O-025 Cherry Blossoms by Cheryl Smith acrylic 20x20 $225 |
O-024 Peacock in the Snow by Cheryl Smith acrylic 16x20 $150 |
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O-016 rainbow-dreams by Michelle Thornburg acrylic -36x36- $850
Michelle Thornburg - Artist's Statement
O-015 Feathers-in-the-Windby Michelle Thornburg acrylic 30x40- $850 |
My style of creating artwork is painting from the subconscious. There are no carefully planned sketches, no grids, it is just me and my paint with no expectations of anything but painting. I use my hands to apply the paint directly onto my canvas, no rules, just whatever feels right. The key for me is to let go of the conscious world around me, and just paint, allowing my hands to take the lead. Eventually the painting reveals itself. It's like daydreaming on a canvas.
Artist's Biography
O-014 Sea-of-color-by Michelle Thornburg acrylic 30x40- $850 |
Michelle Thornburg is a California Artist and Art Teacher living and working in the Central Valley. She creates dream like paintings from her subconscious using the Surrealist technique of automatism, or automatic painting. Her technique of using mainly her hands to apply acrylic or oil paint to the canvas allow her to connect with her artwork. Her paintings are created by applying paints onto the canvas in various colors, patterns, and movements. Her paintings are often reworked and go through many changes before they are completed. These expressive paintings are full of fanciful images and colorful landscapes.
O-089 Periphery by Henrietta Sparkman pastel 30x22 $800 |
Plein Air work of
Henrietta Sparkman
O-091 VerdantValley by Henrietta Sparkman pastel 22x26 $600 |
A versatile artist, Henrietta Sparkman earned degrees in Studio Art, Industrial Arts and Art Education. Her teaching continues with workshops both in various media regionally and abroad.
Henrietta's work is created in both two and three dimensional mediums. Recently she has concentrated her work painting en plein air, water-color, painting making and abstract painting.
An award winning artist, she actively exhibits and her work has been shown in a variety of venues: Chartreuse Muse, Mistlin Gallery, CSU, UCSF, Yosemite Renaissance, Ironstone Winery, Museum of Monterey, The Carnegie Arts Center, California Breast Cancer Research Symposium Art Exhibit, Firehouse Gallery, JayJay, Harrington, Pacific Grove Art Center, The Grand Center Theater for the Arts, Goodwin Gallery, State Fair & more. She is actively involved in community art organization and believes artists give as much as they create.O-090 RiverBend by Henrietta Sparkman pastel 22x26 $600