CLAUDIA LUCIA MCKINNEY. Artista

Biography:
American artist Claudia Lucia McKinney is an Digital artist specializing in book covers for best selling authors.
"I've done over 300 covers to date - some of the authors I've done work for you may know -Kami Garcia, Samantha Young, Amanda Hocking, JL Bryan, Maria Rachel Hooley, Aaron Patterson and many more....
I've worked with Publishing Houses such as Random House, Simon & Schuster, Llewellyn, Flux, and others..."

LUCIA COGHETTO - 1961

Biography:
Italian painter Lucia Coghetto, known as Ghetto, was born in Mestre, Venice. She currently lives and works in the province of Vicenza.
Ghetto has been painting all her life, learning side by side with established artists, and following private courses.
For over a decade she has been painting on plaster, in the style of the frescos.
Ghetto's latest works are based on old wooden boards that have already been used for packagings. Printed markings might occasionally appear on these supports, together with the grain and the knots in the wood, in perfect synergy with the image.
The artist also focuses on the female figure, expressing her own identity. In the paintings on canvas, faces and expressions are enhanced, magnifying details to take up all the space and making the mood the real subject of the artwork.

KAREN NOLES . -1947

Biography:
American painter Karen Noles was born in the very small town of Merna, Nebraska. She grew up there but from the time she was a very young girl her artistic ability was noticed and encouraged by her parents. At age 19 she graduated from the Omaha School of Commercial Art. She was quickly hired by the Hallmark Card Company as a greeting card illustrator and she continued to work in illustration for Hallmark and other companies for nearly 20 years.
It was after this time however that Karen's lifework changed dramatically. She moved to Northwest Montana and spent the next 35 years living on the Flathead Indian Reservation. Here she raised her family and painted her renowned specialty of oil paintings of Native Americans, especially the children. She has painted and paid sensitive detail to the pre- and early reservation Indians. From her work in this she has developed quite a national following. She has shown stunning and meticulous detail with her fine brush work to the Indian`s exquisite and masterful use of bead and quill work...//

...//Karen has received six Peoples Choice Awards from several premier Western art exhibitions for her work. She won the Best Oil/Acrylic Award at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum Show. Her art has been featured in many prestigous western art museums including the Eiteljorg Museum. She has been featured in numerous publications including the Art of the West and the Appaloosa Journal. Currently her artwork is being shown in the Settlers West Gallery in Tucson, AZ, the West Lives On Gallery in Jackson, WY, and the Wind River Gallery in Aspen, CO and the Indian River Gallery in Las Vegas, NV to name several galleries. Below are some wonderful examples of her exquisite paintings.