Sue Averell is a contemporary painter known for her vibrant, impasto surfaces and expressive, fluid linework. Her work emphasizes bold color, dynamic movement, and a strong command of composition, reflecting a foundation in classical training from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. 

Averell’s practice explores the energy of place and form, often translating urban and natural environments into large-scale, emotionally charged compositions. 

Her work gained early recognition through exhibitions in San Francisco and has since expanded to galleries and international exhibitions worldwide. 

Averell’s paintings are held in private collections across the United States and globally.

Faye Crowe is an abstract painter whose work explores the intersection of land, structure, and memory. 

Drawing on more than four decades of experience as an architect, she brings a disciplined understanding of form and spatial relationships to her expressive compositions. Her paintings use layered surfaces, texture, and gestural mark-making to evoke the vastness and shifting character of the American West. Rather than depicting landscape directly, Crowe captures its essence—inviting viewers to engage with the land as both a physical presence and an emotional experience. 

Her work has been exhibited regionally and collected for its thoughtful balance of structure and abstraction.

Downy Doxey-Marshall is a Utah-based painter whose practice spans more than three decades, encompassing a wide range of media including watercolor, oil, egg tempera, ink, embroidery, and mixed media. Her current work focuses on large-scale oil paintings that explore the atmospheric and enigmatic qualities of the landscape. 

Grounded in a strong academic foundation, she holds a BFA from the University of Utah and an MFA from Brigham Young University. 

Doxey-Marshall’s work reflects a deep commitment to material exploration and a refined sensitivity to place, translating natural environments into richly layered, contemplative compositions.

Carol is a contemporary painter whose work is deeply rooted in themes of humanity, freedom, and connection to the land. 

Influenced by a life shaped across Oregon, Texas, and New Mexico, her practice reflects a profound respect for nature, cultural diversity, and shared human experience. Her paintings draw from the light, atmosphere, and history of the American landscape, translating these elements into expressive, reflective compositions. 

Beyond her studio practice, Carol has been a dedicated arts advocate, serving as President of ARTScrawl in Albuquerque for two decades. She is a recipient of the Albuquerque Local Treasure award, recognizing her lasting contributions to the arts community.

Jessica Garrett-Lawrence is a Southwestern painter whose work centers on the expressive power of color and its ability to convey light. 

Inspired by the distinct luminosity of Western landscapes, her paintings explore the relationship between color, atmosphere, and perception. 

Drawing influence from artists such as Emile Gruppe, Henry Henshe, and Josef Albers, Garrett-Lawrence approaches painting with a focus on color as both structure and emotion. Her practice reflects a continued investigation into the language of light, translating natural environments into vibrant, immersive compositions that balance academic tradition with a fresh, contemporary sensibility.

Cristall Harper is a contemporary painter known for her bold, expressive approach to animal portraits and florals. 

Working primarily in oil using the alla prima technique, she creates dynamic compositions that appear realistic from a distance and reveal energetic, abstract mark-making up close. Her work explores the relationship between representation and abstraction, with a strong emphasis on color, movement, and surface vitality. 

Harper holds a BFA in Painting from Brigham Young University and has been featured in publications including American Art Collector and Southwest Art. 

Her work is exhibited nationally and held in private collections internationally.

Angie Haskell is an award-winning author and painter known for her bold Mid-Century Western style. 

Her work reimagines the mythology of the American West through towering cowboy figures, surreal desert landscapes, and iconic symbols rendered in flat color planes and sharp geometric forms. Drawing from retro illustration and modernist design, Haskell creates striking, graphic compositions that balance nostalgia with a contemporary edge. 

Her distinctive visual language has earned recognition across both literary and fine art circles, with work held in private collections and exhibitions throughout the Southwest.

Odilia Iaccarino is a self-taught painter working in oil pastel, acrylic, and graphite, known for expressive, mixed-media compositions developed from her studio in the Cotton Mill Arts District in McKinney, Texas.  Her work explores contemporary figuration and abstraction through a layered, intuitive approach. 

Iaccarino has exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent presentations at the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History and in Milan with M.A.D.S. Gallery. Her work has been featured in American Art Collector and other international publications. A recipient of multiple awards, including recognition from the Circle Foundation for the Arts, she continues to expand her presence across galleries and the contemporary art market.

Shannon Leigh is an American painter working in acrylic, known for narrative-driven compositions rooted in the imagery and mythology of the American West. 

Her work explores themes of resilience, identity, and place, drawing from lived experience across Washington, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico. 

Leigh’s visual language combines bold graphic line, pattern, and saturated color to create layered, contemporary interpretations of Western landscape and folklore. Her evolving practice reflects a renewed engagement with the West, translating personal history into striking, stylized compositions that balance storytelling with a strong formal sensibility.

Shari Lyon is an encaustic artist whose work explores texture, symbolism, and the ethereal qualities of beeswax-based painting. Using a blend of beeswax and damar resin, she layers photography, oil paint, pastel, and ink to create luminous, tactile surfaces that balance control with spontaneity. Her compositions often draw on imagery of trees, abstracted landscapes, and the divine feminine, reflecting themes of transformation and presence. 

Lyon’s work has been exhibited widely across the United States and is held in private collections internationally. She has received numerous awards, been widely published, and curated exhibitions for organizations including the Utah Department of Arts and Museums and the Portrait Society of America.

Carrie Penley is a mixed-media painter known for richly layered, narrative-driven compositions that merge vintage magazines, historical imagery, handwritten text, and fragments of sheet music with expressive brushwork. 

Her work explores themes of American fortitude, resilience, and the enduring beauty of the wild, often featuring animals and equestrian figures that emerge from textured, partially obscured grounds. Drawing on the visual language of collage, Penley creates paintings that reveal themselves over time, inviting sustained engagement. 

Her work has been exhibited nationally and is held in private collections, where her distinctive blend of history, symbolism, and storytelling continues to resonate.

Barbara Rudolph is an Arizona-based painter known for her intricate realism and narrative-driven compositions featuring birds and wildlife. Working in layered oil, she creates luminous, highly detailed scenes that blend classical technique with contemporary settings. 

Her work explores storytelling through carefully selected subjects, often incorporating subtle humor and unexpected juxtapositions—what she describes as “wildlife with a twist.” 

Rudolph holds a Bachelor of Arts in painting and printmaking and transitioned from a career in graphic design and fine art publishing to full-time painting. 

Her work has been exhibited widely and is held in private collections across the United States and Canada, with recognition from the Art Renewal Center and the International Guild of Realism.