15th Annual Sierra Art Trails to Feature Mariposa Mixed Media Artist Ocean Jones
1 of the joys of this fourth dimension of year is the Sierra Art Trails Open up Studio Bout. The annual event is a great excuse to bulldoze upwardly into the beautiful foothills of eastern Madera and Mariposa counties and be invited into the dwelling studios and display spaces of nearly 100 artists in a variety of genres. If yous luck out, y'all go some dainty, well-baked, autumn-like weather. And I've e'er enjoyed the friendly atmosphere yous find at the unlike venues, with artists taking the time to explain how and why they piece of work the way they practise.
This year Sierra Art Trails, which opens Friday, Sept. 29, and continues through Sunday, Oct. ane, celebrates a major milestone: its 15th anniversary. To mark the occasion, I'yard introducing a newcomer artist, Susan Mitchell-Van Slyke, who recently moved to Mariposa from the Bay Area — only whose Sierra roots run deep.
How it works: Buy a catalog for $20, which allows two adults unlimited admission to all venues during the iii days of the result. If you haven't already ordered a catalog online, you can pick one up at 1 of a diversity of locations in the Fresno-Clovis expanse, Visalia, Madera, Merced, Mariposa and Oakhurst. (I've included a list at the stop of this mail service.)
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How to organize your time: The catalogs are nicely organized into three "trails": Coarsegold and Yosemite Lakes Park; Oakhurst and North Fork; and Mariposa and Ahwahnee. Venues are open 10 a.grand.-half-dozen p.one thousand. all iii days (although some studios are not open up on Friday, and then check the fine print.) There are oft several artists at one venue, which makes things experience a little less spread out. The most sedate and luxurious feel, of course, would be to arrange to stay overnight somewhere in the foothills and accept a couple of days wandering a couple of the trails. If yous're making a 24-hour interval trip of information technology, you'll have to pick and choose. Your best bet, especially if you're a newcomer, is to pick one trail and follow it, otherwise y'all'll spend most of your time driving instead of visiting with artists. A great introduction: Driblet by the Stellar Gallery (40982 Hwy 41, Suite ane, Oakhurst) for a look at the official preview exhibition, which includes representative works by all Sierra Art Trails Open up Studio Tour artists. If a style in particular catches your middle, you tin can plot out your route right there. Buying fine art: That's the thought! Artists would merely love to sell their work to you lot. Now, on to our featured artist: Mixed-media artist Susan Mitchell-Van Slyke will be showing at her home studio in Mariposa. (She'll be joined there by artist Jim Taylor, who volition be showing his watercolors, drawings and pastels.) I caught up with her to ask a few questions about her work and her thoughts about her commencement Sierra Art Trails. Q: You're originally a Sierra gal, correct? A: I grew up on the East Side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. My family endemic a hot springs resort. I attended High School in Lee Vining on the shores of Mono Lake. My English language teacher shared her free study hour to give me art assignments. She was too the drama teacher and would assign set up pattern to me. Q: When and why did you movement back to Mariposa? I lived the past 25 years in the East Bay area. Had a great art studio in Benicia, in the Arsenal district. What a wonderful artist customs – shout out to Benicia Arsenal artists! I moved to Mariposa in May with my husband to calm down, see the stars, and be able to beget retirement anytime! (I will probably never retire because I dear what I do!) Flower ability: Susan Mitchell-Van Slyke's "California Poppy." Q: When you lot meet someone for the first time and they ask you to describe your art, what practice you say? I ordinarily enquire them near themselves to establish a common language and become a experience for what aspects of fine art they are interested in. Other artists attend open up studios to go ideas or inspiration and often want to "talk store." If I am talking to an engineer, they are usually interested in the materials used. If I am talking to a poet or musician, I talk nigh meter and rhythm they might come across in a piece. I endeavour to decide if they want to hear the 1 minute version or the 5 minute version. I love talking to people. Art is so subjective. The response to it really is dependent upon the viewer's indicate of view, which includes their behavior, education, emotion, and so many other variables. I have and then many wonderful stories about connections I have made with astonishing people through this dialogue process. I beloved information technology when someone from Ohio asks me about that orange blossom they have never seen, which I reveal as the California Poppy. Q: You've been a total-time artist for 10 years. How did you decide to make that leap? A: Making the conclusion to become a full fourth dimension working creative person was more like taking the adjacent step, rather than a bound. I had spent many years prior learning Architectural finishing techniques like furniture refinishing, specialty plaster applications, and decorative physical finishes, in improver to making art. I had studied fine fine art in college, worked on theater set up designs, got a document in museum and gallery studies, did a bit in non-profit arts administration, worked in trademarks and marketing at UC Berkeley, worked as in promotional designing with a prominent coming together planning company in the Bay Area, etc., etc., etc… Q: Y'all say in the catalog that if information technology is a "mystery" how two different materials you employ work together, and then the piece of work is worth doing. Can y'all elaborate? A: I will frequently inquire the question when I am in the process of making something-"What will happen if I mix material A with Material B in a new fashion?" I am often surprised by the outcome. An instance is, what will happen if I put Sumi ink onto wet, cracked plaster? Well, the ink did some interesting dispersion. I allow this dry sanded it, then painted something on it. This piece turned out really well and sold. The trouble was, I didn't write down the sequence of what I had but done and then could not repeat what happened on the residuum of the pieces in the series. This is the most fun for me in the making process. The "What if" question. I figured out a while ago that art is never what you lot first imagine it to be. The ideas come up, I endeavour to follow their promptings, only at many places in the making process have to surrender to the accidents, or reality, of what is going on with the slice and respond accordingly. I have been criticized for not having a signature technique. I get bored doing the same techniques over and over once more, I like the learning that takes identify past stepping into the unknown. Through this, I have learned that different materials dictate what takes place in terms of form and subject. Then… sorry critics, I have to follow the mood of the time. Q: Tell the states near your home studio in Mariposa. What will visitors discover? A: The studio is a 2400 square-foot. unfinished metal outbuilding. The setting has the all-time view on the property. At the current time, the studio is non finished – I am in the beginning stages of planning to create a wonderful work space large enough to host workshops and classes. This is a new get-go – we will see what comes of it. What drew me to the infinite was the tranquillity atmosphere. Every bit for ambiance, visitors may get to run across, hear, and smell the goats grazing on our property, they are really wonderful, so much fun to watch. Q: Why do you remember people should experience Sierra Fine art Trails? It is a fun experience if y'all like to look at beauty and meet new people or experience new places. I think it must be like taking a mini-holiday where y'all are exposed to new ideas and ways of living. Also, people who do not do fine art, often are not enlightened of the sheer hard work and dedication that goes into fine art making. Artists work extremely hard and sometimes stress out about preparing for open studios – they are inviting people into their sanctuaries, they are exposing their creations. As well, nigh artists work alone, open studios gives us a take chances to utilise our words. Sierra Art Trails, 10 a.1000.-6 p.one thousand. Friday, Sept. 29, through Dominicus, Oct. ane. (Not all venues are open Friday). Catalogs are $twenty, which acts as an entrance ticket for two adults to all venues. If y'all're a Sierra Art Trails artist and desire to entice viewers to your studio or gallery infinite, you lot tin leave me a comment on this post or send me an email (donaldfresnoarts@gmail.com) with a brief pitch as to why Fine art Trailers should driblet by. (I'll include the boondocks you're in simply non the specific location, because we wouldn't want to encourage people to skip buying a catalog.) Experience free to include an prototype or 2. I'll update this mail service as I receive them. North FORK: Savour examples of California impressionism. Husband and wife "plein air" oil painters Michelle Sonoqui Gillette and Craig Schub are known for painting local scenes that reflect the history and spirit of the Sierra foothills, Yosemite and the Central Valley. Other artists exhibiting in Northward Fork will include Anja Albosta and Lisa Gatz. (Number 60 in the Art Trails itemize) ◊ ◊ ◊ YOSEMITE LAKES PARK: Lisa Anderson and Martin Shapiro write to let me know nigh their piece of work: She does kiln fused glass work, and he does pottery. (Number xiv in the Art Trails itemize) You can watch a video about Shapiro'southward piece of work hither. ◊ ◊ ◊ One-half Dome, Elm and Sunbeams, Yosemite National Park, California 2016 OAKHURST: Come visit the dwelling studio of internationally renowned landscape photographer William Neill. Sierra Art Trails provides a rare opportunity to view his original photographs in his living room gallery space. A resident of the Yosemite National Park area since 1977, Neill is concerned with conveying the deep, spiritual beauty he sees and feels in Nature. Neill's laurels-winning photography has been widely published in books, magazines, posters, and his limited-edition prints have been collected and exhibited in museums and galleries nationally In 1995, Neill received the Ansel Adams Award for conservation photography. (Number 67 in the Art Trails itemize) ◊ ◊ ◊ Rare Sighting, 2/3/17, two:12 PM, 8C, 9000×12000 (0+0), 150%, Copywork, one/25 south, R122.2, G98.0, B119.5 ix" ten 12" acrylic and oil on canvass painting of the Ahwahnee Bridge, in Yosemite National Park, by artist, Trowzers Akimbo. The painting was begun while serving every bit the "visiting creative person" at the Yosemite Art Center, taking visitors out to paint "plein air" at various locations in the park. OAKHURST:Trowzers Akimbo is an Emmy Award winning artist. Originally from Venice, CA, he at present works and resides in the Sierra foothill'south community of Oakhurst, CA. He'southward been a full-time fine creative person for the past 5 years, following his career equally an illustrator, graphic designer, managing director and chief creative officer in the television receiver, print, blitheness and computer game industries. He'll exist offering both abstract and representational pieces, much inspired by life in Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Affordable fine art reproductions of his work are likewise available, in the form of gicleé prints and note cards, including many images he originally created for the "Tonight Show, starring Johnny Carson." (Number xxx in the Fine art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ OAKHURST: Betty Berk writes: "I volition be showing my latest prove of oil paintings, titled 'For The Love Of Color.' Here is one of my artworks I'll be showing."(Number 54 in the Fine art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ YOSEMITE LAKES PARK: Cathy McCrery-Cordle writes: "My work is mostly in the area of fine fine art, macro photography. I believe that each day offers united states of america glimpses into the sacred. By exploring the world around me through photography, I am driven to discover and preserve the visual essence of such sacred moments. I tend to detect the tiniest aspects in nature, often overlooked: frost, dew drops, the way moisture beads across a leaf or flower petal, etc. Above left: "Never Give Upwardly," and above correct, "In This World."(Number 13 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ MARIPOSA:Moira Donohoe writes: "I was born and raised in Yosemite Valley and my family unit began a bakery, dairy and store called Degnan'south in 1884, The Sierra, peculiarly Yosemite, is my yardstick that everything else in the world is measured against. Yosemite wins every time. Teaching workshops and classes have helped sharpened my skills, while keeping me grounded and connected to all the wonderful people I've met over the last 30 or so years. Landscape in oil and acrylic are my focus, sometimes meandering into mixed media and pastel. Landscape likewise is my portal into the realm of the spiritual, and if it resonates with other people, information technology is all the more than powerful." (Number 79 in the Fine art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ MARIPOSA: Penny Otwell is teaming up with two other artists at her home studio. She writes: " I think folks should come and see our work this coming weekend, Friday-Sun. Nosotros are prolific engaging artists who have fun making art and sharing our works with others. I'1000 a long-time Yosemite oil painter who also paints in the Central Valley, the California Coast, the Eastern Sierra and the Sierra foothills. I show work at The Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Valley. The fun part of seeing my studio is the daily ane p.m. demo in oils." (Number 86 in the Art Trails catalog) Plus, she adds: "Tim DeWitt is a professional leather maker who has designed and constructed jackets for the NY rock star scene in the 1960's. He now makes fashionable fringe bags and whimsical items out of beautiful leathers. Tim besides has paintings and "pop-up" books to share. You cannot believe the detail of Tim's work!" (Number 87 in the Art Trails catalog) And: "Isaac Ruhmor is an fine art student at Yosemite Loftier Schoolhouse in Oakhurst — he and Tim and I are working together as a mentor team. Issac is an excellent artist and volition show his paintings and drawings."(Number 88 in the Fine art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ MARIPOSA: Rebecca Sullivan writes: "I appreciate y'all getting the give-and-take out. Fastened is my painting of 'The Merced River with Poppies.' " (Number 85 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ OAKHURST:Sandy Kowallis Hervatine writes: "I will be at Timberline Gallery once again, showing for all 3 days. Here's a painting just finished: 'Colors and Contours – Alaska,' inspired by a recent trip to the northernmost state. As usual, I will be showing impressionistic and abstract works. (Number 50 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ OAKHURST: Here'southward a pitch from Williams Gallery West: Visit painter Susan Manter Bolen, ceramic artist Steven Veach, and lensman /mixed media artist Jon Bock at Williams Gallery Westward at Gallery Row in Oakhurst, just ii doors downwards from the preview exhibit at Stellar Gallery. Susan creates vibrantly colorful paintings and paper mache constructions. Her collection of Dia de los Muertos papier mache skulls is astonishing! Steven creates cute and functional high fire ceramics with highly-seasoned arts and crafts style glazes. Jon'southward work explores nature, history, popular culture and the arts, a delightful mix of subjects, thought provoking and inspirational! (Numbers 46-48 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ SAMSUNG DIGITAL CAMERA OAKHURST: Ally Benbrook writes: "I'm a a watercolor artist, displaying at our arts and crafts distillery, where I have an art gallery also. Most of my work relates to animals in some style and I do many commissions of dogs, cats, and horses. I'grand a nationally known watercolor artist with signature status in 7 national watercolor societies. I am new to our mountains and wait frontwards to meeting all the Art Trails visitors. Benbrook is displaying with Valerie Runningwolf, a Fresno creative person specializing in textural mixed media and is "bringing an array of her gorgeous pieces to display." (Numbers 38 and 39 in the Fine art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ COARSEGOLD: For you world travelers out in that location, lensman Karen Tillison will be showing her piece of work from all seven continents and places-in-between. (Number xx in the Arts Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ OAKHURST: A note from the artists: "Gloria Garland and Lisa Van de Water will be showing at dog friendly Yosemite Wine Tails! Gloria is a graduate of Pasadena Art Eye of Blueprint, presenting an exciting selection of linocut prints using new and innovative materials. Lisa creates sensitive, delicate, and elaborate hand carved porcelain ware. I cannot imagine a better combo plate… dogs, wine, intelligent and creative women, vocal, and art! Wow!" (Numbers 41 and 42 in the Art Trails itemize) ◊ ◊ ◊ AHWAHNEE: Sandra Lee Scott writes: "The celebrated Gertrude School in Ahwahnee is the meeting identify and hub of Yosemite Western Artists, an artists association open to all, with the majority hailing from Madera, Mariposa and Fresno Counties. Three YWA artists will be showing at the schoolhouse, with 20+ works past other Yosemite Western Artists on showroom also. The 3 featured artists are Suzanne Banks (watercolor, acrylics, oils), Laura Fisher (cobweb arts), and Sandra Lee Scott (pastels, mixed media, photography). Open all three days."(Numbers 69-71 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ YOSEMITE LAKES PARK: Landscape photographer Franka M. Gabler volition be showing her work in her abode studio located near Yosemite Lakes Park, forth with the jewelry creative person, Karen English. Franka has been photographing the magnificence of the California landscape, the everlasting changing of the seasons, and the complex interactions of the water, rocks, sky, plants, and wildlife. Her photographs evoke emotions, enabling viewers to sense placidity and calmness of dawn and experience a moment in fourth dimension. Often present in her compositions are mist and fog, allowing for motivating compositions and interpretations, leaving distracting elements out and leaving but the essence. Karen English's unique, handcrafted jewelry designs feature natural, undyed gemstones, too as recycled drinking glass, shells, crystal and other distinctive beads, including authentic sea glass, tumbled and smoothed by ocean currents and time. (Numbers 18 and 19 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ COARSEGOLD: Kerby Smith writes: "My married woman, Lura-Schwarz Smith, and I will be exhibiting on Saturday and Sunday in Coarsegold because we live down a dirt road next to a cattle ranch with locked gates. If yous missed my "Yosemite in Winter" showroom this summer at the M Street Arts Circuitous in Fresno, you will have another opportunity to see some of my metallic prints from this past winter. Lura has ventured into oil painting and she will be showing some of her small paintings that upward to now have only been seen on social media. And of course we will both be showing our art quilts. And the best reason to stop and encounter our art is because it is FUN!"(Numbers 24 and 25 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ OAKHURST: Jeff Grandy writes: I've been photographing the natural earth for over 40 years. For the last nine years I've been concentrating on my 'Unfiltered' series of close studies of the surface of h2o. The results are random and joyous, the shapes frequently intriguingly complex. The color comes from nether the water where sunlit stones, grasses, mud, moss and sticks become shining mosaics of colour. These are small scenes, hands overlooked. They are reminders that water, in whatever form, is surely quite miraculous in it's ability to physically sustain and artistically revive united states. (Number 29 in the Fine art Trails itemize) ◊ ◊ ◊ COARSEGOLD: Amy Morgan writes: "Stimulate your aesthetic (and your lungs!) in the lovely foothills at Sierra Art Trails this weekend! Amy Morgan, showing with Monica Wales, Julia Bristow, and Steve Carney." (Numbers 32-35 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ MARIPOSA: Jim Taylor writes: "I'm showing with Susan Mitchell-Van Slyke (the featured creative person above). It is an honor to be affiliated with Susan for the tour. I did relish your write up with her. Idea I would show you lot my work and website. (Number 83 in Art Trails itemize) ◊ ◊ ◊ MARIPOSA: Hannelore Fischer writes: It's definitely worth coming by my art dome where I create unique, nature-based, abstruse paintings in vivid colors and texture. Later on nine years in Oregon I am back in California tuning into the magnificent beauty in this part of the world, being inspired anew. (Number 96 in the Art Trails catalog) ◊ ◊ ◊ AHWAHNEE: Kris Kessey writes: "Norma Rogers and I are showing together at my studio in Ahwahnee. We have some new sculpture work in statuary, glass, wood, rock and clay. Norma and I have both been serendipitously contemplating the seasons this twelvemonth and the work reflects both our meditations with a strong spirit and repose elegance. Nosotros hope to share these works with the Sierra Fine art Trailers." (Numbers 72 and 73 in the Art Trails catalog) Best bet is to call ahead to see if they're yet in stock. Clovis: • Mullins Editions Fresno: • Allard'southward (art supply) 5350 N. Blackstone (next to Trader Joe's) (559) 225-1500 • A Sense of Place Gallery – 2003 North Van Ness Blvd., (559) 392-6775 • Spectrum Gallery, 608 Due east. Olive Ave. (Belfry District), (559) 266-0691 Madera: • Madera Co. Arts Quango / Circumvolve Gallery Mariposa: • Casto Oaks Fine Wine and Fine art, 5022 Highway 140 (Downtown), (209) 742-2000 • Mariposa County Arts Quango, 5009 Hwy 140, Mariposa CA, (209) 966-3155 (800) 903-9936 • Mariposa Co. Visitors Center, 5158 Hwy 140, (209) 966-7081 Merced: • Merced Multicultural Arts Centre Oakhurst: • Artifacts, 40671 Hwy 41,Suite East, (559) 658-6300 • Branches Books and Gifts, 40094 Hwy 49, #B-1, (559) 641-2019 • Oakhurst Frameworks, 49185 Route 426, #6 (559) 683-7941 • Oakhurst Souvenir Shop, 40282 Hwy 41, #14, (Junction Plaza) (559) 642-4438 • Stellar Gallery, 40982 Hwy 41, Suite ane (559) 658-8844, admin@stellargallery.com • Timberline Gallery, 40982 Hwy 41, (559) 683-3345 • Williams Gallery West, 40982 Hwy 41, (559) 683-5551 galwest.com • Visit Yosemite Madera County Visalia: • Arts Visalia To subscribe to the email newsletter for The Munro Review, get to this link: https://tinyletter.com/donaldfresnoarts
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