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.jpg) "Mermaid" Giclee on Canvas Artist: Horst Wolf |
.jpg) "Semi-Autobiographical" Acrylic Artist: Christina Olsen |
PAT RENNER Pat Renner, a former school librarian and art teacher, has always wanted to paint. Beginning with oils and acrylics, she found her way to watercolor after retirement. “Although everyone thinks watercolor is more difficult, it is really just figuring out techniques with which to approach ideas.” Coastal living, near the Rogue River, provides endless inspiration. Other exciting subjects are figures and flowers. “Style is always in transition.” A member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon and a signature member of the Missouri Watercolor Society, Pat has exhibited in national, regional, and state watercolor shows, receiving numerous awards. She lives in Gold Beach, Oregon.
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CHRISTINA OLSEN
The artist, known as “Christina” was born in San Mateo, CA and raised on the coast side without television-but WITH running water and electricity. She always loved a good squishy mess, graduating from mud pies to any artistic expression available. An art teacher aunt bestowed a box of assorted paints and colored wires and types of paper when she was about four-after which, Christina was in constant trouble for making a “horrible mess.” Since then, the artist has become adept at cleaning up after herself. She studied practical disciplines in college and received both degrees in Technical Illustration and Education. She worked in both of these fields. She paints in Watercolor, acrylic, paints ON pottery and still loves mud. |
.jpg) "Dragon Fly" Digital/Mixed Media Artist: Billie Ruth |
.jpg) "Want a Kiss" Watercolor Artist: Sharon Guinn |
Horst Wolf Horst started painting in 1995 after a 40-year career in aerospace engineering. He took watercolor classes from Sonja Hamilton of Redwood City, CA, and from Liz James of Brookings, OR. While living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Horst participated in many local and regional exhibits and won numerous awards. In April 2001 Horst moved to Brookings, OR. Since then he has been juried into exhibits of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, the California Watercolor Association, the Coos Art Museum , and has participated in local art exhibits on the South Coast. He has won numerous awards. Horst is represented by a dozen or so galleries in Oregon. www.horstwolf.net |
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JM Steele Artist Jeanne Marie Steele paints in a style she calls ‘Impressionistic Luminism’. The Luminist movement of the mid-19th century was focused on the study of light. Atmospheric effects were achieved by careful gradation of tone with no sign of brushwork. Steele seeks to incorporate these atmospheric effects and moody tones along with the lively and fluid brushstrokes inspired by the Impressionists. Born and raised in La Jolla, California, Steele has lived throughout the West and has focused her work on the Western landscape. Steele now resides in Gold Beach, Oregon and continues to travel throughout the mountain states, the desert and the pacific coast. Steele has studied under recognized painters Sebastian Capella, Perrietta Hester and Wolf Kahn. Steele uses numerous layers of paint on canvas and wood panels, enhanced by a high varnish finish which livens the oil’s surface. This format creates a jewel-like quality which she enhances at times with gold leaf applied to the painting surface. Her work evokes a richness reminiscent of an ‘old world’, romantic era. |
.jpg) "Summer Dreams" Oil Artist: Alexandra Eyer |
.jpg) "Untitled" Watercolor Artist: KayDe Mowery |
Sharon Guinn When Sharon Guinn in not on the Rogue River fishing or walking her doxies on the northwest beaches, she is in her studio creating something. She worked for 24 years as an RN in the operating room. Since retiring, Sharon has poured her energy into art and music on the Southern Coast of Oregon. Sharon Guinn is self-taught and has always had a love for art. She started drawing and cartooning in her elementary years. It was in 2004 when she pursued art more seriously after moving to the Oregon Coast. She reads and studies art, but her passion is to paint and experiment with all kinds of subjects and media. Sharon has won many awards this past year, 2007, in juried shows. Best of Show at Curry Art Show, Judges Choice and First Place in professional category Curry Art Show and Azalea Festival. Recently Sharon Guinn was accepted by Yupo Paper Corporation as one of the finalists in an art competition for Designers Choice Award. Sharon’s work can be seen in galleries along the Southern Coast of Oregon. |
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.jpg) "Come into the Dance" Watercolor Artist: Christina Olsen |
.jpg) "Big Dog" Watercolor Artist: Dale Wells |
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Alexandra Eyer
Born 1951, New York City, lived in Gold Beach Oregon since 1975. Alexandra first studied fine arts at California Institute of the Arts and holds degrees in Art Education from Prescott College. She studied Portraiture with Daniel Green at his studio in New York and has attended weekly, figure drawing groups for thirty years. She was a high school art teacher in Gold Beach and currently teaches workshops through Southwestern Oregon Community College. Her paintings are in private collections and galleries throughout. She is married with three grown children. |
.jpg) "Snow Capped Moons" Digital/Mixed Media Artist: Billie Ruth |
.jpg) "Untitled" Watercolor Artist: KayDe Mowery |
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.jpg) "5 Yellow Birds" Watercolor Artist: Horst Wolf |
.jpg) "No Misery" Watercolor Artist: Christina Olsen |