Meet Artist Amy Bultena

Amy Bultena

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Amy Bultena’s work is about control amid chaos. Amy grew up surrounded by the thick vegetation of the woods where plants grow wild and unfettered. Yet, to the careful, observant eye a sort of order emerges, a calm amid the commotion. As someone who lives everyday with mental illness, Amy deeply appreciates watching other organisms find clarity in turmoil. Observing plants steadily grow according to their own rhythms and needs gives her a desperately needed sense of peace. It also reinforces the concept that what feels chaotic and difficult may actually just be a (beautiful) pattern of growth.  The lessons Amy finds in observing plants is what she seeks to share with her paintings. Amy observes plants growing wild, contained, and/or cut, and translates the reassuring peace and beauty she finds amid the disarray.

Online

   www.amybultenaart.com

   www.instagram.com/amybultenaart

Education

Ed.S. Inclusive Education, Kennesaw State University

M.A.T Art Education, Kennesaw State University

B.F.A. Painting, The University of Georgia

O-065 Echinacea-in-Bud-Vase-by Amy Bultena acrylic 30-x-40-in-1 $2500

Exhibitions

2019  2019	I Like Your Work Podcast Be. Long. Ing. Online Exhibition www.ilikeyourworkpodcast.com/belong Mistlin Gallery Autumn Art Showcasse
2008	Sub-Lit Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 3, Featured Artist
2007	New Art Show, Fine Line Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006	“Art Party” Show, Doog Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004	Alpharetta Heritage Festival, Alpharetta, GA
2004	“Gluttony Digest,” Vol. 1, Issue 4, Featured Painter
2004	Estrofest Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
2004	North Georgia Juried Exhibition, Abernathy Fine Arts Center, Roswell, GA
2004	Bella Nova Emerging Artists Show, King Plow Art Center, Atlanta, GA

O-066 Breakfast-Flowers-by Amy Bultena acrylic 24-in-x-24-in-1$750

Meet Artist Andrea Fox Schwartz

Andrea Fox Schwartz Artist Bio 


Andrea Fox Schwartz was born in Oceanside, New York and has lived in the Bay Area for the past 30 years.  Andrea has been a practicing Immigration Attorney by day and an Artist by night.

O-010  Happy-Hour by Andrea Schwartz  mm 17x22 $400

Andrea always exhibited an artistic ability creating unique projects in both 3D and 2D. Andrea began creating glass art about 6 years ago.  She began her journey by attending flameworking and glass blowing classes and workshops throughout the Bay Area.  In 2015 Andrea built a home studio which allowed her to get the time on the torch to develop her own unique and artistic style of glass blowing.

Growing up near the ocean Andrea has always had a fascination with the sea and the life underneath the waves.  Andrea has created many colorful pieces representing sea life, nature and other colorful and whimsical figures.

O-012 SanFrancisco Skyline by Andrea Schwartz  mm 12x16  $180

In 2017 Andrea was invited to showcase several of her glass pieces at the Delta Art Gallery in Brentwood, CA.  While spending time working at the gallery Andrea had the opportunity to sit on several painting classes.  Andrea discovered that she also had the ability to paint much the way she interpreted her glass art.  Since then she has never stopped expressing her creative ideas in both mediums of canvas and glass.

Andrea has created beautiful portraits in both acrylic and oil.  Her unique signature for all her paintings is to add a small amount of glitter adding color and fun to these one of a kind painting.  Recently Andrea has been creating pet portraits based on photos sent to her by their owners.  These colorful renditions of man’s best friends have resulted in lasting happy memories for their owners.


Currently Andrea’s work can be seen at the Delta Gallery of the Arts, Brentwood, CA, Blackhawk Art Gallery, Blackhawk, Ca, Brentwood Community Center, Brentwood, Ca and the Oakley Library, Oakley, Ca.

Meet Artist Phyllis Berger

Artist Statement

Phyllis Berger

O-021 Poppy by Phyllis Berger  wc 11x14 $400

             I spent my early childhood in Stockton, later young years on a ranch outside of Clements, and then back to Stockton for about 50 years.  I have always loved Calaveras County, and feel lucky to have a home here now.  I am married, with an extended blended family.  My son Jon and his family live in Arnold, which greatly enhances my affection for this area.

O-024 Clements Longhorn by Phyllis Berger wc 11x14 $150

            I am an attorney and law professor, and recently retired from active practice and teaching.  I still do some consulting.  My work and community activities have kept me very busy over the course of my career, but of course retirement reduced the demands on my time.  I decided to take drawing and watercolor classes in the OLLI program at UOP last fall, under the guidance of instructor Deanna Hunt.  She and my wonderful old and new friends in the classes greatly inspired me to embrace the creative process, and now I like to paint almost every day.  Although I am a beginner, I hope it is never too late to learn, and that I can continue to develop my skills and appreciation. 

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”  Picasso

Meet Artist Katherine Plumer

Katherine Plumer

Artist Statement

O-062 Luminous- by Katherine Plumer mm 9x12  $4525

 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 create 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 I 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 aim 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-063 OxfordOldEnglishGame- by Katherine Plumer mm 16x20 $5325

The work you see here is all 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.

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