Considering herself an earth artist, Jennifer Rugge creates her art using organic materials and mixing paints and clay slips from natural minerals. Her work engages a presence of life from the land of our ancient ancestral roots in color and composition and with pictographs from early languages.
Ruth Holton-Hodson is a retired health and consumer policy advocate—and artist. She loves the challenge of capturing light in her vibrant watercolor still lifes and pastel landscapes.
Drawing inspiration from Folsom Lake and California’s ever abundant spring wildflowers, Hodgson’s paintings are created in-studio from photos she gathers on walks and from fleeting moments recalled from memory.
Paul Lambie’s work features the active KawahIjen Volcano in Java, Indonesia, which he climbed at sunrise, inspiring a feeling of the raw power of nature.
Using flowers as a subject for the last three years, Chatusripitak’s work is a reminder that every spring, despite the tragedies in the U.S. and around the world, tulips bloom in gardens worldwide.
Pat Mahony, a fixture in the California art scene, is featured in the annual PBS KVIE Art Auction. Her paintings of urban scenes, river landscapes, still life and more are filled with saturated tones and lush abstraction that create a harmonious balance between dark and light.