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Sonoma Art Directory
painting and drawing
Linda Barretta is in her own words, “dedicated to the excitement of exploring and painting in plein air.” She paints landscapes, using mixed water, acrylics, casein, and watercolors in an impressionist style.
Richard Ciccarelli is known for his oil paintings and pastels. He also specializes in the design and restoration of historic buildings including the Plaza Hotel, The New York Public Library, The Frick and Alwyn Court, all of NYC.
The Sonoma County artist Bill Gittins paints both in plein air and in the studio using acrylics and oils. Bill is primarily a painter of land, water and sky.
Charles Beck paints Sonoma landscapes, the coasts of Northern California, orchards and vineyards. He works with oil paints and watercolor.
The artist Dee Andreini is known for plein air oils, acrylics, and landscape paintings. She was born in San Francisco, and grew up in Northern California. Dee has a Fine Arts Degree from the California State College of Sonoma.
Susan Cornelis is known for her watermedia paintings, and is interested in collage, story, and meditation. She also offers mixed media painting workshops from her Sebastopol art studio.
Mary McCrystal is a Sonoma County artist who enjoys making collages and acrylic and wax painting on canvas and wood panels. A quote from the artist: “Creating art becomes a sacred practice, it is supremely reciprocal in its intentionality, and it is an honor to participate in such a mythic journey.”
Beth Changstrom works include painting, drawing, pottery, mixed media and collage.
Suzanne Edminster, artist of Saltwork Studio, is known for her abstract paintings, mixed media, studio events, and an art blog.
Monica Schwalbenberg-Pena creates mixed media and paintings about place and everyday objects: “art about the place, drawn from the land”.
Cecilia Hallinan is noted for representational oil paintings and abstracts. Her work draws from the events of everyday observations
The Sonoma artist Laura Hoffman works in oil painting and mixed media and uses playful lines, symbols and colors to depict women. Laura has a MA in Education from the University of San Francisco, and BFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute.
Anne Regan is a Sonoma County mixed media artist and painter, known for painting wildlife on granite and bicycle collages.
Roberta S. Alexandra lives concurrently in Sonoma County, California and London, England. She is known for mixed media paintings, emphasizing encaustic and water-based collages.
Ray Jacobsen (1938-2007) was born in Englewood Colorado, and came to Sonoma County in 1947 with his family. Ray is known for his landscape paintings of Sonoma County. He contributed his time and artwork to the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, where he as an Advisory Council member. Ray was also one of the founding members of the Arts Guild of Sonoma in 1977, an active and supportive member for 30 years.
“My paintings blend realism and the surreal in a unique interpretation of our hills and valleys. My deep personal love of the natural beauty of Sonoma county and the northern California coast has inspired my work for five decades.” – Ray Jacobsen
Rae Ann Williams is Sonoma County artist. Her primary focus is watercolor, but she also is interested in collages.
Nina Bonos creates watercolors, mixed media collages of wine country landscapes and Judaica. She also offers art prints and greeting cards.
Diana Majumdar is known for encaustic and mixed media artwork, inspired by nature. She was born and raised in Estonia, before settling in Sonoma County.
Elizabeth Peyton creates drawings, mixed media, botanicals, collages and watercolor paintings.
Barbara Kelley is known for printmaking, monoprints, engravings, oil paintings, and encaustics. She owns and works from the Moon Catcher Studios at The Sea Ranch and Santa Rosa, California.
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.
Willow LaLand-Yeiling specializes in realistic oil paintings, and fauve wine-themed pieces. She works in acrylics, oils, watercolor, pen and ink, etchings and graphite.
David Antonio is an abstract artist and painter. A quote from the artist: “For me, art has always been a portal to a parallel world.” David has a B.F.A. in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, among other degrees.
Christine Kierstead is an artist who paints abstracts, figures, landscapes and dog companions. Her work is on display Riverfront Art Gallery in Petaluma.
The artist Christine MacDonald was born on Tiree, a small island off Scotland, and graduated from the University of Brighton, Sussex, England with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honors in Painting. She settled in Sonoma, California in 1986. Her subject matter includes human figures, eagles and hawks.
The artist Christine McNamara is known for watercolors in plein air of the local Sonoma landscapes, and also for her mixed media abstracts. She has a B.A. in Studio Art from Stanford University and continued studies at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Academy of Art.
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.