Diana Bunting is a contemporary plein air painter: the sweep and grandeur of the Shenandoah Valley and the rocky coast of Rhode Island are her most frequent subjects. "There is so much to choose from nature; I have always been drawn to the landscape." Bunting lives in Virginia and was educated at Hollins University and the Sorbonne. Her works hang in private collections.
 
            Dede Caughman paints the beauty in everyday things - the play of light is magical and it intensifies color, reveals shape and creates shadow. As a plein air painter, the sunlight moves across landscapes and reveals true colors of nature. Caughman lives in Washington, DC and was educated in Duke University, B.A. in Art.
 
            A perceptual realist, Lida Stifel captures intimate scenes onto canvas. Her paintings observe in nature and are conceived in light, shadow and a sense of spontaneity. Stifel lives and works on a small farm in Maryland where her studio overlooks meadows and landscapes. She has studied locally at the Corcoran School of Art and her work is in numerous public and private collections nationally.