Meet Artist Patricia Cherry, Spring Obsession Open Division Accepted Artist

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Ms. Cherry believes all of life is art.  





Her motto for a creative life:  ”Ditch your inner critic, laugh at yourown ego, pick the thing you love and work like crazy, and no matter how tough it gets practice gratitude and peace daily."



Fine Art education includes attending San Francisco State University, California College of Arts and Crafts, University of California at Berkeley, and Escuela de Belles Artes in San Miquel de Allende, Guanajauto Mexico. In addition she has taken many other art workshops from diverse and talented Artists. She did this concurrently while working as a busy CEO of a San Francisco Bay Area Staffing firm.
An award winning professional artist she has won awards at such shows as Ironstone Spring Art Show and Gallo’s Annual Art show. She has had one-person shows in San Joaquin, Calaveras, Amador and San Mateo Counties. In Northern California her art can currently be seen at Bonsack Gallery in Oakdale and at C Gallery and Fine Art in East Sonora.
Patricia was co-founder of Sonora Art Trails, a successful open art studio tour bringing tourists and art lovers to Tuolumne County. She is frequently a guest speaker for community groups on the subject of why art is important to education and society. She is known for writing a weekly column for Sierra Lodestar, “Art Matters”.  She teaches “How to Find Your Visual Voice” to a select group of artists who take their painting but not themselves seriously.

Judy Boles, Spring Obsession Open Division Accepted Artist

Judy Boles Art

O-026  Pioneer Cabin Tree  acrylic  12x16  $350

As a girl, I took many cross country road trips with my family, watching the varied landscapes go by. During those trips, my father instilled a sense of adventure and an appreciation for the beauty in all landscapes: orchards, cornfields, lakes, mountains, sea coasts and even barren deserts. Painting and drawing the things I saw became a favorite childhood pass time.  After finishing college, I taught high school English and Art in northern California for several years, but my art soon took a back seat to the joys of children and to the demands of the corporate world. Since my retirement in 2006, I have been pursuing my passion for art more fully.

O-025  Bear in Bloom  oil  12x16  $350-

My work is a visual diary of scenes that have inspired me. The close observation needed to render a scene on canvas makes me feel connected to the place. While living many years in Sonoma County, I was drawn to the coastal hills, the shoreline, and the wonderful vistas of the wine country. In 2011 my husband and I moved to Arnold, CA, in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where we live in the awesome beauty of a national forest. My new inspirations are mountain streams, alpine lakes, Sequoia trees and the constantly changing seasons.

O-027  Uneven Ripening  oil  9x12  $350

Please visit my web gallery at: rojubo.com/jbolesart
or email me at: rojubo@rojubo.com

Meet Artist Connie McLennan, Spring Obsession OPEN DIVISION accepted artist

Connie McLennan

O-112  Winter Hills, Monterey Co.  oil  24x24  $1495

2nd. Place Winner

Connie McLennan grew up in Yreka, CA, where she showed quarter horses and sometimes accompanied her father, a veterinarian, on his out-calls amid the natural beauty of Mt. Shasta and the surrounding countryside.

Connie graduated from CSU, Sacramento with a degree in journalism, then spent two years studying illustration at San Francisco's Academy of Art. She began as a freelancer, illustrating a variety of advertising, institutional and editorial projects, including thirteen children’s books. 

O-111  Spring Smorgasbord  oil  14x12  $425

She attended her first painting workshop with Craig Nelson in 1994 and continued paint with Craig for five days every winter for several years. In 2010, she turned to painting full time and was enormously influenced by a series of workshops with well-known impressionist Don Hatfield.

Connie is a two-time contributor to the Air Force Art Collection. One of her paintings currently hangs in the State Capitol, representing the 1st Senate District in California’s 2013-2014 Senate Contemporary Art collection.

O-110  Tulip Dance  oil  12x12  $350

Meet Artist Marilyn Wear, Open Division Accepted Artist & 1st. Place Award Winner!

Marilyn Wear garnered the 1st place award at Ironstone's 17th Annual Spring Obsession Art Show.

Marilyn Wear NWS, WW, CWA

www.marilynwear.com

O-069 Storm Along the Canal  watercolor  11x16 $800

1st. Place Winner, Open Division

Biography

Marilyn was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area, where she graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design. She worked as an advertising artist/illustrator until 2003, then left her last job in commercial art to pursue her dream of becoming a full time fine artist. Her work won immediate recognition, winning awards in juried shows around the country. In 2005 she was selected as a signature member of the National Watercolor Society. She has since been selected for signature membership in Watercolor West, and California Watercolor Association.

Although she also paints with oil and acrylics, her favorite medium is transparent watercolor, where she uses a technique of layering many glazes of watercolor to create richness and depth, while retaining a glowing vibrancy. She finds some of her best subject matter close to home in her garden and in the Sierra Nevada mountains, particularly the dramatic landscapes of Yosemite National Park. She has a special interest in painting birds and wildlife, both local to home and to wherever she travels. Her style in realistic with an emphasis on capturing the light, color and mood of her chosen subject.

O-068  Nut Snatcher  watercolor  11x16  $800

She is currently represented by First Street Gallery in Turlock, CA

http://www.firststreetgalleries.com

and Cedar Street Gallery in Honolulu, Hawaii

http://www.cedarstreetgalleries.com

Marily can be contacted by email and marilynwear@aol.com or through her website: http://www.marilynwear.com