 Painting has been part of my life for over 50 years. I recall sitting outside at the age of eight painting a small watercolor of my red metallic reading lamp and told my parents I was going to be an artist when I grew up. Landscapes have taken my attention for the past 20 years. In the warmer months I paint outdoors. Winter finds me in the warmth of my home studio reworking studies from the summer or creating new works from my travel photos. I am attracted to subjects that express nature with a nod towards human activity. Typically this may include abandoned structures, farmland, pathways, and wooded trails. Currently my compositions are driven by moody light and unusual weather effects. Curiously I have noted that each painting develops a childlike personality as I work. Some are cooperative and others simply misbehave. I enjoy guiding the process intuitively through the last finishing touches towards the maturity of the final result. My artistic influences include the Italian Renaissance painters, Dutch Masters, Andrew Wyeth and my father who taught me technical drawing skills at an early age.   Terri was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, graduating from Lewis and Clark college with a degree in art education. After a long career in law enforcement and safety, she spent the last few years concentrating on her love of painting. Terri was and instructor in her own private studio as well as at the North east Community center in the Hollywood district of Portland for eight years. Many of her paintings have been turned into greeting cards, calendars, and fine art prints. She has been featured in the tabletop hardbound book “Pacific Northwest Artists”. Terri is currently a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, the Oregon Society of Artists, Dry Canyon Artists of Central Oregon, the Sisters Art Association, and the Lake Area Artists. She is a former member of Buffalo Grass Society of Artists and Color fusion. She has exhibited her work at the Belinki Gallery, W”East Book and Gallery (Welches), the gift shop at the Oregon Zoo and numerous shows in various Oregon locales.   Rob Sanford began his studies in Industrial Design at San Jose State University and graduated at the top of his class. He has worked at Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Hewlett Packard, Boeing, and Tektronix in Beaverton, Oregon on a variety of technology projects. Rob began painting science fiction art for several magazines and companies in the 80's and 90's. Currently, Rob lives in Lake Oswego where he is the President of the Lake Area Artists group which consists of 30 local artists. He is also a permanent artist at the Valley Art Gallery in Forest grove, OR. Inspired by natural wildlife on the west coast, he is widely know for his bird paintings against a scenic backdrop. He enjoys teaching his grandson how to paint, spending his winters painting and summers fishing on the Deschutes River for trout and steelhead.   Drawing upon my experiences traveling and interest in nature, I express myself through watercolor painting. I am especially interested in the effect of light and shadow on various subjects which I first photograph, and then create paintings in the studio. Each painting is initiated with a colorful wash which provides unity in the paintings and masterful color shifts which reflect the subtleties found in nature. The paint is glazed, one layer over another to achieve a rich and complex color palette. As a longtime member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, my work has been accepted into multiple juried shows and has won awards throughout the Pacific Northwest. My work can be seen at Rain Spark Gallery; and in various local and regional shows such as Watercolor Society of Oregon, Lake Area Artists, and the Lake Oswego Reads traveling show. After a career of teaching art at the high school level, I have enjoyed spending more time at the easel, traveling and teaching small adult classes in watercolor.   “I love to paint from life, whether in the studio or plein air. This gives me an immediacy of experience… of form, light and color… that I can translate into paint on a canvas I try to convey what I see when I stop looking at the world in a casual and remote way and instead see things intensely and immediately. I want to create an emotional experience that comes from seeing some elusive or unrecognized beauty in an object person or scene. In a sense, art is for me, unveiling the beauty of everyday things.” Linda J. Baker has studied art at the University of Wisconsin, Palette and Chisel Academy of Fine Arts (Chicago), and Scottsdale Artists School. She has won numerous awards for her art, including Best in Show, People’s Choice, Mayor’s Award and Wisconsin Regional Artist‘s Award, amongst others. She has served as president of Painter’s Showcase of Portland and is Vice President of Lake Area Artists. Her paintings hang in private collections and are shown in galleries and shows nationally. Member of:
  I am inspired by what I see in nature, not in a realistic way, but in the way nature’s forms/shapes/colors integrate. Encaustics is an ancient form of painting, possibly preceding oil painting. it involves painting a surface with a mixture of hot beeswax and damar resin to harden the medium. The molten wax needs to be fused to the surface of the substrate. Hot clear medium can be mixed with pigments, oils, and oil sticks. Encaustic can include collage, photography, and many types of 3d substrates as well. My encaustics here are abstract interpretations of both floral and landscapes.   I call myself an abstract intuitive painter working in mixed media. I am fascinated by the process of painting with various mediums and love the joy I feel from the entertaining and fulfilling method of letting the painting speak to me and allowing myself to respond—using my own love of color, design, movement and appreciation for the nature around me. This way of painting allows me to experiment without judgement and be always entertained by what my years of practice and noticing can create if I allow it. I am always learning and expressing a basic delight in what evolves and love sharing with those who can just feel some emotion from the work.  www.sgreenbaumart.com
 I am fascinated by the shapes I see in water, trees and rocks. I look for negative and positive shapes, weave them together, and give equal attention to subject and background. I see nature as a woven fabric with all things interconnected. Understanding so much complexity is always out of reach. Ultimately, my goal is to create a personal statement about places I have been. I use my past experience with calligraphy, graphic design and silk painting to create a distinct style.   I have lived in Oregon nearly all my life surrounded by gardens, animals and beautiful landscapes. I paint in both Oil and Pastels, in a relaxed realistic style, trying to capture light, shape, color and mood. The subjects to paint are endless but my moods are different each day giving me the challenge of narrowing them down and choosing which medium to use. Every artist I know says that Painting is like meditating, you can escape the worries and duties that we all have and live in a creative world at least for awhile. My hope is that that time in the creative world reflects in my paintings and the viewer gets a glimpse of happiness or a little taste of the beauty that surrounds us.   My artistic inspiration stems from the vibrant colors found in nature, which I use to evoke feelings of joy and positivity in my oil paintings. By selecting subjects that symbolize growth, I aim to uplift viewers and inspire them to embrace the beauty and hope that surrounds us.  |