Painter Showcase

COREL PAINTER COLLECTION BY 40 TOP ARTISTS. Painter Showcase: A Gallery of Modern Portraiture...Beyond the Camera's Capability. For the first time ever (see the brush strokes), a large page size art book featuring 300 Paintings, one per page, by the Nation's 40 Top Artists/Photographers. 328 Pages. 11X11 inches with sumptuously laminated Hardback and dustjacket. Dynamic 4-color Printing; nearly five pounds of inspiring paintings. Cover Source Photograph: Ralph Melvin; Painting: Heather Michelle Chinn, Cover Concept/Name Logo: Heather Michelle Chinn, Graphic Design & Page Sequencing: Cecil Williams. For many years, portrait photographers and artists have combined their abilities with amazing tools provided by Corel Painter and Wacom to create magnificent works of art. Now, on the 20th anniversary of Painter, PAINTER SHOWCASE, a handsome 328-page hard-back, coffee table book, is available featuring 300 paintings by 40 of the nation's top artist/photographers. The book is the largest collection of modern portrait paintings by artists/photographers ever assembled in one publication, according to Cecil Williams, artist, photographer and publisher. These collective works, mostly portraits, landscapes and still life were assembled from contributors by invitation only. The book is volume one; a limited edition, printed by a large publishing house. Famed Corel Painter Master, Heather Chinn was project director for the book two years in the making. Foreword written by Jeremy Sutton, internationally recognized Corel Painter Master. Foreword/Reflections included by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, author of the famous Painter WOW! books, and Karen Sperling, Corel Painter Master, Artist and author of Painting for Photographers. PAINTER SHOWCASE fills a gap in art books featuring Painter images. Michael Campbell writes about the future of art/photography. No Painter art books this size were available anywhere with images large enough to see intimate details, brush strokes and high resolution. PAINTER SHOWCASE was published to serve as an inspirational reference for new artists/photographers and experienced working professionals. The list of contributing artists featured in PAINTER SHOWCASE is impressive: Martin Addison, Mitchell Bell, Michael Campbell, Heather Michelle Chinn, Darrell Chitty, Jim Cunninghm, John Derry, Doug Fuchs, Tracye Gibson, Donal Jolley, John Jones, JuliAnne Jonker, Dorothy Krause, Larry Lourcey, Cheri MacCallum, Jody McNary, Annell Metsker, Waheed Nasir, Tim O'Neill, Dennis Orlando, Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, Dianna Ralph, Richard Ramsey, Vicki Weathersby Smith, Karen Sperling, Lois Stanfield, Noel Steele, Richard Sturdevant, Jeremy Sutton, Beverly Toves, Paul Tumason, Mark Wainer, Nomi Wagner, Anne Westbury, Cecil Williams, Helen Yancy. PAINTER SHOWCASE; Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Corel Painter; on the forefront of art and photography.