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SPAF 2025

Robin Roberts

Capturing the beauty of God’s creation. Robin Roberts is recognized for his landscape plein air work in watercolor both in plein air and in the studio. He li...

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SPAF 2025

Tad Retz

Tad Retz (Taddeus W. Retz b. 1996) resides in Syracuse, New York and embarked on his artistic career directly upon graduating from high school in 2015. In those...

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SPAF 2025

Bill Perkins

After Bill Perkins graduating from Art Center College of Design in 1980, he pursued his career in fine art. The lure of plein air painting and traveling drew hi...

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SPAF 2025

Ann E Hudson

One of the things I like the best about plein air painting is all of the unexpected things that happen while I'm standing out there. Once I had a huge bull moos...

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SPAF 2025

Lori Cusick

Lori Cusick was born in 1963 in Port Jervis, New York. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in communication design from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, in 1987. Lo...

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Instructor

Celest Michelotti

Following two weeks as NASA’s guest at Kennedy Space Center, Celest Michelotti began her metals career with her award-winning “Echoes from the Future” Ser...

Jane Kelsey-Mapel

Jane Kelsey-Mapel is known for her expressive sculptures of people and animals in clay and mixed media.  Her work is held in museum and private collections acr...

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Gallery Artist

Lisa Lund

I am a new transplant to AZ. I have always lived up north and my original works reflected that environment. I have owned and operated two galleries in Pacific N...

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Gallery ArtistInstructor

Leonor Pisano

Leonor is an award-winning metalsmith artist, specializing in handcrafted unique jewelry. She has a background in Art Education, studying metal smithing at Tows...

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Instructor

David Shevlino

David Shevlino was born in Jersey City, NJ in 1962. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania, he also studied ...

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Instructor

Howard Friedland

A Master Signature Member of both the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society, Friedland is also a Signature Member of the prestigious Pl...

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Instructor

Jesse Armstrong

Jesse Armstrong grew up in Norman, Oklahoma surrounded by creativity and ingenuity. His mother, Carol Armstrong, is a professional painter and educator, his da...