Meet Artist Vaughn Lew

 

W Vaughn Lew

Artist

Murphys, California

O-112 The Naturalist by Vaughn Lew pastel 15x19 $1500
2ND. PLACE WINNER OPEN DIVISION

  I'm originally from Eastern Oregon.  My family moved to Lodi in 1961 whereI attended Lodi High School, graduating in 1964.  I then enrolled at Sacramento State College, where I was a Commercial Artmajor.  De Witt Whistler Jayne was my main influence.  He was a renownedcommercial artist, illustrator, and portrait painter with a gift for teaching and aneye for perfection.  "Mr. Lew", he would say, "so much for a nice beginning,but let's have a finish."  I've been striving for that quality ever since.  Another instructor that had a very positive effect on me was Dr. Tarmo Pasto,an eccentric art psychologist and art instructor who taught the "Space FrameConcept",  It was all about space and form.

  After graduating from SSC and getting a teaching credential I was fortunateto get an art teaching job at Elk Grove High School.  I taught there for severalyears, but had an itch to get into construction.  That is where I've been until fiveyears ago, when my wife Glenda, and daughter Melissa, and I moved to Murphys.  One thing that is certain is that art requires a commitment.  I feel that I now have the time and space to finally concentrate on my painting.  Although I havebeen producing some art over the years, it is only now that I can continue tothe next piece without an extended time period between.  Landscapes, townscapes,wildlife, and portraits all interest me.  My goal is to create images that bring theviewers into a space that takes them away, and gives them pause to reflect.

O-113 Bishop Dawn by Vaughn Lew oil 42x28 $1500

O-111 The Headwaters by Vaughn Lew oil 12x24 $950

Meet Artist Karen (Kara) Lemens

 Karen (Kara) Lemens

SOLD   O-059 Peaches with Ginger Jar by Kara Lemens oil 8x10 $400

Kara paints life and light in a realistically impressionistic style in oils. She enjoys capturing a variety of subjects - whatever the light makes beautiful or interesting. She tries to convey the impression the subject made on her, using the language of oil paint. She finds that painting from life and alla prima (while the paint is wet) best enables her to express that impression.

O-056 Sweet-Tart Sweethearts by Kara Lemens oil 6x12 $450

Kara loves painting on location (en plein air) with her border collie, Frisco. She paints primarily in the Texas Hill Country and the mountains of Colorado, but is always up for a plein air adventure wherever life takes her! She also enjoys creating still lifes in her studio, combining the natural beauties of flowers and fruits with objects of timeless beauty, such as family antiques. She wants to capture the conversation between the objects and her feeling of connection to them.

Kara has been juried into many shows in Texas, Colorado, and California. She also has studied with numerous prominent artists and is especially fortunate to have been mentored by Kathleen Dunphy since 2017.

Kara is grateful that her art enables her to share beauty and her experience of the world with others!

O-058 A Springtime Romance by Kara Lemens oil 8x16 $475

You can find Kara's art at karenlemensfineart.com and follow her outdoor and indoor art adventures on Instagram @karalemensfineart.

Meet Artist Viviana Leija-Sysak

O-109 Confused Balero by Viviana Leija-Sysak mm 27x22 $800

 Viviana Leija-Sysak is a visual artist working the the Bay Area. She holds a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of California in Santa Barbara (UCSB). Viviana has experimented with many materials and techniques, creating a strong body of work in traditional and digital strategies. Her recent artwork emphasizes her passion for drawing, using a mixed-media approach based mostly on watercolors and pastels. She has also served as an art educator teaching traditional and digital drawing, digital animation and art experimentation to a variety of schools and organizations. Additionally, Viviana has worked as video producer for several TV stations and production companies creating mostly education TV series for local communities. She also volunteers at her kids' schools being an active member of their Parent-Teacher Association.

You can contact her or find out more of her artwork by visiting her online portfolio at https://Viviana.work or on Instagram @vivi_LeijaSysak

O-110 Precise Piece by Viviana Leija-Sysak mm 29x24 $1000e

Statement:

As a visual artist, I like to explore different mediums to express my ideas. I have worked in photography, video, animation, drawing, oils, acrylics, and lately, I came back to mixed-media and digital illustration. I normallay challenge myself questioning how an idea that I want to represent will look like in another medium, or which title would I give it if it was a book. This helps me clarify the essence of my concepts, and get to my point using the needed structure to open a clean dialog between me and my audience.

The art pieces I'm presenting are part of a larger series called "Games and Toys" where I compose artwork based on a specific item of this nature, adding some characteristics, situations or emotions that describe or mirror a bigger and more realistic world. I also think about the memories that some toys can bring to adults, and how they would look embedded, not in a play area, but in a daily adult life. I try giving each item a "personality" to compose it with a new view and perspective.

Meet Artist Katy Kelley

 Katy Kelley

Artist Statement

O-095 Freedom by Katy Kelley acr 20x16 $150
JUDGES MERIT AWARD

Formally trained as a registered nurse, and actively working as an intensive care RN.

Raised by an amazing single mom who was an exceptionally gifted artist, I was told "please do not become an artist, for it is a very difficult way to make a living."

I must say I have not received any formal training in the arts.

I first picked up a paint brush during covid.

I love art and music and can not imagine a world without, they are a true blessing in our lives.

As a nurse I have seen more than I often know how to emotionally process, a tremendous amount of pain and suffering. Times I can not, "un-see."

Picking up a paint brush has given me a way to let out some of the stress and passion I feel in life.

Acrylics have made me feel like I am free to create movement, expression, freedom, arts are a language of the soul.

My only hope is that my work may provide a glimpse of joy in our troubled world.

Thank you for your time.

Gratefully, Katy

209-743-3500

morrisonsonora@yahoo.com

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