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The artist Joan Hoffmann uses oil paints to render landscapes of Sonoma, “wild habitats” and western skies. She has written several art books, available for Kindle readers: Paint with Intention, Paint with Purpose, Back to Nature, and Off Trail.
Kindle books by Joan Hoffmann:
Joan January is a Sonoma County painter, interested in mixed media and music interpretations. She intermingles abstract and realistic painting approaches.
Joan Shepherd is a mixed-media artist, often assembling her work from found objects.
Jessica Jones of Sister Rose Hata is a Sonoma County millinery artist, who makes women’s and men’s hats from felt or straw using traditional millinery techniques.
Jerry Kermode describes his art as “woodturning: artistic and functional.” He scouts out native wood, and turns them into organic vessels that emphasize the natural grains, using lathe and sandpaper. Partner Deborah Kermode administers the final finish with steel wool and beeswax. Jerry has a background in carpentry and Victorian home restoration.
Jeremy Joan Hewes specializes in photography and printmaking. She was a founding member of Riverfront Gallery in Petaluma, CA, and is currently a gallery artist at Healdsburg Center for the Arts in Healdsburg, CA. She is also a writer and author of seven books.
Jean Salatino, in conjunction with Steven Gandolfo, creates Salatino-Gandolfo Glass. The studio offers custom hand blown glass vessels, hand carved glass and glass sculptures.
Janet Moore lives and paints in the northern California fishing village of Bodega Bay. She paints the coastal landscapes in a minimalistic style.
Jane E. Baron takes photographs and creates photo essays from around the world, including photography of landscapes, flowers, and people.
Jane McDonald is known for her ceramic art, and offers classes in the North Bay region.
Jan Steiner is a fine artist who works with oil paints, acrylics, colored pencils and watercolor. Her subject matter includes children, botanicals and animals.
Jan Schultz, Sonoma County artist, is known for vintage and re-purposed welded metal sculptures, and yard art.
James Fox, teamed up with Kathleen Fox, creates hand thrown pottery and ceramic art, of exceptional character, design, and quality. Stoneware and Raku pottery.
James Gray is a sculptor and ceramic artist who creates artwork and furniture in stone, wood, resin, and mosaic. He attended the School of Classical Woodcarving in Denver, and now has a studio in Sonoma County, California.
James Reynolds creates oil paintings and pastels of landscapes, wildlife and portraits.
Isabelle Posillico designs and creates individual art pieces with the ability to stand on their own, a balance of beauty and function. Using recycled golds with a precise composition of gemstones, she forms, constructs, and solders each piece into wearable art.
Irene Guidici Ehret is a watercolor artist who was born and grew up in the small town of Angels Camp, California. She teaches classes in intermediate and advanced watercolor, and nature journaling. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California at Berkeley. She has had one-woman shows in Maryland, Italy, Rhode Island, Virginia, and California.
Hugh Buttrum masters woodturning, a form of woodworking that is used to create wooden objects such as bowls and housewares using a lathe.
Howard Hardie the photographer specializes in black and white film and traditional silver gelatin prints. A quote from the artist: “The gift of photography is that it sharpens one’s awareness of our visual world. “
The Sonoma artist Holly Jordan creates paintings and monotypes, using Xerox transfer, dry point, chin colle and mixed media. Holly studied at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
Hetty Herman-Minsk is a California artist of handcrafted, custom-designed fine silver jewelry pendants and earrings that are embellished with garnets, sapphires and pearls. She is also a weaver and ceramicist.
Henry White is an artist and musician that uses oil paints to create sweeping Sonoma landscapes, still lifes and portraits. His work is on display at the Upstairs Art Gallery in Healdsburg, Towers Gallery in Cloverdale, and Riverfront Art Gallery in Petaluma.
Artist Helene Minelli (1918-2010) was a native of Sonoma Valley, born on a ranch in 1918, and the Valley inspired her lifelong creative works. Her mediums were oil, acrylic, and especially watercolor. She dedicated an impressive amount of service to the local art community, including: President of the Sonoma Valley Art Center and Gallery, later known as Valley of the Moon Art Association; founder of the North Coast Viticulture Art Exhibit and Sales; Trustee on the Board of Society of Western Artists; and Judge for the Society of Western Artists, San Francisco.
Helen Mehl is an artist and art teacher who is interested in conveying wellness and Feng Shui through her work. She combines brightly painted colors, layers, textures and symbols. Helen received her Master of Arts degree at San Jose State University, and a B.A. degree from Stanford University in history and art. Helen has taught art in California, Pennsylvania and Hawaii.
Harry Frank came from New York City to settle in Sonoma County. As an artist and high school art teacher, he specializes in ink monotypes and printmaking. A quote from the artist: “I’m interested in how the mythic and the mundane can exist in one image.”
Greg Zirbel is a Northern California photographer and folk artist, known for detailed birdhouses and bird feeders. Many of the birdhouses are replicas of prominent landmarks, historical buildings and wineries throughout Sonoma County. His photography is about the natural beauty of Northern California and the Wine Country in particular.
Gordon Herr was an architect and a co-founder with his wife Jane, of Pond Farm Artist Colony, the American Artist Colony near Guerneville, California that began in 1939-1940. The Herrs envisioned Pond Farm as a community for artists fleeing Europe at the onset of World War II. Gordon thought of it as “a sustainable sanctuary for artists away from a world gone amuck.” The colony would in part support itself through summer workshops, and several renowned resident artists came to teach there, including Victor Reis, Frans Wildenhain and wife Marguerite Wildenhain. The workshops ended in 1953. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. (sources: “Pond Farm Barn Exterior” by MikeVdP, and wikipedia.org)
Gerald Huth is an expressionist artist and works with collages, paintings, sculptures. A quote from the artist: “The role of the artist is to fulfill the human expression of the time in which we live.”
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.
Gerald Hong, teamed up with Kelly Hong, creates handmade, museum-quality Raku ceramic vessels and wall pieces: Asian inspired vessels, teapots, pet urns, and cremation urns.