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P L E S I O N T A A I G R S O L 9 2 0 0 los gatos M orning rotar Y logo | grap H I C D esign TreadCreative.com Advertising and Graphic Design C O V er art Morning Light, by Donald Neff Winner of Los Gatos Art Fest, 2004 20 LOS GATOS PLEIN AIR 09 EVENTS OF DAY Welcome to the art show! The Los Gatos Morning Rotary, in coordination with The 11 a.m. Saturday -Old Town Center: Art Exhibition, Museums of Los Gatos and the Los Gatos Arts Commission, is proud to host this Wine Tasting, Entertainment and Silent Auction event. Today’s show marks a grand effort to join together art lovers and collectors 4 p.m. Awards Ceremony Presented by Awards Judge Bob Gerbracht with some of the finest, most talented Plein Air artists selected by Jurors 6 p.m. Silent Auction Sections close George Rivera and Richard McDaniels. 7 p.m. Live Auction (Paintings that receive 11 or more silent bids will go to Live Auction) For the past two days these thirty Much of the proceeds from Los Gatos artwork also available for auction. We – Mayor Town of Los Gatos - Mike Wasserman Auctioneer premier, award-winning artists have Plein Air will support the worldwide thank the sponsors for their financial NOTE In order to BID on art, you must register at the translated the remarkable beauty of effort to eradicate polio as well as support. Without these contributions BIDDING table and obtain a Bidder’s Number. Los Gatos into scenes on canvas be- benefit the numerous endeavors of and the numerous efforts of teams of fore you. Los Gatos provides a rich the Los Gatos Morning Rotary Chari- individuals, our show remained just a bounty from which to choose, from table Foundation such as grants to dream. Now you can enjoy the reality the verdant hills to the tranquility of non-profit organizations and schol- of Los Gatos Plein Air. a creek side setting, and to the many arships to deserving students. Other quaint and historic structures around monies will support art and music LGPLEINAIR.ORG town. As you flip through the pages right here in Los Gatos. in this catalog you will see a sample We thank you for your participa- of artist images of work from the tion today and invite you to browse past year. We encourage you to visit and bid on the collection. Don’t for- these artists’ websites, or email them, get to visit the art students from to learn more about their extensive Los Gatos High School and their awards and exhibitions, as well as in which galleries they can be found. LOS GATOS PLEIN AIR 2009 3 CHRISTIN COY www.christincoy.com Christin’s paintings of the Marin County hills and coastal regions reflect her strong connection with the land. She is especially attracted to warm colors and elongated shadows that appear in late afternoon. Christin participates in annual art exhib- its such as “Ranches and Rolling Hills” which raises funds to protect farmland for Marin Agricultural Trust, and “Marin/Scapes” benefiting the Buckelew JUDY BUTLER Foundation in San Rafael. www.judybutlerart.com Judy Butler is known for her bold plein air oil paintings of the Northern Califor- nia wine country and Pacific coast. Her paintings can be found in collections throughout the United States. Judy studied art at Stanford University (BA) and the University of California, Berkeley (MA), and has studied with Richard Die- benkorn, Elmer Bischoff, and Brigitte Curt. KAY DUFFY www.kayduffywatercolors.com Kay has been painting for over 40 years and has studied locally with Jane Hofstetter, Charlotte Britton, Jane Burnham and Marie MacDonnell Roberts. Kay teaches watercolor and collage at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga. An active member of Allied Artists West, Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society, Los Gatos Art Association, Saratoga Community of Painters and a signature member of ANDREW D. BALLANTYNE MARIA BOISVERT ELIO CAMACHO the Society of Western Artists, Kay shows regularly with these groups through- www.adballantyne.com www.MariaBoisvertArt.com www.eliocamacho.com out the Bay Area. Andrew Ballantyne graduated from San Jose State with a degree in Art. After Born in New England, Maria moved to San Jose in 1979. She developed Born in 1972 on the island of Madeira, south of Portugal in the North Atlantic a tour of duty in the Army as an illustrator designing recruiting posters, he her interest for painting at an early age and completed her Bachelor of Ocean, Elio Camacho immigrated to California with his family in 1975. Long an returned to college and received a degree in Art Education. During 34 years of Arts Degree in Art at Plattsburg State University, New York. Her works admirer of the master impressionists Camacho decided to follow his childhood passion of fine art. Intensive studies with Ovanes Berberian led to the develop- teaching high school drawing, painting, composition and color, he was honing are in private and corporate collections throughout the United States. ment of distinct representational style with abstract brushwork. his own skills and developing his own style. Contemporary influences are Richard Schmid, Jim Smyth and Bob Gerbracht. LOS GATOS PLEIN AIR 2009 5 RHONDA EGAN www.home.surewest.net/rhondae PAUL FERNEY STERLING HOFFMANN STEVE KELL Over the years, Rhonda dabbled in several mediums, but returned to painting in www.PaulFerney.com www.SterlingHoffmann.com www.stevekell.com oils, and while studying with Susan Sarback, she has since discovered the cleaned- Paul Ferney was raised in Logan, Utah. He received his fine arts degree from From the moment his mother put a Crayola in his hand, art became Steve Kell sold his first painting at age 18, but his creative bent and runaway up look of a palette knife. She teaches several art classes at the School of Light Utah State University, and Glen Edwards was his teacher and mentor. Paul con- Sterling Hoffmann’s way of recording the magical world around him. In 2002, sense of humor quickly steered him toward cartooning and humorous greeting and Color and holds a Masters Degree from University of Maryland and a BA from tinued his art education in Salt Lake City, completing workshops with Camile he graduated from San Jose State University with a degree in Graphic De- card writing. Forty years later, he is now a widely recognized magazine cartoon- CSU San Francisco. Corey and at King’s Cottage. Many of Paul’s paintings captured the majesty of sign (emphasis in Animation). In 2004, he settled in Sonoma County and ist, shown in Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping. the mountains and valleys of Northern Utah. He later moved to San Francisco started his fulltime artist career by painting the vanishing landscapes. From In the last few years Steve has returned to the easel, interspersing his daily where he still lives. Paul still paints Utah landscapes but is also inspired by the tractors and barns, he has moved on to capturing his response to the true outdoor painting regimen with a variety of classes and workshops. beautiful local wine country and vibrant cityscapes of San Francisco. essence of all of the places he visits, including the majestic California coastline, the rugged scenery of the Rocky Mountains, and the fascinating human figure. MARK FARINA www.MFarinaArtStudio.com Mark grew up in upstate New York, spending summers in the Adirondacks. Part of his college education involved art study abroad in Florence, Italy where he PAUL KRATTER spent six months. He moved out west in the 70’s and settled on the Monterey DEBBIE GUALCO www.PaulKratter.com Peninsula, famous for its art community (Carmel-By-The-Sea). Mark ascribes www.DrgArtwork.blogspot.com Paul was raised on the peninsula, south of the city, concentrating solely on sports to the truthfulness of plein air painting where the artist and nature are in direct SIBYL JOHNSON Debbie R. Gualco fell in love with California while visiting from her native state and wildlife illustration during the early part of his career. He worked for a variety contact, and where a good painting requires skillful draftsmanship, strong design, www.SibylJohnson.com of Texas in 1989. Upon re-Iocating here, she received her degree in archi- of zoos and The Nature Company, and illustrated a number of children’s books, knowledge of color and sensitive brush work. tecture from UC Berkeley, and founded Reynolds Gualco Architecture & Inte- Sibyl Johnson is a fourth generation native Californian. She grew up in Northern including “The Living Rainforest” with award winning paintings. Around then he rior Design. Her watercolor renderings of the California Missions have been California and spent summers exploring the mountains and beaches around became interested in the spontaneity of the plein air approach and started paint- featured in several publications. Debbie has studied under Budd Biggs, and Monterey Bay and the Sierras. The painting of landscape en plein air is an emo- ing in the east bay hills near his home. Painting outdoors has become a pas- Ramon Froman, a prior student of Robert Henri. tional response to her concern for the loss of the California of her youth. Sibyl sion and he continues to participate in a number of plein air events annually in holds a double BA in Education and Fine Art as well as a Master’s Degree in California. Each has its own unique topography, light and challenges, which Education. After a long career in the classroom the goal to be a full time painter forces him to keep his work fresh and loose. and to return to live in her family’s Carmel cottage has become a reality.

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