We also offer a variety of activities every summer, conducted by artists, writers, musicians, historians, photographers who enjoy sharing their love of the Sierra. We organize multi-day Workshops with well-known artists and photographers. Check our Calendar of Events for date and time schedule.

MEET THE ARTISTS

Roy A. Clifton has been a part-time, professional freelance photographer for over thirty years.  He does portraiture, wedding and sports photography, but prefers photographing the great outdoors in the Sierras.  For many years he and his wife, Janet, have worked extensively in the Silver Lake to Carson Pass area.  www.cliftonimaging.smugmug.com

Jason Dunn, former Kit Carson Lodge’s guest and employee, is an emerging California Illustrator; he brings his animals to life through sketching in pen and ink and painting in Prismacolor color pencils.

Linda Erfle, Placerville artist who produces works of representational art through the mediums of transparent watercolor and/or gouache. Linda finds inspiration for her paintings everywhere, nature close-up, deteriorating store fronts, people and her favorite, Sierra Nevada Mountains with their incredible rock formations and abundance of water. www.lindaerfle.com

Dale Laitinen is best known for his watercolor paintings of the mountains and deserts of the Western United States . He is drawn to the topography of exposed rock which manifests itself as light catching ranges of mountains, deep canyons and broad expanse. He is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and Watercolor West. www.dalelaitinen.com

Diane P. Mobley, artist living in the Placerville area, she enjoys creating with beads, pine needles and gourds. She gets excited when combining these various art forms.

Robert Reynolds, Robert Reynolds is a California artist whose paintings celebrate the natural beauty found in the land and waters that surround him on the Central California Coast and during his time spent in the High Sierra. His work defines and reaffirms our important relationship with the world of nature that eternally provides us with so many visual gifts. He recently published a second coffee table book “The Art of Robert Reynolds: Quiet  Journey”. www.robertreynoldsart.com

 

Katherine Venturelli, a Northern California artist, creates unique and limited edition artist books from her etchings and monotypes. Her artwork depends upon the power of symbolic imagery. She has lectured and facilitated monotype workshops for amateur and professional artists, and develops art outreach programs for children for over 30 years. Actively involved in the community arts, she was curator of the 1995-96 traveling exhibition “Monotype Forum”.

Joan Hoffmann, "I adventure oil paint landscapes en plein air. I am integrally connected to explore. My landscapes evoke a poetic sense of place. I follow in the footsteps of early painters of the American West." I paint and promote landscape painting. I backpack, x-country ski, river raft, birdwatch and walk to remote wild landscapes to paint

Karyl Hartsog, For 25 years I have used the ancient art of coiling to create baskets and bowls out of pine needles. After a 1 hour class to learn the basics I am self taught. I have completed over 2000 baskets and I have learned one thing. There is no wrong way to coil, just have fun. Let the basket take the shape it wants to.  Collecting pine needles, acorns, seed pods and feathers keeps me close to nature. An old legend says that if you breathe into a basket your soul will be kept safe there. There is a part of me in every basket. Each basket is unique.  http://home.inreach.com/coilnkj/

Judy Butler, Quirky Creations is in its fifth year. I began my company because of my passion for fused glass and my commitment to create a unique product that displays quality of craftsmanship and design with a touch of whimsy.  I have a BFA from the University of Utah where I focused on  graphic design and illustration. I began working with glass in early 2000. I have found it to be a dynamic medium that affords endless surprises.

Pamela Findleton, is an artist who exposes the often overlooked divinity of life's everyday movements. Using a variety of vibrant, animate colors she lures her viewer into a world of surreal fluidity and spirituality. Color and movement are the mainstays of Pam's work. Pam believes that "Shape and shadow draw me to paint. As everything in life involves both these components, I see nearly everything as inspirational: women working in a field, a wine glass resting on a window sill, the subtle look of mischief on my daughter's face. Color and light tell a story in every moment of our lives. It's a story that I try to make visible on canvas."

Michael McConneil, This young man painted a limited edition of "Silver Lake" which he won an award.

 

Workshops