And the judging begins!

 

Incoming!

Open Division paintings arriving! Show opens this Saturday, March 5. Artists will be here painting and offering more of their works for sale. Come on by, 11:00 am opens.

Meet Artist Michelle Thornburg

 

Michelle Thornburg-Artist's Statement

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.

 

O-083 Summer Moon by Michelle Thornburg acr 36x36 $850

Artist's Biography

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 paints 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-086 Butterfly Kisses by Michelle Thornburg acr 30x40 $850

Meet Artist Steve Correll

 

O-047 spring_awakening by Steven Correll acr 12x12 $75

 Artist’s Statement Steven F. Correll

February 2022

 

When I was six years old I told my parents that I wanted to be an artist. I am not sure I knew what that meant, but knew that I enjoyed drawing pictures, painting and making things. Fortunately for me, I had amazing parents who encouraged and nurtured my artistic endeavors all my life growing up, through college and into adulthood. Without them and their support, I would not be writing this. Because of them, for the past fifty plus years I have been drawing pictures, painting and making things.