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A BFA graduate of The University of Missouri-Columbia, Amanda Raithel resides in Falls City, Nebraska with her husband Ed and daughter Miranda. She enjoys capturing the essence of the cattle business through her artwork while juggling a full time job at a registered Angus operation.Continued





Avery Tomlinson was born in Georgia, and but also raised in various other states including Missouri, Texas, and South Carolina. She is the oldest of three children and has younger twin brothers who also share a passion for music and art. Since Avery was 12 years old, she worked part time at local veterinary practices and knew she wanted a career in veterinary medicine. Continued


Beth Dunn is a digital artist with extensive experience in the graphic design industry. In addition, she has traditional artworks consisting not only of digitally created pieces, but also created with acrylics, pastels, charcoal, ink and pencil. Her educational background includes journalism, business administration, graphic design and fine art.  Continued



Carla Christina Contreras’ tapestry began taking shape very early.  Growing up in Los Angeles, she acted in commercials from the age of three, adding the title of Miss America, Tiny Tot to her credits the same year.  “Acting was a natural outlet for my creativity.  I was in Los Angeles; my father was a Key Grip."  Spending days on various movie sets as a child, she fell in love with all aspects of film.  By the time she was eleven, she had a recurring role in the popular TV series, The Waltons.  Continued




Carolyn Molder has been painting for almost nine years.  She has always loved working with her hands, but painting gives her the greatest satisfaction.  A move to the mountains for the climate and lifestyle has also provided her with inspiration from nature.  Her paintings are representational and from the heart.  Continued



A 30 year resident of Erath County, Texas, Debbie Lincoln travels the country searching for subjects for her paintings. Many, however, are found in her own backyard of Morgan Mill, Texas.

Deborah Grayson Lincoln was born in Baton Rouge and grew up in Dallas, Texas. She studied art at Texas Tech University and Highland College in Illinois.  Continued



Donna Greenstein was born in Guelph, Ontario while her father was attending the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, just after WWII.  When she  was ten, she showed a Jersey calf at the local 4-H club shows and grew up helping out at her dad’s Etobicoke Animal Hospital.  She also found time to ride and draw horses.  She received a bachelor of arts degree at York University, north of Toronto, and my B.Ed. at the University of Toronto.  Her brother, Dean Middleton, is also a veterinarian.  Continued


After working for several years in advertising and marketing firms in Central Florida as a graphic designer, Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson decided that punching a clock was cramping her style.   To resolve this, she co-founded Nelson Creative, Inc., a communication design firm in Longwood, Florida, in 1997 with her husband Doug.  Elizabeth, born and raised in New England, has lived in Central Florida for the past 15 years. She holds a bachelor of fine arts degree in advertising design from Syracuse University, in Syracuse, New York.  Continued


Jerry Gadamus is recognized internationally for the way he achieves unbelievable detail with his airbrush. It is called "freehand airbrushing", and is done without the aide of stencils or paintbrush. It contributes to a painting style that personifies his acclaimed reputation as an outdoor painter. His love of outdoor sports has taken him far and wide in the wilderness. Each year Jerry joins his friends on a painting and photography trip into the Western States, Continued




John Plishka has been painting and drawing for most of his life. It is his passion to reveal the natural simplicity and beauty of the world around him onto paper or canvas. He specializes in art that reflects his interest in animals, rural America, and nature, striving to evoke an emotion or memory of something familiar and comfortable the the viewer. He hopes his art will take people to a place Continued


Jon Ellis, born in Philadelphia in 1959, has always had an unusual perspective of the world. His entertaining colorful work, often compared to a modern day Rockwell with a twist, is both highly detailed and imaginative. Ellis’ complex range of subject matter is as diverse as the vivid colors utilized in his palette. A modern master of acrylic paint, Ellis’ use of the difficult medium Continued


Julia Swartz, a lifetime resident of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, has always had an eye for things of beauty.Whether it was genetic, her environment, or both, she has always been interested in art, flower gardens and decorating her home. Even when she was a little girl, she would borrow her mother’s oil paints and begin developing her skills in applying paint to canvas.Continued



Gary Sauder grew up on a small farm in Sonoma County, California. He grew up showing registered Jersey cows in the local 4-H. Over his career, he exhibited many grand champions and was showmanship champion numerous times. During his last 4-H year, he exhibited the Grand Champion Jersey at every show he entered including the Jr. Grand National at the CowPalace and the California State Fair. Also at the same shows, he was the dairy showmanship champion as well as the Round Robin Master Showmanship Champion. Continued




Kathy McComb Swift grew up on a dairy farm in Loudoun County, Virginia close to Washington, D.C.She grew up showing registered Holstein cows. Over her career, she had a Jr. All American nomination and was a 1990 Holstein Distinguished Junior Member Finalist. In 1993, she graduated with a dairy science degree from Virginia Tech. While there, Kathy was active in the dairy club and was also a Little All American Show Grand Champion. Continued


Kent Weakley is an artist/photographer living in Florida. Originally growing up in Illinois, Kent studied art & photography at the Art Institute of Chicago and he earned a Bachelor's of Fine Arts Degree from the Columbus College of Art & Design in Columbus, Ohio. Kent is the owner and creative director for Blue Sky Graphic Communication, Inc., a full-service advertising and graphic design firm based in Ocala, Florida. Blue Sky Graphic's clients span the nation Continued


Laurie Winkelman grew up on a registered Brown Swiss and Holstein farm in Watertown, Wisconsin. The farm routinely shows under the prefix “Twinkle-Hill” at state and national shows, including World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin. Laurie’s passion for art and design started at a young age, and she spent most of her high school career in the art room taking art classes. After high school, her passion for dairy cows led her down a more scientific road in choosing a college.  Continued



Linda Blondheim's work is often described as painterly realism, or representational painting. Sometimes she is referred to as a representational expressionist or American impressionist. She enjoys plein air painting almost year round because of the mild Florida climate, and enjoys traveling throughout the South to capture the beauty found in each state. Much of Blondheim's work is done en plein air, and she uses her location studies to complete larger works in the studio. Continued


The move from Chicago to her grandparents' Kansas farm when Lynn Bishop was seven resulted in a year of delight – being outdoors, meeting domestic and wild animals – that influenced her life forever. When her family moved to the nearby town of Girard, she spent many happy hours drawing the Arabian horses next door and later studied art in college.Continued





Meg Birnbaum is photographer from Massachusetts with a passion for the American pastoral.  She has attended the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts, were she received her Master of Arts degree.  She went on to become the chairperson of their illustration department for a brief time.  Recently, she has been a teaching assistant at Lesley University.  Continued



Michael Murray is a professional digital fine artist and designer based in Glasgow, Scotland, who specializes in corporate, hospitality, educational, and private art commissions, as well as designing his own personal fine art pieces for exhibitions.

His work involves using photography along with computer enhancement to create exciting original pieces of digital art. Continued


Michael Steinberg has been painting since the mid 1960’s. He graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Art, studying primarily under nationally renowned painters including Lenny Kesl, the late Stuart Purser and Hiram Williams. In his college years, most work was large scale figurative abstracts in acrylic. Today, Michael’s focus is on painting animals, landscapes and still life in a painterly representational style. He also enjoys painting close up views of cows emphasizing the unique characteristics of the animal. Living on a 100 acre farm
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After graduating from the University of Florida in the early 70's, Mike and Mary Ellen McIntyre discovered the newly revived art of stained glass on a trip to California. They fell instantly in love with this vibrant, magical medium. Exploring the effects of light passing through various types of glassContinued

Robert Duncan was born in Utah and began painting at age eleven. He spent summers as a boy on his grandparents' ranch in Wyoming where his grandmother gave him his first s et of oil paints. It was there that he grew to love the country, the open spaces, and the rural lifestyle. Robert has painted professionally for about 25 years. He studied at the University of Utah and worked as a commercial artist before his full-time dedication to the fine art of the American West.Continued


Robin Maria Pedrero began fine art studies at the age of thirteen. While growing up in Connecticut, her father would bring her home to visit family at The Neilson Farm in Dutchess County, NY. Farm work, living off the land and raising livestock are stories shared to this day. Attracted to farm lands scattered with livestock, Robin can be spotted with camera and art supplies in hand to capture scenes while traveling. Nature is an integral aspect of inspiration for her in creating vivid works of art.  Continued



Shannon Grissom, a California native, originally expressed her creative self through music. Moved to combine her musical affinity with her passion for color, she began oil painting in 1992. Inspired and driven, she rose early each day to paint. These painting sessions were completed before the start of her workday. This demanding schedule was worth the effort. By 1999, she was able to leave her day job to become a professional artist.  She maintains her art studio in California.  Continued



Valerie Murdock D'Ortona is a Ph.D.graduate of the University of Florida and a college educator, not a children’s play school art teacher, as you may have speculated. So where did these whimsical bovines, silly cats, and friendly frogs come from? In 2003, shortly after Valerie had moved back to Gainesville, Florida, her adult son recommended she take some art classes to stay out of trouble. Continued





Victoria Whorley, a lifetime resident of Central Virginia, grew up with the river and the beautiful mountains nearby. She always had an interest in anything concerning nature: animals, flowers, and landscapes - all the things she loves to paint.

 

As a teenager, she was always able to render realistic pencil drawings. In 1996, she began painting with watercolors and found it to be such a beautiful way Continued

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