Member's Websites
We invite you to visit our members’ own websites:
Rachel Weissberger
Rachel started painting in 1992 while her kids were attending art classes. This interest rapidly developed into a complete fascination with the art of drawing and painting. Her love for music has inspired her to paint musicians as well as singers and dancers. Most of the figures she paints are the creation of her imagination and the influence of her surroundings.
Sharon Weaver
Sharon Weaver has always been impressed by nature. “As a child, my memories of being ‘lost’ in the woods or playing by a stream are the impressions that sustain and inspire me now. When I paint, I am transformed into that little girl filled with wonder and respect for the natural world around me. Eventually my loves drew me to Los Angeles where I now live and paint full time.”
Boz Vakhshori
Boz Vakhshori was born in Oct 1952, in Iran. His artistic talents began very young when he started to draw with charcoal and chalk at the age of seven. Boz left Iran in March of 1978 and attended the San Diego State U. and also attended Cal State. In June, 2008, Boz was featured at the Iranian American Art Expo at City Art.
Beth Summers is a plein air artist and I take my palette knife where I go in my rld travels. My paintings show in galleries and festivals throughout the world. I started my painting journey as a young student and won a national prize that has been my inspiration. See my work here. I am available for commissions from your photos. Contact me at RSummersB@aol.com View or purchase my book, "A Wondering at Wandering" at www.blurb.com/bookstore
I am dedicated to help endangered species by donating 15% of the profits I make on my artwork. This way I can give back to the planet and help care for the beautiful creatures that live here with us. My passion with art is to capture the soul of my creatures in their eyes and facial expressions.
A self-taught traditional artist, I rely on nature for inspiration. Wild animals are such a beautiful creation and I am dedicated to preserve them in my art. My subjects are usually in action rather than a stationary position such as horses running with wind in their manes or big cats on the prowl.
My philosophy is — life is getting short enjoy your passions!
Susan Sjoberg lives in the mountains of Southern California. Working primarily in watercolor and acrylic, she paints landscape, still life and nature studies in a contemporary realist style. A naturalist at heart, her artwork is profoundly influenced by the disciplines of careful observation and accuracy required in nature study. Regardless of subject matter, her goal in each painting is to evoke a sense of peace and a sharpened awareness of the transcendent beauty found in creation.
Janet
SnodgrassJanet Snodgrass (Board member, Webmaster) devotes her time to creating original images in watercolor and mixed media as well as collage photo images (enhanced images combined with interesting elements on ceramic tiles or stretched canvas). Check out her Artist Gallery page for her original watercolors.
Madeleine
Prochazka
My name is Madeleine Prochazka and I paint with oil on canvas. I love color, water, trees, flowers, pets, and I enjoy trying to capture their beauty on canvas. Originally born and raised in France, I bring a European flavor in my approach to subjects, combined with a love of sunshine and bright hues due to my longtime residency in the Golden State!
Terry Romero
Paul
Terry Romero Paul grew up loving the sunlight and luminous colors that are unique to the Los Angeles landscape. She enjoys bringing that bright palette to her plein air landscapes and still life paintings.
Rea
Nagel
Rea Nagel (Best of Show winner in our 2005 Spring/Summer Exhibition, and First Place winner in the Scenic category in Spring 2006) is online with a varied portfolio including Landscapes, Water, and Growing Things.
Margie Murray
Margie Murray is a painter living in Southern California. She works in oils, watercolor and mixed media. Margie works with a brush and/or palette knife to paint the human figure, floral, mountain and seascapes.
Linda
Miller
Linda Miller, also known as “Lin”, is an oil painter with a focus on portraits. She prefers a sensitive approach, but offers up surprises periodically. She is a breast cancer survivor and former research scientist from JPL who is currently devoting full time to understanding art and the human form.
Darlene
Horsley
Darlene Horsley was born in Indiana where she grew up with a profound love for nature and animals. She credits her father’s knowledge of the seasons and patterns of wild things for her love of nature and living creatures, and that love is evidenced in her paintings. She invites you to view her art as well as read the poem that inspired a painting.
DIANE NELSON GOLD grew up in the rural outskirts of Los Angeles, developing a deep appreciation for the natural rhythms and forms of her foothill surroundings. She captures subjects from nature in the media of acrylic, oil, watercolor and photography. Currently, she is focused on acrylics, using glazing techniques. She also enjoys making one-of-a-kind natural stone jewelry.
Marian Fortunati
Marian Fortunati is a contemporary oil painter whose canvases reflect her world. Her impressionistic style strives to capture the essential features of a place or a person. She grew up in the San Fernando Valley and has had a successful career as a teacher, school principal and data manager. Marian was married in Venice, Italy and enjoys traveling to new places.
Ken Fermoyle
My career as writer, editor, photographer spans 60+ years. Got my first camera at 11 & got my 1st newspaper job in Oct. 1952, started a career as a photojournalist in 1949, sold my first photo essay to a magazine in 1952. Computers entered my life in 1979 while supervisor of special projects in Hughes Aircraft Art Dept. My career seemed over during a period of legal blindness from 2003-05 (helped by an operation) but it raised my interest in digital abstracts - which, with photography, have been my focus in recent years. capulinstudio
Ione Citrin
Ione Citrin is a multidisciplinary artist who works in all paint mediums, sculpture, collage, assemblage and mixed media. Her art has shown nationally since 1998 when, after years of world travel, a successful television, radio, theatre and film career in the performing arts, she decided to focus her richly diverse talents on the visual arts.
Karrel ChristopherKarrel specializes in animal portraits, nature and Celtic & Native spiritual themes. Since childhood she has been inspired by the magic of the natural world. Over the years her experiences in theater, classical ballet, graphic art, photography, veterinary care, gardening, rock collecting, textiles, jewelry making, drum painting, custom framing, flute playing and nature hikes - have all fueled her passion for visual expression
Meli
CalkinsWith soft pastels, the luminosity and brilliance of this medium represents is
what Meli Calkins see in the natural world. Her soft pastel paintings when
viewed closely are impressionistic, but walking away from the painting, it
becomes more realistic. Her work runs from landscapes and seascapes to
still life and equine.
Eddie
Applegate
Eddie, a Stage and TV series actor; Realist to Impressionist painter who now works in all media. Raised in Philadelphia, joined the Fine Art world by using the cartoon drawings he created to promote his acting career in NY City. While working on TV series he painted to relax. Emotional response is what he tries to achieve in his corporate and private collection paintings.
I find inspiration for my paintings from a variety of sources. My childhood in the English,Suffolk countryside, where Gainsborough lived and worked two centuries earlier, has provided me with a constant wealth of ideas and vision that persist into the present day. I remain attuned to the natural world around me, and closely observe the relationships between earth, tree, and sky. Frequent sketches and painting from nature (Plein Air) are one of my primary resources; these are later translated into more abstract and interpretive ideas for paintings.