I don't know about you, but doorways have always intrigued me. Liz Dorn is a wonderful artist in the Whittier area and she sure know how to capture the essence of buildings. Here is a a little more info on Liz, in the artist's own words:
"I started painting when I was four years old. My father was an artist, amateur photographer, and draftsman. After he and my mother parted company, I was not given any encouragement by my mother and gave up painting altogether. After returning to junior college about eight years ago, I was required to take art classes. I then remembered how much I had loved painting and drawing so I resumed painting and earned my AA degree in art and haven’t stopped since then. "

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Donna Larson is an accomplished watercolor artist. In the artist's own words:

"I have always been interested in all kinds of art and have been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember. I have a fine arts degree from Cal State Fullerton specializing in drawing and painting.
While working full time and raising two boys, I continued to take art classes and settled on Chinese Brush Painting to explore and perfect. I became intrigued with the loose and free style of this type of painting called Po Mo (meaning to throw ink or paint). The brush dances across the paper, laying down paint in a spontaneous manner.
Having recently retired, I now have time to develop my watercolor techniques (a combination of eastern and western styles). My subject matter comes from the places I've been and the things I have seen. Besides landscapes, I love to paint animals, especially horses. Watercolor lets me depict my enthusiasm for nature's beauty. I like to capture the light within the white paper, by surrounding it with dark shadows and various textures. To me, light represents energy."

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"My subjects vary depending on what moves me. I love to paint landscapes and scenes of places I have been. I enjoy doing meaningful still life that includes objects that remind me of a special person or place. The figure is a challenge I have always relished. There is nothing more beautiful than the human form. It presents so many creative opportunities for expression. My Goddess series includes female nudes in natural settings that accentuate the softness of the female form and compares the lines and shapes to nature. " -- Lisa Ruiz

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"Ever since I first learned of the "green flash" at sundown I have tried to see it. Though I didn't really get to see this one myself, my camera did record it. I just thought I was taking a picture of a beautiful sunset at Pismo Beach and was thrilled to see in a photo what I had missed. The green flash is an atmospheric phenomenon observed after the sun has set. The sun's light enter's the earth's atmosphere refracting towards the observer and green is the last color of light to remain for just a second or two." - Marty Wilson

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Holly Overin's new work is stunning:
"Seated under a tree and looking straight up to the sky, I saw the work of giants in this steep face of orange rock which appeared to be the altar for three distinct piles of cubed lava stones placed in a seemingly deliberate manner upon it's horizontal planes. I was inspired to explore the contrasting shapes." --Holly Overin

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I am very pleased to introduce to you Jay Gould, a very talented local plein-aire painter! "I have been interested in Art since I was a young boy. Both of my grandparents were professional artists. Because I enjoy nature and the out-of-doors, Plein Aire Painting is my favorite painting experience. I enjoy painting in my backyard studio, too. I paint in three mediums: oil, watercolor and acrylics. I have been commissioned to paint murals and am also known for my photography." - Jay Gould Here are two of Jay's latest work: 'Anna' and 'At Rest':

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"Eaton Canyon is a foothill park in Altadena not far from [my] home. A wonderful place to hike up to creeks and falls. There are some magnificent trees along the way. Many of them must be hundreds of years old." -- Holly Overin
Holly Overin is a Whittier, CA native and local business owner. She has been re-creating animal life and nature in various art mediums for as long as she can remember. Artistic self-expression was greatly encouraged by her ‘ plein air’ painter/mother, Janet Church. Holly learned to respect the fundamentals of drawing, painting and sculpture as laid down by master artists of the Renaissance, 19th and 20th century. Observing classical works on museum outings, watching her mother paint, and joining her in nature, activated an enthusiasm in utilizing oils and watercolors to record the rapidly disappearing southern California landscape where she grew up.
Holly teaches adults and children the tools of art. Her method, handed down to her by her mother, artist Janet Church, helps students understand how to convey form, impressionist color harmonies, composition and perspective in oils.

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Meet Ofelia Warthen, an exciting, talented local artist in the Whittier area. Ofelia specializes in oil painting and beading.
In the artist's words:
"This pink rose had the most beautiful intricate formation of petals, showing its deep, descending shades of velvet colors give me so much emotion just to think about it. I just had to paint it."
Only prints available. Please contact the artist.

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I would like you to meet Lisa Ruiz, a magnificently creative and enthusiastic artist!

In the artist's own words:
"I have selected the 2 pieces from the most recent show (Solitude and pele's Passion.) They are the tapestry style wall hangings that I have been working on. I have been searching for a new way to express myself in paint. Over the last 4 years I have been creating a lot of pastel work on richly colored pastel paper or on died watercolor paper. I have enjoyed working this way during the school year because the immediacy lends itself well to the shorter blocks of time that I get to spend in the studio. I have been missing my brushes and the freedom of working on a large scale so after seeing the tapestries at the Getty Center I came home and threw some raw canvas on the lawn over a tarp an experimented with several shades of blue die. My goal was to create the look of my died watercolors on the canvas. After several hours of fun my appendages were the color of a blueberry, but I had an incredible backdrop on which to superimpose another goddess image. This goddess evokes the feeling of quiet and reflective solitude that I long for when my life is chaotic.

In the painting Pele's Passion I decided to challenege myself to work with a warm pallette. I tend to lean toward the cooler end of the spectrum so I thought I should try reds for a change. I enjoyed working on this piece and I was truly inspired by the Hawaiin folklore of the Goddess of the Volcanoe."

Local artist, Liz Dorn enjoys painting old houses and buildings with the look of a bygone era.
In the artists own words:
"Show me an old building with peeling paint, lots of texture, brick and stone walls that are falling down, and this is visual poetry to me. I also enjoy painting doorways, arches, and arcades. I completed a Brooklyn Doorway series of five water color paintings. I have used the urban decay theme in some of my paintings and would like to do many more. Realistically, this is what is happening to our large inner cities. What was once grand and beautiful has been neglected and no-one has the means for restoration. The recession has taken away the funds for historic preservation and unless neighborhood grass roots organizations recruit volunteers, a lot of these old structures will be gone forever."

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