Armand Cabrera
Armand Cabrera is a nationally recognized, award-winning artist who has recently moved from California to Northern Virginia. Cabrera chooses to paint alla prima because it presents the challenge to record his immediate experience of the land--the discipline to record the fleeting moment on canvas before it disappears forever.

Michael Timothy Davis
Stressing the fundamentals exemplified by the old masters, Michael Davis’ work is reminiscent of the oils produced by the Dutch masters of the 17th century. Art has always been a part of Michael’s life, from copying drawings as a child to studying the masters as an adult. His paintings evoke the timelessness of another era.

Michael Godfrey
A representational painter of landscapes, Michael Godfrey grew up in North Carolina. Inspired by the many moods of light, his goal is to capture and interpret those moods on canvas. His oil paintings reflect his love of the outdoors, and seek to capture the experience of the moment. Michael Godfrey's works can be found in many corporate and private collections.

Ed Hatch
Widely recognized for his realism in depicting wildlife, Ed Hatch paints landscapes with a classic compositional structure. His treatment of light is extraordinary, and his work is included in many important collections. Hatch brings a certain romanticism to his works of the Virginia countryside.

Robert Heuel
1919 - 2009 Having come from a family of painters, Robert Heuel was a master of many styles of painting. His luminous landscapes and seascapes of European and American scenes are breathtaking, vigorous and inspired. Heuel traveled widely, and was an illustrator, painter and portrait artist for over 40 years. He exhibited widely and received many awards.

Becky Parrish
Becky Parrish brings exciting color contrasts, deft use of light and dark, and a skill with shapes and planes to her work. Her portraits capture the person’s spirit, and her still life paintings are both bold and sensuous. Becky Parrish has been painting professionally since 1988, and served as Associate Professor of Fine Arts at Lord Fairfax Community College.

Belinda Sillars
Renowned for her equestrian and animal sculptures, Belinda Sillars’ life revolves around her art, her horses and her dogs. Her creativity brings her work to a level that most artists struggle to attain during a lifetime. Her bronzes capture the movement and spirit of the subject. Belinda Sillars'work has been commissioned by many leaders in the equestrian world.

Anthony Watkins
Through direct observation and naturalistic drawing, Anthony Watkins transcribes the shapes, textures and colors found within a given subject. As a classical realist, his oil paintings possess a sense of drama and directness not easily forgotten. Anthony Watkins has won many awards for his work throughout his career, and he has been the subject of numerous articles and publications on art.

Nancy Bass
A native of Illinois, Nancy Bass has spent over twenty years painting the countryside around her cattle farm in Charlottesville, VA. Her passion for color and love of animals has led to oil paintings that combine depictions of her cows with the gentle beauty of the surrounding farmland.

Jarl Blank
Jarl has a broad interest in subject matter, including landscapes, seascapes, portraits, dogs and wildlife. Essentially self-taught, Jarl works in acrylic, oil and watercolor, but watercolor is his passion. His work often portrays animals and special moments in one’s life.

John Boswell
Intrigued by dramatic skies, John’s work explores the contrast between cool shadows and warm lighting. His paintings are meant to elicit the desire to walk right in and rest for awhile.

Loryn Brazier
Loryn's paintings are included in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery. Devoted to her painting, she has also worked as an illustrator, art director and ad agency owner.

Petie Brigham
This North Carolina artist revels in the beauty of the Outer Banks. Her landscapes, both oil and watercolor, portray the turbulence and the serenity of the coastal waters. With her luminous vistas, we remember why the coast calls to us.

Karen Lynn Brooke
Born in Zimbabwe, Karen’s use of color is inspired by the African environment of her childhood, and she finds the Virginia landscape compatible with her style and expressive use of color. Painting in both oil and watercolor, Karen brings vibrancy and life to her work. Her paintings are represented in collections world wide, including the personal collection of a former U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala.

Denise Brown
A signature member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society, Denise has been drawing and painting since childhood. Working in a representational style, she creates her paintings with loose fluid strokes utilizing the harmony of color and light to convey her meaning.

Robert Caldwell
In his Midlothian, Virginia, studio, Robert uses photographs complemented by field studies and plenty of notes to help him compose highly detailed, realistic drawings and paintings. "I work in layers, using the hardest pencil first and work my way through to the softest grade, slowly building on top of each existing layer. I believe this is what give my drawings depth."

Ion Carchelan
Ion Carchelan's career spans nearly 20 years: he is considered one of Muldova's premier painters. His goal with each painting is to discover something fresh in the harvest scenes, distant churches, and the ordinary activities of daily life in rural Muldova. His watercolors draw us in and settle us in a particular place, in a particular moment and mood.

Jean Carter
Since childhood, Jean has loved and studied nature extensively. Her pastels reflect a sensitivity toward the natural world in a style uniquely her own. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards and she is a juried member of the Pastel Society of America.

Mary Cornish
Mary received her degrees in Visual Communication and Graphic Design from Northwest College of Art, and began painting professionally in 1992. She has exhibited in both National and International shows, and has won numerous awards for her work. Mary can be found working in her studio near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Warrenton, Virginia.

John Corrao
A former graphic design executive, John has been painting and selling his work since the age of 10. With his representational style and intricate settings, he instills a luster and richness to his oil paintings. He has won numerous awards in regional and national art shows. His works include landscapes, still life, beach scenes and portraits.

Miriam Davenport
Although she grew up in Nevada, Mimi Davenport has lived in Virginia for over 30 years. Her watercolor landscapes of New England coastal scenes and the hills and rivers of the Virginia Piedmont, reflect movement and shadows with a contemporary cast.

Christine Drewyer
Her interest in painting is grounded in the works of several 19th century masters, and the continuing relationship of their works to today’s contemporary art. The soft tonal quality of Christine’s landscapes is evocative of the paintings of George Inness, whose work she greatly admires, while her still life paintings express vibrancy both contemporary and traditional.

Teresa Duke-Dunnigan
As a professional artist, as well as an art teacher to young people, Teresa imbues her landscapes with light and movement. She studied art under William Woodward at George Washington University in Washington DC, as well as with painter, Wolf Kahn in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her work is in many public and private collections.

Gerard Erley
Educated in the Midwest, with a Masters in Art from Illinois State University, Gerard is influenced by 19th century American and French landscape painting. His landscapes reflect a sublime quality of light, as he seeks to discover the poetry in a solitary tree or a passing cloud. His work can be found in museums, as well as corporate and private collections in the United States and abroad.

Kevin Fitzgerald
Kevin's soft and reflective landscapes are reminiscent of the 19th century Romantics. His work contains a hint of mystery.

Eduardo G. Galliani
Educated in Cinematography and Photojournalism, Eduardo is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in editorial and commercial photography. His photographs have been published in countless international, national and local publications.

David Grafton
An accomplished artist in several media (pastels and acrylics), David renders classical landscapes with universal appeal. For him, the physical act of painting becomes the most important part of the process. His work has been exhibited at numerous shows along the Eastern seaboard, and is part of many public and private collections.

Linda Griffin
While Linda achieved early success in oil painting, her true love is watercolor. Having traveled extensively, it is the combination of architecture with flowers in strong light that distinguishes her work. Her watercolors capture the visual quality of her subjects, and express the beauty of places around the world. Her work appears in many corporate collections.

Sydney Hall
A professional artist since 1997, Sydney's acrylic paintings boldly embrace colors and shapes. Her greatest influence comes from the dreamers who believe in things beyond the tangible. Her work expresses energy, light and texture. Her work has been shown in many art exhibitions throughout Virginia.

Bruce Handford
Handford is a full time watercolorist. His work exhibits a freshness that is both graceful and winsome. He paints the essence of a subject, and eliminates that which detracts from the feeling or mood. Recent awards include the Winslow Homer Special Merit Award at the 2009 Transparent Watercolor Society National Exhibition and the St. Cuthbert's Mill Award at the 2008 North East Watercolor Society Annual International Exhibition.

Gerald Hennesy
Hailing from Virginia, Gerald works in oils and watercolors in an impressionistic style. His work depicts the effect of light coupled with a freshness of color and expressive brushwork. His work is exhibited widely in commercial and museum galleries.

Paul Hennesy
Although born in Rhode Island, Paul now resides in Virginia, where he and his father have a studio. Influenced by French and American impressionists, Paul’s work exhibits a concern with light and atmosphere in his landscapes, and a touch of whimsy in his animal paintings. He is a member and past president of the Washington Society of Landscape Painters.

Ray Heus
Practicing the precise, unforgiving method of Japanese woodblock printing, Ray draws his imagery from his Cape Cod surroundings. His work is spare, but compelling.

Arnold C. Holeywell
As a retired Design Director for Time-Life Books, Arnold now has time to pursue his love of watercolor painting. Although sometimes working in oils, his first love is watercolor, and his paintings of the lonely one-room schoolhouses of the Great Plains, evoke a bygone era.

Hardee Johnston
Hardee's landscapes capture a freshness well suited to the flows and washes of watercolors. Although he is a practicing architect and landscape architect, Hardee makes time to cultivate his love of painting.

Michael Kahn
In both his seascapes and sailboat photographs, Michael produces radiant and powerful images that reflect his love of the sea and classic sailing yachts. His warm, sepia-toned works are unique.

Juli Kirk
Specializing in portraits of dogs, horses and people, Julie is the consummate horsewoman and professional artist. Her affinity for animals is reflected in her equestrian and pet portraits. She brings a certain exuberance and animation to her work.

Barbara Kiwak
Although she began her career as an illustrator, Barbara decided several years ago to pursue a career in fine art. Her sculptures often represent the long ago lives of native Americans, while her oil paintings evoke the majesty and drama of the American West and the gentle landscapes of the East.

Margaret A. Lee
With a degree in graphic art and design, Margaret turned to oil painting over 30 years ago, and hasn’t looked back. She has always loved to draw, and brings to her painting a strong sense of design, color and perspective. Her coastal landscapes have a serenity that is both dramatic and calming, while her still life works are classical and precise.

John Leone
Born and raised in New York City, Leone's formal training began at Art and Design in Manhattan, followed by The Art Students League and Cooper Union. All his portrayals of draft horses, thoroughbreds, foxhunters, coaches, and polo ponies, are from hands-on experience with each.

Charles Logan
Influenced by such artists as Monet, Sargent and Winslow Homer, Charlie has developed a dynamic impressionistic style. Working in oils, Charlie captures many rural scenes from the Virginia countryside. Widely traveled, Charlie also seeks locales from other countries to paint. He has participated in many Virginia art shows.

Abigail McBride
A Maryland artist, Abigail studied under master impressionist, John Ebersberger, as well as Cedric and Joanette Egeli, nationally known portrait painters. She paints plein air landscapes, still life and portraits in the American Impressionist tradition. Her focus is on color and light, and she works with both a brush and a palette knife.

Bob Meacham
Painting in the tradition of American Realists and Impressionists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Bob Meacham captures the pastoral aspects of American's Eastern seaboard in both oil and watercolor. His primary interest is on the unusual and often surpirsing effects of light and color. Meacham works on a broad range of subjects, including portraits, still life and landscapes.

Mark Miller
A master frame maker, as well as a classical artist, Mark’s passion for his art encompasses each day of his life. For him, frame and painting become one work of art. Living in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Mark can often be found painting by the nearby river or creating one of his still life masterpieces in his studio.

Frederic Murphy
Stressing the use of light and shadow, Frederic employs a method used by the old masters, and achieves an inner glow and permancy to his colors. His still life paintings exhibit a mastery of classical composition, and his work has garnered awards in many exhibitions.

Victor Nizovtsov
Victor Nizovtsov is a masterful oil painter of theatrical figurative composition, fantasy, landscapes and still life. While his professional art training occured in Russia, inspiration for Victor's art comes from Greek mythology, the great Masters of the past, Russian folklore and childhood memories.

Stefan Pastuhov
As a plein air painter, Stefan enjoys the outdoors, and paints outside year round. A native of Massachusetts, now living in Maine, he’s an avid skier, and his love of nature and the outdoors is reflected in his strong, bold statements on the canvas. The seasonal changes of light strongly appeal to him, and he captures this in his work. His work is found in many corporate collections.

Nancy Peach
A luminist painter in the romantic tradition, Nancy’s paintings often reflect the beauty of the Chesapeake Bay and the peaceful rural landscapes near her home. People relate to her attention to detail, and to her use of light and color. Nancy has exhibited since 1973, and her work is shown in galleries and museums nationwide.

Jeremy Pearse
Born in Devon, England, Jeremy drew and painted from an early age. Having lived in South Africa, Hong Kong, and now the United States, Jeremy’s exquisite eye for detail is evident in his paintings of birds and animals. Multi-faceted, he conveys his representational style in both watercolor and oil. His work has been exhibited in many art shows in the eastern U.S., and he received 1st place in the 2001 World Bank Art Society exhibition.

Dennis Perrin
A native of southern Louisiana, Dennis now resides in Maine. His masterful treatment of light is a trademark of his work. Whether the subject is a floral still life, an inviting interior, or a figure clad in white, light is the dominant feature. Dennis creates beautiful and compelling images with brilliant color and dazzling light.

Sara Linda Poly
Artist Statement: "I have always been at home under the open sky and with nature. I love the subtle and dramatic changes caused by the weather and the seasons and how that affects the quality of light. I appreciate both the joy and the challenges I find while recording my emotional responses to these on location and in the studio."

Linda Roberts
In addition to ski and snowscapes, Linda’s command of painting is also evident in her masterful portrayal of other vistas encountered in her frequent travels abroad and in the United States. Her scenes are colorful, lively and compelling. Her work has been commissioned by many corporations in the U.S., e.g., Ski Magazine, Marriott Corporation, Aspen Ski Company, to name but a few.

Earl E. Shiloh, Jr.
Working in the style of the Old Masters, Earl produces paintings rich in color and luminosity.

Maggie Siner
Maggie Siner is a Virginia artist who paints exclusively from life. Siner's work is classically derived, yet strikingly contemporary; freely handled yet powerfully structured. Siner studied painting at Boston University, has been a visiting professor at Xiamen University in China, and artist in residence at Savannah College of Art and Design. She makes her home in Hamilton, Virginia and Lacoste, France.

Patricia Skinner
A native of Seattle, Patricia graduated cum laude from Georgetown University. She later studied painting with Dodie Petro, and at the Art League in Alexandria, VA. Working in pastels, Patricia art explores the landscapes of America and Europe. The jewel-like tones of her pastels emphasize the natural beauty of the landscapes she produces. She travels throughout the year, painting on location.

Christopher M. Stephens
A graduate of James Madison University (JMU), with a Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Chris exhibits a strong, bold use of color and light. His oils of the Virginia countryside portray dramatic vistas, and his frames become part of the painting. Currently an instructor in Art at James Madison University and Lord Fairfax Community College, Chris immerses himself in his medium. He has been exhibiting his work since l984.

Bradley Stevens
As a contemporary painter in the realist tradition, Brad Stevens feels an affinity with Edward Hopper, Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer. His renderings of landscapes, portraits and cityscapes have captured the imagination of serious collectors for the past 20 or so years. Brad's versatility and commanding sense of light make him an extraordinary artist. His work is part of many corporate collections.

John W. Taylor
As a former artist-editor for the State of Maryland’s monthly wildlife publication, John has long been intrigued with wildlife. Working in several mediums, watercolor, oil, acrylic and pastel, John portrays the marshes, waterways and wildfowl of the Chesapeake Bay with loving detail. Some of his work can be seen in two books: “The Birds of the Chesapeake Bay", 1994, and “Chesapeake Spring", 1998.

Dana Thompson
Dana lives and paints in the Virginia countryside near Casanova. She strives to capture the personality and expression in all her animal subjects. Although she loves to paint miniatures in oil, she paints in larger formats as well.

Robert Thoren
Painting in a sensual, impressionistic style, Robert Thoren’s paintings seek to transform everyday objects into powerful statements. Having studied with teachers closely associated with the late Russian emigre impressionist, Sergei Bongart, Robert celebrates the Bongart tradition of focus on color.

Ronald Tinney
Ron paints exclusively in oils, and focuses on coastal landscapes and marine scenes. He paints "en plein air" year round, to study nature and provide source material for his larger works. His paintings have a depth and vibrancy unique to this fine artist.

Daphne vom Baur
Daphne vom Baur is classically trained in sculpture and drawing, and has studied independently with Philip Pearlstein and Wolf Kahn. Both bodies of her work, landscape and figurative, are related by palette and the use of motion or action, and geometry, to describe form and space.

David Williams
Having been interested in art since childhood, David Williams is recognized for his unique use of oils. Painting vigorous landscapes, his refreshing approach to art instills a sense of familiarity with his subjects. David was influenced by the American impressionists, and constantly strives for simplicity in his work. He is a member of the Oil Painters of America.

Catherine Woo
Dr. Cathy Woo is an accomplished painter, poet, composer, teacher and writer. Her paintings have been described as visual poems. She channels an understanding of harmony and peacefulness into her work.

William Woodward
This well-known Washington, D.C. realist painter and former professor of painting at George Washington University now resides in the Virginia countryside. Renowned for his murals, Woodward also excels in traditional paintings. His work can be found in many public buildings and corporations in the mid-Atlantic region.

Ellen Zelano
A teacher by training, Ellen Zelano began her artistic career while living in the Netherlands. Her still life renderings exhibit the classicism of the old masters, yet have a contemporary panache. Her work is in many collections in the United States and Europe.