Artist and Collector Profiles

For Shelby Keefe, the best thing about being an artist is creating something from nothing. That “something" becomes a treasure for someone to enjoy, bringing beauty and peace to their environment.

Golden light, acres of undeveloped land, and nature’s frequent displays of both nuance and grandeur constantly catch the eye of this landscape painter.

This artist is currently developing a body of figurative landscape paintings focused on the agricultural life of the Eastern Shore. “I love the landscape but especially when there is some evidence of the humans.”

As a native El Pasoan, Nina Cobb Walker finds that her surroundings are a constant source of inspiration. As a trailside impressionist, she tries to convey feelings of peace and tranquility in her work.

I sought my inspiration from plein air painting along the beautiful California coastline and in her lush valleys and mountains.

Snowy scenes or dusk, early morning, or fog are a favorite of mine with the fading to nothing. The soft and subtle variations are an inspiration.

At first glance, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Augusta Savage are the oddest of couples, the strangest of bedfellows...

I paint whatever excites me, but my biggest inspiration comes from my animals and surrounding wildlife.

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Since he was a child, artist Morgan Weistling has constantly seen beauty and design in the world. Intensely studying art by 12 and painting movie posters for top agencies by 19, Weistling has been chasing beauty his entire career, and he continually captures it with luminous results.