Pamela Barcita

Pamela Barcita is a watercolor artist, an illustrator, and art teacher who recently moved back to New Mexico after many years living overseas and in other states - most recently,  Virginia.  Currently she teaches online as an instructor for the Visual Arts Center of Tidewater Community College located in Norfolk, VA. She has been teaching in the classroom and online for TCC since 1986. Pamela is the illustrator of over 25 children’s books.  Pamela earned a Master’s Degree in Studio Art with an emphasis in Illustration from Marywood University in Scranton, PA in 1998. She is a member of The New Mexico Watercolor Society and the New Mexico Art League. Pamela’s watercolor paintings won several awards from the Southside Artists Association art shows in 2018-19, ranging from People’s Choice, Third, Second and First Place. For the Chesapeake Bay Watercolorists she was awarded a Second Place in the 2019 Spring Show and won Best in Show and People’s Choice awards in the 2019 Fall show. Most recently she won Best of Show, New Mexico Watercolor Society, Fall Exhibit - 2024. 

Carolyn Berry

Carolyn Berry has been passionate about teaching art for over 25 years. As a public school teacher, she has been named Outstanding Kansas Educator of the Year and has taught workshops for the Kansas City Art Institute Continuing Education, the Nelson Atkins Museum, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts and various other art centers around the country. Working primarily with collage, photography and encaustic wax, her encaustic mixed-media work can be seen in the recent North Light Book publications, Incite3 and Incite 4. She maintains a studio and exhibits in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area. Carolyn's work can be found in collections throughout the United States.

Michelle Chrisman

Michelle Chrisman has been making her living as a full-time oil painter and instructor for over 20 years.  She is a plein aire painter of the New Mexico landscape, a contemporary figure painter and a still-life painter.  Michelle’s work is represented in Santa Fe by The Signature Gallery, in Taos by Wilder Nightingale Fine Art, and Weems Gallery in Albuquerque. She teaches Plein Air Painting Workshops  at Ghost Ranch as well as Contemporary Figure and Still-Life Painting in Albuquerque and is excited about oil painting that is emotionally expressive. Michelle graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology in Figure Illustration, The School of Visual Arts in Graphic Design with a BFA, and completed intensive art studies at the New York and Denver Art Student Leagues and Scottsdale Artists School.Instructors who have had the greatest influence on Michelle and her work are Kevin MacPherson, Kim English and Peggi Kroll-Roberts.  She has long been a Signature Member of PAPNM.  www.MichelleChrisman.com

Dave Cook

Dave Cook, an artist and retired architect, explores the beauty of the natural and built world through vivid, colorful shape-dominated paintings.   He paints both through realistic and abstract interpretations, using watercolors and acrylics on paper, often with various textures and strokes.  He enjoys the freedom of expression and design in water media as a serious art form. He often paints plein air.He is a signature member of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies WFWS and New Mexico Watercolor Society NMWS.  He is a past president of the NMWS, and project manager for WFWS 47 in Albuquerque.He has received awards in the exhibitions of both watercolor societies, the Visual Arts Council Fine Arts Show, and the AIA Architect as an Artist show.  He has been accepted in the NM Arts and Crafts Fairs, and has been juried into the Expo NM Fine Arts Shows and Master Works exhibitions.

Betsy Greenlee

Betsy grew up in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and from an early age enjoyed watercolor painting in nature with her mother. Still, it was not until mid-life, living and working In Ann Arbor, Michigan, that she had the opportunity to study art formally. Beginning with drawing classes at Washtenaw Community College, she eventually earned both bachelor of fine arts and master of fine arts degrees from Eastern Michigan University, with a concentration in serigraphy and intaglio printmaking. After moving to New Mexico in 1998, she began working primarily in pastels, occasionally in acrylics and mixed media, and received numerous awards in both local and national shows. In 2011 Betsy returned to her first love, printmaking, after taking a class in a nontoxic process of making prints from photosensitive plates. Her prints have been included in shows at the New Mexico Art League and Remarque Print Workshop. She is a member and former president of the Pastel Society of New Mexico. 

Toby Hall

M. Tobias Hall (b. 1981) lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Tobias has an MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art (Class of 2017), and received his BA magna cum laude in Fine Arts (with a focus on Animation) from Arizona State University.He has taught drawing and painting as a visiting instructor and assistant instructor at Studio Escalier (Paris & Argenton Chateau, France), at the Ryder Studio School (Santa Fe, NM), and online with Studio Incamminati and the Teaching Studios of Art. www.mtobiashall.com

Cynthia Inson 

I paint using either watercolors or water mixable oils, often outside in Nature, to express the silence and peace the I experience and see in the grand vistas of the Southwest High Desert.  These are always painted from life. I have been inspired for many years by the paintings of the early California Plein Air painters. In particular, I continue to study and find inspiration in the works of Marion Kavanaugh Watchtel, Sam Hyde Harris, William Wendt, and Guy Rose. Born in 1948, I live just outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico with fellow artist and husband JK Inson, our dear pup Lucy Rocket and a very special cat, Lupine. Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts and Art History-Wichita State University. Masters of Anthropology and Archeology-Wichita State University Memberships: Oil Painters of America, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico Plein Air Artists of Colorado, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico, California Art Club. Gallery Representation: Nedra Matteucci Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Maria Lilly 

Maria Lilly studied at Pratt Institute, Montclaire State University and the NJ Art Students League. Her work has exhibited in New York and New Mexico and can be found in collections throughout the United States. She works from her studio where she creates relief prints on a press that her husband built for her  “I am a graphic fine artist/printmaker, art restorer, and framer living and creating in New Mexico. Many of my prints reflect New Mexico scenery. I love doing landscapes and things of nature. Birds, plant life, animals, weather and humans inspire me. My prints start with a drawing. The drawings are taken from my sketchbook, imagination, memory, or my own photography. Many times, all three are involved. After drawing the image on the block, the light areas are carved out. The relief surface is covered with ink and put through a cylinder press or printed by hand with a spoon or doorknob. The printed paper is carefully removed and put aside to dry.” 

Pat Masello

 The Art of Brushwork is comprised of three elements. The brush is a magician’s wand, and if handled correctly, can create a world out of thin air. The ink is the blood; it holds the possibility of Ch’I yun, or the living spirit of painting. And the paper is the skin, the texture that accepts the ink and absorbs the energy of the brush. It is the dance between these three, the brush, the ink and the paper guided by the hand and the heart that makes brushwork.

Michael Ottersen

Michael Ottersen lives and works in Albuquerque New Mexico. He was born in Massapequa Long Island in 1956 and grew up mostly in Norwalk, Ct. Michael received a BFA in painting from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA, and Rome,Italy. After graduating he lived and worked in NYC, Seattle WA  and in various locations in New Mexico. He consistently maintained a painting studio wherever he was and has supported himself in magazine production, textile production, gardening, free lance illustration and since 1997 as a painting and drawing instructor. Mr. Ottersen finds that the unknown element of his work is what keeps him obsessed and the ensuing contradictions a catalyst  for new directions. 

Coulter Prehm

Coulter Prehm ( b.1984) is an observational painter/draftsman (works from life) residing in Santa Fe, NM. Colt studied art with many of the top, contemporary painters of the day though the bulk of his study took place with Tony Ryder who is a dear friend, teacher and mentor. His work has been displayed at galleries across the US and has been featured in numerous publications in the United States, Europe and Canada. Colt is an engaging instructor and has taught drawing and painting workshops as well as conducted demos at public universities and other institutions.  In addition to painting and teaching, Colt has been widely recognized and published for his work in tattooing. See RenaissanceLifeNow.com for art resources or CoulterPrehm.com for more information and portfolios.

John Reger

John was born in Illinois in 1960, and worked for more than 20 years as an illustrator. John attended classes in Chicago; at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, The Vitruvian Fine Art Studio, and in 2007, enrolled at Studio Escalier; a private art school and international arts colony in Argenton-Chateau, France, where he completed his initial classical training with instructors Timothy Stotz and N. Michelle Tully, and met their instructor Ted Seth Jacobs. While at Studio Escalier, John learned that Anthony Ryder had also been Mr. Jacob’s student, and had a classical drawing and painting atelier in the US.  John subsequently applied for and was accepted at The Ryder Studio School in Santa Fe, New Mexico in 2008. John continues to perfect his technique, form, and color, and in 2012, was honored to be chosen as the Teaching Assistant at the Ryder Studio School, and remains on the faculty there. John teaches workshops in Texas, California, and Oklahoma. He lives with his wife in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Susan Roden

Albuquerque multidisciplinary artist Susan E. Roden, attended the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Houston Art Institute. Her art is exhibited nationally and she is the recipient of awards including Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club’s 1994 Medal of Honor for pastels (NY) and the 1996 Yarka Award from the Salmagundi Club (NY). She attended residencies to Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park (2009) and California’s Desert Dairy Farm (2021, 2022).Roden was featured on the cover of the Pastel Artist International Magazine (2002) with an accompanied article of her technique and cited in the Southwest Art Magazine (2005) as “Collectors Choice for Pastels”. As an artistic collaborator with Albuquerque’s Theatre Aux Dog and Santa Fe playwright, Mark Dunn’s production, Diptych (2019), Roden’s 32 pieces of art represented the Daughter / Artist’s character. She has taught at the University of California San Diego Extension, San Diego Museum of Art and Oasis /Albuquerque. Roden is juried member with the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club (NY), Distinguished Pastelist and Past President of the Pastel Society of New Mexico, member of the Women Entrepreneurs of New Mexico and the New Mexican Chapter of the National Museum ofWomen in the Arts. Her art is internationally collected with representation by Jezebel’s Studio & Gallery, Madrid, NM, Patrician Design, Albuquerque, NM, and Tirage Fine Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA. Roden’s pastels are also included within notable organizations such as The Gaslamp Quarter Historical Foundation of San Diego, San Diego Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Museum of California and the Petrified Forest National Park.

David Schwindt

An active plein-air painter as well as a studio painter, David Schwindt is known for his landscape paintings of the Southwest. Collectors looked forward to his annual solo show at Framing Concepts in Albuquerque for 22 years. He graduated from Fort Lewis College with a degree in Art and minors in Music and Humanities, studied with watercolor masters, Millard Sheets, Milford Zornes, and others through the New Mexico Watercolor Society where he served as President. He studied oil painting with Wilson Hurley, Zhang Wenxin, Clyde Aspevig and others, and has passed on his knowledge by teaching at the Scottsdale Artists School, Albuquerque Academy Summer School, and workshops around the Southwest. He has published articles inThe Artist’s Magazine and has been featured in many other art publications and newspaper articles. He currently lives in the North Valley of Albuquerque and paints outdoors regularly with old friends and new. www.davidschwindtartist.com

      Tina Stallard

Tina Stallard is an artist based in Corrales, NM who works primarily with watercolors. Her work is inspired by the New Mexico landscape, love of animals,  and bright playful colors. Growing up as a hog farmer's daughter has influenced  her subjects and styles, often allowing expressing Tina’s love of the agricultural  lifestyle. She went on to receive her degree in Graphic Design from UC Berkeley  and worked as a graphic design artist in the Bay Area as well as teaching art  classes at public schools. Currently Tina teaches art privately and at the New  Mexico Art League. She is a signature member of the New Mexico Watercolor  Society and has participated in many local and national exhibits.  

Dick Wimberly 

Dick is a plein air artist. Wimberly says “While working on a painting I receive communication about the moods and seasons of nature from the world around me. Art is about giving and receiving, it’s about sharing the beauty that I see in my heart and mind with others.” He has been painting outdoors for over 40 years, and has taught in Albuquerque Public Schools, classes at the NM Art League, and Eastern New Mexico University. He has studied with Wilson Hurley, Clyde Aspevig and Michael Lynch. Dick has taught workshops around the US, taking great pleasure in watching his students discovering and growing into their own thoughts and abilities.As well as winning awards in various competitions,  he is the only artist to win three times the Jeff Potter award for best landscape by a New Mexico artist at the PAPNM National Juried Members Show. Dick has sold through various galleries in New York, Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico and has had many one man shows over  the years. Dick Wimberly served as the President of the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico and is a member of the Oil Painters of America and of the Laguna Plein Air Painters Association. Dick lives with his wife in Cedar Crest, New Mexico,  enjoying traveling and painting on location in national parks, across the US, and abroad. 

Mary Beth Woiccak

Mary Beth Woiccak’s work is inspired by the natural world—big and small, alive and dead, tangible and ethereal. The organic forms, shadows, and shapes that are innate on rocks and in landscapes are all part of the visual language she documents. Color, line, and the tactile nature of objects are explored consistently through Mary Beth’s body of work as a whole, including her book art pieces, text-based series, and work with fabric. Born and raised in New York state, Mary Beth received a BFA in Communication Design at State University of New York in Buffalo. She has called Endwell, Houston, Atlanta, and Perth home over the years. In 2019, she moved to Albuquerque to be closer to the landscapes, hikes, and beauty of the Southwest. In addition to making and exhibiting her artwork, Mary Beth has worked professionally for the past 20+ years in arts administration including positions such as art consultant, gallery manager, and program director. 

Past Visiting Faculty

Phil Starke

Phil grew up in a military family where he spent several years in Europe and was influenced by the museums and art work that he was exposed to. He attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago where he studied figure painting and drawing. After living and painting in the midwest for a number of years he and his family moved to Tucson AZ. The southwest, along with Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado were a great inspiration for his painting. Towards the end of 2019 Phil and his wife Shari moved to Georgia. He looks forward to painting in the southeast and the Appalachian Mountains. He participates in numerous exhibitions and gallery shows annually. He is a member of the "Plein Air Painters of America" and "The California Art Club". Aside from the pure joy and excitement of painting his surroundings, Phil’s goal in painting is to try and reflect some of Gods glory in his creation. Phil teaches workshops around the country as well as several online workshops.

Susan Lyon

Susan Lyon grew up in Oak Park, Illinois. Her initial interest in art was sparked by a television show on Georgia O'Keefe. "I hadn't seen art like that before. Her work touched me emotionally and seemed so personal -- a sort of window into her soul." Lyon studied painting at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and  Chicago's 100+ year-old Palette and Chisel Club. It is there she first began exhibiting and selling her work. Susan draws much inspiration from painters such as Zorn, Malavin, Sorolla, and Celia Beaux. Susan lives in a rural area of North Carolina with her husband, artist Scott Burdick, whom she met at the Palette and Chisel Art Club in Chicago. 

Carolyn Anderson

Carolyn Anderson has developed her own singular style, learning from other artists who inspired and supported her, but experimenting with the boundaries of traditional techniques.  Artist William Reese called her work “poetry – a poetic painting grows as time goes on.” Over the years, she has received numerous awards for her paintings, including twice winning the C.M. Russell Museum Auction Best of Show. She has also received several Master Awards of Excellence at the American Impressionist Society show, several Northwest Rendezvous Merit Awards and the NWR President’s Choice Award. She has participated in major national shows for over thirty years, including the Prix de West, C.M. Russell Museum Show, and the Coors Western Art Exhibit. A respected workshop instructor, Anderson teaches several classes a year. She has taught for the Fechin School, Scottsdale Artists’ School, Frye Museum, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, and Walt Disney Imagineering. While doing work for Walt Disney Imagineering in California, she was contracted to research and write about visual language. She has continued her research in that area of art and science and uses this information in her writing and workshop instruction.

Louis Escobedo

In 1985, Louis Escobedo shifted his professional focus, moving from illustration to fine art. In 1990, Louis and his wife, Yolanda, moved to Denver, Colorado. During his fine art career, Louis exhibited in many galleries across the United States, including California, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, and Maryland. In 1994, Louis was awarded his first Gold Medal from the National Oil Painters of America (OPA) and received his second one with a $25,000 award in 2014. He is one of only two artists receiving this prestigious award twice from this 27-year-old organization. In 2019 Louis received the Master Signature status in Oil Painters of America based on his mastery of oil painting and accomplishments in the world of representational art. Louis and Yolanda currently reside in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Joan Fullerton

Joan Fullerton grew up on the vast, slow-paced plains of Eastern Wyoming. While raising 3 children, she studied watercolor with Edgar Whitney, Frank Webb, Charles Reid and many other nationally known watercolorists. In 1985 she returned to college and achieved BFA and MFA degrees in painting from the University of Wyoming. She was a college art instructor at Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne, Wyoming from 1990 to 2003. In 2003 she made the leap of faith to relocate and paint full-time in Taos, NM. During her 8 years in Taos, Fullerton made her mark and established her reputation as a well-known and respected artist and teacher. A recent move to south Denver, she is now hosting workshops internationally. Joan Fullerton’s work has been in galleries, juried shows and museums since the early 70’s and she has shown internationally in Italy and Japan. Her work is published in Open Studios Press 2010, and Visual Journeys, Art of the 21st Century. 

Bill Gallen

Growing up along the shores of Lake Michigan and wandering the woods and fields of his native Wisconsin gave Bill Gallen an early appreciation for the wonders of the natural world. Gallen graduated from the University of Wisconsin having studied German and History andspent a year abroad at the University of Freiburg in Germany. Plans to pursue an academic career gave way when he moved to Colorado with his brother, following the call of a boyhood interest in the Rocky Mountains. Nurturing a lifelong interest in art, Gallen studied painting and drawing in his free time. A fortuitous encounter with the landscape painter David Ballew lead him to a lineage of teachers that remain lifelong mentors, principally Michael J. Lynch and Ned Jacob. Gallen currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Marjorie Leggitt

Marjorie Leggitt is an award-winning science illustrator based in Boulder, Colorado. Specializing in illustration for professional botanical journals, reference publications and museum exhibits, she also creates art for commercial clients. A self-taught artist, Marjorie began her career dissecting and illustrating Australian land snails at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History but soon returned to her passion - drawing plants. While illustrating the first of several botanical field guides, she was contracted by the Denver Museum of Nature and Science to develop visual reconstructions of ancient plant life for the Prehistoric Journey permanent exhibit. Today, Marjorie is a lead artist for the Flora of North America and Flora of Oklahoma. Marjorie has taught botanical illustration courses through the Denver Botanic Gardens School of Botanical Art and Illustration since 1990.

Kerry Dunn

Born in 1976, Kerry Dunn began drawing at the early age of five when sitting on his fathers' lap he watched his Dad doodle a sketch. In 1999 he graduated from Ringling School of Art and Design with a major in illustration. Dunn later moved to New York City to attend the famed Art Students League of NY in search of a teacher. During his time there he met Nelson Shanks, an internationally renowned portrait painter. Later that year he was invited by Mr. Shanks to move to Philadelphia to be a part of the new painting school that Shanks was opening. Studio Incamminati, a school of traditional drawing and painting methods. Mr. Dunn now lives and works in Philadelphia and teaches at Studio Incamminati as part of the core faculty and travels the county teaching his own workshops. Many of Mr. Dunn's current works are available at Haynes Gallery.

Sterling Edwards

Sterling began teaching his style of painting in 1993. His workshops are attended by hundreds of people annually in the U.S. and Canada. In 2001 he was featured artist in Watercolor Magic Magazine. In 2007 he was awarded signature member status in the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor and designed a signature set of brushes and a watecolor palette that are marketed internationally. In 2010 he was awarded signature membership status in the esteemed Transparent Watercolor Society of America. He is the author of the North Light book, "Creating Luminous Watercolor Landscapes: A Four Step Process," and is a contributing artist in numerous other publications. His paintings are in private collections throughout the world. 

Frank Eber

Frank grew up in Europe and was mentored by Italian master painter Renato Casaro in 1994 and 95. In the ’80s and ’90s Frank worked as a professional illustrator for video cover sleeves and as a portrait artist by commission. He strives to create timeless art in both oil and watermedia and works in a direct, loose style influenced by the Old World Masters. His love of travel has given him prime opportunities to paint: he lived for three years in the south of France, and has painted on location in many countries around the world. He is also an accomplished Portrait painter. Frank is an award-winning watercolor artist and Signature member of the American Watercolor Society (AWS), the National Watercolor Society (NWS) and the Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA). He is a juried Artist member of the prestigious California Art Club.

Dawn Emerson

Dawn is an inspiring and generous teacher who is passionate about encouraging each person to find their own unique way of using the pastel medium to express themselves. She creates a culture of sharing and joyful exploration in each workshop that encourages each person to take risks, to constructively self-critique their work, and to identify meaningful themes to pursue in their art. Dawn is a signature member of the Pastel Society of America, a respected art judge and juror, author of Pastel Innovations, and has made 6 instructional videos. Her work is known for its powerful energy and expressive way of combining realism with abstraction.

Douglas Fryer

Douglas Fryer (American, b.1963) is regarded for his richly textured, subtly abstracted landscapes, still lifes and figures.  He believes that “Art is in the process and result of organizing elements for the purpose of stimulating the senses, emotions and thoughts of both the creator and the viewer of the work. Works of art are evidence of the artist’s effort to experience and comprehend the world and to observe particular nuances in visual, conceptual and spiritual information.” Using a variety of tools, techniques and media, he creates poetic works that inspire contemplation and reflection.  Douglas Fryer was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and was raised in the northern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois as well as in California. He received a BFA (1988) and MFA (1995) from Brigham Young University, principally studying with Bruce Hixon Smith. Interested in work that explores the interplay between the physical and metaphysical, Fryer has been influenced by artists such as Soren Emil Carlsen, John Twachtman, George Inness, Edgar Degas, Fred Cuming, V. Douglas Snow, among many others. Fryer has taught at BYU, University of Hartford, Fashion Institute of Technology, and Snow College. His work is held in numerous private and public collections. He is represented by Meyer Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Altamira Gallery in Scottsdale Arizona and Jackson Hole, Wyoming,  and Illume Gallery of Fine Art, St. George, Utah.  Fryer currently lives with his family in Spring City, Utah.

Albert Handell

Albert Handell was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1937. He began formal studies of drawing and anatomy at sixteen. In 1954, he enrolled at the Art Students League of New York City to study drawing and anatomy with the late Louis Priscilla and the late Robert Ward Johnson, and later studied with Frank Mason. From 1961 to 1965, Albert lived and traveled in Europe. In Paris, he painted independently in his own studio, working from the model at L'Ecole de la Grande Chaumiere and at the Louvre, copying old masters. Since 1961, he has had over thirty one-man shows and has received over seventy prizes and awards. He now exhibits with the Ventana Fine Art Gallery in Santa Fe, where since 1987, he has had annual one-man shows. He lives and paints in Santa Fe, and teaches nationally and internationally. www.alberthandell.com 

Jan Denton

Jan Denton is an award-winning botanical watercolor painter. She has received a number of commissions for her work, and is an active member of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Jan has a BA in Fine Arts from California State University, and a Certificate in Botanical Art and Illustration from the Corcoran College of Art + Design and the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. In 2006 she co-produced “Botanical Treasures of Lewis & Clark,” an exhibit of original works displayed at the Corcoran Gallery. Shortly after moving to Santa Fe from DC in 2007, Jan began teaching classes on “Painting in the Style of O’Keeffe” for the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Her many private collectors include Jamie and Phyllis Wyeth. Her work can be viewed online at www.jandenton.com. 

Lynn McLain

Lynn McLain received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Architecture from Texas Tech University. He has been painting and teaching watercolor professionally since 1978. He continues to paint and sell his art, as well as, teach workshops in New Mexico and other parts of the country. In his teaching, Lynn strives to impart skills to each student so that they might better understand his painting process and techniques and become more confident in their own use of the watercolor medium. He is a Signature Member/Dolphin Fellow in the American Watercolor Society, and a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society. He is also the founding member of the Wet Brush Critique Group in Albuquerque, NM. His work has received numerous awards, and has been exhibited nationally as well as internationally. His work has also been published in several books and magazines.

Teresa Oaxaca

Teresa Oaxaca is an American born artist based currently in Washington D.C. She is a full time painter whose works can be seen in collections and galleries throughout the US and internationally. Her talent has been recognized and rewarded by museums and institutions such as the American Museum of the Cowboy, The former Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Art Renewal Center, The Elisabeth Greenshields Foundation, the Posey Foundation, and The Portrait Society of America and the Museu Europeu D’Art Modern in Barcelona. Her training includes a four-year diploma at the Angel Academy of Art (Florence Italy, Graduate studies at the Florence Academy, an Apprenticeship with Odd Nerdrum in Norway, and studies at the Art League of Alexandria VA where she trained with Robert Liberace, Paul Lucchesi, and took many other courses. Currently she teaches workshops around the United States and in Europe.

Susan Rubin

Susan Rubin is a botanical artist with a contemporary point of view. She explores the botanical realm with an eye for scientific accuracy and a storytelling aesthetic. Bridging the space between traditional botanical illustration and modern materials, Susan draws connections between people and plants in colored pencil and mixed media. Growing up in Colorado, Susan formalized her study of art and art history at Colorado College, the University of Exeter in the UK, and the University of Colorado. An instructor in the School of Botanical Art and Illustration at Denver Botanic Gardens since 1998, she also teaches workshops in the US and abroad, as well as online. Her work is held in the collections of the State Museum of New York and the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation as well as many private collections.