JESSICA DATIN

"I am interested in creating things.
For me, beauty and emotion are essentials to any creative endeavor I pursue"

Karen DAvis-Macdonald

"I really enjoy painting"

FANNY DAVIS DIEHL

"My aim is to show the odd, the unusual,
the edge of reality"

MAJ-BRITT DIAS

"My favorite medium is transparent watercolor. I love the challenge of its sensitivity and delicate beauty.

GLADYS EFANTIS

"From the time I was a child, I always had a pencil in my hand sketching. I have always been compelled to paint; it's a part of my life."

PAT FARAGE

"My inspiration comes from nature."

DEE FRASHER

"For the past 30 years, by experimenting with many different forms and materials gathered from nature, I have found an art media that enables me to express my love for abstract art.

ALAN FREEMAN

"I specialize in etching, acrylic painting, pen and ink, and watercolor. My subject matter includes landscapes around Santa Barbara County, and along the West Coast."

DEBORAH FULLER

"As a creator of photographic images, I am inspired by the people that I meet, the places I travel to, and new circumstances as I perceive them. I love geometric shapes, bright color, texture, and the essence of light. I've looked through the camera lens for many years, and I still feel excited about what I see!"

LINDA GOOCH

"I've always been attracted to watercolor. The translucence of the medium and the idea of placing one wash over another to create an image of depth and intricacy appeals to me. Favorite subjects include detailed still lifes of personal objects, and familiar landscapes from my garden to nearby La Purisima Mission."

JUDITH GRAMES-LYRA

"Watercolor is the medium I love best because of its challenging nature and the ability to work either transparent or opaque. Sometimes I feel the need to accept the challenge of realism, and other times, a need to express an idea through the manipulation of the medium, playing with its dimensions, color,contrasts, forms, and illusions."

Elizabeth MONKS Hack

"I consider my work 'Abstract Thought'. Getting to the way I paint was an intuitive process; one intuitive step at time. I think, however, the ideas may have come from the subconscious influence of a significant dream I had as a child, in which a colorful abstract mural came to life, and all the forms and shapes and colors were dancing in space. I like to think of my paintbrush as a wand with which I animate objects, like a magician.

MARILYN HAINS

"I am interested in the ARTS, music, art, and photography. I studied photography at an early age along with music. I branched out into studying art off and on for the past 15 years. I enjoy oil painting, scratchboard, pencil and ink, and photography."

ANGIE HAMLIN

"When I paint, I try to capture and create the vibrancy and tranquility of this planets natural beauty for people to appreciate, be inspired and uplifted by, and have a more intimate experience with."
www.angiesartworks.com

GLORIA HEITMAN

"I like to paint flowers, gardens, and old houses. I like both arts and crafts, and really enjoy making jewelry."

LINDA JAY-ZIVICH

"I have always had a love for color. Inspired by color and a driving need to put more of it on a canvas, I soon discovered I could paint faster and develop more shades of color by painting with small scrumbelings."
lsjzivich@netscape.net

REBECCA JAZO

"My artwork is showing my commitment to what works between simple subject matter, and strong color and texture."

JOAN JONES

"For the last 30 years I have been doing what I enjoy most-painting. When I can manage it, I work from live models-the ultimate challenge as well as the ultimate pleasure for me."

JANE KAMETANI

"As a photographer, I am thankful for the many wonderful photographic opportunities that are present in the Lompoc Valley and surrounding areas.  My range of subjects has included the beautiful landscapes, the beaches, flowers and now animals (at the moment, horses). I want to capture the beauty of my subjects so that people can indulge in the experience a little bit longer."

CHRISTINE KRAUS

"Growing up in post-war Germany required imagination. My sisters and I created our own dolls and their wardrobes. I enjoyed working with different colors and patterns. A visit to my artist-uncle in Austria inspired me to take art classes and paint. The city of Wiesbaden is a Health Resort and the "Kurhaus" is one of the main attractions. I lived and worked in Wiesbaden for several years. "

BOBBIE KUSULAS

"I love color
I love painting
I love getting lost in it all"

CAROLYN LANK

"I enjoy painting very much and try to paint everything I see from animals to landscapes"

CYNTHIA LEROY

"Doing something creative makes me feel good!"

JAN MANFRINA

"I paint to escape,
to create beauty,
and to express without words."

CAROL MOORE

"My contemporary art reflects my fascination with rock formations and the evolution of landscape."

CAROL OLIVEIRA

"I have alway been an artist, whether with paint, or pen and paper. My goal is to combine my two passions, writing and painting as a gift to the people that I love."

Jerome Parker

"Basically self taught, I’m always striving to improve. I’m partial to a more classical style of portraiture and particularly fond of Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Sargent and Bouguereau."
Jerome's web site

BILL RICHARDSON

"I have been drawing all my life and eventually became serious about painting. Watercolor is my medium and I enjoy painting landscapes, seascapes, and florals."

ATSUKO RIVAS

"Local rural scenes hold the greatest fascination for me, and I enjoy capturing the feeling of peacefulness I see in the quiet areas of parks and fields, and the changing moods of the ocean and hills."

JULIE RODGERS

"I like to explore animal nature including human. Watercolor offers continuous surprise and freshness."

MARY SARAR

"Painting is pure fun and I have ideas for new works just flying around in my head."

Tonya ROMANO Schultz

"Painting makes my heart sing."

KIKI SHAPPELL

"Wordsworth said that poetry is 'emotion recollected in tranquility'. That's what my art is to me. I paint things and scenes that recreate in me the joy I had in the original experience."

NITA STREETMAN

"I am inspired by the relation of color to matter that I find in nature and in old architecture. It is as if all that I take in visually dances with the creative part of my mind. Then, through the medium of paint, ideas burst into expression on canvas, and feelings are transposed into forms."

DEE SUDBURY

"I paint purely for the joy of painting."

Terry TAylor

"As a native Californian , my mind's eye is filled with images of landscapes and architecture unique to the West Coast. Using acrylics on canvas allows me the freedom to express my love of color in an energetic painting style."

ANN THOMPSON

"I believe being a painter is a gift from God. Sometimes it is very difficult, but it always brings me great joy."

SHIRLEY WALLACE

"My painting is very important to me. Sometimes I crawl in it to hide, sometimes I wander in it, dreaming as I work, but mostly I just run to it, shouting, to celebrate."

Barbara J Willey

"Painting has given me a tremendous energy boost. Having worked a lifetime in the logic-oriented world of computers, it has enabled me to escape into my artist brain and I love it! (But I still enjoy doing websites as well, especially this one for LVAA.)"
www.willeyweb.com