Wendy Marquis

My work embodies the essence of the rural west: big blue skies with billowy clouds, Lakes, old barns, fields full of tall grasses, and the old trucks embedded in these landscapes. When I am exhilarated by an image that sparks my creativity, I seize that soul-stirring moment. Intuitively, I absorb that scene, and that emotionally charged reaction becomes a part of me. By some sort of magic, I invoke that memory, and that sensation is transferred to my paintbrush and onto the canvas. I have recently been inspired by bison, their skulls, and their relationship to the land. I have also been revisiting the faux finishing techniques I used while working on textured wall finishes. I have incorporated these techniques into some new abstracts.

Liz Chappie-Zoller

Liz Chappie-Zoller is a contemporary equine and wildlife artist from Three Forks MT. She is best known for incorporating images from her rural western American landscape with the urban-based graffiti she collects from trains passing through the remote Missouri River valley of her Montana home. Her art education includes a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the University of Cincinnati. Liz was an Interior Design professor at Montana State University for just shy of ten years, and is in her tenth year of coaching for the Montana Arts Council’s “Montana Artrepreneur Program” (MAP), an NEA-recognized business development course created exclusively for working artists. Since 2014, Chappie-Zoller has been an Officier Académicienne at Mondial Art Academie in Aimargues, France; she was a member of American Association of Equine Art, and an Associate member of Oil Painters of America (OPA) and American Women Artists (AWA).

lizchappiezoller@gmail.com

@lizchappiezoller.art

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