Spring, Wine and Song    oil  18x24  $500

Artist:  Carol L. Clark

E-mail:  c14rogercarol@goldrush.com

Carol’s favorite medium is oil 

paint.  She loves their rich range from bright crisp to soft 

muted colors.  She also likes the richness that is achieved 

through glazing. Carol enjoys painting many subjects 

including local landscapes, historic buildings and homes, 

florals and still life.

Carol is currently displaying this work at the Ironstone 

Vineyards Spring Obsession Show, March 1^st and 2^nd 2014.  

As a credentialed teacher she taught Art in California, Utah, 

and Pennsylvania.  Her formal Art education was at 

California State University at Long Beach.  While living in 

Pennsylvania, she sold work at the Fall Festival Art Show in 

Pottstown and the Birdsboro Community Fine Art Show. 

She lives in La Contenta, Valley Springs, California.  Her current work is sold as originals.

Meet Artist Mary Kay Wilson, 2014 Spring Obsession Theme Division Accepted Artist

Mary Kay Wilson   

Making Arrangements   w/c  17.5x13  $795

www.facebook.com/MaryKayWilsonArt
www.marykaywilsonart.com

A native Californian, Mary Kay Wilson, graduated from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA with a BA in painting. Since graduating she has worked extensively in watercolors.  Her award winning paintings have been widely exhibited both locally and nationally. Shows including: The National Watercolor Society Annual Exhibit, Watercolor USA, Watercolor West Annual Juried Exhibition, Pikes Peak Watercolor Society, and The Watercolor Art Society of Houston. In 2002 she was selected to participate in the public art project, Community of Angels, painting one of the life-sized fiberglass angels that inhabited the streets of Los Angeles during that summer. Wilson was also a member of the mural team in Judy Chicago’s Envisioning the Future, painting a 140' x 42' mural.  Her paintings have been published in The Artist’s Source Book: 80 Watercolor Painting References. Currently Wilson’s interpretation of the San Fernando Mission can be seen traveling around Los Angeles on buses and trains, part of Metro’s through the eyes of artist poster series.

T-015   The Green Table   watercolor  20x26   $1250

 “Most of my paintings are subjects that capture my attention in the course of daily life, driving around Los Angeles or on my travels. Many of the watercolors are inspired by scenes around my home and garden, focusing on the details. Although flowers are a favorite subject, I delight in discovering beauty in less expected circumstances. The setting sun shining through a dead leaf, making it glow. Sunlight sparkling on the edge of a river illuminating brilliant colors in rocks that would otherwise just appear brown. Bright colors of plastic toys bathed in sunlight. Peeling paint on an old sign. The quality of light as part of the subject is the unifying element of my work, and the luminosity of watercolors is ideal for depicting that radiance.”

Meet Artist Mardell Schuster, 2014 Spring Obsession Theme Division Accepted Artist

Mardell Schuster  

T-010  Three of a Kind  color pencil  12x15  $900

Artist’s Biography –

T-009   Daylight  color pencil  13.5x13.5  $900

Mardell Schuster studied illustration and graphic design at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in the early 1980’s.  While being a stay at home mom and raising her three sons she had the opportunity to experiment with many different mediums which included watercolor, acrylic, oil and colored pencil. In 2002 she accepted a position as the Marketing Manager for a small but quickly growing equipment maintenance management company. Mardell has found colored pencil to be a very portable and agreeable medium to work with while juggling a busy work and travel schedule. Colored pencils have greatly evolved over the last 20 years and is the only medium that involves both drawing and painting. Mardell currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and five cats. 

Meet Artist Lorna Hunt * Ironstone's Spring Obsession 17th annual THEME DIVISION Accepted Artist

T-008  Tulips  pastel  12x16  $520.

Lorna Hunt

www.lornahuntfineart.com

Though Lorna has drawn and painted for most of her life, it was not until the last fifteen years that she has been able to dedicate her time to fine art.
She enjoys the flow and spontaneity of watercolor, the rich, juicy qualities of oil paint and the immediacy of pastel.  She is inspired by the amazing beauty of the Sierra foothills to paint en Plein Air, combining her love of the outdoors with her passion for art.

Lorna feels privileged to have studied with many wonderful area artists and also to have participated in workshops given by nationally known artists.

She emigrated from Argentina to Pleasant Hill, Ca. with her parents in the early 60s, married and raised a family in Livermore, grew almonds in Ripon, and retired to Sonora where she can indulge in her artistic endeavors.

Lorna received an honorable mention for her acrylic painting, "Waiting" in the MLAA show honoring the AMGEN bicycle race.
She was awarded second place for her pastel painting, "Sunset" in the 2012 MLAA Fall Show.
"The Red Church" was selected by Senator Tom Berryhill for inclusion in the Senate's 2013-14 CA Contemporary Art Collection exhibit.


She shows her work at the Aloft Art Gallery in Sonora www.aloftartgallery.com
and is a member of the Mother Lode Art Association. www.motherlodeartassociation.org