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" If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as you change your shirts. "
Francis Picabia
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" If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as you change your shirts. " Francis Picabia |
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Showing this month on SAAG's Member Gallery are the following member artists. You may click on a thumbnail to see a bigger picture.
Joyce considers herself a “colorist”. Her goal, with the use of bright color, is “to enhance what she sees to take the viewer to a higher level of the perception of beauty.” She tried watercolor a few years ago after painting in oils for many years. “I was hooked! It is continually challenging me and I find the brilliance of the colors a wonderful way to express my love of nature and the world around me.” Joyce is a member of the Lakes Region Watercolor Guild (Illinois), the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild, and the Southwest Arizona Art Guild. Her work can be found in private collections around the country.
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Lynn Anglin She moved to Vancouver, B.C. and then Seattle, WA where Lynn fell in love with the mountains and the water and her husband, Al. Twelve years later, Lynn arrived in Tucson and another love affair began with the desert southwest. Lynn continued to utilize her knowledge of colour and design in many fields throughout her business career in advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion and interior design. After taking a hiatus from painting for 45 years, she has begun painting with a passion. Her work can be described as Representational/Realism. She generates energy with an excitement in her work but it is always evolving. “I love the way the paint plays on the canvas, it is so forgiving and free”, she says. Her work can be found in private collections in Canada and throughout
the United States. Click on a picture to view a larger version.
I began painting in1990, but loved to draw in pencil my entire life. More than once as a child in southern California I endured the wrath of nuns in Catholic school because I was drawing instead of doing assigned lessons in other subjects. I paint in oils and acrylics, but have dabbled in watercolors and pastels (without much success). My style of painting is called “realism” because I paint what I observe in the world, concentrating on subjects ranging from wildlife, pets, landscapes, still-lifes, plants, and even an occasional person. I paint in a studio from photos or drawings that I’ve made, but sometimes I combine scenes I’ve experienced, or I may even just make up scenes based on my own observations. As a scientist with the USDA Forest Service in Plant Physiology for 40 years, I was fortunate to have opportunities to travel a great deal throughout the U.S. and the world. My interest in photography permitted me to collect thousands of photos from around the world which are now often used as reference guides in painting. I used to believe that I was a very good observer of nature given my scientific background, but when I began painting I found I had to re-learn all the skills I thought I already knew. Click on a picture to view
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Top of page Ruth Canada's current series is for the birds . . . "Birds with an Attitude" . The interpretive paintings give birds human-like behaviors in her signature palette of vibrant to deep rich colors. Ruth is a perfectionist with an abundance of patience which is reflected in her contemporary art style. Art
has always been Ruth's passion. Her closeness to nature and sensitivity
to animals is the result of growing up in rural Illinois. She
studied fine art at Northern Illinois University and commercial
art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts which led to starting
a business in advertising that continued for thirty years. Click on a picture to view a larger version.
Primarily working in water
color and mixed media, Jo Ann’s art reflects a longtime interest
in the way color and shape can be used to evoke mood and to capture
the beauty of the environment. Her passion to bring forth art from
real life has taught her to see with new eyes and to appreciate even
the smallest nuances of nature. Contact Information Click on a picture to view a larger version.
My Contemporary Architectural Landscape paintings involve Abstract interpretations and further explorations of geometric design.
Email: judithakramer@aol.com Click on a picture to view a larger version.
Her favorite subjects are the contrasts, colors, and compositions of water, mountains, and the desert. She grew up with the ocean and gardens of Long Island, N.Y., and lived in the mountains of Utah and Colorado. She divides her time between North Dakota and Arizona with husband, Earl. Sandy also enjoys sketching and taught an outdoor sketch class every summer until 1995. Her paintings have appeared in numerous solo and group exhibitions as well as public and private collections in North Dakota. She is represented by Heritage Art Gallery in North Dakota. Click on a picture to view a larger version.
Top of page Kay
Mitman I relish any opportunity to show and sell my work as sales help to support my hobby. I will have a painting in the juried show, "Life in Motion" at Blue Raven Gallery from Sept 11-Nov 13 2010. Kay Mitman Click on a picture to view a larger version.
Top of page Dorothy
Nelson Dorothy's watercolors reflect
a spiritual side she discovered when learning about the Navajo
people. Because of this spiritual connection, her paintings may
evolve from her original idea into something totally different
by the time they are completed. She loves the mountain and desert
colors and uses them heavily in her work.
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a larger version.
Earl
Wettstein Artist’s Statement: Website: www.oiloiloil.com Click on a picture to view a larger version.
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