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Jilly Barnes, Watch this space for updated information soon. |
 Helen Chester has been a plein air watercolorist for forty years. She has also done abstract landscapes in water-based marbling inks (on a caragean bath). She has now explored a new medium, water-based oils (how`s that for an oxymoron?). There are about two dozen small paintings at the gallery done in June, July, and August. Also she has included a half dozen watercolors from all over Santa Cruz county. Other than the landscapes, her themes tends to be women and horses. |
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| Cindy Connolly, Watch this space for updated information soon. |
 Joellen Covington
I enjoy working in Water Color and Oils but Clay, even the new Polymer clays are such a wonderful substance. You can pull this substance and roll it and make figures that capture all the movement of a human or animal. You can make a child squatted down looking at something or a surfer dancing with his board on a wave or a dancer imitating a dressage horse doing Airs Above Ground or perhaps a women petting her strange Pet. There is grace. beauty and movement in every being and my aim with my art is to show the angles the movements and absolute beauty that is contained in every living person and maybe share a smile along the way.
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 Carolyn Gray’s education includes a BVA degree from Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia and a MFA degree from University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. She has won art awards on the national, state, and local levels, but teaching has been her life’s venue for service for over twenty years.
With art, her personal motivation has been guided by the Native American path through the sacred in ceremony for Mother Earth with animal totems, dreams and symbols. It is a continuing journey for her to bring understanding and peace by looking at the beauty that continues to surround us.
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 Jacque Hillman of Jackson, Tenn., received the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists Emerging Artist of the Year Award 2010 at the spring TACA show held in Nashville.
An award-winning writer and editor for the past 25 years, Jacque returned to her art studies of years ago, refreshed her knowledge at the Appalachian Center for Crafts and began designing Reconfigured art jewelry in copper, silver and gemstones five years ago. Her first show was spotlighted in Art World News and her work was featured on PBS’ Tennessee Crossroads. Her wire-wrapped designs reflect her concerns and love for the Earth and its resources. She uses recycled copper wire from computer parts in her desire to conserve nature’s gifts and has recently added hand-dyed silk ribbon in some pieces. She prefers to create in the sunshine, listening to Mozart and cool jazz, and to imbue each piece with the spirit of the music and her joy in creating. “As I take a stone into my hand, I know it will become what it is meant to be,” Jacque says.
She finds stones around the world for her designs and shares the gemstone meanings. Each design is named and has a story based on the gemstones that the wearer will want to have on the winding road of life, a theme throughout Jacque’s designs. Her Reconfigured art jewelry expresses who you are, wherever you are, on your life’s journey.
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 Nancy Hodge, I graduated from Kent State University with a degree in Art Education. I taught art in private schools in Ohio and private and elementary schools in California. I have been working at my art board since childhood. My latest pieces have been Cowgirls, horses and lately native American peoples.
My mediums are watercolors, acrylics and pastels. My influences for my style are; Picasso, Matisse, Roualt and Kandinski.
I believe my art displays the freedom of the Cowgirl. horse and our first peoples so I love the whimsical aspect of it all. I'm constantly dreaming of new image ideas, they just keep coming.
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Jeannie Kohler, Watch this space for updated information soon. |
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| Denise Landis, Watch this space for updated information soon. |
Daborah A. Lee, Watch this space for updated information soon. |
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 Originally from Slovenia, Marie Miller has been a professional artist for over thirty years. She studied at Lakeland College in Ohio and has studied privately with many noted artists, including Don Walters, Cathy Goodale., and Terry Leach. She works primarily in watercolor, but enjoys also doing mixed-media pieces, and is currently studying oil painting at Pima College. To any medium she brings her particular vision, and a quality which many define as spiritual.
"I hike the desert, explore ancient ruins, and paint what I see, what I feel. I aim to capture the mood of the moment, the last ray of light touching the mountaintop and then sliding into the shadows. Sometimes I use color or line to express a mood or an idea. Giving myself permission to play rather than work brings out the genuine creativity that leads from one thing to another. I love what I do with a passion and feel very fortunate to express this through my art."
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 Ronda Nielson, I am mad for earrings whether making or wearing them. My objective is to create earrings that are unique, stunning and wearable. The original earring designs are created by sketching until a suitable idea emerges or developed directly at the jeweler’s bench. Traditional metal arts techniques such as piercing (cutting a design out of sheet silver), granulation (soldering small grains of silver to the surface), soldering (adhering two pieces of silver together with heat), and tooling (marking the surface of the silver with a tool) are used. Earrings that are too heavy or too long are uncomfortable to wear and while the weight and length can vary with each owner, it is important to me that Zooming Angel earrings are ultimately wearable.
Zooming Angel earrings are created from the finest materials. Argentium silver is used exclusively as it inhibits tarnishing. Semi-precious stones such as Lapis-Lazuli, Jade, Carnelian and Turquoise are used as focal points. Only sterling silver is used for ear wires. I strive to improve my practice, and broaden my techniques under the business name Zooming Angel Jewelry.
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 Loraine Rissetto, Loraine was born in N.Y.C. She started art lessons at the age of ten at the Art Students League in adult classes ,and then was the only child at the Artist Equity, a group of professional artists at age 11.She graduated from Pratt Institute, and then became an Art teacher in N.Y.C. Loraine's addiction to clay started with her graduate work for advanced degrees at Columbia University, first with wheel thrown pieces and then hand built, and finally the combination of both.
Her pieces range from functional to fantastic to whimsical. Beautiful creatures emerge and fantastic animal forms take shape, all will bring a smile.
The pottery and sculptural pieces are all high fired stoneware,or exciting raku ware.
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Pamela Wilson, Watch this space for updated information soon. |
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 Ginny Wolf, The jewelry that Ginny creates is inspired by nature and the diversity of cultures from all parts of the world. She uses imagery from Asia, Africa, Europe, the ancient Celts, and the Americas, as well as her own concepts.
Ginny Wolf has been creating her beautiful and interesting jewelry for 22 years, and has sold her work across the United States as well as in Europe. She offers an unconditional guarantee of quality and is willing to replace or repair damaged pieces. This steadfast commitment has assured Ginny a client base that includes many dedicated customers.
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