Interpetations X

Red Jumper
Oil on board
24×36
$1,200

Member: Arizona Artist Guild

seven Spanish angels
sculpture in wood
32 H x 44 W x 44 D
$30,000

Member: Arizona Artists Guild and Sonoran Art League

Matthew Werner I have been actively sculpting since 2004. In 2011, I stepped out of my previous career and became a full-time sculptor. My continuing education includes training in classical figure sculpture at the Scottsdale Artists School under Ben Hammond, Hal Stewart, Lincoln Fox, Vala Ola, and Rick Casali, and at Arizona Artists Guild (AAG) under Jason Arkles. I am a past-President of the AAG and past-Chairperson of the AAG Sculptors’ Group. I am a Juried Member of both AAG and the Sonoran Arts League.

Since moving to Phoenix in 2007, my sculptures have been shown in 34 invited and juried exhibitions throughout the Phoenix area. My work has appeared at the West Valley Art Museum, the Phoenix Sky Harbor Art Museum, the Tempe Center for the Arts, the Shemer Art Center and Museum, Olney Gallery, Paradise Valley Community College, Sonoran Arts League Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour, and numerous juried exhibitions of the Sonoran Arts League and the Arizona Artists’ Guild. I have received four Best In Show awards in juried exhibitions, as well as numerous lesser awards. People are the most interesting part of life’s never-ending spectacle. My work, narrative, realistic human sculptures, seeks to express the essential humanity of all people. These narratives are specifically made to provoke a dialog with the viewer’s personal history. The aim of my work is for people to see snapshots of people—not unlike themselves—doing things that they have done; singing dancing, sleeping, striving, loving, dreaming and caring. As viewers consider the sculpture, they almost invariably find their own narrative crafted from their own experiences. This engagement, in turn, helps normalize the sculpted person (the “other”) in the viewer’s mind. My desire, my artistic intent, is to help folks to see other people—people of all races and walks—experiencing life in the same way they do/have. This non-cynical perspective is very important to me in a world focused more on divisive differences than on unifying similarities.

Going West

Member: Arizona Artists Guild

Ruta is Lithuanian born artist living and working in US , worked as muralist in Chicago 19 years . Last 15 years she has been focusing on portraits, cityscapes and still-life work.  I find a lot of excitement in testing how far I can go in stretching the distance between reality, distortion and fantasy

Bloom

Member:  Arizona Artists Guild

Shelley is a Phoenix watercolor and fiber artist. She creates paintings entirely made of thread known in the fiber world as thread painting, as well as Inktense painted fabric with extensive shadow quilting. Her watercolors depict the beauty of nature, wildlife, and reflect her love of all things canine. Formerly a competitive dog sport enthusiast, she can capture each breed’s spirit. See www.shelleykossart.com for current juried exhibitions and awards. Much of Shelley’s thread and watercolor painting is guided by her perception of nature and a desire to realistically create an image solely with thread. Shelley zeros in on a detail getting to know the subject intimately. The density of the fur, the reflection in the eye, the wetness of a petal guide her curiosity and hands to create one-of-a-kind portraits.

Snow on the Ground

Member: Arizona Artists Guild

At the age of 16, growing up in a small New England town surrounded by an inspoiring landscape, I began oil painting classes at the Sargent School of Painting. In 1965, after moving to Arizona I continued oil painting with Don Rufin in his studio in Phoenix. A year later I studied with Dorothy Fratt acrylic and water color painting design, color theory and life drawing who introduced me to the infinate possibilities of freedom of expression in the form of abstract art. My first solo exhibition was at the Lawyers Club of Phoenix in 1973.

I have exhibited at The Phoenix Art Museum,Tucson Center For The Arts, Museum of New Mexico, – Sante Fe, Arizona State Fair, Yares Gallery, Tis Art Gallery – Prescott, Scottsdale Center for the Arts. In recent years, in 2017 my second solo show was at the Shemer Art Center followed by three solo exhibits at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Galleries in 2021 and 2022 and most recently at 2023 at Mountain Shadows Resort Gallery.

Which Way Do I Go?
Color Pencil
24×36
$450

Member: WHAM, Arizona Artist Guild, Phoenix Artist Guild, and Ground Floor Artist

I started participating in fine art shows at about 10 years old and continued through school and beyond until I switched over to craft festivals in my late 20s. After 40+ years away, I have recently switched back to my fine art in a big way. Throughout the years, I’ve worked in many mediums such as pencil, charcoal, pastels, acrylics, pen and ink, ceramics, weaving, jewelry, personalized wood signs and children’s items. Whew!!! I know I’m probably forgetting some things because I’ve tried most mediums at one time or another. My work is quite often considered a little (or maybe a lot) quirky. Perhaps even a little kooky and hopefully fun. For me, all artists should be able to enjoy designing and creating their art. We should do what we enjoy and makes us happy.

Primordial Seed
Oils
$2,900

Bela Fidel is a mixed media artist working in Arizona. Bela’s body of work is informed by her experiences of having lived in three different countries and her exposure to their culture and outlook on life. This can be felt in the rich layering and texturing of her abstract work in oils, encaustics and mixed media. Bela is also passion ate about animals, both domestic and wild. Her love and compassion for all sentient creatures led her to create a series in oils, Endangered, Threatened and Exploited Species, with an aim to raise people’s awareness about the plight of these animals.

Bela has been showing her work for many decades at a variety of art venues, both in Los Angeles and in Arizona. Throughout the years she has been the recipient of prizes, commendations and media publicity. Bela strives to continue to distill her truest personal expression through constant exploration, venturing into new territories while staying true to her fidelity to elegant aesthetics.

My intention and drive are to express the passion of drama and the softness of poetry. These are expressed with contrasts of raw versus smooth and polished; of soft and quiet versus a dash of drama. While I aim at expressing my Being in paint, these characteristics are universal and are found in all of us: in the richness and layers of our emotions; in the drama and poetry of the everyday; in the quiet corners of our hearts that come affluter with the slightest dash of hope and joy.

fidelabstractoils.com

Member:  Sonoran Arts League

Purple Haze
Acrylic
26 x 20
$850

Member:  Sonoran Arts League

Carol McDonald has always been drawn to abstract styles of art, and has been an appreciator and collector for many years. In retirement, that interest became her passion. Carol has studied with numerous award-winning, contemporary abstract artists including Cody Hooper, Bruce Marion, Joan Fullerton, Sterling Edwards, David Michael Slonim, Marianne Mitchell, among others. Carol works primarily with acrylic and paints dramatic, flowing shapes with bold colors. Her style could best be described as expressionistic, energetic and moving. She strives for an emotional connection with her viewers, touching their inner senses and impressions, and leaving the interpretation up to them. Carol is a juried member of the Sonoran Arts League as well as a member of the West Valley Artists League and the Ocotillo Artists Group. Her work can be seen at exhibitions around the valley as well as On the Edge Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.

As an intuitive idealist, I see my world as endless potential and possibility! I believe that is why I am so drawn to abstract art—it has no agenda, and with every stroke of the brush, something new shows up. Each painting is unique, and I never know how it will evolve. That excites me!
I begin each piece by defining a basic composition and I follow my internal compass. I approach my art like I approach my life—I observe, I assess, I react and I respond. The process is fluid and never the same.

People tell me they love the energy in my paintings. When someone experiences a strong emotional reaction to my work, it really touches me. I feel like a part of me is forever connected to a part of them.

Painting provides me with a sense of calm and inner peace, and I’m grateful every day for the time and ability to pursue this dream.

carolmcdonaldfineart.com

Lavender Fields
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 48
$800

Member:  Sonoran Arts League

Casonti McClure Casonti was very shy as a young child and her mother felt she could benefit from taking improvisational dance classes and eventually she developed a passion and voice through dance. Casonti went on become a professional dancer and received her BFA in Dance from the University of Arizona. Casonti received an MFA in Theatrical Costume Design followed by Art Education certification so she could finally realize her dream to teach dance in the public school system.

I am a retired professional Dancer/ Educator, still captivated by the flow and movement of color. I prefer the non-representational form, letting color flow on canvas, creating dimension and depth. My intention is to create a mood or emotional response, drawing the viewer in, allowing them to find something new each time they look at the painting. No longer limited to the gravitational pull, I can soar with pigment, light and texture to create dynamic images.

Colors of Seville
Monoprint
10 x 13
$325

Member: Scottsdale Artists League, Arizona Artist Guild

Cathy Bennett is an artist currently living in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has been painting for 25 years while living in several places around the world. She has won many awards and is delighted with each one. Her art is in many collections around the world.  Cathy is a member of Scottsdale Artists League, Arizona Artists Guild and was a juried member of the Sonoran Arts League.

My artwork is an expression of the world around me.  I love to travel and I find the colors, experiences and joys from my travels end up in my art.  That is a good thing!  I like to use upbeat colors and see the positive in the world around me.  I am always experimenting with different mediums and styles and try to incorporate them into my artwork.  My goal in my artwork is to inspire the viewer to see something that is up and positive.

Indian Pony
Glass Tile
20 x 30
$2,400

Member:  Sonoran Arts League

Charley Zach is a self-taught artist and has always enjoyed sketching, using just a simple number two pencil, pen and ink, and colored pencils as well. He has taken art classes in basic design, watercolor and acrylic painting and has completed artwork in a wide variety of medium before deciding to tackle something different and unusual with glass tile.

According to Charley Zach, there is a tendency to think of mosaics as tile being set on outside patio furniture, such as table tops or the top surface of bench seats. So, creating mosaics was a way he found to expose an audience to a type of artwork that is non-traditional in form and not readily seen every day in art galleries.

The Road West
Monoprint
39 x 14
$450

Member: Arizona Artistst Guild, Ground Floor Artists

Cynthia Dunn-Selph is a mixed media artist and photographer that has exhibited in California and Arizona for over 40 years. She has been a member of three cooperative galleries, is a member of several art organizations, and is currently the President of the Arizona Artists Guild.

Working in multiple mediums allows me the freedom of expression to explore color and form abstractly to convey the feeling of the subject. The subtle play of light and dark, texture and line, give me space to imagine what the subject is and then add to that to bring it to life for the viewer.

Sentry Trio
Ceramic
62 x 30 x 30
$11,500

Member: Arizona Artistst Guild, Sonoran Arts League

Born in Albion Michigan, studied art at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Michigan. David received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, with a minor in Ceramics. David is an interdisciplinary artist working with Ceramics and Wood. David’s inspiration comes from travels, nature, and places like the Mayan temples, the Chiricahua Mountains, Monument Valley and Kew Gardens. He is inspired by the shapes, colors, and the feelings he gets while engaging in all the great spaces. He conveys the richness of shape, color, and texture into the works of art, and shares the boldness of his experiences within the sculptures.

I am pleased to present works from the Scenic View body of work. These sculptures are inspired through travels and explorations, discovering the beauty and spirit of the lands many take for granted. Taking the opportunity to spend time in many of these sacred lands, I had the opportunity to study the unique creation of numerous Spires and HooDoos. With the lifting of the tectonic plates, the sedimentary deposits and volcanic activity, these layers were defined. Through the erosion over time these layers have been exposed, I study the positive and negative spaces and the patina of time.

David has distinction as a Juried Artist in both the Arizona Artists Guild and the Sonoran Arts League.

Cacti At First Light
Fiber
40 x 45
$2,100

Member: Wham, AAG

Art is Debra’s language. She is an award-winning international and inspirational artist. She lives in the West Valley of Phoenix and is also an art instructor for all ages and abilities every day of the week. Her work in fiber is an exciting extension of her portfolio, adding depth to her work. Her technique involves layering 3-5 fiber panels for cutting through and revealing the background. Her life’s work is a continued exploration which has its roots in a life lived overseas, architectural degree and the experience of a multicultural community. She enjoys drawing with her needle once a work has been designed and collaged using recycled materials and hand dyed fabrics.

I use my art to communicate an idea visually; it speaks of how I am innately wired. I enjoy playing with light, contrasting colors, and the use of mixed media in my fiber art. Recently, drawing with my needle gives me more depth to tell my story with the use of thread and line type. Things of nature and architecture are seen in my work. Written words from our Creator and or the meaning of a subject are what inspires me to delve deeper to support an initial thought and concept. Though my work tends to be abstract it always has a meaning behind its forms and composition. I begin with a compositional sketch, audition my colors, play with light by that offer elements of mystery and intrigue. It’s the journey I am truly after and what satisfies my soul. Discovering the destination at the end of the creation process solidifies the whole. The result is just that.

Night Tree
Manipulated Photograph
17 x 22 x 1
$395

Member: Arizona Artists Guild

Doug Dolde has been photographing the landscape of the American West since 2001. Dolde began with 4×5 inch transparency film, and currently uses a Fuji X-T5. He currently lives near Prescott, Arizona. Dolde considers a total workflow from capturing the image to producing and framing the final print as essential in producing a fine art piece of the highest quality possible. He feels that a photograph helps people see things they might not see otherwise.

Pottery of the Sun
Colored Pencil / Fluid Acrylic
24 x 16
$1,200

Member: Arizona Watercolor Association, Vanguard Artists

Dyanne Locati is an award-winning artist, instructor, past President of the Watercolor Society of Oregon; past president and executive vice president and convention director of the Colored Pencil Society of America; Past President of the Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona; Signature member of the National Watercolor Society, The Arizona Watercolor Association, the Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona, the Northwest Watercolor Society and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies.

Masters Swimmers
Oil on Board
36 x 24
$1,200

Member: Arizona Artist Guild

The Scream
acrylic
24×36
$800

Member: Arizona Artist Guild

Ira DellaMonica DellaMonica moved to Mesa, Arizona in 2017. A series of life altering events during the Covid Pandemic deepened her spiritual connection with painting, nature, and the animals around her. About her work, DellaMonica states: The past few months I’ve been exploring parts of myself by painting by giving animal colors to express my emotions, thoughts, wishes and needs.

Elysian Vision
Acrylic, Charcoal
36 x 36
$1,944

Member: Ground Floor Artist, Arizona Artist Guild

Primarily focused on Abstract Mixed Media, Janna draws inspiration from her travels as a Fire Life Safety Account Manager, which have taken her across the diverse landscapes of Arizona. Much of her recent work reflects the interplay of city architecture, shadows, and the vast desert scenery under the expansive Arizona sky. She believes that art serves as a powerful mirror to society, telling stories infused with emotion, strength, and resilience. Art serves as a powerful mirror to society, telling stories infused with emotion, strength, and resilience.

Janna Blackburn has called Maricopa, Arizona, home for the past 11 years, where she shares her life with her family. As a proud wife and mother of three beautiful daughters, she is also soon to become a grandmother for the first time in May 2025. Janna’s artistic journey began in her youth, nurtured by her self-taught skills and encouragement from her grade school and high school teachers who recognized her talent. With the onset of empty nesting, she found more time to delve into her passion for art.

Titus
Mixed Media
20 x 16
$2,200

Member: Arizona Artist Guild

University of Cincinnati, B.S. Design. Traditional Artist specializing in portraiture 1996-2015. Abstract Figurative 2015-Present. Numerous Awards and Distinctions. Gallery Affiliations: Coats Wright Art and Design, Indpls, IN. MP Interiors, Naples Fl. Eckert Fine Art, Kent, CT.

Art fulfills a need to create and communicate emotion through color and line in a two dimensional endeavor. My work is primarily inspired by the human figure. Finished works are re-imagined and developed from studies drawn from the live model.

website: jdnaraine.com
Instagram: jdnarainefineart

A Work in Progress
Oil
37 X 19
$775

Member: Arizona Artist Guild

I try for a life-like images that transform as a viewer approaches each painting, surprising them that what first appears “real” is an arrangement of abstract components: shapes, colors and values. From initial sketches to the finished composition, I aways find a challenge. The painting process brings joy, pleasure, and a sense of fulfillment to my life.

Morning Monarchs
Gourd
9 x 7.5 x 7.5
$550

Member:  Sonoran Arts League

Karen spends time with her fellow artisans in the Sonoran Arts League, The Arizona Gourd Society and the Southwest Gourd Association. Her artwork can be seen at The Finer Arts Gallery in Cave Creek. She lives and has a studio in Dewey AZ where she enjoys hiking and the cooler weather of northern Arizona. Karen makes annual excursions to gourd farms in Arizona and Southern California to select the gourds that will best serve as her ‘canvas’.

One of the things I like about working with gourds is that each gourd has its own personality. I evaluate to see how that gourd can best be utilized with respect to its character and my own vision of how to bring out its hidden qualities.

Be Nice to Yourself
Acrylic on canvas
12 x 12
$300

Member:  Arizona Artists Guild

Retired forest service landscape architect Kimber Jones is known in Phoenix as an abstract expressionist. She paints with her hands while dancing, channeling the music and becoming one with the canvas, in total harmony. She bares her soul to the canvas to heal her wounds. While her palms and fingers are an extension of her heart, the paint and canvas are a journal for her to transform her pain into beauty.

My medium of choice is acrylic due to its quick drying tendencies, which lends itself well to my style of fast action painting. My work is composed of powerful colors, palm and finger swipes and drips, which are built upon through layers creating a strong illusion of depth. I title my paintings using powerful statements spoken by my psychiatrist.

The Verdant Terran Queen
Ceramic
11 x 9 x 5
$675

Member:  Arizona Clay Association, Sonoran Arts League

Kimberly was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and grew up in central New York. Demonstrating creativity from an early age, she pursued her passion for fashion at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. With 15 years of experience in jewelry, clothing, and accessories, including four years managing her own custom bridal business, she eventually decided to take a break. In 2001, Kimberly relocated to Phoenix for a change of pace. By 2004, she chose to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree at Arizona State University. At 44 years old, she balanced full-time work and full-time studies. She started by enrolling in a class at Paradise Valley Community College, which proved to be successful. The following year, she completed a full year of coursework. During her second year, she discovered a passion for ceramics, prompting her to extend her studies by an additional year to master the medium before transferring to ASU. In 2010, Kimberly graduated with a BFA in ceramics, just days after her 50th birthday.

Since graduation, Kimberly’s work has evolved to focus on figurative and sculptural ceramics, fired in a soda kiln. Utilizing porcelain, each piece begins on the wheel and is subsequently altered. The techniques employed are reminiscent of those she once used for creating clothing. Her works are finished with underglazes and glazes applied to harness the transformative qualities of a soda kiln fire. My sculptures blend beauty with absurdity, providing a novel interpretation of the physical world. They are inspired by a playful approach to the concepts of beauty, transforming them into powerful yet whimsical representations of womanhood. I aim to convert discomfort into sophisticated and exotic beauty. The process of firing in a soda kiln introduces an element of unpredictability to my carefully controlled construction and glazing techniques.

There’s Fire In the Sky
Acrylic on Canvas
20 x 24
$350

Member:  Sonoran Arts League

I spend a lot of time mountain biking, hiking and trail running in beautiful places. I enjoy painting images from photos I took on my adventures and bringing a brighter color palate which represents my interpretation of nature. I began painting to overcome trauma because I couldn’t put my feelings into words and prefer to express myself through my paintings.

Basket with Rattan Handle
ceramics
11 x 7 x 7
$85

Member: Arizona Art Alliance, Arizona Clay Association, Sonoran Arts League

My relationship with clay started many years ago.  I have worked in ceramics co-operatives, art centers, and had my own studio in Georgia. Rooted in classic forms, my work in ceramics continues to evolve as I explore new shapes, surface alterations, and glazes.   I work on the wheel using high fire Cone 10 clay bodies and glazes. I have exhibited in shows in Georgia and Arizona.

Memories of a Lost Friend
glass
13 x 17
$300

Member: Ground Floor Artists

I’ve worked with many mediums but my favorite is oil. I feel that art should be an expression of life. I have never settled with painting one thing. I think that’s what keeps me fresh is always looking beyond my present scope. I’m excited when I sit down in the studio and create something that I’m proud to have been a part of. When someone requests a commision it is usually something meaningful to them and they chose me,my hands to create for them. The reward is great when a painting,mosaic,woodwork, etc is shared and it evokes emotion.

Emotions and Memories
Acrylic
28 x 22
$425

Member: Sonoran Arts League

I have started painting late in my life. My painting have been accepted to galleries and museums in AZ. Few of them got awarded. My journey with painting started late in my life. I saw an invitation to try painting classes. I thought to myself what a great way to stimulate the brain. I started taking classes, tried few mediums and after few trials settle down choosing abstract and other non presentation paintings.I found with that kind of painting , I was opening up the child within me. I became fearless in expressing myself. I love experimenting with color and different mediums, feeling stimulated to be creative. I learned the hidden secret in me that I love painting, exploring and experimenting.

Member: Arizona Artists Guild, Arizona Watercolor Association

Originally from England, Melanie Harman has lived in Arizona since 1987 and her work can be found in collections in the USA, United Kingdom, and Australia. She is a member of several Arizona and regional organizations. She is currently Exhibitions Co-Chair for Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona and is Exhibition Chair for Arizona Artists Guild. She likes to hike and travel.

My work reflects my life; most of my art is based on reference photos taken by myself wherever I may be. Many of my paintings are from my trips, both within the United States and abroad. Flowers are a recurring theme in my work, painting them has taught me so much about depth and edges and it has been great practice for painting other subjects. I create collages with acrylic gelliplate monoprints, I love the texture and the vibrancy of the colors and patterns I can obtain this way.

Black Petals

Member: Arizona Artists Guild, Arizona Clay Association

Melanie Mead is an award winning ceramic artist located in Phoenix, Arizona. She received a BFA from Arizona State University where her love of ceramics was cultivated. She also attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Kirkwood Community College (Cedar Rapids IA), Paradise Valley Community College (Phoenix AZ) and various sculpting workshops. She has dabbled in numerous media, but after a pause of many years, ceramics has resurfaced with a passion. Her current work specializes in sculpting flowers and other plant life for indoor and outdoor environments.

Night Sky V

Member: Arizona Artists Guild

At the age of 16, growing up in a small New England town surrounded by an inspoiring landscape, I began oil painting classes at the Sargent School of Painting. In 1965, after moving to Arizona I continued oil painting with Don Rufin in his studio in Phoenix. A year later I studied with Dorothy Fratt acrylic and water color painting design, color theory and life drawing who introduced me to the infinate possibilities of freedom of expression in the form of abstract art. My first solo exhibition was at the Lawyers Club of Phoenix in 1973.

I have exhibited at The Phoenix Art Museum,Tucson Center For The Arts, Museum of New Mexico, – Sante Fe, Arizona State Fair, Yares Gallery, Tis Art Gallery – Prescott, Scottsdale Center for the Arts. In recent years, in 2017 my second solo show was at the Shemer Art Center followed by three solo exhibits at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Galleries in 2021 and 2022 and most recently at 2023 at Mountain Shadows Resort Gallery.

Laguna Agate

Member: Sonoran Arts League

Living in the deserts of Arizona, Nataliya’s artwork is inspired by her arid surroundings. Centric to her artwork is a love of beauty and fashion that was cultivated during her 28 years as a career fashion designer in her home country of Kazakhstan. With a geology professor for a father, Nataliya’s love of geodes, crystals, and minerals was secured at an early age.  “I remember being mesmerized by my father’s collection of rocks and crystals, which he kept in his office. I spent my childhood reading books about fossils to the point that I had memorized nearly all that were available to me” recalls Nataliya. Now, Nataliya puts her passion for the natural world into her resin art as a way to recreate our world’s majestic treasures. I make realistic looking geodes , using handcrafted wood panel, resin, with added glass crystals and genuine crystals.

Daybreak

Member:  Scottsdale Artists League

Pat Beans spent the first part of her life raising four children and working to build a business with her husband. When she was able to retire, she took off in the art world, taking classes, workshops, going on painting trips and workshops. Her world exploded with color. Now, at age 95, she may be a little slower and unable to do many of the things she would like to be doing, but she is still enjoying the art world. With her faith and her sense of humor, you never know what she will come up with next. “Although I have experimented with many different media, water media (either acrylic or watercolor) seems to suit me the best. I love working with color.”

Summer Canyon

Member:  Vanguard Artists Group

“I received my BFA from the University of Cincinnati, DAAP program, majoring in painting and then received by MA from Miami University, Oxford, OH. I taught art in both high and college while continuing to expand my own personal art growth. I taught at McNicholas, Badin and Ross High Schools, and developed AP art programs to advance opportunities for my students. I also taught at Brescia University and Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Since, retiring I have taught numerous workshops, teaching painting and pastel, and traveled to different locations. I have been involved in many exhibits and am currently a membership of several different professional arts associations. WAOW-associate member, exhibited in the Settlers West Gallery in Tucson McBride Gallery in Maryland Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ Clarksville Museum and Cultural Ctr. Salmagundi Club in New York Herberger Theater – Women International Exhibit Miami University-solo show Cincinnati Art Association – group and solo shows Sonoran Art League, Hidden in the Hills Show and – group shows Tubac Art Center – group show Arizona Art League – numerous group shows Ground Floor Artist – group shows I have received many awards in my career as a professional artist and have had several pieces purchased from my collection. Miller Brewery Co, Ohio Bar Assoc., Peoria Civic Center and Duke Energy are just a few of the companies that have purchased paintings for their collections.”

Recently, I have been exploring new styles and techniques in oil painting. This has been a very challenging yet rewarding experience. I have been researching the different subjects and landscapes of this region. It has given me a new perspective and motivated me in ways I haven’t experienced in years. The beauty is awe inspiring, from the rugged mountainous terrain, the breath taking sunsets and the beautiful color canyons; the southwest has much to offer

Pink Splendor

Member: Arizona Watercolor Association

Rupali Holmes is a computer engineer by career but a visual artist at heart. She has been painting regularly and exclusively in watercolors since 2017 and has taken several online and in-person workshops with accomplished watercolorists. She primarily paints florals and animals in a realistic style and aspires to paint landscapes in an expressive style. Rupali is a signature member of the Arizona Watercolor Association and a juried member of the Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona.

I am enamored with the spontaneity and transparency of watercolors, the interaction of pigment and water – on the palette and on paper. I am drawn to the play of light to create highlights and shadows resulting in a three-dimensional effect on two dimensional paper. I primarily paint florals and wildlife, striving to capture their intricate details. Through my paintings I welcome the viewer to appreciate the natural beauty all around us.

Somebody Couldn’t Wait

Member: Arizona Watercolor Association

Rupali Holmes is a computer engineer by career but a visual artist at heart. She has been painting regularly and exclusively in watercolors since 2017 and has taken several online and in-person workshops with accomplished watercolorists. She primarily paints florals and animals in a realistic style and aspires to paint landscapes in an expressive style. Rupali is a signature member of the Arizona Watercolor Association and a juried member of the Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona.

I am enamored with the spontaneity and transparency of watercolors, the interaction of pigment and water – on the palette and on paper. I am drawn to the play of light to create highlights and shadows resulting in a three-dimensional effect on two dimensional paper. I primarily paint florals and wildlife, striving to capture their intricate details. Through my paintings I welcome the viewer to appreciate the natural beauty all around us.

Things are scariest at night

Member: Arizona Artists Guild

Ruta is Lithuanian born artist living and working in US , worked as muralist in Chicago 19 years . Last 15 years she has been focusing on portraits, cityscapes and still-life work.  I find a lot of excitement in testing how far I can go in stretching the distance between reality, distortion and fantasy

Peakhole Arch

Member: Mountain Artist Guild

Sandy Applegate Sandy moved to Prescott, Arizona in June, 2019, having lived in Pagosa Springs, Colorado since 1995. She was born in Wisconsin, raised in Illinois, and attended art school in Chicago. She is currently devoting her time to creating and marketing her artwork. Sandy studied art in college, spent many years in a variety of careers and past-times, but always created and experimented with art media. With the addition of several workshops with notables such as Pierre Mion, Gary Greene, Vera Curnow, Stephen Quiller, and Sandra Duran Wilson, she is free to use her “Artistic License” to create whatever reality she dreams of. She describes her artwork as “Reality With a Twist”. Sandy’s artwork deals with shape, color and ideas, definitely with her own version of reality. She works primarily in acrylic or watercolor with pen with ink. Another medium is oil-based ink in which she creates Monoprints on paper or canvas, a method learned from Shy Rabbit’s Michael Coffee – his reductive-ink process. She often incorporates mixed media to create unusual effects. She likes to have several series of different subject matter in the works at one time. This helps to keep her images and ideas fresh and lively.

Sandy’s current series of “Landscape Morphs” uses lines and circles to create semi-abstract landscapes. She subtly represents what is seen below the surface of the land, as well as on the surface. Her use of color and texture enhance the experience greatly. Her colors are bold, exciting and vibrant. Her images are partly literal, but she incorporates “other-worldly” or abstract elements also. Many pieces contain suggestions of the macrocosmic or microcosmic in them, often using circles or line repetition to indicate the on-going cyclic and repetitive nature of life. She keeps a sense of humor about her, and loves to leave room in her work for the mysterious, the personal interpretation.

Solitude

Member: Wickenburg Art Center, WHAM, Ground Floor Artists

Growing up amidst the beautiful landscapes of New Mexico, Sharon lived in the natural beauty and rich vibrant culture of the southwest from an early age. Rugged desert vistas, breathtaking sunsets and captivating stories of the past weren’t just her surroundings, they became an integral part of who she is today. This also is what inspire Sharon’s oil paintings reflecting not just what she sees, but how Sharon feels about the region she holds dear.

“The art I paint embodies the essence of the Southwest. Color, light, shadow, adroit composition, and depiction of different surface textures are used to create unique paintings. I strive to provide the viewer a powerful experience through each painting by creating a lasting inspiration, sense of wonder and exploration of what the American Southwest once was and is today.”

Tempest of Harmony

Member:  Arizona Artists Guild

Susan’s early art training included earning her BA in drawing and painting at Portland State University, where she also earned her teaching degree. Originally from Oregon, Susan has lived in Arizona since 2008. Her paintings tend to reflect the cool atmosphere of the Pacific Northwest. Acrylics and oils are her preferred painting mediums. Currently she is enjoying her association with the Arizona Artists Guild. Painting for me is not just portraying an observed reality, but it is a blending of memory, experience and imagination.

Singing Heron

Member:  Arizona Watercolor Association,  Vanguard Artists Group

Tanya is a Signature Member of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Arizona Watercolor Association and Contemporary Watercolorists of Arizona. She is also a member of the Vanguard Artists and the Sun City West Art Club. Tanya has studied watercolor painting for the last 28 years and has taken classes from many internationally recognized artist and teachers including Ron Ranson, Stan Miller, Ron Stocke, Alvaro Castagnet, Tom Lynch, and Ted Nuttall. An elementary teacher by trade, she’s offered adult watercolor classes for more than 26 years. Many of Tanya’s paintings are influenced from living and traveling overseas for many years. Tanya takes pleasure in painting sunsets and memories of the lush European countryside or the tropical forests and beaches of Thailand. In addition to dramatic skies and landscapes, Tanya is painting watercolor portraits and experimenting in acrylic and mixed media. She loves being challenged by new techniques and strives to learn more to share with her students, art groups, and friends.

Thunder

Member: Arizona Artists Guild

Originally from Oregon, Suzie Blackwell is a juried artist and graphic designer who has been living in Arizona since 2001. Suzie studied art and design at Mt. Hood Community College and double majored in Graphic Design and Graphic Technology. Suzie started her graphic design career in Portland Oregon where she worked at one of the largest design firms in the PNW. Suzie eventually became an art director, working with several photographers in Oregon and Arizona to produce beautiful product photography that appeared in national advertising as well as point of purchase, packaging, print, catalog and internet.

After working in the advertising industry for 20 years and raising her 3 children, Suzie experienced a great loss when her sister passed away. Upon advise from a friend, she began painting again to help ease the loss and anxiety. Much of Suzie’s work is atmospheric, a combination of abstract and landscape. Fasinated with clouds she continually takes photographs of the sky for reference material and will often get a call from her husband to run out and look at the sky. She encourages everyone to take time to look up and enjoy our beautiful sky.

She is currently working on large scale paintings. She paints in acrylic, using a multitude of color and texture to evoke a sense of mood and atmosphere for others to experience. The ocean is a huge inspiration for her. Water, space, ocean, clouds, nature and land appear in her landscape and abstract paintings.

Suzie continues to work as a free-lance graphic designer as well as an interior and space designer. Painting has become a huge enjoyment where she brings her outdoor experience and interpretation to the canvas.

The Best Is Yet To Come

Member: Arizona Artists Guild

Originally from Oregon, Suzie Blackwell is a juried artist and graphic designer who has been living in Arizona since 2001. Suzie studied art and design at Mt. Hood Community College and double majored in Graphic Design and Graphic Technology. Suzie started her graphic design career in Portland Oregon where she worked at one of the largest design firms in the PNW. Suzie eventually became an art director, working with several photographers in Oregon and Arizona to produce beautiful product photography that appeared in national advertising as well as point of purchase, packaging, print, catalog and internet.

After working in the advertising industry for 20 years and raising her 3 children, Suzie experienced a great loss when her sister passed away. Upon advise from a friend, she began painting again to help ease the loss and anxiety. Much of Suzie’s work is atmospheric, a combination of abstract and landscape. Fasinated with clouds she continually takes photographs of the sky for reference material and will often get a call from her husband to run out and look at the sky. She encourages everyone to take time to look up and enjoy our beautiful sky.

She is currently working on large scale paintings. She paints in acrylic, using a multitude of color and texture to evoke a sense of mood and atmosphere for others to experience. The ocean is a huge inspiration for her. Water, space, ocean, clouds, nature and land appear in her landscape and abstract paintings.

Suzie continues to work as a free-lance graphic designer as well as an interior and space designer. Painting has become a huge enjoyment where she brings her outdoor experience and interpretation to the canvas.

Eye of Wonder

Member:  WHAM, Ground Floor Artists

Judith’s work is mostly abstract realism containing shapes and patterns using acrylics and mixed-media. She sometimes chooses house-like shapes to show the warmth and security of home as her family is always important to her.

Art for me is an experience where I imagine and create something that hasn’t existed before. I am intrigued with colors and shapes as they perform for me with each brushstroke. At times it seems like a dance and other times it is a slow walk.

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Imagination

Member:  WHAM, Ground Floor Artists

I am a mixed media artist who enjoys experimenting with a variety of tools, techniques, media, and materials. I am both a conceptual and a cultural artist. In each of my paintings, I attempt to make meaning and tell a story, through the use of cultural symbols, signs, words, and images.

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Cell Phone: 623-256-0144

Deportation

Member:  WHAM

Am originally from the East Coast, New York City. A connection with photography began in high school with the very first photography class assignment; to construct a Box Camera. To be an artist was always my dream from the age of seven, but to become a cartoonist. Other paths led me to becoming a graphic designer. I worked in the advertising field for over 25 years from Designer, Art Director, Creative Director and then having my own Design Studio.

I am constantly looking for pieces of interesting objects, things, places and people and I ask myself what can I create from these images that I have photographed. From these various photograph images, that I have taken, I get inspired to see what happens when I merge both worlds of photography and graphics to create a unique piece of art.

“Art has always in one way or another been my way of communicating with the world.”

Wired

Member:  WHAM

Am originally from the East Coast, New York City. A connection with photography began in high school with the very first photography class assignment; to construct a Box Camera. To be an artist was always my dream from the age of seven, but to become a cartoonist. Other paths led me to becoming a graphic designer. I worked in the advertising field for over 25 years from Designer, Art Director, Creative Director and then having my own Design Studio.

I am constantly looking for pieces of interesting objects, things, places and people and I ask myself what can I create from these images that I have photographed. From these various photograph images, that I have taken, I get inspired to see what happens when I merge both worlds of photography and graphics to create a unique piece of art.

“Art has always in one way or another been my way of communicating with the world.”