Coni Belleau Adams

Coni Belleau Adams began her career in New York City, where for years she was a Fashion Illustrator. A native of New york, she graduated from the Traphagen School of Fashion Design & Illustration. Adams also attended Parsons School of Design, The School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League in New York City.

Greatest influences in her work, having studied with Robert Blackman,NA., Sidney Dickinson,NA., Daniel Greene,NA, in New York and Robert Bruce Williams in Washington,D.C.

Adams has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Portrait Society in New York City. Also for 7 years Adams served on the Advisory Board of the American Society of Portrait Artists, 3 years of which she was Co-Chairman. Also spending 3 years as a member of the Board Of Directors of the American Society Of Portrait Artist Foundation.. She spent years as Juror of Awards at the Salmagundi Club (NYC) member exhibitions. And was Coast Guard Artist (COGAP) with paintings on permanent exhibition in United States government buildings around the country.

Sherri Aldawood

Many years ago, I was fortunate enough to find an art school that still believed in teaching the basics of drawing, compostition, and value. I have used these skills as a solid foundation and expanded upon them creatively, allowing my own personal style to constantly evolve.

I vary my approach to each painting slightly, depending on my mood or the subject mater. I take much inspiration from the great representational artist of the past and present. I try to stay open to learning new ways of painting. I think this approach helps to keep my work fresh and free of "formulas".

Although I paint a variety of subjects, I find that direct observation of the subject matter is the best way to learn and grow as an artist and to communicate my feelng about the subject matter to the viewer. I am constantly striving to say a lot with just a few brushstrokes.

Painting has held my attention for many years mainly because it is such a challenge. I always believe my next painting will be my best painting. I will continue to devote myself to improving as an artist.

I would like my paintings to show that there is beauty all around us - in the play of the light and shadow, in spots of color, or in everyday subjects that we might normally overlook. As an artist, my job is to edit and expand upon the worlld as I see it, giving back what is my own unique perspective. I paint with a passion for life that I hope will be translated to the viewer.

Brushstrokes Studio

Brushstrokes is a unique working studio-art gallery located on South Gaylord Street in Washington Park. The moment you step inside you're welcomed to an array of color, texture and form created by the three nationally acclaimed Colorado artists John K. Harrell, Kit Hevron Mahoney and Anita Mosher. Together, these artists have created a unique, warm and friendly atmosphere where guests literally have an interactive opportunity to watch their process, ask questions and have an open dialogue about influences, inspirations, styles and brushstrokes.

Jim Borger

My current work has ventured away from strictly landscape painting into a plane somewhere between landscape and still life. For lack of a better term I refer to these works as "Stillscapes." Attempting to create still lifes that are a natural extension of the landscape, I have stripped down the foreground components to represent simplified, utilitarian groupings that find symbolism in the agrarian culture.

Allan Chow

The Artist

Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Allan Chow resides in Kansas City, Missouri, where he received his BFA in Illustration from the Kansas City Art Institute. While apprenticed to an illustrator/painter, Allan learned new painting techniques, but more importantly, became inspired to pursue a career as a fine artist. Allan’s earliest work features cityscapes and landscapes from his native country.

His Paintings

Allan paints with a palette knife, applying thick impasto in brilliant colors found only in dreams. His emotions and passions pour through his spontaneous yet controlled brushstrokes, creating a three-dimensional experience for his audiences. During his exhibitions, viewers find it difficult to resist the temptation to touch his paintings. Allan has established a national following with his sophisticated style and obvious passion for painting.

Represented by the Leopold Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri, and Strecker Nelson Gallery in Manhattan, Kansas, Allan is a highly regarded painter of abstracted landscapes of the Kansas City skyline, the Flint Hills and San Francisco – all inspiring subjects. Allan’s eye-catching red stamp graces each of his paintings, setting them apart from other works on gallery walls.

Allan’s original paintings and prints belong to prestigious Kansas City-area collections such as H&R Block; the Kansas City Royals; BKD; Lewis, Rice and Fingersh Law Firm; the Overland Park Convention Center; the University of Kansas Medical Center; University of Missouri-Kansas City; Russell Stover Candies; and the Kauffman Foundation. His work hangs in private collections in Kansas City, Seattle, California, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Allan has received awards from the Societies of Illustrators of Los Angeles, New York and Korea, and he has been featured in the Kansas City Star, The Artist’s Magazine, Living the Artist’s Life by Paul Dorrell and Visitation Church: A Century of Faith.

Just for fun

When Allan isn’t painting, he teaches, competes, performs and participates in social salsa dancing events locally and nationally.

Betty Curtiss

Betty Curtiss took up oil painting after a career in the the theatre. She was the featured artist in Gallery Guide Spotlight for her show Skillman Diary Farm. A commissined painting hangs in the Lfayette Yard Marriott Hotel, Trenton, NJ and her works have appeared in The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb. She was a first prize recipient in the Woodmere Art Museum's annual show in Philadelphia, Pa. He Paintings of butchers celebrated the 60th anniversary of Maresca's Meat Market, Sergentsville, NJ. Betty conributed to Dangerous Women 2 at Mercer Gallery West Windsor, NJ. A selection of her paintings can be seen at her website.

Robin Cheers

Grounded in impressionistic tradition, with a contemporary style all her own, Robin Cheers' paintings document scenes familiar to all of us. Her settings include relaxed interiors, bustling cafes or sunny beaches, but the primary focus is on the human element.

Robin is a avid sketcher and skilled at depicting the figure. She brings gestural drawing element into her paintings. Her style is immediate, expressive and painterly with a strong emphasis on composition

Robin's paintings are found in many private and corporate collections and collected internationally.

Pat Carney

The defining characteristic of Pat Carney's paintings is to make beauty visible. Her subject matter ranges from intimate flowers to panoramic landscapes. Many of these images are drawn from on-location studies and references made during travel throughout the western states and beyond. It is her depiction of light and color relationships, however, that attracts viewers to her work. Each work of art is a close study of the colors and appropiate light key of the subject, creating a sense of place and/or form. She captures the dramatic or sometimes subltle effect of light on form, whether painting prairie overlooks or snowy mountain ranges. Her skiful use of color and energetic brushwork make her paintings seem effortless.