September at Gallery 10: Founding Members' Invitational

Gallery 10, Sutter Creek, will be celebrating 22 years as a premier spot in the foothills for showing Fine Art by having an Founding Members’ Invitational! Several of the original members of the gallery will be showing the paintings and sculpture they have done recently, and we will hang paintings by other original members as well.

George McCann is currently showing his metalwork sculptures at the gallery and will bring paintings to show as well.  Cathleen Berglund has some exciting new paintings to show.  Jan Stevenson will be coming from San Francisco to show her work.  We will also feature paintings by Molly Kohlschreiber and Alice Duke.

Gallery 10 was founded in 1995 by several local artists who wanted a space to showcase their artwork.  Alice Duke and others were having lunch at Susan’s Place on Eureka St., and noticed that the space next door was vacant and for rent.  It had previously been a stained glass studio, and before that a hardware store.  It seemed an ideal spot for an art gallery!  The artists got to work, invested some time, money and energy into transforming 15 Eureka Street into Gallery 10, so named to feature “the best!”

A reception honoring these founding members of Gallery 10 will be held on Saturday, September 2, 2-5 P.M.  Everyone is welcome!  The gallery will show these works all month during open hours, Thursday-Monday, 11-5, at 15 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek.

Cathleen Berglund is quite certain she was carrying a satchel containing a sketch book when she was born!  She has filled a thousand sketch books in the 7 decades since then!  She studied art primarily with Maurice Lapp at Santa Rosa Junior College, whom she credits for her pronounced sense of color, balance, and humor. Her art has appeared in festivals and galleries in California, Washington State and Minnesota.  Cathleen joined forces with local artists in Amador County in 1995 to form Gallery 10.  She managed the gallery for several years, and is honored to be featured in this collective show.

George McCann is a painter and a sculptor.  “My work, although often inspired by the natural world, is completely imaginary!”  George says.  He hopes it is perceived as whimsical and unique.  He considers himself a versatile artist, using a variety of mediums.  George has worked as a graphic designer for various industrial establishments, as well as a college instructor in drawing and design.  George uses gessoed boards with watercolor and lead pencils,  and he makes encaustic paintings using a blowtorch to fuse oil paints and beeswax on non-tempered Masonite.  He creates sculptures with soldered and wired copper and/or brass.

Jan Stevenson received her degree in art history from USC and a teaching credential from Cal State LA.  Jan began painting in watercolor, went into encaustics, combined with acrylics and collage. She lived in Amador County 20 years before moving to San Francisco, where she took classes and workshops in oil painting.  “Oil is my passion!” Jan says.  “I wish I had started earlier!”  Jan has attended workshops and art classes her whole life, saying, “You can always learn something!”  She taught Art in the Schools in Amador County and ran children’s workshops out of her studio many summers.

Molly Kohlschrieber has a large collection of watercolors and mixed media which she exhibits at Gallery 10.  She is known and admired for her paintings of horses.  Her landscapes, which are often of the canyon country in the Southwest, are made by incorporating a photograph with watercolor in such a way as to be a celebration of color and design.

Alice Duke was a founding member also, and was known for her watercolors and etchings of local landscapes.