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Decorative Painting > Decorative Painting Designers
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Trudy Beard
For more than 25 years, Trudy Beard has combined
humor with her love of painting to create a
successful teaching and publishing career. In the
mid 1970s Trudy began her career when she was asked
to teach at "Priscilla's Little Red Tole House," run
by Priscilla Hauser, in Tulsa, OK...
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Ken Brown
When Master Calligrapher Ken Brown left Oklahoma
State University in 1961, he had no idea that what
he had learned in an architecture class would change
his life forever. Upon signing up for an
architecture class during college, he discovered the
art of hand lettering. Although his first 10-line
poem was crudely lettered, the work of the more
experienced students inspired him. He was now
determined to master this beautiful art...more >>
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Margot Clark
Margot has combined her love of flowers and
painting to create a success! While she has always
been interested in art and creating, she took the
plunge 18 years ago and made it her career! Margot
enjoys painting flowers of a more contemporary
nature than many traditional decorative painters, so
she developed the Contemporary Multi-load
Technique...
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Aurelia Conway
For more than 30 years, Aurelia Conway has been
painting, beginning with oils and later converting
to acrylics. She has painted on a variety of
surfaces, but for the past ten years has painted
exclusively on gourds. "I enjoy the smooth surface,
" says Aurelia. "And their variety of shapes lend
themselves to creativity."...
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Donna Dewberry
A native Floridian and mother of seven, Donna
Dewberry has been involved with arts and crafts for
more than 25 years.
After many evenings at her dining room table
teaching herself to paint, Donna developed FolkArt®
One Stroke™, a technique for stress-free,
stroke-by-stroke decorative painting...
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Karen Embry
Karen Embry is an artist, designer, author and an instructor. She is an Ambassador for Plaid Enterprises and has several books published with Plaid, including: "Painted Scrapbook Albums & Covers".
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Priscilla Hauser
With “yes you
can” as her motto, First Lady of Decorative Painting
Priscilla Hauser has inspired thousands of
decorative painters since taking her first tole
painting class in the early 1960s.
Priscilla is a world renowned teacher, author, and
decorative painter. She has published many best
selling books with Plaid, and is currently as
spokeswoman for FolkArt Acrylic Colors...
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Louise Jackson
Louise Jackson has been painting with a variety
of media since 1965. Her work today is in acrylics,
watercolor, and alkyds. She travels throughout the
United States, Canada, and Japan teaching workshops,
as well as holding week-long seminars in her own
studio in Dayton, Ohio...
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Heather Redick
Heather Redick is best known for her painting
techniques of the Zhostovo folk art style, with
delicate borders and brush stroke techniques.
She began painting in 1989, after retiring as
General Manager for a Canadian professional theatre.
In 1990 she opened a Decorative Art retail store and
began giving lessons, teaching mainly her own
designs in both oils and acrylics...
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Faith Rollins
Since 1986 Faith Rollins has been one of Plaid's
most active authors!
Plaid discovered her work at the Society of
Decorative Painters convention in Portland, and
immediately knew her designs would make great books.
Although, she says, she was initially unsure of what
developing a book would entail, she agreed. At the
time she had no idea how right that decision was!
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Pat Wakefield
Pat Wakefield's decorative painting career began
in 1962 in a basement. Since then, her career has
gone straight to the top! Since then she has
authored 23 books and 39 painting packets for the
decorative painter. Her first book, "Bears and
Hares," was published by Plaid in 1987...
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Willow Wolfe
Accomplished in oil, acrylic and watercolor, Willow has over 50 published pattern packets and kits. She is best known for her vibrantly colored birds and wildlife, often combining realism and whimsy. Willow has taught decorative arts to students at various conventions and travel seminars throughout Canada and the United States.
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