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"It's a combination of stunning talent, a very high level of accomplishment and almost obsessive passion by these six nationally know master painters that make me so very proud to offer their beautiful and unique works to Charleston's collectors." - Karen Hewitt Hagan, Owner Hagan Fine Art Gallery	What they're saying...
ULRICH GLEITER After completing his studies at the St. Petersburg Academy in 2010, is influenced in his art by the tradition of Russian Impressionism. But also, from his German background, there is a very distinctive, expressionistic note in his paintings. Awards in 2010 include an Award for Outstanding Landscape painting from the Russian Academy of Art, and Best-of-Show Awards at Plein-Air events in California, Wyoming and Colorado. Also, his work was recently featured under "Today's Masters" in Plein Air Magazine. "I am convinced, he will turn in a very interesting artist and painter, and will create numerous pieces of art that will take their place in collections and museums." - V.S.Pesikov, Vice-Rector of the Repin Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia. "When those oils out of your tube turn into color and light on the canvas, then your paints become a painting". - Ulrich Gleiter more	"Ulrich is one of the brilliant young stars who is winning all the awards across America and Europe. His work is in high demand and frankly is under-valued. I have his work in my personal collection." -- B. Eric Rhoads, CEO & Publisher of Fine Art Connoisseur & Plein Air Magazines Read Plein Air Magazine Feature on Ulrich View Ulrich Gleiter's Paintings
DEE BEARD DEAN Dee Beard Dean has been painting all her life. She was raised in the Amish countryside of rural Indiana and studied at Grand Rapids College, Kendall College of Art, and the New York Academy of Art. Her greatest inspirations have come from painting en plein air where her eye for color and composition, and her elevated senses guide her hand in creating paintings filled with evocative light and dramatic shadows. Dee founded the Plein Air Painters of the Southeast (PAP-SE), a professional organization of acclaimed plein air artists living and working in the southeastern US. Her workshops are in great demand, offering instruction in this country and in beautiful locales around the world. more	"During the past decade Dee has become known as one of the most respected plein air painters in the US. -Clayton Bass, President and CEO, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama. Dee has a new book out, published by Morton Arts Media in 2010. View Dee Beard Dean's Paintings
GLORIA MANI A second generation master artist well known across the continent for her evocative landscapes. Preferring to paint from life, or in "plein-air", the open air, I find that art, my driving passion is larger than life. Being greatly inspired by the American Impressionists, I also choose a variety of subject matter, landscapes, seascapes, interiors, figures, and portraiture. The play of light and shadows generally draws me to a specific scene, often an every day spot that has gone unnoticed. By exaggerating colors, using a rhythmic composition, broken brushwork or texture, I transform the ordinary into an interesting and exciting work of art. My paintings capture the essence of the land, the mystery, a mood, an emotion, or perhaps only a dream. Gloria is greatly inspired by the gentle quiet of the countryside and gardens throughout the world and is often found painting landscapes in "plein-air", the open air. In addition to her passion for landscapes, Gloria has been painting and drawing nudes for over forty years. Each of Gloria's paintings is refreshing with a style and medium unique to its subject matter. "...I empty myself, become one with my surroundings and allow the painting to emerge." - Gloria Mani. more	"One of the most influential people in the arts in Columbus Georgia in the past 100 years." - The Columbus Ledger Enquirer View Gloria Mani's Paintings
MARTHA SHARP Martha’s award-winning work has been shown in numerous one woman, group and juried regional shows and is showcased in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and Europe. Martha has developed a painting style that has become uniquely her own. She creates captivating light-filled floral, landscape and figurative oil paintings that invite the viewer to become a part of her vision of joy, beauty and elegance. Her oil paintings are filled with rich color and energetic brushwork adding her feelings of movement and life to her art and her landscapes, romantic nudes and lush still life paintings have become sought after throughout the US. Most important of all to her is to change subject matter to keep the work fresh and new. Martha teaches painting in small groups and also offers private lessons through Charleston Art Tours. Her work has also been featured on magazine covers and in Art Galleries and Artists of the South, Art Talk of Scottsdale, and South Carolina magazine. more	“Sharp’s brush unveils to us true intimacy. She opens to us an individual’s intense personal involvement with a thought or memory or with something beautiful...” - The SUN Newspaper, Myrtle Beach, SC View Martha Sharp's Paintings
BRETT WEAVER Brett Weaver is a nationally recognized artist who focuses on preserving impressions of the natural landscape as it is rapidly diminishing. After being professionally trained as an Engineer, in his late twenties Weaver left his secure career for a more fulfilling life as an artist. He now travels extensively nationally & internationally, painting on location and completing studies to feed his studio work in Sewanee, Tennessee. weaver paints in a very bold and honest representational style. His work was honored with a one man show with The Tennessee Museum of Art in December 2008. Selected awards include; Award at the 11th Annual Carmel Arts Festival. Selected among ’21 under 31’ emerging artist in the Sept.04, Southwest Art Magazine and he won Plein Air Magazine’s Award of Excellence, Spring 05. more	"Brett Weaver bears a strong resemblance to those early great impressionist who captured the spirit of the American landscapes from the Catskills to the high desert of New Mexico." - Mary Unobsky, Tennessee State Museum View Brett Weaver's Paintings
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