The following is from the Taos Gallery Scottsdale

MARLA EDMISTON
Born 1960: Living in Kalispell, MT

Born in Kalispell, Montana, Edmiston is an award winning oil and watercolor painter, best known for her realistic depiction of floral and pottery still lifes and for landscapes. Her subjects include antique collectible itess belonging to her family, European street scenes, and vistas of her native high country where she spent her childhood on a Hereford cattle ranch.

Her technique is quick, confident and bold; her colors are vibrantly rich and contrasting; and her designs have controlled detail. Of her work, she says: "it is the light that counts. . . . I let my paintings and their subjects speak for themselves. The mo...