Meet Spring Obsession 2024 artist Michelle Magnus Brown

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MAGNUS BROWN

www.michellemagnusbrown.com 707-239-0031

O-092 Sunflowers-in-Green-Vase by Michelle Magnus Brown acrylic 35x47 $750 SOLD

A Sense of Place - in Bold Color 

Michelle Magnus Brown is a West Coast contemporary painter who resides with her husband in the Bay area. She spent her formative years alternately living in California and Hawaii and received formal training in New Mexico, California and Oregon. 

O-090 El-Cap-with-Poppies-by Michelle Magnus Brown acrylic 40x30 $850

Michelle brings the vibrancy of those places into her work with bold color and a graphic style. Michelle studied fine art and graphic design at Santa Barbara City College and was the recipient of the Frances Siff Art Foundation Scholarship in 1992. She then went on to earn her Bachelor’s in Fine Art at Eastern Oregon University in 1995. From there, she moved to Colorado, where she spent two decades working in design, raising a family, training horses, and creating and selling her artwork in galleries and locales throughout Colorado. 

O-091 Sunflower and Chablis by Michelle Magnus Brown acrylic 30x24 $495

Michelle returned to her California roots in 2016. She has spent the last several years building a new body of work which reflects her latest experiences and evolution as a West Coast artist. Her work can be found in her home studio in Brentwood and in art shows in Livermore, Lodi, Murphys, Roseville and online at www.michellemagnusbrown.com

Meet Spring Obsession 2024 Artist Renee Rondon

 RENÉE RONDON 

O-065 Passion-in-Purple-oil by Renee-Rondonoil 20x16 295

 Renée is a 4th generation (of 5) Californian. She moved to Calaveras County 12 years ago. Her pastimes include camping, hiking and gardening. Her passion is painting. 

 Most of her experience is in oils, but she also enjoys using acrylic, watercolor, and pastel. She is mostly self-taught, but has gained experience and knowledge from many respected instructors including Ed Garcia, VaLoyce Jensen, Gereon Rios, Gill Delinger, George Durkee, Diana Boyd, Judy Cain, Peggi Kroll-Roberts, Jim Toenjes, and Heinie Hartwig. 

O-066 Easing-around-Lodi-Lake by Renee-Rondon oil 15x19 $295

 Renée enjoys the challenge of developing her paintings into a story that will touch someone’s heart, or remind them of something special that is part of their life. Each painting is developed from a personal photo, sketch, travel, plein air painting, and even from her own backyard. 

 Her art has won several awards, and her paintings have been in various galleries and venues including the Aloft Gallery, Calaveras Arts Council in San Andreas, Ironstone Winery, Lodi Community Art Center, Mistlin Gallery, Delicato Winery and Umpqua Bank. 

 If you would like to contact Renée, please call (209)772-0287, or email her at paintinglady2012@gmail.com.

Meet Spring Obsession 2024 Artist Steven Correll

 

Artist’s Statement / Spring Obsession 2024

Steven F. Correll

O-001 Dark Calla by Steven Correll, acrylic 20x9 $100 #1

Fortunately for me, I had amazing parents who encouraged and nurtured my artistic endeavors all my life growing up—through childhood, high school, college, graduate school and into adulthood. I hold art degrees from the College of William & Mary and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

For the past 30 years I have focused on pop, minimalist compositions. I reduce images to just what is necessary to be recognizable in the mind’s eye. My paintings are a result of continual looking, seeing and searching for the essence of that which is my visual world. 

Meet Spring Obsession 2024 Artist Phyllis Berger

 

Artist Statement

Phyllis Berger

 

T-019 Date Night by Phyllis Berger wc 19x22 $535

I live in Stockton, but I grew up outside of Clements and still consider myself a country person.  I have always loved Calaveras County. My son and his family live in Arnold, which greatly enhances my affection for this area. Spring is my favorite time to be in Murphys, green hills, flowing creeks, and snow just a short drive up the hill. And of course the Ironstone daffodils! I appreciate Ironstone and other resources in Calaveras County for promoting the arts.

 

I am a law professor and attorney, and recently retired from active practice and teaching. My work, family and community activities have kept me very busy over the course of my career, but retirement gave me the time to begin painting. I took classes and met many wonderful friends in the local art world. I especially enjoy rural subjects. Painting every day during the Covid lockdown year kept me occupied with a productive activity and gave me the goal of creating something every day. It has become a motivating life enhancement.