“Like many artists, I have dabbled in every medium, but the one I love most is watercolor. On each painting, my goal is to anticipate and produce exhilarating results that embrace the unexpected. For me, to be an artist is a privilege and a precious gift that I don’t want to waste. My goal is to create 1,000 paintings before I die.”
Christine Lan Higgs is a policy analyst at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab with a thriving photography business based in Vacaville.
Primarily a palette knife painter, Egan loves the challenge of developing contrasting images in rapidly changing light.
James Hartman is a Bay Area based artist who paints landscapes, still lifes and figure studies mostly in the plein-air style.
Drawing inspiration from various locales along the American River and beyond, Prendergast’s paintings are an evocation of an emotional response to the transcendence found through nature.
Sacramento-based McCarron is inspired by her time walking by the American River, working in her garden and bringing fresh flowers into her studio to paint.