ARTS INTERNATIONAL
2008 ART JURORS
Frederick D. Somers
Northfield, Minnesota
Fred Somers is an internationally recognized painter and teacher who lives and works from his farm-home studio in Northfield, Minnesota. Honors include signature membership in the Pastel Society of America, and membership in the International Association of Pastel Societies’ Masters Circle, and in the Oil Painters of America. After teaching at St. Olaf and Carleton Colleges in Northfield, he became a full-time artist in 1975. Fred has taught workshops for pastel, oil and watercolor artists here and in Sweden. He has juried the painting exhibits for the Uptown Art Fair and is scheduled to judge the 2008 El Paso Arts Association International Exhibition.
Somers Studio and Gallery
www.fredericksomers.com
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
California
Award winning artist, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, was trained at
Arizona State University and the Art Center College of
Design in Pasadena, CA. Peggi worked as a fashion and
advertising illustrator before making the transition into
fine art. Using intense color and value to accentuate her
subject, she moved into fine art with a bold palette, a
love for small paintings and a very loose style that
achieves a lot with a few very energetic brush
strokes. She prefers to suggest reality than render it.
Inspired by her children, she paints beach scenes and
other aspects of their lives. She also breaks away from
the conventional still life by painting scenes of
cosmetics and the occasional coffee cup or slab of
butter. Peggi's work gives us a new appreciation of our
own daily life.
www.krollroberts.com
