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Dedicated to painting the landscape.

Debra Huse is an award-winning contemporary impressionist acclaimed for her rich use of oil color and bold, fluid style. Her subjects range from land and seascapes to historic boats, farms and towns. Debra is inspired to share the working waterman's lifestyle & history which takes her to many historic harbors to paint and has a working studio in a southern California boatyard. Debra is popular teacher, avid plein air painter and a signature member of Laguna Plein Air Painters Association, American Impressionist Society, Pastel Society of America as well as a member of Oil Painters of America, Hoosier Salon, American Society of Marine Artists, California Art Club and Southern California Plein Air Painters. She has participated in many plein air Invitationals including Plein Air Easton, LPAPA and many more.

American Impressionist Lori Putnam's paintings are her personal response to rhythm, pattern, shape, and color. Seeing the world this way affords her the freedom to paint all subjects.  Born in 1962, the Nashville native's love of nature began early, growing up on 48 wooded acres, surrounded by a Wildlife Game Preserve. In high school she excelled in both visual and performance arts, but unforeseen circumstances placed her in the workforce at an early age, ending her plans for college. 
 In 1992, Putnam started a successful graphic design company, and sold the company 13 years later in order to pursue fine art. She and her husband Mark also sold their home and belongings to move to Italy. The sole purpose of the move was to provide Putnam a time for self-study and artistic growth.
 Her hard work and sacrifice paid off. Putnam's paintings have received awards in notable exhibitions including Salmagundi Club NYC; Portrait Society of America; Oil Painters of America; American Impressionist Society; Laguna Plein air Painters Association; Forgotten Coast Plein air Invitational, Maui Plein air Invitational, and Plein air Easton.  She has been featured in Art of the West, Plein air Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Western Art Collector, Southwest Art, and American Artist. 
 Today, Putnam travels approximately six months of the year, teaching, painting, and lecturing. As one of the nation's top plein air artists, she shares her methods and philosophy at the Plein air Convention each year. The remaining six months, Putnam paints in her studio in rural Tennessee.

plein air and studio landscape oil paintings by nationally recognized Northern California artist Kathleen Dunphy