VICKIE CHEW ART

O-004  Mosquito Lake  oil  30x40  $1600

                 WWW.VICKIECHEW.COM

Vickie has lived all of her adult life in Calaveras County in the mid northern Sierra's and Foothills. She has a BA in Business Administration and has been studying art for the last nineteen years. Vickie is a juried member of OPA, Oil Painters of America, CAC, California Art Club, Calaveras Arts Council and Arts of Bear Valley. She has won many awards in professional art shows and she works continuously to broaden her painting knowledge by attending master workshops and seeking inspiration from her favorite mentors. She additionally has pursued art course work through local colleges.

O-007  Big Trees Stroll  oil  8x6  $1215

 Vickie’s oil paintings shown here at Ironstone were completed with brush and palette knife, in studio and Plein Air. She accepts commissioned work in studio and murals, contact her today at 209-743-4126

Meet Artist Alyssa Casey, Ironstone Spring Obsession Accepted artist

Alyssa Casey                        www.alyssacasey.com

O-036  Sunday Afternoon  mix media  30x40  

Bio:

     Having majored in Fine Art and Biology and minored in Geography at UC Berkeley, Alyssa Casey is passionate about drawing, papermaking, teaching, science, and travel.  Through studies with papermaking masters Victoria Rabal in apellades, Spain, Roberto Mannino in Rome, Italy, Professor Kamori in Sao Paulo, Brazil and Paul Wong of Dieu Donne Papermill in New York, she has gained experience with many papermaking techniques and fabers, including abaca, cotton, eucalyptus, hemp, linen, sisal, pine, sugar cane, and recycled paper.  These experiences are synthesized into site-specific works, collages, drawings, sculptures, and localized papermaking workshops using, for example, garden hosta in Massachusetts and cornhusks in central California.

O-034  Wind  mix media  20x27  

close up of Wind

     Among other international and national venues, Casey's work has been shown in Works of Art on Paper at the Long Beach Island Foundation for Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, new Jersey, curated by Carter Foster of the Whitney Museum Department of Drawings, and in Furthermore - The 8th Biennial Exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, curated by Lilly Wei.  Awards include two first place honors for drawing from the Port Warwick Art and Sculpture Festival, Newport News, Virginia, 2005 and 2007, an honorable mention for the handmade paper sculpture, Llibre (Book), from the 7th Biennial - Artwork on Paper, in Sant Pere De Riudebittles, Spain, 2012, and a grant from the U Embassy, Department of Cultural Affairs, in Lisbon to complete the drawing project, California - Alentejo, shown at Escrita na Paisagem, Festival of Performance Art in Evora, Portugal, 2007.  Her work is currently on view at Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs in Long Island City, New York, as part of the show, Devotion/Destruction: Craft Inheritance, curated by Rebecca Pristoop.

O-033  Fall  mix media  38x25  

     In 2012, Casey completed a residency at the Museu Moli Paperer de Capellades, a living museum of papermaking in Capellades, Spain and, in 2014/15, participated in three residencies in Fjellerup, Denmark, through the social practice project, Fjellerup i Bund & Grund, by Anna Lise Jensen, where she completed three large-scale works, Fjellerup Strand og Tang, Strandkroen Palimpsest, and Vandmolekyle.
Commissions include illustrating the children's book Nothando's Journey by Jill Manly and, in 2015, receiving a public art commission with collaborator Rosella Morales, through the 42 degrees art agency for the large-scale installation, Bay Colors, at 901 Market St. in San Francisco, as well as a commission from the City of Brentwood to paint two utility boxes, Balfour Packing Shed and Liberty Basketball.

Detail of Fall

Casey lives and works in the San Francisco bay area and is part of the Bay Area Based art collective, "sub-set" with Hope Amico, Elizabeth Boyne, and Rebecca Redman.

Meet Artist Judy Boles, Ironstone 2016 Spring Obsession accepted artist

O-146  Shore Patrol  oil  15x36  $450

Judy Boles Art

As a girl, I took many cross country road trips with my family, watching the varied landscapes go by. During those trips, my father instilled a sense of adventure and an appreciation for the beauty in all landscape: orchards, cornfields, lakes, mountains, sea coasts, and even barren deserts.  Painting and drawing the things I saw became a favorite childhood pass time.  After finishing college, I taught high school English and Art in Northern California for several years, but my art soon took a back seat to the joys of children and to the demands of the corporate world. Since my retirement in 2006, I have been pursuing my passion for art more fully.

O-149  Mendocino Coast  oil  18x24  $375

 My work is a visual diary of scenes that have inspired me. The close observation needed to render a scene on canvas makes me fell connected to the place. While living many years in Sonoma County, I was drawn to the coastal hills, the shoreline, and the wonderful vistas of the wine country. IN 2011, my husband and I moved to Arnold, CA, in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where we live in the awesome beauty of a national forest. My new inspirations are mountain streams, alpine lakes, Sequoia trees and the constantly changing seasons.

O-150  Sedona Schnebley Lookout  oil  18x24  $375

Please visit my web gallery at:  rojubo.com/jbolesart

Or email me at:                           rojubo@rojubo.com

Meet Artist Dan August, Ironstone 2016 Spring Obsession accepted artist.

O-115 What a Little Dew will Do   18x24  watercolor and acrylic   $700

Biography:
Name: Daniel August

Date of Birth: 11/13/1937

Education: Chaffey College; AA degree in Art
       California State College in Fullerton; BA degree in Art
       California State College in San Bernardino; Teaching Credential in Art

I taught Art for 22 years in the Fontana Unified School District in Fontana, California.  The subjects I specialized in were; oil-painting, watercolors, printmaking, silk-screening and ceramics.

My preferred medium is watercolor and my subject matter is generally based in realism but approached with an abstracted view.

Meet Artist Scarlett Fiorini, Ironstone Spring Obsession Accepted Artist

Scarlett Fiorini

O-060  Half Dome  acrylic  28x40  $1350

 I have always been moved to express feelings & thoughts through many mediums of art. I don’t merely want to capture an image, but with every stroke & layer my desire is to let it become a vessel of wonderful expression & inspiration. Every piece is a joy-filled journey to play with form, color, light & balance until I reach that happy place, and I am able to share that with others. 

O-061  Juicy Fruit  acrylic  16x20  $375

O-063  Rain Frogs  acrylic  16x20  $375

Meet Artist Cheryl Smith, Spring Obsession accepted artist

Hello, my name is Cheryl Smith and I want to share my art experiences with you.

O-090   Tulip in the Rain  acrylic  18x24  $425

I began drawing at age seven, and was accused of tracing my drawings as they were so realistic. My mother realized my talent and from that young age encouraged me in every way, giving me the confidence, strength, and endurance to persevere and never give up doing what I loved the most. That is my Art; it is my passion in life!

I have had a myriad of art occupations during the past thirty-five years and have loved every one of them. I was a Graphic Artist for several newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area, Senior Graphic Designer for an Ad Agency, Art Director for the Penninsula Advisor, and Art teacher for Jr. and Senior High School students. I have also illustrated a children's book.

I was commissioned by Running Fence-recycled to create artworks from the historic textile panels of Christo's Running Fence, Marin and Sonoma counties, 1976. My pieces made from the panel fabric have been displayed in numerous exhibitions and can be viewed on runningfence-recycled.com

I am currently engaged in Fine Arts, doing paintings, custom table designs, crafts, and mixed media pieces using fabric and paint. Being chosen for the 19th Annual Spring Obsession Art Show is a blessing to me. 

I do hope you enjoy my work and will support me in the future. My goal is to create more paintings in 3-D using different and unique medium and designs and to create more colorful and imaginative tables. Thank you for coming to see my work.

Meet Artist Sulastri Linville, Spring Obsession accepted artist

O-087  Eager For Attention  pastel $750

Sulastri Linville

Born in Holland and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sulastri has been doing art since childhood. She has award winning art at the Ironstone Vineyards Spring Art Shows and Sonora Art Shows. Sulastri works in all painting media. Living in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, she shares her unique impressions of the world. Her paintings show a deep love of nature.

O-089  Rascally Raccoon Babies  pastel  $1200

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Spring Obsession Winners 2016

Ironstone's 19th Annual Spring Obsession Art Show kicked off this past weekend with outstanding weather, stunning Spring Flower displays, Northern California Daffodil Society Spring Show and the wild Murphys Irish Days event downtown Murphys.   

Present through the weekend were 10 accepted artists displaying a much broader range of their style with original art work and prints along with Art in Action and an outstanding demonstration of the fine craft of Hand Paper Making. Participating artists were:
Alyssa Casey
Vickie Chew
Carol Clark
Sulistri Linville
Deborah Marlene
Connie McLennan
Ruth Morrow
Katherine Plumer
Juliana Tillman
Kathleen Wolf


Judges Merit Award Winners:


"Point Arena" by Judy Day








"Prairie Fire" by Wendy Rogers






"Washboard Chaz" by Dale Huey






3rd Prize Open Division
"Some Distant Dawn" by Gregory Gallardo



2nd Prize Open Division
"Splash Mob" by Ron Miranda









1st Prize Open Division
 "The Lookouts" by Kathleen Plumer










Family Merit Award Winners:


"Nature's Symphony"  by Susan King







"Lynn Takes a Break"  by Juliana Tillman





Theme Division Winner / New 2016 Poster

"New Spring" by Vaughn Lew