Meet Spring Obsession 2024 artist Bradford Stone

 Bradford L Stone

Valley Spring, California

O-073 First Love by Brad Stone acrylic 18x24 $450

Bradfordlstone.com (gpa.bradford53@gmail.com)

(209) 581 2047

I have always had an interest in Art and painting. I enjoy playing with light and color to capture the beauty that life has to offer us.

O-074 Dream Beauty by Brad Stone acrylic 24x36 $550

I studied at Delta College exploring the arts and ceramics. I also minored in Art at Sacramento State College studied art and figure drawing, along with earning my BA degree. I finished my education at Stockton UOP earning teaching credentials and Education of Master of Arts.

After college I explored my art interest under Susan Sarback at her School of Light and color.

I am retired mow from teaching High School and my goal is to become a Master Artist.

My achievement in art goes back to winning the Bank of America Pop Art in Hight School. Calaveras County Fair (Best of Show and first in Fine Art) 2017.  Participated in California State Fair Expo Plein Air Exhibit. Not winning but selling my painting that day. Also, participated in the Plein Air painting with the Concourse D'Elegance Car Show. Participation in Ironstone Winery Fine Art Obsession Art Show. I've been recognized in the Ironstone Family Merit Awards, 2003/2020. I won the Plein Air competition at the Amador and Honorable Mention at the Delicato Vineyard Art Competition 2023. Over the years selling some of my art, hoping they bring joy in their homes.

Meet Spring Obsession 2024 artist Tracy Stone

 Tracy Stone

T-021 First Bloom by Tracy Stone oil 14x18 $400

About me, I am originally from the Bay Area and currently live in Valley Springs CA. I recently retired this year and am looking forward to spending more time learning and perfecting my art abilities, as this is one of my passions.

My hobbies other than art are horseback riding, and spending time with my labrador retrievers and my Dockies. Pastimes are boating and traveling.

Of course, my most favorite times are with my 13 grandchildren.

I have watched my husband Bradford Stone create wonderful art creations, I finally have time to join him and create some of my own, although we have very different techniques. We always critique each other and also give each other encouragement.

Meet Spring Obsession 2024 artist Jo Silva

    My name is Jo Silva. I live in Arnold, CA. with my husband. We moved from San Carolos and retir4ed in a mountain community. I joi8ned independence Hall Quilters i8n 2001, made new friends and learned to quilt. After many classes and mentors, I switched over from traditional to art quilts.

O-081 Creek's Eye View by Jo Silva fabric 25.5x55 $2800

    Landscape wall hangings inspire my work, places I have visited and enjoyed.

    The "sunflowers" wall hanging was inspired by bisditing the immersive Van Gogh exhibit.

O-082 Sunflowers by Jo Silva fabric 33x42 $1550

    The "Creek's Eye View" is a true sierra view, loved putting it together!

Meet Spring Obsession 2024 Artist Terri Schumann

Terri Schumann 

T-013 Hill Top Trumpets by Terri Schumann acrylic 20x16 $250

Biography

Terri Schumann is a residential drafter located in Nevada County, CA. She discovered her love for drafting at an eraly age using her imagination to layout floor plans for fantastic round houses, houses with swimming pools in the middle of the plan with a second story diving board and other such exaggerations. After attending the John Herron School of Art and the University of Cincinnati's Interior Design School, she moved to California and worked for Intel as an interior space designer. She has enjoyed a broad range of opportunities of work and service while being married and raising her children.

Artist Statement

Creating art is a way of experiencing a subject matter more deeply and my time spent sketching, journaling, painting, making collages or embroidering affords me the experience of more fully appreciating nature's details.

As I began to make my home in the Sierra Foothills, not only were my senses being immersed into the wonder of a ponderosa pine forest, but I also was introduced to the beauty of daffodils by visiting Ironstone Vineyards in Murphy's, CA. For some years I would make an annual pilgrimage to partake of the verdant, rolling green hills come alive with thousands of daffodils on their beautiful estate. Now, having planted my own daffodils as well, it thrills my soul each spring to see that beautiful yellow trumpet against a vibrant blue sky, thus - the inspiration for my painting, "Hill Top Trumpets"! This painting is an effort to express that beautiful contrast of blue and yellow on a little patch of green hill.

As a residential draftsman drawing technical drawings on AutoCAD, painting or other art forms for me, is a great departure from the constraints of straight line and building codes and a way to enjoy curved lines and the joy of color!