Meet Artist Steven Correll, Spring Obsession accepted Artist

Artist's Biography

T-003 Daffodil  acrylic  21.5x21.5  $500

Steven F. Correll

Steven Correll's paintings and drawings are in collections in Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle and Paris. Having retired from his career in museum collections management and registration for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (de Young & Legion of Honor), he now devotes his time to making art.

Steven received his BA in Liberal Arts/Fine Arts from The College of William and Mary in Virginia in 1981.  He obtained his BFA in Painting and Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1987, and a graduate certificate in Museum Collections Management and Registration from the John F. Kennedy University in 2008.  Steven lives and paints in San Francisco.

Meet Artist Ruth Morrow, Theme Division Accepted Artist

T-015  Gold in the Garden  mm 30x24  $500

Ruth Morrow

For the past thirty plus years, Ruth Morrow has interpreted the beauties of the Mother Lode in watercolor, collage, oil, acrylic and 3-dimensional pieces.

The artist was the first to win the Ironstone Obsession poster contest twice and her pieces have been selected for the KVIE art auction for the past eleven years.  She has also garnered prizes at Sacramento Fine Arts Gallery and Calaveras Fair.

Her vibrant watercolor "Striking Gold on the Mokelume" appeared in the recent Moke River traveling show.

Ruth is a member of the Arts of Bear Valley, Golden Palette, Sacramento Fine Arts Gallery, Watercolor Artists of Sacramento and Northern California Artists and Mother Lode Art Association.

Examples of her work may be seen in Murphys at Art on Main, and Murphy's Grill, Town Hall arts/Galerie Copper, and Calaveras Arts Council Store, San Andreas, and her studio in Arnold.

Her "Mountain Motion II" piece, a dramatic watercolor of up-country beauty, will grace the Bear Valley Music Festival's 2015 poster.

Meet Artist Deborah Marlene, Theme Division Accepted Artist

T-016  Stained Glass Daffs  wc 21x27  $450

Deborah Marlene
Watercolor Artist & Teacher
Mountain Ranch
& Mokelumne Hill, Ca.

I was born in Modesto, CA and migrated to Calaveras County 20 years ago. An artistic interest has always been part of my life. I can still recall the first day that they brought out the poster paints in Kindergarten.

I started with Acrylics in 1967, in a Saturday Honors Class. In High School, I studied oil painting and even landed a commissioned piece as a Senior.

Child rearing took a bit of time out of this lifelong passion, but did seem to pass rather quickly. I did manage one lass in oils, at Yuba Collage in the early 1990's.

In 1996, when my oldest Son left the nest, m urge to create an Art Room became a reality. Since I did have a younger Son in the home, I decided to try watercolors, because of the toxic fumes that oil paints involve.

It was the, that I began studying Watercolors with Lura Francis of Murphys. Besides 3 years with Lura, I attended quite a few Workshops with many talented local artists, in the late'90's and early 2000's.

I owned my own Gallery called Deborah Marlene's in Mokelumne Hill from August 1, 2014 to December 31, 2015. You may see more of my work on my website: deborahmarlenes.com.

I am a member of the Arts of Bear Valley, and actively participate in our show at the Bear Valley Music Festival and Big Trees State Park show. I began my professional career by showing at the Calaveras County Fair and try to make that a regular venue, too.

Now, after 20 years, Watercolors are my preferred medium. I am finding that with this experience, teaching some of my methods is a great way to imporve my own Artistic Path. I now am an Associate of Acme Art Moke Hill. In this "Creative Playground" of Anne Cook and Will Mosgrove, I have been offering an introduction to Watercolors class and will soon be offering an introduction to Feng Shui.

Feng Shui is one of my other passions. I received my Certification from the Western School of Feng Shui in Solano Beach, CA in 2007. This has propelled my Artistic Path in another direction. I often use my knowledge of the five elements of wood, water, fire, metal and earth when doing paintings. I once added a waterfall to a painting because of the practice and it sold quickly.

I love calling Calaveras County, HOME; and hope to use my talents to help people heal during the recovery from the Butte Fire.

Spreading the joy of Artistic Expression in my soul felt contribution to this life.

T-017   Along the way ...   wc  27x21  $3785

Meet Artist Connie Bowen, Ironstone Spring Obsession Theme Division accepted Artist

T-025 Daffo-Dilly  wc 17x21  $300

                                   

Connie Bowen

I have always loved art and photography and have experimented 

with both over the years. I have been taking watercolor classes

from Popi Tyler for a few years. She is an excellent and patient

teacher.  She continues to teach me how to see. I love the

process of creating with watercolor. I feel everything else

slip away except being in the moment of that creation,

which keeps me coming back to this beautiful medium.

I live in Forestville, CA with my two dogs and a cat, 

who sometimes become my muses.