Gallery at The Coffee Gallery

Frank Hartley - 2012 January Featured Artist

2012-01-04T20:20:00.000-08:00

Artist Statement

With world-renowned artist Tommaso Durante, Hartley co-produced a commissioned art book titled Chaos and Cosmos, where art and science meld “the order of beauty and the perfection of symmetries” through interaction and conflict.

Through further study and his own explorations in oil on canvas, Hartley has applied his artistic bent to interpreting images from our orbiting “time machines,” deep-space telescopes. His portfolio of cosmic art interprets an inspirational, gigantic, magnificent universe, seemingly floating benignly in space belying the tumultuous alchemy of matter. Hartley then takes his original paintings and creates variations by applying secondary techniques and treatments in a variety of other media.

Jeffry Jensen - November 2011 featured artist

2011-11-06T12:55:00.000-08:00

A Child's Moon - photograph 24 x 18"

Biography:

Since 1991, I’ve been a member of the Pasadena Society of Artists. Over the years, my paintings, mixed media works, and digital photographs have been shown in many one-person and group shows, winning awards on several occasions. In addition, I’ve worked as a research editor, reference librarian, and college instructor. I’m also the author of several poetry chapbooks, nonfiction books, and many hundreds of essays and book reviews.

Artist statement:
As a self-taught artist, I approach every painting, mixed media work, and digital photograph with a sense of discovery. Through vivid abstract images and vibrant color combinations, I hope to shed light on how my subconscious mind translates the visible world around me.

Murphy Armitage - October 2011 featured Artist

2011-10-04T11:14:00.000-07:00

Corry Drawing, 2011 4 x 5 B&W photo

Murphy Armitage: Artist Bio

Murphy is going to school for Graphic Design. He defines himself as a Screen Printer, Photographer and Graphic Artist. While awaiting admission results from Art Center College of Design and Cal Poly Pomona he has taken more interest in Photography. He prefers to shoot large format 4x5, but he also shoots a lot of 120mm, 35mm and digital formats. He has spent most of his time in photography shooting black and white, but has recently started shooting color film as he has learned to develop and enlarge color film. Murphy develops all his own film and enlarges them as well with the use of black and white or color photographic papers. Murphy would place his body of work mostly within the style of Photojournalism, but he is still testing the waters in all types of photography.

Victoria Hibbs - September Featured Artist

2011-09-01T14:15:00.000-07:00

Artist’s Bio:

Pasadena, CA girl moves to NYC, stays thirty years. Teaches math and science really well, becomes tri-state area private tutor of choice. In the middle of all that re-discovers yearning to make art and discovers the Art Students League. Studies there for several years with Peter Cox, Bruce Dorfman, Richard Pousette-Dart, William Scharf and Fredrick Wong. Bit of a teacher’s pet sometimes, sometimes not. Earns some awards. Family ties pull her back west and she is back in Pasadena. Hopes you like the art.

Artist’s Statement:
Painting equals a safe place for me in a world where I have never felt safe, even in my own skin. Read anything, see any movie, play or TV show, listen to any lyric – almost every time there is the seeking of safety or security. A few people seek danger, heroes seem fearless and take risks, but most of us need a safe place.

Making a safe place for myself has always required the matching of mismatched edges: mine with those of the world. I find myself bonding together broken fragments, trying to make some sort of new stronger whole structure out of things that were never meant to fit each other.

I think this is why I feel compelled to make the work as I do.

David Grigsby - Featured Artist August 2011

2011-08-04T12:47:00.000-07:00

Church Street, Lower Manhattan 2009
Acrylic on Canvas

David Grigsby explores the urban landscape in his paintings, many of which focus on the unique iconography of Southern California, where the artist has lived most of his life. He finds inspiration in the familiar, nondescript elements of the city and suburbs - the sidewalks and strip malls, traffic signs and billboards. When asked to describe his style of painting, Grigsby says he would call himself simply a 'realist', as opposed to a 'photorealist'. "Although my paintings are based on photographic references, I often alter the original source material considerably in order to arrive at a compositional arrangement that suits me. Maybe you could also call me a 'minimalist', because I'm always looking for ways to eliminate elements that are not essential to the overall composition."

A member of the Pasadena Society of Artists, Grigsby is a regular contributor to their group exhibitions and juried events, as well as other individual and group shows in the L.A. area. His paintings are owned by a number of corporate and private collectors worldwide.

Bonnie Bostwick Featured Artist July 2011

2011-07-03T14:05:00.000-07:00

Bonnie Bostwick is a local artist and high school art teacher. She works with both gouache and acrylic paints as well as a variety of three-dimensional media. Many of her paintings explore the deep emotions and compassion found in faces across all cultures and the unexpected beauty found in unlikely places. Some pieces focus on the bonds and interconnection between feminine archetypes from infancy throughout old age.

Artist reception: Sunday, July 10th 4:00 - 6:00 PM

LISA GEORGE - FEATURED ARTIST JUNE 2011

2011-05-31T13:10:00.000-07:00

Lisa R. George is a figurative and plein air painter who works in oils and various other media. This series of paintings was inspired by walking in the foothills, road trips, or a momentary reflective facial expression.

Designing each painting came down to how to encapsulate the moment visually with texture, tone and light. The way light shined on each subject, or didn't, created the most dynamic composition.

"Although I love painting a variety of subjects, I find I often return to painting trees or people. Their forms and moods are strangely similar and interesting. There is always a different, original story to tell."

Lisa studied at Colorado Institute of Art and Art Center College of Design. With a background in graphic design and fine art, her experience led her to work for various entertainment studios in Los Angeles, including Disney and MGM.

Her artwork has been displayed locally in Altadena at The Gallery at the End of the World, The Spring Towers in Downtown LA, and La Jolla.

Richard Davies - May 2011 Featured Artist

2011-04-23T15:43:00.000-07:00

ARTIST RECEPITON SUNDAY, MAY 1, 2011 5 - 8 PM

     The artist works that are presented in this exhibition consist of two elements: the oil painted images created by Richard Davies, and the unique frames crafted by Richard Benson. Davies and Benson are former colleagues at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory where they pursued efforts to explore the planets in our solar system.
     The images in the paintings are extensions of landscapes and skyscapes, all related to the various creations of Mother Nature. The oil painting techniques are several but the most easily recognizable is the use of pointillism. The paintings are contemporary in feel because of their abstract construction, but they are nonetheless about something natural.
     Once one of these paintings was begun, it took on a life of its own, leaving the painter Davies somewhat at a loss to explain to others his mental processes during the painting. Davies hopes a viewer will be instantly intrigued by the images and will wish to take a second look and a third and other longer looks.
     The materials used in the frames made by Benson are cherry and dark walnut wood that Benson took out of forestland his family owns in Michigan.
     Davies has exhibited elsewhere. Locally he has shown his work at the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena and the Gallery at the End of the World on North Lake in Altadena.

Nancy Desmond Armitage March 2011 Featured Artist

2011-03-06T13:35:00.000-08:00

Nancy is a landscape, figurative and contemporary painter. Her recent series "The Adventurers Club" is featured at The Coffee Gallery and illustrates fascinating people, places and memories from around the world. The layered paintings depict treasures and maps from a faraway land, local birds and fishes, people and customes from certain places - a pictoral journal. Nancy received her BFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Additional works can be viewed at http://www.nancyarmitage.com/ or http://www.artslant.com/

Linda Ternoir February 2011 Featured Artist

2011-01-22T12:35:00.000-08:00

Linda Ternoir is a local artist who works from her imagination. She paints with acrylics, uses collage, draws with ink, and uses a variety of color media. Movement is the most important aspect of her art. She invites those who view her paintings and drawings to engage, participate, and become involved. Linda is an award-winning artist who has exhibited in many solo and group shows.

Dates: February 1 through 28, 2011

Reception: Sunday, February 6, 2011 from 5 - 8 PM

Thank you in advance, best regards,

Kathleen

December Artists - Peter McDonald and Debbi Swanson Patrick

2010-12-09T10:16:00.000-08:00

The Coffee Gallery is very pleased to announce our artists for December: watercolorist Peter McDonald and scanographer Debbie Swanson Patrick.

In the main room we have the wonderful abstract watercolors created by Peter McDonald.

Peter was a restless journalist when on a whim he took a painting class and discovered a passion he never knew existed. "It was," the Australian born artist recalled after the first water color class, "love at first brushstroke." He was immediately drawn to abstraction and his distinctive work is built on watercolor bases and random color and texture and transformed by intricate line work.

More than two decades later his work has been seen in both national and local shows winning numerous awards including the National Watercolor Society's Frode Dann Award. The late Dr. Alex Vilumsons, the prize winning abstract-impressionist, and Tom Fong, the California master teacher and artist were influential in his development as an artist. He currently studies with ntoed watercolorist Fealing Lin and abtract artist and teacher Terri Balady.

"For me, life is a wonderful abstraction of elusive beauty, mystery and spiritual transformation I feel compelled to explore as an artist and try and make sense of in, well, the abstract," he explains. He is a member of the National Watercolor Society and the Pasadena Society of Artists.

Visit his website at PeterMcDonaldStudio.com

In the conference room we have the intriguing scanography works of Debbi Swanson Patrick.

Of her work, Debbi states:

"Since the day my father brought home a Polaroid camera I've been in love with making images, the joy of discovery in capturing a moment that will never be again. Now, I've embraced the art of scanography with it's incredible quality of light and detail to tell stories, capture mood, create a visual-sometime ethereal and whimsical-festival of life and death. I'm intrigued with contrasts: life/death, old/new, dark/light, real/imitation, daily reality/eternal spirit to connect into our individual emotional waves, and how we manage to live, to cope, and laugh in spite of it all. Ultimately my goal is to transform past challenges into the beauty of original "Still lives" that reflect joy and lifes' emotional layers by contrasting polished, raw, manufactured, natural and found objects in startling ways.

One of the best moves I ever made was the one to Altadena 15 years ago. Thank you to all my Altadena/Pasadena friends and family who've been such great supporters and helped me through this past year! Special thanks to Dawn Stevens of Clickers and Flickers and Ed Martin, my scanography mentor and inspiration. This show is dedicated to my late husband, Steven, for his never-ending faith.

Please visit Debbi's other work at:

photodeb.viewbook.com
AltadenaAboveItAll.com
AltadenaDailyPhoto.com
KPPC's The Freeway on Facebook
digiphotomag.com

Please join Debbie for an

Artist's Reception on

December 16th

from 6 pm to 9 pm

The Coffee Gallery.

September Artists - Janos K. Lanyi and Dorothy Shepherd

2010-08-31T13:13:00.000-07:00

In the main room we have the vibrant photography of Janos K. Lanyi.

Artist Profile

As a pre-teen Janos spent all his time drawing and painting, but made the decision to abandon art and turn toward science, which also fascinated him. He never touched the sketching pencil again, but neither did he stop looking at the world with an artist's eye. Now, sixty hears later, he has begun to create photographic images, which reflect all he learned from his visual experiences.

Just as every block of marble contains a great sculpture and one need only to trim away the excess, the world is full of great images and the task of the photographer is only to keep an open eye. He keeps trying to catch those magical moments when form and content come together. When they do, then there are no questions, no doubts, and no ambiguity: the image is just right.

There is nothing subtle in his photography. Color or black and white, it is intended to grab your attention, and to demand a "wow". Being a scientist in his other life, he strives for technical perfection, but that is only the first stage. the second is when the image connects with the viewer. He connects best with people, so his subject always includes people or a hint that people are nearby. the third stage of the "wow" is the soul-crashing impact that is rarely achieved, but once seen never forgotten. A photograph like that can be a life's ambition. You have to aim high.

Visit his website at http;//www.janosklanyi.com

In the conference room we have the beautiful watercolor paintings of artist Dorothy Shepherd.

Artist Profile

Dorothy has been painting in the Chinese brush style of watercolors since 1996, with Chinese

Brush artist Nan Rae. She particularly likes to pain animals, landscapes and flowers. For the last two years, she has been studying with master Chinese calligrapher Tom Shantian Chow and is learning to paint some of the Chinese calligraphy characters in cursive style. Many of the brush strokes used in her watercolors are also used in Chinese calligraphy. By practicing both forms of brushwork she hopes to improve her painting.

Janos K Lanyi's artwork will be on exhibit through September 29th.

Dorothy Shepherd's artwork will be on exhibit through September 22nd.

We Apologize for the Delay

2010-07-05T00:13:00.000-07:00

Due to illness this site has not been updated for the August art exhibit.

In short: In both the main room and the conference room we have the wonderful paintings of Gary Thomas. Please click on the link below for more information on the artist.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Thomas-Artist/108196752554239

We will have a proper announcements beginning again for our September exhibits.

Thank you for your patience!

June Artists - Zofia Kostyrko and Catherine Yu

2010-06-02T14:28:00.000-07:00

The Coffee Gallery is pleased to present our June artists, Zofia Kostyrko and Catherine Yu.

In the main room we have Zofia Kostyrko's wonderful portraits of local residence from Altadena and Pasadena.

Zofia Kostyrko, the Brainy Brush Diva: Fine Artist

Exploring the Yin & Yang Between Portraiture and Commercial Conceptual Design

A native of Warsaw, Poland who escaped communism as a child. Zofia Kostyrko has spent a lifetime telling stories. A classically trained fine artist and designer and a graduate of the Art Center College of Design and the WDI Disney Masters workshops, she uses bold lines and dynamic colors on both digital and cloth canvas as her creative playgrounds. Under her two separate companies, Zofia Kostyrko-The Brainy Brush Diva and deZign sKape, LLC, the artist offers fine portraiture and commercial conceptual design services respectively.

Lauded as an award-winning conceptual and experienced designer, illustrator and creative director, Kostyrko, as the creative lead behind deZign sKape, LLC, boasts an impressive career spanning over 20 years with a variety of international entertainment-based clients ranging from theme park, exhibit and stage design to network children's programming children's publishing and brand development.

Through Zofia Kostyrko - The Brainy Bush Diva, she is committed to using fine art portraiture as a catalyst to shatter stereotypes and social barriers to celebrate the human spirit and acceptance of others. Her paintings are held in pultiple private collections and exhbited in both group and individual gallery shows.

Kostyrko has resided in Altadena with her family since the early nineties, where she continues to tell stories through art; drawing inspiration from her loved ones, her community, nature with all of its variations and quirks, music and modern pop culture.

For more details regarding these wonderful portraits please click on the following link:

www.youchangemyworld.com

ARTIST RECEPTION:

Sunday, June 13th, 7 pm - 9 pm.

Artist Website: www.brainybrushdiva.com

Artist e-mail contact: zofia@dezignskape.com

Artist Studio Phone #: 626.296.8686

In the conference room we have the lovely oil paintings of artist Catherine Yu.

Catherine Yu, an up and coming Taiwanese American artist, had shown talent in art since she was a little girl. throughout her childhood and adolescent years, she won numerous art contests and plein air painting competitions in her homeland of Taiwan as well as in the United States.

She's a lady with a diverse background. She holds two bachelor degrees from UC Irvine - one in Studio Art and the other in Environmental Analysis and Design. During her time at UC Irvine, she was featured in many group shows as well as having a solo show on campus. she then attended UCLA for a masters degree in Urban Planning. Since graduation in 2004, she has been working full-time as an urban planner.

Although art is not her current full-time career, she continues to cultivate her art by taking classes, workshops, and association with other artists. In recent years, she has studied with California artists Steve Criqui, Kevin Appel, Steve Metzger, and Tom Brown. She is a permanent member of Gallery So Ho, a co-op gallery located in Pomona. She also exhibits her paintings twice annually with the Taiwanese American Association of Art. In May 2008, her paining was published by the City of Los Angeles. In March 2010, she was invited to exhibit her work in her native country, Taiwan.

Her inspiration comes from American landscape, her travels to different countries, as well as simple daily happenings. She hopes her art can evoke awareness to the daily blessing that we so often take for granted.

Both artist's work will be on exhibit through June 29th

May Artist - Assemblage Artist Cynthia Paige Aaron

2010-05-02T00:10:00.000-07:00

The Coffee Gallery is pleased to present the artwork of Cynthia Paige Aaron.

Cynthia Paige Aaron has been drawing since childhood, and eventually began constructing mixed media works that delve into a semi-fictional world, inspired by dreams, the macabre, the absurd and the mystical. Using a combination of objects and ephemera, painting, collage and drawing she manifests a map of her mind and her world. Synchronicity plays a large part in the construction of the work, and a series of coincidental happenings usually occurs, driving the work forward until completion.

Mostly self-taught, Cynthia has studied at the Fashion Institute, Otis College of Art and Design, Chouinard School of Art and is a member of a SOPA Studios in South Pasadena. When she is not searching for found objects in the urban landscape, she is exploring the many unique parts of Los Angeles, gathering images and inspiration, and enjoying many genres of music and film. Cynthia's home and studio is in Los Angeles, California.

Exhibit runs through May 30th.

Reception Information TBA.

April Artist - Karen Bagnard

2010-04-07T18:02:00.000-07:00

The Coffee Gallery is pleased to present the artwork of Karen Bagnard.

Karen Bagnard is a local Altadena artist. She is largely self-taught and continues to learn from the artists around her. She has displayed her work in this and surrounding communities most of her life, as well as San Francisco and Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Working with pen and ink, watercolor pencils and washes, collage and acrylics, her inspiration, in part, is derived from the joy she finds in her life.

This exhibit is a celebration of the artist's joy and gratitude. Moving out of her "comfort zone" of drawing, Karen has created some bold, bright canvases with brush and paint. She hopes her work will spark a kindred spirit in her viewers! Enjoy!

March Artists - Clarence Stubblefield and Paula Delfosse

2010-03-09T11:01:00.000-08:00

The Coffee Gallery is pleased to present the artwork of painters Clarence Stubblefield and Paula Delfosse.

In the main room we have the artwork of Clarence Stubblefield.

Clarence began his artistic development at a very early age, and cuntinued his formal training at Los Angeles City College. He works primarily with acrylics, but he has also used other mediums (wood and photographs) to express his artistic talents.

He is best known for his beautiful original acrylics entitled "Instrumentalists", "Living and Working in the West Indies", "A Series of Old Houses" (in and around Pasadena) and "Children at Work and Play".

In the conference room we have the artwork of Paula Delfosse.

Born in California, Paula Delfosse moved with her family to Maryland when she was five, and did not return to her home state until the age of twenty-one.

Raised in a family which valued the practical above all else, her innate love of drawing and painting was discouraged, only to be reawakened after taking the course, Drawing for Non-Art Majors, as a humanities requirement during her studies as a biology major at Towson State University in Maryland. Subsequently, Delfosse focused on art studies at Pasadena City College for a year to develop a portfolio prior to being accepted to the prestigious Art Center College of Design, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Art in Illustration. However, after receiving repeated feedback from potential commercial clients that her technique was too "painterly", she opted for a career in fine arts where her artistic method and perceptions are better suited.

Paula has since worked in diverse arenas, painting backdrops for photography, designing scenery and creating artwork for local theatre, and producing decorative murals for private residences. Studies with Peter Adams, Junn Roca and Tim Solliday refined and developed her plein air and fine art techniques.

Please join us for an artist's reception on March 27th

from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Wine and cheese will be served.

February Artists - Jennifer Mullens and Rick Strieck

2010-02-07T12:18:00.000-08:00

The Coffee Gallery is pleased to present the artwork of felt maker Jennifer Mullens and illustrator/painter Rick Strieck.

Exhibit runs through February 27th.

In the main room we have the beautiful artwork of felt maker Jennifer Mullens.

Jennifer discovered the art of felt making in a textile class at San Francisco State University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Art History.

Shifting her emphasis from painting to textiles, opened up a more organic approach to her art. The wool takes on a life of its own, as it shrinks and binds together, taking over the design, as the fibers are rolled and beaten into a piece of felt. It's like taking a painting, that she worked on for days and then rolling it up, while it is still wet, and beating it with a broom.

Felt making is both a physically and artistically challenging medium. She draws her inspiration from nature and creates many of her pieces outdoors.

In the conference room we have the incredibly imaginative work of illustrator/painter

Rick Strieck.

Born in California, Rick was drawn to the exciting and scary world of monsters, fairy tales, and nightmares. He was heavily inspired by classic horror films, comic books, fine art and authors such as Clive Barker, Edward Gorey and Sam Keith.

Although he aspires to provide his unique stile to comic books and children's literature, Rick continues to broaden his experiences and opportunities in the arts. Other than a limited amount of high school, college art classes and personal workshops, he has not had a large amount of formal training.

Rick continues to absorb ideas and spends his free time locked in his "Dungeon" creating playfully creepy illustrations which have the look and appeal of a child's imaginations, but the dark and twisted style only he could create.

January 2010 - The Photography of Annie Fourguette!

2010-01-04T00:25:00.000-08:00

The Coffee Gallery is pleased to be starting off the New Year with an exhibit of the compelling photography of Annie Fourguette!

Annie is an L.A. area photographer whose passion for photography started in high school. Annie has a great love of nature and brings this depth of feeling to her landscape imagery. She also loves unique urban architectural settings and distinctive views of daily life. Her work has been shown in many local galleries, and is currently on display at the Heart and Soul Healing Arts Center in Pasadena. Annie’s work was also recently juried into the Topanga Canyon Gallery Digital Arts Show. She has also been published in BMW Magazine and Women on Wheels, a national journal with approximately 100,000 readers. Annie is currently completing a black and white photo essay, Women Who Ride, a series of photographs highlighting the diversity of women who ride motorcycles.

Annie’s images give the viewer a window into the soul of her subjects.

Her work will be on exhibit from January 3rd until January 31st.

Please join us for a reception on Sunday, January 10th

from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm

"Drawn From Life" - Artwork by The Getty Group

2009-12-02T11:23:00.000-08:00

The Coffee Gallery is pleased to announce the December art exhibit featuring a group show by

The Getty Group

"Drawn from Life"

Offering a wonderful selection of artwork focusing on the human form.

Participating Artists:

Dexter Cannon, Aude Degrasssat, Elliott Kai-Kee, Anne Martens, Nancy Pau, Melissa Piper, Ron Schmidtling, Ellen South, Lee Tirce

The exhibit opens on December 1st and closes on December 31st.

Please join us for an artist reception on Saturday, December 12th

from

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

About The Getty Group

Nine years ago, J. Paul Getty Center employees Elliot Kai-Kee and Ellen South discussed the fact that so many staff memebers at the hilltop campus are practicing artists. It made sense, they thought, to share their passion for art-making by starting an after-work drawing group. Since then, they've met with other staffers once a week for three hours at a time, to sketch from a nude model - a centuries-old tradition that many contemporary artists continue to practice.

For those involved, it's a nice change of pace from the large institution's exciting yet often hectic work atmosphere. "It's theraputic at the end of the day to simply walk downstairs to the studio and shift from our professional capacities to making art," says South, who works by day as staff assistant to the Museum's Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts. Artists sit around a central stand, on which a model holds a single pose for two to twenty minutes at a time. Music and conversation enliven the atmosphere.

The life drawing group is open to all Getty staff, including docents, volunteers and interns. Although the institution generously provides studio space, the group is entirely self supported and administered. "There are times when we've been able to employ two models simultaneously," says Melissa Piper, a staff assistant at the Getty Research Institute. "And other times we worry about whether we will have enough to pay one! But over the years we've had a core group of about eight of us."

Piper, South and Kai-Kee - who oversees gallery teaching in the Museum's Education Department - certainly count as that core group, as does Ron Schmidtling, a scientist for the Getty Conservation Institute and Anne Martens, a Museum media writer. Other artists include volunteers Nancy Pau and Lee Tirce, graduate intern Aude Degrassat, and Museum associate Dexter Cannon. Once a year, the group also generously donates to the Getty Community Service Teams' Annual Silent Auction to help raise funds for Los Angeles community charities.

Ron Schmidtling curated this exhibit, with the generous support of The Coffee Gallery. The works on view were all made within the last year. The drawing group is neither sponsored nor supported by the J. Paul Getty Trust.

November Artist - Sinclair Stratton

2009-10-26T18:55:00.000-07:00

The Coffee Gallery is pleased to present

San Diego artist

Sinclair Stratton.

Her artwork will be on exhibit at The Coffee Gallery

from November 1, 2009 through November 30, 2009

in the main room.

There will be an artist reception on

Saturday, November 14

from

4:00 pm until 7:00 pm

Please come by, meet the artist and enjoy her wonderful artwork!

ARTIST PROFILE

When Sinclair Stratton channels her deep love for animals onto the paper, what emerge are vibrantly colorful images that capture the essence of her subjects and the admiration of her human audience, as well.

Sinclair's captivating portraits of wild and domestic life, created with watercolor in a deep-saturation technique that brings an unusual intensity to the medium, brought unexpected fame to a self-taught artist when Forbes Magazine named her "Best Emerging Artist" in a 2002 article on the world's leading pet portrait artists.

No longer a secret, Sinclair has been commissioned to immortalize the beloved pets of patrons from well beyond the borders of her native San Diego. Her paintings grace walls from Los Angeles to Miami's South Beach, and recent commissions have brought her work to London and Belgium.

Sinclair's creativity and passion for her artistry are rooted in her fondness for the creatures that share our world, and this devotion extends beyond the brush. Sinclair has actively supported non-profit organizations in San Diego County. Her donated paintings are integral to the interior decor of the new San Diego Humane Society & SPCA facility, and she dedicates a percentage of the proceeds from her new line of yoga mats to animal related nonprofit organizations.

For more information and to browse her online gallery, visit
www.sinclairstratton.com

October Exhibit

2009-09-25T16:44:00.000-07:00

October Art Exhibit

Featuring the artwork of

Jessica Ostrander

"A LA MODE"

A series of paintings that explores the diverse beauty of fashion, style and the feminine mystique.

Show runs from October 2nd through October 31st.

ARTIST PROFILE

Jessica Ostrander creates in a wide range of styles. Traditionally trained as a muralist and fine artist, she studied art at ORU and CSUB. She has gained further artistic experience working with Mural Makers, a company who paints murals for Disney and Scarborough Designs, specializing in custom faux finishes and decorative painting.

She works in several styles and mediums, however, this current series of artwork is acrylic on stretched cotton canvas.

Jessica says that the reason she paints is because she enjoys expressing the creativity that God has placed inside of her. It gives her great joy to know that through her painting she can express her experiences and personal truths in every piece of artwork.

If you are interested in commissioning a custom or personalized work for your children, family members or friends, Jessica can be reached via email at visitmyartgallery@yahoo.com.