Micheal Jones was born in 1951 in Southwest Oklahoma. He sold his first oil painting at the age of 12, and continued his education in the fine arts, studying with Robert E. Wood and George Emmet Calvert, all the while developing  his own personal style.

He has exhibited in such prestigious juried shows as Watercolor West, The Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition, The National Watermedia Exhibition, The Eight-State Regional Watermedia and Seven-State Regional Watermedia Exhibitions, as well as National Watercolor Oklahoma Exhibit.

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Myrna was doing commissioned portraits before graduating high school. She was also the charcoal sketch artist at numerous outdoor art shows around the Kansas City area for a number of years. Having attended Washington University in St. Louis and the Kansas City Art Institute, Myrna finished her degree in Painting and Drawing at the College of San Mateo and San Francisco State University.

Exhibiting with the California Watercolor Association Blackhawk Gallery, Myrna won numerous first and second place awards. She has been included in the California Watercolor Association national show, the Watercolor Association of Houston national show, Louisiana Watercolor Society, Transparent Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain Watercolor Society (where she won the Louise Cadillac award), Watercolor West, and the National Watercolor Society. She won first place for Watercolor in the Society of Western Artists annual show. Myrna was included in the California Watercolor Competition at the Triton Museum, Santa Clara, California and the National Watercolor Society Member Competition.

The October 2007 issue of Watercolor Magic magazine has a feature article on her portrait process. She was featured in the March 2008 issue of Artist Magazine and appeared on the cover of Palette Magazine (December 2008 – January 2009 issue).

Carol Williams Cooper is an innovative artist and a creative master teacher with over 25 years experience. Her award-winning artwork is eclectic in both style and subject matter. Cooper has participated in over 40 group and solo exhibitions. Her artwork is in private and corporate collections around the world.

Cooper has two degrees in art. Her undergraduate degree is from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas; her master's degree is from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Cooper has studied watercolor with many professional artists across the country and abroad for many years.

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