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2012 SEWE Artists
This is the list of artists from 2012 SEWE weekend. Click here for 2011 artists!
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SEWE will host over 100 artists in February.
Check back frequently as we update new artists daily.
Featured Artist for SEWE 2012 :
Dustin Van Wechel | Painter
In February of 2002, Dustin Van Wechel left a successful 8-year career in the advertising industry to pursue his true passion, fine art, full time. Since then he has won numerous awards including the prestigious 2004 Wyoming Conservation Stamp Art Competition and the Wildlife and Teton ... MORE
Contact: theartist@dustinvanwechel.com
Featured Artist for SEWE 2012 :
Don Rambadt | Sculptor
“I sculpt because I enjoy the challenge of manipulating space; I choose birds as my subject matter because they fascinate me to no end.” remarks Rambadt. Using the bird as a point of departure, Don explores the relationship of positive and negative space and manipulates this interplay ... MORE
Sue DeLearie Adair | Painter
Sue’s artwork is inspired by her love of the natural world, and all creatures great and small. She has been an avid birder for over twenty-five years and an equally avid butterflier for the last fifteen. Sue is fascinated by everything in nature and portrays many different animals, but bird ... MORE
Contact: sueadair@nycap.rr.com
Mickey Asche | Painter
At least one silver lining appeared after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. Mickey Asche decided that if he had to rebuild his life he would rebuild it to his specifications. He left a career as an aircraft mechanic to pursue his true calling as an artist. “As a teenag ... MORE
Contact: miloandmickey@gmail.com
Jennifer Black | Painter
Jennifer started drawing at age eight. By the time she was in high school her classmates were paying her to draw for them and she was voted "Most Talented" her senior year. Free-lance artwork helped pay her way through college and a degree in art from FSU. She continued to "d ... MORE
Contact: blackmailbox@comcast.net
Peter Blackwell | Painter
Born and raised on a remote farm in Northern Kenya, Blackwell has a profound love for all aspects of African landscape. Formally trained as a graphic designer in England, Blackwell returned to the bush to pursue fine art and find subject material for his work. While largely known as a ... MORE
Contact: bilashaka09@gmail.com
Anita Blewer | Local Artist
The Lord has blessed Anita Blewer with a tremendous gift for bringing canvas to life-- often with a touch of humor.
After raising five children and more than twenty years of work with horses, Anita moved to Charleston where she began painting and taking lessons from local artists. Her lat ... MORE
Jim Bortz | Painter
A deep-seated interest in nature and a passion for drawing have been the driving force behind PA wildlife artist Jim Bortz. A sportsman at heart, Jim's paintings reflect the time he spends afield. His love of the outdoors and the natural world feeds his thirst for knowledge about the ... MORE
Contact: jimbortz@windstream.net
Vivian Boswell | Painter
From Hallmark Cards to Brushcreek Creative Co.; from children's illustration and design to wildlife and botanical art, Boswell's passion for exactness and fascination with wild and commonplace things have given her talent its present focus. A member of the Watercolor Honor Society and the America ... MORE
Contact: turnbackcreek@juno.com
Bucky Bowles | Painter
Bucky is a full time artist who grew up camping, hunting and fishing in Southwest Georgia. As the son of a photographer and avid fisherman he was exposed to the beauty of nature and the challenges of the sporting life as a young boy. He enjoyed the art of Bob Kuhn, Ogden Pleissner, A. ... MORE
Contact: buckworks1@bellsouth.net
Fred Boyer | Sculptor
Fred Boyer has traveled the world but he has remained close to his roots in Anaconda Montana where he grew up, went to high school and went on to major in art education at Montana State University in Bozeman. His family recognized Fred's artistic talents early. "I was always painting or drawing" ... MORE
Carl Brenders | Painter
Brenders is one of the world's most accomplished nature painters. Specializing in wildlife, Brenders in no way neglects the natural settings in which mammals and birds live. Meticulously realistic, brilliantly observed, and exquisitely composed, his paintings take their place in an artistic tradi ... MORE
Thomas Brooks | Painter
Nationally acclaimed wildlife artist and the 2009 SEWE Featured Artist, Thomas Brooks returns for his 12th year. His honors and accomplishments, while too vast to name, range from repeat winner of the Florida Wild Turkey Conservation Stamp Competition and Florida NWTF artist ... MORE
Ray Brown | Painter
Ray has been working as an artist since he graduated from college with a B.S. in visual communications. In 2003 Ray moved from Baltimore, MD, where he worked mostly as an illustrator and graphic designer, to Southern CA where he began combining his love of nature, wildlife an ... MORE
Curt Butler | Painter
Educated at Kent State University and The Savannah College of Art and Design, Butler received both a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Fine Art. Butler has since taught at various art schools and was named the 2002 Teacher of the Year Award at Gaston Day School. Butler is also the owner of the recen ... MORE
James R. Campion | Photographer