Welcome Artist William Wray to Windrush............

Astro Motel 11"x14"

Nipomo 11"x14"

Camper 16"x20

After traveling his entire life as an Army brat, Bill Wray began working in the animation business as a teenager. Bill went on to work in writing and drawing comic books, animation, and illustration. He is mostly known for his painting style on The Ren and Stimpy Show, his monthly strip in Mad Magazine, and his collaboration with Mike Migola on Hellboy Junior. Bill is currently concentrating on his fine art painting and resides in Sierra Madre, California. Please check out our website to see more of his work.

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Welcome New Artist Jill Carver to Windrush......

Along Oak Creek 20"x24"

Morning Shadows in Jerome 12"x20"

Please join me in welcoming Jill Carver to the Windrush Gallery. Jill is originally from England where she had a 12 year career as a curatorial research assistant at the National Portrait Gallery in London. Jill has resided in Austin, Texas for the past 12 years where she has won several regional and national awards. In 2009 the editors of Southwest Art Magazine listed Jill Carver as one of their ten 'artist to watch'. Please go to our website to see more of her work.

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Honors for Karen Cooper...........

Bronc Driver

Earlier this year, Karen Cooper took the "Gold Award" Dry Medium (First Place) at the Western Artist of America Museum Show 2009 for this outstanding pastel "Bronc Driver". Karen is one of only 24 artist members in the Western Artist of America, which is dedicated to America's Western heritage. Also, Karen just learned that she has been selected as one of only 63 artist in this years "Cheyenne Frontier Day 30th Annual Western Art Show" held at the Old West Museum in Cheyenne Wyoming July 22 - August 1, 2010. Please join me in congratulating Karen!

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Welcome New Artist Frank Gardner to Windrush.....

Open Gate 6" x 8"

Market Color 18" x 14"


Ancha de San Antonio 11" x 14"

Please welcome new artist Frank Gardner. Frank is from San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. Frank has been living and painting in Mexico since 1990. His painting style is representational, but as he says, with a loose spontaneity. Frank enjoys working both in the studio and on location ie "en plein air". Check out our web site to see more of his work.

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Welcome Karen Cooper to Windrush....

First Turn Burn 35" x 29"

Ripples 34" x 27"

Bully 30" x 24"


Coming Out Party 30" x 40"

Please welcome Karen Cooper to our family of artist. Karen is an incredibale pastel artist from Santa Fe, NM. All of here works are accomplished with soft pastels on black pastel paper. Her subjects are partial images on the black paper relying heavily on the negative space to convey each composition and as you can see by these paintings her ability to convey a story with each piece is absolutely wonderful. You just have to stop by the gallery to appreciate her pastel pieces. They are truely one of a kind.

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A New Painting For Today................

How about this little plein-air piece by Michael Chesley Johnson. This is a 12"x16" oil on canvas titled "Slide Rock Apple Barn". The apple barn is located up Oak Creek north of Sedona, AZ in Slide Rock State Park.

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Some New Paintings For Today.........

Here are three of several new works, I recently received from Patricia Dobson from Phoenix, AZ. They are all gallery wrapped Giclee Canvases. Their titles are as follows: "The Zia" 20"x20", "Just Peachy" 18.5"x22.5", and "Oklahoma Territory" 18"x24". Please check out the link to our website to see all of Patricia's wonderful pieces.

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A New Painting For Today.............

Mark Daniels from New Mexico has created this scene of Cathedral Rock at Red Rock Crossing in Sedona, AZ. This oil on panel is 17.5"x21.5" and is titled "Morning at Oak Creek. Check out the link to are website to see more of Mark's work.

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A New Painting For Today..............

How about this great Sedona, AZ piece by Ken Stockton of Tucson, AZ. This oil on canvas is 38"x48" and is titled "Enchanted Canyon. The painting depicts a view of Boynton Canyon.

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A New Painting For Today...........

Jeanne Bonine from Scottsdale, AZ creates amazing close-up images of southwest floral scenes in watercolor. This one is titled "Destiny Fulfilled" and is 34"x29" done on watercolor paper.

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