LeslieAnn Butler

LeslieAnn Butler’s paintings adorn the homes of George and Barbara Bush and late entertainer Michael Jackson, and have been exhibited in the Portland Art  Museum, the Museum of Art in Grants Pass and the Art Museum of Coos Bay, as well as galleries in Portland, New York City, Beverly Hills and Palm Desert.

Annie Meyer

My landscapes come from a monthly trip to the Sancerre region of France, where I have been painting for 13 years. I sit out in a field and paint each evening for the month of September. The paintings and ideas I produce in France become inspiration for a body of work I then develop in my studio during the rainy Portland winters. I have an affinity for minimal landscapes, which I attribute to growing up in the Midwest, staring out at farmland with a few lines and few trees.

Working in the Sancerre region of France, I feel that my work has evolved into what I consider an abstract sense of time and place, and with it I aim to translate the sense of identity I feel with these landscapes that are both from my childhood and myself today.

Bev Jozwiak

Bev Jozwiak’s skill as a painter has garnered her national acclaim as one of America’s premier painters. She has earned signature status in the Northwest Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, and the National Watercolor Society, as well as awards and features in American Artist, International Artist Magazine, The Artist, and Who’s Who in American Art.

Barry Mack

As a professional artist, Barry’s unique style of abstraction contains basic elements for the viewer to respond to with a sense of freedom and mystery. His work has been shown in east coast, Midwest and Northwest galleries as well as Nike World Headquarters, The Palace of Fine Art  in San Francisco, and a group show in Australia. As a result of Internet exposure Barry’s work has been appreciated and collected by individuals from Uruguay to Italy.

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Tom Novak received his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago in 1973.  He moved to Central Oregon (Christmas Valley) after graduation in 1973, and then to the beautiful Powder River Valley (Baker City area) in 1975.  He opened his studio in 1980 and has been producing vivid oils and illustrations ever since.

Tom designs, fabricates and installs museum exhibits and interpretive signs for the Forest Service, and various state parks projects in the west and mid-west. He has two small permanent exhibits in the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center as well as several life size exhibits in the Baker Heritage Museum in Baker City. Tom has illustrated over twenty books.

“I’m always drawn to the moment when the light is most dramatic, often at the edges of our days, and how the relationships of color, composition and texture within each scene speaks a calmer, simpler place in my life. Viewing and painting these meditative landscapes allows me to find a more balanced center and revel in the beauty that exists around us. Sharing these emotional connections visually, by painting beautiful paintings is what my art is about.”

Amanda is currently the VP of the NW Pastel Society, where she is an award-winning member. She has two small sons and a black lab and loves to ride her bike, cook, garden, sail and compete in local sporting events. She splits her time between Cornelius, Oregon and Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands.

Leslie Peterson was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She went to New York City for college, where she attended Parsons School of Design, City University of New York, and The Art Students League. She graduated with a BFA in 1991. She returned to Portland, and has been here ever since, devoting her time to painting, volunteerism, travel, love and adventure.