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joy to the purchaser in some cases as they

reminisced about a place or event painted

that no longer existed.”

“Every time I pick up my brush, there is

a puzzle to solve, challenges to meet,” says

artist Kate Aubrey. “What worked before

is never enough. If I explore, if I examine

and absorb, paintings come tumbling one

after another through my head demanding

birth. Invention is hard on their heels.

Rather than wondering, ‘What shall

I paint,’ I wonder, instead, ‘How can I ever

paint it all?’”

Kathleen Gray Farthing says, “Wherever

I go, from Prague to Sri Lanka to the field

behind my house, I see a painting around

every bend. It’s often patterns or colors—a

rhythmic string of telephone poles along

a highway, a glowing light falling on an

old hay wagon or a breathtaking vista

overlooking the ocean—that initially

attract my eye and inspire me to create.

These qualities and sensations are what

I strive to share with viewers so they can

see and feel what I do. I want people to be

as awed as I am, or as amused or delighted

or fascinated as I am. That’s the challenge,

as well as the pleasure, of painting.”

After retiring from teaching art 22

years, Maria Tuma continued painting

with her own original intent. “Lately

I have become so interested in ‘illus-

trating’ some verses in the Holy Bible,

due to the realities seen on the news like

the red moon, sun eclipse and the fires in

California,” says Tuma, whose painting

The First Turmpet is based on Joel 2:31

and Revelation 8:7. “Warning the Earth

to those that are paying attention...The

ALEXANDRA

BECKERBLACK

[email protected]

http://www.alexandrabeckerblack.com

ALI CAVANAUGH

http://www.alicavanaugh.com

ARDEN GALLERY

129 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116

(617) 247-0610, http://www.ardengallery.com

BLUE RAIN GALLERY

544 S. Guadalupe Street, Santa Fe,

NM 87501, (505) 954-9902

[email protected]

http://www.blueraingallery.com

BONNER DAVID GALLERIES

7040 E Main Street, Scottsdale,

AZ 85251, (480) 941-8500

http://www.bonnerdavid.com

BROOKE HARKER

http://www.brookeharker.com

CHANTEL LYNN BARBER

(901) 438-2420

[email protected]

http://www.chantellynnbarber.com

CINDY SORLEY

KEICHINGER

[email protected]

http://www.goldenkstudio.com

Represented by

Picture This Gallery, (800) 528-4278

http://www.picturethisgallery.com

CLAUDIA SEYMOUR

New Canaan, CT, (203) 856-2874

http://www.claudiaseymour.com

COREEN JOHNSON

Lafayette, MN, (507) 276-3119

http://www.coreenjohnsonfineart.com

CYNTHIA ROSEN

Dorset, VT, (802) 345-8863

[email protected]

http://www.cynthiarosen.com

GALLERY 1261

1412 Wazee Street, Denver, CO 80202

(303) 571-1261, http://www.gallery1261.com

GEORGE BILLIS GALLERY

525 W. 26th Street, Ground Floor

New York NY 10001, (212) 645.2621

http://www.georgebillis.com

GIULIANA AUBERT

Giuliana Aubert Fine Art, P.O. Box 3382

Manhattan Beach, CA, (310) 288-3531

http://www.giulianaaubert.com

JEANNE HYLAND

Santa Fe, NM, [email protected]

http://www.jeannehyland.com

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