Romagean Callone Vannoy Personne

Romagean is one of Colorado's favorite artists. In 2007 two of her oil paintings earned her Associate Member of Oil Painters of America. Her work is now registered with the National Fine Art Title Registration. In May 2000 she was added to the Archives of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. Her work has been exhibited in the Clymer Museum in Ellensburg, Washington. Both Museums have works in their permanent collection by Personne. She traveled to England in 1998 to do research on Henry Moore, Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, England. Romagean is a registered CO and Southwest Art artists. Her many publications include Southwest Art, Telluride Style, and Western Style Magazines. Four of her oil paintings have appeared on the cover of the Ouray County Visitors Guide 2007 Mesa State College used her profile in their catalog of corses. Romagean's one-woman shows include The Gallery @ Barr Photographic in Abingdon, VA and the University of Denver, in Denver, CO. Romagean studied art in New York, Houston, and Europe, graduating with honors from Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO. Her majors are in Art, Fine Art, Liberal Art, and Art Education, which provided the foundation for her as art teacher for grades K-12 from 1984 until 2004 at the Ouray School. When Romagean was 6 years old she sold a work of art to her first grade teacher, and immediately began dreaming of a career as an artist. She went on to win many prestigious awards, and has exhibited her work at universities, colleges, museums, and in numerous art shows across the United States. Collectors worldwide prize her pieces for their individuality and beauty of expression.

"The primary intent of my work is to help people understand the delicate balance between man/woman and nature. My work is more than an abstraction of line and shape; it represents life for man/woman, animals, and plants. Without a very delicate balance between the three, the universe, as we have come to know it, would not exist. Through the studied combination of a variety of objects, each piece reflects this balance as I see it in the world around us. I find beauty in nature objects, man-made objects, and life itself. It gives me great satisfaction to take scraps of metal or other discards, and combine them with natural materials to create a work of art. I enjoy working with bronze, clay, cement, stone, plaster; found objects, print making, painting and drawings. Through such a variety of materials, I try to reflect the shapes found in life as well as nature. When a viewer takes the time to observe my abstract shapes they will discover a correlation between all living things."

Romagean's work can be found at the Ago Gallery, 445 Main St, Ouray, CO phone 970-325-0270. Ouray Silversmitys 312 East Main Street, Montrose, CO 81401 Phone 240-0060 East Meets West 240 East Pacific Avenue, Telluride, CO 81435 phone 970-369-5258. The Gallery @ Barr Photographics, 152 E. Main St., Abingdon VA 24210 phone 276-628-1486