Painting

Don Sahli’s pedigree as a painter began early. He started to show professionally in Taos, NM at the age of 15. At 19, Don was apprenticed to the Russian painter Sergei Bongart and was Bongart’s last scholarship student. In 1988 Sahli was invited as a guest artist at NAWA National…

Tom is a professional fine artist who works in oil, but has worked in acrylic, pastel, and watercolor in the past. He has always made his entire living from his art. His wife has always been his bookkeeper. Tom has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Laton School Of…

Born in 1957, Erin Dertner’s career began under her mother’s tutelage and has continued through the summer workshop format since 1982, alongside many teaching opportunities both here and abroad. Watercolors, oils, and acrylics have all made their way into her studio, with her current focus being light-infused impressionistic landscapes in…

Neal Hughes is a graduate of The Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts) and resides in the historic town of Medford , New Jersey. Neal is a Fellow of the American Society of Marine Artists, a signature member of Oil Painters of America and the National Oil &Acrylic…

Serin Leas is a painter and textile artist living and working in Palm City, FL. After obtaining her B.S. degree in Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida, she began pursuing her love of art by teaching youth classes and eventually going back to school to be an elementary…

Cyndi Lanier is an artist from Mexico Beach Florida. In addition to Second Nature Arts, her art and framing business, she and her husband also run a Charter Fishing Business. She views art, like life, as an exploration and a never ending journey of learning. Cyndi has a bachelors degree…

Born and raised in Cebu City, Philippines, Richie N. Vios hails from an artistic family. Studying architecture, in 1995 he graduated with a Bachelor’s architecture degree and as a faculty member, teaching architectural design and presentation. In 2004, his family decided to leave the Philippines in hopes of a better future in America. For…

Serge is an American artist, Belgian born, who lives and works between New York and Palm Beach, Florida. Serge Strosberg studied Graphic Design and Illustration in Paris at Academie Julian and Morphology at Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts. In 2010, Strosberg was an artist in residence in China and received a…

Patrick Saunders is an artist, painting and creating art while traveling across North America in an Airstream Bambi with his photographer wife, Kimberly. He has studied with many renowned painters, including Mark English, Malcolm Liepke, Wilbur Niewald, Richard Schmid, and Burton Silverman. He paints a variety of subjects including portraits,…