Meet Artist Victoria Fout

 

Victoria Fout

O-056 Show-your-feathers by Victoria Fout mm 16x20 $450

Life can be very hard, so I try to add a splash of color and whimsy by imagining my own fantastical worlds and beings, exploring the duality between fantasy and reality, light and darkness, life and death, expressing emotion, and reimagining nature. I create fantastical creatures and surreal landscapes using acrylic on canvas as my main choice of medium. I love a colorful palette, and creating different textures so much that in some pieces, I often manipulate acrylic mediums, sew raw canvas, include 3dimensional elements such as fabric to elevate the painting experience to bring my fantastical worlds even more to life.

I grew up in Angels Camp, California. I found my love for art at Columbia Community college during the most difficult time in my personal life. Art became a life-raft; I found comfort, escape, therapy, and a creative outlet. Art allows me to express myself. I am a local artist with a fresh and unique colorful perspective. I earned my BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2016. My artwork has been shown at the Calaveras County Arts Council, Ironstone Vineyards, Crafty Chicks Road Show, Manzanita Arts Emporium in Angels Camp, and at the Calaveras County Fair. I also serve as a Board member for the Calaveras Arts Council.

Lost within my own darkness I find the colors of expression and joy when I paint. My art is an invitation into my world, welcome.

Meet Artist Angela Harmon

 

       

   Angela Harmon

 

Angela Harmon is a 1999 transplant from the Bay Area.  She and her husband Don have transformed their property on historic Main Street in Douglas Flat including an art studio with origins from an 1850’s cabin, orchard trees and gardens of inspiration and joy.  Angela’s art studio was the original home on the property. 

O-081 Margarita-Time by Angela Harmon mm 12x14 $200

Recently retired, Angela is now enjoying a renewed avocation in floral art designs.  Drawing upon her experience and design concepts from competitive flower show arrangements and flower creations for weddings, Angela is creating floral arts in watercolor, collage and mixed media.  Participating in oil painting workshops given by local artist Janette Jones, Angela was encouraged to pursue her passion for flowers in new creative artistic mediums.  Her abundant floral gardens are a continual source of inspiration in creating designs of bright color and detail.  She also creates dried floral wreaths, which she has done for over 15 years, utilizing flowers and ornamental herbs she grows in her garden.

Although primarily self-taught and continually learnO-082 Anybody Home by Angela Harmon mm 16x20 $295ing from published artists via books and video tutorials, Angela has been fortunate to learn fundamental design and value techniques from local fine artist Judie Cain.  She recently attended a painted papers collage class by fine artist Elizabeth St. Hilaire, a signature member of the National Collage Society, and an award-winning collage artist. 

O-083 Celebrate! by Angela Harmon mm 12x18 $400

Angela has exhibited her paintings at the Carnegie Arts Center in Turlock, Ca., Ironstone Spring Obsession show in Murphys, Ca., and gallery shows of the Calaveras County Arts Council.  She is a member of the Arts Council and has participated in their open studio tours. Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, she was an exhibiting artist at the Manzanita Arts Gallery in Angels Camp, Ca.  Follow Angela on her Instagram account @angelaharmoncreativearts.  

Meet Artist Ron Miranda

  Ron Miranda

O-019  Orange Crush  by Ron-Miranda  oil 28x22 $2500

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Ron was born in the island of Guam, an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States in Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. His parents are of Chamorro and Filipino descent. Ron currently resides in Southern California where he studied art at the California State University, Long Beach, earning a Bachelor's in Fine Arts degree graduation with honors.

Ron began working as a graphic artist receiving state and national awards and accolades for his work.  As a graphic artist, it had set him up on his lifelong journey to find his own unique style and language, to create amazing paintings pulsating with the light and energy that emanates from his heart and soul. Now his focus is as a full-time art painter to grow and discover new visual boundaries.

O-020  Pond-Sunday  by Ron-Miranda  oil 20x16 $1700

Most of Ton's inspirations and influences are from fond memories of Guam; romanticizing visions and memories of the rich tropical vegetations, fauna and some of the amazing color, textures and patterns that channel their way into his paintings. Heightened color is paramount in Ron's paintings with exaggerated hues to push boundaries and strike a chord with the viewers.

Many of Ron's works range from realism to abstract. The concepts for his abstract works run deep from his island culture and music. Ron finds incentive for his representational pieces from a collection of images via his personal digital library that he photographed throughout his life.

Very well versed in computer graphics design programs, Ron applies his computer skills to conjure up his painting compositions. He works mainly with oils and sometimes uses acrylic, charcoal, color pencil, gouache and pencil.

Ron hopes his paintings resonate with a broad spectrum of people, engaging the viewer in present time with a modern beauty crested through his imaginations and life experiences.

meet Artist Paula Tooman

 Paula Tooman

O-035 Hope by Paula Gale Tooman wc 17x14 $175

My name is Paula Tooman. I really love doing watercolor painting. The colors intrigue me and the techniques always present interesting challenges. In my thirties I started painting – but was busy raising two children so could not paint as often as I desired. In my forties my husband and I adopted fourteen children – thirteen Ethiopians and one handicapped girl from the United States. The children were and are a joy – and sometimes a sorrow. We certainly felt emotions parallel to those experienced by parents all over the world – multiplied by fourteen! As was expected they did keep me very busy and I found time to paint only sporadically. Now I’m in my early seventies and we only have three children at home. My husband prepared a home studio for me and I am enjoying the freedom to regularly paint again with my beloved watercolors. It is such a luxury to have time to paint again and I’m having great fun doing it!

O-038 Barn-in-the-Woods by Paula Gale Tooman wc 23x29 $350

I enjoy most of all painting flowers, people, and landscapes. They lend themselves to the use of a great variety of painting materials, many color variants, and a host of presentation and brushing techniques. I am always reading books and watching DVDs or YouTube  tutorials by other artists to encourage myself to try new ideas and to look at each new blank paper as a new and interesting challenge.

O-036 Hawaiian-Daydream by Paula Gale Tooman wc 20x24 $225

O-037 Daisies-in-the-Morning by Paula Gale Tooman wc 20x16 $205