VISUAL ART: PAINTING & DRAWING
Anita Lincoln is a working and teaching artist specializing in visual arts including painting, mixed media, drawing, collage and unintentional sculpture. Lincoln began her career directing a gallery for emerging artists. She taught for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, The Sacramento Children’s Museum and other non profits to expand visual arts and create a thriving art community. She has been a working artist for over 25 years. "I am haphazard, and a bit rebellious. I try to doodle or make some form of art every time I get a moment to myself.”
California based fine art painter, Samantha Mabie, draws inspiration from esoteric philosophies, plant medicines, nature, other creatives and a career in visual effects for film and television. Her work can be viewed by appointment at her studio and found in private collections across the United States.
Lola is the artist behind Lolavee Creative, a surface pattern design boutique. Her passion for storytelling through art is unmistakable – every hint of heritage and nature is elevated with an artful touch of drama. Inspired by culture and flora, she creates tapestries with narratives that resonate deeply. Lola’s diverse artistic journey spans various mediums, as she thrives on pushing the boundaries of her creativity. She earned her MFA from the Academy of Art University, where she gained her commitment to excellence. She continues to strive for designs that not only adorn your space but also enrich your cultural sensibilities.
Sonia works with paint, as well as pen and ink. She creates surreal images influenced by traditional tattooing, ornamental art, botany, and etching. She is breaking into the professional art scene with a portfolio full of captivating organic work.
Mieke's work consists of large scale drawings, paintings and ceramic sculpture. Originally from the Netherlands, she's been living and working in Nevada County for many years. Mieke likes her work to read a bit like handwriting; immediate and intimate, yet subtly revealing the human presence behind it. Rather then making obvious or bold statements, it emphasizes the gradual process of something growing into its own being. The work tends to be pretty abstract, but she also enjoys using some figurative and symbolic elements, to bring the work closer to the human psychology.
I have been influenced most by the places in my life... Northern California, the Deep South and Rhode Island. I have collected daydream memories, a vivid color palette and a rich and tangible sense of place throughout my travels. My most prevalent themes deal with the transformations we experience throughout our lives. At this point in my life, I am really enjoying the discovery of how all the seemingly disparate threads come together with time and distance. I explore these themes through the use of color, found and forgotten treasures, simple images and the desire to convey a sense of place that is more memory than reality.
For over 20 years, Kathryn has been busy full time doing what she loves. Animals and local scenes with bold, happy colors has been the norm for her small to large oil paintings. She looks for subjects that create smiles.
Elizabeth is an artist specializing in oil and watercolor painting. Elizabeth is inspired by the natural beauty of Northern California and strives to celebrate that beauty in her art.
I am a multidisciplinary artist, painter, and metalsmith currently focused on painting. My art is about movement, transformation, and the energy within—its effect on us and the power we have to affect it. The pieces I create speak to hope, weathering the storms, learning to swim within the chaos. I am inviting the richness of possibility that comes with transformation and change. Meant to stir emotions and feelings rather than anchored with a visually recognizable object, my paintings are nature-based abstracts in an atmospheric dreamy style, rich in color and often with high contrast between darks and lights.
I have been working with color in all different mediums and styles since I was five years of age. My favorite artistic style is working with acrylic paint. I tend to lean towards impressionism, but love anything with color. I also create custom art using wood burner tools, epoxy resin and faux finish. My vision is to share my love for art with a wider audience and to create a space where people can come together to engage with color and with each other. I believe that art has the power to inspire, to challenge and to transform.
The most intimate level of things draws my appreciation: leaves, feathers, bark (madrone paper!), spider web mandalas, a tree frog's eye mask. As I paint I want to create something whose power and grace is familiar, exhilarating and comforting too. Not as a repeat but as an image / feeling that already existed in subconsciousness: a sort of time travel. It already existed because it does now, and has a place here.
California based contemporary painter and figurative artist. Grateful to be enjoying a creative life in both the country (Nevada County) and the city (Sacramento). It is funny, in these turbulent times, to dedicate so much time to creating quiet, still objects. For me, making art is anything but quiet or still. A blank canvas is pure anticipation. Wet paint is a sumptuous thing. The process is empowering and full of a thousand decisions. A completed painting never quite feels done. With best laid plans, the next piece is still always a mystery. Somehow, through it all, a painting comes to life.
Christine Hayman concerns herself with space. She is interested in how forms are energized by the space around them, especially when incorporated into paintings with vivid contrasting color and thick painterly textures in oils. Inspired by the natural world, Hayman believes in a process of constant investigation. Trained early on as a classical pianist, Hayman has been greatly influenced by music in her life. Actively involved in theater and dance at the Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati and Baltimore, her creative talents eventually led to her primary focus as a visual artist.
Currently working in acrylic, my artwork focuses primarily on the natural world, most often inspired by the ways in which light interacts with environments and objects in my life. I paint places and moments that moved me, channeling the energy and joy of fleeting moments. Like a hike on a mountain trail or a wander on a beach, every painting is an exploration. Though I have a starting point with each canvas, I never know what I will discover in the process or where I will end up. This is what keeps me painting.
My paintings are inspired by people's moments of happiness. I love using bright colors in my paintings, photography and in the mosaics that I create from the food that I grow in my garden. I do commissions for people who want to capture moments of empowerment and joy.
Ryota Matsumoto is an artist, media theorist, and architect based in the United States and Japan. Born in Tokyo, he was raised in Hong Kong and Japan. He received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007 after his studies at the Architectural Association in London and Mackintosh School of Architecture, the Glasgow School of Art in early 90’s. Matsumoto has collaborated with a cofounder of the Metabolist Movement, Kisho Kurokawa, and with Arata Isozaki, Peter Christopherson, and MIT Media Lab. He has served as the MFA lecturer of Transart Institute, University of Plymouth and is a research associate at the New Centre of Research & Practice.
I paint heads. Women's heads to be exact. I love to create faces, round cheeks, lips, color, earrings, long hair, swirls, plants, words, music and odd things. My current obsessions are translucency and disruption. My art represents the full gamut of feelings. I'm a melting pot of styles and I don't like being defined (confined) by a specific school of art. I'm figuring out who I am as I go!
My work is driven by observing my environment piece by piece and reflecting commonalities inherent between even the most disparate of associations. I create abstract interpretations with faintly recognizable traits that evoke familiar connections even though the subject inspiration may not be apparent. - Graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Art Practice in 2008 with highest honors - Nominated and awarded an honor studio in 2007, a privilege only 8 students out of the entire Art Practice department are awarded. - Received the Certificate of Excellence in painting for 2008 graduating class.
Diane Sylvia is a Truckee, California based artist. As the daughter of an artist, she grew up in a creative environment. After leaving her Emergency Nursing career, she began to explore her artistic abilities. Working in acrylic and graphite, nature is a strong influence in Diane's artwork as she seeks to celebrate the beauty of her mountain home. Diane was a featured artist in the 9th annual pARTicipate Art Show, and in Truckee Arts Alliance Tahoe Perspective Exhibition.
I enjoy many endeavors, being an illustrator, I do Fine Art as well as Murals. I believe in beauty, whimsy and that visuals change our lives like Magic. I mainly work in watercolor yet expand when the piece calls for other mediums. There are no rules.
Elaborate organic abstraction in oils, acrylic, and watercolor. Works on wood and paper fill the artist's historic loft studio in downtown Nevada City. Studio visits by appointment only, contact the artist to schedule any day of the week.
I love experimenting with different medium. I started with watercolor and ventured into acrylic, mixed media, paper mache, wire art, and recently started enjoying digital painting using Procreate. I am always searching for a new fields of art and joy.
My work expresses itself through a passion for unlimited possibilities, exploration and experimentation with watercolor, acrylic, mixed media collage and most recently oils. My work is based on my love of the figurative image, developing an overall concept to tell a story relating to the American culture of the 1950’s and 60’s. I am very drawn to the elegance, style and simplicity of that era. The creative process for me is a continuous experience of stepping into the unknown and allowing the magic to unfold.
Large format abstract, oil on canvas,
As a renaissance visionary skilled in many creative areas, Mara is a visual artist living and working in Northern California. Highly influenced by the environment and she draws much of her inspiration from mythology and the natural world.
Laura enjoyed an award-winning career in graphic design with her own business: Sidedoor Studio. She now works primarily in two mediums. The first is letterpress printing. Using an antique Vandercook printing press, she designs a variety of cards and prints. She also does silk painting, creating vibrant designs on Habotai silk. The dyed silk is steamed, joining the fiber and dyes molecularly, creating incredibly vibrant, luminescent colors. This unique, challenging art form inspires Laura’s love of bold color and graphic forms.
Living in the natural playground of Tahoe, Reenie hikes, snowshoes, and paddles in some of the most delightful scenery in the world. The visual stimulation of light play, textured meadow grass, and coastal colors inspire her to pour inky messes on glass, metal, and gesso boards, then blow, swipe, and swirl until nature’s patterns reveal themselves. She believes her artwork is a celebration of what’s beautiful in a world where it’s becoming the default to see the ugliness. Always the individualist, Reenie prefers the abstract style because it flaunts perfectionism, and allows the viewer to interpret the message.
I paint individuals enjoying simple everyday pleasures to remind us that joy is always possible. We smile when we observe others enjoying a good book on a park bench, jumping in waves, or strumming guitars with friends. There are daily gifts and if we choose to see them, we regain wonder.
I am an acrylic/mixed media and fluid acrylic artist. I love using vibrant colors in my paintings. The fluidity of my acrylics provides me with the ability to create organic shapes and movement in my pieces. I also love the elegant feel of negative space which I feel provides interesting compositions. My work is often inspired by natural landscapes, such as mountains, flowing water, coastlines and flowers.
I am an artist living in Grass Valley, California. I have been studying and pursuing art for most my life. My art works include Hawaii and California landscapes, creatures of the land and sea, and still life, in either oil or acrylic mediums.
Jacque is a contemporary artist creating both landscape and figural oil paintings. The peaceful scenes and modern color palettes are what Jacque is known for. You can find her work in Truckee at the Mountain Arts Collective. Jacque also offers art classes, private lessons, and retreats.
I call my artwork "commentary art". My oil paintings and ink drawings focus on the human condition, the irony humor, tensions and joy. I studied under avant-garde artists of the mid- century New York school. I have lived in Nevada County for almost 50 years and have a studio/gallery close to Nevada City and Grass Valley. I have shown my work internationally and domestically and it now appears on multiple on line galleries.
Brynn Farwell has exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions in Seattle, New York, and Nevada County. Since moving back to Nevada County, Brynn sings in a local band, Elevation, creates visual art in her studio, and works as the Programs Manager at The Center for the Arts, participating and giving back to the community she has always loved.
Born and raised in Albertville, France, Sylviane was 10 years old the first time her father took her to Le Louvre Museum in Paris. Many years later, after being a wife, mother and lawyer clerk, Sylviane took her first painting class which gave birth to the artist in her. Sylviane moved to California in 2006, and while still working with acrylics she studied ceramic sculpture, watercolor, and pastels.
Large-format contemporary landscapes in oil. Expressionistic to abstract. Dynamic compositions and joyful colors.
I paint primarily in oil with palette knives, but love to challenge myself with watercolor. It's the most opposite I can get from oil. Plein Air painting on the Yuba river with its turquoise swimming holes and beautiful trails continues to call me.
Paintings with brush strokes painted spontaneously in nature that deliver unbridled happiness and joy.
Original Paintings | Limited Edition Prints
Alcohol inks, acrylics, watercolors are the mediums for my stories. My artistic hope: to share the free-flowing beauty of colors and brighten our days. Vibrant uplifting colors, blending, swirling, shaping. Creating visions and dreams on paper and canvas. Drawing inspiration from the beautiful nature that surrounds me. A self-taught visual artist, I create from my heart and soul. Life is better lived in color.
Paintings of people and animals in brightly colored acrylics.
Commissions | Giclee prints on stretched canvas | Greeting cards | Paint Along Classes (gift certificates available)
I specialize in large-format contemporary landscape paintings for residential and commercial environments. My mixed media paintings explore landscape through color and movement, juxtaposing the abstract and figurative qualities of nature.
My artwork focuses on my love of all animals, both domestic and wild. All of my oil paintings, whether commissioned pet portraits or originals use a palette of vivid and warm colors in a realistic and fun style.
California raised, currently living Truckee, Ca. I started out with the intention of being a photographer. I’ve been drawing since I was kid and as time went on I realized that my artwork and imagery is what I am meant to. For the most part I am self taught. My technique of mixing medias is my own. I approach my work like meditation and it is something I practice every day. I also have a young daughter and I realized early on what a valuable example my artwork and creativity is for her. Talk about fueling the fire.
Unique flowery urban fairytale illustrations.
Limited Edition Giclee Prints | Original Artwork
Painter. Large format contemporary river paintings. Commissions. Reproductions on metal and canvas.
Why do I make art? This seemingly simple question of words is better described than answered. It is an insistent enigma, a recurring conundrum, a muse infested paradox that also asks me, who am I? I 'make' art to get as close as I can to my humanness, to myself, to you, and my life's possibilities. It's what makes me tick.
I make my living doing commissioned portraits, not just of your two legged loved ones but also four legged family members both here and gone. I'm told that I capture the essence of my subjects. My non commissioned paintings are colorful and uplifting.
I work in mixed media, painting and printmaking. My work reflects my feelings and observations about our environment. Recently I have been drawn to exploring seasonal changes, habitats and textures. I wonder what biological magic conspired to create what we see? The energy of what is beneath it all far exceeds the growth we view from above. I find the parallel of being an artist and exploring my own creative roots to be a personal "habitat" to observe, as well. I look to what inspires and supports our life and what I can learn along the way.
Combining elements of realism with abstract tendencies Erica provokes the canvas with color and passion. Driven by the wildness of earths most magical creatures this emotion is captured in her work.
Mira Clark's work is about fostering collaboration, sparking curiosity, and interconnectedness, and promoting social and environmental awareness through mixed-media storytelling. For the past seven years, Mira Clark has dedicated herself to CHIRP's "Visibility Through Art Initiative," facilitating collaboration between Nevada County artists and the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan Tribe. Her artistic purpose is rooted in building bridges across diverse communities and driving social change through the Arts.
Focusing on bold color and portraiture by Shelby Via.
Custom Charcoal Portraits | Original Large Scale Paintings | Art Prints
I am passionate about big landscapes, close up flowers and other natural scenes. I use transparent watercolors to create texture and luminescent washes.
Margaret LIndsey is a mentor, healer, life-long artist, educator, creativity coach and facilitator. she defines “art” as a creative action taken, as inquiry, as a quest. she has mentored and taught transformative art processes for decades, and is passionate about this work. she lives and paints in the mountains outside of Nevada City, and shows her paintings in galleries and community spaces.
I am an international artist. Born and raised in Russia. After graduating from High School I spent 10 years in Latin and South America. Now I reside in Nevada County with my family. My medium of choice is oil on canvas, I also enjoy experimenting with water mediums and pastels. I am a self-taught artist that loves using bright colors to portray elements of nature, animal life and women.
Corey Hitchcock Is a lifelong artist, Rinzai Zen student & shamanic practitioner. She works primarily in mixed paint media on birch panels, paper and canvas though occasionally works in installation and printmaking. Corey’s portfolio of recent paintings from 2022 are influenced by her Zen koan meditation practice with Pacific Zen Institute. Her work references inner and outer landscapes & states of being. She received her MFA from JFKU’s Studio Art program in Arts & Consciousness in 2005 and was awarded a Cadogan/Murphy Scholarship (Bay Area MFA students ) for her monoprint and painting work in 2002.
Cathee vanRossem-St.Clair is a miniaturist who has earned national and international recognition for her paintings on eggshells and other unique surfaces. Her work has been showcased in special museum exhibitions throughout the country. One of her painted eggs, commissioned by the White House, is in the National Archives. "I honor this beautiful and unpredictable world and want every mark I make to be filled with kindness and care."
Currently I work in acrylics on large-scale canvases, with a focus on the human figure. I also use photography to create abstract compositions, printed on canvas or bond paper.
Joseph Daniel Fiedler has illustrated children’s books, received a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators, and has been recognized by Graphis, Print, Communication Arts, American Illustration, the Society of Publication Designers, The Spectrum International Annual of Fantastic Art, Taschen Publishing, and the Broadcasting Design Association, among others. In addition to having a career in Illustration, Joseph has exhibited his paintings both in this country as well as in Japan. Joseph has taught illustration both at Carnegie Mellon University and at The College for Creative Studies and has lived in Pennsylvania, Tokyo, New Mexico, Michigan and California.
Sara's work is inspired by the intersection of human and wild… we desire to touch something that is unaltered and deeply rooted, and by doing so we change it and it changes us. We crave true wilderness and an experience of something far from pavement. These pieces have been created using a mix or modern and traditional techniques… spray paint, graffiti materials, sometimes building remnants and reclaimed materials… to depict images of the wild world with which we seek to connect.
I am an Earth Artist, collecting, studying, and preparing minerals from the earth to make paints for my artwork. Being a lifelong artist with relentless interest in historical roots, I enjoy digging into the ancient past exploring various techniques, processes along with ancient signs in caves and roots of ancient languages.
Sarah Miller (Myers as a maiden) grew up in the Tahoe/Truckee area, and desires to grow old here. Her love for the community and the landscape shows no sign of decline. She derives much inspiration from the beautiful surroundings Nevada county has to offer, as is exemplified by her Frozen Fall series. She loves to work with her hands whether it be with clay, wood, paper or pixels. She enjoys all aspects of art, especially when a story is told. Sarah currently contracts to push pixels for Truckee’s independent newspaper Moonshine ink.
I love capturing the experience of being outside in the natural environment and radiating that ambiance and energy in a home. This encourages me to create rhythm and movement by weaving multiple paint layers in and out to suggest water rippling, light changing, shadows moving, temperatures warming and cooling, or the wind coming up and dying down. I can never reproduce the same painting just like If I go back another day to the same spot, it’s just never the same. A Boston native, skiing brought her to Tahoe in the mid 1990’s. She lives in Truckee.
An artist since 1966. A member of American Women Artists, Oil Painters of America. Influenced by Maynard Dixon, Group of Seven of Canada. I am intrigued by clouds and the land.
Fascination with light, shadow, and color – inherited from three generations of artists - have taken many forms and paths throughout my life. The resulting mixed-media art echoes the journey of inner exploration, questions, and loving expression. Alarm for the natural world, my work is an offering - to the beauty and wonder I derive from the natural landscapes and the love that enriches life. If art can reach hearts and touch minds to make positive change - I can think of no greater success an artist could achieve.
Residential & Commercial Interiors, Commissions
Murals and Artist Collaborations
I work in various painting mediums. Figures and a sense of place are evident in my work.
I am an acrylic fluid and mixed media artist specializing in free-flowing abstract compositions. I enjoy using various techniques to create my pieces and receive inspiration from nature and imagination.
My art is created both in the traditional way, on flat canvas, but also on the LIVING canvas of the human body.
Throw Pillows | Phone Cases | Ceramic Mugs | Framed Prints
A line of colorful greeting cards that celebrates the special bond animals have with each other.
Watercolor painter of the Nevada County landscapes.
Artwork inspired by the wilderness, mountains, and wildlife near Sara Mohagen’s Tahoe cabin.
Unique Fine Art | Illustrations | Cards | Prints
Lifting your spirits and bringing on smiles is what the whimsy in my pen and ink watercolor art sparks in your everyday life.
Original Watercolors - Custom Framed | Small Art 6” x 7” Originals | Prints on Metal, Acrylic, Canvas | Miscellaneous: Tote Bags, Key Chains, Mouse Pads, Coasters, Playing Cards
Jessica is a bright impressionistic artist representing nature, animals and people. She creates custom one-of-a-kind pieces as well as surface design art represented in licensing by Penny Lane Publishing. The natural beauty, people and animals of Nevada County inspires Jessica to create fresh, energetic pieces.
Drawings | Paintings | Prints | Illustration | Assemblage
Maile is interested in the intersection of people and place; their social, cultural and natural habitats, the environments we inherit and shape, and which in turn shape us.
VISUAL ART: SCULPTURE
I create expressive figurative sculptures. My clay sculptures often include other materials such as; wire, nails, beads, or epoxy resin. Cutting to expose their smooth insides, adding extra materials, and choosing various finishes creates abstraction and adds to the story of each piece.
Deborah established a career in bronze classical figuration, then developed a line of cement garden sculpture that is currently being carried in art galleries across the U.S. These days Deborah is creating thought provoking ceramic figurative sculpture, teaching advanced sculpture, and running a studio that includes two apprentices.
My whimsical slab clay sculptures are inspired by interesting people I meet and wonderful animals ranging in size from nine feet to twelve inches. I maintained a commercial studio for ten years in the Tannery Arts Center in Santa Cruz, CA before relocating to Nevada City. I'm a resident ceramic artist at As If Studios in Grass Valley creating there and in my home studio in Nevada City.
Robert Bennett is an artist and engineer living in Grass Valley, California. His sculptures strive to capture energy and emotion in a frozen moment. He is also working on a series of paintings of futuristic views through a monochrome lens. He guest-teaches sculpture at a local elementary school, and he has provided illustrations and sculptures for a number of local start-up companies.
Dan Gobert is a self taught stone sculptor working with local river rock and slab remnants.
Faducci was developed in 2002 by the combined exploration of Solomon Bassoff and Domenica Mottarella. Their whimsical emotive sculptures have received enthusiastic acclaim and have been acquired for public art installations and private collections. Their creative interests are sparked by nature and influenced by the wildlife that surrounds their home in the Sierra foothills. They are experienced at creating artwork that celebrates the natural environment, while delighting and inspiring the viewer. They have accomplished this goal with installations at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA; Redding, CA; Natomas, CA; the Northwest Library in Oklahoma City; and most recently in Sunnyvale, CA.
I’ve been creating sculptural and functional art full time since 1993. I tend to play with the relations between animate and inanimate a good percentage of the time. My medium is primarily metal with glass, stone and wood introduced on occasion.
Anything metal. I'm available for large or small commission and have several examples in Truckee. Specializing in kinetic sculpture.
Truckee has a true folk artist that builds fully functional replicas of historical landmarks into birdhouses and bird feeders. Greg Zirbel has been building whimsical replicas of historical landmarks out of discarded historical lumber since 1992. Unique, custom, well-built, documented, and signed birdhouses and bird feeders are fabulous pieces of art preserving history in a little way. Happy Birding!
Working in the public realm, I have come to understand the ability of art to transform our relationship to our physical environment by evoking a sense of emotional-curiosity, beauty, whimsy and/or a desire for additional investigation. I’ve had the pleasure to serve on several community engaged, architectural design team projects throughout my career and in each case, the collaborative values expressed through the project team becomes a driving force in design development. Public art is the portal within our built environment through which we may discover a common sense of identity and connection with our physical surroundings.
Playful rustic wooden robots and owls.
Amanda’s current works focus around a series entitled “Figurative Trees”. The works, in her words, “explore narratives - and the human form as vessel and vehicle, a hosting of energy, emotion and self”. She describes her exploration as “an intentional blurring of distinctions between interior and exterior, story and truth”.
A wood artist practicing the traditional art of woodturning creating wooden bowls, sculptures and useful items of wood on a lathe. Creates aesthetic vessels intended for display and also utility pieces for daily use. Primarily works with native Nevada County hardwoods.
Floral arrangements in resin! I use native Californian wildflowers, foliage, mushrooms, and found dead insects by Elizabeth Xedes.
Resin Art | Wood Burnt Portrait | Custom Orders
VISUAL ART : MIXED MEDIA
Maribel Young is an artist based in Nevada City, California. Inspired by nature's colors, movement, and shapes as the ultimate expression of art, Maribel loves to experiment with different mediums and styles ranging from realism to abstraction. She uses acrylic paints and a variety of media to create texture and dimensions to her artwork. Maribel Young has created a unique art form that combines stained glass designs with clay and acrylic paints; her clay tile mosaics are made with unique handmade clay tiles that come together in a fun interplay of rich textures, flow and color.
Peggy Wright interprets concepts and ideas through the use of mixed media by utilizing painting, printmaking, stitching and drawing techniques.
My studio practice merges a fidelity to the material and social worlds with delight in the expressive possibilities of charcoal, paper, paint and discarded materials. I am interested in land/landscape, people, shadows, and texts, and am committed to a visual rhetoric that combines deliberation with rawness. I gravitate toward malleable, inexpensive materials and don’t strive to create artIfacts that look finished or highly resolved. These choices allow me to explore visual expressions akin to poetry, resistance to certitudes, my own lived relation to contested lands, and preference for living in between spaces of all kinds.
As an artist of Nevada County, I love my community and how artistic it is. Growing up in this area, I've always been inspired by the creative individuals who reside in this town and the amazing nature that comes with it. My art deals with the human condition - what it means to be human, and what it means to be blessed by nature.
Saree Robinson is a Vermont-bred, California-seasoned, multi-disciplined artist who now calls Nevada County home. Primarily known for her conceptual paper arts creations, Saree loves exploring the process of transformation. Drawing inspiration from a kaleidoscope of music, international travel, her love of animals, a deep reverence for the Earth, haute couture fashion, her art history studies and dream world experiences, Saree's colorful style is instantly recognizable.
VISUAL ARTS : PHOTOGRAPHY
Born and raised in Southern California, I am a photographer, writer, and traveler. In my visual work, I love exploring the relationship between form, light, and shadow in all manner of subjects, from natural landscapes to people and animals. My goal is to create photographs that invite the viewer into an emotional experience beyond what merely meets the eye. Thank you for visiting, and for looking at my work.
Jim’s photography has evolved for over 40 years leading to numerous awards, several gallery shows and sales of his photos. Since moving to Nevada County 15 years ago, he has received awards from the Nevada County District Fair (1st place and Best of Division), the California State Fair (1st place ), the Photographic Society of America in international competition, juried acceptance in the Wild and Scenic Film Festival for shows at the Nevada City Winery, Center for the Arts (Grass Valley) and inclusion in the world-wide tour.
Strategic minds joined with aesthetic souls, we're driven by our passion for developing innovative strategies and impactful and inspiring visual solutions that capture distinctive, relevant real-life brand experiences. We work with visionary companies, inventive designers and accomplished architects that share our enthusiasm for new methods and solutions.
Photography and mixed media that explores the mysterious and ephemeral beauty of the natural world.
Raised in the small town of Paradise, CA Olivia Dorazi is an artist and designer working in photography and video. Olivia uses photography and moving image to test the boundaries of reality. She specializes in illusionary transcendental imagery, working in layers of mixed media creating otherworldly visuals.
Capturing nature with photography has been my life’s greatest joy. For me, inspiration happens from within when a scene unfolds before my eyes. I hope my images help others see nature as more inspiring than ever before. Archival paper, canvas and metal prints.
For nearly 50 years, Kerry has possessed a deep desire to capture and create unique memorable images in a wide variety of subject matter. His natural affinity for color theory, lighting, composition and at times, artful and creative manipulation all come together in his photographs, inviting you in for a closer look.
SCOTT SHOT PHOTOGRAPHY. Professional photographer in Truckee, CA since 2002. I provide large prints, printed by me personally, of the Tahoe and Truckee area. Currently exhibiting at Gallery 5830' in Downtown Truckee.
Photographer/artist, based in the heart of the gold country, Grass Valley, Ca. Born in the Bay Area, but raised in the foothills, surrounded by the beauty of Nevada County. I am available for all of your photography needs. Portraits, family photos, pet photography, real estate, events, and product photography, as well as being available for commissioned work.
I'm a visual storyteller - aka professional photographer + videographer
A lifelong visual artist and storyteller whose current project, Wings and Tales, focuses on still life photo collage to recite poetry on social media, through a bowl full of words and spells inspired by the natural world. A graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Studio Fine Art with a focus on black & white film photography from Humboldt State University, Tamara is a sixth generation native of her hometown in the Gold Country of Northern California, where she appraises relics from a bygone era and cares for three furry beasts, a flock of enchanted hens, a Cock and a fairy child.
I specialize in headshot and portrait photography that captures the essence of who you are. I focus on using dynamic light and authentic emotion to create timeless images that reflect your true personality.
I’m primarily a photographer and video artist. I also use these images to create collage works, 2D cutout animation films and installations, often accompanied with my original music/vocal soundtracks. A recent MFA in Studio Art graduate from Mills College (Oakland, CA), I am passionate about teaching. In my spare time, I paint, draw, and enjoy printmaking along with hiking and camping photo road trips in my teardrop trailer with my dogs.
As a professional photographer specializing in fine-art portraiture and owner of Shadow Dance Photography. Shadow Dance Photography started in 2005, in partnership with the late fine-art photographer, Leslie Elias. We self-published a book called In the Company of Dogs in 2010. After her death. A book of Leslie Elias’ landscape photography, Reverence for Place, was published in 2013.
I typically work with landscapes, musicians, and travel. I am the official photographer for the Celtic Festival. I can provide large prints for your home or office. Please visit my website for more samples of my work. - Mike Shea
Daphne Hougard is an intelligent, creative, problem solver who sees the world as a complex web, where kindness and acts of generosity go far. Her 20 years of promoting women specific brands and female empowerment through imagery is her passion, working for the top brands in the industry. Her talented team gets the job done, on time and budget.
Michael is a landscape photographer whose foundation began with shooting a large format 4x5 film camera. Growing up on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe has instilled a deep fascination and sense of adventure for wild places in Michael, and began a lifetime journey that continues to draw him outdoors. He has had the honor of making his living from his photography for over 20 years and is thankful for counties like Nevada that inspire and prioritize both the arts and artists. Michael has a permanent installation and seasonal gallery at the Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite.
I use photography as a means to document the everyday world around me. I make pictures that call attention to things that other people might overlook or consider mundane. This exploration of the mundane helps me be more fully present in my everyday life. My goal is to make photographs that make the viewer go “AHA, I never noticed that!” and draw them into the beauty of the mundane. I use my photography to explore worlds that can only happen in fantasy and fiction. I enjoy incorporating people in my worlds where they can explore their inner world of delight.
My work is an attempt to express a personal, often sacred, relationship with the natural world while inquiring into the ways of humans and the interface where the two meet.
I fell under the spell of photography’s power to awaken my wonder back when I was in college after seeing an exhibit of Elliot Porter dye transfer images. Then I knew- this is my work! I’m enchanted with the medium’s ability to represent our familiar “real” world, but through a frame of the extraordinary. Our world is full of surprises – and it ultimately suggests that depending upon the viewer’s perspective and the right frame of view, the experience of this world may reach the sublime.
Author, publisher, history and environmental short filmmaker, and photographer.
My Name is Bryan Gallagher and I’m a photographer based in Nevada County. Weddings, Portraits, and branding are my areas of specialization. My work has a cinematic, dynamic, and vibrant style to it.
Landscapes, wedding second photographer, events. Originally from the East Bay Area have been living in Nevada County now for eleven years. Owner/creator "Amateur Photographer Association" and "As Good As Gold Country" a Gold Country Tourism page.
Adventure and travel photographer based in Truckee, California.
Framed Photographs | Gift Cards | Posters
Robin Mayoff. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Landscapes, trains, old signs, bridges, and abandoned buildings have been my most recent focus. Moved to Grass Valley, California in the spring of 2016. My photography has been published by the East Bay Regional Park District, Bay Nature, Bay Area Open Space Council, Huffington Post, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Contra Costa Water District. You can find my work for sale in galleries across East Contra Costa County.
I took photo journalism in college, and did professional photography for special occasions. My trip to the Antarctic was life changing and a photographer's paradise.
Janice is primarily a nature photographer who focuses on landscapes, wildlife and flowers. She also likes to experiment with multiple exposures, blurs and other alternative processes.
VISUAL ART : BODY ART
Philip has been tattooing for nearly 29 years, starting in the summer of 1995 in Huntington Beach, CA. 22 years of his craft was spent residing in the Bay Area. His work has been inspired by multi cultural influences through his world travels and studies. My work is a culmination of fine-line, juxtaposed with heavy black. Always allowing the shapes of the body to tell the story of placement and movement. I find my work to both honor the spiritual and the material realms of life.
VISUAL ART : GLASS
I am a fused glass artist and have been working this medium for approximately 25 years. I love to explore new techniques and mostly love creating designs that celebrate both nature and the human spirit.