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Marilyn Palamara
Marilyn Palamara's work has been featured on KDKA TV's "KD Country"
and has been mentioned favorably by several Pittsburgh Art Critics. She
works in oil, acrylic, pastel, and watercolor. Her paintings have been
accepted in the Butler Museum Regional Show and the Westmoreland Museum of Art.
She has had six one-man shows and has received many awards.
Phone: 412-882-8185
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Joyce Werwie Perry
Joyce Werwie Perry is the owner of le Poire, a fine art studio and
gallery located in Crafton, 10 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. She has
sold and won awards nationally for her knife work in oils, a technique
she deveoped and which she teaches at the gallery and at Sweetwater Center
for the Arts. Most recently, Joyce's piece, You Are Here was part of
the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh's 96th Annual Exhibition at Carnegie
Museum of Art and was given a juror's award by Douglas Fogle, Curator of Contemporary Art. Website
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Jan Pini
Jan Pini has dabbled in art since high school. She has recently returned to her
art passion after retiring from a long career in software development.
She works in watercolor, oil, pastel and graphite. She is
also a member of McMurray Art League, Pittsburgh Pastel Artist League, and South Arts.
Website
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Pat Rampolla
Pat Rampolla discovered "Clay" after decades as a mother, educator, counselor
and spiritual director. Working with "Clay" has been a very life-giving,
and centering relationship, hence the name of her studio Still Point.
Becoming connected with "Clay" has given Pat a sense of being part of the
original, but ever-evolving and changing creation story. She has recently
been drawn to Raku Firing, an Ancient Japanese Technique, because it is fast,
exciting and full of mysterious results. Email Pat Rampolla
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David Rasel
Dave is a professional graphic designer and self-taught artist, working
primarily in oil. Wildlife had been a dominant subject matter presented
in a loose, colorful impressionistic style. Recent exploration of plein
aire painting and urban settings have taken Dave into new avenues of expression.
Strong abstract compositions, balance between positive and negative space,
tend to be the focus of his art. Website
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Betty Reid
Betty Reid is a self taught artist who was an oil painter for many years
until she converted to watercolors about 20 years ago. She enjoys
painting landscapes, flowers from her own garden and figure painting.
She is a member of South Hills Art League, McMurray Art League and
The Pittsburgh Watercolor Society.
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John Skoko
John Skoko creates art with a unique point of view. He is a Pittsburgh-born
artist presently residing in the South Hills area, a graduate of the
Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1973, where he studied "visual communications."
Expressing his true love of "surrealistic art" through the acrylic-on-canvas
media, has received numerous awards and honors in Pittsburgh and the surrounding area.
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David Soden
Since childhood, David Soden has enjoyed drawing and painting. As a teenager he attended Arts High School in Newark, NJ. A long career at Bayer, while married and raising a family, did not diminish his interest in art. Now, retired, he is free to enjoy and pursue art, and his favorites are drawing with a pen and painting in watercolor. He is a member of several local arts leagues, including SHAL, the McMurray Art League, and Pittsburgh Watercolor Society.
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Carol Swed
Carol Swed earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Southern Methodist
University and worked as a graphic designer in Chicago for 13 years.
Carol paints a variety a variety of subjects in her favorite medium,
oil paint. "I love the buttery texture of the medium and the smell of
linseed oil. I love the variety of effects I can produce with it,
and its forgiving nature. While most of my paintings are realistic,
they are never photographic: I want to see the stroke of the brush and
the gesture of the hand."
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John Thompson
John began his artistic career as an artist in pointillism while attending the
University of Pittsburgh in 1986. In 1987 he was named
Personality of America for Outstanding Achievements in the Arts. John's work has
appeared in many publications, including travel and photography magazines as
well as local newspapers. John lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife,
feline and K9.
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Anne Trimble
Anne Trimble has been drawing since she could hold a pencil. She works in pastel,
graphite, oil, and digital. Anne has created murals and
backdrops for theater productions, portrait and commission work, and layout
and graphics for CD covers and newsletters. She is a member of the Pittburgh Society
of Illustrators, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and the
Pittsburgh Society of Artists. Anne is currently concentrating on portraits in pastel.
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Paul Trimmer
Paul Trimmer is a retired physicist who started painting when he was eleven years
old. He has continued painting except for several years in the Army and when going
to college. He studied oil painting with Joe Kelly and Miriam Roberts while living
in the Washington, D.C. area. He tries to create paintings that when displayed
in a home will enhance the attractiveness and tranquility. Phone: 412-276-3041
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Patrick Varriano
Patrick is a landscape artist whose favorite subjects
are usually found on old farm sites in Western Pennsylvania.
He finds old oil wells, out-buildings and rusted, abandoned machinery.
He paints mostly in his studio from photographs he takes on site. Patrick studied
art at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. His work has won numerous
awards when shown locally and nationally. He has also been featured in Watercolor
Magazine and Best of America WaterMedia Artists, Volume II. Email Pat Varriano
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Diane White
Diane White is an oil painter from Pittsburgh who loves to paint still lifes.
"I love to take ordinary objects, fruits, vegetables,
flowers, pottery, and arrange them with the light falling on them, to create
interesting shadows and lost edges." Diane has studied locally with Elizabeth Pruitt and Robert
Daley and has taken workshops with Robert Johnson and David Leffel. She is
also a member of Upper St Clair League for the Arts, McMurray Art League,
Pittsburgh Society of Artists, and the Oil Painters of America.
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Janet Woodcock
Janet Woodcock sold her first painting, a small floral abstract, at a
Butler Museum regional show and exhibits at many local galleries and shows.
She majored in Art Education at Edinboro University and has a degree in
Studio Arts from the University of Pittsburgh. She belongs to South Hills
Art League and Pittsburgh Society of Artists.
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