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Arleta Pech

                Arleta Pech's striking watercolor paintings have received critical acclaim for their high contrast, unusually intense use of color and exquisite detail. Born in the Midwest, Pech has lived in Colorado since 1960.  Trained in fine art as a youth, she began her art career as a commercial artist. Pech returned to painting in the late 1970s where she continued her training in watercolors. Arleta Pech feels the turning point of her career came in 1980 when she began to concentrate on floral subjects. At this time she began to receive recognition in local and regional shows and to receive awards for her art.

 “My career has been about the luminosity of light and drama.” As a continuation of this concept Pech now prefers to paint in oils. “I love working with glazes of transparent color.” The darks of the backgrounds intensify the feeling of light and create an image that glows even in a dimly lit room. The artistic path of Arleta Pech has come full circle back to oils where she originally started.

Pech’s work has been selected for numerous juried exhibitions and invitationals. She won the Colorado Watercolor Society Award in the 1986 Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition and a special award at the 1988 National Watercolor Society Western Art Invitational. Her original paintings are included in many private and corporate collections, and her work has been featured in American Artist magazine. As well, images created by the artist for her paintings have been placed on needlework kits, plates, cards, and even jigsaw puzzles.
 

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AWARDS AND CREDENTIALS

Noted In:           Who's Who in American Art National  Museum of Women in The Arts Archives

 Museums Exhibits:  
- “The New Reality: The Frontier of Realism in the 21st Century.” for www.SmithKramer.com 2007-2009
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Woodson Art Museum –Birds In Art  exhibit 2004, 2005                
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 Birds in Art 2004 Tour   
- James Ford Bell Museum, MN.       
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, AZ
- Wendell Gilley Museum, ME.                                                                                 
- Birds in Art 2005 Tour
- National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wy.
- Museum of the Red River, Idabel, Ok.
 - Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York

Invitational Shows  
-  International Realism Guild Exhibition, 2006, 2009
- Winstanley-Roark, Cape Cod,  Best of Realism July 2006
- John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, Ca. Realism Today, 2000
- Great Women Artist’s of America, Chicago, IL, 1999  

Solo Exhibitions:
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Gallery One, Mentor, OH,  2005, 2004, 2002, 2000
- Germanton Art Gallery 2003, 2001
- Cardinal Art Gallery 2003, 2001,1999
- Canadian Tour 1991- 4 provinces—21 galleries

Memberships:
- International Realism Guild  
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Oil Painters of America


Public Collections:
- Petro Lewis Inc. Denver, Colorado
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Greeley National Bank, Greeley, Colorado

Selected Bibliography: 
-   “Painting Fresh Florals in Watercolor”
Arleta Pech, F&W Publications, Inc. 1998 reprinted 2003
-   International Artist Magazine   “Harnessing the power of light” June/July 2004
- Watercolor Magic Special Issue Basics “Creating Form with Glazes”    March 2003
- InformArt Magazine, “Arleta Pech & Jane Jones  Friends who paint Flowers”  Fall 2002
- The Artist Magazine, “Brushing Up’ H2 No October 2002
- American Artist, Realism Today October 2000
- Australian Artist , “Fixing 4 Common Floral Problems” February 2000
- International Artist , “Master Painters Of  USA”   January 2000
- The Artist Magazine, Cover/”Using Glazes to Paint Dramatic Watercolors” February 2000
-  The Artist Magazine, “The Airbrush Alternative”  November 1999 Selected         
- The Artist Magazine, Cover/”Keys To Commanding Light” March 1995

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