54th WAOW National Exhibition, "Dreamweavers"

PATRICIA MEYER ABUNDANCE

BARBARA MEIKLE FLEDGLING AT HIGH TIDE

The flowers for this piece were selected from my garden. Loving the contrast and various textures of the blooms is what thrilled me about painting this grouping together. Showcasing the pink roses as the main focal and using the pink flowers representing how they are reaching to the sky to capture the warm glow of the sun. All the flowers seem to be supporting each other as friends as we do in life.

15” x 14” x 8” — Bronze $3,600

Fledgling at High Tide is my rescue mare Felina, who I saved from slaughter when she was 8 months old. She’s 8 years old now, my best riding horse, partly due to sending her to boarding school at a ranch two hours away. I felt as if she was leaving the nest, like a baby bird that had grown, since I had spent time with her daily for over 2 years. I love to do wild colors on my bronzes, and this turquoise had an ocean feel to it, hence the high tide.

16” x 12” — Oil $1,695

BARBARA MEIKLE • WAOW Associate • NM • www.meiklefineart.com In 2009, Barbara started sculpting, casting her pieces in bronze, culminating with a hot color patina for a stunning finish on each piece. “Degas said if you want to paint horses, you need to sculpt them, so I’ve taken that to heart, not just with horses but bears, bulls and burros too.” Barbara earned a degree in painting and printmaking at the University of Denver, working in galleries in New York, Chicago, and Denver before returning to Santa Fe, NM to devote herself to creating her own art. Barbara opened her own gallery there in 2006 and that continued success allows her to give back to the animals she loves so much.

PATRICIA MEYER • WAOW Associate • OK • www.PatMeyer-artist.com Pat is an award-winning artist, and her work is collected both in the US and Internationally. Her art is on permanent display, viewed and sold, from acclaimed galleries in Naples, Charleston, Dallas, Sarasota and Houston. Since retiring from the corporate environment, as a Senior Vice President of an International company, her pursuit of art has been her passion. She has immersed herself into the arts, first learning to create and then instruct.

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