Greg Conley

On the Net: Artist Showcase Virginia, USA "The See Lion" © Will Bullaswww.willbullas.com California, USA "Nuts for You" © Diane Larywww.outpostartist.com Florida, USA "Hanging in There" © Ev Haleswww.evhales.com Australia "Bluebird" © Christine B. Ghattaswww.cbghattas.com San José, Costa Rica "Waiting for Autumn" © Aneta Sakswww.saks.wolomin.pl Poland

Watercolors "My degree, from the University of Maryland, is in Art Education, and I have taken master's level courses from the Maryland Art Institute in Baltimore. I taught art for four years at the middle school level, and taught courses in drawing and painting for the recreation department. I worked as a free lance graphic artist for several years in Asheville, NC. I currently have a studio in Fort Mill SC where I show my work and teach classes. I also provide graphic and website design to other creative small businesses." —Elizabeth McRorie

English "John Sell Cotman was born in Norwich, the son of a shopkeeper who turned from hairdressing to haberdashery. He came to London to further his artistic education in 1798, and soon became a leading member of the circle of watercolour artists gathered around Thomas Girtin (1775-1802), despite having little formal training. Soon after 1804 he returned to Norwich, where he became a popular teacher with a huge 'circulating library' of his art for his students to use in their studies. Cotman's popularity surpassed Turner's for most of the twentieth century. He was appointed Drawing Master at King's College School...

Connecticut, USA "Pinwheels" © Birgit O'Connorwww.birgitoconnor.com California, USA "White Dress" © Jeannie Mcguirewww.jeanniemcguire.com Pennsylvania, USA "Central Park" © Arthur Kvarnstromwww.arthurkvarnstrom.com New York, USA "Scottish Village" © Grant Fullerwww.grantfuller.ca British Columbia, Canada "Still Life Impressions of Japan" © Kaaren Oreck, NWSwww.kaarenoreck.com Wisconsin, USA

American "Childe Hassam had the marvelous facility of painting almost every nuance of color his eye could see. Or so it seems. This he appeared to do effortlessly, though it was hardly the case. His technique was formed through the discipline of long years of study, travel, and practice. He was a landscapist in a realist manner who demonstrated a poetic eye for color and pattern. He used many figures in his renderings of the outdoors, but the people he painted, as well as the landscape itself, often became more important as shapes and colors seen in changing or shimmering...

American Frank Wilcox was a native of Cleveland, Ohio who became a prominent American Scene watercolorist. In 1906 he enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art and later studied with Henry Keller exploring his artistic boundaries. Between 1910 and 1916, Wilcox and Keller experimented with plein air painting and the techniques of the Impressionists. Wilcox developed his signature style which was American Scene or regionalist genre in a transparent watercolor technique. Using fluid and sometimes calligraphic washes Frank Wilcox chronicled the historic lives of the people and scenery of Northern Ohio. — Watercolor Masters: Frank Nelson Wilcox © 2010 Greg...

Paul Moran, a British artist living in Cairo, Egypt "Watercolour painting is about painting the light. I think the nature of this medium is perfect for capturing an impression of Cairo, or rather how I feel about this city’s amazing landscapes. Looking out of the window on the way to work from Maadi to New Cairo is never uninspiring, but the skies are particularly beautiful in this season; backlit clouds skirting the horizon, soft areas of rose-yellow merging with the low desert hills and skeletal cities. Late afternoon on the way back and huge clouds bustle far away to diffuse...