received several prestigious awards including the Roscoe award, the design industry’s Oscar. Jennifer was "Stylemaker 1994" AJC and included in the DIFFA Design for Neiman Marcus.
A graduate of the University of Georgia and Parsons School of Design, NYC, Jennifer has studied with many professionals including Scott Burdick, Rosetta Santiago, David Leffel and Jim Schell. Her paintings are in many prominent collections in the United States, Europe and South and Central America.
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Julie
A. Deane
www.JADeaneArtist.com
Julie Deane received her formal training at the Ringling School
of Art in Sarasota, Florida. After working in graphic design,
she returned to fine art in 2003. Ms. Deane takes pride in achieving
an excellent likeness and communicating the sitter's personality.She
works in a realistic but painterly style.
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Carol
Kelly Dorn
carolkellydorn@knology.net
Carol Kelly Dorn is an award-winning artist who received her art
degree from Georgia Southern University. She is interested in all
forms of art & has been painting & drawing portraits in various
media for over 20 years. In 2004, she experienced the rare opportunity
to spend 3 weeks at the Musee du Louvre in Paris to recreate a copy
of an Old Master's painting on site. The Art from the Heart Project
is particularly close to Carol's own heart, since her father, Major
Charles Kelly, a Dustoff medivac helicopter pilot, was killed in
Vietnam as he attempted, under fire, to rescue wounded soldiers.
She resides in Evans, Georgia. |
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Tom
Dorsey
tomdorsey@bellsouth.net
Tom Dorsey's
formal background includes earning a BFA from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago in 1973 while working for Moffitt Studio
as a pre-computer photographic altering portrait artist for 5 years.
He retired in 2003 after operating his
own camera portrait studio in both Chicago and Atlanta for 32 years
before returning to portrait painting. After a "life's purpose awakening,"
he is using his time and talents to benefit children. |
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Anna
Gillon
dagillon@charter.net
Anna Gillon practiced architecture in Atlanta for 15 years before
shifting focus to the study of fine art as well as to raise her
twin boys. She has primarily studied with Chris DiDomizio for over
4 years and enjoys drawing and painting in pastel, oil and watercolor.
Anna has received numerous commissions of children, adults and pets.
She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee School of Architecture
and is a member of the Portrait Society of Atlanta. |
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Lisa
Gleim-Jonas
www.LisaGleim.com
Atlanta native Lisa Gleim-Jonas is an award winning artist and a
graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She is a
highly sought after portrait artist for both her children and pet
portraits. Aside from portraiture, she is also an accomplished landscape
painter. Both can be found in private collections throughout the
east coast, including Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the chambers
of the honorable vice-chancelor Jack B. Jacobs and Astra-Zeneca
Pharmaceutical Company.
Lisa is a Founding Member of the Atlanta Fine Arts League. |
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Pat
Aubé Gray
www.Pat-Aube-Gray.com
Born in New York, Pat Aubé Gray lived in Maine, Texas, and Florida
working in fine and commercial art as well as corporate business.
In 1998 she moved to Blairsville, Georgia and resumed painting full-time.
Self-taught, Pat Aubé Gray paints realistic still lifes, landscapes,
figurative and portraits in several media. Recently, she has attended
workshops with several highly regarded artists. The winner of many
prestigious awards her paintings are in U.S. and European collections.
Pat is a Founding Member of the Atlanta Fine Arts League.
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Larry
Hall
Larry.Hall@yahoo.com
Larry Hall of Atlanta served in combat in Vietnam as an Army Captain
and was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service against
hostile forces. Larry volunteers for a number of non-profit organizations,
including Studio Incamminati, realist studio in Philadelphia,
and has served on the board or as an officer of several others.
Artists with whom Larry has worked include Nelson Shanks, Burt
Silverman, Albert Handell, Tony Ryder and Anne Emerson Hall.
Larry is a Charter Member and an Advisor for the Atlanta
Fine Arts League. |
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Leah
Hopkins Henry
www.LeahHenry.com
Award winning Atlanta artist and graduate of the University of Georgia,
Leah Hopkins Henry is a professional portrait painter who has been
creating portraits since age 10. Landscape, still life and figures
are other subjects that she paints. Henry has studied portraiture
with internationally known artists Daniel Greene and David Leffel
and her paintings can be found in many private and corporate collections
throughout the U.S. She receives numerous commissions of children,
adults and pets.
Leah is a Founding Member of the Atlanta Fine Arts League. |
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Terrell
Herbert
www.TerrellHerbert.com
Terrell Herbert, a native of Edgard, Louisiana attended Colorado
Institute of Art in Denver, Colorado where he studied commercial
arts. From there over the next 10 years Terrell painted portraits,
murals, designed logos and more. In 1994 he became a Graphic Artist
for BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Company, now AT&T. He is
married to Lisa Howard and has a daughter Anja Alaya. Terrell's
enjoys painting portraits and nostalgia related art.
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Wendy
Jackson
winksterart@yahoo.com
Wendy Jackson majored in painting at the University of Nebraska
at Omaha graduating Magna Cum Laude with a B.F.A. degree followed
by an M.S. She has taught art at all levels at both private and
public schools in Omaha, Fort Lauderdale, and Atlanta. Wendy’s favorite
media are graphite, watercolor, and oil. She has completed numerous
portraits, figurative works, and botanical art. In 2005 she painted
a turtle sculpture titled “BottiSHELLi” for the Town Turtles of
Sandy Springs. |
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Joan
Leininger
joaneletta@yahoo.com
Joan
Leininger came back to painting in her fifties. Portraits are the
center of her work. Since 1997 she has won numerous awards and among
them, The Top Ten of Tennessee 2006 on-line competition of the Portrait
Society of America as well as Third Place and Peoples Choice Awards
in the Fall 2004 Juried Exhibition of the Portrait Society of Atlanta.
Painting at least six hours every day, she believes, "retirement
is not an option". |
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Stefanie
Lieberman
www.StefanieLieberman.com
Stefanie Lieberman is an award winning painter and graduate of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her work has been widely
exhibited throughout the United States including the prestigious
Biggs Museum of Fine Art in Delaware. Her paintings are among the
collections of the Rome Council of the Arts, Rome, GA, the American
Kennel Club Museum, NYC, NY as well as numerous private collections
both nationally and abroad. Stefanie is represented by Anne Irwin
Fine Art in Atlanta and she currently works and resides in Philadelphia,
PA. |
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Dominique
Marsh
kokotte@mindspring.com
Dominique
is a native of France and a former executive in the International
Hospitality business. She decided to return to her first love of
portraiture and has been painting people and animals ever since.
Her paintings are found in numerous private collections zin Atlanta,
Washington, DC, the West Coast and France. She has studied with
numerous nationally renowned artists and is a member of the Portrait
Society of America and Portrait Society of Atlanta.
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Shane
McDonald
www.ShaneMcDonaldStudios.com
Award
winning artist Shane McDonald grew up in Illinois and studied visual
art and figure drawing at Kennesaw State University. He graduated
in 1992 with a B. A. in Visual Arts. He has worked full-time as
a graphic designer, illustrator and art instructor while pursuing
his interest in drawing and painting people. He enjoys painting
portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes. His work can also be seen
in the children's book My Trip to the Big Chicken. Shane currently
lives in Marietta.
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Fran Milner
www.franimation.com
As a trained medical illustrator, specializing in the presentation
of health information for the consumer health audience, Fran relaxes
by putting her visual communication skills and sound knowledge
of human anatomy to use painting portraits.
Fran is a Founding Member of the Atlanta Fine Arts League |
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Vivian
Moody
Viviangmoody@aol.com
Vivian Moody, an Atlanta artist, heard about the Art from the Heart
Program and felt compelled to volunteer for such a worthwhile endeavor.
She paints in both oil and
pastels and combines a slightly impressionistic background with
a higher lever of detail in the face. She is equally as comfortable
painting both human faces as well as those of horses and canine
friends.
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Sherry
Needle
www.SherryNeedle.com
Sherry Needle studied at the State University of Iowa and at The
American Academy of Art in Chicago where she received a solid background
in drawing, anatomy and painting. Later, she moved to Atlanta and
worked as a freelance artist while raising a family. As a member
of Atlanta Pen Women, Atlanta Artists Center, Quinlan Visual Arts
Center, Portrait Society of Atlanta, Portrait Society of America
and the Atlanta Fine Arts League, she has won numerous awards.
Sherry
is a Charter Member of the Atlanta Fine Arts League. |
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Sivananda
Nyayapathi
www.skanpaints.com
Sivananda (Siva) has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India. Siva moved his
family to Atlanta in 1996 and he started his pursuit of art again
in 1997. Siva is a juried member of the Portrait Society of Atlanta
and served as a board member for two years. His paintings can be
found in numerous collections both locally and abroad. Siva has
been teaching art for the past two years. |
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Lois
M. Pahl
gspahl@bellsouth.net
Missouri native Lois M. Pahl has been painting for over forty years.
She is an award winning artist and her artwork is in private collections
throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. Ms. Pahl has been
teaching art for thirty-five years and at 75, she has no intention
of slowing down. She enjoys painting wildlife, landscape, and portraits
of people and pets.Being married to a Marine, this project was quite
special to her. |
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Walter
E. Peterson
www.PainterofLife.com
Walt Peterson is a graduate of Florida State University and began
his professional portrait career in Atlanta in 1993. After living
and working here until 2006, he now
resides in south Florida.His passion for art keeps him exploring
a wide range of subject matter while still painting portraits. He
credits John De La Vega with whom he has studied with for taking
his work to a whole new level of artistic and technical refinement.
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K.
Ashley Pittman
www.AshleyAcrylics.com
K. Ashley Pittman is a predominantly self-taught artist. He has
been interested in painting since age 12. He graduated with honors
from Georgia State University and has seen success both as an entrepreneur
and in the corporate world. Returning to his roots, he has re-established
his passion for fine art and painting. With additional training
in acrylics and drawing from the Atlanta College of Art, he has
refined his artwork focusing his talents on acrylic paintings. |
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Kathleen
Ryan
Kathleen Ryan grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY and started painting
as a young child. She continued her studies at SUNYat New Paltz.
After marrying and rearing her two children in the north east,
Kathleen and her family moved to Marietta in 1993 where she began
painting again full time. An avid portrait artist, she is also
an award winning still life and landscape painter with works in
collections in both the Atlanta and New York areas.
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Daniel
Shouse
danshouse@bellsouth.net
After 26 years as an advertising art director in New York City
and Miami, Florida, Daniel Shouse changed careers and became a
full time portrait artist. In 1989 he joined The Portrait Society
of Atlanta, earning Member of Merit status in 1991. His works
hang in many private, corporate and government collections in
the United States and South America.
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John Wesley Simms, Jr. of Fairfield Glades, TN has an Associate
of Applied Science degree from Macomb Community College and a
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors from the Center for Creative
Studies College of Art and Design. His oil and watercolor portraits
can be found in many public and corporate collections including
Benjamin L. Hooks, NAACP Executive Director, Alfred Warren, Vice
President, General Motors Corporation, and Coleman A.Young, Mayor
of the City of Detroit, just to name a few. |
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Sandy
Sparks
srksparks@bellsouth.net
Sandy Sparks of Douglasville is a substitute teacher, the mother
of two and the wife
of a retired Army Colonel of 27 years of active duty. She has been
painting
portraits, landscapes and animals for 30 years and says "I learn
more with each
piece of artwork." She works in both watercolors and acrylic and
her passion is custom portraits. She became involved in this project
after reading about it in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. |
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Geri
Zaki
www.ArtbyZaki.com
Geraldine Zaki has worked in oil over thirty years with a variety
of subject matters including portraiture, still life, and plein
air landscape. Her paintings are in corporate and private collections
throughout the U.S. and Europe. She is a Past President of the Portrait
Society of Atlanta. Ms. Zaki has studied portrait and figure painting
with several of the leading national realist painters. She graduated
Magna Cum Laude from the Plymouth State University.
Geri is a Founding Member of the Atlanta Fine Arts League. |
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