Tony Award For Artistic Merit

WHOA I am so behind

January 1, 2023Abbie

We have had so many new Tony Award Winners and I have not been able to keep up due to other duties elsewhere!! I am now back and 2023 is…Continue readingWHOA I am so behind

Tony Award 2 Winners

Conni Schaftenaar AKA The Elderberry Blossom

January 21, 2022Abbie

theelderberryblossom.pixels.com Conni Schaftenaar started painting in watercolors several years ago, originally to do a promotional calendar for her marketing business to give to clients. She now also works in colored…Continue readingConni Schaftenaar AKA The Elderberry Blossom

Tony Award 2 Winners

Ronald Walker

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/ronald-walker Influenced by symbolism and primitive art I believe that we are not as civilized as we think. ‘Our relationships and habits have changed little over the last few thousand…Continue readingRonald Walker

Tony Award 1 Winners

William B Hogan

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/william-hogan I work from the inside out, not from the outside in. I gather life experiences and store them in my imagination where they digest and ferment and eventually create from…Continue readingWilliam B Hogan

Tony Award 1 Winners

Leah Saulnier The Painting Maniac

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/leah-saulnier Welcome to my world of quirky art! I am an obsessed humorist/surrealist oil painter painting 65+ paintings a year. Some weeks I feel like painting humor, animals, and some…Continue readingLeah Saulnier The Painting Maniac

Tony Award 1 Winners

Nikki Marie Smith

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/nikkimarie-smith I am an artist, a mother, and an entrepreneur. I’m passionate about music and color and seek to convey the transformative power of music through my paintings. My artwork…Continue readingNikki Marie Smith

Tony Award 1 Winners

Lynn Palmer

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/lynn-palmer A restless eye and eclectic tastes are reflected in my imagery. Nature, architecture and historic elements feature prominently in my work, but my primary interest is light, and how it…Continue readingLynn Palmer

Tony Award 1 Winners

Richard Rizzo

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/richard-rizzo I’m an Artist and Photographer with a strong interest in Design, Architecture and Nature. I have been self employed in the past as a muralist and faux finisher for…Continue readingRichard Rizzo

Tony Award 1 Winners

Diane Daigle

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/diane-daigle My wish is to connect with the world around me in an emotional sense through my art. In a world where we are judged by those amongst us in…Continue readingDiane Daigle

Tony Award 1 Winners

Gene Gregory

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/gene-gregory Gene Gregory is a self-taught oil painter and a traditionalist. As a lifelong Texan, his fondness for drawing developed in early childhood, and he has painted since his teen…Continue readingGene Gregory

Tony Award 1 Winners

Roger Swezey

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/roger-swezey The first half of my eighty plus years were spent in the field of architecture working on the design and construction of some of the more notable structures in…Continue readingRoger Swezey

Tony Award 1 Winners

Patrick Anthony Pierson

December 28, 2021Abbie

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/patrick-pierson