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Lois
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Bio:
I grew up in the very small California Sierra village of Blue Canyon. Winters there can be long and snowy and conducive for the development of both patience and artist's skills. My mother was an artist and my brother was too.
My first experience with formal art education was at RC Gorman Museum while attending UC Davis. For as long as I can remember I have been a student of painting/art making; taking private lessons as well as formal art classes at several universities, and studio classes at San Francisco Art Institute.
I usually paint with oils and sometimes acrylics. I also enjoy making colorful digital drawings. My artwork is a reflection of the many variables that makeup what is me: the cultural, family, and spiritual experiences that influenced me as a child growing up in a very small mountain community. My artwork also reflects the intimate bonds I had with the both the young "kids from the hills" as well as the "hill" adults; those bright, powerful, and culturally rich souls who either raised me or assisted in my becoming. And importantly, my artwork is influenced by the many years I worked as a school psychologist with special needs children and their families.
My psych work took place mostly in Sonoma County California, although I did work for some years overseas with DoD schools, and in Indian Education programs. I am a proud graduate of the Indian Teacher Education Program (ITEPP) at Humboldt State University, in Arcata, CA. AND, lucky me....I have painted all over the world!
Artist Statement:
For me the making of art is most often intense and so focused that I forget where I am and what I am doing, sometimes not even feeling my body or my place on the Earth at all. That said, I am always aware and present with the painting itself, and constantly keep in mind the colors I am choosing to use (or in the mood to use that day), the forms and marks I put on the canvas, the brush strokes big and small, and heavy and delicate, and the tension between myself and my paint laden brush. I am always aware of the painting I am with. And, I almost always have an emotional connection to the art pieces I am engaged in making. Now and then that emotional connection carries in it the good vibe I'm getting from the music I listen to while painting..... so much so that one can almost see the musical notes my brush strokes that seem to dance across the canvas......Such is certainly the case and evident with my painting "Bill's Purple Iris".... The brush strokes in that flower are purely the good vibe of Keith Jarrett's piano in "You don't know what love is/Muezzin". Finally and of some weighty significance, I believe my artwork is greatly influenced by my meditations. Sometimes I find a completed painting hanging in air just waiting for me to reach out and grab it and make it my own...... and sometimes I then put that vision down on canvas.
Gallery Shows:
Resident Artist, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA Current-Ongoing
The Nectary, On the Plaza-Three Person Show, Healdsburg, CA April-June 2019
Open Studio Sonoma County Art Trails 2019
Fulton Crossing Gallery since March 2019
Open Studio Sonoma County Art Trails 2018
Bodega Bay Gallery-Three Person Show, Bodega Bay, CA, 1985
Gilberts Gallery-Three Person Show, Santa Rosa, CA 1985
Juried Shows:
TWIRL Project, San Francisco, CA. Juried artists are interviewed annually about their art practice.
NUMU, Los Gatos Art Association, "Greater Bay Area Open" July-Sept. 2019 Juror: Ric Ambrose
Sonoma County Art Trails, Sebastopol Center for the Arts October 2019
Sacramento Fine Art Center, Sacramento, CA "Magnum Opus 30 Annual Exhibit" February 2019 Juror: Steve Memering
Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA "Art Trails" preview Exhibit 2018, Sept-Oct 2018
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA "Art Trails Preview Exhibit 2018" Sept-Oct. 2018
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA "Green" August 2018 jurors: Chester Arnold & Kevin Elston
Blue Line Arts-Member Show, Roseville, CA July 2018
Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA April 2018 juror: Chester Arnold
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA 2018 50|50 Show May, 2018 juror: Andres Guerrero
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA May 2017
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA April 2017
Blue Line Arts NCDC, Roseville, CA March 2017
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA March 2017
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, March 2017
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA February, 2017
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA January, 2017
Art With Impact, San Francisco, CA, October, 2016
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA, July 2016
Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA July 2016
Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA June 1983 - February 1988
Plus many more........
Juried Art Auctions for Non-Profit Organizations:
Sonoma County Art Trails art donation public drawing August 2019
ART$LIFE, Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA 2019
ART4LIFE, Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA 2018
The Giving Gallery, San Francisco, CA Current
ART4LIFE Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA 2017
Art With Impact, San Francisco, CA October 2016
Northern California Dance Conservatory, Roseville, CA May 2017
For me the making of art is most often intense and so focused that I forget where I am and what I am doing, sometimes not even feeling my body or my place on the Earth at all. That said, I am always aware and present with the painting itself, and constantly keep in mind the colors I am choosing to use (or in the mood to use that day), the forms and marks I put on the canvas, the brush strokes big and small, and heavy and delicate, and the tension between myself and my paint laden brush. I am always aware of the painting I am with. And, I almost always have an emotional connection to the art pieces I am engaged in making. Now and then that emotional connection carries in it the good vibe I'm getting from the music I listen to while painting..... so much so that one can almost see the musical notes my brush strokes that seem to dance across the canvas......Such is certainly the case and evident with my painting "Bill's Purple Iris".... The brush strokes in that flower are purely the good vibe of Keith Jarrett's piano in "You don't know what love is/Muezzin". Finally and of some weighty significance, I believe my artwork is greatly influenced by my meditations. Sometimes I find a completed painting hanging in air just waiting for me to reach out and grab it and make it my own...... and sometimes I then put that vision down on canvas.
Gallery Shows:
Resident Artist, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA Current-Ongoing
The Nectary, On the Plaza-Three Person Show, Healdsburg, CA April-June 2019
Open Studio Sonoma County Art Trails 2019
Fulton Crossing Gallery since March 2019
Open Studio Sonoma County Art Trails 2018
Bodega Bay Gallery-Three Person Show, Bodega Bay, CA, 1985
Gilberts Gallery-Three Person Show, Santa Rosa, CA 1985
Juried Shows:
TWIRL Project, San Francisco, CA. Juried artists are interviewed annually about their art practice.
NUMU, Los Gatos Art Association, "Greater Bay Area Open" July-Sept. 2019 Juror: Ric Ambrose
Sonoma County Art Trails, Sebastopol Center for the Arts October 2019
Sacramento Fine Art Center, Sacramento, CA "Magnum Opus 30 Annual Exhibit" February 2019 Juror: Steve Memering
Paul Mahder Gallery, Healdsburg, CA "Art Trails" preview Exhibit 2018, Sept-Oct 2018
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA "Art Trails Preview Exhibit 2018" Sept-Oct. 2018
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA "Green" August 2018 jurors: Chester Arnold & Kevin Elston
Blue Line Arts-Member Show, Roseville, CA July 2018
Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA April 2018 juror: Chester Arnold
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA 2018 50|50 Show May, 2018 juror: Andres Guerrero
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA May 2017
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA April 2017
Blue Line Arts NCDC, Roseville, CA March 2017
Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA March 2017
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, March 2017
Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA February, 2017
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA January, 2017
Art With Impact, San Francisco, CA, October, 2016
Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA, July 2016
Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI, San Francisco, CA July 2016
Marin Society of Artists, Ross, CA June 1983 - February 1988
Plus many more........
Juried Art Auctions for Non-Profit Organizations:
Sonoma County Art Trails art donation public drawing August 2019
ART$LIFE, Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA 2019
ART4LIFE, Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA 2018
The Giving Gallery, San Francisco, CA Current
ART4LIFE Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA 2017
Art With Impact, San Francisco, CA October 2016
Northern California Dance Conservatory, Roseville, CA May 2017
Email: Loisart@pacbell.net
(707) 217-3066
(707) 217-3066