Artist A.J. Wood painting an impressionist self portrait during the Joplin Main Street Art Walk.

A.J. is an award winning artist, photographer and designer. His works are exhibited worldwide. He has been creating art for 4 decades. In his youth, A.J. learned classical art methods in his mother's fine art studio. In later years he received his education in the field of graphic design and visual commnications. He views his creative talent as a means of exploring the subject of his art as well as the various materials and methods for creating visual imagery. His non conformist approach to subject matter, style and method have found favor with interior designers and decorators, where he is frequently sought out for his adaptability of style and content.

A.J. is the founder of AWANGA (Art With a New Graphic Attitude). The premise of AWANGA is to converge technologies, experience, methods and materials from all areas of creative image making to produce lasting art that people will own because they fall in love with it. He believes that owning artwork should be as enjoyable and emotional as creating artwork.

We will be adding our other artists profiles as we get their galleries online.