Meet Artist Misty Dawn, Spring Obsession accepted artist

	O-154  Joe Rocket  graphite 14x17 $550

Misty Dawn Whittle, 


Equine Artist

About myself:

Originally from Angels Camp, I now reside in Placer County with my husband and son. Last year I made a big life change and retired, after 27 years, from a wonderful career as a hairstylist. For multiple reasons, but primarily, to help my husband in his new business ventures, but also to re-ignite a passion I have had all my life, self-taught drawing. I am lucky to have married into a multi-generation cattle ranching family from Angels Camp, that has given me the an outlet to pursue my other passion of photography. From those priceless shots of cowboys in action, I am able to capture and translate those images to graphite artwork.

I have been around horses all my life, and the depths of their beauty are beyond the majestic physique, but their spirit. I am in awe of each one I meet. Our own horses are a great source of inspiration as well. and I am sure they are very tired of getting their pictures taken. I've recently met some fantastic professional photographers who allow me to use their images as well. It's amazing the talent that surrounds us.

I take much pride in specializing in exact detail, albeit, very time consuming, but equally gratifying. I am now being asked to do commission work of equine, pets and people, and I love, love seeing the reaction on people's faces when they see their beloveds immortalized in a piece of art. It gives me great pleasure.

Thank you for viewing!

                              ~Misty Dawn

https://www.facebook.com/mistydawn.equineart

Free Art Demonstration, History & Technique of Hand Papermaking, by artist Alyssa Casey

1894 Six Mile Road

Murphys, Ca. 95247

209-728-1251

www.ironstonevineyards.com

PRESS RELEASE

 

For Immediate Release

For more information contact:

Chris Gomez

Ironstone Vineyards

Phone: (209) 728-1251

Fax:      (209) 728-1275

Email: cgomez@ironstonevineyards.com

FREE DEMONSTRATION “HISTORY & TECHNIQUE OF HANDPAPERMAKING” BY

ARTIST ALYSSA CASEY.

Accepted Spring Obsession Artist, Alyssa Casey presents a demonstration of HandPapermaking at Ironstone Vineyards, March 19, 2016. Free to the public from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM, Alyssa Casey will be demonstrating her methods in Ironstone’s Culinary Center.  Alyssa will be available after the demonstration for questions.

Hailing from Berkeley, this is Alyssa’s first year participating in Ironstone’s 19^th Annual Spring Obsession Art Show which opens at 10:00 AM, Saturday, March 19^th, 2016 and runs through Mother’s Day weekend.  Three of Alyssa’s paintings were accepted into the Spring Show and will be available for viewing along with over 100 other original accepted paintings.

Alyssa Casey will also join other artists with an art booth featuring more of her paintings, prints and finished handmade papers available for sale.

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Meet Artist Vaughn Lew, Spring Obsession accepted Artist

W. Vaughn Lew

Murphys, CA.

T-014  New Spring  pastel  17x25  $700

    I have been drawing since I can remember, and that lead me eventually to major in commercial art at Sacramento State. Our instructor was DeWitt Whistler Jayne, a prominent commercial artist, illustrator, and portrait painter.  He was a huge influence.

O-116  Lewis Ranch Road  oil  18x24  $700

    After graduation I went on to get a teaching credential and was fortunate to get an art teaching job at Elk Grove High School. I taught art for several years, but decided to get into construction.

    I eventually became a contractor and worked at that profession until my wife Glenda, daughter Melissa and I moved to Murphys in 2008, and built a home. That's when I started painting again. My mediums are oil, pastels and prismcolor pencils.

    One thing is certain, art requires a commitment. I fell that I now have a bit more time and space to concentrate on my painting. landscapes, townscapes, wildlife, portraits, old cars and machinery, and any other "good stuff" I like are my subjects. My goal is to create images that are well composed, spacial, and form-full, and that bring the viewer an opportunity to pause and reflect.

Meet Artist Anne Graham, Spring Obsession Accepted artist

Sarah Anne Graham – Artist Bio

O-066  Wine Flower  18x22  Lino single $150

Sarah Anne Graham lives in California.  After a few years

traveling around the United States and abroad; from Virginia, 

Georgia, Oregon (a brief time in New Zealand), 

Pennsylvania 

and Idaho to her current residence in California, she is 

working on oil paintings of the landscape of the Sierra 

Nevada foothills, as well as continuing her printmaking work 

on wood and linoblock transfers on maps.

Graham’s paintings are mostly representational depictions of 

the natural world, with the occasional object inserted, used

to symbolize loss and arrested development. The surreal 

quality of these paintings illicit ambiguity and are meant to 

provoke further investigation.

Her prints are abstracted landscapes, and nature themed.  

The woodblock transfers onto maps remind the viewer of the 

role of conservation, management and the nomenclature of 

science to classify and collect info on the natural world.

Her works have been shown in one-person and group 

exhibitions in the US, as well as New Zealand. Graham 

studied at the Atlanta College of Art, and received her BFA 

from Oregon State University in 2003 in painting and 

printmaking.

O-064  Purple Flower  24x58  Lino single  $300

For more information, go to www.sarahannegraham.com

Meet Artist Mary Jean St. Claire, Ironstone Spring Obsession accepted artist

O-118 Red Roses oil  11x14  $395

MARY JEAN ST. CLAIRE

Angels Camp, CA. 95222

www.maryjeanstclaire.com

Mary Jean has been an aspiring artist since the age of crayons. After a heavy focus on art in high school and college, she continued her studies in the San Francisco Bay Area with artists such as Howard Brodie and Dr. Raymond Brose. A past member of the University Art Club, Committee for Art at Stanford and the San Francisco Ceramic Circle, she won multiple awards in the Bay Area juried shows. Her work can be found in many private collections throughout the world. During a very long haitus from painting, Mary Jean returned to school to study interior design after which time she opened an antique store and worked as an interior designer.

O-119 Pensive oil  12x16  $495

A move to Angels Camp in 2006 created the opportunity to revisit her love of oil painting. Here she paints and studies with some of the area's finest artists and continues to win awards in juried shows. Aside from occasional trips to favorite artists' workshops, she likes to paint locally and feels fortunate to live in an area with such an abundance of subjects from which to choose.

Mary Jean is a member of the California Art Club, the Mother Lode Art Association, The Calaveras Art Council and the Arts of Bear Valley.  Her work can be seen at Town Hall Arts in Copperopolis, CA and the Aloft Gallery in Sonora, CA as well as on her website at maryjeanstclaire.com. Art can also be purchased directly from ETSY.

O-120  Wilber  oil  12x12  $385

Meet Artist Popi Tyler, Spring Obsession accepted artist

T-023  They Like to Party ' til Day ... Light  wc  25x32  $980

Popi Tyler,

Artist

Santa Rosa, 

California

I was born here in this gorgeous land of Northern California, with childhood memories of riding my horse through Gravenstein Apple orchards and cattle ranches.  I learned to be alone and observe the beauty of nature and the way things grow.

O-136  Forty-one and Counting  wc  22x30 $1800

My formal education includes over 40 years of art classes and workshops. I have studied ceramics and painting in California, Mexico, and Hawai'i. My training at Linecona Academy of Art in Honolulu opend my eyes to the endless joys of watercolor.

O-136  Terpisichore, No. 1  wc  22x15  $1200

Recently, I have studied with Dale Laitinen, of Mountain Ranch, California, who continually teaches me to see new things in our landscape all around us.

To me, there in nothing better than a day painting with my husband and friends. I have such wonderful painting buddies -- each one is precious to me.

Good friends, beautiful views -- what 

O-137  Three Hearts Mooning Mine  wc  30x22  $1800

could be better!

www.popityler.com

Meet Artist Connie McLennan, Spring Obsession accepted Artist

Connie McLennan

T-001  Daffodil Cheer  oc 18x14  $400

Connie McLennan grew up in Yreka, CA, where she showed quarter horses and sometimes accompanied her father, a veterinarian, on his calls amid the natural beauty of Mt. Shasta and the surrounding countryside.

She graduated from CSU Sacramento with a journalism degree, then spent two years studying illustration at San Francisco's Academy of Art. She began as a freelancer, illustrating a variety of advertising, institutional and editorial projects, including thirteen children's books.

She attended annual painting workshops with Craig Nelson in the 90's. In 2010, she turned to painting full-time and was enormously influenced by a series of workshops with well-known impressionist Don Hatfield. 

Connie is a two-time contributor to the U.S. Air Force Art Collection. Her work has won a variety of awards, including Best of Show in University Art's 2012 Open Show and an Honorable Mention and Second Place in earlier Spring Obsession shows at Ironstone.  She works at home in Rocklin.

Meet Artist Melissa Doyel, Ironstone Spring Obsession accepted artist

T-020  Tulip Melody acrylic  12x13  $350

Melissa Doyel

I’ve drawn, painted or hand crafted most of my life, but sometimes with too long of breaks of no art!  After moving to Fiddletown from the Bay area in 2008, I was able to devote more time on my art and I’ve been consistent ever since pursuing my passion despite still working full time.    

I work in many mediums including watercolor, acrylics, pastels and oils and like to let the subject ‘speak’ to me on which medium to use.   I enjoy painting a variety of subject matter, especially animals, portraits and floral.    I’ve been incredibly fortunate to find amazing teachers and artists in Amador County that I can learn from and explore new ideas and techniques.

I’m proud my work has been accepted into multiple regional juried shows as well as having received Best of Division, Best of Show and multiple 1^st and 2^nd place awards in the Amador County fairs.

I love painting in watercolor because of the transparency of the colors and the different effects you can achieve.  Working in oil, acrylics and pastels has opened up a completely new way of approaching my work and what I want to paint.  I like to challenge myself and learn something with every painting, which keeps me growing as an artist.   I hope you enjoy my paintings and will continue to follow my work and enjoy the journey with me.

You can see my work at the Sutter Creek Co-Op Gallery in Sutter Creek.    You can also find my work throughout Amador County businesses through the Art in Public Places program.

Melissa Doyel

Fiddletown, CA

melissadoyelart@yahoo.com