770.668.9462 portraits2010@aol.com Atlanta, Georgia AOL users will see the highest quality images by turning off graphics compression in settings | preferences | www icon | web graphics tab.		Wendy Petersen McArthur is a third generation artist from Clearwater, Florida Her grandmother, Elsie Petersen Wynkoop, a well known landscape artist tutored Ms. McArthur in the basic principles of color, line, form and balance, Ms. McArthur began her art training at the Gulf Coast Arts Center at age 8. By the time that she was in college she had already begun her career as a professional artist, selling her landscapes to private collectors around the Southeast. Many great artists of the past have influenced Ms. McArthur. She refers to the works of John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt and Cecilia Beaux among others. She strives for a timeless sense of beauty in each and every one of her commissions. She uses the Italian technique "al prima" which involves the skillful manipulation of wet paint, allowing her to capture a sense of freshness and spontaneity on the canvas. Ms. McArthur is a prolific artist with over a hundred portraits in private and corporate collections throughout the country. She has an uncanny ability to capture not only the remarkable likeness of her subject but their personality as well. Through her confident brush strokes and bold use of color she conveys a sense of movement and vitality in her works. Ms. McArthur works exclusively as a portrait artist out of her studio in Georgia. She has an unfailing dedication to creating the heirloom quality portrait that her clients demand. Ms. McArthur is a member of the Portrait Society of America, the American Society of Portrait Artists and the New York Portrait Society. AOL users will see the highest quality images by turning off graphics compression in settings | preferences | www icon | web graphics tab. © 2007 Wendy McArthur All portrait images are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without express permission of the artist.