PACC Studio Artists
1 | SHERRY KLECHKA
Sherry Klechka grew up in small town Oklahoma on a farm. Her mother and grandmother were artists and art teachers. The love of art has been a part of her life from the beginning. She now resides in Oklahoma City and co-owned Redbud Studio “it’s a place to enjoy the love of art and creation”. Pottery is her first love, but Redbud Studio broadened her mediums to include acrylic, resin and encaustic. Sherry has had years of instruction from master potter Collin Rosebrook, Paseo Pottery, OKC. She studied encaustic from Ellen Koment in Madrid, NM. Sherry is passionate about involving the community in her art. She truly wants her art to bring joy to your life and inspire you to create a bridge through the love of art and life.
2 | LESLIE PACE
Leslie Pace grew up as a creative in the small town of Purcell and currently lives in Oklahoma City. Starting in 2000, as her family grew with young kids, she discovered her love of art, with a passion for mixed media. She later evolved her practice to creating work with alcohol ink and resin. Pace was also the co-owner of Redbud Studio in Oklahoma City, where she taught classes with alcohol inks, paper arts and mixed media journals. She enjoys being involved in the local art community. She hopes to inspire others through her work and continue teaching others the love of art.
3 | TERRY CLARK
“Out here there’s the sky.”
Terry M. Clark grew up in New Mexico and has lived most of his life on the Great Plains and in Oklahoma, the land of far horizons, vast skies and brilliant light. To him, the sky is alive—fluid in an arid land, a source of ever-changing color and weather and life. He believes transparent watercolor and brilliant acrylics are ideal for landscapes capturing the dynamic, challenging nature of our skies, determining the shapes and colors and moods of the prairies, mountains, deserts and mesas, and their inhabitants. A member artist of In Your Eye Studio and Gallery in Paseo, he has exhibited and sold paintings in Santa Fe, Texas, and Oklahoma. A retired journalism professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, his experience in journalism and photography influences his work. He teaches watercolor classes, professional writing for businesses, accepts commissions, and maintains an award-winning blog: Coffee with Clark. He has studied painting with Cletus Smith and Connie Seaborne of Oklahoma City, and with nationally recognized artists Don Nice, Frank Francese, Ron Ranson, Don Andrews, Tom Lynch and G. Russell Case.
4 | Lauri Gormley
Lauri wants her art to evoke a sense of happiness, awareness and hope of what the world can be. “Finding balance in life is hard- there are so many aspects to it. That’s why I like to show subject variety,” she says. Lauri has been surrounded by art all her life and becomes ensorcelled when working on a project. After earning a B.A. in Pharmacy at The University of Oklahoma and working many years as a pharmacist and domestic goddess, she is going back to her creative roots. She is excited to now offer her work to the public and be a part of the Paseo Arts & Creativity Center community. Her primary focus is with acrylic, glass and resin. She has recently developed a love of pottery too. Lauri is looking forward to further pursuing her true self and is thankful to her friends and family for their love and support.
5 | VIKKI MCGUIRE
Vikki is a self taught artist, but has continued to expand her knowledge and skills at various places such as the Firehouse Art Gallery in Norman, OK. While she says her favorite media is acrylic, she also works in oil and pastel as individual subjects dictate.
Vikki has shown her work in Hot Springs, AR and in banks and DM Wealth Management in Norman, OK. She has been the featured guest artist at 50 Penn Place Art Gallery and has been a resident artist in the Paseo Arts District’s Contemporary Art Gallery since 2015. She has won multiple awards in juried art exhibits and has show at Chisholm Trails Arts Council, Stillwater Art Guild and Graceful Art Gallery in Alva, OK.
Vikki lives in the woods of NE Norman where she paints in peaceful solitude. She alwasy strives to expand and evolve in her artwork. Color inspires and rejuvenates her and the bright colors of acrylic give her lots of room to experiment and expand in that endeavor. Her work is so very personal and unique that it attracts all genre of art patrons. She calls her style “Big, Bold and Tight.”
6 | AMY GARNER
When Amy was eight years old in her first painting class, the instructor didn’t like the way she was painting the feathers on a rooster’s tail. The instructor took the brush and showed her the proper way to paint the feathers. After the instructor walked away, Amy painted over the instructor’s idea of tail feathers, restoring her creative interpretation of rooster tail feathers.
Over the nearly 50 years since she painted feathers her way, Amy has explored many art mediums, including oil pastels, collage, and mixed media. She has been sewing since she was 10 years old and these days she mainly focuses on modern art quilting and modern primitive stuffed toys.
Amy enjoys teaching, sewing and quilting; and is passionate about creativity and helping others unmask their creative talents.
7 | Roger Garner
Roger was born in 1958 in Yankton, SD and moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina at four months of age. He immersed himself in the culture, learning Spanish and English. He traveled extensively throughout Argentina for many years, living in Santa Fe, Cordoba and Buenos Aires. As a teenager, he moved to the Republic of Panama where he was influenced by the canal zone and the Afro-Caribbean people. His love for sailing and the bright, festive colors of Panama influence him to this day.
Upon return to the United States, he attended college and wed his wife of 38 years. He raised his family in the OKC area, but his love of travel has continued and taken him to many other states and countries.
He began painting in early 2019 as something to keep him busy after a major heart surgery. He has since tried and enjoys various mediums including oil, acrylic and watercolor. He draws inspiration from places he has traveled and from photos he has taken over the years, as well as from the paintings of Leonid Afremov, Andre Kohn and Michael Lang.
8 | ALEXANDRA RIVAS
Alexandra Rivas is a contemporary oil painter and new media artist whose work focuses on themes of identity, relationships, and memory. After spending her childhood and young adult years in Norman exploring many different forms of art and music and studying at the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute (2011-2013), she studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating with her BFA and moving home to Oklahoma in 2018. As a Queer person who grew up in a bicultural family spread across different countries, Rivas enjoys exploring issues of heritage, history, and material culture in her evolving work.
9 | Mary Grabow
My name is Mary Helen Hubbard-Grabow and I was born in OklahomaCity in 1948. My first experience as an artist was when I was in the second grade at Putnam City Elementary School in Oklahoma City in 1955 where I designed paper clothes for my paper dolls and also for my classmate’s dolls earning a penny per dress. I have displayed my paintings in shows with the Oklahoma Art Guild, Graceful Arts Center in Alva, OK, In Your Eye Gallery, Paseo Gallery One, Gypsy Heart Art Gallery/Studio with all three being in the Paseo Arts District, which I was a member for 10 years. I have judged art shows at the Plains Indian and Pioneers Museum in Woodward, OK, and also at the Harding Fine Arts Academy in Oklahoma City. I work primarily in acrylic paints and water-mixable paints to produce paintings of landscapes, pet and human portraits and still life. Also, I am learning to produce abstract paintings. I studied art for two years at Rose State College, in Midwest City, taking classes on creating an art portfolio, painting and art history. I won a scholarship from the Scottsdale Artist School in Arizona to study with Maine Marine artist, Don Demers; I also studied in Taos, New Mexico with outdoor artist Rick McClure and studied still-life painting at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, PA. I have studied oil painting in Oklahoma City with Marilyn Andersen, Dennis Parker, Rick McClure and David Lefel at Oklahoma City University in still life painting.
10 | DEBBIE FLYNN
Debbie Flynn was raised in Oklahoma, and has a bachelor's degree in agriculture with a concentration in animal science and a nursing degree. She has been a nurse for over 18 years, but has always drawn and loved animals. As a young child, Debbie cared for injured animals and took in strays. She used graphite or pen and ink at a young age, but started her painting endeavor with oils in 2007. Her artistic style is contemporary realism using soft to bold colors to capture an expression or behavior of the animals she paints. Debbie has created art pieces for animal conservation events, like Endangered Species Day and World Giraffe Day. Her discovery of the natural world creates an image to be expressed through art.
Debbie loves to travel to observe animal behaviors and expressions. She has created art pieces for animal conservation events, like Endangered Species Day and World Giraffe Day. Her discovery of the natural world creates an image to be expressed through art. Creative expression and a passion for animals produces a lifetime of happiness for her.
