• Michael Albrechtsen
• Barbara Applegate
• Kenn Backhaus
• Garin Baker
• Simon Balyon
• Susan Blackwood
• Marianne Caroselli
• Scy Caroselli
• Beth Parcell Evans
• Howard Friedland
• Michael Godfrey
• Paula Holtzclaw
• Mostafa Keyhani
• Marla Korr
• Dorothy Lampl
• Lili Anne Laurin
• Elizabeth Miller McCue
• Alexandria Michaels
• Nicholas Oberling
• Neil Patterson
• Arleta Pech
• Elizabeth Robbins
• Margret Short
• Brian Slawson
• Rene Snyman
• Karen Vance
• Leonard Wren

Arleta Pech

Complementaries	Touch of Brandy	Doorknobs & Lilacs
Simply Sterling	Candlelight with Carroll and Caterpillar	Summer Splendor

Teetering Teacups

Winning Cup

My goal is to engage the viewer on three levels: artistically, emotionally, and intellectually. These collections, specifically, ask that the viewer "suspend reality." This both awakens the imagination and asks a question: how was this moment in time captured?

Technically, it seems as if the subject were lit from behind the canvas. This is a demonstration of a technique borrowed from the Old Masters . . . the use of many thin dilutions of oil paint to create a “lit from within” quality. It matters not whether the subject is light or dark; these layers create their own prism, gently breaking light beams into rainbows of color.

Selected Public Collections

• Petro Lewis, Denver, CO
• National Bank of Greeley, Greeley, CO
• Venice Regional Medical Center, Venice, FL
• Mimi Gale Gardens, Mentor, OH

Selected Bibliography

• Southwest Art Magazine - "Artist to Watch" May 2011
• American Art Collector - "Reality check" February 2010
• American Art Collector - Artist Focus "A Sense of Wonder" January 2010
• Radiant Oils: Glazing Techniques for Paintings that Glow Arleta Pech, F&W Publications, Inc. 2010 (to be released)
• Painting Fresh Florals in Watercolor Arleta Pech, F&W Publications, Inc. 1998
• International Artist Magazine "Harnessing the Power of Light"
• Watercolor Magic Special Issue Basics "Creating Form with Glazes"
• The Artist Magazine, "Brushing Up' H2 NO"
• American Artist, "Realism Today"
• Australian Artist, "Fixing Four Common Floral Problems"
• International Artist, "Master Painters Of the USA"
• The Artist Magazine, Cover: "Using Glazes to Paint Dramatic Watercolors"
• The Artist Magazine, "The Airbrush Alternative"
• The Artist Magazine, Cover: "Keys To Commanding Light"

Memberships

• Oil Painters of America
• International Guild of Realism

Noted In

• Who's Who in American Art
• National Museum of Women in The Arts- Archives