Sutter Creek Gallery presents Julie Muela-Farris as the featured Artist of the Month in May

Julie Muela-Farris considers pastels and charcoal as “my first love,” even as she has branched out to other media.  She will be the featured artist for May at the Sutter Creek Gallery showcasing her new work.  Last year she created a series of hands and has been working on a new series featuring glass and water.  She finds it challenging to capture the textures, highlights and depth of these elements in two dimensions.

No one in Muela-Farris’s family draws or paints, but she was always drawing as a child. “I had an amazing teacher in high school that first ignited my interest in pursuing art in college,” she stated.  As a result, she has taken classes in drawing, painting, and art history at local community colleges, as well as private lessons in portraiture and watercolor painting.   Last year Muela-Farris became a full-time artist.  A major project was the completion of a Lodi mural on the corner of Lodi Avenue and Ham Lane.  She has been an instructor with Paint Nite Sacramento since March 2015, teaching acrylic Sip and Paint classes.

Sutter Creek Gallery invites you to spend some time with the artist at a reception in her honor on Saturday, May 2, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., as part of the region’s First Saturday Art Trek.  She is one of 25 local artists exhibiting at the cooperative located in the heart of Sutter Creek at 35 Main Street.  Besides original paintings and photography, Sutter Creek Gallery offers many affordable items including prints, cards, jewelry, gourds and fiber arts. The gallery is open Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.  For additional information, call 209-267-0228, email suttercreekgallery@gmail.com  or visit www.suttercreekgallery.com

"Pouring Bottle"

"Tandem Drive"

"Water Poured in Basin"

"Cowboy Hands"

Lodi Mural