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Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Donna Atkins brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

New England artist Donna Atkins has always enjoyed drawing, although she didn't start painting until 1994. After a few acrylics lessons, she began to paint at home, developing her own style of folk art.

Her designs, which have been referred to as "New England style primitives," reflect the beauty of that region: the ocean, old homes, pastures, white-spired churches, majestic trees, and the ever-changing seasons. Her paintings often convey a longing for "simpler times." Much of her work incorporates words, old quotations, or verses she pens herself.

Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Tonya Crawford brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

Tonya was born into an Air Force family, growing up on bases from Idaho to Puerto Rico. When her father retired from the service, they settled in Ohio, where she resides today.

Blessed with a mother that always encouraged her creativity, Tonya remembers carving mice from a bar soap when she was six and making an entire winter village out of pipe cleaners at the age of nine. As she got older and entered the job market, she created opportunities for herself and became Assistant Art Director at a very successful printing company by the age 24. But, Tonya's career lost steam as a better job presented itself-motherhood. She became a stay-at-home mom doing "art jobs" as they came up.

At the age of 40, Tonya began painting the things she loves-country settings and patriotic images. She marketed folk art paintings to several stores in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Tonya lives on a horse farm with her husband and hero, Norman. She is extremely proud of her four children, Stephen, Callan, Ralph, and Christian. 'As I paint, I watch my children grow. Too soon they'll be gone, this I know. The best gifts don't come wrapped up in a bow."

Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Mark Daehlin brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

Minnesota-based, Mark Daehlin is a nationally recognized artist, writer and teacher. His interests are far ranging and this native curiosity, coupled with a formidable talent and desire to grow and explore have produced an impressive body of work. Wildlife, humans and the places where they coexist are key elements of his artwork and have been his entire adult life. He is very aware of the spiritual aspect of nature and all living things.

Mark has worked in fine and commercial art for over 25 years. He studied fine art at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN and Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. Mark has worked with a wide variety of media: watercolor, acrylic, airbrush, pencil and oil. The exploration of different media, as well as, a variety of subject matter has resulted in a highly detailed, realistic style.

Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Robert Duncan brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

Robert Duncan was born in Utah and began painting at age eleven. He spent summers as a boy on his grandparents' ranch in Wyoming where his grandmother gave him his first set of oil paints. It was there that he grew to love the country, the open spaces, and the rural lifestyle.

Robert has painted professionally for 25 years. He studied art at the University of Utah and worked as a commercial artist before his full-time dedication to the fine art of the American West. He was elected into the Cowboy Artists of America at a young age and won two silver medals in their annual exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum.

Robert, his wife Linda, their six children, and a lively assortment of animals reside in the small town of Midway in Northern Utah.

Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Pat Fischer brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

Pat began painting at an early age, encouraged by an extremely creative and self-sufficient mother. There was no money for art lessons, but Pat's mother secured materials for her. She convinced Pat that God provided her with a gift to express her self through art.

Pat's work reflects her pride and love for her country. Her style brings a visually peaceful retreat to gentler, kinder times and promotes a pleasing image to those who own her prints. Pat has been concentrating on Americana work since the early 1990's and acknowledges Rufus Porter as her inspiration for portraying saltbox houses, churches and willow trees. Porter's influence began while Pat was living in New Hampshire and doing an independent study of his art. She, like Porter is self-taught and has had her heart touched by the beauty and peace of New England country scenes.

Pat recognizes her loving and supportive family for encouraging her to step out in faith and share her talents with others. A staunch promoter of her small Midwest community and her art, along with that and other artist, has prompted pat and her family to create a local business called Antiques and Art. She hopes he efforts will encourage other small businesses designed to attract tourists and help breathe life back into the community. She also whishes other local artist will be bolstered by her experience and success to pursue and share their individual talents.

Pat's work includes her American prints, wallpaper borders, kitchen accessories and an assortment of crafts. Husband, Joe, and Pat love to travel around this wonderful country to meet other artist, and buyers of her own beloved art.

Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Jim Hansel brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

In this part of the country, we are blessed with so many talented wildlife artists. Jim Hansel is not only talented, but he has had to overcome special challenges to paint so beautifully. The outside world that Jim Hansel sees is not the one we see. At an early age, Jim was diagnosed with an eye condition called Stargardts. The eye condition, which has stabilized, left Jim legally blind from an early age. Despite his disability, Jim has learned to overcome his visual limitations. Through the use of magnifiers and low vision aids, Jim brings his work into focus. Jim also relies on his camera to capture his ideas.

Like many other artists, Jim uses photographs of his wildlife models to bring the landscape he sees back to his studio. At this point, Jim will enlarge the images if it is necessary, for him to see them more clearly. However, snapping pictures is not the same as painting original oils. Amazingly, Hansel's brush strokes create detailed moments in nature that his eyes cannot clearly see.

With the use of low vision aids, Jim's paintings are now in focus, but only a few square inches at a time. Hansel believes that due to his vision, he spends more time on a painting adding more detail than many other artists do. He has spent as much as four months on one individual painting. Jim has said he wants his artwork to be judged on its own merit and not on the basis that he is an artist with a visual impairment. This determination had launched Hansel into the national spotlight.

In just a few short years, Jim has released over seventy limited-edition prints, many of which are sold out. His reputation for detail and his distinctive colorful landscapes have proven to be very popular with art collectors across the country. Jim has been commissioned several times by Ducks Unlimited to produce the Minnesota D.U. Print of the Year. He has been a finalist in the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association print competition six times, and received the People's Choice Award in 1994. Jim has been commissioned by Pheasants Forever, and for a couple of his prints as well. Jim Hansel's great passion is in wildlife and the outdoors.

His focus is on combining wildlife subjects with interesting and colorful landscapes and his greatest talent is recognizing the unique characteristics of nature and describing it in paint. When not putting brush to canvas Hansel can be found with his family, fishing, hunting, or just enjoying the panoramic view. He's a sportsman at heart and enjoys all outdoor activities. In 1992 Jim Hansel was commissioned by Minnesota Ducks Unlimited to produce their Minnesota Print of the Year, "Autumn Ringnecks." In the same year, he also produced the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association sponsor print, "River Bottom Buck."

Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Vicki Huffman brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

Vicki is a lifelong resident of Ohio. She lives with her three children, Parker, Caleb and Kelsey. Vicki has always loved art from an early age and has collected versus, quotes and old sayings for as long as she can remember. She also loves fabric and vintage textiles of all kinds.

When Vicki was expecting her third child, she found a way to combine her love of old sayings and fabric. She started stitching primitive wool appliqué pictures, reproduction samplers and stitched verses that she sold to a few local stores. She is very grateful for her ability to create artwork and stay home with her children. Vicki agrees with Franklin D. Roosevelt when he wrote "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort".

Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Kim Norlien brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

Breathtaking realism, creativity, perseverance, as well as a personal commitment to excellence, have garnered Kim Norlien wide appeal from collectors and artists alike. Norlien is known for his attention to detail. Using a combination of hand painting and airbrush, each painting is lovingly handcrafted. Kim takes inspiration for his paintings from his Midwestern surroundings.

After high school, Norlien studied Commercial Art where he quickly rose to the top of his class. Following his graduation, Norlien spent the next eight years working as a commercial artist for Honeywell key lining technical manuals, cartooning, and hand drawing military scenes.

In 1986, Norlien resigned his position at Honeywell to become a freelance illustrator. His work for national companies, including Musicland, General Mills, Carlson Companies, Honeywell and 3M among others, won him awards and national recognition.

His resignation not only led to a successful freelance career, but also allowed Norlien the opportunity to begin painting on a part-time basis. His first published print was released in 1991. Since then he has published ten other prints with diverse subjects including wild animals and birds, as well as domestic animals and nostalgic scenes.

Norlien's work has garnered numerous awards and honors. In 1997, he was invited to be featured as the spotlight artist for the Wildlife Heritage Art Show. He has received Best of Show awards, including one from the National Wildlife Art Show, and the 1996 People's Choice award at the Wildlife Heritage Art Show.

Direct Artwork's beautiful selection of fine framed art prints featuring artist Linda Spivey brings gorgeous collectible artwork into your home or office ~ at up to 50% below retail.

Linda has had a passion for art her entire life. She is now known for her sweet country images and down-home style of painting.

Linda loves everything old: movies, books, recipes, manners, quilts and crockery. She paints what she loves, primarily in watercolor, pen and ink. Her heartwarming designs can be found on a wide variety of items, such as: wallpaper borders, flags, rugs and tins. She has also illustrated a number of books.

She is married to Dan and they have two grown sons, Justin and Brandon. "Our youngest son just married, I'm thrilled to now have a daughter, Angela."

She strives never to forget that God has given her this ability to be creative, and tries to live by two favorite Biblical verses. "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you." Matthew 6:33. And "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord." Colossians 3:23.

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