PAF 2025

David Savellano

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

David Savellano is a native Californian artist who works primarily en plein air (outdoors), creating watercolor paintings that capture everyday scenes—on the street, in nature, and wherever else his portable easel takes him. Although largely self-taught as a watercolor painter, he credits his 40 years as a practicing architect with…

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Crista Pisano

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

Born and raised in northern New Jersey, Crista began painting in oils in 1989 under the instruction of John Phillip Osborne at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, NJ. She graduated from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 2000, receiving a Bachelors Degree of fine arts painting, and…

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Carlos Maldonado

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

My name is Carlos Maldonado and I am an artist from Iowa City. My artistic journey has been defined by a dedication to plein air painting. I work in several different mediums but primarily acrylic and gouache. With over two decades of artistic experience I embarked on a full-time painting…

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Bill Farnsworth

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

As a 1980 graduate of The Ringling School of Art and Design, Bill Farnsworth has spent more than 40 years as an Illustrator and Fine Artist. Born in Norwalk Connecticut in 1958, Bill spent most of his life in New Milford Connecticut painting landscapes of the rural area, while supporting…

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Mark Shasha

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

Mark Shasha (b. 1961) is an award-winning American artist, author and educator. His work has appeared in museums, galleries and publications for 40 years. His paintings are found in public and private collections around the world.  And millions have read his children’s books which he has written and illustrated. After…

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Carl Bretzke

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

Carl Bretzke is a contemporary realist oil painter who is known for his original compositional choices, realistic light effects, and diversity in subject matter, ranging from plein air landscapes to more complex city scenes, often after dark.  The Washington Post once described his work as “simultaneously intimate and detached…The artist’s…

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Lon Brauer

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

Lon Brauer is an American artist known for his work in both figure and plein air landscape. A frequent award winner, he is very much a painter’s painter, Lon explores the abstract within the representational world with his aggressive use of paint or pastel on surface.  Figure, landscape, still life…

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Stephen Wysocki

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

I love to paint and am always painting, even when I don’t have a brush in my hand, I can’t get away from it, it’s that simple. When I’m in my studio and run out of ideas I know it’s time to get out and do some Plein Air painting;…

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Richard Sneary

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

An architect and renowned architectural illustrator, Richard Sneary has over the last 3 years also begun painting en Plein air in watercolor. His background as an architect/illustrator of architecture often compels him to include something of the built environment, whether it’s a town square, back yards, an alley, old derelict…

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Kari Ganoung Ruiz

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January 23 @ 5:46 am

Being raised at the edge of the Finger Lakes National Forest in Central New York State set the stage for Kari’s deep connection to the natural landscape. After receiving a degree in Fine Art, she worked as a faux finisher, muralist, and owned a picture framing studio and boutique gallery…

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