Meet Artist Janette Jones

 Janette Jones Fine Art

O-038 Bright Garden by Janette Jones oil 30x40 $1200
3RD PLACE OPEN DIVISION AWARD

The comments heard most often about her paintings are "they make me fell joyful", "lift my spirits", and "they are filled with a sense of light and lightness". As an artist who is constantly looking for the beauty of light in every subject, this is music to her ears. As a person who is wildly optimist about life an positive about the future, she is thrilled her paintings reflect this "joie de vivre" attitude and bring joy to her collector. Janette uses a strong sense of design, personal color mixes and an intimate point of view to create her distinct style.

Born in California and majored in art while attending California State University, and studied watercolor for five years with Virginia Jentoft in Davis, Ca.  Her watercolor images were successfully marketed and licensed with Daisy Kingdom, Naturally, Springs Mills and Prints Plus (among others) between 1988-2002. She has been painting outdoors in oils after a workshop in 2003, hooked by the challenge of capturing the truth on canvas.

O-039 Violets and Geraniums by Janette Jones oil 12x16 $350

Recent Selected Exhibitions & Events

2015, 2014 Napa Valley Art Festival invited Artist

2015, 2014 Workshop in the garden at Milfiori ... instruction and group paint out

2015, 2014 Los Altos Rotary Fine Art in the Park

2015, 2014 Palo Alto Festival of the Arts

2013 State of Gold, "California Impressionism" Group Show Roger's Gardens, Newport Beach, Ca.

2013 Napa Valley Art Festival, Invited Artist

2012 Napa Valley Art Festival, Invited Artist

2011 Juried into SLO Plein Air & Napa Valley Art Festival

2011 Laguna Plein Air Painters Association "Less Is More" EXhibit May 21st - June

2011 Plein Air Painting in the Garden Workshp at Milfiori, Murphys, CA. April 22,23,24

2011 Plein Air Demo & Workshop Tulare Palette Club, Tulare Museum - Feb. 17 & 18

2011 Group Exhibit Knowlton Gallery ... "Wildflowers West" March & April

Meet Artist Ross Halfacree

 Ross Halfacree

Artist Biography

SOLD T-001 daffodil_sunrise by Ross Halfacree mm 30x30 $1200
FAMILY MERIT AWARD

I am a full-time practicing artist and a member of the Eramboo Artist Environment in the northern suburbs of Sydney since 2019. I am a painter and collector, and a member of the Art Gallery of NSW.

Using acrylic and mixed media, I work mainly with Geometric and Landscape Abstractions as well as creating Social Messaging artworks. I look to re-express both mundane and complex concepts to create images that will have viewers linger, explore and debate.

I am curious, often experimenting with non-traditional materials and methods. Using acrylic and enamel with the latter sometimes in aerosol form. I intertwine pen, ink and pencil where this adds detail, clarity or another layer for viewer speculation I work on canvas, linen, board and different types of paper and usually work on 2 or 3 pieces at the same time.

My work is currently included in Australian private collections in NSW, Victoria and South Australia as well as Murphys, California.

Recent Recognition

2018 - Winner Clyde Oakley Memorial Prize (NSW-Gulgong Arts Council)

2020 - finalist Collie Art Prize (WA)

2020 - Finalist Southern Buoys Studio Portrait Prize (VIC)

2020 - Finalist (2 works) FACE Unframed Exhibition (ACT-Belconnen Art Center)

2020 - Finalist in Royal Queensland Art Society's initial on-line Exhibition

2020 - Finalist (2 works) Royal Queensland Art Society "Abstration 2020" Exhibition

2020 - Finalist Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award (NSW)

2020 - On-Line Finalist Drummoyne Art Society Art Award (NSW)

2020- Finalist Art Room Gallery "Nature" theme (USA)

2020 - Finalist (2 works) Prisma Art Prize (Italy)

2020 - Finalist (2 works) Lab. 16 Art Competition (Italy).

2020 - Selected for Contemporary Art Gallery[s 2020 All Water/Seascape on-line Art Exhibition. (USA)

2021 - Merit Award 2021 Open on-line Art Show - Grey Cube Gallery (USA)

2021 - Finalist Aspire Gallery - "Petite Pieces"exhibition (QLD)

2021 - Finalist Art room Gallery "Black and White" Theme 2021 (USA)

2021 - Gallery Finalist Lethbridge Landscape Prize (QLD)

2021 - On-line Finalist Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Prize (QLD)

2021 - Selected for inclusion in the d'Darcy Doyle Art Awards (QLS)

2021 - Finalist Art Room Gallery "Textures and Patterns" International Art Exhibit (USA)

2021 - Finalist Grey Cube 2021 landscape on-line Art Show (USA)

2021 - Finalist Bowral "Waterbrook Drawing Prize" (NSW)

2021 - Selected for inclusion in the Strathnairn Arts "Squares 2021 exhibition" (ACT)

2021 - Finalist Biblio Art Prize (VIC)

2022 - Selected for inclusion in the Mornington Art Show (VIC)

2022 - Accepted into Ironstone Vineyards 25th Annual Spring Obsession Art Competition (California USA)

2022 - Finalist Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize (NSW)

www.linkedin.com/in/rosshalfacree

www.instagram.com/rosshalfacree

www.rosshalfacree.com

4 February 2022 

Meet Artist Judith Bosies

 Judith Bosies Wicked Glass Art, Keene, NH 03431

SOLD   T-040 Daffodil by Judith Bosies glass 6x12 $30

A glass artist located on the east coast in Keene, NH. She utilizes recycled glass, picture frames and windows to create one of a kind art pieces that dazzle in the sunlight. She was born and raised in New Hampshire and draws her inspiration from the natural beauty of her surroundings in New England. In addition she holds classes in her studio to teach others her techniques. For more information she can be followed on Facebook@Wickedglassart.

Meet Artist Scott Jenkins

SCOTT

JENKINS

PAINTING SCULPTURE WOODWORKING

O-132 Beachfront Property by Scott Jenkins oil 56x56 $6000

Born 1969 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

He creates inspired art that promote the feeling of intrique and

invites each individual to interpret them as they wish.

An innovator at heart, he allows paint, found objects, and wood grains

to find their own way and become something new by the force of

nature. His inspired concepts are a the root of it all, yet the

haphazard finding along the way are what make the end results so

astounding. Each piece of art has layers that build upon one another.

The use of weather, soil earlhly byproducts and recycled items are

found in each piece he designs. Scott's absurd sense of jumor is not

obvious, but is a subtle detail that plays out with his use of texture, 

Irregular strokes and subject matter.

He is the co-owner of the dhyana Center and currently also makes

wood Gua Sha-a health tool for massage. He believes ar tis a healing modality all of its own.

O-133 Spring Chicken by Scott Jenkins oil 30x22 $2600

Contact:

707-486-1814

stknkns@gmail.com

or

dhyanaEssentials.com

Meet Artist Virginia Haynes

 Virginia Haynes

O-115 losthills by Virginia Haynes oil 24x30 $400

Having been born and raised in Oakland, California, Virginia was close to Tahoe National Forest, Yosemite National Park and many other State and national parks where she found her love of the outdoors and nature. Early in life, she was influenced by her father's love of art. He was a sculptor, stained glass lamp maker and craftsman. At the age of 11, while her dad taught stained glass classes at the U C Berkeley extension, she would help him setup for class and wander the halls of the Art department smelling the oils from painting classes in session. Although she was always very curious, she didn't try her hand at oil painting until 2009. With her very first brush stroke, she knew she had found her passion! For the next 12 years she focused on learning everything she could about drawing and oil painting. Loving nature as she does, she has found the perfect subject matter to paint all around her. Today, Virginia live near Mt. Diablo where she continually strives to express her love of the outdoo0rs and nature through her oil painting.

O-116 sunflowers by Virginia Haynes oil 22x18 $350

Exhibitions:

• 2017 IAA Cross Currents exhibit: Sunflowers
• 2016 IAA Cross Currents exhibit: Man on Chair
• 2015 IAA Cross Currents exhibit: Yellow Roses

• 2015 Crocker - Kingsley Show at Blue Line Arts: Yellow Roses
• 2015 Twin Pines Art Show Exhibit:Pears
• 2014 IAA Cross Currents Exhibit:Pears
• 2014 San Mateo County Fair: Horses
• 2014 Twin Pines Art Show Exhibit: Yellow Roses and Sequim

Education:

BA-CSUEB

MBA-CSUEB

Artist Statement:

My whole life, I have tried to treat people the way I would like to be treated. In doing so, I paint in a way that I think will please others. I choose to paint nature in a real and present way and paint with color that pleases the senses. I have been influenced by Sargent, who paints with motion and Ander Zorn, who paints with a limited pallet. Incorporation these styles enables me to express the movement and brilliance of what I see in life.

Email: virginialh61805@yahoo.com

Website: VLHaynes.com

Meet Artist George Haskell

 George Haskell

Oil Painter

T-038 Frog;s delima by George Haskell oil 11x14 $400

    George Haskell's first artistic love has always been landscape painting. He has always been captivated by the grandeur of the mountains of California. Whether it is the ever changing views of Yosemite or the shifting seasons of his mountain home outside of Murphys, it is never the same view twice. Since retiring from a career teaching special education George has focused on creating paintings that evoke a feeling of the time place and season for the observer. He also enjoys painting pets and other animals, tame or wild.

O-142 Tahoe Beauty by George Haskell oil 11x14 $400

    George began oil painting when he took a semi independent studies class in painting in college during the seventies. He has worked for the past twenty years to sharpen his skills. Teachers Judy Cain, Susan Sarback, Heinie Hartwig and Susie Hoffman have all provided skills and insights into the artistic process.

O-141 Michief by George Haskell oil 8x10 $300

    George is also a skilled musician. He is a singer songwriter playing both banjo and guitar.

    George lives on the top of just outside of Murphys on Treasure Mountain with his wife Patricia, four cats, two horses, and a pair of corgis.

Meet Artist Chella Gonsalves

 CHELLA'S 2022 BIO

1349 Crawford Road, Modesto, Ca 95357-0906

cgonsalv@ix.netcom.com

www.chellaartist.com

www.fineartamerica.com

O-149 garden gate by Chella Gonsalves

Born in Indiana and a graduate of Ball State University with a BS in Art Education, Chella came to California in September 1956. For 27 years she taught art in Modesto City School District, when there were five high schools, gaining advancement each time to teach. At the same time, she taught at Delta Junior College adult extension painting classes, and privately. Through California Art Education Association and the Stanislaus County Commission for Women honors she was given outstanding art education and outstanding woman respectively. At this time she is retired and pursuing a career in the professional visual art world, doing non-objective works, including mixed media, drawing and "en plein aire" genre.

O-087 delta bridge by Chella Gonsalves oil 11x14 $454

Chella has had work exhibited exclusively with solo shows. Acceptances/awards on the nationa/regiona/local level exhibitions are part of her resume. In 2008 two of her small 8" x 10" en plein aire works and one large non-objective pieces were awarded prizes in the Yosemite Renaissance International Exhibition. Corporations such as Fireman's Fund, Kaiser Permanente, Lodi Memorial Hospital and private art collectors have acquired her works.

O-150 gathering by Chella Gonsalves

Her serious consideration in painting is recording the Central Valley landscapes and vanishing farmland and crops, done in the "en plein aire" style. The highlight of her art career is a 6 ft by 8 ft oil painting hanging in the boardroom of the Beckwith Animal Hospital of Beckwith Court, off Highway 99. It's a view of our Central Valley imagined in the late 1800's from the coastal range to the Sierra Mountains.

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