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Featured Artwork
Many talented artists find themselves Immersed in the inspirational land of Red Rocks. At Kokopelli Suites, a luxurious Sedona hotel, we showcase art of several gifted artists throughout our hotel. Additionally if you would like to see a true work of art actually being born, then a Sedona Art Tour is for you.
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Horses have always been the inspiration behind Pat Wozniak's artwork. Pat has mastered the art of equine anatomy in a way that is aesthetically incomparable.
Her graphite and colored images of both animals and people also convey the quality of "touchable realism" in hair, fur, and skin.In 2002 she was inducted into the Society of Animal Artists, the only international art organization devoted solely to animal art.
The Society selected one of her works, "Mirror of History", to hang in their 43rd Annual Art and the Animal Exhibit. This piece was chosen to be included as part of the extended national tour at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Pat's "Equus Nobilis" garnered second place in the pencil division at the Western States Horse Expo in 2003.In the Pyramid Society’s 2006 Egyptian Event's juried art show, Pat's work "Rigel" was awarded two prizes - all subpages; |
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It was voted "Most Realistic" and "Best in Alternative medium" (Excluding Painting and Sculpture)Pat's works have received awards each year she has entered the Western States Horse Expo art show, including best in the pencil division.
Other exhibits include the American Academy of Equine Artists Equifestival in Kentucky, and the El Camino Real Derby Exhibit in California. Her work has also appeared several times on the cover of the Chronicle of the Horse and Horse Show Magazine produced by the United States Equestrian Federation (formerly AHSA).
Some of Pat's pieces can also be found in private collections throughout the United States, England, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and South Africa. Her work appears on an exclusive line of custom fine leather furniture by Northwest Native Designs.Born in Boston, MA, Pat earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Massachusetts College of Art, Department of Illustration. [top] |
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 During her time in Michigan is when Barbara started working abstractly. At this time she made extensive color charts of all her acrylic colors mixed with each other in three steps. She also mixed them with their complements to create grays and blacks which resulted in her never using black for a dark as she can get much more lively darks using complements.As a child Barbara would water the stones in her mom’s rock garden to bring out their beautiful colors, which resulted in a passion for rocks and stones, which to this day, still intrigue her. Her inner artist was feed by her family, her relatives supplied her with all the paper and pencil she and her sister needed. Her parents supplied the crayons and coloring books. She grew up thinking everyone made art. It was her eighth grade teacher who advised her mother that she had a talent that should be further developed when she saw a chalk drawing Barbara did as an assignment. Barbara also had a passion for music and a desire to play the piano and took lessons for 2 years, practicing during her lunch hour rather than joining her friends on the playground, as she had no piano at home. After awhile she reluctantly realized that she was too uncoordinated to play music and as a result, she now paints her music.Her hobbies include gardening and bird watching. She has been on tours to Trinidad, Tobago, Belize, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Ecuador, and Tanzania all in pursuit of birds. She also volunteers at Montezuma Well National Monument to enjoy the local birds and the outdoors. The Grand Canyon has been her favorite park since seeing pictures of it in Life Magazine as a child. An 8-day rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon is one of the highlights of her life. [top] |
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Claire Licher - Nature Painter
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 1980 marked the beginning of my life as a painter. I traveled extensively during the 1980s, both nationally and internationally. While settled in America, I primarily worked on large abstract canvases.
While traveling, I always brought along a set of watercolors, and usually acquired interesting materials from the place in which I was visiting or living.
During this period in my life, my artistic explorations focused on color relationships, form and composition, usually without any external literal imagery.In 1991, I moved to Arizona, and it was then that my first interest in landscape painting began. My initial attempts were still fairly abstract however.
It wasn’t until 1994, when I moved to Sedona and soon become a mother that my work dramatically changed.
As I became more grounded, I began to look more carefully at my environment and my life.Landscape painting has deepened my connection to this place.
It has also trained my eye to see subtleties of color and light that I could not see before.
I feel blessed to be living here, where the landscape is so beautiful, intense, and in many places, still unspoiled. I also find the monsoon sunsets to be perpetually inspiring.[top] |
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 Born and raised in the colorful Sonoma County area of Northern California, John Graham was recognized early in life as being a natural artistic talent.
Carrying on in the family’s artistic tradition, his love of drawing and coloring in the early years of 5 and 6, combined with a fascination with cars, brought about drawings that to this day can be recognized as to make, model and year of car.
After his family moved to Seattle, Washington, he graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in art education.
Due to Boeing Co. related economic slump in Seattle in the early 70’s, art teaching positions were few, and at that time he co-founded “Whittleworks”, a custom, handcrafted woodworking business. Also during this time he began to paint in acrylics, but had to give way to the demands of the woodworking business.Living in Sedona since 1987, he currently owns “Visions Divine Landscaping”. Since 1992, after a tragic accident in which he lost his left hand and wrist, he has been oil painting, and his works are in many private collections.He has a great love of natural beauty, is an avid hiker and is often hiking to remote locations far from the buzz of civilization. Many of his paintings bring these more remote locations to the viewer, and quite often artistic license deletes man’s presence where it is found. The colors he uses are generally vibrant and more clear than our present environment allows.John’s visionary works often give one of the feel of a time more in harmony with our world. He receives great joy in sharing his creativity with those who would appreciate his “vision”.[top] |
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