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Tom Swearingen is known for his photo-realistic and hyper-realistic style, whimsical art and oil paintings.
The Sonoma County artist Martha Wade specializes in figurative and narrative oil paintings.
Mylette Welch is a California artist located in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, who specializes in paintings dogs.
Trude Guermonprez (1910-1976) born Gertrud Jalowetz, was a textile artist born in Danzig, Poland,¬ emigrated to California and became one of the textile artists of the Pond Farm Artist Colony of Sonoma County. She also served as chair of the craft department at the California College of Arts and Crafts, and worked at Oakland College.
Justina Selinger describes herself as “a painter of the light and its enhancements.” She paints landscapes and still lifes in an impressionistic style.
Michael Ryan is a photographer specializing in fine art landscape images. He enjoys hiking, exploring and photographing the Rockies, Sierras, California coastlands, State Parks and National Parks. One of his portfolio statements: ”The goal of my images is to not only evoke a sense of wonder but also a sense of urgency. I want to inspire the viewer to connect or even re-connect with the natural world around them.”
Rene Dayan-Whitehead is a Sonoma County sculptor who works with stone. Her work can be described as abstract, organic, and luminous. She was born and resided in San Francisco and before settling in Sonoma County.
Warren Arnold is known for his abstract and figurative sculpture. He is the artist of the Whale Project, a series of large sculpted marble whale totems, shown in public places up and down the California coast.
Zaza Fetterly grew up in Paris, where she graduated from the Sorbonne and the American University in Paris. Zaza has practiced art and sculpting for over 20 years in San Francisco and the California wine country. Her art is on display at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Gallery.
Suzie Rose is a photographer who often turns her lens on subjects close to her home in West Sonoma County. Through her photography, Suzie invites us to slow down, pay attention, and embrace the beauty around us.
Lyn Swan creates handmade porcelain artware, as well as festive tableware and whimsical, playful “happy pots”.
The artist Kristin Meuser paints landscapes, most often outdoors and on location throughout California and the Southwest. She also teaches classes on nature journaling with watercolors.
Kate Williams from Across the Street Photography specializes in landscape photos of Sonoma County and the Pacific Coast.
Jewelry designer Tammi Young creates gold, silver and gemstone earrings, necklaces, and bracelets.
The Sonoma Valley photographer Charlotte Dressen offers an assortment of photography of the wine county, Bay Area, Pacific Ocean, nature and food.
Susie Edson of Bungalow Bunny, an Etsy store, is a textile artist who designs and creates hand-made original designs, passionate pillows, linens and textiles.”I’ve been collecting Antique and Vintage textiles for decades. My materials are the finest quality, rare and gorgeous. With them I create lovely handmade pillows and linens, and sometimes clothing and other useful items.”
Roxanna Ahlborn creates finely hand-painted purses and accessories, known as wearable art and fiber graphics, and also limited edition art prints. “All of my handpainted purses are one of a kind pieces of art.” Roxy attended the California College of Arts and is a native of Sonoma County.
The artist Erika Schmitt describes her works, “Vessels of The Soul” as “the depth of movement through the stillness of form.” Erika was born and raised in Delaware and attended art school at Kutztown University, Pennsylvania.
Erik Chipchase is known for artworks in letterpress, hot metal type, silkscreen and digital media. His subject matters often reflect his love for fin de siecle posters, early 20th century advertising, military subject matters, and historical detail.
Suzi Eszterhas is an award-winning wildlife photographer of Sonoma Many of her baby animal photos are available at Etsy. Her photography has been featured in TIME Magazine, GoodMorningAmerica.com, TodayShow.com, Ranger Rick Magazine, National Geographic Kids Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
Suzi Eszterhas is the photographer of the new book, A Future for Cheetahs. To bring this book to market, the writer Dr. Laurie Marker and wildlife photographer Suzi Eszterhas have teamed up to bring you the most intimate portrait yet of the world’s fastest land animal, the cheetah. It is the story of the cheetah’s race against extinction, illustrated with some of the rarest and most beautiful images yet of the wild cheetah.
See also the animal photography books by Suzi Eszterhas.
Sharon McAuley designs and creates low fire and porcelain ceramics. She sells her works on Etsy.
Sonoma artist Caitlin McCarthy creates original drawings of mythic, Celtic and romantic subjects.
Linda Donohue is a fine artist who grew up at Muir Beach and in the Napa Valley, now residing in Sonoma County. Her acrylics, figurative paintings and encaustic works are often inspired by the Northern California terrain and horses. She is also the president of the Petaluma Arts Association, and the founder of COCA the Coalition of California Artists, a group marketing to the home furnishings industry Linda studied fine art at CCSF and graphic design at Platt College in San Francisco. She worked many years as a designer in the furniture business, as featured on HGTV and Extreme Makeover.
Sonoma County artist Kathleen Fitzpatrick creates nature photography of the wine country, and colorful, original landscapes and abstract acrylic paintings.
Gerald Arrington creates stoneware, wheel-thrown and altered ceramics that are inspired by nature. His work includes sculptural teapots, vases, urns, fountains and reflection bowls.
Ralph Ramirez, the craftsman and wood artist, produces one-of-a-kind decorator and functional bowls, vases, platters, and vessels turned from beautiful Northern California woods; maple burl, redwood burl, black oak burl, walnut burl, and many others.
The Sonoma artist Caryn Freid is known for sculptural ceramics, as well as functional and decorative pottery. She studied many years at the Pond Fond Colony with Marguerite Wildenhain.
Liz Russell creates the ceramic series R Honey Pots: Functional ceramics: high-fired stoneware, handcrafted and hand painted original pieces. They are microwave, oven, and dishwasher safe.