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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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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.

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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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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.

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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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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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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.

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!

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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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Alicia van de Bor, a native of Stockton, California, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Studio Art from the University of the Pacific. Currently she is pursuing a postgraduate certificate in ceramics at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Alicia's work delves into themes of cultural identity, gender studies, and historical narratives, reflecting her passion for blending traditional techniques with contemporary concepts.

Working primarily in ceramics, Alicia's art is deeply influenced by her Mexican heritage, often working with red clay as a nod to her cultural roots. Alicia's work has been shown in various exhibitions, including the Fine Arts Festival organized by the San Joaquin Potters Guild, exhibited at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock, California, and presented at the 2024 National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Long Beach, California.

In addition to her personal artistic practice, Alicia is a passionate community art instructor devoted to fostering creativity and self-expression within her community. Through her teaching, she encourages individuals of all ages and skill levels to explore their artistic potential, creating an inclusive environment where creativity thrives.

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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.