Born in Brazil, Almeida has lived in California since the mid-1980s, earning his degree from UC Davis. He is renowned for his expansive aerial landscapes and masterful compositions that turn everyday moments of rural California into mesmerizing passages of color and shape.
This artwork by Jill Estroff is featured in the Art Fur Paws online auction to benefit the Sacramento SPCA. Estroff, who lives in Curtis Park, worked as marketing director for the Crocker Art Museum from 1986 to 1993. She strives to capture the essence of a scene in a loose, abstract style, and admires the vivid color and bold brushwork of expressionist painters.
Heather Hogan’s current series is on women’s struggles to have it all and hold it all together—a balance between caring for loved ones and pursuing careers and passions.
Francesca Schomburg is a Pocket resident, and former schoolteacher and arts educator who for many years developed arts curricula.
A devoted student of art history, Matt Bult draws on a wide range of sources. His work stems from his intense involvement with tradition and his desire to learn from it.
Susan Silvester received her MA in painting from Sac State in 2010. She has exhibited throughout California and has many public art pieces.
