Sonoma County Art Trails Open Studios

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Get your traditional art gallery fix with the first of our new 2021 exhibition series of participating Art At The Source and Sonoma County Art Trails Open Studios artists now on full display at the Graton Gallery. Come say hi!

Join in on the political and social discussion of the drama that happened during the time of Pieter Bruegel the Elder I, artist and humanist who captured the daily lives of a highly charged moment in history showing that in times of division art connect us all.

Join us today at 1pm for the opening reception to our first virtual exhibition of 2021!

Sandra Maresca pursues her passion for painting and fiber art, seeing art as a form of communication, a unique way for us to connect as human beings on a non-verbal level, and revealing wisdom and insights we gain by seeing life, especially animals, from a different perspective. Patricia Landskron’s stunning mixed media paintings embrace her great interest in capturing the landscapes and wildife of the West Coast, and now focus more and more on depicting scenes of the night f...orest and the magic she finds there. See them both on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org

Lucy Liew uplifts our hearts with her vividly colored paintings of the flora and fauna of California, sharing the beauty of the ordinary we often overlook in nature, creating a sense of intimacy and childlike wonder in her magical compositions, and finding powerful stories of resilience and hope in the process. Nancy Lloyd loves painting traditional landscapes, especially the beauty of the coast, hills, backyards, farms, and vineyards of California, but she is also drawn to t...he intimacy of everyday human interactions and interior scenes, revealing the camaraderie of strangers, the subtle gestures of sweethearts, and the common language to be found in them all. See them both on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org

Linus Lancaster combines many skills, materials, and areas of interest in his conceptual, kinetic, and electronic sculptures, using modern techniques to create art that serves as forces for good in the world, including ecology and activism. Marge Margulies finds a deep appreciation for the colors and classic forms of the mid-century aesthetic in her expressive, functional and sculptural ceramic work, resulting in a distinctive body of work she’s created throughout her life, a...nd continues to evolve. See them both on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org

Mike Laflin loses himself (in a good way) in his abstract wood sculptures, riding out these challenging times with undiminished joy yet exploring new aesthetics, use of color, and a wider variety of wood in his delightfully varied work. Patricia Marina segued from painting to mixed media collages, embracing the freedom she found in this new creative process, experimenting, exploring, finding her voice, healing her spirit, and grateful for the joy it brings her. See them both ...on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org See more

VaLinda Kyrias uses her digital art to explore complex aspects of Genomic Expressionfractals, function, evolution, cellular mapping within a design environmentthat are found everywhere in nature, combining her unique artistic expression with her goals to support the arts and artists in Sonoma County during these challenging times. Christie Marks found a deep appreciation for what makes the ordinary extraordinary in her layered mixed media paintings, finding powerful stories... even in the discarded and derelict, finding a sense of age, purpose, and story in her work, her home, and her travels. See them both on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org

David Kingwill creates abstract paintings with diluted paint that he pours onto the surface, never knowing where the process will take him, but following his intuition to create beautiful forms and colors in concert with one another. Clark Mitchell, who discovered his love of the natural world early in life, paints ‘stories of the land’, and literally followed his heart to the beautiful Sonoma County landscapes he loves. See them both on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios w...ebsite: www.sebartsvirtual.org See more

Richard Lind has spent a lifetime in his functional and decorative ceramic work, simple yet elegant work that reflects the historical traditions of his medium. Janis Crystal Lipzin finds the dance between art and botany in her lifelong multi-disciplinary work and experimentation with photography and film, pushing the limits of what is possible while enriching her own personal expression. ... See them both on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org See more

Carol Leonti pursues the feeling of thoughtfulness, power, calm, and blazing beauty in her watercolor paintings, finding her voice through her medium’s technical challenges and its ability to allow her paintings to glow with light. Maria Isabel Lopez uses glass and natural stones in her mixed media mosaic art, offering us a fresh, vital form of visual expression and a modern, contemporary approach with this ancient art form, full of color, movement, and magic. See more of the...ir work on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studio website. Link in the bio. . . . See more

Barbara Kelley values the pioneer spirit of her family heritage, bringing it to her ongoing creative process (printmaking, oil, and encaustic paintings) as she explores the new frontiers so evident in her work. Adrienne Momi, with a long history of art-making, now focuses on printmaking and bookbinding, often with her own handmade paper, relentlessly exploring new ideas and pushing the limits of tradition without losing her quirky art aesthetic. See them both on our new SebAr...ts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org See more

Petr S. Lenda’s return to his art journey, in his ink wash and pastel paintings, reflect the joy he finds in creating dancing and singing creatures, creating art that talks with us, connecting us with beautiful moments of people and still lifes that remind us to enjoy every moment of this amazing life. Sherrie Lovlor’s love of calligraphy and Asian art is reflected in her lyrical abstract paintings, with her combination of dynamic brush strokes, naturalness, and flow creating... mystery and beauty, and sharing her reconnecting with her own poetry. See them both on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org

Britta Kathmeyer long career in the arts now manifests in her mixed-media paintings that capture and convey the energetic quality of place, time, and objects as her process is guided by memories and intuition. Gail Morgan’s lifelong love of art now manifests itself in her printmaking, with her appreciation of the ‘thread’ every artist follows to achieve the end product, relishing texture, the element of surprise, and the mystery of the abstract in her imagery. See them both o...n our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org See more

Andrea E. Leland’s monoprints reflect the intense colors, simple forms, the azure ocean, and the underwater gardens of her many years in the Caribbean, now complemented by the new environment of her home here in Sonoma County, reducing nature to its essence in the process. Christine MacDonald creates figural and abstract paintings, often blurring the lines of definition to become something in-between, hinting at notions of exile and homecoming, reverence for nature, and the h...uman experiences of resilience, protection, tenderness, yearning, and loss. See them both on our new SebArts Virtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org

Michelle Hoting honors the earth and nature, the source and inspiration for her recycled metal jewelry and hand-cut gemstones, in every aspect of her work, a marriage of form and function in her wearable art. Nancy Morgan felt the magic of a lump of clay transformed by fire that set her on her potter’s path, and strives to recreate that moment in all her work, from functional to whimsical ceramic work adorned with birds, animals, and plants. See them both on our new SebArts V...irtual Open Studios website: www.sebartsvirtual.org See more