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Artist Profile: Naomi Cashman

Naomi Cashman

2324 SW Meadow Ct
Topeka, KS 66614-1438

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Naomi has always had a creative urge but is not formally trained as an artist. She came to be a watercolor artist late in life after having first spent nearly 20 years sculpting birds from wood, giving them finely textured details and painting for a natural life-like appearance. Her sculptures won regional and national awards in competitions. The Dyche Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas featured an exhibit of her sculptures in 1996. Naomi turned to watercolor and began to show her work in 2008. She has studied with local and nationally known artists to learn watercolor techniques. The transparency of watercolor pigments and flow on wet paper is both challenging and fascinating. The natural beauty of the out of doors is a constant inspiration for her paintings, with the changing of the seasons influencing her palette. Naomi has enjoyed walking the prairie over many years and paints in detail what she sees up close. Participation in Plein Air events has also drawn her to the out of doors. Naomi exhibits her work in local and regional galleries. She has been juried into Visions of the Flint Hills, Kansas Watercolor National Society exhibits, Symphony of the Flint Hills exhibit, Tim Murphy Gallery, and the Eight Annual National Parks traveling exhibit. In 2015 her work was chosen for the program cover of the annual Sunflower Music Festival. She is a member of the Lawrence Art Guild and the Topeka Art Guild. Naomi has received several awards in juried shows at the Topeka Art Guild and received people choice award at SouthWind Fine Art Gallery.