Patt Illouli

Patt Illouli

Patt passed away a year ago after completing her last set of home portrait watercolors for the Sacred Hart Holiday Home tour. For more than decade she had been commissioned by the tour to create the paintings that were gifted to tour participants. The self-guided Sacred Heart Holiday Home Tour will be held Nov. 30–Dec. 2 featuring five historic homes in East Sacramento’s Fabulous 40s. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 the day of the event. Visit sacredhearthometour.com

Don Taylor

Don Taylor

Taylor is a Sacramento artist and jewelry maker and previous owner of Taylor’s Art Center in Midtown (now University Art) where he was a renowned framing expert. This cover painting is acrylic on paper with marker.

Steve Memering

Steve Memering

Steve has had a long career as a teacher and artist. Today, he paints several hours in the morning nearly every day in his studio. Capturing Sacramento icons are a major theme in Steve’s current paintings and all of his latest work have acquired an unprecedented mastery reminiscent of the classical tromp l’oeil paintings. This painting of the Tower Theater is part of “Sactown: RE-views” at the Sparrow Gallery at 1021 R Street through Dec. 1. Visit sparrowgallery.com.

David Lobenberg

David Lobenberg

Lobenberg was commissioned by the Sacramento Food Bank to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their Run to Feed the Hungry held on Thanksgiving Day. Lobenberg teaches watercolor and drawing workshops throughout the U.S. and Canada. His paintings can be seen at: lobenbergart.com, Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, and Youtube. 

Bhavna Misra

Bhavna Misra

Bhavna is a full-time painter who creates with love in her heart, respect towards the subject matter, and a complete dedication for a well-crafted artwork. This oil painting is titled “waiting for title.” Visit saatchiart.com/bmisra or bhavnamisra.com.

Shu Fen Chen

Shu Fen Chen

This painting by Shu Fen Chen was selected from the 2018 California State Fair Fine Art Show. Cecily Hastings selected it for one of her 2018 Publisher’s Awards. She can be reached at shufenpocket@yahoo.com.