SOLD O-027 Sunflowers & Elevator by Chella Gonsalves oil 30x16 $710 |
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Pleased to announce "Feathers in the Wind" by Michelle Thornburg is off to a new home!
SOLD O-015Feathers-in-the-Windby Michelle Thornburg acrylic 30x40- $850 |
One of the first paintings to find a new home since the Show Opening on the 6th. Sold this past weekend, during a very busy day here at Ironstone. The Gallerias are now open to view the 24th Annual Spring Obsession Art Show & Sale. Let the Tasting Room hostess know you are here for the Art Show. If we are not at our maximum capacity, you will be admitted immediately to browse the exhibit and enjoy the wonderful paintings and drawings on display.
O-016 rainbow-dreams by Michelle Thornburg acrylic -36x36- $850
Michelle Thornburg - Artist's Statement
O-015 Feathers-in-the-Windby Michelle Thornburg acrylic 30x40- $850 |
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.
Artist's Biography
O-014 Sea-of-color-by Michelle Thornburg acrylic 30x40- $850 |
Michelle Thornburg is a California Artist and Art Teacher 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 paint to the canvas allow her to connect with her artwork. Her paintings are created by applying paints onto the canvas in various colors, 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.
O-089 Periphery by Henrietta Sparkman pastel 30x22 $800 |
Plein Air work of
Henrietta Sparkman
O-091 VerdantValley by Henrietta Sparkman pastel 22x26 $600 |
A versatile artist, Henrietta Sparkman earned degrees in Studio Art, Industrial Arts and Art Education. Her teaching continues with workshops both in various media regionally and abroad.
Henrietta's work is created in both two and three dimensional mediums. Recently she has concentrated her work painting en plein air, water-color, painting making and abstract painting.
An award winning artist, she actively exhibits and her work has been shown in a variety of venues: Chartreuse Muse, Mistlin Gallery, CSU, UCSF, Yosemite Renaissance, Ironstone Winery, Museum of Monterey, The Carnegie Arts Center, California Breast Cancer Research Symposium Art Exhibit, Firehouse Gallery, JayJay, Harrington, Pacific Grove Art Center, The Grand Center Theater for the Arts, Goodwin Gallery, State Fair & more. She is actively involved in community art organization and believes artists give as much as they create.O-090 RiverBend by Henrietta Sparkman pastel 22x26 $600
Terry Richardson
O-049 -Aspens-by Terry Richardson -oil 20-x 10- $350 |
I began doing art at an early age while in grade school. I can remember spending hours in my room drawing, copying other artist’s work. I studied it formally in High School and college but abandoned it to pursue a career in Occupational Therapy and to raise my 2 girls. At some point in my adulthood I mentioned to my husband that I would like to start painting again and that year, for my birthday, he bought me an easel, paints and paint brushes. There was no turning back now! I needed to refresh my skills so I enrolled in an art class through Columbia College taught by Gereon Rios. I was hooked!
O-050 -Life Gives You Lemons-by Terry Richardson - oil 12-x 14- $325 |
I continue to be inspired by the beautiful world around us and other artists.
O-051-Princess- by Terry Richardson oil 15x17-$475 |
Thank you and enjoy the show.
Terry D. Richardson
July Ryder
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
O-055 Bee-Target- by Judy Ryder wc 22x22 $1200 |
I stepped into the world of art seven years ago when I took my first photography class. Taking photos opened my eyes in a new, inquisitive and expansive way to what was around me.
As one thing often leads to another, a photographer friend encouraged me to join Popi Tyler's watercolor class. This was an invitation to learn something new. Her weekly class provided an opportunity to sink into the study and practice of painting while observing my emerging style and expression. Popi has been a wonderful teacher.
When I paint, I open to my evolving creative process, and I love how it offers an element of surprise between intention and what is finally captured on paper. As I was drawn to the abstract in photography, I also enjoy combining realism and abstract in my paintings.
My home is in Sebastopol, California, where my husband and I raised our family and continue to reside.
Judy Ryder
judyryder43@icloud.com
707-888-8501
2nd Place Winner, Open Division O-021 Above the Fray by Cali Roberson pencil 14x18 $2000 |
Cali Roberson grew up outside of
O-022 See-It-My-Way by Cali Roberson pencil 10x14 $850 |
At age 11 she began spending summers
living with cutting and cow horse trainers Carl and Kathy Gould.
O-023 Bend by Cali Roberson penink 8x10 $850 |
After years of trying to work a full-time
job, train her horses, and draw,
Katherine Plumer
Artist Statement
When you were a child, what did you want to do when you grew up? For me, the dream of being an artist has been unwavering, blossoming and growing ever since my little hands could use a crayon. I created art because I feel like it's something I need to do, and because I love it more than anything else, and because of the indescribable joy of the moment when a piece that I created resonates with someone else, and becomes something that they treasure for the rest of their life.
For most of my life, I have lived in the town of Wilton, California, a rural area south of Sacramento. I was raised on a farm and have always had a passion for nature and animals. The creatures that surround and inhabit my life have a strong influence on the artwork that I create. I am not only to portray my subject matter as realistically and accurately as possible, but also to capture the expression and soul of an animal.
O-047 Rosebud by Katherine Plumer pencil 11x14 $8900 |
The drawing you see here in the show is done with colored pencil, which is perhaps my very favorite art medium. Over the years I have explored many ways of creating art, and currently focus on engraving, drawing, and a mixed media style that combines elements of painting and drawing. The subject, Rosebud the Red Roan Clydesdale draft horse, actually lives just a mile or o down the road from me, and I've been lucky to spend time with her! I've wanted to draw her for years, and finally did so after taking some reference photos at a horse show early one morning a couple years back. This drawing turned out exactly as I had hoped.
I invite you to follow me on social media, where you will see "behind the scenes" as I create new custom art pieces.
Facebook: KatherinePlumerFineArt
Instagram: katherineplumer
W. Vaughn Lew Bio:
O-033 South Fork of the Stanislaus by Vaughn Lew oil 24x18 $1155 |
Born 1946 at Baker City, Oregon. Lived a ranch/country life. Lots of free drawing with pencil and india ink.
O-034 Tuolumne Grazers by Vaughn Lew oil 24x12 $770 |
First art Techer gave minimal instruction, just draw, draw, draw. That was fine with me. Moved to Lodi California 1961. Took some art but still not much depth to the instruction.
T-025 Let There be Light by Vaughn Lew oil 18x24 $550 |
Enrolled in the art program at Sacramento State. Emphasis was on commercial art with DeWitt Whistler Jayne, a nationally known illustrator, portrait painter, and art director. Tarmo Pasto, an art psychologist and art instructor, was also an important influence. After college I taught art at Elk Grove High School, Los Rios Correctional Center, and various adult education programs. Currently live in Hughson, California with my sweet wife Glenda, Daughter Melissa, Precious the cat, and sister Sadie the Dog.
Carol Leonti
O-052 Fire-in-the-Sky by Carol Leonti wc 41x34 $1975 |
I love transparent watercolor because it naturally expresses my feelings for my subjects. It can make images glow with light and i am constantly challenged by its many exciting possibilities.
I have studied with talented painters Christopher Schink, Alvaro Castagnet, Frank Webb, and Dale Laitenen. Influential mentors are Carl Miller AWS and Popi Tyler from Santa Rosa.O-053 Down-by-the-Creek by Carol Leonti wc 14x8 $695
My paintings hand in Gallery One, Petaluma, and can also be seen on my website cleontiwatercolor.com and on the Gallery One website.
George Haskell
Artist and Musician
O-073 High Five by George Haskell oil 8x10 $275 |
O-075 Spirited by George Haskell oil 12x12 $475 |
Besides art, George is also a musician. He sings and plays both guitar and banjo at
local wineries and restaurants.
O-074 Security by George Haskell oil 8x10 $275 |
George lives just outside of Murphys on the top of Treasure
Mountain with his wife Patricia, two cats, two corgis and two horses.
SANDRA CAMPBELL
O-039 Mountain-Stream by Sandra Campbell pastel 12x16 $225 |
SOLD O-042 Red-Blue-Birds-Against-Striped-Sky by Sandra Campbell collage 12x15 $210 |
For pastels, I like to work on
sanded surfaces, which allow for more layers of color. When people hear the word ‘pastel,’ they may
think of soft colors. But what attracts
me to this medium is the possibility for vibrant oranges, brilliant yellows,
and intense purples and reds.
O-041 At-the-Beach by Sandra Campbell collage 14x14 $185 |
Mixed media pieces utilize
traditional canvasses, canvas panels or boards, both cradled and flat. Many of my collage pieces are fabricated from
rice or similar-type papers, which come in a variety of textures. Others
utilize papers out of discarded picture books or atlases.
Landscapes are created both from my
own photographs and by working plein air with fellow artists in a group that
meets twice monthly for critique and support.
Many of the finished products are featured at an annual art show sponsored
by the Amador County Artists Association (ACAA).
O-040 Flowers-in-Blue-Vase-by Sandra Campbell pastel 16x18 $250 |
Amador County is alive with artists
who inspire me and support my efforts.
Periodically, I take a college class or an artist’s workshop which may
send me in a new direction. Membership
in the ACAA and Amador County Arts Council provides collegial support as does
my informal art group. My work is on
display at the Sutter Creek Gallery at 40 Main Street, Sutter Creek. View additional images on my website at www.sandracampbellart.com and the
gallery’s website, www.suttercreekgallery.com.
2021
Jan Atwood-Ramey
O-017 Xan by Janice Atwood-Ramey wc 12x14 $1200
One picture, one idea, can
send me on a journey of creativity. I love that journey!
I have always been interested
in portraiture. My mother was an artist and I was always fascinated by her oil
portraits of my sister. I spent hours drawing faces.
Now I try to expand my
horizons with a floral or landscape and have some success but I am always happy
to return to portraits.
I have developed some skill
in pastels as well as watercolor and use both depending on what the subject
seems to be best suited for.
This portrait is of my
grandson, Xan, at age 14. He is changing so rapidly that each portrait that I
do of him seems to be of a different person.
Jan Ramey
SOLD O-069 Tucked Below the mountains by Margarita Anderson acr 9x12 $250 |
I am a Tracy, CA artist, motivated by the natural beauty of California and influenced by both French and California Impressionism. I paint in acrylic both outdoors and in the studio. I have been a member of the Tracy art community for nine years and am currently on both the Tracy Art Commission and the board of the Tracy Art League.
Please visit my website to view more of my artwork at margaritaandersonart.com
You can follow me on Instagram at margaritaanderonfineart
You also can find my work online at The Grand Galleries in Tracy
And
In the New Dawn online exhibit published by the Livermore Art Association
Artist Bio
Kristina S. Anderson, is an impressionist painter based in the Central Valley of California. She i a protege of award winning artist Vincent Walsh, who was himself a disciple of Can Waldron. Kristina holds an Art Minor from Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia, and has since studied with Viacheslav Korolenkov.
Our creator romances each one of us everyday. His way to my heart is through color, nature, and the people in my life. As an artist I am drawn to capture this encounter I have with Him, and I choose to express it through color and flowing strokes. As I am but an instrument, I can only hope that these pieces will spark moments of peace, solace, and joy to those who view them.
O-066 Alleyway Curiosity by Kristina Anderson acrylic 8x10 $200 |
2021 Spring Obession Ironstone Vineyards Murphys, CA
2020 Carnegie Art Showcase Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA
2020 Expressions Tracy Art League, Tracy, CA
2019 Expressions Tracy Art League, Tracy, CA
O-067 BC Memories by Kristina Anderson acrylic 9x12 $250 |
Galleries
Grand Theater Center for the Arts
Cultural Arts Division
715 Central Avenue
Tracy, CA 95376 209.831.6TKT (6858)
O-068 Autumn Trail by Kristina Anderson acrylic 8x10 $200 |
Saturday March 6, 2021 through May 23, 2021
Exhibit Open to the public
Thursday—Sunday, 11:00—3:00
please note: if room is at 25% occupancy, you will be required to wait for an opening. Check with Bistro staff.
Closing Gala Weekend Event
May 22 & 23, 2021 11:00 - 3:00
Artist Meet n Greet, Art in Action Free admittance
Artist Reception / Food & Wine Pairing 3:00 - 6:00 $25 pp
Reservations required: 209-728-1251
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