Jill Estroff lives in Curtis Park. Her love of art made her role as marketing director at the Crocker Art Museum from 1986 to 1993 a dream job. Inspired, she took art classes in the early 1990s. A few years ago classes rekindled her love of painting. Visit jillestroffart.com
B. Sakato Garo presents the work of Ryan M. Reynolds from Feb. 6 to Mar. 3. “Freeway #4”, oil on panel by Reynolds is featured on the cover. 923 20th St.; bsakatagaro.com
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Tyson Anthony Roberts is a Sacramento contemporary visual artist and muralist. He studied biology and art at UC Davis and continues to pursue those interests as a landscape painter. Tyson is inspired by rural and urban landscapes and values traveling to provide subjects to work from. A mural of his work is located at Cannon Restaurant at 1719 34th St. Visit tysanthrobe.com
Joanne Marquardt is a Sacramento artist working in painting and mixed media, creating both landscapes and abstract works of art.Visit joannemarquardt.com
Dr. Caron Houston glanced at her watch as she crossed the empty parking lot to her car. It was 8 o’clock. Somehow she’d put in another 12-hour day without realizing it. By the time she got home, it would nearly be her kids’ bedtime. She worried for a moment that the new nanny was going to burn out, but she pushed the thought away as she turned the car radio to a local jazz station. “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was playing, and the image of bluebirds flying over the rainbow struck a chord with Houston
