John DeFrancesco
With a background in landscape architecture and horticulture, John’s representational style depicts a distinction in (softness of) mood, shapes, edges and colors. Whether the subject is a flower pot or a garden, a building or a townscape, a pathway or a landscape, poetic subtlety is evident is his work. He is a full-time artist and lives in Monument, Colorado. For more information about John’s work, please contact Bella Art & Frame at 719.487.7691.

Melanie Seiter
Originally from Pennsylvania, Melanie began oil painting in 1975 and sold works in Pennsylvania and Washington, DC. Her artwork has been formally recognized with honors in both North Carolina and Virginia. Prior to relocating to Colorado, she studied watercolor under Barbara Payne. Now living in Monument, she continues to paint and sell watercolors. For more information about Melanie’s work, please contact Bella Art & Frame at 719.487.7691.

Steve and Corky Watt
This one took 2-Watts to paint! Steve and Corky Watt are well known for their joint creative ventures. See bios on their individual work later in this brochure. For more information about their work, contact 2-Watts Creative at 719.488.0889.

Douglas Buchman
Douglas studied art in Denver and Pittsburgh. He has worked in graphic design and illustration and as a creative director in advertising and magazine and book publishing. Trained in fine art by many nationally recognized artists through workshops and classes, Doug now resides in Monument and owns Second Street Art Market. For more information about Doug’s work, please contact Second Street Art Market at 719.488.2506.

Rebecca Wavrin Whitfield
Rebecca has enjoyed successful careers as both artist and educator. In addition to thirty years as a secondary art instructor, she taught at the Arkansas Art Center and Arkansas Governors School. Ms. Whitfield has been featured in numerous galleries and competitive shows. Her paintings are part of private and corporate collections in Arkansas, Texas and Colorado, as well as several other states. For more information about Rebecca’s work, please contact Second Street Art Market at 719.488.2506.

Sharon DeWeese
Sharon’s large colorful water media is represented in her store front gallery, The Candy Box ’n Gallery . . . including tasteful fine art and fine-tasting artisan candy. Also home of DeWeese Studios, Sharon gives small group and private lessons. For more information about Sharon’s work, please contact her at 719.481.3720.

Corky Reed-Watt
Corky’s works include painting and sculpture, especially portraits of children. She has illustrated a children’s book and was commissioned to do the murals at The Goddard School in Colorado Springs. She has painted more than 300 keepsake birthday plates with animated characters for children in our area. For more information about Corky’s work, please contact 2-Watts Creative Center at 719.488.0889.

Kathryn McMahon
McMahon is an impressionistic artist-painter and has painted all over the world. “I never leave home without my painting materials. I go outdoors to paint at least once a week, whatever the weather. The colors that I see in nature are put on canvas. Painting Plein Air or studio paintings are my way of writing a story with color.” For more information about Kathryn’s work, please contact Second Street Art Market at 719.488.2506.

Steve Watt
Steve’s award-winning creativity has been displayed in many mediums, including glass, clay, glaze, pastels, and paint. His stained glass is distinguished by the clay sculpture he includes in his pieces. He has patiently taught potters wheel skills to many people in the Tri-Lakes area. With Corky, he owns and manages 2-Watts Creative Center. For more information about Steve’s work, please contact 2-Watts Creative Center at 719.488.0889.

Dan Fraley
Dan lives and has his studio in Palmer Lake. His favorite mediums include photography, acrylics, pastels, charcoal and watercolor. Recently he designed and managed the renovation of the “territorial style” Wisdom Tea House in Monument. For more information about Dan’s work, please contact Wisdom Tea House at 719.481.8822.

Barbara Roeming
Barbara concentrates on color, movement and texture. Movement is evident in her manipulated pours—she enjoys working on very thick heavy canvas, with thirty and forty layers of paint where the color slowly rises to the surface in a soft, gleaming mysterious finish. Barbara believes abstract art is an internal expression of the external perception. Art is the tray on which she serves. For more information about Barbara’s work, please contact her at 719.488.2339.

Tia Calvert
Tia Calvert was born in Colorado Springs. She moved to the Monument area with her family in 1990. She attended art school in Cheney, Washington. Tia and her husband currently live in Colorado Springs and she is employed at Second Street Art Market. For more information about Tia’s work, please contact Second Street Art Market at 719.488.2506.

Shani Antosiak
An artist for as long as she can remember, Shani has perfected her unique stippling technique with years of practice. Her unusual eye for detail, color and the spirit of her subject makes her stand out among her contemporaries. For more information about Shani’s work, contact her at 719.481.1225.

Irmgard Knoth
Irmgard Knoth was born and raised in Europe. She studied art with many prominent art instructors in Europe and the US, and has won numerous awards. Her capacity to use a wide range of media and capture feelings visually brand her as truly unique in the art community. For more information about Irmgard’s work, please contact Second Street Art Market at 719.488.2506.

Douglas Buchman
Douglas studied art in Denver and Pittsburgh. He has worked in graphic design and illustration and as a creative director in advertising and magazine and book publishing. Trained in fine art by many nationally recognized artists through workshops and classes, Doug now resides in Monument and owns Second Street Art Market. For more information about Doug’s work, please contact Second Street Art Market at 719.488.2506.

M.M. Edwards
Award-winning realism artist M.M. Edwards has shown her work in the Tri-Lakes area for many years. She is known for her ability to create a scene in perfect detail making the viewer feel that they are a part of her vision. For more information about Ms. Edwards’ work, please contact her at 719.481.0365.

Carla Willis
Combining her extraordinary range of talents, Carla has created a style as individual as she is.Her educational background in studio weaving, her feel for the personality of each fabric, her experience with quilting and her talent with pigments makes her a stand-alone creative entity. For more information about Carla’s work, please contact Bella Art & Frame at 719.487.7691.

Vicki Mynhier
A landscape architect from Texas, Vicki has always been designing and creating. She moved to Colorado in 2003 and began creating paintings on canvas in oils. For more information about Vicki’s work, please contact her at 719.460.4179.

Richard Pankratz
Trained in painting, print making, and the creation and design of jewelry at the Kansas City Art Institute, for twenty-five years Richard chose ceramics as his medium. These days he is fascinated by the combination of bronze and porcelain and incorporates these materials into increasingly bold artistic expression. For more information about Richard’s work, please contact him at 719.488.3691.

Suzanne Jenne
Suzanne began painting fifteen years ago. Her artistic themes reflect a deep reverence for nature and exuberance for life in color. Her energetic, expressionistic style puts experimentation at the core of her creative process. Her paintings reveal a life well-traveled, a fascination with her experiences to date and the good that is yet to come . . . for more information about Suzanne’s work, contact her at 303.681-0274.