About the Artists
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Just a few years ago Jody King and her four children were on welfare. Then, in 1993, after taking one tole painting class she began selling some of her art work at craft fairs. She now has a wholesale business distributing picture frame mattes to many stores across the country. Jody lives in beautiful Lake Arrowhead, California and is supporting her family doing what she enjoys most. She hopes that this card blesses you as much as God has blessed her.
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Arturo Escamilla was born in Mexico and now resides in Southern California. He is a self-taught artist in watercolors, pastels, oils, and acrylics. His first love is painting flowers and fantasy landscapes in water color. His paintings can be found in homes around the world. He has taught art for the last 20 years and has helped many would-be artists get their start.
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After taking a tole painting class, Bobbi Chamberlain found not only a hobby she enjoys but a way to earn some extra money in order to stay home and raise her two young boys. She currently lives in Southern California with her husband and boys and sells her tole painting artwork in craft malls throughout the U.S. She feels blessed by God to have been given a talent that enables her to be a stay-at-home mom.
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Rhonda Riley has enjoyed being an artist all of her life. She has worked with oils, watercolor, pencil and pastels. Of all those mediums, watercolor is her favorite. Rhonda is a “detail” person and gets great satisfaction out of the “little” things. The bricks on a home, for instance, are always done with great care. A thatched roof, a stone fence or an accent of lace is sometimes just what is needed to complete a scene. Rhonda’s life is very fulfilling. With her husband and five children she finds great pleasure in her roles as wife, mother and artist.
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Diane Dean is a freelance artist living in Georgia with her husband, Larry. She believes the Lord used angels to intercede during many critical times in her Christian journey. It is Diane’s desire that her angels be a blessing a, encouragement and reminder that God is at work among us. We are not alone.
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Margo Peterson has developed an unusual ability to find hidden beauty in what most would consider ordinary. She primarily paints in oils and pastels, depicting appealing young women in Historic American settings. She has won numerous awards and her paintings are shown in most of the top western art shows and in a number of art galleries. She lives with her husband, dog and cat in the beautiful San Bernardino Mountains of Southern California, and enjoys being close to her daughter and grandson.
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Shelley Levi was born in Iowa and relocated to Texas to pursue a career as a freelance illustrator. She has worked predominately in the graphics/garment industry, but her true love is creating colored pencil drawings for greeting cards and children’s books. Shelley feels blessed to be able to pursue her career from her home, allowing her to spend more time with her husband and daughter.
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A self-taught artist, who has taken a few lessons in watercolor to enhance her work, Joanne Foster, and her husband reside in Clovis, CA. Joanne has worked in oils and acrylics, but watercolor is her passion. She loves some of the unpredictability of the medium and the many wonderful effects you get when water and pigment are merged. Her inspiration for painting mostly comes from everyday life, such as old mailboxes, cottages and flowers. Joanne says, “I can’t remember a time when art was not a part of my life.”
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Lynn Overend has enjoyed art as a hobby all her life. However, as a counselor for 25 years at a Phoenix, Arizona high school, and a mother of three, she rarely found time to seriously pursue art until recently. Mostly self-taught, she has found her true love in watercolors during the past three years. Her favorite subject is flowers, which she refers to as a “one of God’s most beautiful creations.” Each painting, she says, is begun with prayer, and the knowledge that, without His help, success would not be possible.
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Margo E. Bock is a free-lance artist who grew up, works and lives in Minnesota. Her watercolor paintings are lighthearted, colorful images, inspired by life’s often familiar objects or settings. Drawing from nature for many ideas, her compositions are often arranged in a uniquely whimsical array. She has created a variety of art work for stationery and gift companies along with illustrating a few books for young people as part of her endeavors as an artist. Pencil drawings are also a favorite medium for Margo.
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Lydia Campbell has had a passion for creating art since her childhood in the South. Her worldwide travels, especially her years in Europe where the Renaissance comes to life, have served as her inspiration for her art work. She loves classical music, fairy tales and old castles. She now resides in Southern California with her husband.
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Reed Baxter grew up in Oregon, one of seven children. He is still living there with his wife and four children. He is a self-educated man who has created many successful products for the gift and hobby industries. His great loves are his family, friends, art and fishing.
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A wooded environment in the country is the childhood memory of Dorothy (Dottie) Day’s home in Missouri. Today, Dottie still lives in a log cabin built as early as 1810. The beauty of nature is the inspiration for her art, be it a miniature portrait, or a large architectural design, a cartoon, a book, or a three dimensional mural for a Fortune 500 corporation. Dottie considers the real purpose of her art is to bring pleasure to whoever sees it. |
