ARTIST DIRECTORY
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Allison Gerrity | Acrylics, Mixed Media
Caroline Henry | Painting and Drawing Media, Watercolor, Ink, Acrylics, Oils, Pencil, Pastels, Mixed Media, Scratchboard, Silk, Silk Paints & Papers
209.931.0682 | cdhenry209@comcast.net | Etsy Store
Since retirement 10 years ago from teaching, Caroline has focused on her artistic expressions including giving art lessons.
She has won several area awards for her art and is currently the featured artist at the Lodi Art Center.
Caroline is available for special commissions. Caroline's art is for sale at the Lodi Art Center gallery, Creative Consignment, Etsy, and Fine Art America
“I love to explore but certain themes do reappear in my art: gardens, coffee houses, city streets, trees and forest, animals, people doing ordinary things, pears. I`m very open to doing commissioned work.”
Elsa J. Bates | Watercolor
209.339.8331 | elsabates8@gmail.com
Painting with watercolor for the last 9 years, but always interested in wood work, acrylic decorative painting, and needlefelting.
Welding metal and wood carving have taken over my imagination recently, as well as resin work.
Erin Martinelli | Acrylics, Etching Prints &Scratch Art
916.712.1566 | emartinelli@live.com | Instagram
Erin J. Martinelli, is a Northern California artist who finds her inspiration in animals, nature, abstract, and architecture genres to create vibrant color acrylics, etching prints, and scratch art. Erin J. Martinelli trained at the very early age of seven years old at The Casements in Ormond Beach, FL, the former winter home of John D. Rockefeller. She then later studied at Seabreeze High School, AP Art, under Nina Masters, and continued onto the University of Cincinnati, College of Fine Arts, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.
In 2014, Erin was suddenly diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, (GBS) a rare neurological disorder in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks part of its peripheral nervous system. After several years of recovering from GBS, Erin has re-entered the art world once again!
Erin lives in Northern California, with her husband Robert, daughter Sara, three German Shepherds, no chickens, and her black and white tuxedo cat. Erin’s work is popular in many private collections.
Presently serving on Elk Grove Fine Arts Center, Board of Directors.
Gay Lynn Saunders
Gay Lynn has been an artist all her life. As a child, rockhounding with her parents, crafting, drawing and sewing.
She graduated from UCD in 1976 with a BS in Design, specializing in the fiber arts. Art was set aside for a number of years, time used to learn about business and the healing arts.
In 1999, life stood still with disability and burn-out lasting a couple of years. Emerging in 2001 with a new outlook on life, she began using silver wire as thread to create artisan jewelry. And has never stopped, designing and fabricating over 2000 pieces to date.
She joined the Stockton Art League’s Elsie May Goodwin Gallery in 2011, the Lodi Community Art Center in 2013, and was a member of the Tidewater Art Center & Gallery, 2005-2011. She has also been a member of the Sacramento Fine Arts Center. Her work has been featured in 4 featured gallery shows.
Inspiration and creative momentum has taken her back to painting and graphics. Painting with pastels is a passion, and she is a member of the West Coast Pastel Society. Currently, she is exploring watercolors, alcohol inks, & oils. Gay Lynn has won awards for pastels, Graphics, & jewelry at the San Joaquin County Fair, the Lodi Community Art Center, the Lodi Grape Festival, and the Elsie May Goodwin Gallery, and Pastels in Light sponsored by the Pastel Society of the West Coast.
George Dillon | Oils, Acrylics, Mixed Media
209.772.2892 | george.dillon1@comcast.net | Website
George Dillon, who has been painting professionally for the past 20 years, strives to get each observer to have an emotional response of some type to his creations. His style is most often surreal or modern and was influenced by Picasso Matisse, and Georges Braque as well as his first encounters with African art and travel. His imagination and whimsy have all been inspiration to him. Viewers’ sensibilities will be challenged by sometimes humorous and/or penetrating looks at culture and its surroundings. Many of his titles will stir the observer to examine their own awareness of what they think is being conveyed.
Currently Gorge is a member of the Calaveras Arts Council, the Amador County Artists Association and the Lodi Council of Arts. His works have been on display in several venues in the Bay Area, Sacrament, as well as the California foothills and the Lodi Community Art Center.
Jacie Rivas | Photography, Poetry, Digital Art, Website Design & Content Management, Greeting Cards & Paper Crafts
jacierivas@yahoo.com | Instagram | Blog
My fiancé moved to Washington State at the end of 2019 after living in beautiful Lodi for 5 years. These days, you can find us hiking up mountains, rock scrambling in rivers and sipping wine while taking in the beautiful view of Seattle from the quaint waterfront spots near our new home...and taking pictures all the time in an attempt to capture and share the beauty we witness everywhere we go.
JC Strote | Fused Glass, Private Fused Glass classes by appointment
209.369.4188 | jcglassart3@gmail.com
You can find JC’s work at the Stockton Art League Goodwin Gallery, Archival Gallery in Sacramento, Blue Line Art Gallery in Roseville and the Lodi Community Art Center
Jennifer Howell
Website | Facebook | Instagram
I am a Northern California girl artist based in Lodi. I work primarily with fluid art, such as watercolor and alcohol inks. Photography is also a large part of life. I was a photojournalist for 20 years.
I am moved by textures and nature. Art allows me to work through life’s joys and pains. My abstract style when using alcohol inks evokes emotions and are often driven by the mood I am in. My watercolors are from scenes I have seen or imagery my mind conjures.
Joy Kuo
Making a Global Perspective personal
Joy’s work blends eastern sensibilities with western energy, mirroring her own life’s direction.
Raised in Taiwan and moving to the U. S. at age 37, this business woman and mother of 2 has enjoyed the second chapter of her life immersed in the jumbles of culture that create the American Experience.
Her Chinese brush artwork:
Traditional roots and a delicate hand infuse Joy’s Chinese brush paintings. Expanding on familiar themes of life, Joy elegantly communicates the beauty of our world’s nature.
Silk Painting by Joy Kuo:
Joy’s fine art Silk paintings come from her eastern roots but are dearly her western branches reaching skyward. Blending Chinese brush painting techniques into forward-moving composition. She advances her work toward the promise of an all-encompassing future.
Linda Nunes
Website | Facebook | Instagram
I’m often asked where inspiration comes from. I believe it’s truly a combination of dreams meeting Disneyland. Even though the work is intuitive, basic art principles like value and composition have to be at the forefront. Someone once said, “Taking a swan dive off a low board is not very interesting.” I try to keep that in mind when I work. The longer I consider this, the more willing I am to consider the higher board.
I am an award winning artist who grew up in California’s Bay Area and is best known for abstract or surreal encaustic or cold wax/oil paintings. My art journey has taken me through collage, acrylic, cold wax and encaustic, an ancient and luminous bee’s wax and resin process. You may recognize elements of home, the human condition and often, a little foolishness. My gallery work is primarily on cradled wood panels using a variety of mixed media.
I have produced several permanent/public art projects including a Sacramento light rail train, eight utility boxes, outdoor curbside ceramic mosaics as well as large mural commissions at Milestone Restaurant in El Dorado Hills and Sims, Lawrence & Arruti Law firm in Roseville. The work has been shown throughout California as well as Chicago, Santa Fe, Dallas and Italy.
My art degree is from CSU, Sacramento and I work in my Rancho Cordova, California studio where I live with my husband and a friendly feline assistant named Ira Solomon Nunes. Workshop information, demonstrations, events and additional artwork can be viewed at my website: www.lindanunesart.com
Linda Poteet | Photography, Drawing, Mixed Media, Acrylics & Watercolor
209.663.9674 | lkpoteet@gmail.com | Instagram
“I have been interested in photography ever since I was a child and got my hands on my mom's 1970s 110 Kodak camera.
At Lodi High School, I enjoyed taking photos and developing film for the school newspaper. Later I had jobs video taping and editing weddings, commercial footage, and worked as a camera operator for live TV.
Since becoming a mom 17 years ago, my favorite photography subjects have been my 6 children. Following local photographers on Instagram and being a member of the Lodi Community Art Center has inspired me to develop more techniques and try different subjects.”
Marianne Harris
530.320.0029 | mebharris@mebsart.com | Website | Facebook | Instagram
Hi! I’m Marianne Harris, also known as Meb. I’m a pastel artist who loves to create realistic paintings of animals. Pure pigment pastels are my chosen medium. They always remain vibrant and never dull, crack or yellow.
Commissions are always welcome, and all my work comes framed, under glass and ready to hang. My goal is to create portraits that bring to life the beauty, power and intelligence of each subject in order to create an emotional connection with the viewer.
I am a semi-retired graphic artist and have spent the last 12 years as a full-time fine artist. I’m fortunate to have won a few art awards, including various juried art shows. I received my Signature Membership in the Pastel Society of the West Coast.
I live in Valley Springs, CA with my wonderful husband, Pat, and our two dogs, Sierra and Dakota. I would love to talk to you about painting your special someone or wildlife scene.
Marilyn Eger | Plein Air Painter
209.327.8518 | marilyneger@marilyneger.net | Website | Experimental and Early Works | Etsy Store
“I am primarily a plein air painter. When this is not possible I work from my own photos as a point of departure. I am inspired by the area I live in and things around me, such as Acampo landscape, old tractors and cars, curious cattle, and the flowers from the garden. I am also drawn to reflected color in all kinds of items especially, bottles. I have a deep passion for vibrant color.”
My media of choice is oil, pastel and acrylics in that order. I feel like a sculptor when painting because I can chisel out the images as though they were stone.
Offett A.F.B., Nebraska was where I came into the world on January 2, 1953. Since I was a military brat and my mother was ill, I lived in the Masonic Children’s Home in St. Louis, Missouri for 4 years where is spent long hours doing botanical illustrations for my school reports. When my parents saw these illustrations, they encouraged me to become an artist by enrolling me in art courses and by creating a studio in the back of our antique shop where I would spend hours painting. Antique relics reoccur in my work in the form of old, rusty cars and tractors, as well as antique lanterns and jars.
Throughout my life I have continued to value a strong art education and will never stop learning. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1987 from California State University, Stanislaus in Art. Later in 1990, I received my teaching credentials from Chapman College enabling me to instruct future artists at Bear Creek High School, where I teach many levels of art. I have an M.F.A. from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, CA.
My husband, Jerry, designed and built an art studio, which had been a lifelong dream for me. A year and a half ago we sold our home with my studio and we are beginning new as I transition into retirement from teaching high school art. I believe art and the creative process is a force of consistency in my life.
My work allows me to endure life’s difficulties. I am a survivor, of not only cancer, but of life. I live in Clements, California with my husband Jerry and my 2 dogs, Sandy, & Chocolate.
Nina Boyd | Colored pencil and ink: fantasy with a touch of surrealism
Website | Instagram | Zazzle Store
Nina Boyd has been an artist since she was seven years old. Thanks to parents who appreciated and encouraged the arts in their children, she participated in art classes, contests, and shows from a young age. Her love for art, and expressing fantastic worlds through it, grew.
As an adult, she enjoys creating art with a touch of surrealism. Colored pencil and pen and ink are her favorite mediums, but she will paint an occasional wooden box if, as with most things in her life, she has the right music on. When she’s not creating larger pieces, she enjoys making cards and decorations that add a little magic to the world. Her work can be found at www.ninaboydart.com.
Nina Boyd earned her Bachelor’s of Art in California. She lives with her husband and three cats in Lodi, California.
Nora Lee Dale | Oils, Acrylics & Watercolor
I enjoy working with oils doing seascapes,landscapes and still life. I enjoy the intense color and definition of acrylics enjoy especially using acrylics for abstracts, landscapes and large flowers on canvas.
Patti Kennedy | Painting, Printmaking, Photography & Whatever is at hand
209.482.7610 | pzkennedy@yahoo.com
Before taking a hiatus to raise my children I worked as a production artist on projects from machine parts to museum exhibits.
Now I share the satisfaction of creativity as an Artist in Schools with SJCOE, bringing art lessons into the classroom and working with For The Sake of Art, a program of free art classes in Stockton.
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Patti Wallace
patriciawallace03@comcast.net | Facebook
I am a retired Art Therapist and Psychoanalyst who continues to create Art as the spirit moves me. I have tried most every media out there and am specially drawn to mixed media creations. I have been doing acrylic pouring and have many paintings of all sizes. They are many substrates than can be used. I am very fond of pouring on plasticene surfaces! I enjoy peeling off the skin from the plastic and attaching it to another surface. Colors are my favorite thing and so it leads to a variety of materials being used, combining different things in surprising ways. Collages are one of my specialties combining magazine colors to create whimsical characters with only torn pieces of magazine pages. National Geographic Magazine pages can release the ink colors when saturated with CitraSolv ( a degreasing orange fluid) creating wonderful abstract shapes and colors which can be combined to create wonderful images.
Calligraphy has long attracted me requiring much practice in gaining quality use of writing tools, from stick lettering to nib pens on alphabets, now calls fonts. The letter forms are so beautiful! They intrigue me. I also collect Artist’s Rubber Stamps of images and alphabets, phrases, shapes. Very addictive!!!
I feel the need to try out any new media which is also addictive! I like to make books of of papers, adding stenciled patterns allowing coloring to be added. Journaling has also been a practice for many years. Alcohol Inks are quite popular as well at present. The strong colors are just beautiful and juicy!
I have taught classes for years at the Lodi Art Center: Watercolors, Mixed Media, Chinese Brush Painting, Photography and Composition, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (Betty Edwards) and Day of the Dead Art. I have had some medical problems which have caused me to retire and cut back on my activities, specially at the Art Center in this year of Pandemic. It is the Lodi Art Center that has been my major outlet for the last 20 years since coming to Lodi. Hopefully I will become more active again.
My work can be viewed on my Profile Page on Facebook.
Renée Rondon | Oils, Acrylics, Watercolor & Pastels
209.772.0287 | paintinglady2012@gmail.com
Renée is a 4th generation (of 5) Californian. She moved to Calaveras County 12 years ago. Her pastimes include camping, hiking and gardening. Her passion is painting.
Most of her experience is in oils, but she also enjoys using acrylic, watercolor, and pastel. She is mostly self-taught, but has gained experience and knowledge from many respected instructors including Ed Garcia, VaLoyce Jensen, Gereon Rios, Gill Delinger, George Durkee, Diana Boyd, Judy Cain, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Jim Toenjes, and Heinie Hartwig.
Renée enjoys the challenge of developing her paintings into a story that will touch someone’s heart, or remind them of something special that is part of their life. Each painting is developed from a personal photo, sketch, travel, plein air painting, and even from her own backyard.
Her art has won several awards, and her paintings have been in various galleries and venues including the Aloft Gallery, Calaveras Arts Council in San Andreas, Ironstone Winery, Lodi Community Art Center, Mistlin Gallery, Delicato Winery and Umpqua Bank.
Rita Hill | Photography
hillphoto@comcast.net | website
Professional Photographer for over 30 years. Retired Chief Photographer for the Madera Tribune and Stringer for the Associated Press out of the Fresno Branch. Featured artist at the Portland Barnes and Noble and award winner for her feature coverage for the Blues Musicians in the Portland Oregon.
Rita has been a featured artist in the Fresno, Madera, Vancouver Washington, Las Vegas and Portland Oregon. She has also judged passed county fair photo shows in the Fresno, Madera, Chowchilla and Sacramento area.
Rita also enjoys acrylic painting, wood work and making her own costumes and props for her photo projects.
Her portrait studio is located in Lodi and also teaches one on one photography classes. www.ritahilphoto.com
Susan Farley | Glass artist, Photography
Susan is an avid environmental enthusiast, having donated countless hours of volunteer work in leadership and training for the Sierra Club. She loves the Sierra Nevada Mountains, having gained an appreciation and reverence of the outdoors from her early experiences with her family, and continues to ski, fish, camp, and hike.
In 2007 she took a glass bead making class and enjoyed the process. However – it would take her 6 attempts to make a symmetrical pair of beads for earrings! Shortly before retiring, she purchased a “well-loved” kiln, and began making fused glass jewelry. It was not too long before she made the leap into other glass forms, from functional pieces such as votives, bowls, and platters, to sculptural art pieces. She enjoys this glass art form and all that it allows: the textures, the colors, the shaping, blending, and melting – all allowing for limitless creative expressions.
“It’s like Christmas morning when I go out to my cooled kiln to open it and see how my glass came out!”
Susan also enjoys taking photographs, and is often finding ideas for her glass creations from her travels throughout the world, while hiking in the mountains, and in her own backyard. She admits she has not “found her voice”, as she is still in awe of what she can attempt to create from what she sees in the world.
Susan has taken a few classes to increase her glass knowledge and skills, and has a mentor friend who is a great resource for her. She has recently won awards at juried art shows. But as she says: “I have a long way to go – I’ve just begun my discovery of what is possible in the glass world.”