In 2008 Judy Knott went on an art studio tour in Elk Grove California where she was living at the time. A friend of her husband had just given her some oil paints and a small easel. At the last tour stop she met Kate Anderson whose artwork she admired and who had decided to start teaching art again. She jumped at the chance to take lessons.
Richard Stein believes that California’s agricultural fields and orchards -particularly when observed from an aerial perspective – can reveal textures, patterns and rhythms that are not as readily apparent at ground level.
Born in Los Angeles, educated in San Francisco and now based in Sacramento, Hermann’s paintings blur the boundaries of Realism and Expressionism, and often feature the beauty of the Golden State.
Sacramento photographer Garrick Wong has been honing his skills in fashion photography for the past two years.
Barbara Dow’s work in oils, acrylics and watercolor is often influenced from observing the colors, shapes and textures of the natural world.
Born in Okayama, Japan, Chiura Obata (1885–1975) immigrated to the US in 1903 and embarked on a seven-decade career.