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I'm Tasha! I have spent over 15 years helping others discover their creative side which also boosted my own self-confidence.

I experienced firsthand the therapeutic benefits of art while teaching my students. Today, my paintbrush still aids me in expressing my passion, and vision. As a self-taught artist, I was determined to find my own way, my own voice. "Mistakes" and "happy accidents" were part of that journey. I now have the privilege of guiding others in boosting their confidence and healing through painting. It is a dream to be able to couple my Bachelor's in education and a minor in counseling with  years of teaching art.

As a Certified Professional Coach and owner of H-art Therapy Paint Parties I believe that "creativity takes courage" and I aim to help others discover the creative passion within.

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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.

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My name is Therese Busch and I am the owner of a small ceramic studio named ImGarten Ceramics.

I create functional, small batch pottery and love to experiment with form, function, shape, texture and color.

My journey with clay began 2017 in Charlotte, NC (my home for 35 years). It is where I took ceramic classes for three years and immediately felt a strong connection.

After moving to Lodi in 2020, I was able to establish my little back yard studio shed.

Originally from Germany I named my studio “ImGarten Ceramics”, which translates to “Ceramics in the garden.”

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Sylvia Chavez joined the Lodi Community Art Center in 2019 when she signed up for a watercolor class in our studio, and hasn’t stopped painting since. Though she paints mostly in watercolor, she has begun exploring oils. Sylvia most often paints what is around her. It can be a dogwood tree in bloom or a building with character along her walking route; a street scene or a landscape she comes across while on vacation, and you will sometimes find a church in those street scenes. Sylvia also enjoys painting portraits of people and pets around her. She admits she is still searching for her painting style, and is enjoying every bit of the process.

Leland Choy, B.F.A., M.A.

Leland studied at the California College of Arts in Oakland.  He wanted to become a professional student by continuing his studies at Sac State U. He miscalculated and he received his MA and then they asked him to leave.  He spent the following 30 years trying to teach art, and judging by his former students, he did not succeed, but they had to pay him anyway.

He began exhibiting in juried shows in 1988 and had been accepted five consecutive times to the Calif. Art Expo at the State Fair (1990-1994), the only oil painter who has done so.  He was accepted in the prestigious Crocker Kingsly show only 3 times, and not through lack of trying.

He has won Best of Show from Fairfield, Tracy, Lodi, and Stockton Art shows.  He also used to pen a column for the Lodi Art Center's monthly newsletter.  I think he had a readership of 3.

He has never exhibited in New York because he claimed he was too lazy to crate his paintings for shipping, when in reality, gallery owners never returned his calls.  He has never exhibited in Los Angeles because he claimed that Philistines dominated the art scene, and he refused to be associated with them, when in reality, gallery owners, again, never returned his calls.  He has managed to survive, intact, by the support of his loving family who has advised the public not to lend him any money.  He makes his home in Lodi, California

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.

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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.

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“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.

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My most recent artwork has blended wood carving and acrylic paint techniques to go beyond 2-D with one more layer or more texture to the 3-D. By using acrylic and watercolor techniques, I try to bring more dimensions and textures to the wood carving using faux to render more life-like surfaces. This has been developed tole painting from European designs that were put on furniture and 3d objects from the Swedish folk art wood carvings of characters. My sculptured paintings add more depth to the 2-D paint styles of layers of colors painted backgrounds by restating the design within the frames with a carved wood layer in the foreground. This was inspired from the styles in the Ornate Rococo frames in 1700 France. My most recent acrylic paintings are of miniature ships, bodies of water, animals, creatures in their habitat or fantasy art to create my own worlds.

I received a BA in Art from San Jose State University over 40 years ago. I have worked in furniture stores much of that time. I learned about found object art or recycled art and started using scrap from work and the saw at school. After graduating, I became a high school art teacher. Afterwards back to used furniture repairing, reupholstering and using faux techniques with paint and wood stains. Next, I apprenticed in interior design, space planning productive offices while coordinating colors. I also at this time was painting and joining local art clubs. While learning airbrush, I helped do the mural at the Cal Train tunnel in Palo Alto of an underwater scene.

Currently, I use spare pieces of wood or paneling that I find to make miniature wood carvings or as part of the frames of my painting’s 3-D images.

My paintings take you to fantasy worlds. The acrylic colors try to make an imaginary atmosphere that takes you on a journey. My wood carvings and fabrications try to show how real wood can come back to life and live on better than the clone imitation materials currently being manufactured.

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.”

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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.  

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Mailing Address: PO Box 2516 Lodi, CA 95241 

A California native, I was born and raised in Southern California, now living in the Lodi area. In early 2000 I was introduced to paper art, specifically card making, and began selling my creations online and in boutique stores. After a fifteen-year hiatus from art, Rand Jackson is back with new branding as well as updated technology resulting in a fresh new look with exciting imaginative card designs.

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I paint and draw mainly as a celebration of the world around me. I love to explore various media, while most of my current work is in ink, watercolor, scratchboard or oils.

After retiring from teaching sixth grade, Susie began her adventure in art. She started in watercolor, but has branched out into most all media. She and her husband created an art center in Copperopolis where she organized and enjoyed classes from many excellent artists.

Susie is always eager to try something new. She presents a wide variety and plethora of paintings and is constantly working toward making art that is fresh and unrestricted. Taking great pleasure in painting with others, she teaches beginning oil and watercolor, and offers drop-in days to fellow artists at her home studio. Susie has received numerous top show awards and has judged several shows, most recently the Amador County Fair and Delicato Vineyard Show.

209.992.1301 | norbertghuston@gmail.com

My photographic journey started when my mom gave me my first Instamatic camera during our trip to Disneyland in the 60's. I learned how to process film, and make prints using a Bogen enlarger back in the days of darkrooms and red lights. Always with a camera, I look for the unique perspectives found in everyday life. My pictures reflect the things I like to do outside of my career.

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My name is Omid Izadi. I am a 17-year-old senior at Middle College High School in Stockton and will graduate in 2025. My consistent performance with a GPA of 4.0 over the past 11 years has given me a chance for the valedictorian award and has allowed me dual enrollment at Delta College.

Painting and music have always been a part of my life, and art is one of the best languages for expressing the creativity within me. I have used art to translate my creativity into visual and musical forms so that people can enjoy and feel the emotions conveyed. Moreover, art can be a powerful tool to address social issues. This is why participating in exhibitions like Changing Perspectives at the Sacramento Fine Arts Center, as well as Bold Expressions, Magnum Opus, and Animal House, is important to me, and I have always tried to take part in these shows.

I am in the process of deciding whether I want to become a dentist or studies in computer science, AI, and robotics. But art and music will be with me throughout my life.

Throughout the period from 2013 to 2024, my passion for the arts flourished as evidenced by my active participation in: 68 art shows, mostly different themed shows at Sacramento Fine Art Center, Lodi Community Art Center, Lodi Grape Festival, Cal Expo Student Art Show, School Art shows, Sandhill Crane Festival Art Show, Student Art Show at Haggin Musuem, which resulted in winning 34 awards (eight first place awards, seven second place awards, one third place award, eight honorable mentions, three awards of excellence, three best of show awards, one People’s Choice award, two judges awards, and more) along with recognition as the Future Artist of the Month at the Lodi Community Art Center at age 12; Sayla Music Academy and Lodi Arts Foundation and creating painted piano, which publicly displayed in Lodi’s post office plaza in Lodi for 3 months; Art Hop; Playing violin and member of Sayla Community Orchestra for 6 years; Playing piano and participating in grand recitals by Sayla Music Academy two times a year during the last six years; Newspaper interviews with front-page coverage; Live broadcast by Good Day Sacramento; Membership of Sacramento Fine Art Center, Lodi Community Art Center, Northern California Artists for several years; I also did several commissions and will accept any painting commission.

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Oil paint is my primary medium. I find beauty in ordinary, everyday scenes and hope to depict them in a way that the viewer recognizes them and enjoys their simple beauty. I have enjoyed making art all my life. My mother was an accomplished painter so it was natural for her to put art materials in my hands. I majored in art in college with a focus on painting and in graduate school my focus was in art education. After graduate school I began teaching at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. Roughly, my assignment was seventy percent Teaching and Service and thirty percent Research and Creativity. I was able to keep regular studio hours and participate in regional and national exhibitions. I retired from the University in 2019 and have been able to devote more time painting both en plein air and in the studio. My most notable artistic accomplishments are collaborating with Daniel Kasser in the creation of the 30 foot painting in the entry of the Lodi Memorial Hospital and being one of fifty selected artists participating in “From Sea to Shining Sea,” a project that resulted in exhibitions in ten museums across the country.

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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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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.

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Cowgirl Dita Pottery

I love the feel of the clay moving through my hands. Centering the clay is a spiritual, meditative process. I can always tell when I’m not quite centered myself when it takes too long to center my clay. Creating a pleasing vessel or functional piece knowing that it started as just a lump of clay is very satisfying. Deciding on color once a piece is ready for glazing can be so much fun. I also enjoy alternative firing; raku, saggar, wood or soda, these are all fun options with unpredictable results. I’ve always loved horses and they play a big part in my life. I love to do horsehair raku and if I’m going to sculpt anything, it’s going to be a horse.

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Erin J. Martinelli is a Northern California artist who finds her inspiration in landscapes, seascapes, animals, and architecture creating brilliant acrylic, oil paintings, and etching prints. 

Erin trained at the very early age of seven years old atThe Casements in Ormond Beach, FL, the former winter home of John D. Rockefeller. She then later studied at the University of Cincinnati, (DAAP Program) College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning.  

Erin lives in Northern California, with her husband, daughter, and three German Shepherds. 

Erin’s work is popular in many private collections. Erin is currently represented by Archival Gallery, in Sacramento, CA. 

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I am a local artist who loves creating community art and teaching art to the next generation. My goal as an art teacher is to help my students understand that our community is stronger when we use our creative gifts and share them with others.

A box of Crayola crayons and bars of Ivory soap were my first art supplies as a young girl. Crayons for drawing and coloring, soap bars for carving into animals. I’ve never outgrown the love of painting and creating art.

Through the years I’ve experimented with most artistic mediums. While working in a Sierra resort for years I created signs, did wood carvings and designed ads for magazine publications, I had the privilege to study under watercolor artists Ann Hendrickson, Jeanne Vodden and Dale Laitinen. In other mediums I’m mostly self taught.

Currently watercolor and assemblage are my main focus. In assemblage I use a wide variety of found objects, both natural and man made.

I’ve won many awards including a “best of show”. My work is in businesses and private collections.

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I have painted all my life except for about fifty years when I decided to make a living. Art instruction at UC Berkeley and Cal State Hayward gave me the artistic fundamentals. Upon my retirement I rekindled my interest in creating images. I started with classic cars, but rather quickly expanded to landscapes, seascapes, and abstract works. During my time in the world of business I was lucky enough to have opportunities to travel (sometimes on business, sometimes for fun) but I always traveled with a sketchbook and a camera. My wife, Peni and I still travel, and I still collect material for my paintings. In addition, our valley and surroundings are rich with subject matter.

I usually paint in my studio because I have more tools at my disposal. But I find there is a singular joy in plein air painting.

I paint in a variety of media, watercolor, oil, acrylic, and “other.”

I paint to please myself. I find almost every painting evokes a moment, and an emotion associated with that moment. My hope is that you enjoy my work and share the joy of my moments.

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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.

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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.

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Sandy is a relatively new member to the Lodi community Art Center.  Since retiring from teaching in 2022 she has been enjoying the extra time to devote to improving her artistic skills.  Checking things off of her “bucket list” has been a fun challenge. The first off this list was to publish a children’s book which she wrote and illustrated and is loosely based on her own classroom turtle, Tibby.  

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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.

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Tony is a self-taught artist from Lodi, California, who discovered his passion for art at an early age. From doodling to hand-lettering, Tony's life has always revolved around his artistic impulses. Tony's technique has evolved through dedication and practice of over 40 years of commercial and fine art, resulting in unparalleled and award-winning creations. His art is a representation of how he perceives the world and a means for expressing “the way he sees it”.

Tony aspires to continue leaving his mark, capturing the indescribable and infusing life with color through his brushstrokes.

I love to use different types of cloth and objects to make artistic renderings. I've worked in textiles for 10 yrs. My inspirations are unique and one of a kind. I enjoy making a mess in my studio. You know when the project is done because the studio needs to be cleaned!

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

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I'm a self taught Artist who likes to express myself with lots of bold colors and texture. I work in a variety of styles and mediums using a variety of subjects.  Family, friends and art are my life.

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One-of-a-kind jewelry. No identical pieces using gemstones, glass, seed beads and pieces I’m addicted to.

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Everything around me has influenced what I have become as a person and especially as an artist. Growing up in a traditional Hispanic home has taught me the value of hard work and how to respect all forms of life. Some of my influences include, Keith Haring, Willem de Kooning, and Wilfredo Lam, for their use of line work and variation of colors.

My mediums include painting, printmaking, and drawing. With the use of gestural line work and color I am able to capture certain essences that is influenced by personal experiences and current social issues. My work is a disfiguration of my own reality that is meant to evoke a sense of pleasure and unease. It is an abstract visual representation of vague retinal stimulation that is interpreted by the observer as continuous pareidolia.

My art deals with the unexpected moments in life which are meant to hypnotize, to keep the viewer constantly in wonder of what’s going on as they delve deeper into the layers of movement. The colors and strokes create a sensation of play that tell a story with the use of simplified figures where one is able to create their own story within each image that they see. Abstract thoughts navigate the brush to create an image of what cannot be heard but rather experienced.

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I am a Sacramento-based photographer who brings my unique sense of color, perspective, and space to draw the eye to states of mind that have been experienced rather than visualized.

My enjoyment and enthusiasm for photography as art is displayed in the diversity of my work. I begin in Lightroom and then proceed to Photoshop as a foundation for different applications that lend tone, filters, and drama to the original image, and provide the enigmatic moods I wish to convey.

I exhibit my photography in several venues in the Sacramento region and have won numerous awards, including at the prestigious Viewpoint Gallery for the Photographic Arts. I have also been a featured master artist in several KVIE Art Auctions, winning the coveted Juror's Award in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.

In July 2024, my husband Gerrit and I were featured in a two-person photographic fine art show at the Mills Station Arts and Culture Center (The MACC) in Rancho Cordova.

I belong to several art centers in the region, including Founding Member of Rancho Cordova Arts, Viewpoint Gallery for the Photographic Arts, Yolo Arts, and the Sierra Camera Club.

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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 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.