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This book extensively covers the subject of miniature art tracing the history, etymology and miniature art societies from the earliest beginnings to the present day. Published in conjunction with the Miniature Artists of America’s 25th Anniversary, the book features the work of 53 of the Society’s Signature Members from around the world with their own thoughts on miniatures and on their career. Over 210 photos of miniature art, miniaturists in their studios and exhibitions grace the pages.

Hardback, 6 x 9 inches, 268 pages, 214 color photographs, cited historical quotes pertaining to miniature art

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ISBN: 978-0-9821278-3-4

Author: Wes Siegrist

Foreword by: Kay Petryszak

Published by: Wes Siegrist

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The following fifty-three MAA Signature Members are featured inside the book:

Abbott, Beverly – VA 2008 Angelini, John – FL 1986 Argyros, Chrysoula – South Africa 2007 Barnes, Kim – MD 1998 Boyers, Anita – MO 1996 Boyers, Camille – MO 1997 Boyers, Jean – MO 1993 Chadwell, Mary – NV* (Lifetime Member) Downs, Douglas – CA 1996 Farrell, Alan – England 2005 Friday, Katherine – OR 1992 Ganz, Tykie – FL* (Lifetime Member) Gruizinga, Fred – Germany 1989 Hamilton, Merril – UT 1990 Hargraves, Charles – Canada 1998 Haynes, Richard – NJ 1987 Hegler, Mimi – MD 2003 Jansen, Kimberly – NM 2006 Kennealy, Charmian – So. Africa 1995 Koenig, Dave – MI 1992 Kouznetsova, Irina – Canada 2009 Laird-Lagassee, Janet – ME 1996 Liverman, Doris – FL 1990 Lubeck, Gerald – VT 1989 MacArgel, Gail – MO 2007 Marsh, Myra – NM 2003 Milhalik, Jane – MD* (Lifetime Member)

Mitchell, Dean – MO 1991 Mullane, Jeanette – OR 2001 Mundy, William P. (Bill) – England 1992 Nece, Melissa Miller – FL 2008 Olson, Demaris – CO 1995 Parker, Colleen – UT 1992 Penn, Ruth – MD 2006 Petryszak, Kay – FL 1990 Pierson, Rosalind – England 2001 Plummer, Carlton – MA 1986 Puttergill, Pat – South Africa 2006 Rockwell, Carol – FL 1996 Rossin, Linda – NJ 2005 Rowsell, Joyce – England 2004 Sellers, H. Francis – UT 2001 Sharbaugh, Evelyn – PA 1998 Siegrist, Rachelle – TN 2004 Siegrist, Wes – TN 2004 Strubel, Klaus – FL 2009 Temple, Violet – Canada 1992 Toole, Lois Salmon – OH 1992 Touliatos, Markissia – FL 2002 Tweed, Charlie – FL 2009 Von Stetina, Laura – FL 1997 Waldron, Wayne – IN 2007 Whitaker, Rita – England 2007

Wes Siegrist

  About the Author

Wes Siegrist, alongside his wife, Rachelle, is an American miniature painter.  He currently serves as the Archivist and Historian for the Miniature Artists of America Society.  He is additionally active with other miniature and fine art societies serving on the Board of Directors for the Miniature Artists of America and the Society of Animal Artists.  Siegrist regularly lectures at museums and art centers on the topic of miniature art history and the present scope of the genre.  He and his wife currently have a solo museum exhibition of fifty of their miniature paintings touring museums around the United States.

The author lecturing on miniature art history at the R.W. Norton Art Gallery in Shreveport, LA (May 2010)

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