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 Diane Barbee
www.dianebarbee.com
Born and raised in Phoenix, Diane has been an artist for as long as she can remember. She studied at an early age with various local artists and loved oil painting. In 1986, she received her BFA at Arizona State University and has been painting ever since. She loves the brilliant warm light of the southwest. Bold color and dramatic compositions are the constants in her work. She enjoys painting landscapes, still lifes and interior spaces, even the occasional figure. She employs textures of all types and sometimes uses drawing on the surface of the paintings. It all adds to the excitement to the piece. She's drawn to the qualities in her work that inspire her life.
 She likes her work to show strength in composition, color and texture. She employs bold brush strokes and will define with lines, objects that give them power. She thinks there is honesty in boldness. Her compositions is straight forward, her color is bold and the line is strong. She enjoys the freedom of subject matter her philosophy allows. She loves surprises and hopes that her work will surprise others with its boldness. Life is full of wonder and inspiration, she is an eternal optimist, and she hopes to convey that energy in every painting she creates.
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An acclaimed and award winning artist, loves to paint and it shows!
In each of her "Barken" originals, her passion for pets and people shines brightly. Susan's realistic yet whimsical watercolors capture the unique beauty of each of her subjects. From dogs and cats, children and adults, her work hangs in many prestigious homes and offices across the United States. _____________________________________________________________________________
 Arlene Blouch
Arlene Herr Blouch was born and raised in Pennsylvania. Her family includes several artists; and she has been interested in art since early childhood. One aunt, Esther Kummer, was a well known artist for her work with Pennsylvania Dutch art and illustrations for books on the art and history of the area. Arlene is primarily a self taught artist. She enjoys sketching and painting, usually in acrylics and watercolors. She is a member of the Arizona Watercolor Association and one of her works was placed into a juried spring show. Arlene Herr Blouch enjoys combining art with different craft media. She has designed and crocheted blankets and art pieces to be raffled or auctioned to benefit Golden Retriever Rescue organizations. She recently found volunteers to help, and an original design quilt depicting Golden Retrievers was raffled and  brought nearly $7000 to benefit the Golden Retriever Foundation April Fund to offset medical expenses for rescued Golden Retrievers. Another quilt is in the process of being designed and crafted for auction in September 2008.
Arlene owns, shows, and rescues Golden Retrievers. Arlene has been active in Golden Retriever rescue since 1996 and is currently a Western Regional Representative for the Golden Retriever Club National Rescue Committee. She shares her home with her husband Eric and four Goldens. By profession, she is a computer systems administrator for the City of Glendale. She is looking forward to retirement when she hopes will find more time for her art.
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 Linda Budge
www.lmbudge.comLinda paints expression. The subjects usually have four legs and a variety of ears, noses and tails. Sometimes, they might be found creeping through the desert, perched on a saguaro, or just standing in somebody’s back yard. Wherever they are, Linda has learned to capture their look, their expression, and their attitude! Linda grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah where she learned to sketch and paint animals at her family’s cabin in the Wasatch Mountains.
 When she and her husband moved to Ohio, she became interested in show dogs, and applied for a license to handle dogs professionally. Learning confirmation and expression and the proper way for a dog to stand, were important, as each breed is very unique. Expression in the dog could mean the difference between first and second place in a competition. Although Linda does not handle dogs professionally any longer, her expertise in the dog world has given her a distinct edge for painting accurately, and most importantly, for capturing expression. Since becoming an Arizona resident, Linda’s career has moved into the southwestern variety of animals. She has become a “Master of Expression.” Her paintings exude a vibrancy and expression rarely found in animal art.
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 Susan Falcon-Hargraves
www.falcon-hargraves.comSusan studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from Prescott College in Arizona. In one previous incarnation she danced professionally, both in New York and Los Angeles; in another she worked as an actress in LA, winning a few small film roles and theater awards before moving to the peaceful Sonoran desert foothills outside of Phoenix with her husband and family of four-legged loved ones.
 She's been invited to present a one-woman show at the West Valley Art Museum in the spring of 2008, and has received a number of awards at juried art shows in the greater Phoenix area. She teaches drawing and painting at the BRIO Fine Arts Center in North Scottsdale.
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 Cassandra Goodsell
Cassi was given her first set of paints at the ripe old age of seven. During her childhood she was encouraged to express herself through art and to experiment with different media. Although she is a natural with the pencil she prefers sculpting and other forms of 3 dimensional art.
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 Debbie Goodsell
Debbie stumbled into painting ten years ago when she purchased watercolor sets for her daughters and herself. She thought painting would be a great family activity. It was and still is. Debbie and her daughters still occasionally paint together and they always share ideas and offer advise and encouragement to each other through their art. While Debbie's true passion is creating abstract art with various media she also enjoys painting still lifes and pets specifically for family, friends and clients. She works in everything from enamels (house paint), watercolors, oils, and acrylics to pencils.
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 Sally James-Horton
Animal artist Sally James-Horton is well known for her studio work of horses and dogs - her style of pencil drawings are studied, controlled and precise. Her strong sense of design and color permits the viewer to share in discovering new angles and perspectives in the structure of her animals. Sally attended Northland Pioneer College in NE Arizona and later taught both art and dog training for the college.
 A professional for more than 20 years, she has worked with architects, designers and individuals creating art for specific environments. Sally's work is found in private and corporate collections, including a mural at the Arizona Animal Welfare League and a mural at the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum.
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 Debra Jones
www.debrajonesart.com
Debra teaches at Shemer Art Center, Michaels, Joann's and Studio on Shea. Her work as an animal artist has been published in Pastel Journal. A participant in the shows of the National Watercolor Society and Pastel Society of America, she's studied with many of the premier artists/educators in the country. Her portraits (human and furry!) hang all over the US and Canada.
 A finalist in The Artist’s Magazine in Portraits (2002) and member of the Museum of the Dog as a listed AKC Dog Portrait Artist as well as the French Brittany Gun Dog of America official painter, she still has time to participate in art organization locally as artist of the year for the Scottsdale Artist League 2004 and the Mesa Art League 2005 & 2006. Her rescue work is featured on the AZ Siberian Husky rescue site www.ashra.org and may grace a shirt you own. Her work was also the featured art on the Wiener Dog race in San Luis Obispo last year. AND she loves helping animal charities, or did you guess?
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Darcy Dombey Manfredi
www.darcydombey.com
Darcy has always been interested in making art. She earned her degree in Studio Art in 1998 and started work on an M.F.A. But the enormous pressure to make conceptually challenging, politically charged, “important” art soon made her work feel forced, and she stopped enjoying the process. She didn’t pick up a paintbrush for several years. Then her Boston Terrier Ruby’s “crazy face” inspired her. She loved the resulting painting, and soon added one of her beautiful, clownish Doberman, Reyna.
 In each subsequent work she has tried to capture the unique character of the dog, whether it be dignified, high-strung, courageous, or good naturedly goofy. Her paintings of pets are always joyful. They celebrate the loyal, noble, ridiculous companions we choose to add to our families. She is honored to contribute to PACC911 and she hopes you enjoy her work.
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 Joann Mathews
www.joannmathews.com
JoAnn Mathews is an award winning artist and has paintings in private and corporate collections all over the world. She taught at Trinidad State Junior College in Trinidad, CO for six years before moving Mesa, AZ two years ago. Now she teaches workshops all over the valley. JoAnn has participated in many National Dog Clubs, the National Western Stock Show, and the Arabian Horse Show in Scottsdale.
 Raised in Iowa, JoAnn has always been an animal lover and it shows in her paintings. She always starts with the eyes, the windows into the heart and soul. She's never found an animal she didn't enjoy painting.
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 Julia Patterson
www.juliapattersonart.com
Primarily a self-taught artist, having begun to take occasional classes in the early 80s, Julia finds watercolor especially thrilling because of its unpredictability and happy accidents. She leads a double life as a graphic designer, offering print materials and custom websites to fellow artists and arts organizations, including galleries. She lives happily with husband Andrew and 2 funny old dogs in a funky desert cottage in Cave Creek, Arizona.
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 Sandi Reilly
Sandi Reilly is an animal lover with a flair! Her heart and compassion for animals drove her to create unique designs on children’s furniture which she has donated to auctions to help raise funds. Her creations, signed Reillys ‘Riginals, have always been popular with mother and grandmother animal-lovers and always accomplish the goal -- bringing in money for the animals in need. While Sandi is not a recognized artist per se (as she says, ‘I’m not gifted to paint – I just have an imagination’) everyone loves her adorable creations and a generation of children have grown up with them!
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 Susan Rene'
www.susanrene.com
Artist Susan Rene’ says, “magic happened when I combined my two loves…dogs and painting”. For many years Susan painted “serious” art, and was very successful as a “struggling artist”. One day she was feeling very down about her situation. To cheer herself up she painted one of her dogs, Charlie, living the good life, reclining in a lounge chair sipping a tall cool drink. At that time she had a small studio in the arts district on Miami Beach. The next day, the painting sold…..magic!
 She has continued to paint and sell her whimsical dogs and cats and has never looked back. Susan now lives with her husband, Bill, and their four dogs, Whoopi, Lulu, Muffin, and Boo in Redmond, Washington and Mesa, Arizona.
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Melany Terranova
Melany Terranova is a fifth generation artist whose current work has been influenced by her travels to Barcelona, Singapore, London, Italy and New York City. She recently participated in two Drawing/Painting Marathons at the prestigious New York Studio School under the direction of Graham Nickson. In her many roles as artist, author, teacher and mentor, she has been part of the Arizona art scene for more than twenty-five years. Terranova’s work is conceptual, urban, fresh and strong. She skillfully blends her reliance on chance with traditional, structured, classical artistic approaches. Often her work incorporates her signature netting technique. She often refers to her artwork as being “Fused Art.” Her work examines provocative issues that affect our culture both locally and globally, with a focus on the many layered textures in our lives. She explores the metaphoric pathways connecting the world’s complexities with the artistic process to create thought provoking images designed to stimulate personal reflection. Using mixed media, from life affirming symbolism of eggshells, to the storytelling powers of paint and text, to strings representing our primal need to connect with one another, she inspires observers to see something new through insightful portrayals of the many nuances of light and shadow that form the human spirit. At first glance, her pieces appear to be about relationships of light and shadow or form and geometry, but underneath there is always a secret, statement or observation she willingly shares with the buyer.
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 Janelle Watts
Janelle is a proud Arizona native and started doing art at an early age. She exercises her creativity in her spare time, working with all different mediums. Her favorite is chalk pastels; she loves to be able to spear and move the colors around. This Arizona State University alumni started with Petco in '96 as a Sales Associate, then General Manager, and now Local Marketing Coordinator. As such, she works with adoption groups around Arizona to find Petco stores they can partner with and adopt out of, helps with different events put on in order to fundraise, and attends several dog parks and pet related events to help Petco better serve their customers.
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 Pat Wozniak
www.patwozniak.com
Horses have always been the inspiration behind Pat Wozniak's artwork. Pat has mastered the art of equine anatomy in a way that is aesthetically incomparable. Her graphite and colored images of both animals and people also convey the quality of "touchable realism" in hair fur, and skin. Born in Boston, MA, Pat earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art, Department of Illustration. She currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona and is an avid horsewoman and dressage competitor.
 In 2002 she was inducted into the Society of Animal Artists, the only international art organization devoted solely to animal art. In the Western States Horse Expo, Pat's works have received awards each year she has entered. In the Pyramid Society’s 2006 Egyptian Event's juried art show, Pat's work "Rigel" was awarded two prizes. Other exhibits include the American Academy of Equine Artists Equifestival in Kentucky and the El Camino Real Derby Exhibit in California. Her work has also appeared several times on the cover of the Chronicle of the Horse and Horse Show Magazine produced by the United States Equestrian Federation (formerly AHSA). Her work appears on an exclusive line of custom fine leather furniture by Northwest Native Designs.
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