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Clifton was born in Norfolk, Virginia and was raised in Newport News. He studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Known for his enigmatic portraits and landscapes, Clifton exhibited throughout Virginia and had a…

Self-taught artist Hugo Sperger was born in Italy and afterwards his family resettles in upstate New York. After a stint in the U. S. Army, Sperger lived in rural Kentucky. A prolific artist, Sperger created hundreds of paintings for over 40 years.…

Artist and teacher Gerald (Gerry) Donato earned his MA and BS degrees from Northern Illinois University and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A long-term professor of studio art at Virginia Commonwealth University, Donato employed…

lnness in best known for his expressive, poetic landscapes that use rich brushstrokes to evoke moods. The son of a farmer and fifth of thirteen children, Inness went on to study art in Europe, where he was exposed to the renowned Barbizon school in…

Considered one of the most successful still life genre painters of his time, Emil Carlsen immigrated to the united States from Denmark. He studied painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Copenhagen and the Chicago Academy of Design and at the…

Roanoke native Antoinette Hale paints scenes derived from her personal experiences and observations of Southwestern Virginia life. Primarily focusing on the human figure, she connotes it to "seeing the person come to life in front of me." Using…

Roanoke based artist, curator, and educator Brian Sieveking blurs the boundaries between history, mythology and pop culture. Sieveking comments, "My work draws upon my lifelong interest in history, popular culture, the odd and the arcane particularly…

Born in Vietnam in 1977, two years after the fall of Saigon, Danh and his family left their home in 1979 and immigrated to the United States in the early 1980s. The experience of displacement and his eventual trip back to his country of birth…

Based in Roanoke, Virginia Betty Branch earned both her BA and MA in Studio Art from Hollins University. her work has been the focus of numerous solo and international exhibitions. Over a thirty-year period, Branch has focused on the female form and…

Born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, Dow traveled to Paris to study at the Académie Julian and studied the work of british designer William Morris. Considered one of the most influential teachers of his time in the field of arts and crafts, one of Dow's…

Figurative painter Anne Bell was educated at the university of Georgia and studied at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Since 1978 she has had numerous exhibitions and portrait commissions. Her method in approaching her subject is unique: "I paint…

Roanoke-based artist and illustrator Allen Ingles Palmer studied at the Corcoran in Washington, D.C., then completed his degree at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art in Philadelphia. He continued his studies with fellow Virginia artist Walter…