tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67686655693034365232024-03-16T16:39:32.767-07:00Ironstone Heritage MuseumIronstone Vineyard Heritage Museum presents news, updates, exhibit info and insights on wine, gold, food, art and anything else that strikes a cord.Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.comBlogger843125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-50486152941497513342024-03-16T16:38:00.000-07:002024-03-16T16:38:46.203-07:00Meet Spring Obsession 2024 Artist Johanna Archer<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">JOHANNA ARCHER - ARTIST STATEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmxE-DspryPY5lceGyDwggHW3GwhgCWWqhWifJ9_QoqJKEFIh10OHcbdF-6Sgi4CRjUKYz-q2e6NcJzeU1BVKBpWNJvL0bSeANkk5d6h_I3IYelB7tqd03X9F8k7wytGhoxl7vC0vAkeUU0AjerA8FUptQ4hqx1MOQ18Zv6GZ-bvZogKRrDK0mQotSQY/s1957/O-038%20White%20Peonies%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20oil%2036x36%20$1750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1952" data-original-width="1957" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmxE-DspryPY5lceGyDwggHW3GwhgCWWqhWifJ9_QoqJKEFIh10OHcbdF-6Sgi4CRjUKYz-q2e6NcJzeU1BVKBpWNJvL0bSeANkk5d6h_I3IYelB7tqd03X9F8k7wytGhoxl7vC0vAkeUU0AjerA8FUptQ4hqx1MOQ18Zv6GZ-bvZogKRrDK0mQotSQY/w364-h363/O-038%20White%20Peonies%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20oil%2036x36%20$1750.jpg" width="364" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3rd. Place Winner Open Division O-038 White Peonies by Johanna Archer oil 36x36 $1750</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I was raised on a farm in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa and
enjoyed drawing my surroundings from a young age. I honed my passion with a
fine arts degree from Potchefstroom University, followed by a career in
advertising for Young & Rubicam before immigrating to the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh661BtbMjgyxXyChyphenhyphenH-ddLdx9p6QI_ADIB4-1rak8ybQzykMkOPbVoLNyEo9_F7LjjEj9PdJTju0RE98FrOv92sKc7TEPW3vDFhyphenhyphenEmC55Wub6nTjum8AqrZJt0HzLSU5opAfO51n8BiHim9GqdyK0btqu095YO190cCq455ytyu-Td4ZzttCRb4Fl0GnY/s3024/O-039%20Breakfast%20in%20Malibu%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20oil%2016x40%20$890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1193" data-original-width="3024" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh661BtbMjgyxXyChyphenhyphenH-ddLdx9p6QI_ADIB4-1rak8ybQzykMkOPbVoLNyEo9_F7LjjEj9PdJTju0RE98FrOv92sKc7TEPW3vDFhyphenhyphenEmC55Wub6nTjum8AqrZJt0HzLSU5opAfO51n8BiHim9GqdyK0btqu095YO190cCq455ytyu-Td4ZzttCRb4Fl0GnY/w500-h197/O-039%20Breakfast%20in%20Malibu%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20oil%2016x40%20$890.jpg" width="500" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-039 Breakfast in Malibu by Johanna Archer oil 16x40 $890</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">I worked as a sculptor with world-renowned Gerry Kirk and Bruce Phillips
at the World Sand Sculpting Academy in San Diego, California, where we won the
1993 U.S. Open Masters Sandcastle Competition. After moving to Los Angeles, I
joined the Christopher Slattof Studio and spent several years sculpting
life-size figures in clay. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAssYuyzxQGACgttmGptZcApvL-eDBCbu57AhN7Vh-0ursJWyez_nMJY7C00ITykD86vkTRlCw6Uq7WaDEckP56ixeww1y2xIvJoTtQgsC2jRofXvBOeRssEiPDyTEb68JdmByjiDDv8YnlJljYc2PM5rdCzcUhChn4Adv73xyZz48OMX5fbY9zx9s3Q/s3301/O-041%20Autumn%20Stroll%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20oil%2034x30%20$790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2596" data-original-width="3301" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipAssYuyzxQGACgttmGptZcApvL-eDBCbu57AhN7Vh-0ursJWyez_nMJY7C00ITykD86vkTRlCw6Uq7WaDEckP56ixeww1y2xIvJoTtQgsC2jRofXvBOeRssEiPDyTEb68JdmByjiDDv8YnlJljYc2PM5rdCzcUhChn4Adv73xyZz48OMX5fbY9zx9s3Q/w455-h359/O-041%20Autumn%20Stroll%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20oil%2034x30%20$790.jpg" width="455" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-041 Autumn Stroll by Johanna Archer oil 34x30 $790 SOLD</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Currently concentrating on painting, my preferred medium is oil on
canvas, which imparts a subtle transparency and richness. As my background is
in sculpting, form is a big influence in my art, with a focus on color and the
play of light and shadow. I am continually inspired by the magnificent beauty
of nature, as well as my own spiritual journey.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BiEEhrhoecxvq1z8YwChOiP74HsXODIlnO0Vm4zP70gWpjKmRAMJGMci8P2N9xIi8wUiMF4dPsbvOCahonISnu6QnIEuxmL1ln3_Z7xZ1BVQUGMpN5k5uwqma8y1zikfBkosUW1NY57wWmTobFnR3s_hFeroa1nYR2gKhxcy5OtgaADl54LfUSwK_7w/s2555/O-040%20Erato%20Rising%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20mm%2036x36%20$1350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2555" data-original-width="2532" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BiEEhrhoecxvq1z8YwChOiP74HsXODIlnO0Vm4zP70gWpjKmRAMJGMci8P2N9xIi8wUiMF4dPsbvOCahonISnu6QnIEuxmL1ln3_Z7xZ1BVQUGMpN5k5uwqma8y1zikfBkosUW1NY57wWmTobFnR3s_hFeroa1nYR2gKhxcy5OtgaADl54LfUSwK_7w/w368-h371/O-040%20Erato%20Rising%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20mm%2036x36%20$1350.jpg" width="368" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-040 Erato Rising by Johanna Archer mm 36x36 $1350</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Being exposed to different cultures continues to shape my art and the
perspective from which I create. My goal is always to make a connection with
the viewer and to capture memories, atmosphere, and places, for myself and to
share with others. I find it very rewarding to preserve on canvas the special
and meaningful moments of my clients’ lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBxJzp12qlADjVp6-i5VRQaeHigH6ZQyd6t5SsjzSDmB-z4QvPiysep6DXOhm13HDJk_-WHgIebSyAwF2sNKBt_gkXfZA5msRD6WthYvYS0AYgnWDQTeSFf4_OS0J_pE8PAP3nMh_UjEydtReUNmIJ6jYKYRMWZRrYfpraYqT048G9gfMSo1tvVdcLbY/s2669/T-016%20Spring%20Daffodils%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20oil%2016x20%20$380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2122" data-original-width="2669" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBxJzp12qlADjVp6-i5VRQaeHigH6ZQyd6t5SsjzSDmB-z4QvPiysep6DXOhm13HDJk_-WHgIebSyAwF2sNKBt_gkXfZA5msRD6WthYvYS0AYgnWDQTeSFf4_OS0J_pE8PAP3nMh_UjEydtReUNmIJ6jYKYRMWZRrYfpraYqT048G9gfMSo1tvVdcLbY/w424-h336/T-016%20Spring%20Daffodils%20by%20Johanna%20Archer%20oil%2016x20%20$380.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-016 Spring Daffodils by Johanna Archer oil 16x20 $380</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-27677531241075525592024-03-16T16:30:00.000-07:002024-03-16T16:30:31.994-07:00Meet Spring Obsession 2024 Artist Jan Freischlag<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Jan Freischlag<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLR7IPPm_UNlf2YnNQV5fkyxn1Hd4eZOlRIBIVpS6uxq6sNFpSYB2XR5vV67yks0BgLJ_uVF75KZCnsWTz1kjILrXqSjHyx5vM40jhyphenhyphen2A_t0B9v-2L8Xl-upBzWJBR_DRWrYcskGkVUU6T-g1s32H02KJYvHrsuuZuDDMiWmSCGwx5KIJ66HzGdZwOkk/s3011/T-004%20Golden%20Daffodils%20by%20Janice%20Freischlag%20acrylic%2020x10%20$1495.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3011" data-original-width="1554" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLR7IPPm_UNlf2YnNQV5fkyxn1Hd4eZOlRIBIVpS6uxq6sNFpSYB2XR5vV67yks0BgLJ_uVF75KZCnsWTz1kjILrXqSjHyx5vM40jhyphenhyphen2A_t0B9v-2L8Xl-upBzWJBR_DRWrYcskGkVUU6T-g1s32H02KJYvHrsuuZuDDMiWmSCGwx5KIJ66HzGdZwOkk/w205-h398/T-004%20Golden%20Daffodils%20by%20Janice%20Freischlag%20acrylic%2020x10%20$1495.jpg" width="205" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Theme Division Winner ...T-004 Golden Daffodils by Janice Freischlag acrylic 20x10 $1495</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 24pt;">Art for Sale, California artist, oil paintings, acrylic
paintings, commissioned art, pet portraits, commission portraits, landscapes,
waterscapes, animals, flowers, people, art show, local artist, san francisco
bay area artist, original artwork for sale, Jan Freischlag</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #a6a6a6; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">www.artshowbyjan.com</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_rLK9hDp0HNNQVkRoxBdc_TwazxY4bYi6YJhh8WSYxpGrWMH6T1_PHox1BfHwXV5V0JBVIoFv0whGcbQRkkBqcY1PNjidfb_Bs6znGmu4uRspWyR-VFSwesYjwAq0OlZiwqswLjpkp2WLOSS0s5Me9XPVpMnVjzTcuCEkI7KdTBwRxtkMio88V4rmkk/s1920/O-027%20Zzzebras%20by%20Jan%20Freischlag%20Gouache%2018x24%20$3995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="1920" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy_rLK9hDp0HNNQVkRoxBdc_TwazxY4bYi6YJhh8WSYxpGrWMH6T1_PHox1BfHwXV5V0JBVIoFv0whGcbQRkkBqcY1PNjidfb_Bs6znGmu4uRspWyR-VFSwesYjwAq0OlZiwqswLjpkp2WLOSS0s5Me9XPVpMnVjzTcuCEkI7KdTBwRxtkMio88V4rmkk/s320/O-027%20Zzzebras%20by%20Jan%20Freischlag%20Gouache%2018x24%20$3995.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-027 Zzzebras by Jan Freischlag Gouache 18x24<br /><span> </span> $3995<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #a6a6a6; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2hxgTQfhf2tm6djnN-0vCJ94FXquFmp4Zc2cvTSbDuoNIIjXzOcFV8E2iQG0P-bAUwJ9S-Zu0YGnsDWDFkzySvtrxIVWgmDj5Jcp8dZTQYHhjZ1ao-6pxFb8HuZkSyKoBFoLZVlrM-TYOtT_s7LL-VAKQBso87D5MgdF9SpM5Nquge_3jyaBLt5a_2A/s2221/O-028%20Lake%20Tahoe%20Sunset%20%20by%20Jan%20Freischlag%20oil%2030x30%20$3995.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2221" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2hxgTQfhf2tm6djnN-0vCJ94FXquFmp4Zc2cvTSbDuoNIIjXzOcFV8E2iQG0P-bAUwJ9S-Zu0YGnsDWDFkzySvtrxIVWgmDj5Jcp8dZTQYHhjZ1ao-6pxFb8HuZkSyKoBFoLZVlrM-TYOtT_s7LL-VAKQBso87D5MgdF9SpM5Nquge_3jyaBLt5a_2A/s320/O-028%20Lake%20Tahoe%20Sunset%20%20by%20Jan%20Freischlag%20oil%2030x30%20$3995.jpg" width="277" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-028 Lake Tahoe Sunset by Jan Freischlag oil 30x30 $3995</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: #a6a6a6; font-family: "Segoe UI",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><br /></span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-66230319117400360032024-03-16T16:22:00.000-07:002024-03-16T16:22:02.218-07:00Meet Spring Obsession 2024 Artist George Haskell<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">George Haskell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Artist and Musician<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4so8PPMATUFh0WHM47DLV1yCbsqiUDIDMlzaiwdWpXakL_lnMsjfXWGP3Ho535kaN6ebHcCS3EHBipjN3nYFk11YON6SR1z5w7xDmlnROJJCkk1vqYCWGQSGoB5nCoy-5Ln1ibnCELEYSBqclhxFL-xPkbaMPETnzTFy2oJFW_tgwLbMlX3W6ifyzTiA/s320/O-099%20Among%20the%20Giants%20by%20George%20Haskell%20oil%2010x20%20$650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="155" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4so8PPMATUFh0WHM47DLV1yCbsqiUDIDMlzaiwdWpXakL_lnMsjfXWGP3Ho535kaN6ebHcCS3EHBipjN3nYFk11YON6SR1z5w7xDmlnROJJCkk1vqYCWGQSGoB5nCoy-5Ln1ibnCELEYSBqclhxFL-xPkbaMPETnzTFy2oJFW_tgwLbMlX3W6ifyzTiA/w207-h428/O-099%20Among%20the%20Giants%20by%20George%20Haskell%20oil%2010x20%20$650.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-099 Among the Giants by George Haskell oil 10x20 $650</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">George’s passion for painting started in college when he
took an independent study in painting. After retiring from a forty year career
in special education George returned to art. Among his favorite topics
are Yosemite, seashores, sunsets and animals. What ever the subject is
George focuses on capturing luminous, light color and mood of the subject at
hand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has studied with Judy Cain,
Susan Sarback and Heinie Hartwig. George is a member of Arts Of Bear Valley.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRwTDsS4fHQeb_vc-PvAD9CcwHWT1lLKyL-6Q-j2Fv3Qrj9Eo7JTNjxIhhypHAmkg5SOmXSRoBjU2RVt9s-Z3xmRNz_WZsuSGA9idnVFiC_Ao-Sj1ker5QorNNXM5QnrAdu3dmwMEWfYBVoLUMMAFcqrLg1Gcf7PM1vhzgwdKjzD3nb7kKkIRVwr6NMI/s640/O-100%20The%20Barn%20at%20Ross%20Resivor%20by%20George%20Haskell%20oil%2012x16%20$500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="640" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRwTDsS4fHQeb_vc-PvAD9CcwHWT1lLKyL-6Q-j2Fv3Qrj9Eo7JTNjxIhhypHAmkg5SOmXSRoBjU2RVt9s-Z3xmRNz_WZsuSGA9idnVFiC_Ao-Sj1ker5QorNNXM5QnrAdu3dmwMEWfYBVoLUMMAFcqrLg1Gcf7PM1vhzgwdKjzD3nb7kKkIRVwr6NMI/w362-h274/O-100%20The%20Barn%20at%20Ross%20Resivor%20by%20George%20Haskell%20oil%2012x16%20$500.jpg" width="362" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-100 The Barn at Ross Resivor by George Haskell oil 12x16 $500</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Besides art, George is also a musician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He sings and plays both guitar and banjo at
local wineries and restaurants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; tab-stops: 45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt 229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt 595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt;"><span style="color: #424242; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 20.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">George lives just outside of Murphys on the top of Treasure
Mountain with his wife Patricia, two cats, two corgis and two horses.</span><span style="font-size: 20.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-86788695720262446652024-03-16T16:18:00.000-07:002024-03-16T16:18:55.140-07:00Meet Spring Obsession 2024 Artist Elizabeth Frank<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Elizabeth Frank is a California native who grew up in 25 of our states
across America. She has been an artist since her first sketch of her brother
when she was seven years old. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkPju9Gj7nt3gqD7CXvy09QR7eEMPNodSAFI7T_pIPTyGrazTpIKVB-i1weXfZQd_RPtUuRt6l4M1x-vdUyMB-2gcFzpykX9IvlQWpJqEkOPPkpd2G9J9WJbplZJ0xJ9R_3c9FZFsrbwPoaKKC8V23A70_b9NBo7vsrcpHXsOkdWYNbHuit8fEjzSDh8/s3654/O-086%20Pheonix%20Rising%20by%20Elizabeth%20Frank%20$500%2016x12%20acrylic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2897" data-original-width="3654" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBkPju9Gj7nt3gqD7CXvy09QR7eEMPNodSAFI7T_pIPTyGrazTpIKVB-i1weXfZQd_RPtUuRt6l4M1x-vdUyMB-2gcFzpykX9IvlQWpJqEkOPPkpd2G9J9WJbplZJ0xJ9R_3c9FZFsrbwPoaKKC8V23A70_b9NBo7vsrcpHXsOkdWYNbHuit8fEjzSDh8/w434-h344/O-086%20Pheonix%20Rising%20by%20Elizabeth%20Frank%20$500%2016x12%20acrylic.jpg" width="434" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-086 Pheonix Rising by Elizabeth Frank $500 16x12 acrylic</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 26pt;">Elizabeth grew up poor and endured trauma but was graced with innate resilience
and creativity. Every sunrise is a blank canvas in her mind, to paint a new
day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 26.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Today she is a mental health psychotherapist, helping others heal their
traumas through art therapy. The 'Phoenix Rising' painting; Elizabeth Frank's
first piece of art to be displayed outside of her gallery at home represents
hope, strength, and coming out of the chaos of life, wiser, stronger, and more
beautiful. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-17663533865784780132024-03-16T16:07:00.000-07:002024-03-16T16:07:27.775-07:00Meet 2024 Spring Obsession Artist Connie Collier<p> </p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Aptos",sans-serif; font-size: 36.0pt;">Connie
Collier </span><span style="color: #242424; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt;"> </span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Aptos",sans-serif; font-size: 36.0pt;"><o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVAqPrAZwgGxhoyi8dwaKF3VRHeUja3vsue9oNydJf4y5dZWbnBzHLHMuAQ7hmYKQ0fIKqhPdBJRETz0AS0PI-x3_CnHsdGAZHa4QzNQMxQw7lSOXiN5Y8EqBq2Wi-uDq7Fm72AUltlVziAI1vog7UJmPM21rEWDCcg7xOZXqQULV5mnE9afuRrMck5c/s4032/T-005%20Chicks%20in%20a%20Barrel%20by%20Connie%20Collier%20acrylic%2012x12%20$125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVAqPrAZwgGxhoyi8dwaKF3VRHeUja3vsue9oNydJf4y5dZWbnBzHLHMuAQ7hmYKQ0fIKqhPdBJRETz0AS0PI-x3_CnHsdGAZHa4QzNQMxQw7lSOXiN5Y8EqBq2Wi-uDq7Fm72AUltlVziAI1vog7UJmPM21rEWDCcg7xOZXqQULV5mnE9afuRrMck5c/w287-h383/T-005%20Chicks%20in%20a%20Barrel%20by%20Connie%20Collier%20acrylic%2012x12%20$125.jpg" width="287" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-005 Chicks in a Barrel by Connie Collier acrylic 12x12 $125</td></tr></tbody></table></o:p></span></p><p class="xmsonormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 8.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 11.75pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #242424; font-family: "Aptos",sans-serif; font-size: 36.0pt;">I am an
artist in progress, even though I have been painting for several years, my
style of art is still a work in progress. I am self-taught through UTube
University! I tend to stay with acrylic and like to be whimsy in my
style. I like bold colors and big brush strokes. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUmXdkgIEXKkzasmiCxTHVYxWZRwfs67gQn95yFYvQGnVwSIu1WQdU7g-Fx7EB_miO0xhsUenRgTttBrAyMd9ypyVQHTyhHeKvWAVl6NRuyXMKanyFtTj_jp-5oEpPi2Lvzma2Rm7Tq8-lM2xyR2EJ7v2rLrJKd0OmiSF4mPg2QgxeNtNQpGyJI8zNfE/s2535/O-009%20Poppin'%20Poppies%20by%20%20Connie%20Collier%20acrylic%2024x30%20$325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2091" data-original-width="2535" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUmXdkgIEXKkzasmiCxTHVYxWZRwfs67gQn95yFYvQGnVwSIu1WQdU7g-Fx7EB_miO0xhsUenRgTttBrAyMd9ypyVQHTyhHeKvWAVl6NRuyXMKanyFtTj_jp-5oEpPi2Lvzma2Rm7Tq8-lM2xyR2EJ7v2rLrJKd0OmiSF4mPg2QgxeNtNQpGyJI8zNfE/w359-h296/O-009%20Poppin'%20Poppies%20by%20%20Connie%20Collier%20acrylic%2024x30%20$325.jpg" width="359" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-009 Poppin' Poppies by Connie Collier acrylic 24x30 $325</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-75211031906509551832024-03-03T16:45:00.000-08:002024-03-03T16:45:05.068-08:00COMING SOON!<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Coming Soon! </span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Stay tuned for complete Artists Biographies of all Ironstone Spring Obsession accepted artists. Included will be the paintings submitted by each.</span></p><p><br /></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-37503054032284620952023-09-15T15:51:00.000-07:002023-09-15T15:51:05.863-07:00Concourse Art Exhibit Opens Saturday, Sept. 15th.<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Saturday, September 15th, Ironstone presents the Concourse Art Show honoring over 25 years of the Concours d'Elegance Classic Car Show held here at Ironstone each September. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-CzNXmyNkGUnZ-TBGR3P80HgPkudGxMMDmBPjfICrhS1K1hfKvRb2Glnr0QPyyuG5ljkZY-_azGhL4n3LxAotOfhW68orO0mGXw4vlOpzcAcXIrFi_y5qAjk5GmJXM_KtTu-xtx4FS8tVgsuwKG9SgMj_A_rbl2PNvLMVDBCQIbLulgJQoy_-tLrGlkc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1920" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-CzNXmyNkGUnZ-TBGR3P80HgPkudGxMMDmBPjfICrhS1K1hfKvRb2Glnr0QPyyuG5ljkZY-_azGhL4n3LxAotOfhW68orO0mGXw4vlOpzcAcXIrFi_y5qAjk5GmJXM_KtTu-xtx4FS8tVgsuwKG9SgMj_A_rbl2PNvLMVDBCQIbLulgJQoy_-tLrGlkc=w479-h279" width="479" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">The Concours Art Show runs through Sunday, October 29, Thursday through Sunday, 11:00 - 5:00.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Many of the paintings presented were created on site during past Concours events. Artists participating, Aaron Johnson, Brad Stone, Charles Pyle, Donna Wayman-Maurer & Susie Hoffman. Do come by and see this fun exhibit. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This year's Classic Car show is scheduled for Saturday, September 23rd. </p><p> <a href="https://ironstoneconcours.com/events/" target="_blank">Ironstone Concours d'Elegance link to website</a></p><p><br /></p><section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c08243 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-element_type="section" data-id="4c08243" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-self: var(--align-self); 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--order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); min-height: 1px; order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 1097px;"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated" style="align-content: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; padding: 10px; position: relative; width: 1097px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8152d8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-element_type="widget" data-id="8152d8e" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-font-size ); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-letter-spacing ); line-height: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-line-height ); order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 1077px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-word-spacing );"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">Since 1996, the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Ironstone Concours Foundation</span> has held the </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Ironstone Concours d’ Elegance</span>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">This event has resulted in more than $1,000,000 of donations made to support youth </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">in agriculture, including Future Farmers of America (FFA) and 4-H youth activities. </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">It also regularly funds annual scholarships to the California State Fair and the Calaveras</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">County Fair.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">In addition, the Ironstone Concours Foundation has underwritten a room at the State </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">FFA headquarters in Galt, California, and we have steadily supported the 4-H Leadership </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">Conference, Guide Dog Programs and Horse Classic.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">It is with much gratitude and thanks to all of our loyal entrants, sponsors, vendors</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">and supporters that help us support these efforts each year.</p></div></div></div></div></div></section><section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a329fbc elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-element_type="section" data-id="a329fbc" style="--align-content: initial; 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position: relative;"><div class="elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc013bb" data-element_type="column" data-id="dc013bb" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); min-height: 1px; order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 731.312px;"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated" style="align-content: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 731.312px;"><section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c743717 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-element_type="section" data-id="c743717" id="overview" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 731.312px;"><div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1140px; position: relative;"><section class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-197d360" data-element_type="column" data-id="197d360" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); min-height: 1px; order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 731.312px;"><div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated" style="align-content: flex-start; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; padding: 10px; position: relative; width: 731.312px;"><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-cd6c2a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-element_type="widget" data-id="cd6c2a2" data-widget_type="heading.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); margin-bottom: 20px; order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 711.312px;"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #484848; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 2em; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: uppercase;">OVERVIEW</h2></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-d16c860 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider" data-element_type="widget" data-id="d16c860" data-widget_type="divider.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --divider-border-style: solid; --divider-border-width: 1px; --divider-color: var( --e-global-color-ca3ab59 ); 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transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><div class="elementor-divider" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"><span class="elementor-divider-separator" style="border-top: var(--divider-border-width) var(--divider-border-style) var(--divider-color); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; display: flex; margin: 0px; width: 711.312px;"></span></div></div></div><div class="elementor-element elementor-element-176e654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-element_type="widget" data-id="176e654" data-widget_type="text-editor.default" style="--align-content: initial; --align-items: initial; --align-self: initial; --flex-basis: initial; --flex-direction: initial; --flex-grow: initial; --flex-shrink: initial; --flex-wrap: initial; --gap: initial; --justify-content: initial; --order: initial; --swiper-navigation-size: 44px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-horizontal-gap: 6px; --swiper-pagination-bullet-size: 6px; --swiper-theme-color: #000; --widgets-spacing: 20px; align-content: var(--align-content); align-items: var(--align-items); align-self: var(--align-self); box-sizing: border-box; color: var( --e-global-color-secondary ); flex-basis: var(--flex-basis); flex-direction: var(--flex-direction); flex-grow: var(--flex-grow); flex-shrink: var(--flex-shrink); flex-wrap: var(--flex-wrap); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-font-size ); gap: var(--gap); justify-content: var(--justify-content); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-letter-spacing ); line-height: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-line-height ); order: var(--order); position: relative; width: 711.312px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-1e3d479-word-spacing );"><div class="elementor-widget-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; transition: background .3s,border .3s,border-radius .3s,box-shadow .3s,transform var(--e-transform-transition-duration,.4s);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">For over 25 years, the non-profit Ironstone Concours Foundation has presented </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">the <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ironstone Concours d’Elegance</em></span> with the idea of attracting the finest examples </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">of vintage and classic automobiles as well as vintage race cars, trucks, trailers, </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">housecars and military vehicles. Proceeds of the event go to promote and support </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">youth in agriculture. More than $1 million has been raised for local Future Farmers </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">of America (FFA) and 4-H youth activities. The Ironstone Concours Foundation also </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">donates scholarships to the California State Fair and the Calaveras County Fair as well </p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.9rem; margin-top: 0px;">as the FFA Leadership Conference, Guide Dog Programs and Horse Classic.</p></div></div></div></section></div></section></div></div></div></section>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-19309665898229465132023-09-01T12:25:00.004-07:002023-09-01T12:25:53.823-07:00Michelle Thornburg interview <p><span style="font-size: large;">Check out this wonderful interview with exhibiting artist Michelle Thornburg. Click the "Interview" link below.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkDxNhtQ8FI" target="_blank">Interview</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">OR, Read the article on Michelle here...</span></p><p><a href="https://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/calaveras-sierra-lodestar/daydreaming-on-canvas/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Calaveras Enterprise article</span></a><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-54775420231298951552023-07-14T15:45:00.000-07:002023-07-14T15:45:08.347-07:00Artist Michelle Thornburg Solo Exhibit now through August 26, 2023<p><span style="font-size: large;">Ironstone Vineyards is pleased to announce Artist Michelle Thornburg will be exhibiting a wide range of her paintings in Ironstone's Main Galleria (located just downstairs from the Tasting Room) now through August 26th. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><a href="https://video214.com/play/nHYldi60y00agnIerjzT1Q/s/dark" target="_blank">Michelle Thornburg video link</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Michelle Thornburg - Artist's Statement</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My style of creating artwork is painting from the subconscious. There are no carefully planned sketches, no grids, it is just me and my paint with no expectations of anything but painting. I use my hands to apply the paint directly onto my canvas, no rules, just whatever feels right. The key for me is to let go of the conscious world around me, and just paint, allowing my hands to take the lead. Eventually the painting reveals itself. It's like daydreaming on a canvas.</span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uzguKynpcCxNeYqr9ObNinAmrg9xJFkpagBZK5mY-9qA28058Xo5MSY71eiLfM9vi9J8zJAVJ8zmPKr9au6DDOhpStUPdzWHX2tmDrL8S7ctRXtpoHkG9FoJSTLu-COIrG-ccu4VnuPaHVYIr8dS_NlppJ4FcgaErInk_eFQbYRWJR68_kt4uH5E/s1117/T-025%20Mother%20Nature%20by%20Michelle%20Thornburg%20acrylic%2036x36%20$850.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uzguKynpcCxNeYqr9ObNinAmrg9xJFkpagBZK5mY-9qA28058Xo5MSY71eiLfM9vi9J8zJAVJ8zmPKr9au6DDOhpStUPdzWHX2tmDrL8S7ctRXtpoHkG9FoJSTLu-COIrG-ccu4VnuPaHVYIr8dS_NlppJ4FcgaErInk_eFQbYRWJR68_kt4uH5E/s320/T-025%20Mother%20Nature%20by%20Michelle%20Thornburg%20acrylic%2036x36%20$850.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-025 Mother Nature by Michelle Thornburg acrylic 36x36 $850</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Artist's Biography</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Michelle Thornburg is a California Artist and Art Techer living and working in the Central Valley. She creates dream like paintings from her subconscious using the Surrealist technique of automatism, or automatic painting. Her technique of using mainly her hands to apply acrylic or oil paints to the canvas allow her to connect with her artwork. Her paintings are created by applying paints onto the canvas in various c9olors, patterns, and movements. Her paintings are often reworked and go through many changes before they are completed. These expressive paintings are full of fanciful images and colorful landscapes.</span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-3971207476911082192023-06-11T12:31:00.003-07:002023-06-11T12:31:41.246-07:00Meet n Greet "Smitty's" Chocolate Head Candy Maker! TODAY <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Come on out to Ironstone Vineyards today to meet "Smitty's" Head Candy Maker, Daryl. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">No better combo than wine and chocolate! Taste for yourself... </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">free samples of this awesomely delicious chocolate!</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf-FHK9Gxl43qpcvVox2GwWmaRs6G1eJH6I79yWHKhCMQ_82JRcYr_ubYAR0dtvhP1z8oooirYdYCyz7ixLX0_1FtlCq56bKJSP1IRqAvdv2rwL2MMKXjnVA7cGiJqbACCzlv2G8ISkhEI_54gi2PKCuFX0DeYDQxlUsaROfG4Zz0NUMk13rz6RBcP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf-FHK9Gxl43qpcvVox2GwWmaRs6G1eJH6I79yWHKhCMQ_82JRcYr_ubYAR0dtvhP1z8oooirYdYCyz7ixLX0_1FtlCq56bKJSP1IRqAvdv2rwL2MMKXjnVA7cGiJqbACCzlv2G8ISkhEI_54gi2PKCuFX0DeYDQxlUsaROfG4Zz0NUMk13rz6RBcP=w551-h414" width="551" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLn7zVIpoEUc2tR1YrZyOetjT-esIYHswvXhomk--vKE_XqlVr0RFX6Wh7owRhFG9Gqsn4hNmkiwVCihNVcl1g4q99drP6-_rginH7JFfmhKDaHqsOQroqiloUx4q2oPCIVKPClianqNR7-ogWFBA49ElcZUIOYmC_ZQ8Tfy8NBCI1VIt_gwMmXt5p" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLn7zVIpoEUc2tR1YrZyOetjT-esIYHswvXhomk--vKE_XqlVr0RFX6Wh7owRhFG9Gqsn4hNmkiwVCihNVcl1g4q99drP6-_rginH7JFfmhKDaHqsOQroqiloUx4q2oPCIVKPClianqNR7-ogWFBA49ElcZUIOYmC_ZQ8Tfy8NBCI1VIt_gwMmXt5p=w550-h414" width="550" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVFkgIEUsJiTnX1E0NsCa_EYIXsjtqdFop6xIExjKOFhRB0Wlj9482Q1QvwGOTGHYDvTo4vEnD3aB_Cp7p1FRN3au-l-Ty74gvQJykLkiEp8PcsoGF1-sX59P_2WTPhGnNh0-1EQ1-vgsJ6svo8QzEBr-ioif2y0wbYp0Dx6ALstRo2z05o-dPq4QN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVFkgIEUsJiTnX1E0NsCa_EYIXsjtqdFop6xIExjKOFhRB0Wlj9482Q1QvwGOTGHYDvTo4vEnD3aB_Cp7p1FRN3au-l-Ty74gvQJykLkiEp8PcsoGF1-sX59P_2WTPhGnNh0-1EQ1-vgsJ6svo8QzEBr-ioif2y0wbYp0Dx6ALstRo2z05o-dPq4QN=w539-h404" width="539" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-10668162934286684842023-06-09T15:51:00.004-07:002023-06-11T12:25:13.955-07:00Sunday Art in Action TODAY!<p>Today! 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Susan will be present to answer your questions and talk about her art.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53gwfuKCbXHkXvEEM16DqHaTVuNyO4Ph-I2e0m7pELdeDcwnlo5P_ezE60enNKYDhY7RgKZaJHgUCqq28HE_Mz5ArYxJBYSVLSjaj4Eo_h-1IsyuGOpuwvW3VylgRaKfCn4-bAmWYdHUufNkV-rYgNcSHRp4yJdOLpoPxk9zLzxTYcocbbqrleSme/s1920/thumbnail_IMG_2810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53gwfuKCbXHkXvEEM16DqHaTVuNyO4Ph-I2e0m7pELdeDcwnlo5P_ezE60enNKYDhY7RgKZaJHgUCqq28HE_Mz5ArYxJBYSVLSjaj4Eo_h-1IsyuGOpuwvW3VylgRaKfCn4-bAmWYdHUufNkV-rYgNcSHRp4yJdOLpoPxk9zLzxTYcocbbqrleSme/s320/thumbnail_IMG_2810.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>Susan's Bio:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfb1zGxffR8EyC2kC6BA-YjkV6STFiQtqmzsV-KCf9UcAqhuitK4ACbI9HfsTNo_ABdC9tTJncn41CNQR7VCxd2-ODLU8h2BVkKD9-A4Ld8zaiwc1z3eozUUVuijOW3cOjvqFTS_yEC7wDra-m5GyMkxycarXM5iUhrY_Q57urYrh2LuJiovXgHq2/s1920/thumbnail_IMG_3374.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-66758762237522235022023-06-04T13:19:00.004-07:002023-06-04T13:58:55.266-07:00Now featuring Lisa Michelle Stories "Calaveras County Crime Series"<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Ironstone Heritage Museum is proud to feature local award-winning author Lisa Michelle's Calaveras County Crime Series. </span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Stay tuned for meet 'n Greet / Book Signing schedule. </span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2slcDT5K0HNOmSCG9EO2PR_KqQrDxT_Vc2S3jfOSGYWCxcGRH3yJSZI_9zsJVfRHk9x-NlOUCyc3E3drWy_3L_N9As0kdvDl9mAxWeN-P619qjrV2irqxfOB00SqFO9VJrEtKJRPgkE1JkzW4y1YoxGL7mk2KO3ScCYt1ulCWk_5v2q2mRbPaRIZD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="1390" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2slcDT5K0HNOmSCG9EO2PR_KqQrDxT_Vc2S3jfOSGYWCxcGRH3yJSZI_9zsJVfRHk9x-NlOUCyc3E3drWy_3L_N9As0kdvDl9mAxWeN-P619qjrV2irqxfOB00SqFO9VJrEtKJRPgkE1JkzW4y1YoxGL7mk2KO3ScCYt1ulCWk_5v2q2mRbPaRIZD=w651-h399" width="651" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Book #1: "Blue Mountain" </span></p><p><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;">It’s been the year from hell for Jessica Williams</span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">. Her cheating husband not only bankrupted them—he’s been indicted. Now the rat bastard has disappeared. Thank God for Nana. Jess couldn’t survive without the old woman’s wisdom and brutal honesty. But when Nana is arrested and held responsible for the largest mass murder in Calaveras County history that honesty looks very doubtful.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />As the oldest inmate at the county jail, Nana also holds the honor of being the only suspected serial killer ever housed there. When Nana is granted deathbed visitation, Jess wants the truth. All of it. At least she thinks she does. But after Nana confesses to bone-chilling secrets so horrifying, Jess begins to question everyone and everything, including her own sanity. Nana could be lying, Jess thinks, but why?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Armed with jagged pieces of the ugly truth, does Jess have the courage to forgive and hunt down a sadistic monster even if it’s someone she loves? Even if it kills her?</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnrUuLPTgR2L9YE-D8zDrMAzZoB_PG-jjVVXHiRXZneAHdmAcJmA_iyTtgz4KADt73A9WnilSwOuHVZqFK5Uerl4znVxneJsW4UbghOWfu2ZQEil5K7vgc0I2J_RFeCmXrNKZoiESGVvIus1hddttc_xVM--i1q1O8fLHkNxqmK20MSTunqy0SXvx/s640/thumbnail_IMG_3813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="640" height="487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnrUuLPTgR2L9YE-D8zDrMAzZoB_PG-jjVVXHiRXZneAHdmAcJmA_iyTtgz4KADt73A9WnilSwOuHVZqFK5Uerl4znVxneJsW4UbghOWfu2ZQEil5K7vgc0I2J_RFeCmXrNKZoiESGVvIus1hddttc_xVM--i1q1O8fLHkNxqmK20MSTunqy0SXvx/w647-h487/thumbnail_IMG_3813.jpg" width="647" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Book #2: "Calaveras</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">Deep in the backwoods of Calaveras County accidents happen. For gritty rancher and soon-to-be grandmother Kate Dunnigan, these deaths are mostly good old cowboy justice—until the day that justice hits home. Kate’s idyllic façade is destroyed when Emma Lee, her pregnant daughter, is wanted for murder. On the run and fighting to survive, Emma Lee is haunted by filthy family secrets, but Kate will stop at nothing to save her from life in prison, even if it means using herself as bait.</span></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Book #3: "Forest Creek</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">"</span></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;">Dying alone in the dark would be the easy way out of Forest Creek. But psychologist Maureen “Mo” Yamaguchi refuses to take her secrets to the grave. With a hunger to help her patients and make the world a better place, this may be the opportunity she needs. Simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time might payoff—if she doesn’t die first. With bare and bleeding feet, Mo forces herself through the cold dark, contemplating her next move. It will take much more than a fierce intellect to survive the night at Forest Creek.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-39938542410215005832023-03-25T10:54:00.002-07:002023-03-25T10:55:33.160-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Sally Anne Fischer<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 21.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sally Anne Fischer B. 1981<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eP7XV_NxIgPp20VH7tbMRbjBaA4rMOfEynRuXM-IDYCaE6QRE45sihqph4YjAYcOVBujjUa_Vjomd2-qIz3va3KeNJPoUf9G3FuW6makBJBCjfvlslDR38lrr1IFC6QloFBXSBUoA8AEiWBLHscxDvdvelC-D7VE-5wfBYVTbH9aHLwr1dR-o7Uh/s2000/O-084%20Its%20Cold%20in%20the%20Shade%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer%20-oil%2020x30%20$1500.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1351" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4eP7XV_NxIgPp20VH7tbMRbjBaA4rMOfEynRuXM-IDYCaE6QRE45sihqph4YjAYcOVBujjUa_Vjomd2-qIz3va3KeNJPoUf9G3FuW6makBJBCjfvlslDR38lrr1IFC6QloFBXSBUoA8AEiWBLHscxDvdvelC-D7VE-5wfBYVTbH9aHLwr1dR-o7Uh/s320/O-084%20Its%20Cold%20in%20the%20Shade%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer%20-oil%2020x30%20$1500.jpeg" width="216" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-084 Its Cold in the Shade by Sally Anne Fischer -oil 20x30 $1500</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; mso-outline-level: 2;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Sally Anne Fischer is a
plein air artist whose ties to the Sierra Nevada foothills spans six
generations. From her great great aunt Lottie, who mothered lonely cowboys in
Kennedy Meadows, to her Portuguese watercolorist grandmother, Sally Anne
Fischer’s deep roots in the landscape she paints continues to inspire her art.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbELTWWst9Tb8lKSiq1WzrHVniwkoxugi00fIpKDQKS6W0MrRpqQBjxHuPjqes-8PfNjU9FMRB9KTECPMx1Ij7k3H3VzVgeZayHZKV6cN5QswD_v2r5GFeaw3AcVKWSWfCZv-wFkkrTXbj5pm3hudM-CwUeVi51-iJmoDXNNmfpEtpAQPmXjBS30c-/s2800/O-085%20Kennedy%20Meadows%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer-oil%2024x36%20$1500.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1858" data-original-width="2800" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbELTWWst9Tb8lKSiq1WzrHVniwkoxugi00fIpKDQKS6W0MrRpqQBjxHuPjqes-8PfNjU9FMRB9KTECPMx1Ij7k3H3VzVgeZayHZKV6cN5QswD_v2r5GFeaw3AcVKWSWfCZv-wFkkrTXbj5pm3hudM-CwUeVi51-iJmoDXNNmfpEtpAQPmXjBS30c-/w226-h150/O-085%20Kennedy%20Meadows%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer-oil%2024x36%20$1500.jpeg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-085 Kennedy Meadows by Sally Anne Fischer-oil 24x36 $1500</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sally Anne was the
president of her high school Art Club and went on to study watercolor with Dan
Peterson at Yosemite College, then oil painting at CSU Fresno. During her third
year, she changed majors completing a degree in equine science following her
love of horses and a dream of becoming a horse trainer. After university, she
worked for cutting horse trainers, taught equine sciences at Cal Poly San Luis
Obisbo then settled in a career as a livestock feed formulator. After having
her daughter, she turned to full-time painting, eventually opening a studio in
downtown Sonora, though she credits most of her artistic development to plein
air workshops, and individual instruction with painters Frank Serrano, Jim
McVicker, Kathleen Dunphy Suzie Baker, and Charles Waldman.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_YdcCPZsNYBUdjjSHSEARUNpT13wFV0-4g5pKg0ULYzCAZKH3PF4N3YvI-cJwUM7EPUPyyrMxQ_tk3lhbyiXs62HPji92mqE1sRdvYrICq_T0S5smbLJJJlcOAXI21QWTkevlMWeUE50pFs-v8AN0s9X3Byphyr_5Tk1Z4jDa8310YJMIfKHRcWl/s2000/O-086%20Sonora%20Sundown%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer-oil%2020x27%20$950.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="2000" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_YdcCPZsNYBUdjjSHSEARUNpT13wFV0-4g5pKg0ULYzCAZKH3PF4N3YvI-cJwUM7EPUPyyrMxQ_tk3lhbyiXs62HPji92mqE1sRdvYrICq_T0S5smbLJJJlcOAXI21QWTkevlMWeUE50pFs-v8AN0s9X3Byphyr_5Tk1Z4jDa8310YJMIfKHRcWl/w243-h173/O-086%20Sonora%20Sundown%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer-oil%2020x27%20$950.jpeg" width="243" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-086 Sonora Sundown by Sally Anne Fischer-oil 20x27 $950</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Her current work
reflects daily experiences. Still-lifes include objects of personal
significance or flowers she's grown in her garden, and landscapes with historic
meaning or childhood memories. As she resides in her hometown, with her husband
and her daughter, she has inspiration and local knowledge of the sprawling
terrain that makes up the Sierra Nevada mountains.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 18.75pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxLJF_SYIZ18gFFxx_tFPDPQd7PDZeY4P5yaGXOm8bVcZ_YTenbKVo3S-U8-IgIcb81YKy307O9Q5Ol64S71URYtqPZzDI8aSqeRyH5oecBXOao9A8WRzdfEoxr5TKwAfM__N1hD8e2XaIGKwerZnRd66onmSQgqXnMxBqg12ghGGYeiD6rA3jp-s/s800/O-087%20Mt.%20Morrison%20Easter%20Sierras%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer-oil%2014x22%20$975.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="504" data-original-width="800" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxLJF_SYIZ18gFFxx_tFPDPQd7PDZeY4P5yaGXOm8bVcZ_YTenbKVo3S-U8-IgIcb81YKy307O9Q5Ol64S71URYtqPZzDI8aSqeRyH5oecBXOao9A8WRzdfEoxr5TKwAfM__N1hD8e2XaIGKwerZnRd66onmSQgqXnMxBqg12ghGGYeiD6rA3jp-s/s320/O-087%20Mt.%20Morrison%20Easter%20Sierras%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer-oil%2014x22%20$975.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-087 Mt. Morrison Easter Sierras by Sally Anne Fischer-oil 14x22 $975</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #373737; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">Sally Anne values high
quality, handmade or antique frames, which she refurbishes in her downtown
studio. While she primarily works with oils en plein air, she also uses the sun
room of her 1940s home to paint every morning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6Kp4D2TWJeOR0-wRW72Z8KONwDUUIuoFd-HGfOs4rsaNYLjdVYvLqeuUPJNHtK0DR6oZOhm8LdrmQPtYwJ6OEq4wb_dcuFHdjPwk887wJEpWByJOYW5a3S3xceC_eiG40GJqgqZhVjoPjjYHqtBZ73HsEMoWKrcWKwmLcEVh82vkCHVrkdsp6NW0/s2000/T-021%20Still%20life%20with%20Flowers%20and%20Fruits%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer%20oil%2010x13%20$595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1397" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh6Kp4D2TWJeOR0-wRW72Z8KONwDUUIuoFd-HGfOs4rsaNYLjdVYvLqeuUPJNHtK0DR6oZOhm8LdrmQPtYwJ6OEq4wb_dcuFHdjPwk887wJEpWByJOYW5a3S3xceC_eiG40GJqgqZhVjoPjjYHqtBZ73HsEMoWKrcWKwmLcEVh82vkCHVrkdsp6NW0/s320/T-021%20Still%20life%20with%20Flowers%20and%20Fruits%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer%20oil%2010x13%20$595.jpg" width="224" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-021 Still life with Flowers and Fruits by Sally Anne Fischer oil 10x13 $595</td></tr></tbody></table></o:p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6TxCmTGQkxaCnsc0uF7Ma1aH6Qb7sB2wF2S4L2AVXmcUqdyWgFr_-C638o723B-y4mYtBoAOuVfjz2B6jmxuCY4d5kKTYXfi1VNBQ6X6RP7rFVOpefokm4uI-6rT1xUIa3N2TTMKpWJ1rVglEESUk--YUIR0Gk66GnTeIUjJL95dg6GPv33Em0Ha/s2000/T-020%20Daffodils%20and%20Dry%20Hydrangeas%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer%20oil%209x12%20$595.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1487" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI6TxCmTGQkxaCnsc0uF7Ma1aH6Qb7sB2wF2S4L2AVXmcUqdyWgFr_-C638o723B-y4mYtBoAOuVfjz2B6jmxuCY4d5kKTYXfi1VNBQ6X6RP7rFVOpefokm4uI-6rT1xUIa3N2TTMKpWJ1rVglEESUk--YUIR0Gk66GnTeIUjJL95dg6GPv33Em0Ha/s320/T-020%20Daffodils%20and%20Dry%20Hydrangeas%20by%20Sally%20Anne%20Fischer%20oil%209x12%20$595.jpg" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-020 Daffodils and Dry Hydrangeas by Sally Anne Fischer oil 9x12 $595<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-11895866117072415522023-03-25T10:54:00.001-07:002023-03-25T10:55:30.580-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Suzann Young<p> <span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: right;">Suzanna Young </span></p><p><br /></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX51Oci4h1Tu11D1FDFXOArPqq5NNOZlWWHCxMH8e1-vtaLNJOUqU0a2lAiQwhBXNRQzztzvp6BbVyABzdfg6QW72Dc6TFvr3a3MaOoyn62c7EyLSxgDyQDBuhB__AJ_sB-xCd4-3wzMugqMYY62JX15YaFOKFQpTS-oiN3f5CxuPYW6Rfvn7f0F1H/s4032/O-069%20Tanka%20&%20Newborn%20by%20Suzanna%20Young%20acrylic%2021x21%20$325.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX51Oci4h1Tu11D1FDFXOArPqq5NNOZlWWHCxMH8e1-vtaLNJOUqU0a2lAiQwhBXNRQzztzvp6BbVyABzdfg6QW72Dc6TFvr3a3MaOoyn62c7EyLSxgDyQDBuhB__AJ_sB-xCd4-3wzMugqMYY62JX15YaFOKFQpTS-oiN3f5CxuPYW6Rfvn7f0F1H/w261-h347/O-069%20Tanka%20&%20Newborn%20by%20Suzanna%20Young%20acrylic%2021x21%20$325.jpeg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-069 Tanka & Newborn by Suzanna Young acrylic 21x21 $325</td></tr></tbody></table><br />HAVING DRAWN WITH ANY MEDIUM
AFFORDED TO A 10 YEAR OLD, THAT’S
WHERE I BEGAN. DRAWING OUT OF
MAGAZINES AND LATER, MY
PHOTOGRAPHY. SELF TAUGHT.</p><p><br /></p><p>IN HIGH SCHOOL, RECEIVED MAYOR’S
AWARD, SEVERAL FIRSTS, SWEEPSTAKES
AWARD AT COUNTY LEVEL COMPETITON
IN KERN COUNTY, BEST OF SHOW…. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgiKwFWRjrRTzRNm3IMNCA6ZayPfZ6YTczjsqxhhWLn0TIGGYosZgFDUKGhNKNiJkfU3cqgkzzPkP_V01NbKR8ZePCrb5UxnW9ZB7qM-S-ll750x1ueSR3TSm3IysZtHDFvEtffC-ZasdMxagRSymRR5862nzv_0G9Iw5exNVZ0DQ7IZ9ZK7eLeAa/s3135/O-070%20Tanka%20Grand%20Tetons%20Wyoming%20by%20Suzanna%20Young%20acrylic%2021x21%20$325.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3135" data-original-width="2937" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgiKwFWRjrRTzRNm3IMNCA6ZayPfZ6YTczjsqxhhWLn0TIGGYosZgFDUKGhNKNiJkfU3cqgkzzPkP_V01NbKR8ZePCrb5UxnW9ZB7qM-S-ll750x1ueSR3TSm3IysZtHDFvEtffC-ZasdMxagRSymRR5862nzv_0G9Iw5exNVZ0DQ7IZ9ZK7eLeAa/w311-h332/O-070%20Tanka%20Grand%20Tetons%20Wyoming%20by%20Suzanna%20Young%20acrylic%2021x21%20$325.jpeg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-070 Tanka Grand Tetons Wyoming by Suzanna Young acrylic 21x21 $325</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>OFFERED FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP FROM
HALLMARK MY SENIOR YEAR... </p><br /><p><br /></p><p>RAISED MY FAMILY, RESUMING MY LOVE
OF ART ONLY RECENTLY. ACRYLIC
PAINTING & SILVERSMITH CREATIONS. </p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p>A THEME OF MOVEMENT WITH EACH
STROKE OF MY BRUSH</p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-24776341994757048392023-03-25T10:54:00.000-07:002023-03-25T10:55:27.512-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist William (Bill) Wittmer<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>William
(Bill) </span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 20.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Wittmer</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbe4hg-iCuiV5fFzIuM7N8naXRgux9zf2SWDnlGHsBOYMGPeTcuIdIaftjbH3_1tCpn8zBlmyKH_gRJsoEvb52egnaNhP8Tw-H1ID8MRkHBfnpmhOjBw448DnZ65lnGzfSGOwSpcIMqtL1cA6We5Hsf0l4nsxwR8Pnf5VYHP5BUbatnzh8yKQRBFD/s3538/O-074%20Three%20Persimmons-on-a%20Green%20Plate%20by%20William%20Wittmer%20pastel%2016x20%20$290.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2665" data-original-width="3538" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbe4hg-iCuiV5fFzIuM7N8naXRgux9zf2SWDnlGHsBOYMGPeTcuIdIaftjbH3_1tCpn8zBlmyKH_gRJsoEvb52egnaNhP8Tw-H1ID8MRkHBfnpmhOjBw448DnZ65lnGzfSGOwSpcIMqtL1cA6We5Hsf0l4nsxwR8Pnf5VYHP5BUbatnzh8yKQRBFD/s320/O-074%20Three%20Persimmons-on-a%20Green%20Plate%20by%20William%20Wittmer%20pastel%2016x20%20$290.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-074 Three Persimmons-on-a Green Plate by William Wittmer pastel 16x20 $290</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I started
painting in the ‘90’s using my father’s oil paints and easel. He was a doctor,
but a lifelong artist. I retired from the Oakland Fire Dept after a 30-year
career responding to thousands of events including the Cypress Freeway collapse
and leading a Search & Rescue Team to New York for 9-11.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I studied
portrait painting with Beth Batchelor in Danville; landscape and still life
with Victoria Brooks in Sacramento. In the Motherlode, I have attended plein
aire workshops with Chuck Waldman and Kathleen Dunphy; landscape classes with
Heine Hardwig; and figurative and portrait painting with Peggi Kroll Roberts.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDpwF7wCNwovMNHD-RR0eG2eT96-oOrM6W5qN-Uom2pJCxX_Ozu-1vL0aLAOOotL-FjWKErmNxbn0IMOQA9utg2OxgGmWAkTz5HuiaDYgRgh6l3WIQh234EiV-Dkv9CoA6FAvAs7VYDq9myaD17acU5Vt1zQW06pgI10rmepyrsPLhEpoLmDLeHxN/s3761/O-075%20Poppies-on-Wittmer%20Ridge%20by%20William%20Wittmer%20pastel%2016x20%20$200..jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3761" data-original-width="2781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDpwF7wCNwovMNHD-RR0eG2eT96-oOrM6W5qN-Uom2pJCxX_Ozu-1vL0aLAOOotL-FjWKErmNxbn0IMOQA9utg2OxgGmWAkTz5HuiaDYgRgh6l3WIQh234EiV-Dkv9CoA6FAvAs7VYDq9myaD17acU5Vt1zQW06pgI10rmepyrsPLhEpoLmDLeHxN/s320/O-075%20Poppies-on-Wittmer%20Ridge%20by%20William%20Wittmer%20pastel%2016x20%20$200..jpeg" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-075 Poppies-on-Wittmer Ridge by William Wittmer pastel 16x20 $200.</td></tr></tbody></table></b><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">My wife and I
share a studio in our home in Angels Camp.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I now work
primarily in oil and pastel; but, have worked in watercolor, acrylic and gouache.
I use photos as reference for many of my paintings – easy to have beautiful
photos with the Central Sierra landscape. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These days, I am interested in returning to plein
aire painting and look forward to spending more time outdoors.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Painting is a
love and passion for me. I hope you enjoy my work.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">wcwittmer@caltel.com<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-68287975332585447382023-03-25T10:53:00.006-07:002023-03-26T15:31:57.521-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Connie Holt-Warner<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> Artist: Connie Holt-Warner</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXbuLIVILK6R-6hZkTMc3yBzRXgq_9s6_GfHBQhAgPXN29j2IAZLBKdCWPvGS_5Rwl4rKFCSkcAEGuQrUw2BOSLT6HkyX12OXKwQ07U2-PRkECgBPFs6LVmrDAi0rl7bSJlkV4niwfZLunRFlnFSyRYTga6VeOd2QtenzZiKPekXPjI08ngpIFBpK/s4032/O-036%20Gazing%20in%20a%20Coy%20Pond%20by%20Connie%20Warner%20oil%2016x20%20$2500.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXbuLIVILK6R-6hZkTMc3yBzRXgq_9s6_GfHBQhAgPXN29j2IAZLBKdCWPvGS_5Rwl4rKFCSkcAEGuQrUw2BOSLT6HkyX12OXKwQ07U2-PRkECgBPFs6LVmrDAi0rl7bSJlkV4niwfZLunRFlnFSyRYTga6VeOd2QtenzZiKPekXPjI08ngpIFBpK/s320/O-036%20Gazing%20in%20a%20Coy%20Pond%20by%20Connie%20Warner%20oil%2016x20%20$2500.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-036 Gazing in a Coy Pond by Connie Warner oil 16x20 $2500</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I am an emerging artist. This is the first show I have entered and I am so delighted to be accepted. I started painting in 2007, but set down painting for many years to focus on my family and career. I picked up my paintbrush back up later in life and enjoy it very much.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was born and raised in Norwalk, Connecticut, but have lived in the West Coast most of my adult life. I currently live in Brentwood, California with my husband.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I love the oil on oil technique of painting. I am currently exploring watercolors. I get my inspiration from nature. I love seeing all of the shades of color and how the light and shadows hit a subject.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My other passion is Seascapes. I am mesmerized by the waves and seeing what veins each wave forms.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Painting puts my mind and spirit in a very peaceful and quiet place and I love getting lost there.</span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-32172175836472421292023-03-25T10:53:00.005-07:002023-03-25T10:53:37.354-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Sharon Moore<p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> Sharon Moore</b></span></i></p><p><br /></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqWCQ8bVvFziRpYpG07CuyNWYdxhkQVm6my7OF8lMz056ifvh3V_M8jyFA6ZqBHPol6yAemA96r4qt89NvzK2EURTl45_bRStCbcTgKxkzYFT8JLp25wsn3-sYVyoSl1NS3Fgr04-cTrr7clLN9Kp_sz-tkOF1Lxo_xOQiGO6VuDrrAW9sXfnZ3bS/s3086/T-018%20Dancing%20Daffodils%20by%20Sharon%20Moore%20acryli%2016x20%20$600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3086" data-original-width="2352" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhqWCQ8bVvFziRpYpG07CuyNWYdxhkQVm6my7OF8lMz056ifvh3V_M8jyFA6ZqBHPol6yAemA96r4qt89NvzK2EURTl45_bRStCbcTgKxkzYFT8JLp25wsn3-sYVyoSl1NS3Fgr04-cTrr7clLN9Kp_sz-tkOF1Lxo_xOQiGO6VuDrrAW9sXfnZ3bS/s320/T-018%20Dancing%20Daffodils%20by%20Sharon%20Moore%20acryli%2016x20%20$600.jpg" width="244" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-018 Dancing Daffodils by Sharon Moore acryli 16x20 $600</td></tr></tbody></table><br />About the Artist</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sharon Moore, ASID, is an award-winning Interior Designer and Artist. As owner of a San Ramon Interior Design firm, her work has wone numerous national and local Design awards. Sharon is a graduate of The University of Florida College of Fine Arts and Architecture and a member of the Alamo/Danville Art Society. Sharon has studied under artists Lynne Sheppard, Bob Burridge, Alex Powers, Christopher Schink, Fran Larsen and Skip Lawrence.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFfS011vd5NxiNQN22bC1cqLd5A5jBCqgNjrZ3e_PP2tfccMnK8ka6L3yo-MecKUtG-41Vc_Ft9h6WaZmL1z2jrqkTwHr3XbOikOuvklnmYOXYeIp2aMnSkhePiUtwakq78RbfkIdgx2WJG5w0Z14qRt9t0fcxugAwEdxnSsjwrcSCrf29y3f7qzQ/s640/T-019%20Daffodil%20Maze%20%20by%20Sharon%20Moore%20acryli%2010x30%20$500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="640" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxFfS011vd5NxiNQN22bC1cqLd5A5jBCqgNjrZ3e_PP2tfccMnK8ka6L3yo-MecKUtG-41Vc_Ft9h6WaZmL1z2jrqkTwHr3XbOikOuvklnmYOXYeIp2aMnSkhePiUtwakq78RbfkIdgx2WJG5w0Z14qRt9t0fcxugAwEdxnSsjwrcSCrf29y3f7qzQ/w455-h161/T-019%20Daffodil%20Maze%20%20by%20Sharon%20Moore%20acryli%2010x30%20$500.jpg" width="455" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-019 Daffodil Maze by Sharon Moore acryli 10x30 $500</td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">About the Art</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sharon works primarily with acrylic and mixed media. Her contemporary approach and evocative use of color has been widely accepted and honored at juried show in Danville, San Ramon, and Murphys, CA.</span></p></blockquote>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-11029539044701773262023-03-25T10:53:00.003-07:002023-03-25T10:53:24.197-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Peggy Brennan-Wagner<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> PEGGY BRENNAN-WAGNER</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As a Native Californian, Peggy has lived most of her life coastal adjacent while enjoying recreational time in and around all the mountains, lakes and rivers this beautiful state has to offer. Peggy developed a deep connection with nature early in life, surfing the southern California coast, an avid camper and backpacker, fishing and floating rivers. Today, Peggy finds herself in Gold Country in the shadows of the lower Sierra foothills. Her artist vision fully captured with the dip of her brush into lots and lots of water, and color too.</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Peggy's art reflect her love of nature and water, focusing primarily on landscapes finding inspiration while traveling. With the nest empty, Peggy and her husband find themselves often on the go, both Son's living out of state there is always a new National Park, Coastal Preserve of breathtaking vista waiting to be captured in watercolor.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMBeweIoSwSoxMB1w-P0yfhzg2JdjV7GzoAd1GQ7z5GDGpTGSQvzwoxnmD5yGAwBZ4SQ5w0bpjKWfhRwE529WHQYZKchl4rO8-mPF7_oq9IZvKn6KBWyOfsmUm-FkJ52-0iXl6MUZk-hR5dDEEYAltDP70nZMlcx35Q6pCbydyWQFtS4IksLc0vtI/s4000/O-039%20Tunnel%20Vision%20by%20Peggy%20Wagner%20wc%2011x14%20$100.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMBeweIoSwSoxMB1w-P0yfhzg2JdjV7GzoAd1GQ7z5GDGpTGSQvzwoxnmD5yGAwBZ4SQ5w0bpjKWfhRwE529WHQYZKchl4rO8-mPF7_oq9IZvKn6KBWyOfsmUm-FkJ52-0iXl6MUZk-hR5dDEEYAltDP70nZMlcx35Q6pCbydyWQFtS4IksLc0vtI/s320/O-039%20Tunnel%20Vision%20by%20Peggy%20Wagner%20wc%2011x14%20$100.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-039 Tunnel Vision by Peggy Wagner wc 11x14 $100</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />Peggy began her artistic practice coloring in the bathroom wallpaper flowers with her box of crayons, evolving to watercolors on seashells and then to acrylic landscapes, having only minimal secondary school educational experience in Art it wasn't until well after her collegiate years she began to study fine art watercolor under accomplished instructor Wendy Soneson and truly found her pallet.</span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Statement from the Artist: No truer are the words of Renoir, and my hope is you fell this in my paintings. <i>"I'm in love with the sun and with the reflections in the water and to paint them I would go around the world"</i></span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-91733030060008098332023-03-25T10:52:00.001-07:002023-03-25T10:52:51.915-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Bonnie Mae Waldon<p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-large;"><i> About the Artist</i></span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><i> Bonnie Mae Waldon</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupzQ6bt2ZJKuOYAIZdFouuHBUSx6JM8SnjQLyFzPxbqS7iFUopw957bXHIroMDVDQY-bv07SGgKIDQj7FMaxk-82UJ5r2hbJ-QX14wnWGABNvLiWWH9DIx4Aq8PqowNVkc6aREzlRb8-pxCGHIOw5X_Gxho4Hz8lWvG0NtOPoSYG5XnRlpxhE44f-/s1280/O-042%20French%20Country%20Harvest%20by%20Bonnie%20Waldon%20$1200.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupzQ6bt2ZJKuOYAIZdFouuHBUSx6JM8SnjQLyFzPxbqS7iFUopw957bXHIroMDVDQY-bv07SGgKIDQj7FMaxk-82UJ5r2hbJ-QX14wnWGABNvLiWWH9DIx4Aq8PqowNVkc6aREzlRb8-pxCGHIOw5X_Gxho4Hz8lWvG0NtOPoSYG5XnRlpxhE44f-/s320/O-042%20French%20Country%20Harvest%20by%20Bonnie%20Waldon%20$1200.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-042 French Country Harvest by Bonnie Waldon $1200</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Born and raised in Oakland, California, Bonnie Waldon spent many years living in the Bay Area but has spend the last 40 years calling Murphys her home. Bonnie moved to Murphys long before the graceful buildings that line the main street were even a sketch, when the only grocery store was Davie's and Michelson Elementary received all four of her children, who were at the time, in grades K through 8. She and her husband wanted their children to grow up in a place that was safe and the schools in the city were experiencing problems that she was not going to accept. Bonnie spent the next fifteen years raising all of her kids with her husband Jerry. I was only when her last child went off to college that Bonnie found herself with time to explore a long-ignored creative side. As a young woman she liked to draw, but opportunities to pursue art for as woman in East Oakland in the 1960's were scarce. Now, children grown, Bonnie took an art class with Harrion Rios that immediately awakened her love of painting, specifically with oil paints, as the texture and feel are what really inspire her as she works. Primarily self-taught, Bonnie loves the social connection that can be found when chatting with other artists, and the happiness her work brings to those who receive it.</span></span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-69170691999533183972023-03-20T13:46:00.002-07:002023-03-25T10:52:31.978-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Kim Vagt<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kim Vagt Artist: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Vagt lives in our wonderous Sierra Nevada Foothills!</span></i></b></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5igC-fk7QdARuX07rdYFyKl7CTp4kxechHp4tRL0OoTtlorjUdhX_3tWA_6iK5Rm5Y26o9_15cWuwR_i3iovbjHAblHHCOPz0l721twTzIiivXe2jveVq0NkwpRwBJRzPGgYyu__Y4r8VStr3enLh5DWd9BLM-oPj8nU412J-EZ9JNq07Jc3I_On/s2204/O-079%20Estuary-in-the%20Bay%20by%20Kim%20Vagt%20mm%2012x12%20$225.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2133" data-original-width="2204" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5igC-fk7QdARuX07rdYFyKl7CTp4kxechHp4tRL0OoTtlorjUdhX_3tWA_6iK5Rm5Y26o9_15cWuwR_i3iovbjHAblHHCOPz0l721twTzIiivXe2jveVq0NkwpRwBJRzPGgYyu__Y4r8VStr3enLh5DWd9BLM-oPj8nU412J-EZ9JNq07Jc3I_On/s320/O-079%20Estuary-in-the%20Bay%20by%20Kim%20Vagt%20mm%2012x12%20$225.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-079 Estuary-in-the Bay by Kim Vagt mm 12x12 $225</td></tr></tbody></table></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Recently retired in 2020 from a career in healthcare, Kim
lives in the countryside near Mokelumne Hill in our pristine Sierra Nevada
foothills of Northern California where she has her art studio. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Kim gains inspiration from the wonder of local landscapes and
florals, abstract art compositions, and her true love for color. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">She enjoys various mediums and techniques using Acrylic, Watercolor,
Alcohol Ink, Oil Pastels, and Encaustic Wax. Every painting elicits pure
creative energy for her with a desire to create a unique emotional connection
for the viewer. “One piece leads me into the next and brings an exhilarating
sense of joy, wonder, and learning”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKa1RrWM3c7Gc5VMh6KBV28Ghb7aMo-CgNiGcboaI3dQWk-qBTQ8nCjykAwEwECXBtfKg0jeXPdDC3o76nVAEQq7m25VAs6BZCvOi0nipe8fylWHXKNeQQZYj-EMeSuq77EQ0QZSEkU6QduUFTEFCAzZaXLx8mG9Dv5qkWAMOEnaYqweMBAr1ZCtu/s1289/O-080%20Alyssum-Fields-of-Glory%20by%20Kim%20Vagt%20mm%2012x12%20$325.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1289" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGKa1RrWM3c7Gc5VMh6KBV28Ghb7aMo-CgNiGcboaI3dQWk-qBTQ8nCjykAwEwECXBtfKg0jeXPdDC3o76nVAEQq7m25VAs6BZCvOi0nipe8fylWHXKNeQQZYj-EMeSuq77EQ0QZSEkU6QduUFTEFCAzZaXLx8mG9Dv5qkWAMOEnaYqweMBAr1ZCtu/s320/O-080%20Alyssum-Fields-of-Glory%20by%20Kim%20Vagt%20mm%2012x12%20$325.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-080 Alyssum-Fields-of-Glory by Kim Vagt mm 12x12 $325</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Her recent judged art pieces showcased at:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Crocker Art Museum</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, Wonderous
Wax Exhibit 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sacramento Fine Arts Center</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> 54<sup>
</sup>and 55th National Motherlode Art Exhibit 2020-2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Gallery 48 at Natomas,</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
Movement, Mastery and Medium Sierra Wax Artists Exhibit, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ironstone Vineyard</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, 24<sup>th
</sup>and 25<sup>th</sup> Spring Obsession Art Competitions, 2021 and 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Calaveras Art Council Gallery</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, A
Few of My Favorite Things, Exhibit, 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Propeller Art Gallery, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Layers
of Meaning International Encaustic Exhibit, October 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Roseville Blueline Arts Gallery, </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">California
Encaustic Artists Exhibit,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>March, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Check
out Kim’s website: <span style="color: #0070c0;">https://www.kimvagt.com/<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-17024783318904314592023-03-20T13:39:00.003-07:002023-03-25T10:52:17.782-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Paula Tooman<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeYdff_iOf68kqBaosLfjPcBEPllreqiKRv2BmVMVeyUTcl2-fqRf93teagWvmINpIPrDp5GGwwkCfL0RBQG0Gc3XFtX29X8NywNaZzgTYcjezHf8zvQzCr9VqQSXdG9eUde3sfmijVW5z4ggx1B8FTbphNrj4brvDPxLD9QGatPLlda6oAFzrQ7s/s3668/O-045%20Blue%20on%20Blue%20by%20Paula%20Tooman%20wc%2016x20%20$250.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="3668" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeYdff_iOf68kqBaosLfjPcBEPllreqiKRv2BmVMVeyUTcl2-fqRf93teagWvmINpIPrDp5GGwwkCfL0RBQG0Gc3XFtX29X8NywNaZzgTYcjezHf8zvQzCr9VqQSXdG9eUde3sfmijVW5z4ggx1B8FTbphNrj4brvDPxLD9QGatPLlda6oAFzrQ7s/s320/O-045%20Blue%20on%20Blue%20by%20Paula%20Tooman%20wc%2016x20%20$250.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-045 Blue on Blue by Paula Tooman wc 16x20 $250</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Paula
Gale Tooman Bio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I feel like I am coming
home when I enter the art show at Ironstone Vineyards. The Gold Country has
always been special to me. My husband and I love sitting on the Ironstone patio
outside the wine tasting room having a glass of wine and some sandwiches. It’s
a privilege to return as a painter to one of my favorite places.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am Paula Gale Tooman
and I’ve been painting since my mid-twenties. I first got interested in water
color when I took a class from Muriel Doggett in adult education in Pleasanton,
California. It only took six weeks to fall in love with the fluid surprises of
painting with water colors. I’ve never been able to pry myself away from this
medium – it’s exciting, vibrant, unpredictable, and just plain fun. A friend
and I would try to go plein-air painting every few weeks. Sometimes we went to
the Sacramento Delta but mainly we painted in the Gold Country. Dogs loved us,
and people would meander by to see what we were doing. The spectators seemed to
be kind and somewhat envious of the fun we were having.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I had my first two
children I felt I was too busy to paint. But I didn’t know what busy really was
until my husband and I adopted twelve Ethiopians between 1994 and 1996. I was
too busy to do much of anything. Our last adoption was in 1999 of a handicapped
Down’s syndrome baby girl. But … I still dreamed of those days of painting in
the Gold Country and wanted to try again. When I was in my late fifties I had
only three kids at home – it felt like a vacation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This last year has been
very busy and quite strange because of Covid-19 and many new commitments. But,
“God willing and the creek don’t rise”, I’ll be spending much more time in my
studio this coming year, and I’m really looking forward taking on new
challenges of in my water color painting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in;"><span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBGerK1LQsBWHZ-1O3R6U7laOl1xUmYF_BklZ3oMM4wGLcEQ7u-J1Wvb4aLmBiIbJbGZzhbCYgApNqXm5wLVMvx2vrnwtIcygFRX-0cBe-6vFa6ej3iErVQRduWUvcyb3ANrrixXwo7x8f_BQhc8vmyRc4j3xaBAqBaz69HriqKV0G45CjCo4MJ6D/s800/O-046%20Sunflowers%20in%20the%20Alley%20by%20Paula%20Tooman%20wc%2023x18%20$225.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBGerK1LQsBWHZ-1O3R6U7laOl1xUmYF_BklZ3oMM4wGLcEQ7u-J1Wvb4aLmBiIbJbGZzhbCYgApNqXm5wLVMvx2vrnwtIcygFRX-0cBe-6vFa6ej3iErVQRduWUvcyb3ANrrixXwo7x8f_BQhc8vmyRc4j3xaBAqBaz69HriqKV0G45CjCo4MJ6D/s320/O-046%20Sunflowers%20in%20the%20Alley%20by%20Paula%20Tooman%20wc%2023x18%20$225.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-046 Sunflowers in the Alley by Paula Tooman wc 23x18 $225</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-15415251099432533162023-03-19T16:35:00.007-07:002023-03-24T16:51:44.100-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Michelle Thornburg<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyXWIcrCnSMwe3bTA7LgwflI6gFnWkjs2P6Wz5BotM9Z_wv4baSX3Wez4x751aNcQcbmM4msYqHJZIxEMngke-2qs_RmHg_FsOZbOi6eRmKHM56hn81zBjCqY6FnRSi7PFxjCaR_344HrgXsErjLzD-28kseadtwB3fMZ3zX-GtPpFzT4s66LKagq/s640/T-024%20Spring%20Flowers%20by%20Michelle%20Thornburg%20acrylic%2030x40%20$850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvyXWIcrCnSMwe3bTA7LgwflI6gFnWkjs2P6Wz5BotM9Z_wv4baSX3Wez4x751aNcQcbmM4msYqHJZIxEMngke-2qs_RmHg_FsOZbOi6eRmKHM56hn81zBjCqY6FnRSi7PFxjCaR_344HrgXsErjLzD-28kseadtwB3fMZ3zX-GtPpFzT4s66LKagq/w290-h387/T-024%20Spring%20Flowers%20by%20Michelle%20Thornburg%20acrylic%2030x40%20$850.jpg" width="290" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-024 Spring Flowers by Michelle Thornburg acrylic 30x40 $850</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Michelle Thornburg - Artist's Statement</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">My style of creating artwork is painting from the subconscious. There are no carefully planned sketches, no grids, it is just me and my paint with no expectations of anything but painting. I use my hands to apply the paint directly onto my canvas, no rules, just whatever feels right. The key for me is to let go of the conscious world around me, and just paint, allowing my hands to take the lead. Eventually the painting reveals itself. It's like daydreaming on a canvas.</span></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uzguKynpcCxNeYqr9ObNinAmrg9xJFkpagBZK5mY-9qA28058Xo5MSY71eiLfM9vi9J8zJAVJ8zmPKr9au6DDOhpStUPdzWHX2tmDrL8S7ctRXtpoHkG9FoJSTLu-COIrG-ccu4VnuPaHVYIr8dS_NlppJ4FcgaErInk_eFQbYRWJR68_kt4uH5E/s1117/T-025%20Mother%20Nature%20by%20Michelle%20Thornburg%20acrylic%2036x36%20$850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uzguKynpcCxNeYqr9ObNinAmrg9xJFkpagBZK5mY-9qA28058Xo5MSY71eiLfM9vi9J8zJAVJ8zmPKr9au6DDOhpStUPdzWHX2tmDrL8S7ctRXtpoHkG9FoJSTLu-COIrG-ccu4VnuPaHVYIr8dS_NlppJ4FcgaErInk_eFQbYRWJR68_kt4uH5E/s320/T-025%20Mother%20Nature%20by%20Michelle%20Thornburg%20acrylic%2036x36%20$850.jpg" width="309" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-025 Mother Nature by Michelle Thornburg acrylic 36x36 $850</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-size: x-large;">Artist's Biography</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Michelle Thornburg is a California Artist and Art Techer living and working in the Central Valley. She creates dream like paintings from her subconscious using the Surrealist technique of automatism, or automatic painting. Her technique of using mainly her hands to apply acrylic or oil paints to the canvas allow her to connect with her artwork. Her paintings are created by applying paints onto the canvas in various c9olors, patterns, and movements. Her paintings are often reworked and go through many changes before they are completed. These expressive paintings are full of fanciful images and colorful landscapes.</span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-88513944312324699892023-03-19T16:26:00.002-07:002023-03-26T15:38:26.186-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Stephen Testa<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk113548582"></a><b><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Bookman Old Style",serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 115%; mso-no-proof: yes; mso-themecolor: text2;">Artist Stephen M. Testa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">19736 Jesus Maria Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Mokelumne Hill, CA 95245<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Cell: (209) 402-6574<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Office: (209) 754-1422<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Email: stesta@goldrush.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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interests are in painting landscapes of geological interest, 19<sup>th</sup>
and early 20<sup>th</sup> Century black and white images of iconic geological
figures and landscapes from the great surveys of the 19th Century, and wildlife
(including domestic pets). For Stephen, the media of choice is watercolor
and the transformation from an historic dark black and white photo to
watercolor brings out a fresh perspective on such iconic individuals and
images. Stephen's other interests are in the painting of animal portraits
and wildlife. His initial inspiration for watercolors began in the early
1980s when he was working in the North Cascades. It was there that he met
Dr. Peter Misch, an iconic pioneering geologist of the North Cascades and
professor at the University of Washington. Dr. Misch was also an
accomplished mountain climber and during his many geological excursions would
take his watercolor set with him as he explored the North Cascades. It
was at his home where Peter first showed Stephen his watercolors and encouraged
him to pick up the brush along with a rock hammer. Some of Stephen's
earliest paintings were displayed at The Prince and Pauper Gallery in Seattle.
During this time, he also became a member of the Northwest Watercolor
Society. After a hiatus from painting in the late 1980s until 2017,
Stephen resumed his desire to paint in watercolor. Stephen is
self-taught, and has developed his style from books on technique, observation
of other artists' works, especially that of John Hunt and Robert Bateman, and
workshops, albeit his geologic training is an advantage in sketching and 3-D
visualization. He prefers watercolor for the spontaneity and many
challenges this media presents. His works have been shown at several
exhibitions throughout California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stephen
lives in Mokelumne Hill and is a member of the California Watercolor
Association and Mother Lode Art Association. Stephen’s works have been recently
exhibited at the Aloff Gallery, Sonora, CA, and the Linda Dirkx Brown Art
Gallery in San Ramon, CA, among others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-16676376606637239002023-03-19T16:14:00.004-07:002023-03-24T16:50:59.598-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist JC Strote<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxDiXJEL5kXkzSQ8e7vdL_4RUv_VwKI8HLDplbOx1Hr_Pqmp2SoqfUu6kYPM_gimhKCPV1pQtdDTlv0N4aWvu4N9Q3yCIZjP_UPFNW_1k1cWzUY2eKDsgeGtu971aHNWdK-WL8RG3Yuwdnex7OmsqMkKHxFhQfxWAt6IWozC3BAPgBCjlMb3wS1ga/s1650/O-047%20Blue%20Geormetric%20by%20JC%20Strote%20glass%20fusion%2016x8%20$350.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1650" data-original-width="1275" height="431" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZxDiXJEL5kXkzSQ8e7vdL_4RUv_VwKI8HLDplbOx1Hr_Pqmp2SoqfUu6kYPM_gimhKCPV1pQtdDTlv0N4aWvu4N9Q3yCIZjP_UPFNW_1k1cWzUY2eKDsgeGtu971aHNWdK-WL8RG3Yuwdnex7OmsqMkKHxFhQfxWAt6IWozC3BAPgBCjlMb3wS1ga/w333-h431/O-047%20Blue%20Geormetric%20by%20JC%20Strote%20glass%20fusion%2016x8%20$350.jpeg" width="333" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-047 Blue Geormetric by JC Strote glass fusion 16x8 $350</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong><i><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #666666; font-family: "inherit",serif; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">About JC Strote:<o:p></o:p></span></i></strong></p>
<p style="background: white; margin: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; mso-line-height-alt: 18.0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Lato",sans-serif; font-size: 24.0pt;">JC has
been practicing and developing her passion for fused glass art for over 20
years. She is also an art educator and leads private fused glass classes by
appointment. Her gallery affiliations include the Lodi Community Art Center,
Blue Line Arts in Roseville, the Stockton Art League Goodwin Gallery, and
Archival Gallery in Sacramento. JC serves as the Awards Juror for the
Sculpture category in the 2019 KVIE Art Auction.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768665569303436523.post-35458711993757308652023-03-19T16:12:00.004-07:002023-03-24T16:50:49.592-07:00Meet 2023 Spring Obsession Artist Tracy Stone<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Tracy Stone</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfumkjdcwh9HKXUJetAxpcwE06hJ4Ijyla40SdEiKnEsBjDbdrEBFeAQNmC7vhziyc97ispB2Pj9jnigsnw_EUenZJm4E_FHr1gNsXxXk5VrMwxiihVFajycZvo8o2yWlInESWyG88svNaXJQPEHi7BfPfsQ4WBYVQor5miizOf7xIeA8Mku9uxcS/s100/O-035%20Panting%20Luke%20by%20Tracy%20Stone%20oil%2012x12%20$500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="100" data-original-width="100" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWfumkjdcwh9HKXUJetAxpcwE06hJ4Ijyla40SdEiKnEsBjDbdrEBFeAQNmC7vhziyc97ispB2Pj9jnigsnw_EUenZJm4E_FHr1gNsXxXk5VrMwxiihVFajycZvo8o2yWlInESWyG88svNaXJQPEHi7BfPfsQ4WBYVQor5miizOf7xIeA8Mku9uxcS/w202-h202/O-035%20Panting%20Luke%20by%20Tracy%20Stone%20oil%2012x12%20$500.jpg" width="202" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">O-035 Panting Luke by Tracy Stone oil 12x12 $500</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">About me, I am originally from the Bay Area and currently live in Valley Springs CA. I recently retired this year, and am looking forward to spending more time learning and perfecting my art abilities, as this is one of my passions.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My hobbies other than art are horseback riding, and spending time with my labrador retrievers and my Dockies. Pastimes are boating and traveling. Of course my most favorite times are with my 13 grandchildren.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I have watched my husband Bradford Stone create wonderful art creations. I finally have time to join him and create some of my own, although we have very different techniques. We always critique each other and also give each other encouragement</span></p><p><br /></p>Ironstone Museumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09377452243586812732noreply@blogger.com0