Meet the Artists of AHA
Katherine Stutz-Taylor
My
prints are an exploration of personal photographs or drawings of places
I have visited or imagined. I have spent a lifetime studying plants,
architecture, animals and landscapes. The images are influenced by
California's Asian art and culture, the southwest and the art of M. C.
Escher, Albert Durer, Monet and Ansel Adams. I make scratch boards or
ink drawings and then decide whether to create an etching or relief
print. Relief prints start with surface selection to fit my image such
as pine walnut, shina redwood or linoleum. Some images require multiple
blocks for the final print, some hand coloring, and some just black an
white. With E. V. (edition varies) prints I may add hand coloring or
vary their ink's color, allowing for further variations of my image. I
have made relief prints for over 30 years. Stutz-Taylor.com
Jane Rekedal
There is something especially appealing about a pot that both functions well and is pleasing to the eye. I enjoy making pots that are held, used and admired for their beauty and for how they work. It is challenging and satisfying to create pots that successfully meet these design and aesthetic criteria, especially without repetition. My work is intended for use and it completes the circle when people get to know their pots. One appreciates the nuances of the balance and the feel in the hand and becomes familiar with the details of the glaze and texture. The users get to know me by experiencing my pots- a kind of communication that speaks across distances and time.
Recently my work has taken a bend toward the sculptural. Human Faces and animal heads grow out of wall pieces, unusual angles line up for vase forms, and bird baths sprout leaves and fruit. Viking Ships set out to places yet unknown, horse teapots show up for teatime and cats peer out at the world. I continue to produce the vessel format, but with sculptural additions that reflect who I am- my interests, my environment and my heritage. Michelle Noble McCain
This wreath of dried leaves, flowers and berries was yet another wonderful donation from one of our artists. Michelle's dried floral arrangements are wonderful accents for your home and perfect for any season.
Sally Diggory
Sally donated this Flowering Cactus formed from Pottery to our Annual Art Raffle. At the AnnualArt Raffle and Workshops participants have not only a chance to win a wonderful piece of art, but can actually take a workshop with one of our talented artists. Please see our AHA's Events page for more information.
Pat Hanson
Dr. Pat Hanson is a seasoned health and sexuality educator, public speaker, novice comedienne and writer currently working on fictionalized memoirs that chronologize her colorful life. Her first book Invisible Grandparenting: Leave a Legacy of Love Whether You Can Be There or Not © 2013 & 2015. Her second book In Search of Stillness: My Final Frontier, is a comedic take on mindfulness © 2018 by Balboa Press a Division of Hay House.
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Louise Coombes
Louise
Coombes has been the Joyous Quilter since 2005. She has been taking
commissions since 2008 after friends requested a unique quilt to be made
during a visit to her home. Often using clothing or photos, Louise
utilizes quilt design software to provide clients with various
visualizations of the design concept. Much of the skill of quilting is
in the selection and combination of fabrics in appropriate colors, which
she does with great attention to detail, so that the finished article
is a uniquely crafted quilt with either an art or practical use. www.joyousquilter.com
Linda Bjornson
Linda
is a professional stained glass artist who began her work as an art
major in college. She brings her training, love of designing and years
of experience to creating custom windows for homes and businesses. Using
the wonderful assortment of color and texture found in stained glass to
their best advantage is still a challenge she enjoys. www.lbglassart.com
Joyce Oroz
Secure the Ranch, first novel in the Josephine Stuart Mystery Series by Joyce Oroz www.mysteriesbyjoyce.com Or go directly to Amazon, Kindle or Barnes and Noble to purchase. Click on this link to view excerpt from Secure The Ranch by Joyce Oroz
Joyce Oroz Gayle Sleznick
This wonderful landscape painting by Gayle is a fine example of the fabulous artists of AHA and the incredible talent they possess. This was another raffle item donated for our yearly raffle that people have a chance to win!
Kati D'Amore
Kati D’Amore was raised in an artist household in Munich Germany, so paintings and,gallery visits were part of her childhood. After marrying an American, raising three children and living all over the world she started painting herself. Her favorite medium is oil and her passion is Portraiture. The face always tells a story. She also paints plein air landscapes because she loves the challenge of capturing the shifting light and its effect on the subject. She says: “Outside you are in direct contact with nature and the smells and sounds help translate the feeling of the landscape onto the canvas.”
Besides her membership in AHA she is a member of the Portrait Society of America and the Monterey Bay Plein Air Painters Association. Her work is represented by the Dragon Fly Gallery in Aromas, the Greenhouse Gardenstore in Lakeland. Florida and also available at www.etsy.com/store/KSDStudio www.damoreart.com/ Her Studio is in Royal Oaks, California and she can be contacted at katidamore@gmail.com |
Artist Members
Alexan Cerna - Jewelry
Amanda Webb - Painting Andrea McCann - Drawing, Printmaking, Jewelry Andrea McDonald - Barb Scoles - Wood Carving Brianna McCain - Bontanical, Protea Art Carol Hughes - Cathy Gamble - Sea Treasures By C Stained Glass Chris & Jesse Martinez - Fiber Arts, Music, Art Supporters Cindy Couling - Ceramics, Painting Claudia & Christopher Harden - Ukranian Eggs, Stained Glass, Fiber Art Darleen & Jerry Miller - Wood Working David Coombs - Photography, Bonsai Debra Langley - Debra Smith - Diedre Kmetovic - Beading, Jewelry Eileen Ormsby - Kunihimo Goretti Carvalho - Painting Irene Hoey - Jacque Palmer - Multi-Media Jacquie & Tully Wiedman - Wreaths Janet Martinez - Digital/Historical Photography Janet Ryder - Weaving, Needlepoint JoAnne Andrews - Stained Glass, Watercolor JoAnn Miller Johnson - Watercolor Journaling Jill McClure - Jewelry, Art Journaling Julie Pickerell - Writer-Poet Kelly Anderson - Painting |
Members Continued
Larry Gerbrandt - Photograhy Lauree Hill - Zentangles, Dotism, Acrylics, Colored Pencils, Multimedia Laurie Tholen & Tim Krehbiel - Small Scale Metal Work, Enamel Leslie Holtaway - Jewelry, Stained Glass Leslie Rootsaert - Sea Glass Art, Stained Glass Lindasue & Pam Marshall - Embroidery, Fabric Lynette & Don Driver - Jewelry Making Maryellen Dick - Watercolor, Sculpture Maureen Serafini - Plein Air Oil Painting, Watercolor Nan Madruga - Mixed Media, Garden Art, Succulents Neil Ledford - Wood Carving Pat Hanson - Writer, Photographer, Sketching, Drawing Patty Datlof - Ceramics, Lava Pots Paulette & Jack Souza - Silver Fabrication, Carving Wax Peggy Hartman - Painting Polly Goldman - Pottery Rhoda Bloom - Fused Glass, Writing, Painting SanDee Adams - Ceramic Mosaic, Sewing, Crocheting Shelly Trabucco - Gardening, Succulent Arrangements Susan Shirley & Brett McCleary - Feltmaking Sylvia Rios - Ceramics Taryn Hathaway - Terra Dawson - Naturalist Illustration, Teaching Art Tina & Wallace Baine - Writing, Photography, Sewing, Crafts Travis Hill, Jessica & Rachel Wohlander - Trudi Burney - Pottery |