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Trudy Beard
For more than 25 years, Trudy Beard has combined humor with her love of painting to create a successful teaching and publishing career. In the mid 1970s Trudy began her career when she was asked to teach at "Priscilla's Little Red Tole House," run by Priscilla Hauser, in Tulsa, OK... more >>
 
Ken Brown
When Master Calligrapher Ken Brown left Oklahoma State University in 1961, he had no idea that what he had learned in an architecture class would change his life forever. Upon signing up for an architecture class during college, he discovered the art of hand lettering. Although his first 10-line poem was crudely lettered, the work of the more experienced students inspired him. He was now determined to master this beautiful art...more >>
 
Margot Clark
Margot has combined her love of flowers and painting to create a success! While she has always been interested in art and creating, she took the plunge 18 years ago and made it her career! Margot enjoys painting flowers of a more contemporary nature than many traditional decorative painters, so she developed the Contemporary Multi-load Technique... more >>
 
Aurelia Conway
For more than 30 years, Aurelia Conway has been painting, beginning with oils and later converting to acrylics. She has painted on a variety of surfaces, but for the past ten years has painted exclusively on gourds. "I enjoy the smooth surface, " says Aurelia. "And their variety of shapes lend themselves to creativity."...  more >>
 
Donna Dewberry
A native Floridian and mother of seven, Donna Dewberry has been involved with arts and crafts for more than 25 years. After many evenings at her dining room table teaching herself to paint, Donna developed FolkArt® One Stroke™, a technique for stress-free, stroke-by-stroke decorative painting... more >>
 
Karen Embry
Karen Embry is an artist, designer, author and an instructor. She is an Ambassador for Plaid Enterprises and has several books published with Plaid, including: "Painted Scrapbook Albums & Covers". more >>
 
Peggy Harris
Peggy Harris is a professional wildlife painter, designer, author, and teacher. Her love of baby animals led to her painting them, and public demand soon dictated that she find a way to paint them that was better and faster than the traditional hair-by-hair method... more >>

 

 
Priscilla Hauser
With “yes you can” as her motto, First Lady of Decorative Painting Priscilla Hauser has inspired thousands of decorative painters since taking her first tole painting class in the early 1960s.  Priscilla is a world renowned teacher, author, and decorative painter. She has published many best selling books with Plaid, and is currently as spokeswoman for FolkArt Acrylic Colors... more >>
 
Louise Jackson
Louise Jackson has been painting with a variety of media since 1965. Her work today is in acrylics, watercolor, and alkyds. She travels throughout the United States, Canada, and Japan teaching workshops, as well as holding week-long seminars in her own studio in Dayton, Ohio... more >>
 
Heather Redick
Heather Redick is best known for her painting techniques of the Zhostovo folk art style, with delicate borders and brush stroke techniques.  She began painting in 1989, after retiring as General Manager for a Canadian professional theatre. In 1990 she opened a Decorative Art retail store and began giving lessons, teaching mainly her own designs in both oils and acrylics... more >>
 
Faith Rollins
Since 1986 Faith Rollins has been one of Plaid's most active authors!
Plaid discovered her work at the Society of Decorative Painters convention in Portland, and immediately knew her designs would make great books. Although, she says, she was initially unsure of what developing a book would entail, she agreed. At the time she had no idea how right that decision was! ... more >>
 
Pat Wakefield
Pat Wakefield's decorative painting career began in 1962 in a basement. Since then, her career has gone straight to the top! Since then she has authored 23 books and 39 painting packets for the decorative painter. Her first book, "Bears and Hares," was published by Plaid in 1987... more >>
 
Willow Wolfe
Accomplished in oil, acrylic and watercolor, Willow has over 50 published pattern packets and kits. She is best known for her vibrantly colored birds and wildlife, often combining realism and whimsy. Willow has taught decorative arts to students at various conventions and travel seminars throughout Canada and the United States. more >>
 

 

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