Emerging Artists

For Northern California artist Sergio Lopez, nothing is more inspiring than the lines and gestures of the female form. “I want to convey my enjoyment of not just the female form but also the female spirit,” Lopez says…

There aren’t a lot of artists who can say they know human anatomy intimately, both inside and out. But Nathaniel Skousen is one of them. While Skousen was studying art at Southern Utah University, he took a number of anatomy classes and spent countless hours dissecting and drawing cadavers…

When Colorado artist Jennifer Johnson was in second grade, she learned that she was dyslexic, which explained why she had such difficulty expressing herself in writing. A creative child, Johnson soon looked for another artistic outlet and turned to painting…

Michael DeVore has come a long way from his childhood interest in drawing cartoons. These days the Colorado-based artist is known for still-life and figurative works that evoke the spirit of the old masters…

Melissa Gann couldn’t attend the Oil Painters of America’s National Juried Exhibition, held in June at Evergreen Fine Art in Evergreen, CO. But the day after the awards ceremony, she opened up a laptop in her Atlanta-area kitchen to see if anyone she knew had won an award. When she saw that her painting GENTLENESS had received an Award of Excellence from juror Quang Ho, she let out a squeal of delight…

When artist Greg Gandy, 32, moved to the City by the Bay for graduate school at the Academy of Fine Art University, he didn’t own a car. Gandy has walked many, many miles absorbing San Francisco’s nooks, crannies, and charms, which has given him a special appreciation for the ever-changing textures and 
flavors of the city he now calls home…

As a former engineer and current still-life artist, Erin Schulz has evolved from testing objects to painting them. She began studying art at an early age, but she realized that making a living that way might prove difficult…

Clyde Steadman once dreamed of becoming a writer. Oddly enough, the ambition led to his career in fine art: More than a decade ago, he was penning a thriller about an artist…

California painter Lynn Sanguedolce is fond of studying faces—not just for fun, but for art’s sake. A certain vulnerability in a person’s demeanor may capture her attention. Or in the case of her recent painting titled TOM POYNER IN THE STUDIO, it was the intensity of her subject’s gaze that caught her eye…