Born in 1961 in Chicago, Bob studied art at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He received a Degree in Illustration 1985 and worked as advertising illustrator in the entertainment industry. He began working full-time as a fine artist in 1995.   His work has produced several best of show awards in California and is his work can be seen at the Fallbreak Gallery of American Realism.

Member PSGNWP since 1971, he is a graduate of Burnley School. He is an artist-fellow member of American Society of Aviation Artists where he was President-Elect during 1995-96 and Director of the Cactus Air Force Art Project. He is nationally known for his paintings of World War II air combat scenes. His work is shown at many museums including U.S. Air Force Museum, Royal Air Force Museum, Arizona Memorial Museum, Virginia Air and Space Center, Champlin Fighter Museum, and others. His work has been published nationally and internationally in many forms, including book covers, magazines, commemorative covers,  stamps, coins, and collector plates. He is considered by his peers to be an artist ’s artist.

Charles, a keen artist from an early age, lived aboard a Sailing Barge on the River Thames as a child. He went to sea as a cadet at the age of 16 in the British Merchant Marine, and came ashore in New Zealand at 24, having obtained an unlimited Master's license. As he worked his way up the management ladder in the shipping industry, he continued painting in his spare time. In 1984 he was transferred with his family to New York, then later San Francisco before settling in Seattle in 1999. He retired from managing a major shipping line in 2005.
In the mid 90's he began painting seriously, switching from watercolors to oils a few years ago. He is currently a student of the well known marine artist Austin Dwyer.
He is also a keen yachtsman, having raced and cruised boats of all sizes in most of the world's oceans.
Not unnaturally his knowledge and affection for the sea is reflected in his art.

Flash studied at the University of Washington Art Department with Ray Hill, Ambrose Patterson, Walter Isaacs and recently with Frank Webb. His paintings are shown at the Seattle Art Museum, the Bellevue and Frye Art Museums. His work is included in many private collections and the Seattle Public Library. He is a life member of the PSGNWP

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Keven Furiya's body of work includes landscapes, cityscapes, interiors and portraiture. Keven's paintings are done on-site in a loose, painterly manner.  He dubs his style "painterly realism," and loves to paint scenes that he is both challenged by and attracted to because they are, simply, an "image to be painted."  A majority of his works typically finished in one sitting to capture the spontaneity and essence of the subject matter. Keven studied under William Elston and served as studio assistant for approximately four years

I have been interested in art all my life and there was always encouragement from my family and art teachers when growing up in Northern Idaho. After high school, I came to Seattle to study Advertising and Design at Cornish School of Allied Arts. I also took courses at the University of Washington in Portrait Sculpture and Graphic Design, studied portraiture with Leslie B. DeMille at the Scottsdale Artist’s School and studied painting under William F. Reese. I find inspiration from many artists, old masters and contemporaries alike. My favorites are always changing as I grow and change as an artist. While working in the graphic arts field as a designer and illustrator, I have done numerous portraits and other fine art commissions. I am a member and a past president of The Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters, a Signature Member of The American Society of Marine Artists, a member of the Oil Painters of America and of the Coast Guard Art Program.

Ray earned his BA and MA in Art Education form the University of Washington.  He is a graduate of Burnley School of Professional Art. He worked as a commercial artist and art director for Seattle ad agencies and design studios for 15 years and as a teacher and administrator in advertising art departments at Seattle Central Community College for 25 years. Co- author of nationally distributed book “Exploring with Paint.” he is the recipient of prestigious “Burlington-Northern ” award in 1988 for “outstanding contribution to education.” Ray served as PSGNWP President in 1960. Now retired, he paints in oil, watercolor and acrylic and travels to various places around the world.

Rick is a former President and Board Member of the PSGNWP. He studied at the University of Washington and The Burnley School of Professional Art. He also taught at The Burnley School and at the Art Institute of Seattle. His work has received awards from the New York Art Director’s Club, Society of Technical Communicators, Seattle Design Association, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and others and has appeared in Field and Stream, Outdoor life, Sports Afield and other national publications. His paintings and prints are in collections in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the Philippines.

Mike is a native of the Pacific Northwest.  He was born at Ft. Lewis, Washington in 1945 and, while growing up in a military family as well as during his own military service, has always called the Puget Sound area home.

 Mike’s professional training is as an engineer. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His skills as an artist are self acquired. Throughout his career art and painting have been a constant background and source of satisfaction. It was not until his assignment to the Panama Canal in 1974, however, that maritime art became a major interest.

 In 1979 Mike and his family left the military and returned to Washington.  Since that time he has drawn extensively on the maritime and outdoor material of the region as material for his art. He works primarily in watercolor and graphite.

 Mike’s work is in private collections throughout the country and abroad. Several of his paintings have been used as gifts for departing members of the US Coast Guard Academy staff.  His work has been selected as part of the Coast Guard Art Collection and one of his paintings hangs aboard the USCG Barque “Eagle”. He has been among both the top 100 and top 200 finalists in the National Park Service Arts for the Parks competition. In addition he has shown work in the Coos Bay Maritime Art Exhibit and has had several of his paintings selected for the Foss Maritime calendar.

 He is a signature member of the Eastern Washington Watercolor Society, a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, the Coast Guard Artist Program and the Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters.  He is represented by the Haystack Gallery in Cannon Beach, Oregon, the Kirsten Gallery in Seattle, the Harbor Gallery in Gig Harbor, Washington and the Potlatch Gallery in Poulsbo, Washington.

Gary’s art is centered around two different but complementary subjects — people and places.
There are few subjects, he feels, more expressive than the human form. The sensuous curve of hip into thigh, the evocative look of an upturned eye, an exquisite hand languorously placed or the dramatic contours of a well-worn face. For centuries they have all provided inspiration for masterful works of art. Nature too is a source of inspiration, but for Gary it is also a setting for meditation. Whether it is the soft whisper of wind through the gently swaying trees or the crashing surf that shouts its mantra, the result is the same. His cares become minor, his well of worries is emptied and his soul is refreshed. It is Gary’s hope that the viewer will experience at least some of the pleasure the artist felt as he first viewed nature’s originals of his paintings

Don was born in Seattle in 1952 but grew up in Taiwan where he acknowledges having gained from Chinese artists his deep appreciation for the beauty and power of a finely executed brush stroke.  As a child, Don studied drawing and oil painting and went on to take community college art classes in Los Angeles.  He moved back to Seattle in the 70’s but it wasn’t until 1994 that he began painting seriously the plein air landscapes of Whidbey Island and the North Cascades.  Through frequent visits to museums and galleries, Don studied under the likes of Monet, Klimt, N.C. Wyeth and John Singer Sargent and subsequently gained permission through their works to paint freely in his own style.  In 1999, Don turned to figurative painting which continues to be his focus.  Don’s studio is located on the historic Ballard Avenue in Ballard, Washington.

Born in Medford, Oregon he obtained a degree in fine art from San Jose State College a Masters Degree in Fine Art from Stanford University. After spending two years in the Army Corps of Engineers, he entered the field of Architecture, Engineering and Real Estate development. He is responsible for the design and construction of many homes, shopping centers, office and industrial buildings throughout California. After his retirement, he returned to watercolor, taking workshops from painters such as Vernon Nye, Tony Couch, Irving Shapiro, and others. When asked about his watercolors Owen has replied, “Landscapes, seascapes, lighthouses and golf courses are my favorite subjects. I paint them is such a way as to capture the mood of the day, taking full advantage of the transparency of the watercolor medium.”

A prominent West Coast painter and printmaker, he has had a dual career as a tugboat captain and artist. Patrick is noted for his figurative scenes around the water and also some military subjects.He has traveled and painted in many exotic ports from Yokohama to Copenhagen, Mexico to Alaska, and New England to the Mediterranean. He served as a U.S. Army Combat Artist in Asia,1967-69 and then attended the Cornish College of the Arts from 1970 to 1973. Exhibiting since age fourteen, he had his first one-man show at the State Capitol Museum in 1974. In 1995, he completed a two-month artist residency in Kavala, Greece and his work is in private collections in Europe and Asia as well as North America. In 1992, he was selected to create the fifteen paintings that comprise the noted “St. Eval” collection of American industrialist Dennis Washington. A national gold medallist in experimental art, Patrick has a studio in Steilacoom, WA, and his wife owns the HASKETT FINE ART Gallery in Steilacoom. He serves as the Alumni exhibits committee chair for the Cornish College of the Arts. In 1996, he was selected as cadre to the internationally renowned STUDIO BLU of Seattle and Lisbon.

Steve Hill was born in Boise, Idaho and has resided on Lopez Island, in Washington State’s San Juan Islands, since 1974. He received art degrees from Boise State University (BA) and Washington State University (MFA) and was an illustrator in the US Army (1970-72).

 He is an active signature member and past president of the Northwest Pastel Society and has received many awards in juried national and international art competitions, including first place in the 2008 Plein Air Painters of Washington juried plein air paint out/exhibit on San Juan Island. His mediums are pastel, oils and watercolors.

 His work resides in museums, corporate and private collections and was featured in a book “Best of Pastel Artists and Artisans, 2007”, by Kennedy Publications. His love of travel and plein air painting has taken him all over America and to Europe for several extensive painting trips over the past 8 years. 

 He is an active art workshop teacher and will be doing a European painting and pastel workshop on Korcula Island, Croatia, in the fall of 2009. He exhibits and sells in leading art galleries in the northwest and his work can be seen on his web site. www.windsweptstudios.com.

Born in Macau, China, Steve Hu migrated to Hawaii as a teenager where he received his BFA from the University of Hawaii. After a long pause with his art career for two decades, Steve started painting again after he moved to Washington state in late1990's.  Besides being recongnized as a fine watercolorist, he is also an accomplished chef. Steve 's artistic talent not only displays on paper, but the dishes he creates are very complimenting, pleasing to the eye and  tasteful to the palate.  In Steve's paintings, the viewers can share his love of nature with heart warming colorful blends of impressionistic romance, occasionaly with a touch of his chinese heritage.

Born in Seattle, Jerry earned his diploma from Cornish School of Allied Arts. On graduation, he choose advertising art as his specialty. He started as a staff designer then, over the years, became an art director and eventually Executive V. P. Creative Director. During his advertising career he and his wife, Claire, took six trips with a group of British Columbians headed by Harry Heine to sketch and paint, primarily in Europe. Today he paints the Pacific Northwest, mostly river scenes, that occur outside his studio-gallery on the north arm of the Fraser River in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Painting is a process of capturing what one sees and absorbs. Being a painter, I abstract what I perceive. When I do so, I'm concerned with the little things, the not-so-obvious things—the subliminal elements of life.

I like the surprise, the "why not", and the completely outrageous in art.

Good painting, like good music, sculpture, theater or poetry, captures the essence of a certain aspect of life and brings it to the forefront.

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Johnsen is a member, Board of Directors, Santa Cruz Cultural Council, Peninsula Art League and Puget Sound Group. On a journey to Alaska, he was inspired by the work of the Tlingit Indian totem carvers and truly became interested in art. He later moved to Los Angeles and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute to study painting and graphics. He devoted himself full time to mastering both two and three dimensional art, including five years of study with master painter and printmaker, Joseph Mugnaini. He has since exhibited in many prestigious shows and galleries on the Pacific coast and has been the recipient of numerous awards. His works can be found in many civic, corporate and private collections He has also lectured in Sweden.

Harry Johnson has been a full-time artist since the sixties. His work has been shown at the Arts for the Parks, the National Wilderness Show; the Audubon Alaska Wildlife Art Show and the Pacific Rim Wildlife Art Show Series, “American the Beautiful ” sponsored by the National Parks and Conservation Association.

Robert Jones was mentored by one of the PSGNWP founding members and well-known painter, Ernest Norling. In 1946, Robert studied at the Burnley School of Art and at the Frye Art Museum where he was awarded, the Frye ’s first traveling scholarship. A “Life ” member of PSGNWP since1953, Robert ’s prize-winning work has appeared in numerous regional juried exhibits, including exhibits at the Seattle Art Museum and the Frye Art Museum.

Has been carving wooden birds for 12 years. Many of his birds are in corporate collections as well as private homes. Vern has won national wards at the World Championships. He has won several Best of Show awards locally.