Portraiture is a long time tradition and the truest record of our lives in current history. 

A founding member and North Carolina Ambassador of the Portrait Society of America, Mrs. Winner was schooled in Rome, Florence, Switzerland, and the USA. Luana's portraits and murals hang in corporations, universities, and residences on both sides of the ocean. Her portraits and paintings in oil, pastel, watercolor, and acrylic have won national and international recognitions and awards. These include an international silver medal in the International Association of Pastel Societies Biennial, and “Best in Show” in the Richeson 75 International Portrait and Figure competition.

In demand as an instructor, she has served as faculty for the the Portrait Society of America International Conference in Boston, Dallas, and Washington, DC, the International Association of Pastel Societies in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, American Artist Magazine Art Methods Conference in Pasadena, CA, the Pearl Paint Great American Art Event in New York City, the Portrait Society of Atlanta, Cheap Joe’s in Boone, Jerry’s Art of the Carolinas in Raleigh, the Learning and Products Expo in Chicago and Pasadena, and the Richeson School of Art in Wisconsin, as well as, local and regional art centers in North Carolina.

Her articles have appeared in International Artist Magazine, Artist Magazine, Strathmore Art Materials on line magazine, Art of the Portrait, Signature,  The Folio, regional publications, and periodicals. She serves as national Chairman of the Literature Committee for the Cecilia Beaux Forum. Luana has authored four workbooks, produced twenty instructional painting and drawing DVD’s, and has three sets of brushes designed and distributed by Silver Brush.

Mrs. Winner is past president of the Artists Association of Artspace, a major art complex with working studios, galleries, and a teaching center, and is currently serving as 2010 President of the Pastel Society of North Carolina.

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