I have been carving for over 50 years. After going into my craft full time in 1982, I started doing shows up and down the east coast. My birds are all hand-carved basswood painted with acrylics. I use naturally weathered woods for bases in conjunction with brass, copper, steel, and cellulose for habitat. They sit on figured hardwood bases.
Yelena Lamm was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where she received her formal art training at the N. K. Roerich Fine Arts School. Since 1995, she lives in Pittsburgh, PA. Yelena is painting primarily in oil. In her lively and colorful portraits of pets and animals she loves to reflect on her subjects’ characters and personalities. Yelena’s works were selected for and won awards in juried group exhibitions, including Oil Painters of America (OPA), Society of Animal Artists (SAA), and National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS) national shows. She was a finalist in the 15th ARC Salon and semi-finalist in the 16th ARC Salon. Her list of awards includes recent Most Original Award of Excellence in OPA 2023 Eastern Regional Exhibition, and Outstanding Achievement Animals in AWA 2023 Annual Online Juried Show.
Britain’s most popular magazine for practicing artists, Artists and Illustrators, featured Yelena’s animal portraits in a 6-page article and on the cover of their June 2023 issue. Yelena’s works are represented by galleries and acquired by collectors in the U.S. and abroad.
Lori Goll is a painter and lover of nature. Vast natural vistas (sea or land), birds, animals, and trees, rural and bucolic scenes are the subjects of her paintings. Her primary medium
is soft pastel. After studying engineering at Virginia Tech and working in telecommunications for several years, she decided to pursue her true calling as an artist. A constant learner, she has studied painting, drawing, and printmaking with both regional and internationally-known artists.
She has attended travel workshops with many professional artists, including Kevin Fitzgerald, Richard McKinley, Lou Gagnon, Casey Klahn, Steven Walker, Danni Dawson,
Kurt Schwarz, Mike Francis, Gavin Glakas, Trisha Adams, Antonin Passemard, Anastasia Dukhanina and Loriann Signori. A teacher herself (both privately and through the Great Falls School of Art), she is committed to constantly learning and trying new media, techniques, and subject matter, and encourages students in her workshops and classes to do the same.
Lori has participated in numerous solo and group shows and has received many awards for her work. Her work resides in many private collections around the world. Her home
studio is located near historic downtown Leesburg, Virginia.
Laura Mark-Finberg’s paintings have been described as “windows unto the soul” of the animals she paints., During a career that has spanned more than thirty years Laura has explored a vast array of subjects in her quest to help the viewer understand a little more about the animals she paints. Laura is meticulous in her research and attention to detail and demonstrates a flawless search for truth in each painting.
Traveling extensively, her trips have included such divergent places as the Himalayas in both Afghanistan and Kashmir (pre-Russian invasion) to the undersea world off the coast of Venezuela. Laura believes, “it’s the research that keeps paintings fresh and alive. As artists of nature, we personally need to reach out and touch our subject matter. It gives a reality and legitimacy to the work that being sequestered in a studio does not.”
Laura is a signature member of the “Society of Animal Artists”. She was the “Featured Artist” at the National Wildlife Art Show in Kansas City in 1998, the Nature Works Show in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2008 and, most recently, was selected by the Pa Game Commission to be the Featured Artist during their 50th anniversary celebration of their Middle Creek Wildlife Wildlife Management Area.
In 2018 Laura received one of her greatest honors. To be recognized by your peers; she was selected by the late great artist Sir John Seery Lester to receive the Roger Tory Peterson Foundation Award for “Outstanding achievement in depicting the natural world” at the annual Susan K Black Foundation Artist Conference in DuBois, Wyoming.
Laura’s work has appeared on the cover of a number of national and regional magazines including the fondly remembered “Wildlife Art News “. Laura continues to be involved in conservation organizations.
As a tribute to her father’s influence, she continues to sign her original work using her maiden name, “MARK”.
As an artist, my passion lies with interpreting subject matter with a combination of artistry and accuracy. My intention is to capture the light and atmosphere of the moment and to have the viewer take notice of the ordinary. Strong light and luminous color are important in my compositions. These traits, along with the welcoming nature of the subject matter, are frequently commented on by people appreciative of my work. In addition to commissioned pieces, I paint what is familiar to me – my gardens, wildlife and domestic animals, places I frequent, people I know, and the vanishing rural landscape where I live.
Known for her light, skies and landscapes, Sara Linda Poly has been the winner of numerous awards (Including the Grand Prize at Plein Air Easton 2016) and a participant in many regional and national shows and plein air competitions. Feature articles include International Artist, Southwest Art and Plein Air Magazines.
She has spent many years living, traveling and teaching around the US, Europe and Mexico and teaches classes and workshops locally and internationally.
Membership in art organizations includes The Washington Society of Landscape Painters, Oil Painters of America and The Salmagundi Club of NY.
Stewart White – AWS, NWS, ASMA (and so many other initials but really, who keeps track)
Stewart White is an artist from Easton, Maryland. He works as freelance illustrator specializing in architectural illustration. The flexible nature of watercolor painting can impart both precision and illusion, for that reason it is extremely useful in conveying as yet unrealized concepts with great efficiency. Besides illustration, Stewart is always out and about painting “en plein air” or in studio.
Stewart studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and after serving 3 years in the US Army he received a BFA from UC Berkeley with a minor in Art History. As a carpenter of many years his interests found a perfect balance between Art and Architecture in a career in architectural illustration. His skill in both oil, egg tempera and watercolors have garnered many awards. He is a Grand Prize winner of several of the country’s most prestigious plein air competitions, which in a field dominated by oil painters is a significant accomplishment.
Stewart is a past President of the Mid-Atlantic Plein-Air Painters Association (MAPAPA). He exhibits his paintings in juried and gallery exhibitions throughout the US. Stewart is a member of the American Impressionists Society (AIS), a signature member of the National Watercolor Society (NWS), a signature member of the American Watercolor Society (AWS) as well as the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) and past President (2012) of The American Society of Architectural Illustrators (ASAI). He has spent many years as a mural painter with commissions that include: the Smithsonian Institute, The US Naval Academy, The Texas Rangers Baseball Club and prestigious homes too many to list.
Stewart White is represented by Folly Cove Gallery in Rockport MA. And By McBride Gallery in Annapolis, MD.
Jim Green’s bronze sculptures originate from his time growing up in South Dakota. While his work life was spent in industrial workshops, much of his free time was spent in the outdoors nurturing a deep love of nature. As a young man he experimented in various forms and subject matter—but always returned to wildlife sculpture. Birds are a perfect expression of his desire to protect the beauty that sustains us.
Jim personally completes each edition’s metal finishing and patina; highlighting the work and its subtleties and enhancing the story told by each piece.
Jim’s sculptures and the stories they tell are found in many juried art shows, exhibitions, permanent exhibits, and private collections across the country and abroad. His work has won numerous sculpture awards, and is represented by respected galleries in Maine, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota.
He is an Elected Member of the National Sculpture Society.
I received my art degree from Appalachian State University. Following graduation, I moved to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and worked as a commercial fisherman. Continuing my education, I attended the College of Charleston to study marine biology. Deciding to pursue art over science, I moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico and trained with the artist Jan D’Esopo. After much traveling, including two transatlantic sailing trips, I moved back to Charleston to become a full-time artist. My work is collected internationally and I am a signature member in the American Society of Marine Artists.
I am a native of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, but now live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in Pocomoke City with my wife Susan.It has been an honor to exhibit my carvings at the Waterfowl Festival since 1983. Although carving has been a part time endeavor during my working career and since I am now retired, I am looking forward to spending more time in my shop!