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Western United States
locales provide her with sources for her landscape paintings and prints.
A native of California, she used pastels for her first landscapes as a student in the San Francisco Bay
area. She remembers being surprised by the encouraging commendations of
her 8th grade art teacher. She was only having fun with the vibrant
colors in depicting familiar landmarks. Her
love for rural
landscapes grew out of memorable childhood experiences at her grandparents' ranch in the foothills of the San
Joaquin Valley and
her parents' rural property in the Los Gatos area. When
her family moved to a ranch in Southern Oregon their horses went with
them, and cattle became an important part of their life. Light, colors, and spacious vistas
in California, Oregon, and Washington attract her attention as an artist.
Beaches top the list of her favorite places. Summers at the Pacific Ocean beaches
give her images for colorful seascape paintings. The painting above of an Oregon beach,
"Siletz Bay", a 20 x 16" acrylic on canvas, graced the cover of the Spring Hill Review magazine, a Journal of Northwest Culture, for the month of June, 2002. Have
you read Joann's blog
recently? Find occasional special offers there for tiny original
paintings.
"Summer Ranch"
"Swan Lake Series #5"
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"Oregon Pasture"
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"Thank you so much, I just LOVE the painting!"
"Your style touches something in my heart..." Allison - CA "I loved your paintings of the moving water. I live close to Glacier
Park, and I deal with a great many artists in the valley. It is very difficult to find someone who captures running water as well as you do. I also love that you concentrated on the water and made it the center of interest instead of the fauna surrounding them. Delightful pieces
that bring the viewer to a place of solitude and reflection." Rocky - MT
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