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February and March, 2024
FEATURED ARTIST
Cherryl Silveria
Cherryl Silveria
Cherryl is a traditional painter. She describes her work as Romantic or Realism.
Her studio is outside of Soledad, California, in the Mission District of Monterey County. where she paints local landscapes of farms, vineyards, and cattle.
She was commissioned to make the painting used in the 2009 California rodeo poster in Salinas California.
She was also commissioned to paint the founding of the Mission Nuestra de la Soledad in 2010, which is part of their permanent museum collection.
Her painting of cattle along the Santa Lucia foothills
And one of her paintings was selected by the National Steinbeck Museum for their permanent collection.
She is a member of The Valley Art Gallery in Old Town Salinas where her work may be purchased.
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April, 2024
FEATURED ARTIST
Rose Hurley
Rose Hurley
Rose enjoys creating cards for the seasons and celebrations.
She uses mixed media, embossing and colored pencils.
She is now expanding her skills to learn watercolors and also doing the technique of diamond painting.
She uses mixed media, embossing and colored pencils.
She is now expanding her skills to learn watercolors and also doing the technique of diamond painting.
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May, 2024
FEATURED ARTIST
Andrea Siebert
Andrea Siebert
Andrea especially enjoys oil painting, but she is doing digital work and mixed media.
These are illustrations for children's books in progress.
These are illustrations for children's books in progress.
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PREVIOUS FEATURED ARTISTS
February and March...2024 Cherryl Silveria
Cherryl is a traditional painter. She describes her work as Romantic or Realism. Her studio is outside of Soledad, California, in the Mission District of Monterey County where she paints local landscapes of farms, vineyards, and cattle. One was selected by the City of Salinas to send to their Sister City in Japan. |
January...2024 Ardith Banuelos
Ardith has loved creating art and crafts all her long life. When her children were young, she created dress patterns and sewed for them as well as herself. Later, she took many classes to do more artistic things including numerous craft and painting techniques. She truly enjoys being a member of SVAA and attends as many sessions as possible. |
November and December...2023 Michael Elliott
Michael studied environmental science, psychology, art (ceramics and some printmaking), then computer systems. Early on, he and his wife did craft fairs. Later, he explored ceramics and glass blowing. Now retired, he has become a watercolor enthusiast and is developing those skills. |
September.. 2023 Faye Russo
While attending high school, she worked as a colorist in a photography studio, and later worked in a floral shop as a designer. A lithograph of her drawing of the John Steinbeck House was purchased by the City of Salinas and sent to Japan to hang in the City Hall of its sister city Kushikino, Kagoshima. |
April... 2023 Gail Lawrence
Gail's father and mother painted with oils as a hobby and gave her paintindg supplies and an art book when she was 7 years old. Her father patiently let Gail paint when he painted. She continues to have an interest in painting. She now paints in oil, watercolor, acrylics, pen and pastels. |
March... 2023 Joan Wells
Joan mostly learned by reading, sketching and collecting books on different artist books. "As far as I can remember, my 1st joy was pencil and paper and then colors." I have been into many artistic endeavors such as ceramics, china painting and kiln firing but water colors became what I loved most |
February... 2023 Vivian Aizawa
Vivian grew up in Hong Kong. She was educated in the UK and the US. She did Chinese ink painting after high school and studied under three masters. She was introduced to western painting during college years, with acrylic as the primary media. Watercolor came along later in her life. |
January... 2023 Mary Garza
Family and a career spent as the owner of her own hair salon were early priorities. After attending an art class, her first oil painting was accepted as one of 42 entrees out of 500 submitted. She is now an internationally known artist and her child hood dreams have been realized. |