July at Gallery 10: Print Maker Susan Hayne

Gallery 10 is proud to welcome Susan Hayne, a fine print-maker, as Featured Artist for July.  Susan was introduced to printmaking as a student at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco where she graduated with a BFA.

Susan is intrigued by the endless possibilities the medium of print-making offers.  It’s an ideal medium for expressing her style:  black and white, strong patterns, bold shapes and textures.  All of her work is created from hand-cut blocks, acid-etched copper plates, or hand sculpted embossings.  Prints are produced in Susan’s studio on a roller type etching press, using a variety of specialty papers.

Susan’s show will hang all of July.  A reception will be held in her honor on Saturday, July 5, 2-5 P.M. at Gallery 10, 15 Eureka St., Sutter Creek.  Everyone is invited to come meet Susan, see her work, and enjoy refreshments.

July at Sutter Creek Gallery: Glass Artist Donna Blesi

Working with glass makes artist Donna Blesi happy.  “I create unique functional items as well as beautiful decorative pieces,” she says.  Among her fused glass designs are bowls, wall hangings, plates and vases.  During a trip to Alaska, Blesi was captivated by forests filled with birch trees.  Once at home, she created a series of birch panels infused with glass evoking the Alaska forests and changing seasons.  These panels will be displayed along with her other artwork throughout the month of July at Sutter Creek Gallery.  An opening reception for her show will be held on Saturday, July 1, from 2 to 5 p.m., when visitors can meet the artist.  

Blesi was drawn to glass fusing by the vividly eye-catching colors and the endless design possibilities.  Glass comes in many different colors and forms, such as sheets, frit (small, crushed pieces), stringers (spaghetti-like shapes) and powders.  Some types of glass are transparent, while others are opaque, iridescent or dichroic, a type of glass which changes color depending on the light or angle of view.  She uses all these variations of glass to create movement and texture.  Once Blesi decides on a project, she then chooses the colors, shapes and types of glass that will comprise the design.  Firing in a kiln heats the glass to create a variety of effects.  Sometimes the individual pieces are melted into a smooth slab.  In other projects, such as the birch panels, individual pieces stick together but maintain their individual shapes.  In other cases a flat slab of fused glass is placed in a mold and heated until it slumps into the mold to create a new design, such as a bowl.

Sutter Creek Gallery invites you to join us for Donna Blesi’s reception to view her work and learn more about this fascinating medium.  She is one of twenty-three local artists exhibiting at the gallery located at 40 Main Street, in the heart of Sutter Creek.  Besides original paintings and photography, the gallery offers affordable prints, cards, jewelry, pottery, glass and fiber arts, and gourds, as well as framing services. The gallery is open Thursday through Monday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  For additional information, call 209-267-0228, email suttercreekgallery@gmail.com, or visit www.suttercreekgallery.com.

"Outer Limits"

"Stepping Stones"

Fall Alaskan Birch wall hanging

"Dreamcatcher" 

June Demonstrator: Lynn Slade

Lynn’s paintings are a combination of textured papers and watercolor. She makes her own textures in the paper first using both custom-made stencils and purchased ones as well as hand-cut stamps, items found around the house or her husband’s workshop, tin foil, sand paper, old dog toys; anything that will leave an interesting pattern. After the papers have their texture, she hand-colors them with a wide variety of colors and values. She uses these papers to create scenes full of wonderful varied textures that draw the viewer into the painting. Each layer enhances the one beneath it and the accumulation makes for a very dramatic and rich surface. Lynn’s demonstration will focus on her whimsical animals.

ACAA Meeting - Wednesday, June 14 at 2 p.m. GSA Bldg. 12200 AIrport Road

June at Sutter Creek Callery: Laine Holman

Artist Laine Holman doesn’t remember a time when creating wasn’t important.  She knew from the age of five that she was an artist. Since then she has worked in a variety of media including various types of painting and sculpture. For her show in June at the Sutter Creek Gallery she will display ceramics, acrylic paintings, and silk scarves.  An opening reception will be held in her honor on Saturday, June 3, from 2 to 5 p.m.

Holman and her husband have been raising and homeschooling their six children in an “art house,” where no creative opportunity is off limits to them.  “Early on,” she states, “with my Littles around me, I began doing commissioned portraits, illustrations and     murals from our small apartment.”  Later on she undertook a two-year study of wheel thrown pottery under a master potter.  Some of Holman’s ceramics are decorated using sgraffito, which involves scratching a design in an upper layer of paint to reveal the color underneath. Other decorative techniques, such as hand painting, wax resist and stamping, are also used on her pottery items and pendants.

The multi-talented artist goes beyond producing ceramics.  Her acrylic paintings of landscapes and birds are often abstracted and enhanced with stylized designs.  Holman will also be showing hand painted silk scarves which are fashioned using a variety of techniques, such as salt, ice dying, or resist.  For the last two years she has been focusing on improving her craftsmanship, working to build an online presence, and providing mentorship opportunities for women who have set their creative passions aside to raise a family.

Sutter Creek Gallery invites you to spend some time with Laine Holman at her reception on Saturday, June 3.  She is one of twenty-three local artists exhibiting at the gallery located at 40 Main Street, in the heart of Sutter Creek.  Besides original paintings and photography, the gallery offers affordable prints, cards, jewelry, pottery, glass and fiber arts, and gourds, as well as framing services. The gallery is open Thursday through Monday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.  For additional information, call 209-267-0228, email suttercreekgallery@gmail.com, or visit www.suttercreekgallery.com.

Vessel with wood handle

Ceramic Vase

Bird pendant

Landscape

Three Ravens