"I've long recommended the practice of copying the great masters to my students and feel that any artist who thinks he has grown beyond the need to occasionally return to the source is mistaken." - Jeff Geib

"Buildings have character that either speaks in the proper light or not. I attempt to paint the dignity of the structure - in its various stages of decline and rebirth." - Eric Fowler

"Although painting from life requires a great deal of flexibility, I like the idea of trying to capture the energy in the paintings themselves. I value the vitality that happens in the art of struggling to "get it"... something authentic and direct that only comes with working from lifel." - Mike Witmer

"I believe that our environments and surroundings reflect who we are and what we are about as a civilization." - Ben Schwab