Born in Texas and raised by an artist father, has been painting since a young age and turned professional at just 21 years old.

With sell-out shows and commissions for clients around the globe, Andrew’s career has been defined by both creative triumphs and the ability to adapt to challenges. After facing significant setbacks, he embraced the power of the online world, building a close-to-million-strong following on Across

Christina Angelo is a Social Media Coordinator at Streamline Publishing, Inc., where she has spent the past 7 years growing and managing online communities. With over 10 years of experience in marketing, Christina enjoys crafting content that resonates with audiences and building meaningful connections.

Dale Dubilowski is a seasoned digital marketing executive and President of R7 Interactive Inc., where he has guided multiple industry-leading media brands to significant and sustained growth. With expertise spanning across sales funnels, paid traffic, and community marketing, Dale has been a key component of Streamline Publishing’s ecommerce and virtual event growth. He excels in building marketing strategy and managing complex technical operations that drive digital success.

Elaine Adams combines her life-long passion for the arts and her extensive background in art history, research, and writing, along with her experience in executive administration and finance, to provide a unique and personal approach to serving artists and gallery clients. As the wife of American artist Peter Adams, she is actively involved in various capacities in the arts industry, particularly in the contemporary-traditional fine art scene, and is recognized as one of the country’s most dynamic and influential forces in the growing shift away from conceptual art and back to representational, figurative formats. In 2003 she founded American Legacy Fine Arts, a private art gallery specializing in curated selections of contemporary-traditional and historic works of original art. The gallery offers quality personal service to new and established art collectors from around the world.

Ellen Howard is a Californian impressionist painter known for her evocative landscapes that capture nature’s fleeting beauty and tranquility. Drawing inspiration from nature’s transitory

moments, her work transforms quiet, unexplored scenes into visual poetry, reflecting peace and serenity.

Her art has been featured in Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector, and Plein Air Magazine. She was named one of the “5 to Watch” in Fine Art Connoisseur and honored as the “Spotlight Artist” in the California Art Club Newsletter. Ellen’s work appears in prestigious exhibitions, including the California Art Club Gold Medal Shows, and venues such as the Triton Museum, Brinton Museum, Salmagundi Club (NYC), Peninsula Museum of Art, and Mendocino Art Center.

Currently serving as Vice President of the California Art Club, Ellen teaches workshops in Northern California and abroad, sharing her expertise with emerging and established artists. Her

work is represented by Holton Studio Gallery and Carmel Fine Art. 

Ellen also publishes a widely read newsletter, celebrated for its rich insights into art techniques, inspiration, and the creative

process fostering a vibrant community of artists and collectors.

Eric Rhoads stands as a transformative force in the art world, having dedicated his career to democratizing art education and fostering vibrant creative communities worldwide. As founder and chairman of Streamline Publishing, Inc., he has fundamentally reshaped how artists learn, connect, and thrive. His media empire includes the flagship publications PleinAir Magazine and Fine Art Connoisseur, alongside American Watercolor, Plein Air Today, Realism Today, Fine Art Today, Inside Art, and Pastel Today — reaching hundreds of thousands of artists weekly.

When the global pandemic threatened to isolate artists, Rhoads’ entrepreneurial spirit sparked the creation of Watercolor Live, the world’s first virtual watercolor conference. This success led to the launch of Realism Live, PleinAir Live, Pastel Live, and Acrylic Live, collectively connecting over 60,000 artists across 59 countries. His daily YouTube show, launched during Covid, has garnered over 16 million views worldwide, becoming a vital lifeline for the art community.

Rhoads’ commitment to artistic excellence is further exemplified through PaintTube.tv, a comprehensive platform featuring masterclasses from over 700 world-renowned artists. His flagship event, the Plein Air Convention & Expo (PACE), has grown into the world’s largest gathering of outdoor painters, and his Figurative Art Convention & Expo (FACE) has brought hundreds of realist painters together.

A passionate plein air painter himself, Rhoads leads three annual 100-plus-person retreats: Winter Art Escape, the Publisher’s Invitational Adirondacks, and Fall Color Week. His vision has taken artists to paint in Cuba, Africa, New Zealand, and Japan, while also guiding collector groups through exclusive behind-the-scenes museum tours across Europe for over a decade.

Recognizing that artistic talent alone doesn’t guarantee success, Rhoads pioneered Art Business Mastery, a comprehensive program helping artists build sustainable careers. His contributions to art education have earned recognition from prestigious institutions including the Art Renewal Center, the Florence Academy, Laguna Plein Air Painters, the California Art Club, and the American Society of Marine Artists.

From his home in Austin, Texas, where he lives with his wife and college-age triplet children, Rhoads continues to innovate and inspire. His legacy extends beyond his publishing empire and events to the millions of artists whose lives he’s transformed through his unwavering commitment to making art education accessible to all.

Katie has been in the magazine publishing business for over 30 years. She has experience in all roles of the publishing process across many different frequencies, including annuals, weeklies, monthly city/regionals, and parenting and design niche publications. She and her late husband founded Raleigh Metro Magazine in 1999-2013. Her love, and specialty is leading advertising sales teams to success through consultive sales. In addition to putting on many large-scale events, festivals, and conferences, Katie has served on civic and cultural boards since 1996 and been a member of Raleigh Fine Arts Society since 2001. She has been involved in the arts and been a supporter of the arts in North Carolina since she was young.

With more than 20 years experience in art publishing, Kelly Kane has served previously as Editor-in-Chief of Watercolor Artist magazine and Content Director for The Artist’s Magazine, Drawing, Acrylic Artist, and Pastel Journal. She has interviewed many of the preeminent artists of our time and written numerous articles about painting, drawing, art education and art history. She is now the Editor-in-Chief of PleinAir Magazine, the American Watercolor and Pastel Today Newsletters.

Peter Trippi is editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur and president of Projects in 19th-Century Art, a firm he established to pursue research, writing, and curating opportunities. Based in New York City, Peter previously directed the Dahesh Museum of Art, headed development teams at the Brooklyn Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art, and created international touring exhibitions and publications devoted to the 19th-century painters J.W. Waterhouse and Lawrence Alma-Tadema. His most recent curatorial project, the exhibition Pre-Raphaelites: A Modern Renaissance, attracted 120,000 visitors to the Museo San Domenico in Forli, Italy, in 2024.

Steve Maly, Founder of Maly Marketing, speaks at conferences throughout the Midwest on relevant topics such as how businesses can stop lighting their marketing dollars on fire and gain trackable, predictable results. 

His main focus day-to-day is strategy and media buying, along with his role of being the owner and dispenser of paychecks. Steve and the teams work has resulted in Maly Marketing winning over a dozen American Marketing Association Prism Awards over the past 5 years along with 4 out of the last 7 Nebraska State Tourism Campaign of the Year awards. 

He also serves as the President of the Nebraska Travel Association, the policy committee for the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce and other numerous business boards in his home base of Lincoln Nebraska.

Away from the office, Steve chases little white balls around the golf course and is passionate about continuing education.

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