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New American Contemporary Artists
Blue Heron Fine Art is proud to add two new contemporary artists to our gallery portfolio.
Each of these artists Kathy Hodge and Robin Pedrero are well accomplished in their own right;
painting, training and exhibiting all over the country for many years. Their work is beautiful, exciting and powerful - a true inspiration for the ages.
Please take time to read and learn more about these outstanding artists. We strongly encourage you to add one or more of their paintings to your own personal collection.
Kathy Hodge.
Kathy Hodge’s paintings of Alaska are inspired by two recent artist residences of coastal Alaska where she traveled in the wilderness guided by US Forest Service Rangers. Hodge was the first artist selected to visit the wilderness in the Chugach National Forest as part of The Voices in the Wilderness Artist in Residence Program. She was later selected again the explore the Tongass National Forest, south of Juneau. During these residences, Hodge traveled by sea kayak through fiords with close-up view of icebergs and calving glaciers, assisting the rangers in their work, painting and gathering impressions of the dramatic landscape.
Kathy Hodge has been painting since she was 14. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the Swain School of Design where she received a BFA in painting. She is greatly influenced by the natural landscape and has been appointed eight times as artist in residence by the National Parks Service.
Kathy Hodge currently resides in Rhode Island where she teaches and well as exhibits her paintings. She is the recipient of many Awards, including from the Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, The Rhode Island state council on the Arts, and the Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island. Her paintings are included in the collections of the National Parks Foundation, Rhode Island Children's Hospital, Univ. of Rhode Island, and CVS Corporation, to name a few.
Robin Pedrero.
Robin Maria Pedrero is an award-winning abstract artist with work in museum permanent collections in Florida and Greece. Her artwork is in public and corporate collections. Pedrero's artwork is published and in film. She is an elected signature member of the Pastel Society of America. Pedrero was awarded Best Artist in Florida 2012 by Baterbys’ Art Auction Gallery, listed in Florida International Magazine’s Florida Artists Hall of Fame, her work won an international wine label contest and was featured on a limited-edition Artiste Wine label in California. Her first solo museum exhibition was at the Lake County Museum of Art, Florida. Pedrero’s artwork has been selected by Tamara Day for HGTV’s Bargain Mansions. Her work has been collected around the world in several countries Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Bahrain, Japan, Scotland, Norway, Greece, Mexico, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and across the USA. Pedrero creates from her studio in Frisco Texas.
Permanent Collection
Copelouzos Art Museum, Athens, Greece
Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
Ronald McDonald House, Orlando, FL
Ronald McDonald House, Lake Nona, FL
Orlando Public Library, Orlando, FL
Exhibitions
The Art Collective Gallery, Rogers, AR
Each of these artists Kathy Hodge and Robin Pedrero are well accomplished in their own right;
painting, training and exhibiting all over the country for many years. Their work is beautiful, exciting and powerful - a true inspiration for the ages.
Please take time to read and learn more about these outstanding artists. We strongly encourage you to add one or more of their paintings to your own personal collection.
Kathy Hodge.
Kathy Hodge’s paintings of Alaska are inspired by two recent artist residences of coastal Alaska where she traveled in the wilderness guided by US Forest Service Rangers. Hodge was the first artist selected to visit the wilderness in the Chugach National Forest as part of The Voices in the Wilderness Artist in Residence Program. She was later selected again the explore the Tongass National Forest, south of Juneau. During these residences, Hodge traveled by sea kayak through fiords with close-up view of icebergs and calving glaciers, assisting the rangers in their work, painting and gathering impressions of the dramatic landscape.
Kathy Hodge has been painting since she was 14. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and the Swain School of Design where she received a BFA in painting. She is greatly influenced by the natural landscape and has been appointed eight times as artist in residence by the National Parks Service.
Kathy Hodge currently resides in Rhode Island where she teaches and well as exhibits her paintings. She is the recipient of many Awards, including from the Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, The Rhode Island state council on the Arts, and the Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, Rhode Island. Her paintings are included in the collections of the National Parks Foundation, Rhode Island Children's Hospital, Univ. of Rhode Island, and CVS Corporation, to name a few.
Robin Pedrero.
Robin Maria Pedrero is an award-winning abstract artist with work in museum permanent collections in Florida and Greece. Her artwork is in public and corporate collections. Pedrero's artwork is published and in film. She is an elected signature member of the Pastel Society of America. Pedrero was awarded Best Artist in Florida 2012 by Baterbys’ Art Auction Gallery, listed in Florida International Magazine’s Florida Artists Hall of Fame, her work won an international wine label contest and was featured on a limited-edition Artiste Wine label in California. Her first solo museum exhibition was at the Lake County Museum of Art, Florida. Pedrero’s artwork has been selected by Tamara Day for HGTV’s Bargain Mansions. Her work has been collected around the world in several countries Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Bahrain, Japan, Scotland, Norway, Greece, Mexico, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and across the USA. Pedrero creates from her studio in Frisco Texas.
Permanent Collection
Copelouzos Art Museum, Athens, Greece
Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
Ronald McDonald House, Orlando, FL
Ronald McDonald House, Lake Nona, FL
Orlando Public Library, Orlando, FL
Exhibitions
The Art Collective Gallery, Rogers, AR