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Artist Information:
Wendy Vaughan
Plainwell, MI
United States
Member Since: Apr 2006

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Artist Statement:
All of my paintings express a
certain serenity...I show the
animals well
tended...dreamily...as perhaps
a king would treat his prized
stock at his castle, and
always with a hint of fantasy.

Website: www.animal-art.com
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Further Information

Artist Galleries:
Ann Nathan Gallery, 212 W.
Superior, Chicago, Il
(312)664-6622
Ward Gallery/Ciao Bella
Petoskey, MI (231)622-4105
Gallery Piquel, 39 N. Main,
New Hope, PA (215)862-3523

My Website www.animal-art.com
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Further Information
Artist Reviews:
Coming Soon!
Collections:
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts,
Kalamazoo, MI
Numerous private collections
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Further Information
Commissions:
Coming Soon!

Exhibitions for Wendy Vaughan:




Current Representation:
Ann Nathan Gallery — Chicago, IL
Gallery Piquel — New Hope, PA
Ciao Bella/WARD Gallery - Petoskey, MI

History
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts — Artbreak Presentation: "A Royal Menagerie" — September 2007
WARD Gallery — Harbor Springs, MI — 2005-2009
Mixed Media Gallery — Saugatuck/Douglas, MI — 2001-2005
Bridge Street Gallery — Plainwell, MI — 1999 to 2002
Animalia Gallery — Saugatuck, MI — 1995 to 1996
Art Director, SignArt, Inc. — Kalamazoo, MI — 1975 to 1996
Newspaper ad illustrations for Crossroads Mall — Kalamazoo, MI — 1980's
Greeting card illustrations for Evergreen Press — California — 1980's
Distributed own line of greeting cards in the 1980's
Numerous paintings sold to art collectors over the years


Education
BA in painting from Western Michigan University — Kalamazoo, MI
Scholarship to Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville — Louisville, KY

Publications
Animal World USA - Memphis, TN, Feb. 2010-Cover artwork & interview
Vision Magazine — San Diego, CA, May 2008 — Artwork photos
The Animal World magazine — Memphis TN, Oct. 2007 — Cover artwork and interview
Michigan Fiber Festival — 2004
Kalamazoo Gazette — Kalamazoo, MI — March 27, 2004
The Commercial Record — Saugatuck, MI — October 9, 2003
The Commercial Record/Resorter — Saugatuck, MI — May 22, 2003
Kalamazoo Gazette — Kalamazoo, MI — April 11, 2003
Kalamazoo Gazette — Kalamazoo, MI — May, 2002
Allegan County News — Allegan, MI — February 7, 2002

Special Awards
Book, Best of America Oil Artists, Vol. II — 2009
Published by Kennedy Publishing, 2 pages, color photos

Lively Arts TV Interview (WGVU Grand Rapids) — July 2008

Book, Best of America; Oil Artists and Artisans, Vol. 1,
Published by Kennedy Publishing

Third Place honors in book, Best of Michigan Artists and Artisans 2006,
Published by Kennedy Publishing

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Ward & Cora Nay Director's Choice Purchase Prize — 2004

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Martin Maddox Imaginative Realism Award — 2003

West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Martin Maddox Imaginative Realism Award — 2002

Permanent Collections
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts — Kalamazoo, MI

Exhibitions
West Michigan Area Show - 2010
ArtPrize - Grand Rapids, MI - 2009
I Hear Your Fragile Voice — WARD Gallery — Harbor Springs. MI — 2009
West Michigan Area Show — 2009
Solo show — WARD Gallery — Harbor Springs, MI — 2008
Solo show — WARD Gallery — Harbor Springs, MI — 2007
Art Chicago (Ann Nathan Gallery) — 2007
West Michigan Area Show — 2007
From Fish to Fowl: Animals in Art — Kalamazoo Institute of Arts — October 2006
West Michigan Area Show — 2006
New Dimensions in the Natural World- 2 person show — WARD Gallery — July 2006
Beyond Human Limits — solo show — WARD Gallery — July 2005
West Michigan Area Show — 2005
West Michigan Area Show — 2004
Flora & Fauna — 2 person show - October, 2003 — Mixed Media Gallery — Douglas, MI
West Michigan Area Show, 2003
Animania! — Solo show - May, 2003 — Mixed Media Gallery — Douglas, MI
West Michigan Area Show, 2002


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