Meet Artist Judy Day

 Judy Day,

T-006 Daffodils in Wine by Judy Day wc 16x16 $200

I attended Art Center School of Design and CSUN and have a VA in Graphic Design and a teaching credential in Art education. I taught middle school art for over 25 years in Southern California. I've worked in all media, but watercolor is my passion.

T-007 Again by Judy Day wc 11x14 $150

I moved to the Sierra Foothill Country following my retirement, and began studying with several local artists. I love learning new techniques and using new color combinations. I paint every day from only a few minutes to 8 hours, if I am really inspired. I paint because I simply love to.

I am inspired by humm... almost anything and everything. Landscapes or seascapes, anywhere in the world, Norway, Germany, Italy, Greece, or around the corner on China Graveyard, or up on Electra Road. I see a combination of colors, shapes or textures and they reach out and grab me. sometimes animals do, like the elephants in Shi Lanka or the Koala in Australia, portraits of my grandchildren are always fun. Flowers in my yard or on the road side. Like I said almost anything.

I like to paint plein air, but that is not always possible, so I have hundreds of photographs of my travels and the nearby areas. I can pull out the photos and there it is my inspiration. I like to paint on 140lb. or 300lb. Arches cold pressed paper and I use Daniel Smith Watercolors.

O-027 Aftermath by Judy Day wc 12x16 $180

I co-own the Sutter Creek Gallery on Main Street in the Gold Country town of Sutter Creek, California. This is a co-op gallery which hosts 20 local artists. Our motto is "Art should be for Everyone". We have a wide variety of styles and media represented, from pottery and gourds to jewelry and paintings in every creative style you can think of. We also do custom framing for our members and the community.

O-028 The Rain Storm by Judy Day wc 12x16 $180

Website: judyaday.com and, suttercreekgallery.com

Facebook: watercolors by Judy

Please enjoy a piece of my passion.  Judy Day

Meet Artist Judie Cain

 JUDIE CAIN

A Colorist's Impressions from life

O-161 Bottle Collection by Judie Cain oil 11x14 $700

Oil painter and instructor

A native of Burlingame, CA Judie studied at California College of Arts, after high school. Family responsibilities behind herm, and taking early retirement from the business world, Cain returned to painting by attending college, numerous workshops and taking private lessons.

Painting from life as much as possible, or from her own reference photos, Ms. Cain strives to caputre the light and mood of the moment using brush and/or palette knife. "My wish is for my paintings to capture the light and life of the moment in an uplifting or inspiring way.  The fleeting moments of light on a magnificent natural vista or of the petal of a rose; a simple smile, the still reflections on a pond. The joy of life".

She has taught her workshops, "Basic Nuts & Bolts of Oil Painting" and "Color Demystified" in the western states as well as other local venues. She currently teaches adult summer classes and private lessons covering painting fundamentals and color. Primarily and oil painter, Judie has begun also to use guache, an opaque watercolor.

An award winning artist, Ms. Cain has been represented in galleries in Washington, Oregon, New Mexico and California, including Murphys, Sonora, Copperopolis and Carmel. She has several works in print, Giclee and on home products and is collected world wide.

Judie lives in Murphys, CA where she has a working studio, "The Art Studio", which is open by appointment, classes and special events.

For information about her paintings, gallery representation, classes, please go to www.cainart.com or call 209 559-3345. Email:cainart@goldrush.com

Meet Artist Ron Butler

 Bio for Ron Butler

Ron Butler enjoys the outdoors, cold weather and Ironstone Old Vine Zinfandel. He currently resides in Lodi, CA and is always ready for a day trip to Murphys.

O-053 Landscape by Ron Butler oil 12x16 $2500

Ron enjoys dabbling with watercolors, acrylics, and pencil and shade. He has an eye for watching colors flow through art to invoke peace and calm in nature.

Meet Artist Rita Barbano

O-156 Woman by Rita Barbano mm 40x40 $1000

 My artistic development began when I was a teenager in Brazil. I graduated from Escola Panamericana de Arte Sao Paulo. I studied architecture at FAU Farias Brito Guarulhos in Sao Paulo where I would transform my projects into art. I began painting as my primary medium. Upon graduation, my father encouraged me to get a "real job" and to stop painting, so I became an architect in Sao Paulo and Joinville, Brazil. But, my interest in painting always remained.

After I moved to the United States in 2004, I started taking classes in art and began to paint again. I paint in oil, acrylic, water color, encaustic (bee wax), and I do mixed media using digital art.

My art lets me escape to a secret world filled with fantasy and delightful colors, where even accidents are fun and whimsical. Coincidence, irony and dreams are incorporated into my work. I try to inform, but not in an academic way - through visual presentations that explore the subconscious mind. My younger years were spent during the Brazilian dictatorship, so, to this day, I trust my art more than my works to reveal my perceptions and to reveal my experiences.

In my past, I was always trying to find subject that would allow me to go further into my subconscious. Now, I allow my art to find me. In this chapter of my life, my art has chosen for me to represent women's feelings. I juse many different techniques to achieve the representations of these emotions.

Life is here now; everything else is fiction.

Rita Barbano

650-288-8788

Oakdale, California

www.facebook.com/rmbarbano

rmbarbano@yahoo.com