Meet Artist Popi Tyler

 

Sonoma County Artist

Popi Tyler

T-019 Party-Girls by -Popi-Tyler mm 22x15 $980

 Popi Tyler is honored to be the recipient of

The 18^th Annual Ironstone Vineyards Family Choice Award, 2015

 

You can find her poster of yellow daffodils titled Garden District, here in the Ironstone Vineyards Gift Shop.

 

O-061 Always Send The Big Guy for the Money No.2 by Popi Tyler mm 24x18 $870

Popi recalls, “The Family Choice Award is one of my all-time favorite awards because my painting was personaolly selected by Gail, John, Joan and Stephen Kautz”.

O-060 Luther Burbank's Bean Pod Tree by Popi Tyler mm 22x15 $870

 

“Aquamedia paints & pencils are thrilling to use … But the happiest part of my artist life is a 10-year tradition of getting together with my group of 8 treasured artist friends of Fridays for art support & laughter.”

O-059 Whistler's Mother No. 1 by Popi Tyler mm 15x22 $870

 

“I am currently continuing my studies under two great friends and master watercolorists:

Dale Laitinen of Pioneer, California,

And

Christophen Schink of Santa Rosa, California”

 

Happy Trails!

Popi Tyler

808.220.7452

Popi@popityler.com

Meet Artist Neila Stewart

 

Neila Stewart

 

T-013  transparent-daffodils by Neila Stewart wc 15x15 $400

I’ve been an  amateur artist since I was 4, initially working with Crayola and branching out at 9 to incorporate Prismacolor pencils, collage, and Mod Podge into my pieces.

 

Watercolor and pen & ink illustration have been my preferred vices for the past 30 years. After spending a month in Yosemite in 2009, I developed a fondness for painting big rocks using an east-west style, akin to Chiura Obata. But I’m willing to paint and draw anything and do so daily.

 

During the day, I am a mild-mannered graphic designer for a high-tech firm in Santa Rosa, California. At night, I put on my Salvador Dali beret and mustache and engage in art.

T-014 1920 by Neila Stewart wc 15x15 $400

 

I have mostly lived in Santa Rosa but was born in Hawaii and spent significant time in Chicago Illinois where I obtained a masters in Urban Planning. I also have an Environmental Science degree from UC Berkeley, I’ve taken many college-level art classes but my greatest art influences came from my high school art teacher, Mr. Gadberry, from whom I learned discipline and drawing skills, from artist Popi Tyler who taught me painting skills, and from my mother who taught me how to draw a little girl.

 

Contact information:

Neila.stewart53@yahoo.com

 

Robin Roberts’ (of Good Morning America) mother said:

 

Find your gift and share it with the world.

 

I thought that was good advice from her mother and I plan on following through.

 

 

Meet Artist Judy Day

 Judy Day

T-002 Daffodils in Rust by Judy Day  wc 16x23 $175.00

January 25, 2021

I attended Art Center School of Design and CSUN and have a BA 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 including animation, sculpture, photography, and illustrated three children’s work books, but watercolor is my passion. I like the way pigments mix on the paper and flow from the tip of the brush. I can play for hours with paper, paint and water. Add some salt and a spray bottle and I’m set for a day or two.

 

O-031 Happy Aglianico by Judy Day wc 20x27 $325

I moved to the Sierra Foothill Gold 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,

O-030 The Hikers by Judy Day wc 16x20 $250

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.

O-029 Lonesome Christmas by Judy Day wc 12x16 $175

Playing with paint or drawing becomes a push or pull between the process of painting or drawing, or the product you can produce. Do I just sit and play or do I want to paint a picture? Sometimes I am having so much fun playing I am surprised a “Painting” is the result.

 

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 use Daniel Smith Watercolors.

 

Please enjoy a piece of my passion.  Judy Day

Meet Artist Connie Carson-Romano

 

Connie Carson-Romano

T-003 Singular-Drama-by Connie Carson-Romano oil 20x24 $450

O-007 Fushia-by Connie Carson-Romano oil 14x12  $375

O-008 saguaro-by Connie Carson-Romano oil 18x24  $425

O-009 sunflowers-by Connie Carson-Romano oil 18x24  $425

 I have always found it difficult to write an artist’s statement. The task has remained a challenge to this day even after a lifetime of immersion in the art of communication. It is certainly not for a lack of words. I enjoy language and the bonds that are created by it. It is not my ability to use the written word as I have been published to good reviews. Yet I find myself struggle through a verbal description of why I feel the over powering need to create a visual display what I see and how I see it on a canvass.

 

While the depths of my need to draw and paint will probably always remain a mystery to me, I believe my difficulty in expressing verbally my attraction to art is simply in the meditation that is involved in the process: The sinking of self into an object or view. Total immersion into the colors, the shapes, the emotions that are present with the seeing. The challenge of putting, not only the object of the painting to canvas, but the expression of the depth of what is presented to my eyes and the way that my brain processes it. And the ability to share my vision with other so they, too, see the incredible blue of the mountains, the depth of the shadows in the flowers, and the blend of yellows and reds in a sunset.

 

T-004 Trilogy-by Connie Carson-Romano oil 8x10 $175

The diversity of vision by various artists presented in an art show or gallery always amazes me. I find it does not matter if I “like” the work I see or not. It is the vision of another who was driven to put their view to canvas. And I am grateful for the sharing.

 

I hope you enjoy the show.

O-010 tidal-by Connie Carson-Romano oil 18x24 $435