Painting
The very human and historic language of color, light, value, texture, imagery, and intensity in two dimensions.
Margaret Lindsey, MFA www.artransforms.com m.lindsey.art@gmail.com
Why DO I make art? Why DO I teach art practices? As near as I can tell, because I must. When I paint, I log the topography of the worlds within and beyond me, using whatever media comes to hand. My finished paintings are essentially maps of my metaphysical and psycho-spiritual investigations, records of experiences along the journey. This drives the work and play that I craft for other people: I design experiences and guide people through conscious art practices and expressive art play, inviting them to discover and give form to their own uncharted terrain. All practices I offer my students and clients are creative practices I myself use.
So for me, “art” is a verb, it is a creative action taken, rather than a thing that is made. Creativity is a method of inquiry, an essential process for knowing and contemplation.
I paint in my studio in the Nevada City, CA, and show locally and internationally. I design and guide conscious art practices and expressive art programs in various settings, including graduate seminars, workplace retreats, year-long programs for youth, workshops for adults, webinars, and one-on-one mentoring sessions.
So for me, “art” is a verb, it is a creative action taken, rather than a thing that is made. Creativity is a method of inquiry, an essential process for knowing and contemplation.
I paint in my studio in the Nevada City, CA, and show locally and internationally. I design and guide conscious art practices and expressive art programs in various settings, including graduate seminars, workplace retreats, year-long programs for youth, workshops for adults, webinars, and one-on-one mentoring sessions.
David Mooney davidmooneyart.com artofdavidmooney@aol.com
David Mooney is a professional artist well known for his detailed, realistic acrylic paintings which have a strong emphasis on the spiritual. He is a popular teacher and lecturer, and his paintings have won extensive awards. Last summer he served as Artist-in-Residence at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
David’s evocative paintings currently deal with two groups of subjects. First is American wildlife and landscapes, which he has painted for many years, especially the majestic mountains of the American west. More recently he has become inspired by the beauty and history of the British Isles. Towering cathedrals, haunting abbey ruins, mighty castles, even humble cottages, are all fodder for his artistic expression.
What runs through all David’s work is a vision of a world untouched and unspoilt by human problems. There is an atmosphere not of aloneness, but of pleasant solitude where the viewer may commune with God or nature, without intrusion or interruption. He welcomes visitors to his studio, where he gives painting workshops regularly. David, who is a classically trained violinist, is also an avid Scottish fiddling enthusiast. He and his wife enjoy fossil collecting, travel, beachcombing, and books.
David’s evocative paintings currently deal with two groups of subjects. First is American wildlife and landscapes, which he has painted for many years, especially the majestic mountains of the American west. More recently he has become inspired by the beauty and history of the British Isles. Towering cathedrals, haunting abbey ruins, mighty castles, even humble cottages, are all fodder for his artistic expression.
What runs through all David’s work is a vision of a world untouched and unspoilt by human problems. There is an atmosphere not of aloneness, but of pleasant solitude where the viewer may commune with God or nature, without intrusion or interruption. He welcomes visitors to his studio, where he gives painting workshops regularly. David, who is a classically trained violinist, is also an avid Scottish fiddling enthusiast. He and his wife enjoy fossil collecting, travel, beachcombing, and books.
Dori Greenbaum www.dorigreenbaum.com dorigrbm@gmail.com
I have been painting in watercolor for many years. I moved to the beautiful and historic gold rush town of Grass Valley, California with my husband, Alan, after raising our children in Southern California. In the last few years I re-dedicated myself to painting. I love the freshness and spontaneity of watercolor. My favorite subjects are big landscapes, close up flowers and other natural scenes.
I teach beginning and intermediate painters in my home studio, small semi-private classes. |
 |
Jerianne Van Dijk www.jerianneillustration.com jeriannedj@gmail.com
Working primarily in watercolor with some gouache, ink, and crayon, with attention to mood and light, her painting style is realistic and somewhat impressionistic. When it comes to illustration, her use of mediums entail a grande variety of techniques and materials ranging from whimsical to detailed and classes. She finds inspiration from the unique small town she lives in filled with natural beauty and a huge population of artists, both visual and performing. In addition to being a busy muralist, she has also been active in the design field, creating designs for fabrics, wall paper, figurines, and dish-ware. Jerianne is also an active radio broadcaster on our local radio station, KVMR 89.5 FM. Please visit her website for more information:
|
|
Sylviane Giacoletto www.sylvianegiacoletto.com sylvianegiacoletto@gmail.com
Sylviane is an avid backpacker passionate by the magic transformation of a blank canvas into an inviting landscape. Inspired by the specific colors and light in the Sierra Nevada Mountain range, her work is permanently evolving towards the best rendition of emotions felt when one with nature.
“I spend a lot of time with mother earth. It is part of my daily life to walk, hike or backpack. Nature is my main source of inspiration and that is where the calling is for me right now. Through my brushstrokes I want to share with you the trails of Desolation Wilderness leading to breathtaking views of Alpine Lakes. I want to capture the smell of pine needles and bark, the earthiness of mushrooms. I want to convey with my palette knife the roughness of warm granite. I want to invite you to embrace the celestial blues of high elevation, untouched by polluted air. I want you to take off your shoes and jump in the pristine waters. I want you to stop and contemplate what is offered and so often ignored.” Sylviane Giacoletto resides and works in her home studio in Grass Valley CA and is an Associate Member of Oil Painters of America, American Women Artists and Women Artists of the West. |
|
Carianne James cariannejames.com frogdance108@gmail.com
Carianne has been teaching art and creativity classes to children and adults for the past 20 years, and has lived in Nevada City for the past 27 years.
She loves to paint whimsical, and colorful art reminding us to be more playful and light hearted in our lives. She currently teaches Creative Awakening workshops which encourage personal transformation through creativity, including writing, painting, collage and time in nature. She believes we are all creative and, it is a matter of awakening that magic within, and bringing it into all aspects of our lives. |
|
Susan Lobb Porter www.slporter.com susan@slporter.com
I’m an equal opportunity mark maker, rarely sticking to one medium as I work on any given piece. What begins as a blank canvas or wood panel quickly becomes a series of layers, most of which will be painted over as the work proceeds. But even though you might not see those layers, they’re there, adding a weight and depth and richness to the finished piece. The final layers might appear at first glance to be acrylic or oil and cold wax but if you look closer you’re likely to see graphite or charcoal or colored pencil, perhaps even collage or plaster. I suppose the technical term for what I do is Mixed Media but that conjures up other images in my head. And so I label most paintings by what went into the final layers.
|
|
|
|
Denise Wey www.asifstudios.com dwey@denisewey.com
Denise Wey is a painter, known for her large-format contemporary acrylic paintings of the local Yuba River. She teaches adult creativity workshops with Lil McGill and acrylic painting classes for adults with Eileen Blodgett at ASiF Studios, 940 Idaho Maryland Road.
She is a teaching-artist who brings her years of experience and love of Creativity to inspire many classrooms in Nevada County. Also, Denise & Eileen co-direct ARTsCOOL, an after-school drawing and painting program for children with week long camps held in summer. |
|
Katie Wolff www.katiewolffstudio.com queenkatiewolff@yahoo.com
As a very young adult I would create a portrait of a family member about once every few years and I'm proud to say that those images will be passed from generation to generation for years to come. As an adult in San Francisco I had the opportunity to study under Thomas Leighton and have spent every free moment since in creative mode. Today, when I am not working on a commissioned painting, I PLAY at creating colorful, energetic, emotional works of art.
|
|
Eileen Blodgett eileenblodgett.com eileen@eileenblodgett.com
Painter and Fine Art Printmaker, Eileen Blodgett is resident artist and instructor at ASiF Studios in Grass Valley, California. She has studied Art on the East and West coast, as well as in Japan. She holds a B.S. In Art Education and an MA from San Francisco State, but that was just a start. Every day brings new and exciting lessons that find their way into Eileen’s art. She takes inspiration from the beautiful landscapes of the Sierra, the warmth of the people she knows, her family, the spirits of things and lives passed, and mysteries yet to be explored. “Art is footprints from the soul - and it’s never too late to take that walk.”
“I love the dimensions that the process of fine art printmaking can reveal and I have taken that process onto the canvas. Am I a painter? or a printmaker? - Who knows?” |
|