Arleta Pech is recognized as a leading painter of still life. After enjoying international renown as a top watercolor artist for over thirty years, Arleta began to paint in oil, using her watercolor background to add a luminosity to her oil paintings that is visible in a darkened room. Arleta began her fine art painting career with a local Colorado organization. She entered the limited edition print market in 1989 and release 40 editions through 2000 with Mill Pond Press. Hadley House now represents her. Arleta was accepted into the Archives in The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. in 2003. She has published articles in Australian Artist Magazine, The Artist Magazine,… the American Artists Magazine and International Artist Magazine. Her first North Light Book, Painting Fresh Florals in Watercolor, was published in hardcover in 1998 and released in paperback in 2003. Visit her website at www.arletapech.com