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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 Simms
www.SimmsFineArtist.com
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
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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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