



CHERYL KLINE Founder and Director of the Academy is a working artist who is known for her incredible sky paintings and more recently her contemporary series Dancing Oracles. She currently exhibits in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boca Raton and London.
She studied with noted artist Jan Saether at The Bruchion School of Realist Art and at The Florence Academy of Art in Italy. Kline has a Bachelors Degree in Commercial Art from Woodbury University.
HAL YASKULKA is an extraordinary artist with a sensitive touch and a classical sensibility. He creates both old master and contemporary art and exhibits his work nationally.
Hal studied with re-known artist Jan Saether and has exhibited nationally. You may have seen him at The J. Paul Getty doing a live figure painting demonstrations.
Hal teaches our Figure Painting Workshops
GARY BLACKWELL received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida.
He is a signature member of the Pastel Society of the West Coast, and is a full-time painter enjoying both studio and plein-air painting. He works in Oil and pastel.